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

Without much explanation, Dr. Wada turned and left: "A strange man gave it to me. According to him, he calls himself Zeronos."

Chapter 178 A Steadfast Heart

"Zero Nors..."

In Quintalos's memory, he had never heard of this name, but in the end he still gripped the watch tightly in his hand and walked down the passage.

He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly turned around: "Excuse me, how exactly do I use this?"

Dr. Wada stopped and turned back slightly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes: "Don't worry, as long as you take it with you, someone will naturally tell you how to use it."

After saying that, he didn't look back, quickly left the room, and disappeared from Kintaros's sight.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Quintalos turned and walked down, quickly disappearing from the room.

When there was no more movement inside, Dr. Wada, who was standing outside the door, sighed softly, leaned against the wall, and stared blankly into space.

"Tianjin Fourth, do you think what I did was right?"

He spoke softly, but received no response.

After a moment of silence, he gave a wry smile: "I almost forgot, you were already in the distant past..."

He couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence and could only cover his face and weep.

As time passed, he was completely forgotten by time, and the people he knew were long gone. He could only move about the world by borrowing the appearance of others.

"But I will still keep going, even if in the end there is no one left to walk with me."

He composed himself, and the fire within him flared up once more.

"I will find out who is responsible for destroying our history!"

He wasn't just seeking revenge; he also wanted to protect others from harm.

"Alien Electro-O was just a thrown-out force; there's an even bigger hand behind it..."

"Hopefully they can force someone out from behind and expose a clue."

Thinking of this, he quickly walked towards the experimental area, where there were many more things than just those in the experimental area.

Over an infinitely long period of time, his knowledge had already reached a level that was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

……

On the other side, Yuuki and the others had just come out from the second basement level.

Compared to the underground level, the environment here is more primitive, with rock walls all around, and a faint yellow light shines through the rock walls, illuminating their path forward.

"The contrast is too great."

Momotaros stood at the back of the line, shaking his arms and wrinkling his nose as he looked around: "At least the last floor looked like a laboratory, but this floor feels like some kind of mountain ravine."

The octopus-like Otherworldly being didn't speak, but its expression clearly tensed up.

Dr. Wada said this place is dangerous, so it must not be as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

Rin took out the folded blueprints she had obtained from Dr. Wada from her bosom, unfolded them, and carefully compared them in the dim light of the rock wall.

A moment later, Rin raised his head and looked down at a deep crack in the rock wall not far ahead.

"I understand why Dr. Wada said there are blind spots in the surveillance system."

He pointed to the crack, gesturing for the group to approach and observe.

The group approached and discovered that the crevice was about two meters deep, with uneven inner walls covered with sharp stone edges, enough to completely conceal two people without being noticed.

“These naturally formed fissures are probably everywhere in this area. The man-made monitoring cameras can only cover the main passages and it is impossible to keep track of every single crack.”

Rin put away the blueprints, her tone slightly more relaxed than before.

"I don't know what these people were thinking. Didn't they notice these cracks?"

Yu Xing didn't speak, but instead peered into the crack and tapped the rock wall with her hand.

Tapping her fingers against the rock wall produced a dull echo. Yuuki glanced back at the octopus-shaped demon god and realized something: "This place probably serves more than just a hiding place."

"Think about it carefully."

Yuuki took two steps back and compared the top and bottom of the crack with her hand.

"you mean......?"

Rin Ichijo frowned, sensing something from Yuuki's gestures.

"Of course, it's a prison cell."

Yu Xing's tone was very natural: "Take a look for yourselves. If you put iron bars on the outside of this crack, wouldn't it be like a natural prison?"

"As for the environment here, that's probably the reason too."

Why build such nice conditions in the prison? The Otherworldly Gods didn't come here to treat prisoners well.

Upon hearing this, the color drained from the Octopus Demon God's face. If this were the real environment, could his wife and daughter really survive?

It would be extremely difficult for an ordinary person to survive in such an environment for a long time.

Momotaros noticed his unusual behavior, reached out and patted him on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses.

"Don't panic. If this were a prison, they certainly wouldn't let people die."

Momotaros knew that this was just a consolation, and he wasn't quite sure how Another Den-O treated these people.

"Don't worry, since they're using this place as a prison, there must be people living here."

Yuuki also noticed the situation here, and his words made a lot of sense to the Octopus Otherworldly God.

"Let's go. All we need to do now is find the people here to figure out what's going on."

After calming the troops down, Rin led the way and they moved quickly along the shadowy edge of the rock wall, following the map in their hands.

