Lorne stood before the iron door and took a deep breath. The Conqueror's Haki within him began gathering in his hands. He reached out and pressed his hands against the edges on either side of the door.
"Crushing Blow!"
Lorne gave a low shout and squeezed inward with both hands.
The alloy walls around the iron door began warping violently, giving off a teeth-grating screech of tearing metal.
That door is made of extremely pure Seastone, and he tore it open like paper with his bare hands?! a CP0 agent screamed inwardly in front of the surveillance equipment.
What on earth is this guy's body made of? Does Seastone's suppression have absolutely no effect on him?! another agent cried inwardly in despair, his expression terrified.
Lorne ripped the entire Seastone iron door, weighing several tons, out of the wall with brute force, then casually tossed it to the floor with a thunderous crash.
Beyond the door lay a passage leading downward. A pungent medicinal odor and the heavy stench of blood rushed out to meet them.
Carrot could not help covering her nose, her brows tightly knitted. "It smells awful. There seems to be something terrifying in there."
"Stay close." Lorne's expression was somewhat grim as he took the lead into the passage.
As they followed the damp passage down, the space before them suddenly opened up, but the sight made everyone gasp.
It was an immense underground laboratory, with countless green glass tanks arranged neatly throughout the space, filled with an eerie nutrient solution.
Inside every glass tank, a human was submerged.
Their eyes were closed, their bodies riddled with tubes and wires, their skin a sickly pale. Many had body parts replaced with cold mechanical prosthetics or fused with the limbs and scales of beasts.
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