Quadruple split.

Chapter 2431 The Ominous Behind the Door

There was no one in area D.

To be more precise, there should be no living or dead things.

There was only cold darkness and a bunch of cold machines, if those eco-tubes could be called machines.

That's right. Under the cold candlelight of the Green Lantern, everyone saw that Observation Area D, which was larger than the previous three observation areas combined, had only a total of 150 eco-tubes, and all of them were severely damaged. It was obvious that some creature had exerted a force from the inside that far exceeded its impact resistance level.

By the way, the so-called [Observation Area D] is a temporary name given to this space by Pesci based on the on-site situation. In fact, starting from three areas ago, the surrounding environment has been damaged a lot, and those replaceable signboards have long become part of the ruins. However, whether it is the previous restaurant or dormitory, Pesci can detect clues and infer functions from various details, and the same is naturally true here——

Although the space was exceptionally spacious, the ecological tubes almost made it clear that this was another observation area. In addition, since everyone had already walked through the three observation areas A, B, and C, this could only be [Observation Area D].

The biggest difference between Area D and the previous three observation areas, which were either humane or inhumane, was that the equipment here could basically be considered to have been destroyed by the corresponding "subjects". On this basis, based on the mess here and the first two areas that were almost in ruins, Peschi made a very reliable inference.

That is - those who were supposed to be contained in Area D but had obviously managed to "escape" were the ones who encountered a large number of staff from this facility in the transit hall and were the culprits who carried out the super-god-like killing.

"Not only that……"

Peschi stared at the wreckage of the ecological tube in front of him, which had been completely twisted as if it had just been hit by a ballistic missile, and whispered: "Those things that escaped from here may be the culprit for the end of this research base, and may even be the core project here."

Jadka stroked his beard and asked, "This entire ruin was built for the existence in Observation Zone D?"

"possible."

Peschi looked around and said calmly, "Although it has been destroyed, even if we only look at the area, this place is much larger than the previous three observation areas. Not only that, almost every inch of the ground here is scattered with a high density of metal and parts. If they belonged to this area before becoming like this, just from the scale of the equipment, Area D also exceeds the sum of the previous three areas."

Everyone nodded, only Mo Tan frowned secretly. The reason was simple. He didn't like Peschi's subconscious calling those who escaped from here "culprits".

After all, based on previous inferences, Mo Tan has already reached a preliminary conclusion in his heart -

First of all, this research facility should belong to a force. According to the "Research Log" in Area A, this force is most likely not an organization such as the Wanderer's Inn, the Thieves' Guild, the Adventurers' Guild, the City of Miracles, or the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, but an organization similar to the Violet Empire or the Holy Union, which is much larger in scale and has "people" or "believers".

The 'volunteers' in Area A are legal citizens or devout believers of this force who enjoy normal citizen rights. They are extremely loyal to this force. Although they cannot be called blind, they are somewhat fanatical. These volunteers have indeed received very humanitarian treatment. Not only have they not been subjected to any excessive treatment, they can even leave safely with their rewards.

But in Areas B and C, the situation took a radical turn. Although the mainstream races were still humans, orcs, and elves, the subjects in these two observation areas were different from the volunteers in Area A. They were almost not treated as the same kind of staff. The difference was even greater than the difference between how humans treat their own kind and how they treat mice. It was more like those gamers who used cheats to crazily slaughter NPCs before spiritual virtual games became popular. They didn't even regard the other party as being in the same dimension as themselves.

As for why an adjective is added, it is because in [Realm of Innocence] and those spiritual virtual games that are far inferior in quality, it is difficult for normal players to be so cruel. Even if the opponent is not a real person with flesh and blood, even if the opponent is not an AI with an independent personality, even if the opponent is just a code that looks like an intelligent creature, normal people cannot use such horrible and abominable means against them.

