Chapter 212 Deep Virtual Reality 39

As she left, 034 gently tugged at Xie Ning's sleeve, her light-colored pupils seemingly carrying a hint of reluctance.

Xie Ning gently patted the boy's head in a comforting gesture. She couldn't take 034 with her because he was an experimental subject here, unless her level rose to be higher than Dr. Ji's, but that would take a long time.

Being one of the researchers in the lab does bring a high salary, but it's difficult to improve one's status and benefits further. She might need to find another way to quickly elevate her social standing, but before that, she needs a period of stability to adapt to this world.

"You did a great job today, you're awesome."

If 034 hadn't been there to stop her, she would definitely have used her powers to save her life. If no one noticed, that would be fine, but if it was a trap, she would be in danger.

Xie Ning felt that she always thought a lot, but faced with a dangerous and unfamiliar world, she had to think about everything in the worst possible light.

Xie Ning took a piece of colored transparent cellophane from her pocket and slowly folded it into a small butterfly. "This is a reward. Be good."

The boy nodded gently, and then put the little butterfly into the small jar he always carried with him.

Xie Ning was surprised that he had taken this candy jar containing paper butterflies with him when he ran away, and couldn't help but chuckle.

After returning home and washing away the blood and grime, Xie Ning felt alive again as she lay in bed wearing clean pajamas.

Looking at Zhan Lin's contact information in her address book, Xie Ning hesitated, unsure whether she should contact Zhan Lin. Although she had other ways to learn more about the situation besides Zhan Lin, those other ways were equally uncertain.

Therefore, information needs to be obtained from multiple sources and then combined and organized.

This experimental base is located by the sea. Xie Ning stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the apartment, his gaze fixed on the distant sea. The surging sea seemed like a giant monster swallowing the land. Dark clouds covered the sky, and raindrops fell one by one. Gradually, the rain became heavier and heavier.

The light from the neon lights couldn't penetrate the layers of rain to illuminate the darkness in the distance.

The land area of ​​this world is smaller than that of the world she came from before, accounting for less than 20 percent, and a large part of it is uninhabitable.

Human habitable space is extremely limited, which is why skyscrapers have been built. The apartment building where she lives has 131 floors, an astonishing number, but this building has two hundred floors.

Even the apartment in Zhanlin's Jiangning District that they initially rented was over seventy stories high and didn't have an elevator.

Is the unknown alien creature something that crawled out of the sea, as the Federation has publicly stated, or is it a product of a laboratory?

Xie Ning didn't know, and Zhan Lin, who had been invited to dinner, couldn't explain it clearly either, since they were only responsible for cleaning up.

Xie Ning works at the experimental base. When talking about monsters, Xie Ning speaks with an air of nonchalance. Zhan Lin then realizes that Xie Ning knows more than she does. They cannot reveal this to the general public to avoid causing panic, but since Xie Ning already knows, Zhan Lin naturally won't hide it anymore.

"...When I first joined the Security Bureau, I never expected to be assigned to a special task force. The members there are all very capable, and I was the worst among them."

As she spoke, Zhan Lin sighed.

However, Xie Ning thought Zhan Lin's skills were quite good. Just like those thugs she had dealt with before, they were probably like chicks to be easily manipulated by Zhan Lin. Therefore, Xie Ning guessed, "Is it because of her superpower?"

"You even know this?" Zhan Lin asked in surprise, but then she thought of Xie Ning's workplace and it didn't seem so strange anymore.

"I guess so. Awakened humans are all very powerful, while I'm just an ordinary person..." Zhan Lin looked at her metal hand, her voice somewhat low.

"It's because our team is special that we receive all sorts of missions, most of which are related to alien creatures. The ones who really put in the effort are the awakened ones with superpowers. I'm just a bystander."

This experimental base here has truly opened my eyes. They have all sorts of aliens I'd only ever heard of before... As for the alien that caused the final uprising, it wasn't suppressed by us. It was kept in a huge water tank, and it was the engineers who poured a special liquid into it to calm it down. However, that bioengineer also died.

Engineers with high IQs seem to live lives similar to those of homeless people in slums; value theory is relative.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Xie Ning tactfully changed the subject, "Perhaps superpowers are really powerful, but you can't underestimate yourself. Regardless of superpowers, do you think they could beat you?"

"Of course I can't beat them!" Zhan Lin was quite confident about this.

"I graduated as the top student, and I was the top recruit within the Security Bureau. I got almost full marks in practical courses such as combat, reconnaissance, and shooting. I've seen the test scores of other people from previous years, and I was still number one, haha!"

Xie Ning tapped Zhan Lin's metal arm. "Perhaps your strength can reach another level."