The inner wall of the pipe was smooth and cold, allowing only one person to pass through at a time.

The two could only move forward with difficulty, their backs bent. Apart from the sound of their breathing and the rustling of their clothes against the pipe walls, there was only deathly silence.

This silence was all the more unsettling. No one knew what awaited them at the end of this pipe.

Is it a direct route to the core area of ​​the research institute? Or is it a death trap filled with sensors and automated weapons?

Xiao Jin was completely focused, pushing her senses to the limit, and taking each step with extreme caution. Song Chao also held his breath, the faint light of his "Starlight" prop steadily illuminating the path ahead.

After walking for about ten minutes in absolute darkness and silence, a faint light seemed to appear ahead, and there was a faint sense of air movement.

We're almost at the exit!

Xiao Jin made a gesture, slowing down even further, like a cat in the dark, silently approaching the light.

The light comes from a vent grille on the duct wall.

She cautiously approached the grille and looked down—

Her pupils contracted sharply after just one glance!

Below the vents lay what appeared to be an extremely vast space. No longer were cold metal pipes, but rather... an indescribable sight!

It was a huge area, like a petri dish.

Below, countless transparent cylindrical containers were neatly arranged, each filled with a pale green nutrient solution, and inside the containers... were naked humans!

Men, women, young and old—they all had their eyes closed and their bodies were covered with various tubes, like sleeping specimens!

What's even more chilling is that these people's faces clearly display a variety of extreme expressions—immense fear, twisted pain, desperate sorrow, and frenzied rage...

These negative emotions were so intense that they seemed to materialize into tangible black mist, being drawn out of them in wisps and then absorbed and gathered by the device at the top of the container...

Above the entire space, streams formed by this dark "emotional energy" flowed as if pulled by an invisible force toward several larger pipe openings in the distance, their destination unknown.

The entire scene was silent, yet it was more chilling than any scream!

It's called a research institute, but it's actually a large-scale, factory-like production facility for "emotional fuel"... a living hell!

Xiao Jin felt a chill run down her spine to the top of her head. She had finally witnessed the production site of "emotional fuel" with her own eyes!

Song Chao also saw the scene below. His face turned deathly pale instantly, and his hand holding the weapon trembled violently with extreme anger.

He quickly covered his mouth to avoid making a sound.

Just as the two were completely stunned by this horrifying sight—

"Tick-tock".

A very faint sound, like a drop of water falling to the ground, suddenly came from the dark pipe behind them.

The sound was very soft, but in the deathly silent pipe, it was as clear as thunder!

Xiao Jin and Song Chao froze instantly!

Someone's there?!

Or rather... something followed them in?

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I'm sorry, Jiang Shang has completely run out of ideas to write anymore, as can be seen from the two previous unusually long breaks in updates.

I apologize to all the readers here.

Poor sales are one issue, and the fact that Jiang Shang himself can't even salvage the terrible writing is another. But regardless, I'm grateful to the many readers who have been following along.

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