Of course, Mo Tan was not surprised that there were no normal people among the staff of this facility. Although he was willing to embrace all the "good" in human nature, this made him see the "evil" side of human nature equally clearly, so he knew very well how cheap "human nature" was in many areas.

In short, Mo Tan did not choose the perspective of experts in related fields of Peshina, but determined the social status of this ancient relic through his own observations. Not only that, he even portrayed in his mind a force that was extremely conceited and did not regard "foreigners" as human beings at all.

It's a pity that although Mo Tan is knowledgeable, he is not a historian after all. It is difficult for him to accurately find one or several suspects in the more than 9,000 years of documented history of the [Realm of Innocence] and connect them with the relevant information that lingers deep in his mind but he can't remember no matter how hard he tries.

He wondered if he had seen or experienced something when he had a blackout. After all, from the perspective of painting style alone, there was no conflict between this and "that side" of his own. But after a brief thought, Mo Tan denied this possibility. Based on his experience of nearly a year, not even a trace of the memory during a blackout would be synchronized to his other three personalities, and there had been no exception until today.

[So why is this…]

Mo Tan secretly gritted his teeth and looked around at the surroundings. He had no impression of it, but inexplicably had some impression of it. It was an environment full of contradictions. A layer of fine and hidden beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Are you ok?"

Ji Xiaoge beside him shook her wings, touched the back of Mo Tan's hand with the back of her hand secretly, and whispered: "Sister Xiaole said that you seemed to be a little uncomfortable since a while ago."

"Just stop talking about me."

Mo Tan smiled and shook his head gently: "Your face looked even uglier just now."

"Well, you dare to say that I'm ugly, I'll come back and settle the score with you!"

Ji Xiaoge smiled, and then she felt relieved after confirming that her sweetheart was fine. Then she turned her gaze to Peixi and raised her hand generously: "Sister Peixi——"

Pei Xi nodded slightly and said concisely: "What's the matter?"

"I think the people who escaped from here... um... whether they are human or not, they should not be considered the 'culprit', right?"

The winged beauty looked at Pesci seriously and said, "After all, no matter how you think about it, they are victims."

Pesci was stunned for a moment, as if she was trying to recall when she had said the word "culprit". Then she said simply, "Sorry, there was indeed something wrong with what I said."

"I'm sorry too, I might have taken it a little too seriously."

Ji Xiaoge scratched her hair a little embarrassedly. Perhaps it was because the environment here was much better than the previous two observation areas. Both she and Lu Jiang looked more energetic than before.

As for Pesci, she still maintained a poker face... that is, no expression, and said calmly: "Now, I plan to evaluate the strength of those 'missing persons'. Ye Ge, can you test how strong this eco-tube is?"

Ji Xiaoge thought for a moment and said with an embarrassed expression, "Well... I did have it originally, but I was angry with my instructor and left the equipment in the workshop."

Pesci: “Ah?”

"I just made a few scallion pancakes earlier!"

Ji Xiaoge lowered her little face and said shyly, "It may be because it was a little hard, so my instructor insisted that I use the equipment to test it. It turned out that the equipment was particularly annoying and gave it an A+ rating..."

Although Largo had been knocked out by the beautiful girl's cooking once before, he didn't seem to have learned his lesson. He asked curiously, "Although I'm not as professional as Pesci, an A+ rating should be very good, right?"

"If it's about the taste, it's really good."

Ji Xiaoge looked at Largo expressionlessly and said dryly, "But what if it is an A+ level fortification?" Largo was shocked: "Wouldn't that be a piece of cake?"

Ji Xiaoge covered her face in pain: "Yes, it's a pancake..."

Largo: “…”

"Well, it's a very humorous pie."

After making an inappropriate complaint, Peschi turned to look at Largo and said in an unquestionable tone: "Go test the strength of the eco-tube. Use force."

"Oh."

