Chapter 294 New Venue

Gu Heng drifted over the sunken area like a ghost, his head slightly raised, as if he had lost all his senses. The core of his existence, his consciousness, had been replaced by a void soul, wandering in this bizarre and dark world, enjoying it immensely.

An Ru followed cautiously behind, her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings. According to the routine of the testing site and the information revealed by Gu Heng, since this was the end of the road, the key to the second exit must come from somewhere inside the house.

She passed a window that looked relatively "reasonable," with only a red brick wall on the outside, but it was kept very clean, almost spotless. It was hard to imagine that it might be the same kind of creature that was wailing nearby—An Ru stared at the wall for a long time before finally noticing something in the area where the window frame was glued to the wall—the human skin-like texture was tightly pressed into the gap, and had now shrunk to the point of disappearing; only in this way could one tell that they were of the same kind.

She felt a chill run down her spine and took a few more steps forward to look at the things hanging on the back wall—one of which was an identity certificate stating that "Bell Hera will serve as the director of the Black Goat Mental Hospital," and next to it was an approval document for the opening of the Sunset Hills shopping mall.

Judging from the approval document, the developer and Belle had already completed a deal long ago—if the mall could be used as a test site after its closure, Belle, as the commissioned party, would need to bring all the outsiders there so that she could leave Sunset Hill ahead of time.

What the hell does this mean?!

An Ru was suddenly horrified. So they had all fallen into that crazy woman's trap?

For a moment, she felt that the documents in front of her were more nauseating than any taboo she had ever seen before. They used all the outsiders as test subjects. Whether it was accumulating enough nightmare points or using special methods, this place didn't give anyone a chance to get out alive. Moreover, she still had to lead a half-mad person to find a way to survive.

She stared at the approval document, the terms of which read mercilessly: Ms. Bell was extremely satisfied with this, and had even used tens of thousands of points to rent many prototypes that had become mobile commodities for maintenance. That woman really knew how to play the capitalist game! Both sides were making a killing, which was why the items in the mall wouldn't attack Bell on their own initiative. And because of that guy's twisted decision, this group of idiots was about to lose their lives.

An Ru walked menacingly to the desk, no longer bothering with the deformed, half-human, half-ghost state. She opened a drawer, wondering if she could find any other clues—such as whether they had mentioned other testing locations, traps, or any alternative escape routes or methods.

Scattered on the desk were some purchase orders, as well as dusty cups and photos. Only one side was normal, while the other side was a huge human face made up of twisted organs and skin, and there was more than one.

These faces, still groaning, are almost identical to those on the floor—all very old, covered in mold and age spots, some with scabbed marks on their surfaces, filled with large and small eyes that keep turning and secreting dark yellow pus.

As for what you can find in the drawer, it's just some academic papers or performance statistics charts. These messy characters are all mixed together, making it impossible to understand what they are trying to express. Well, maybe that's understandable. After all, everything that can be found here is for the so-called testing ground. Generally speaking, no one would think of looking for any clues in such a place.

"Don't look through it."

"You will be assimilated."

"They influence us invisibly, so don't have too much contact with them."

Gu Heng suddenly said this.

An Ru responded irritably, continuing to rummage through the documents relentlessly.

Unfortunately, she found an untitled document with the font bolded in the bottom drawer.

She quickly flipped through a few pages, which described the desolate shopping mall's operations in great detail, followed by a table showing the increasing product turnover rate—that was a terrifying number, one hundred percent.

An Ru Shi was at a loss for how to react to this. It has to be said... this is truly a painful conversion rate.

Before her, the still photo frame on the table began to make a sound again, and then it began to distort. She could vaguely see half of a man's face, while the other half had been assimilated, a face covered with opening and closing mouth devices.

"This is me."

"If you look closely, you'll see that the photo in the frame is mine."

"Isn't it amazing?"

"Perhaps the rules of the nodes still exist in this space. You have repeated this behavior many times, but you have never realized it."

"And I... saw this cruel reality."

Gu Heng suddenly knelt down on the ground and began to cry bitterly.

An Ru took a deep breath and told herself to calm down. She had to find a way out. Please... she had already offended everyone. If she still couldn't get out in the end, wouldn't she be attacked from both sides? She didn't want to die at Xi En's hands. That process would definitely not be pleasant.

"I heard some noise."

"Someone is calling us."

"Didn't you hear me?" Gu Heng suddenly stood up again, as if he had a split personality, and said with a serious expression.

"Who? That son of a bitch, Sheen?" An Ru said this as she took out the last inhibitor and was considering whether or not to use it.

Gu Heng ignored her, simply calming down and standing there blankly—as if he had entered some kind of paradise without nightmares.

He was lost in that ideal world for several seconds, then turned around and walked towards a corner of the office—only then did An Ru notice that there was an extra door there; she had been so busy cursing that she hadn't noticed it at all.

Gu Heng glanced back at her, gestured for her to follow, then pushed open the door and walked straight in.

She had no reason to refuse and quickly went to meet him.

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"This is more like a testing ground."

"It's practically identical to Eoubs's lab."

They entered a very spacious laboratory with corridors that spread out like a spider web—on one side of the main corridor stood a certification instrument, the kind of high-end equipment that requires genetic or iris scans.

Not far away, there seemed to be areas that required strict control. The glass was bright and clean, and it looked well sealed. I just don't know if there were any corresponding protective measures.

Further on, the corridor beneath their feet stretched out into the distance, with no end in sight.

“I recognize this place.”

"I've seen it many times in my vision of the future."

Gu Heng said this.

An Rushi's face twisted like a bitter gourd.

"Yes, yes, please stop talking nonsense."