Bad luck plagues him, he refuses to become a Kamen Rider.

At the captain's warning, the remaining three men's skin twitched, fear appeared on their faces, and they quickened their pace.

"You're right, let's hurry up and go."

Yuuki was a little curious about their conversation, but he wasn't in a hurry and waited patiently.

The group hurried through the silver-white gate area, and after turning and twisting in the parking lot, they arrived at a wall.

Then the captain gently pressed on the wall, and a door slowly appeared on the wall.

When the door opened, another team inside was already ready to hand over the work.

"You should hurry on your way. The situation is alright for now. Take care."

The team leader quickly gave instructions to the next team, while the captain of the other team, dressed in black with "Team 517" embroidered on his chest, had a very serious expression.

"Team 516, how long has it been since that door was opened?"

Faced with the question from the captain of Team 517, the captain of Team 516 let out a sigh of relief and replied, "We haven't opened the door for almost a day. Be careful. If anyone accidentally dies, we'll have to erect an unmarked tombstone for our brother."

This question caused Team 517's expression to change drastically: "Doesn't that mean we're almost at the opening time?"

The captain of Team 516 simply gave the next team a look that said, "If you all die, this team name will be preserved forever, as the only proof that you ever lived."

"Hurry up, it's time."

The one-minute shift handover period passed in a flash, and Team 517 could only hurriedly walk out of the door with dark faces.

As Team 516 failed to enter the gate, Yuuki silently memorized their location and immediately severed contact.

He then repeated the process, attaching his sand to the remaining alternating squads.

Through observation, Yuuki discovered that there weren't as many teams with squad codes here.

The patrol teams were almost all teams with a strength of 500 or higher; teams with a strength of 500 or higher were practically nonexistent.

Based on the previous conversation, Yuuki immediately understood what was going on.

He narrowed his eyes slightly: "So these people aren't treated as human beings at all? Once the door is opened, anyone who passes by will be dragged inside and never be able to come out again."

This made Yuuki's heart sink slightly. If that were the case, would the octopus demon god's wife and daughter still be alive?

The chances are slim.

"No matter what, we'll only know once we're inside. Since the door is likely to open soon, perhaps we can take this opportunity to get in."

Yuuki had previously thought that she would need to find an access card to enter the room, but now there is a more convenient way.

"In that case, perhaps it's time to take action."

All the sand grains quickly returned to Yuuki's body and then gathered into a human shape.

Taking advantage of the shift change, Youxing quickly returned to her hiding place.

The others breathed a sigh of relief when Yu-Hsing returned.

"How is the situation?"

The octopus-like demon god was somewhat anxious and immediately asked.

"Don't worry, things are going well."

Yuuki immediately relayed the information she had just received to the others.

Rin Ichijo: "So, taking their identities is actually saving them?"

"It also saved us some trouble."

Momotaros was very satisfied with the result: "What are we waiting for? Let's go now. Any more time and we won't have enough time."

"We'll have to wait a little longer."

After thinking for a moment, Rin Ichijo said, "We can wait until the door opens to rescue them; otherwise, switching shifts might cause us to miss the opportunity."

"Ok."

His enthusiasm extinguished, Momotaros sat back down and fiddled with the hilt of his sword.

After three or four groups passed by, the parking lot finally saw a change.

A strange wind blew through the parking lot, and the cold air made the people hiding in the corner suddenly stand up.

"coming!"

They peered over and noticed that the door was open a tiny crack.

However, one approaching group was completely unaware of this change, keeping their eyes fixed ahead and continuing their steps, trying to pass through this section of the road as quickly as possible.

"I wondered why they hadn't checked carefully; it turns out the risk here was too high."

Momotaros was on the far side, muttering to himself.

Yu Xing ignored his nonsense and rushed out as soon as she saw the door widen rapidly.

The other three quickly followed after seeing Yuuki rush out.

The sound of footsteps was amplified in the quiet parking lot, and the already tense patrol team immediately turned their guns towards Youxing and his group.

"Who goes there?!"

