Quadruple split.

Chapter 2428 Observation Project
"All dead."

Almost at the moment when everyone was stunned by the scene before their eyes, Gu Xiaole perfectly fulfilled his duties in the team and said calmly: "Although the body looks intact, I can't feel any 'spirit'. So although I can't accurately judge the time, these people must have been dead spiritually for at least a hundred years."

"I think so too."

Pei Xi also remained calm, not shaken by the shocking scene in front of her. With a calm and indifferent expression, she nodded slightly, and then took the lead to walk into the "Observation Area A" in front of her, and walked straight to the woman with closed eyes who seemed to be floating in the pillar closest to her. Without turning her head, she said to everyone: "Please stay alert, I will investigate first, Ye Ge, you come with me."

Ji Xiaoge swallowed nervously, but still nodded gently. After smiling at the half-dragon knight who looked at her with concern, she tapped the ground with her toes and caught up with Peschi after a few takeoffs and landings with the help of her wings.

At the same time, Largo's tall figure, brimming with a sense of security, appeared beside Peschi. He looked around vigilantly with a serious expression, while protecting his childhood sweetheart under his shadow, his energy more focused than ever before.

After Ji Xiaoge was "recruited" by Peschi as a technician, Lu Jiang, who was supposed to be in the supporting position, took over his task, turning into a light flying bird hovering over everyone's heads, performing the duties of an empty referee.

Jadka and Yaya stood on the left and right sides of the team respectively, guarding against the blind spots of Largo and Lujiang's vision and perception. Because everyone had frequent communication in recent days, the current vigilance can be said to be smooth. Not to mention flawless and seamless, it is definitely worthy of the word "precision".

Compared with the alert mode in the previous exploration, the only difference now is that the one acting as the "bearing pin" in the middle with Mo Tan is not Wang Badan, but Gu Xiaole who is maintaining [Qingxuande] and [Fake Mirage].

"I can also feel that this place is not dangerous."

Mo Tan held his most proficient [Akatsuki·Ruthless Sword] in reverse and said to the great Onmyoji beside him: "Sister Xiaole, you don't need to be distracted. Just focus on controlling the shikigami."

Gu Xiaole smiled and said happily: "Tanjiang is really considerate, but don't worry, although I only have some mediocre skills, this level of concentration is not a problem at all. I can even recite the multiplication formula for you!"

"No, there is no need for the multiplication table."

Mo Tan smiled, then narrowed his eyes and looked at the "tubes" around him that looked like load-bearing pillars but had corpses floating inside.

Even though his eyesight was not as good as Ji Xiaoge's in the game, the half-dragon was actually not bad in this regard. So even though he couldn't see clearly at a farther distance, Mo Tan could still clearly see the state of most of the 'people' in the tubes.

First of all, there is only one "person" in each tube, no matter it is a tall ogre, or a dwarf or goblin that has to be stacked three or five times to match the size of an ogre, they all have an independent tube in a fair manner.

Then, there are only two people of the same race at most, and their genders are definitely different. There will not be a third human, elf or orc. In other words, there are only two observed individuals of each race bound here, and they must be one male and one female.

The last detail was that Mo Tan noticed that all the male individuals were not wearing clothes and had no obvious external injuries on their bodies. They were all in the prime of their respective races, such as thirty-year-old humans, elves around four hundred years old, and dwarves around fifty years old. As for height and weight, based on Mo Tan's understanding of the worldview of the [Realm of Innocence] over the past year, he felt that these people were also in a very standard range.

As for why only male individuals were mentioned, it was naturally because in Mo Tan's eyes, all the female individuals in those tubes were shrouded in shadow from the neck down. As for the reason, he knew without thinking that it must be because those women were completely naked like the other half of the men, so the system would greatly harmonize this scene in front of himself, a man with normal sexual orientation.

"Will it be a little uncomfortable?"

At this moment, Gu Xiaole next to them suddenly turned around, asked curiously, and raised his chin towards the tube closer to the two of them. There was a two-headed ogre in the tube whose skin was frighteningly white due to lack of sunlight and whose body was so huge that Largo could fit inside it.

"I'm OK with that."

Mo Tan took a look at the two-headed ogre, who was much stronger than Anthony Dabbs, and answered honestly, "So it's not a big problem."

"That's good. You can relax a little. If I'm not mistaken, there shouldn't be any danger here."

Gu Xiaole smiled and winked playfully, "Girls' sixth sense is super accurate!"

Mo Tan nodded slightly and replied with the same smile: "I understand, Sister Xiaole."

"That's good to know. I'll turn around a bit and let the Green Lantern illuminate any corners that I might have missed before. Mo-chan, don't forget to pay more attention to the little pigeon. She's not as brave as me. If she can sense your sight, she should feel a little better."

Because Mo Tan had already passed the "inspection" with almost perfect results in the past few days, and Gu Xiaole, who would not have had any opinion about Ji Xiaoge, her online boyfriend, if she had not been possessed by Ji Xiaodao, obviously had no intention of chatting with him alone for too long, so after chatting for a few words, he left Mo Tan and strolled slowly with his hands behind his back.

She never thought of herself as a civilized and polite girl, so naturally she wouldn't chat with her best friend's online love partner for no reason. Although if Ji Xiaoge was around, Sister Xiaole would not mind chatting with Tanjiang for a few more words, and would even be very happy to chat with them about all sorts of things, but if it was a one-on-one chat between the two of them, even if it was not in the current "working state", she would definitely try her best to avoid it.

In short, although this level of avoidance is not an obligation, it is the most basic courtesy.

