Chapter 381 You Want to Eat Farts
Meng Shiwan arrived at the laboratory, which was very large and contained all kinds of instruments. Meng Shiwan glanced at them, but didn't know how to use them, nor did she need to. She wasn't really there to do research; she could just occasionally pull out a bottle of problematic power-enhancing fluid to fool them.
She needs to find out where Professor Chen Bolang and his group are.
There are layers upon layers of surveillance outside; as soon as she leaves this laboratory, she will be completely exposed to surveillance.
Using psychic abilities? No.
Psychic ability users can only confuse the minds of humans and animals to hide themselves, but they will inevitably be exposed under infrared scanning.
If one distorts space to hide oneself beneath it, achieving invisibility, one can then freely move and explore this place.
This plan is feasible.
Meng Shiwan distorted the space around her, and just as she hid herself in a spatial rift, a piercing alarm sounded outside.
Meng Shiwan frowned. Something must have happened. She removed the spatial distortion around her, the alarm stopped, and silence returned.
"Something's not right. There are instruments here that can detect spatial fluctuations?"
Before Meng Shiwan could figure out the problem, the laboratory doorbell rang.
She walked over and opened the door, only to see a blond lab technician staring at her. "Did you just use your spatial abilities extensively?"
Meng Shiwan remained expressionless. "Yes, I used a spatial rift to have my friend send me some things. What's wrong?"
The lab technician explained, "I forgot to tell you, we have supernatural ability monitoring equipment here. If someone uses their supernatural abilities excessively without prior notification, the equipment can detect the fluctuations and trigger an alarm. Please be mindful when using your abilities."
If the supernatural energy alarm sounds for more than thirty seconds, the weapon will lock onto this location; if it exceeds one minute, the weapon will fire, and the supernatural beings will arrive at the scene simultaneously.
Meng Shiwan frowned even more deeply. "Ability fluctuation detector? What is that?"
The lab technician said, "This is the latest research from our base, a defensive device. Unless absolutely necessary, try not to use your powers here."
Meng Shiwan nodded, "Okay, I understand."
She closed the lab door again, sighing inwardly that things were getting complicated.
She had intended to use her superpower to investigate the situation here, but now she was being told that there was a superpower fluctuation detection device here, and an alarm would sound once most of her superpower was used.
It seems that Zeus Base has not been without achievements in the past year since the apocalypse. Although they have not figured out the power-enhancing fluid, they have researched some other things.
Meng Shiwan's original plan to secretly find Professor Chen Bolang and his group and then use her spatial abilities to send them out is no longer feasible.
Under the detection of supernatural power fluctuations, she was unable to use her supernatural power. Even though she had reached the core area, she could not go anywhere else and could only stay obediently in this laboratory.
"Cough, cough cough." The system coughed frantically, mimicking a human, trying to remind Meng Shiwan of its existence.
Meng Shiwan walked up to the instruments in the laboratory and started fiddling with them aimlessly.
Even if you're just putting on an act, you should at least make it look convincing; the equipment should still show some signs of use.
She didn't really want to deal with the system. "Stop coughing. I know you can detect Professor Chen Bolang and the others' exact location, but I don't want your help."
system:? ? ?
"Why?"
Instead of taking the shortcut, they insist on finding their own way.
Meng Shiwan fiddled with the things in her hands, "Because I know you too well. If I ask you for help, you'll definitely ask for an exorbitant amount of crystal cores from me."
The crystal cores have been pouring in like crazy these past two days, and it's a considerable amount. Sometimes, when the system helps Meng Shiwan calculate the accounts, it gets more and more excited.
Meng Shiwan traveled a long way to rescue Professor Chen Bolang. If the system doesn't take this opportunity to make a quick buck, it wouldn't be the system Meng Shiwan knows.
The system, which is indeed planning to make a hefty profit: ...
"Um, a discount is fine too."
Meng Shiwan asked, "How much?"
System: "How about 500,000 crystal cores?"
Meng Shiwan: "Hehe."
What did she say? She knew the system was scheming and calculating.
The system said seriously, "What's wrong with me wanting 500,000? You've earned over two million crystal cores in just two days. If I only need 500,000, I can tell you the exact location of Chen Bolang and the others. You can just rush over, rescue them, and run away. Isn't that great? This will help you a lot and save you so much trouble. You won't even have to fight a battle. The price is very fair."
Meng Shiwan pursed her lips, "You're dreaming. I can rescue them without spending those 500,000 crystal cores."
The system compromised, "Alright, alright, I'll make it cheaper, 490,000 crystal cores."
"unnecessary."
"Four hundred and eighty thousand is fine too."
"Keep dreaming."
"Four hundred and seventy thousand, absolutely no less."
"impossible."
...
Was it easy for her to get some crystal cores? How could she possibly let the system benefit from them for nothing?
After much haggling, the negotiations for unification by one person broke down.
Unable to use her superpowers, Meng Shiwan couldn't do anything. She simply made a mess of the experimental equipment, poured out some of the problematic superpower enhancement fluid into a container, took out her small bed from her spatial storage, made it soft and cozy, and continued to sleep.
She slept until eight in the morning. After packing her things and checking that everything was in order, she opened the laboratory door.
A group of people were standing in the room opposite the laboratory. Hearing the commotion, they all turned around and stared intently at Meng Shiwan, who was yawning.
Rad greeted Meng Shiwan warmly, "Miss Xu, how did your research go last night?"
Meng Shiwan said helplessly, "There's no progress, it's still the same. Take me back, I still have to open my shop to sell vegetables today."
Rad was completely bewildered. "Are you still going to sell vegetables? Aren't you going to stay here and focus on researching the ability-enhancing fluid?"
Is researching the ability-enhancing fluid more important, or selling vegetables?
Meng Shiwan glanced at him and said, "Of course I have to go sell vegetables. I'm a businesswoman, business is the priority. I'll continue my research tonight."
Rad: ...
Selling vegetables during the day and doing research at night—no matter how important the matter is, it can't interfere with doing business, right?
He originally intended to say that they would buy as many as possible so that Meng Shiwan could conduct her research properly there.
However, Rad didn't say this in the end, because Meng Shiwan's vegetable prices were ridiculously high, and they didn't have that many crystal cores.
Let the wealthy people outside spend their money.
Rad called over a guard and asked him to take Meng Shiwan back to the central business district.
After Meng Shiwan left, Rad rushed into Meng Shiwan's laboratory without hesitation.
While the traces of her experiment from last night are still visible, we might be able to glean some clues.
By simply observing the equipment used, one can make a rough estimate of the experiment. If they conduct further experiments themselves, they might just find a way to purify the energy of the crystal nucleus.
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