The natural fissures did indeed provide them with excellent cover. Whenever a red dot from a surveillance camera appeared in front of the passage, they could always slip through the cracks in the rocks on the side and avoid the camera's field of vision.

The entire underground level is like a prison converted from a natural cave, with winding passages and frequent forks in the road. If you don't have a map, you'll most likely get lost in it.

But the deeper you go, the more regular the cracks on both sides of the passage become, gradually evolving from natural, irregular cracks into artificially modified recesses.

Some of the alcoves even had heavy iron bars installed at the entrance, behind which was pitch black, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Yuuki paused for half a second as she passed one of the iron gates, and after a moment of silence, she followed Rin Ichijo and continued walking inside.

The passage went deeper and narrower, while the surrounding fissures became increasingly dense.

Just when Yuuki thought they could sneak all the way to the depths, Rin Ichijo suddenly raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop.

About fifteen meters ahead, the passage suddenly widens, forming a natural rock chamber of about fifty square meters.

The walls of the rock hall were smooth, clearly polished by hand, and three dazzling searchlights hung high on the ceiling, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

Around the rock hall, every few steps there was a guard dressed in black tactical gear. There were at least eight of them, each with a gun on his waist and a communicator hanging from his right ear. They stood straight and their eyes scanned every direction warily.

At the end of the rock hall was a heavy metal gate, with a palm-sized electronic screen embedded in the door panel, emitting a faint blue light.

"It's over."

Rin lowered her voice and pointed to the last marker on the map: "According to the map, the core of the detention area is behind that gate. The Octopus Otherworldly God's family should be inside. But to bring them out of here, we must go through this rock hall."

"That settles it, let's just storm in."

Momotaros gripped the hilt of his sword, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Once we get here, we can fight our way out, but getting out will be difficult. Don't be too careless, and don't forget what Dr. Wada said."

The threat here isn't just surveillance and these regular guards; the real danger lies in the Otherworldly Gods lurking here!

Those are beings of equal standing to them, and they must be extremely careful.

If they linger here too long, they are likely to be attacked by the whole group.

Yuuki placed a hand on Momotaros's shoulder: "Let's observe their switching rhythm first."

The group lay hidden in the shadows of the last crack, silently observing for nearly twenty minutes.

The guards' positions were very fixed, with each person responsible for a fan-shaped area. Their lines of sight overlapped very little, and there were almost no gaps that allowed people to pass through silently.

Every ten minutes or so, a guard will walk up to the metal gate, pause in front of the screen for a few seconds, enter a password, confirm it is correct, and then return to his original position.

Such a rigorous defense made Yuuki and the others' hearts sink. Rin Ichijo withdrew his gaze, his expression grave: "Given this situation, I'm afraid we only have one path left to take."

storm!

Upon hearing this answer, Momotaros's eyes blazed with fighting spirit: "That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Yu Xing remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

He took out the silver disc he had obtained from Dr. Wada from his pocket and stuffed it into the hand of the Octopus Otherworldly God.

"Take this."

He quickly said, "Once the fighting starts, activate it immediately to freeze time in the surrounding area, and we'll take care of the enemy quickly."

The octopus-like demon god took the disc and nodded to indicate that he understood. At this point, there was nothing more to say; they had to act swiftly.

Seeing that the Octopus Immortal understood, Yuuki took a deep breath and gave Momotaros and Rin Ichijou a look each.

"Three, two, one, go!"

After a countdown of three, four figures shot out from the crack at the same time.

Momotaros was the fastest; his red figure drew a blinding trail in the white light of the searchlight, and his blade, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, slashed straight at the nearest guard.

The man didn't even have time to react before he was instantly cleaved in two, blood gushing out at high speed from his severed body.

Yuuki rushed straight toward the gate, his body disintegrating into a cloud of yellow sand in mid-air. After bypassing the two guards' interception, he reformed and placed his palms on the control panel on the side of the gate.

Looking at the combination lock in front of him, he didn't hesitate to raise his hand and smash the screen with his fist, severing the internal wiring.

Under forced destruction, the gate emitted a dull thud and slowly rose upwards.

"rush!"

Before the remaining guards could make a move, they were pierced by the tentacles of the Octopus Otherworldly God, who rushed into the doorway first, carrying the disc.

The other three followed him and rushed into the door, disappearing into the piercing alarm.

After they rushed through the gate, they discovered that the space behind it was smaller than expected; it was a long and narrow cave about twenty meters long and ten meters wide.