The captain was somewhat blustering but actually weak, but Yu Xing and the others were too fast. They only saw a blur before they were plunged into boundless darkness.

Seeing the four people collapse to the ground, the Octopus Otherworldly God moved swiftly and dragged them into the darkness.

"No wonder he's a deliveryman, he's strong and fast."

Having received praise from Momotaros, the Octopus Otherworldly God smiled.

"Quick action."

They quickly stripped off their clothes and equipment, changed their clothes, and stood in front of the door, staring intently at the crack that was still widening.

A blast of cold air wafted out from behind the door. Yuuki looked at the octopus-shaped Otherworldly being and asked, "Do you know what's behind that?"

The Octopus Demon God shook his head, his expression complicated: "I haven't been to the base for a long time. All I know is that my wife and daughter are locked up on the second basement level."

"As for the third underground level, that's where the King is located."

"So I'm not really sure what's on the first floor."

He's just a marginal figure now; how could he possibly know what's going on down there?

"We'll find out when we go in. Even if there's danger, I'm not one to be trifled with."

Once his injuries healed, Momotaros felt he was good again.

The door opened wider and wider, and Yuuki and the others could feel the cold just by standing in front of it, which was very unusual in the hot summer.

When the door opened to 60 degrees, a voice came from behind it: "Bring them in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two dark figures rushed out of the door, but soon they were sent flying back with a thud.

Momotaros's eyes gleamed with excitement as he shouted, "Haha, no need for you to invite me, I'll do it myself!"

Such a violent act startled the person behind the door. Before the door could be closed, Momotaros transformed into a streak of red light and rushed inside.

Hearing the crackling sounds coming from inside, Yuxing immediately rushed in as well.

Once the four of them entered the room, they discovered that they were in front of a huge cold storage room. To the right of the cold storage room was a long corridor.

At the end of the passage was an access gate, where Momotaros was carrying a researcher, surrounded by armed men lying on the ground.

"They don't seem to pose much of a threat; they're just ordinary people."

Momotaros opened his hand, and the unconscious researcher twitched in his palm.

"This guy is easily scared. I just knocked down the people around him and he passed out on his own. I didn't do anything."

Looking at Momotaros's ferocious face, Yuuki felt that it was reasonable for the researcher to faint from fright.

"It seems that the first floor is conducting research."

Rin stepped forward and was somewhat surprised after seeing the researcher's face clearly: "This is a very famous physicist. I just saw him on TV a few days ago, presenting his academic research results."

"I think it was an achievement related to time."

"Is this even considered physics? That's way beyond the scope of what's taught."

Yu Xing has never understood how these genius scientists' brains work; they always manage to research things that seem completely beyond the capabilities of the modern era.

"It's probably about whether time can be reversed, or whether time is linear and irreversible."

"So what is he doing here?"

Yuuki thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out the connection between them yet.

"Leave it for now, and we'll discover its secrets if we keep going."

Dragging the researcher to the access gate, upon seeing the handprint, Yuuki pressed the researcher's hand onto it without hesitation.

"Beep! Authentication successful."

As the voice announced the start of the conversation, hot air billowed out from under the door, which then slowly opened to both sides.

The scene inside the door instantly stunned Yuuki. Seeing Yuuki stop in her tracks, the others also came over, and were equally bewildered when they saw what was inside.

"what is this?"

Yu Xing had never seen such a scene before. In front of them was a glass walkway, and below the walkway was a large area that had been hollowed out.

Within the area, countless people resided in extremely bizarre postures, and what was outrageous was that each of them had the same face.

Furthermore, they are of different ages, including young people, middle-aged people, and elderly people.

"What is that guy doing?"

Momotaros was shocked, and at the same time somewhat puzzled.

Chapter 176 The First Basement Level

"Perhaps we'll find out what they're doing once we go down there."

Yu Xing didn't look down at the crowd of people in various poses below, but instead focused her gaze on the end of the glass walkway.

There's a bend there, and down the bend are stairs that lead all the way to the bottom floor, where there's a door.

But before Yuuki could take any action, Rin Ichijo stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "Our mission is to rescue the hostages. There's no point in lingering here."