Infiltration

"Twenty-three people in total."

"Why are you asking that?" Li Luo asked doubtfully.

After receiving the answer, Cube remained motionless, as if it had crashed. Li Luo put the electronic screen back, glanced at the robot that had already vanished, and decided to wait where she was.

A moment later, Cube took the electronic screen back.

After a while, Cube suddenly flew in another direction within the Research Institute.

"Where is this going?"

Li Luo hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow it.

After some time, Cube stopped again and tossed a device resembling a USB drive up to the ceiling.

"What is this?" Li Luo took it down and fiddled with it a few times.

It was an extremely old access device, like an obsolete USB drive key. No one in Dawn City had used such things for a long time, and Li Luo had only seen similar devices in books.

The edges of the connector and the outer casing were slightly moldy, making it look as though it had been left unused for a very long time.

Li Luo gently wiped away the grime with her sleeve and examined it carefully. The connector was not rusted, so it should still have worked.

She looked around, leaned closer to Cube, and asked softly, "Did you steal this? What is it for?"

Cube did not answer. It simply floated off in another direction, and Li Luo hurried after it.

Before long, Li Luo followed Cube to a standalone building.

The building was surrounded by old fencing, and its door was covered in sealing tape.

Before Li Luo could ask where this was, Cube accelerated forward, bypassed the fence, and arrived at the building's entrance.

Li Luo hesitated for a moment, then moved the fence aside and came to the