In the next room, just outside the door, Yan Qing had already silently cursed all of Mu Yang's elders in her heart.
From their conversation, she unexpectedly learned the root cause of last night's massacre: it was all to provide materials for one of the dean's experiments.
In the 21st century, there are still people who treat human life so lightly. Yan Qing's mere inquiries about his entire family seem excessively merciful.
People like this deserve to go to hell, and the kind that will never be forgiven!
The "Assistant Zhu" that Mu Yang mentioned must be the "Team Leader Zhu" that Chen Qi was trying to avoid at all costs.
Upon hearing Mu Yang's words, the man merely smiled. "To be honest, I'd have some reservations about others, but you, Mu Yang, come from the Tai Xuan Sect, the leading sect among the Xuanmen. I have complete faith in your abilities. Don't worry—"
She seemed to have done something, and Mu Yang was successfully comforted. Then Yan Qing heard her continue speaking.
"With you here, I feel at ease."
Assistant Zhu stomped away in her high heels, while Mu Yang stood there, lost in thought. A good minute or two passed before Yan Qing heard a sigh that was almost a muttered lament.
"So, it still doesn't work?"
Then Mu Yang turned around and walked in the opposite direction. A short while later, Yan Qing heard the elevator doors close.
It seems that Mu Yang left by elevator.
Yan Qing waited a few more minutes to make sure there was no more noise outside before slowly pushing open the door and walking out.
Outside the cave entrance was a long corridor, which looked like a sanatorium, but the layout and style were completely different.
Whether it was her imagination or not, as she walked from the small hole into the corridor, it felt as if she had traversed a water-ripple-like space with her bare hands. Although it looked empty, she could feel everything clearly in her body.
When she turned back, the small hole in the wall had disappeared. But when Yan Qing reached in, she could clearly feel that the small hole was still clearly in place, only it was no longer visible to the naked eye.
Standing in the corridor, she felt as if she had traveled back to the 1980s, 90s, and 1990s. The white walls, green paint, and cement floors of the corridor—the old-fashioned feel was exactly the same as the scenes she had seen in period dramas.
Yan Qing suddenly felt a sense of absurdity. She herself couldn't quite believe that she could travel through time and space. But she had only passed through a place that resembled a barrier.
That's right, the barrier! This reminded her that since there was a barrier here, and with Assistant Zhu and Mu Yang appearing, she... she couldn't have accidentally climbed into the underground laboratory, could she?
To verify her guess, she began to cautiously inquire around.
The corridor here is very long, and the old-fashioned light bulbs overhead look like they're about to die, their light flickering and very blurry.
Judging by sight, she could only see about ten meters ahead at most, and only a rough outline of anything further away. This was mainly because the light bulb was too old and unreliable.
Yan Qing thought for a moment. Since she was already here, it would be a waste of her time not to take the initiative to find out more. She was currently quite curious about Assistant Zhu, so she naturally followed the direction he had gone.
However, it was probably time to leave work, or perhaps Assistant Zhu had already finished her business and left? Anyway, she passed by several rooms but didn't see Assistant Zhu at all.
She walked all the way to the end of the corridor and, quite surprisingly, saw a green "fire exit" sign.
It seems that the fire escape routes in this building should run throughout the entire building.
There was a wall ahead, so Yan Qing had no choice but to turn back and start observing the room she had just passed.
The room closest to her looked like an office, with an old-fashioned sofa chair, a solid wood desk, and nothing else.
The door was open. This time, Yan Qing had learned her lesson. She instructed Xiao Tao to stand guard at the door while she went inside to search.
In the drawer of the table, he found two work IDs, both belonging to the same person. One was for a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing black-rimmed glasses and with a serious expression. Below it was written his name—Xu Wenwu.
It seems this person must be the legendary Dean Xu.
This work ID looks brand new, while the other one is much older, with traces of tearing still visible on the photo.
Yan Qing held the work badge with a regretful expression; she wished she could take it now. The dean's work badge could definitely open some secret locations.
Just as she was thinking this, the sphere hanging on her arm suddenly emitted a golden light, which enveloped her work ID in the light.
The light disappeared the next moment, and Yan Qing was surprised to find that she had two identical work IDs in her hand!
Her eyes lit up as she looked at the sphere, her heart pounding with excitement! Those two hundred million spirit coins were absolutely worth it; this sphere not only could identify and control the strange contamination, but it also had an automatic replication function!
Good heavens! Has she finally awakened her protagonist aura?
So Yan Qing seized the opportunity and prepared to make a copy of the other work ID as well.
Unfortunately, no matter how she tried to urge it, the sphere remained completely motionless, as if it were dead.
This is a bit awkward.
After re-hanging the sphere, Yan Qing comforted herself, at least she had made a copy.
With this dean's work pass, it means she can come and go from the underground laboratory at any time!
Thinking about this made her feel much better. Next, she searched through all the tables and chairs, but apart from a completely unusable computer, she couldn't find any useful information.
As for turning on the computer, forget it, she's really not good at that.
So, Yan Qing finally left the dean's office and went to the second-to-last room.
Xiao Tao was still at the door, and she went in by herself. But the style of this office was noticeably more fashionable, a whole level above the previous one. It was like night and day compared to the previous one!
First of all, she was absolutely certain that this was a woman's room. Because the moment she entered, it felt like stepping into a grand display of luxury goods.
—It's still a bag version.
From Chanel, Fendi, and LV to Hermès and Hermès Birkin... the entire luxury handbag industry is covered in this office.
Yan Qing looked at the entire wall of luxury handbags, feeling like she couldn't take it all in. Before, as an ordinary person, her concept of luxury handbags was simply a bunch of zeros after the price tag.
This is supposedly called net worth, but in her opinion, it's definitely a scam.
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