"It's fine," Bai Ye said. "Do you think there's no surveillance in places you can't see?"
Ji Ruyue: "..."
His words made too much sense; Ji Ruyue couldn't refute them.
As a sensitive area like a laboratory, it was bound to be covered in surveillance.
Bai Ye said again, "Let's go, just follow me!"
After waiting for the others to enter the elevator, Bai Ye reached out and pressed the side of the elevator. A large amount of current appeared in his palm.
As the current surged, the lights in the elevator flickered.
With a crackle, the surveillance camera in the elevator exploded, and the elevator began to descend rapidly.
Laboratory No. 3 went downwards, with a total of three floors for normal access. Beyond the third floor...
"Hold on tight!" Bai Ye grinned. "Don't fall!"
The current in Bai Ye's hand reappeared, and the elevator's cable suddenly snapped. The elevator then began to plummet downwards uncontrollably.
On the electronic display of the elevator, the readings began to show "-4," "-5," "-6."
At the same time, due to deformation, the elevator began to grind against the elevator shaft, emitting a piercing sound and slowing down.
The Steel Slime in Bai Ye's hand wriggled and transformed into the appearance of Thunder and Lightning. It shot downwards, drilling a hole through the elevator. Immediately after, Bai Ye threw the Beast Taming Ball downwards.
The Beast Taming Ball emitted a glow, and then Goodra appeared in the elevator shaft, plummeting rapidly and landing at the bottom of the shaft.
"Ya~"
Goodra was extremely intelligent, especially after spending so much time with Bai Ye. They had developed a tacit understanding. The moment Bai Ye released it, Goodra knew what it needed to do.
Defense was what Goodra excelled at.
*Bang!*
Watching the elevator crash down, Goodra reached upwards, and then there was a loud bang.
Goodra forcefully held up the elevator.
The elevator caved in, forming a large pit, and the ground began to shatter, revealing large cracks.
But...
Goodra held firm!
The next moment, Goodra suddenly looked up, a halo appearing in its mouth. Soon, a ball of light was condensed.
Bai Ye said, "Get to the side!"
*Boom!*
A Dragon Pulse was spat out from Goodra's mouth, piercing through the elevator in one go and completely breaking open the bottom of the elevator.
When the glow of the Dragon Pulse dissipated, Bai Ye led the way, jumping to the bottom of the elevator, and then gestured for the others to follow.
Allen asked curiously, "Where is this?"
Bai Ye replied, "The elevator shaft."
Allen: "..."
Allen realized that while Bai Ye's strength was indeed formidable, he was also quite annoying. Was that what he was asking?
Bai Ye smiled and said, "Alright, just a little joke to lighten the mood."
As Bai Ye spoke, he placed his palm on the side of the elevator shaft.
"Actually, we're taking a shortcut!"
*Rumble!*
The moment Bai Ye finished speaking, his Phoenix ability activated, and a large amount of flames surged from Bai Ye's hand.
An explosion roared, and a section of the elevator's side was blasted apart by Bai Ye, creating a large hole.
After Bai Ye signaled for the others to crawl out, he followed closely behind.
Behind the blown-open elevator shaft was a white corridor.
Pure white, with only fluorescent lights for illumination, there was nothing else. No furnishings, no decorations, and no doors.
Bai Ye crawled out of the elevator shaft and then recalled Goodra into the Beast Taming Ball, saying, "Let's go!"
Allen asked, "Where to?"
Bai Ye replied, "To find the owner here."
Bai Ye was indeed taking a shortcut, which was Mission 1 of the Restricted Zone: Successfully enter the core area of Laboratory No. 3.
The core area was where Dr. Dale was located, and it was the core area of Laboratory No. 3, or more precisely, the ninth floor of Laboratory No. 3.
Although Bai Ye had never entered the mirrored world's Laboratory No. 3, he had entered the real world's Ruined City's Laboratory No. 3 in his previous life. Although the Restricted Zone missions were different, the structure of Laboratory No. 3 was the same.
And Laboratory No. 3 in the Ruined City had already been breached and had become a dangerous area.
As the chosen ones continuously explored, some time-saving and effort-saving methods for entering and exiting Laboratory No. 3 had been discovered.
One of these methods was to directly breach the elevator shaft to enter the core area on the lowest floor.
Of course, this was a highly unconventional method.
According to the content of Restricted Zone Mission 1, the normal procedure would be to use the elevator or the safety stairs to reach the third underground floor. Up to this point, it was considered a safe area.
From the fourth floor onwards, it was the true Laboratory No. 3. If nothing unexpected happened, they would encounter robots and mutated crystal beings obstructing them, and the laboratory's defense systems would also be activated.
Killing their way from the fourth floor all the way to the ninth floor would constitute "successfully entering the core area of Laboratory No. 3."
However, since Bai Ye knew the structure of Laboratory No. 3 and also knew the shortcut, he wouldn't foolishly fight his way down floor by floor. There was no benefit to it, so why waste energy?
The future was very ethereal, and there was no guarantee that the future would be the same even with a second chance. However, living one more lifetime sometimes had its advantages.
However, they had entered the ninth floor, but they had not yet entered the experimental area.
And...
Bai Ye said, "Pick up your guns. Someone will come to greet us."
As Bai Ye spoke, he walked towards one side of the corridor. When he reached the corner...
Suddenly, the bright white corridor unexpectedly began to flash with red light, and a piercing alarm sound rang out.
The first thing to be triggered was the area's defense system.
In the front of the corridor, close to the ceiling, dark compartments continuously appeared, and then tubes of black gun barrels popped out.
Allen immediately shouted, "Gonzalez!"
Gonzalez quickly unbuckled the strap on his chest. On his back was a large canvas bag. After unzipping it, a large square metal plate was revealed.
Then...
Gonzalez fiddled with it somehow, and grooves appeared along the edges of the metal plate. New metal plates were continuously ejected, and eventually, the metal plate became quite large, forming a terrifyingly large shield.
And at that moment...
Those gun barrels fired energy beams, sweeping towards Bai Ye and the others.
The energy beams continuously struck the metal plate, emitting "ding ding dang dang" sounds, and then exploded, dissipating into halos.
Gonzalez braced the metal plate with his shoulder and said, "Help me, hold it up, and push forward."
Allen nodded and was about to step forward to help, but Bai Ye stopped him.
...