Chapter 110 Xixi, It's Me
Night fell like thick ink, completely engulfing the safe zone.
In a small apartment on the fourth floor of Yuxin Garden, Lu Yuyang stood by the window, his fingertips repeatedly stroking the cold button.
All the clues were frantically intertwined in his mind.
That button fell into the corner of the wall outside the explosion-proof door of the laboratory, and that was no coincidence!
Fu Jinxing is lying; Xixi must be in his hands!
Waiting is not in Lu Yuyang's nature.
Once it was completely dark, he changed into dark combat gear, silently left the apartment and blended into the night, once again stealthily making his way towards the core area of the safe zone.
The core of the safe zone was heavily guarded late at night, with beams of searchlight sweeping across it from time to time.
But Lu Yuyang knew the patrol routes and blind spots of the area like the back of his hand.
He moved like a gecko, clinging to the shadows of the building, using the abandoned pipes as cover to perfectly avoid all the visible and hidden sentries.
Ice crystals condensed and dissipated at his fingertips, silently interfering with the signals of several key infrared sensors.
The laboratory area was heavily guarded by outsiders with superpowers.
But... he had also worked on duty in the laboratory, and to ensure the safety of the laboratory, he had explored every corner nearby.
Therefore, he knew very well where the weakest point was.
Lu Yuyang lurked in the shadows of the rooftop of a distant building, like the most patient hunter. He observed the intervals between guard shifts and calculated the frequency of the searchlight sweeps across the area.
Finally, in a brief, dark corner where two searchlight beams met, he moved!
My body felt like a weightless feather, gliding rapidly along the cold ground.
The moment the searchlight swept back, he sprang up, his toes barely touching the wall, and his whole body soared through the air like a roc.
Upon landing, it performed a light roll without making a sound, and had already slipped into the interior of the laboratory complex.
The core laboratory building resembles a lurking steel behemoth.
Lu Yuyang avoided the main entrance and went around to the side and rear of the building.
He remembered that there was a relatively hidden ventilation duct entrance, and... several high-strength alloy windows for emergency evacuation.
He chose an alloy window located on the second floor.
The windows were tightly closed, and there seemed to be another protective barrier inside, making it impossible to open them silently using conventional methods.
He activated the core power of his ice-type supernatural ability. Extreme coldness surged from the center of his palm, frantically pouring into the small button.
Visible to the naked eye, a layer of crystal-clear, translucent ice emitting a faint blue light rapidly spreads and takes shape, with the button at its core.
In the blink of an eye, that ordinary button was transformed into a complex, multi-purpose ice key with fine serrations and grooves!
The ice crystals refracted a cold luster under the moonlight, exuding a chilling aura.
With focused eyes, Lu Yuyang carefully inserted the ice key, which emanated an astonishing chill, into the deepest part of the alloy window lock.
He held his breath, and his ice-based superpowers, like the most precise carving knife, under his mental control, caused the intricate internal structure of the ice key to adjust and extend itself according to the lock cylinder's construction!
Click... Click...
An extremely faint, almost inaudible sound of a mechanism turning could be heard.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lu Yuyang's forehead as he focused intently.
Finally, with a soft "click," the lock cylinder was completely opened!
Lu Yuyang's eyes relaxed. He carefully used his ice-type ability to envelop the entire window, blocking all possible sound transmission, and then very slowly pushed the window open a crack.
A cold wind blew out, carrying with it the distinctive smell of disinfectant from the laboratory.
He moved with lightning speed, like a slippery ice fish, silently slipping into the interior of the steel fortress.
The dark corridor stretched out before him, like a passageway leading to an unknown abyss.
The cold corridor echoed softly with Lu Yuyang's suppressed footsteps.
Like a cheetah blending into the shadows, he followed the layout of the laboratory in his memory, avoiding the fan-shaped area of infrared scanning, and finally reached the outside of the access control to the core observation room.
The heavy explosion-proof door was tightly closed, with a faint, warm yellow light shining through the cracks.
He held his breath, and a wisp of extremely cold ice crystal condensed at his fingertips, silently covering the access control area.
The internal structure of the ice crystal instantly reorganizes and expands, simulating the preset access key.
A faint electrical hum was heard, and the door lock made a soft "click".
Lu Yuyang pushed the door open abruptly and continued walking inside.
Inside the room, Josie suddenly turned around. "Who's there?"
She immediately spotted the tall figure backlit at the doorway, and her heart skipped a beat.
"XiXi, it's me!"
Lu Yuyang quickly slipped inside and left the door slightly ajar.
He rushed to Qiao Xi and, using the dim blue indicator light of the indoor equipment, anxiously scrutinized her from head to toe. "You really are here! Did Fu Jinxing do anything to you?"
His voice was very low, and his fingers unconsciously touched her cheek to confirm that she was really there in front of him.
Josie felt a warmth in her heart when she saw the obvious relaxation of worry in his eyes.
She shook her head slightly and flexed her wrist: "He only injected me with an inhibitor to temporarily suppress my shapeshifting ability. If it weren't for that, I would have found a way out on my own long ago."
She tried to transform again, but only experienced a faint, tingling sensation, like an electric short circuit, and could not solidify into a shape.
"It's good that you're alright."
Lu Yuyang breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression became even more serious. "It's not safe here. Let's go outside first."
He grabbed Josie's wrist, his cold palm closing in.
Josie was pulled towards the door by him, but hesitated for a moment.
“I can let you have your way with everything else, but this time, I won’t let you face any more danger.”
Fu Jinxing's words echoed in his mind.
Noticing that Qiao Xi's steps were slow, Lu Yuyang turned to look at her, "What's wrong?"
"It's alright, let's go..."
She took the initiative to follow his pace, only glancing back slightly.
She never doubted Fu Jinxing's concern for her, but he had his own things to do, and she also wanted to become strong so that she wouldn't be threatened by anyone.
However, just as Lu Yuyang's hand was about to touch the doorknob...
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
Suddenly all the corridor lights turned on!
The blinding white light instantly illuminated the entire room as bright as day!
The blast door slid open silently, and Fu Jinxing's tall figure stood quietly in the doorway. His white coat was spotless, and his gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses was like an icy lens, coldly reflecting Lu Yuyang and Qiao Xi, who was being protected behind him.
The air froze instantly; you could hear a pin drop.
Almost instinctively, Lu Yuyang spun around, completely shielding Qiao Xi behind him, and met Fu Jinxing's sharp gaze: "Professor Fu! My girlfriend is not your experimental subject! I'm just taking her away; I won't cause you any trouble, nor will I reveal anything about this place!"
Fu Jinxing walked in slowly and calmly, his leather shoes making a crisp sound on the smooth metal floor.
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