Mo Tan knew from the beginning that Sister Xiao Le was a very sensible girl, so he didn't mind getting along well with her in the identity of 'Mo'. As for more things, such as whether the other party thought he was a nice person, whether she felt comfortable chatting with him, whether she would want to say a few more words unconsciously, to be honest, he had never considered it.

After all, in Mo Tan's subjective impression under his current personality, he "himself" has never been a good person, and under this overly subjective conclusion, he seems to lack self-awareness.

Of course, considering that there won't be any trouble at this stage, it's harmless that Mo doesn't have any self-awareness. As for what will happen in the future... well, let's talk about it later.

Just like that, a quarter of an hour passed silently. During this time, although everyone was not too nervous, they also maintained a certain degree of seriousness. Even Yaya, who had gone berserk after seeing the situation in 'Observation Area A', was alert to the surrounding movements with a stern expression, and did not bark around as cutely as usual. Finally, Pei Xi, who had been discussing something in a low voice with Ji Xiaoge, took a deep breath, turned around and looked around at everyone, then broke the silence and said, "Since it has been preliminarily determined that there is no danger here, come over here, I will share the results of the investigation with you."

So, at the request of their employer, all members of the Paw Patrol temporarily let down their guard and formed a semicircle around Pacey.

"Let's talk about the results first."

Peschi patted the tube next to her that contained a human female corpse and said calmly, "According to the Observation Log under this ecological tube, this 29-year-old woman named Polly is not a victim of an inhumane experiment, but a volunteer who voluntarily participated in the observation experiment."

Jadeka paused for a moment and repeated in a rather confused tone: "Volunteer?"

"Yes, volunteers."

Peschi nodded and continued, "This is a three-month observation project. During this period, everyone will be placed in the 'ecological tube' unconscious for 27 consecutive days to provide data for this institution. Then they will be awakened on the 28th night, and after a period of recovery and rest, they will leave here with a generous reward."

Lu Jiang looked up at the woman in the eco-tube whose head was shaved and whose neck was covered in shadows, and said hesitantly, "So she was deceived?"

"It's possible, but I personally tend to think that she was not deceived."

Peschi turned around and looked up at the human woman in front of her who was lying in the transparent liquid with a peaceful expression. Without looking back, she said, "Although she didn't leave here alive, those who were working in this research institute also died here. The last record in the Observation Log was the twenty-first day after she came here. The record was relatively peaceful and did not describe Pollis like a test subject."

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"Almost everyone here died unconsciously. Although it can't be called peaceful, it's not painful either."

Gu Xiaole was like a ghost beside Pei Xi, and added: "If you die in anger or resentment, it will leave traces that time cannot erase, but it is surprisingly peaceful here."

Lu Jiang nodded, indicating that she had no objection to what the two "professionals" said, and that she had just said it casually.

Jadeka asked curiously, "But Xiaole, you also said that they died unconsciously, so even if they were murdered, they shouldn't be able to feel anger or resentment, right?"

“Just because humans can’t do it doesn’t mean the spirit can’t do it.”

Gu Xiaole replied with a smile, and spread his hands, saying, "Of course, this is just my personal opinion, for your reference only."

But at this moment, Ji Xiaoge suddenly raised her head and said seriously, "Sister Pei Xi and Sister Xiao Le are right. I just found a way to extract some [expired third-generation life-support solution] from the storage unit of this ecological group. There is no need to analyze it. The item description directly says 'It can guarantee the vitality and physical vitality of the immersed person within the shelf life, and it is optimized for side effects such as the root of rickets'. If you don't want to keep these subjects alive, the optimization mentioned in the description is meaningless."

"Oh, that must be it."

Therefore, Lu Jiang, who knew very well how overbearing and authoritative the item descriptions and notes in the game [Boundary of Innocence] were, immediately expressed her understanding, and agreed without hesitation that these "volunteers" would not kill anyone.

"Then the question comes..."

Mo Tan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked Pei Xi, "If we assume that the shutdown of these ecological tubes caused the deaths of the subjects inside, and the reason for the shutdown of the ecological tubes is closely related to the corpses we saw on the first day, then what is the decisive factor that caused all this to happen?"

Peschi shook his head and said calmly, "I don't know, but that should be the answer to the mystery we have been looking for all this time, or the necessary condition to solve the mystery."

"This is Observation Area A. Deeper down, there should be Observation Areas B and C."

After being appointed as Peshiqin's assistant, Ji Xiaoge, who had been taught by him, pursed her lips and said softly with an expression that showed fear, but she was still trying to muster up her courage: "As long as we continue to explore, we will definitely find out where this place is."

Perhaps she gradually lost patience with this confusing ancient relic. Crouching next to Mo Tan, the dog girl, with a posture like a bad girl, gnashed her teeth anxiously.

"Anyway, I'll first explain how to unlock the corresponding log of the eco-tube, and then everyone should hurry up and check all the subjects in this area."

Peschi squatted down, gently patted the metal plate under the eco-tube, and instructed: "Time is tight. We need to collect all the logs to the observatory as soon as possible and extract meaningful content in the process to reduce the burden for the next exploration. So... stop talking nonsense and start quickly."

Just like that, following the leader's order, after everyone had briefly learned how to unlock the log (kick off the thick metal plate protruding from the bottom of the eco-tube and take out the log), they began to act separately and collect intelligence at high speed while observing Area A. Since the log was recorded in the common language (simplified Chinese characters), the process was very efficient. It only took half an hour for everyone to finish reading all the logs corresponding to all the eco-tubes.

The preliminary conclusion is that the working atmosphere in this research facility is quite good, and no inhumane research is conducted. In particular, the attitude towards the test subjects is, to use an inappropriate description - the medical ethics are almost maxed out.

This content is consistent with the investigation results of Mo Tan and others a week ago...

Almost completely contradictory
Chapter 2419: The End