Largo nodded when he was about to ask how to test it when the other party predicted the answer. He then walked to an ecological pipe that had a large hole two people high on the front but a relatively intact structure. He held his breath and punched out!
boom--

With a loud bang, the place where Largo hit was instantly shattered, leaving a hole as big as a casserole, but the Highlander's expression suddenly became serious.

"epic."

Without any hesitation, Largo immediately said to Peschi, "If you want to destroy these eco-tubes, you need to be at least at the peak of the high level. But if you want to cause the kind of destruction we saw, where they were almost blown apart in the middle and the scope of the destruction was ridiculous, I think you need to be at least at the half-step epic level or even epic level to do it."

"very good."

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Peschi nodded, with a rare, pleasing smile on her lips: "On behalf of myself, I would like to express my gratitude that we did not encounter more than a hundred crazy epic masters."

Perhaps it was because the team leader with a somewhat expressionless personality finally laughed, except for Mo Tan, who had a growing ominous premonition in his heart, everyone else also laughed in the increasingly relaxed atmosphere.

"Please continue to stay focused."

While reminding everyone not to let down their guard, Peschi gave a routine instruction: "Well, considering that there doesn't seem to be any valuable intelligence to collect feedback here, let's take a short break for five minutes and then set off for the next area."

After saying that, she strolled over to a relatively intact part of the ruins, the remaining part of which was about the size of a refrigerator, and took out her tools and started tinkering with it, just like she had done before when everyone else stopped.

The others just started to rest on the spot. Although there was no fighting along the way, it was still very physically demanding to keep their attention focused at all times and force themselves to stay calm in extreme scenes.

Just like that, five minutes passed.

However, just as Pesci reluctantly left the scrapped metal lump and returned to the crowd to announce that he would continue to move forward -

"Feel sorry."

Mo Tan suddenly stopped, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I suggest we stop here today and explore the area ahead later."

Pesci pulled down her goggles and asked briefly, "Reason?"

"There is no reason..."

Mo Tan sighed and said helplessly: "But I have a bad feeling."

"I see."

Pei Xi nodded slightly, and then said calmly: "I'm sorry, Brother Mo, although I trust you completely, I am willing to believe that the experimental subjects in Area B were not the work of 'Human Transformation' for an ambiguous reason. It does not mean that I will change the established plan for the same reason. Of course, if you can be more specific, the possibility of me being convinced is actually very high."

Mo Tan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But I really can't be more specific."

"Then let us put aside those inexplicable 'inspirations' and continue to act under the guidance of reason, logic and planning."

Pei Xi said this, and then turned to Gu Xiaole who was holding her shoulder: "What do you mean?"

"As I've said before, I can sense there's something disturbing going on here, and until now, that hasn't materialized."

Gu Xiaole looked away and said with a subtle expression: "In other words, the further we go, the higher the possibility of encountering an accident, so..."

"So if we retreat for now, will the aura that makes you feel uneasy disappear tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or some day in the future?"

"I don't think... no."

"Then do you know that according to the feedback from the team that initially discovered the ancient ruins [Codename: Purple Night], it will enter an unstable phase starting tomorrow, and may burst out with unexplained purple light at any time, and none of us can guarantee what impact the next unstable phase will have on us, this place, and [Loya]."

"..."

"Well, if you have no objection, let's go."

After saying this simply, Peschi, accompanied by Largo, walked to the passage at the end of the "Observation Area D" and skillfully raised his hand and tapped the wall.

a bit……

Two clicks...

"wrong!!"

At this moment, Mo Tan's eyes suddenly widened, and in the next moment he appeared behind Pei Xi with [Swift Wind], holding her wrist tightly, preventing her from hitting the wall for the third time -

"Can't open the door, there might be a master behind this..."

Boom! ! !
However, just half a second before Mo Tan finished speaking, accompanied by a loud bang, the gate, which should have required three activations to open due to the anti-accidental touch mechanism, actually opened slowly!
Two dim purple lights lit up silently in the depths of the darkness.

Chapter 2422: End