Chapter 8 Secret Realm Four
A chilling explosion could be faintly heard from outside the door, and those who had been chasing them hurriedly retreated away from the exploding car.
Compared to salary, one's own life is obviously more important.
Su Yu let out a long sigh of relief, leaned against the door and sat down to rest. She felt a violent tremor, terrified screams, and hurried footsteps before silence returned outside the door.
Someone was probably too close and their injuries were too severe, so they went to call for help.
Most of the other staff members had already quickly found places to hide when they discovered Cheng Yi's distress call and the security team was dispatched.
The car was blocking the corridor in front of the laboratory. The raging fire wouldn't be easy to extinguish, not to mention the risk of another explosion. It would probably take some time before those people could figure out a way to get in.
Therefore, Su Yu was the only person in the laboratory at this moment, making the place seem unusually quiet and empty.
He leaned against the door and looked around.
The stark white light illuminated all the dark corners, and the shelves along the side were filled with bottles and jars of various sizes. Inside the sealed jars lay bizarre and twisted animal organs—or perhaps human ones.
Some of their fingers were sharp as animal claws, with protruding bone spurs that gleamed coldly.
A heart the size of a human head was still beating, covered with pustules, with dark green tendrils of an unknown plant clinging to it, seemingly imprisoning it, yet also supporting it.
Thinking this, Su Yu dry-heaved expressionlessly, then stood up unsteadily, clutching her arm where a bullet had grazed her.
He stopped looking at those strangely shaped experimental samples; thankfully, the live experimental subjects hadn't been transferred over yet.
In any case, we have to get the Ink Rose before they break in.
However, even after searching the small laboratory thoroughly and even breaking the locks of several safes, Su Yu couldn't find a single green plant that looked like a flower.
Wait, no way...
The only visible green plant here...
Su Yu stiffly turned her head, examining the tendrils wrapped around her heart from head to toe. Seeing their dark green color, exuding an eerie and demonic aura, she suddenly shuddered and focused again on prying open the last safe lock in her hand.
The last box...
Okay, it's not a black rose anymore, it's a test tube containing a blue liquid, probably some strange thing they're researching and synthesizing.
That leaves only one last option.
Putting the things aside, Su Yu turned her head with difficulty to look at it. No matter how you look at it, well, it seems quite normal for a special plant of the demon race to be a bit strange.
Su Yu took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself. She looked around and rummaged through a box in the storage cabinet, finding an unopened pair of gloves to put on. Then, she carefully poured the heart onto the tray, used the tweezers to peel off the tendrils, and pinched it with some disdain.
We've got the items, so why haven't we left the secret realm yet? Do we have to eat them?
"The fire's out! That guy's gone into the lab!"
The hurried footsteps grew closer and closer. Su Yu sighed, steeled her resolve, grabbed a vine, and stuffed it into her mouth.
Anyway, I won't die.
It tastes like wet seaweed, with a fishy smell.
The door opened, and the armed team entered with guns. They didn't fire directly at the experimental samples, but then froze instantly, as if time and space had been frozen.
Su Yu, however, had no time to attend to that.
The moment he swallowed the black rose whole, a burning pain surged through his internal organs, causing his vision to go black.
We'll probably be leaving soon.
Thinking this, he forced himself to take out his phone and send a pre-prepared message to Su Yao here:
The message was sent successfully.
The hand that had been holding onto the table with all her might fell limply, and Su Yu was completely plunged into darkness and chaos.
Beneath the towering ancient snake tree, dappled sunlight fell upon the face of the white-haired demon, who was curled up in a coma.
The young demon had delicate features, but he was frowning uncomfortably, as if he was not feeling well.
As soon as Su Yu regained consciousness, he heard the system chattering incessantly in his mind.
[Wow, host, your hair has turned white!]
[Host, wake up! Wake up! The sun's shining on your butt!]
[Ugh, host, if you don't wake up soon, I'm running out of energy to block out the monsters for you!]
Su Yu slowly opened her eyes, lay back on the ground, and stared blankly for a while.
So you're back. So that secret realm before... was just an illusion after all. It was fake, wasn't it?
[Host, you're finally awake! I missed you so much!]
[Yes, I missed you too.] Su Yu touched a strand of white hair that had slipped down in front of her with some curiosity and asked, [Why did you say you'd run out of energy if I didn't wake up soon?]
The system honestly replied: [Because my functions mainly rely on the energy generated through your cultivation.]
[You were completely unconscious before, and the spiritual energy—oh, now I mean magical energy—within your body stopped circulating.]
Seeing Su Yu still touching her hair, the system added: [Because you've awakened the Moon Demon's bloodline, this is your demonic characteristic, and you also have a red Moon Demon mark under your eye. These can be hidden, but in the Demon Realm now, showing them should deter many demons from opposing you.]
Su Yu nodded and replied gently, "I understand, thank you, Xiao Qi."
[But you should still hide after you go out; you're attracting too much attention like this.]
[Okay~] The system responded shyly with a slightly flirtatious tone, feeling that being bound to such a gentle host as Su Yu was an incredible stroke of luck.
Su Yu sat up. Ever since she became conscious, her meridians had been aching. Now that she was fully awake, she subconsciously circulated her spiritual energy, and the pain surged like a tidal wave.
As his bloodline was activated, the spiritual energy within his body was gradually expelled. Meanwhile, the dense demonic energy here was continuously pouring into his body, replacing the spiritual energy that circulated within him.
Su Yu's forehead was covered in cold sweat as she barely managed to maintain her meditation posture and stay awake.
At this moment, the system dared not speak, looking at Su Yu with concern, a small ball of light seemingly about to burst into tears at any moment.
After being cleansed by demonic energy, his cultivation level, which had declined due to the expulsion of spiritual energy, gradually recovered.
Qi Refining Level 9... Level 10... all the way to the late Foundation Establishment stage. However, because Su Yu condensed and compacted the demonic energy in his body, he eventually slowly returned to the early Foundation Establishment stage.
She didn't know how much time had passed. When Su Yu opened her eyes again, it was already dark, and the forest was even more gloomy, with only a few meters away being indistinct darkness.
Now is clearly not a good time to take action.
Su Yu looked around, but her gaze finally settled on the ancient snake tree beside her.
The ancient magical plant's oppressive aura deterred most magical beasts from approaching easily. However, the aura emanating from the staff of his world timeline was exceptionally gentle.
Going upstairs to take a nap shouldn't be a problem.
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