In the darkness, tiny specks of eerie blue flickered faintly, like instruments emitting light in a science fiction movie.
cluster--
The bright operating lights automatically turned on after the group entered, but Meng Yuan's lips twitched at the sight before her.
"Well..."
On the worn-out floor tiles were tables, chairs, benches, and research equipment such as microscopes, which looked like they came from the last century.
The most prominent items were two rows of glass bookshelves, crammed full of books and videotapes.
However, there were a few modern bookshelves filled with file folders.
The underground laboratory, steeped in the atmosphere of a bygone era, is incongruously furnished with several modern gadgets and a shadowless lamp, making it seem strange no matter how you look at it.
"This... they're so poor they don't even have the money for renovations...?"
When the two women's gazes fell on the bookshelf full of file folders, Meng Yuan's eyes immediately lit up.
"Found it!"
Meng Yuan hurriedly pulled Meng Yuan along and ran to the bookshelf, using magic to unlock it and reveal a stack of file folders inside.
As for the white Ragdoll cat, they simply left it aside.
"Let me look... I've got it!"
Meng Yuan found the file folders in the "Records of Supernatural Abilities" section, took them all out, and placed them on the table next to her.
"Sister, let's search. We must find out how I came to be. I absolutely do not believe I am a product of superpowers."
Her eyes were full of stubbornness. She opened a file folder and began to notice something.
Meng Yuan at her younger sister, a determined glint flashing in her gloomy eyes, and began to investigate as well.
'[ Bones ] High-risk ability: generates and controls skeletons, and also has some control over skeletons not generated by the user. Possesses immense potential and has well-balanced attributes.'
[ Soul Snatcher ] Extremely High Danger Level! The person who died by your hand will stay by your side permanently as a ghost, retaining all their memories and abilities from their previous life, and can exert up to 90% of their former strength.
It's currently unknown whether it's possible to forcibly control... becoming one's own spirit, as if it requires the consent of the soul.
"Meow."
The ragdoll cat took small steps to the two women's side, its little mouth agape as it looked at the file folder they were flipping through.
"Go play somewhere else, little kitty, don't make trouble."
Meng Yuan, engrossed in reading the documents, gently nudged the Ragdoll cat, who glanced at the documents a few more times before jumping away and landing on Telake.
The Ragdoll cat sat atop the statue-like Telake, its fluffy tail swaying slightly.
His gaze swept across every inch of the room like a camera.
What no one noticed was that a miniature camera was embedded in its perpetually open mouth, recording everything it saw.
Her small body jumped down again and explored the entire room, leaving no document unchecked.
Although Hela couldn't take it out to examine its contents closely, that was enough; Tuote simply wanted to know what they were researching.
However, this information doesn't seem to be anything special; it's just some confirmed and unconfirmed data on superpowers and Variant, which isn't what Tuote wants.
Its big, round eyes carefully observed every detail, while its brain constantly searched for any information in Telake's mind.
Finally, Hela's gaze fell upon an unremarkable old table.
The fluffy Ragdoll cat leaped onto the table, its little paws scratching incessantly at the bottom.
There was a click!
As if a switch had been flipped by a kitten, a brick resembling a doorknob suddenly protruded from the dilapidated wall.
The two women, who were frantically reading the documents, suddenly shuddered and looked over warily.
They looked at the protruding bricks, then at the cat lying on the table, its paws still pawing at the bottom.
Meow~
The Ragdoll cat immediately lay down on the table, wriggling its body affectionately like an innocent kitten playing.
"Phew... that scared me to death."
Meng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, then her gaze fell on the protruding brick. "By the way, what's this? A secret room?"
She picked up the magic wand from the table, pointed the gem at the brick, and said, "Let me see if there's any danger."
As the gem on the magic wand shimmered slightly, Meng Yuan's expression turned to surprise.
"A material that blocks mental energy? I'm already at the ' Ten Thousand Stars ' level, how could I possibly block it!"
There's definitely something wrong!
She strode forward and, under Hela's watchful gaze, arrived in front of the brick.
Looking at the bricks in front of him, he didn't rush to do anything. Instead, he turned around and cast a spell on Meng Yuan behind him.
" Protective Magic Array!"
A magic circle shimmering with strange light rose from beneath the girl's feet, and an invisible shield firmly protected her.
Meng Yuan thought for a moment and then placed a Protective Magic Array around the other two people and the ragdoll cat as well.
Hela tilted her head back to observe the magic circle protecting her, then stuck out her tongue and licked it, trying to act like a normal cat.
The tongue felt as if it were licking solidified air; although it was only a light touch, one could sense that even an average adult would not be able to easily break through.
It seems to be to prevent himself from running around and getting into danger.
After doing all this, Meng Yuan checked it several times, and after confirming that everything was correct, she slowly reached for the brick in front of her.
His chest rose and fell slightly, he took two deep breaths, gripped the brick tightly, and pulled hard.
Whoosh--
In an instant, a bone-chilling gust of cold air blew in, nearly blowing the girl's magic hat off.
When Meng Yuan slowly opened her eyes, the scene before her caused her pupils to contract sharply.
"What... what the hell is this?"
In her trembling gaze, a dark space that appeared wider, yet visually extremely crowded, flooded into her emerald green eyes.
The various circuits from the last century and the modern ones, along with the slightly pulsating pipes, are haphazardly intertwined in every corner, resembling the intestines and blood vessels of a living organism.
The blackboard embedded in the wall is covered with all sorts of old black and white photographs.
One of the walls was made entirely of glass, behind which were placed dried-up black matter and hard white objects.
But the most eye-catching feature is the giant transparent culture chamber at the very center, which is five meters high and two meters in diameter.
Inside the culture chamber, a massive figure was faintly visible in the built-in lights.
Meng Yuan swallowed hard, even forgetting to float, and slowly moved forward with her feet.
When Meng Yuan finally saw the incubation chamber clearly, her heart skipped a beat.
Inside, curled up, was a strange, inhuman-looking monster, its entire body silvery-white.
Deformed muscles clung to every inch of the monster's body, and its enormous face seemed devoid of skin.
Two bloodshot eyes stared intently like ping-pong balls, each tooth clearly visible because it wasn't covered by lips.
The monster has a half-grown bamboo-like structure on its back, which is growing slowly at a visible rate.
The thick pipes, like the umbilical cord connecting a baby, pulsated, supplying nutrients to the monster.
Behind them, the growing metal bamboo, after reaching a height exceeding that of the surrounding metal equipment, was pierced by a sharp laser beam in the blink of an eye.
The metal bamboo was quickly shaved off by more than half.
Meng Yuan could clearly feel that after the bamboo was cut, the monster in front of her trembled slightly, as if it felt pain.