Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 623 Survivors

Upon hearing the noise, Yang Xingguo was like a frightened bird. He quickly moved away from the source of the sound and grabbed his shield to shield himself.

But a long time passed and the attack never came.

Yang Xingguo slowly lowered his shield, revealing a pair of eyes to observe the source of the sound.

Before he could figure out what was going on, the locker opened.

A burly man with his eyes closed, wearing heavy protective clothing, walked out with a resolute air, as if he were preparing to jump off a cliff to commit suicide.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"

Just as Yang Xingguo was about to speak, the man with his eyes closed suddenly roared.

Fortunately, the protective suits prevented the sound from carrying very far.

But that fearless spirit still startled Yang Xingguo, who immediately went into battle mode.

But after he yelled, the other party crashed like a computer running out of memory, without making any move, just standing there as if waiting for something.

Unable to gauge the man's state, Yang Xingguo hid behind his shield and tentatively asked, "Who are you?"

Bang.

The protective suit collided with the ground, producing a dull metallic clang.

"Thank goodness, it's a person, a person, not one of those experimental subjects..."

The burly man, trembling with excitement as he lay on all fours, almost burst into tears: "I thought they were going to tear me apart..."

Upon seeing this situation, Yang Xingguo quickly grasped the current state of affairs.

The man in front of me, who was over two meters tall and had the physique of an elephant, clearly thought he was part of the rescue team.

If he had appeared sooner, I could have saved a lot of time wandering around the base and gone straight to the laboratory.

But he didn't come earlier or later; he just happened to arrive when I found the DX Project Lab.

This is really frustrating.

"Brother, which branch are you from? What's the situation outside? Has the Balrog been contained?"

The burly man, with one hand behind his back, asked a long string of questions.

Instead of rushing to Yang Xingguo for protection, he rationally stood still and waited for Yang Xingguo's reply.

Yang Xingguo had been a criminal police officer for many years, so he naturally had the ability to read people's expressions and demeanor.

He could tell the burly man was testing him, so he retorted, "Prove your identity first!"

The burly man breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hands, and slowly walked to the terminal, activating it with his own identity and permissions.

Yang Xingguo diverted some of his attention to the screen on the terminal.

[Level 2 Researcher Bell, access verified]

After completing the verification, Bell slowly stepped back, facing Yang Xingguo, and made way for him.

Now it was Yang Xingguo's turn to be in a dilemma.

It's true that he can activate most terminals using the power of the black bead, but who knows if this access can be exposed to the light of day?
If I get recognized, I'll be finished.

Yang Xingguo's gaze began to scan Bell's heavy protective suit, seemingly searching for an easy spot to strike.

If Bell were an ordinary person, Yang Xingguo probably wouldn't have done anything to him.

But in this base where people were clearly being used for human experimentation, Yang Xingguo would show no mercy to any one of them.

Because everything here is above the law, and it is impossible to restrain or judge them using human laws.

Yang Xingguo finally understood the hermit's actions.

After a long standoff, Yang Xingguo finally abandoned his murderous intent.

He couldn't be sure whether the man named Bell in front of him had participated in human experiments. What if he was in charge of other projects and had never harmed ordinary people?
Of course, the main reason was that Yang Xingguo was unsure whether his mind blade could penetrate the opponent's protective suit.

With the underwater base completely sealed off, someone who can survive for so long in the perilous experimental area is definitely no pushover.

The two children are waiting for me to rescue them; I absolutely cannot allow anything to go wrong here.

We should wait until the authorization verification fails before attempting to attack.

With this thought in mind, Yang Xingguo placed his hand on the terminal. The screen was no different from when he was searching for information before; the assistant's permissions were confirmed.

Seeing this, Bale was no longer calm.

"Are you Dr. Yue's assistant?" Bell asked nervously.

Dr. Yue? Could it be Yue Yangyan?

Yang Xingguo was full of doubts, but on the surface he remained calm and nodded slightly as if he were stretching his muscles.

"Tell me what happened here, tell me everything from beginning to end."

Yang Xingguo asked with a cold face.

"Ah... didn't the others at the base explain the situation?" Bell asked somewhat cautiously.

Yang Xingguo, who had sneaked in using the black bead, had no idea what was going on here.
However, experience makes perfect, and after interrogating countless criminals, he perfectly replicated the skill of avoiding difficult questions from them.

"I need to know the latest situation inside the base."

Yang Xingguo adopted the same imposing manner he used when interrogating prisoners, staring directly at Bell with sharp eyes: "Besides, the orders I received were not to clean up your messes."

“Then our experiment…” Bell asked in a low voice.

"That's not my job. My task is to retrieve the DX1105B experimental subject."

Yang Xingguo knew nothing about the inner workings of this secret department.

Therefore, to avoid any complications and to prevent himself from being an insider, he needed to avoid conversations as much as possible, creating an image of someone who would never meddle in other people's business except for tasks, and who was extremely rigid.

Little did they know, this was exactly in line with the operational style of the Countermeasures Bureau.

Bell opened his protective suit, revealing a bitter face: "But the Flame Demons created using core sediment are lurking near the DX Project laboratory."

"What did you say?!"

Yang Xingguo unconsciously raised his voice.

On his way to the experimental zone, he had already witnessed firsthand just how devastating the Flame Demon Puppet truly was.

The data on the terminal indicates that once this puppet is completed, it will possess the power of a top-tier fusion warrior.

Although Yang Xingguo didn't understand what a top-tier fusion warrior was, he clearly understood that the second half of the sentence, the Flame Demon Puppet, could turn everything within a radius of hundreds of kilometers into ashes.

This weapon, far more lethal than any weapon Yang Xingguo was familiar with, could be called a world-destroying creature.

When he heard this thing loitering outside his daughter's lab, how could he, as a father, not be scared?

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We've followed Dr. Yue's instructions exactly from beginning to end, without making any changes whatsoever."

However, just at the step of implanting the control core, the Flame Demon suddenly went berserk, breaking free of the force field restraint device and seizing control of the [Flame Wing Angel] we had previously created.

Faced with Yang Xingguo's sudden increase in volume, Bell instinctively shrank back, behaving cowardly in a way that was completely contrary to his burly physique.

(End of this chapter)