Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 618 RPG Game
Yang Xingguo didn't know the structure of the base and could only wander around aimlessly like a headless fly.

Fortunately, the base's structure is not complicated; all the roads are straight and there are very few detours.

He decided to walk straight down a main road until he found a place where people were active, even if it was just a toilet.

After all, bathrooms are usually not too far from the living area.

Yang Xingguo began to move cautiously, looking back every few steps.

Over time, stealth gradually evolved into brisk walking, then into jogging, and finally into a 100-meter sprint.

Yang Xingguo discovered that if he walked at a normal pace, it would take him a day and a night to explore the entire base.

As his movement speed increased, Yang Xingguo soon arrived at the end of the main road in front of him, where two forks in the road, each more than ten meters wide, lay before him.

One leads to the left, the other to the right, and at the end of each is a giant metal door.

Because it was unclear whether there was a room or a new road behind the door.

Out of caution, Yang Xingguo took out his fishing line from his pocket, so that even if there was a maze behind the door, he could find his way back using the fishing line.

Yang Xingguo walked to the metal gate, raised his hand and pressed it on the black metal plate to open the gate using his assistant privileges.

As the gate opened, Yang Xingguo remained on high alert in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.

The door opened, and the feared battle did not occur, which relieved Yang Xingguo.

He operated the metal plate to turn on the light and discovered that it was actually a huge dormitory.

Unlike the spaciousness of the tunnel, each compartment here is no more than ten square meters, separated from each other by silver-gray metal panels, with a staircase leading to the second floor in each of the four corners.

The layout resembles a square honeycomb.

Yang Xingguo believed this was a dormitory and nothing else because the door to one of the cubicles hadn't been closed in time, and he saw the single bed and bedding inside.

Yang Xingguo muttered to himself, utterly puzzled, "This is where the staff live? The tunnel and the hall are so big, yet the living quarters are so small..."

Yang Xingguo walked towards the open cubicle that faced the main door.

Unlike the wide tunnel, he was on high alert as he moved through this corridor, which was less than two meters wide.

It feels like playing a school-themed horror game.

Whenever you're exploring abandoned student dormitories, who isn't afraid that something might suddenly jump out of the dormitory doors on either side as you walk along?

This is a secret base that was sealed off due to an experimental accident, so it wouldn't be surprising if one or two zombies suddenly crawled out of the room.

Using the power of the black beads, Yang Xingguo created a barrier beneath his feet to prevent his feet from making noise when he moved.

He walked into the open dormitory room and gently closed the door slightly.

Apart from the most basic three-piece bedding set, no personal belongings can be seen in the dormitory.

Yang Xingguo inspected the tables, chairs, and walls, and the feedback from the scene only made him more confused.

Compared to staff dormitories, this place is more like a prison cell.

Undeterred, Yang Xingguo opened seven or eight more cubicles in succession, then went up to the second floor and selected a few more. The results of the inspections were exactly the same as before.

"There were no signs of books, picture frames, computers, or anything like that being placed on the tables, chairs, or walls in the room for a long time. There weren't even any power outlets. Even a secret department wouldn't be so rigid as to not allow employees to bring any personal belongings..."

Yang Xingguo shook his head and left the area, turning to walk towards another fork in the road.

Wherever there are people, there will be traces of information. What he needs to do is search for all signs of human activity in order to find the location of the laboratory.

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"This guy is such a dawdler. We've already reminded him with the elevator voice prompts that everyone in the base has been evacuated and we can explore freely, but he still walks around like a mouse, stopping and starting."

Sitting in his private lounge, Yue Yangyan, who was observing Yang Xingguo through the live monitoring screen, couldn't help but complain to Xia Qiyuan beside him.

Although Xia Qiyuan also felt that Yang Xingguo was being a bit indecisive, out of sympathy, he still defended him.

"Humanity's oldest fear is the fear of the unknown. It's normal for a normal person to be cautious when moving around in a base that has been sealed off due to an experimental accident."

It's impossible that after all these years, he's still the same naive young man who hasn't grown at all.

"Tsk, he wasn't brave when he should have been. It seems your death had a big impact on him," Yue Yangyan clicked his tongue.

He picked up the terminal beside him.

The terminal screen is divided into two parts: a 3D human body model on the left and a structural map of Yang Xingguo's base on the right.

“Let me see where he’s gone now… the administrator’s quarters? That might give him a clue.”

Yue Yangyan remotely controlled the space teleportation device and placed a diary titled "D-level Personnel Observation Log" on the bookshelf in the room.

Based on his understanding of Yang Xingguo, the other party would definitely rush to the bookshelf immediately.

However, to ensure everything went smoothly, he also sent an electronic copy of the file to an encrypted folder on the terminal inside the room.

This way, even if Yang Xingguo doesn't browse the bookshelves, he can still obtain some information about the base.

Once Yang Xingguo finds one of them, Yue Yangyan will either take the other or delete it.

As for the password for the encrypted folder, it was posted openly on the wall by the staff as a note, so that other colleagues could easily see it.

Mental ability is a strange basic ability. Once someone has the thought of escaping or has a malicious idea, it will be immediately captured and uploaded by the detection device on their foot.

You've barely started planning your escape when the warden finds out and brings a bunch of people to lecture you. How are you supposed to win then?

Therefore, there is no need to establish any strict guard system here.

Xia Qiyuan watched Yue Yangyan complete a series of operations quietly, and only spoke after he finished: "You even had the time to make up a background introduction for him?"

"This is not some background information."

Yue Yangyan waved his hand: "This log was originally written by the group of people in charge of managing D-level personnel when they were bored. I just restored the things they deleted."

Aside from work-related necessity, any act of recording anything related to the supernatural is a violation of regulations.

According to regulations, they should be severely punished and all records should be destroyed. However, I felt that what this person wrote was very realistic, so I kept it as a clue for the mission.

Because I felt that instead of shoving the route instructions right in Yang Xingguo's face, letting him explore on his own might feel more realistic.

Directly given clues usually seem too convincing, don't they?

That's obvious. People write diaries to record the events that happen every day. How could it not be true?

(End of this chapter)