The lilting festive songs livened up the entire activity center, and the employees present chatted and laughed, humming along from time to time, giving Long Yuehong the feeling that he was celebrating the New Year.

For almost all "Pangu Biology" employees, the New Year is definitely the happiest and most relaxing time. Any troubles or anxieties, as long as they are not life-threatening or urgently pressing, will be thrown to the back of their minds, and they will celebrate the New Year first.

And at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, every household that has saved for a year is willing to take out some of the accumulated contribution points to reward themselves and their families. At that time, "Pangu Biology" will definitely increase the supply of meat, vegetables, candies, soda, snacks, and other items, and will bring out rare varieties that employees rarely encounter on weekdays.

Therefore, when Long Yuehong thinks of the New Year, he thinks of a table full of good dishes, sweet drinks, delicious candies, new clothes, and various games with his friends.

Before joining the "Old Task Force," the New Year was the most anticipated time of the year for him. Now, although he can often eat good dishes on weekdays, he still misses that atmosphere.

"The New Year this year is at the end of January, there are still almost four months..." Long Yuehong yearned leisurely.

The liveliness of the activity center on the 495th floor continued until it was almost lights out. There was a pause in the middle because Shang Jianyao wanted to listen to the radio.

With a pleasant mood, Shang Jianyao finished washing up and went to the toilet before the lights went out.

After lying down, he pinched his temples and closed his eyes.

…………

"Mind Corridor," Room "506."

Shang Jianyao twisted the brass-colored handle with a smile on his face and pushed open the door.

Unsurprisingly, as he went deeper, he entered a place that looked like a laboratory. Walls made of silver-white metal separated many small rooms, which were filled with different and complex instruments.

Shang Jianyao looked around, focusing on the people coming and going.

They were all wearing light blue masks and white coats, either hurrying or unsmiling.

Shang Jianyao familiarly grabbed a white coat:

"What is this place?"

The white coat was a man. He turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes instantly becoming sharp:

"Who are you? How did you sneak in? Who sent you?"

Before Shang Jianyao could come up with an answer, he withdrew, shouting loudly:

"Guards! Guards!

"The experimental subject has escaped!"

Thump, thump, thump, guards in black clothing and holding submachine guns rushed from all directions.

Several of them were even wearing military exoskeletons.

"How scary!" The expression on Shang Jianyao's face did not quite match his words.

He began to mutter to himself:

"The courage to face danger...

"The courage to face danger...

"So, I have to force my way out?"

As soon as he said that, Shang Jianyao pushed off with both feet and darted towards the doorway that seemed to lead to the corridor.

He did not rashly use his abilities.

This was not because he had experienced the shadow of the cruise ship and learned from the past, fearing that awakened abilities would bring unnecessary changes and subject him to irresistible influences. After all, the "guide" clearly stated that the psychological shadows related to Room "506" could use abilities.

The only reason he didn't do that was:

It's more interesting this way!

Using abilities directly would make the problem much simpler, reducing the danger by at least a third!

While running, Shang Jianyao suddenly "fell" and slid forward for a distance.

This was not because he was affected by any awakened ability, but because he did it deliberately.

Thump!

A guard was caught off guard and couldn't stop, tripping over him directly.

Shang Jianyao then pounced on him and picked up a dark thing.

He made a pulling motion and threw the dark thing at the nearest guard wearing a military exoskeleton.

With the assistance of the "Comprehensive Early Warning System," the guard preliminarily judged it to be a hand grenade, as each of them carried one.

He quickly pounced to the side, hiding behind an instrument, and the nearby guards made similar movements.

--Military exoskeletons are not power armor and do not completely cover the body. In the event of an explosion, flying shrapnel cannot allow the wearer to avoid all damage.

Thump, the dark thing landed aside without exploding.

"Haha." Shang Jianyao laughed, "Sorry, I threw the wrong one."

He carried a submachine gun, holding a black hand grenade in his left palm, tossing it up and down, up and down.

The dark thing from before was quietly lying on the ground; it was a black leather shoe.

Hearing his words and realizing that there was no explosion, the guards rushed over again.

Seeing this, Shang Jianyao shook his left arm and threw the real hand grenade over.

At the same time, he rolled into the corridor.

Dada dada!

The place where he had been standing was riddled with bullet holes.

Bang!

The black hand grenade was directly hit by a guard wearing a military exoskeleton as soon as it flew out and exploded prematurely.

The blast and the flying shrapnel effectively prevented the other guards from rushing into the corridor.

Shang Jianyao jumped up with a carp jump and laughed loudly again:

"Thank you!"

Then, he returned to his muttering state:

"The courage to face danger...

"The courage to face danger..."

He ran wildly towards the end of the corridor, where there were still several guards.

Shang Jianyao raised the submachine gun he had just snatched and started sweeping towards them.

Dada dada, dada dada, amidst the sparks, some of the guards were shot and fell to the ground, while others hurriedly looked for cover, unable to stop Shang Jianyao from approaching.

Just then, Shang Jianyao suddenly felt a half-body paralysis.

Thump!

He fell to the ground and whispered in an excited tone:

"An Awakened..."

His voice suddenly rose:

"We have no past grudges and no recent animosity, why are you intercepting me?

"How much are they paying you? I'll double it!"

His half-body paralysis quickly eased.

He implanted the thought of peaceful coexistence into the Awakened.

Seeing that his ability was working, Shang Jianyao pushed himself up with one hand and stood up, running and jumping.

His goal was the end of the corridor.

Behind him, the guards emerged one after another. In front of him, the enemies who had been hastily dodging reorganized their defense.

Shang Jianyao opened his mouth again, trying to shout.

At this time, the Shang Jianyao in his mind, seeking novelty and curiosity, hissed:

"That's not right, this is not facing danger.

"This is not dangerous at all.

"The room owner's greatest fear, the most dangerous thing they feel, should be being caught!

"I want to face this danger!"

With a whoosh, he stopped and raised his hands.

Then, he slowly squatted down, placing both palms on the back of his head.

Shadows flew over, and guards pressed him to the ground.

Before long, Shang Jianyao was tied up and gagged.

He opened his eyes wide, curious about what would happen next.

Soon, he was strapped to a metal bed, and several humans wearing light blue masks and white coats walked over.

"What are you planning to do to me?" Shang Jianyao asked in fear.

The white coat in the lead exclaimed in surprise:

"Aren't you gagged?"

After asking, he realized that Shang Jianyao had a new mouth growing on his forehead.

This belonged to the one who sought novelty and had a strong desire to play a role.

"That's right!" The mouth opened and closed, very annoyed, "I forgot!"

He then said:

"You can start, do whatever experiments you want, I won't talk, I'll just watch!"

The next moment, the mouth disappeared.

But eyes began to pop up on Shang Jianyao's cheeks, chin, chest, abdomen, back of his hands, and other places, without blinking.

The white coats' expressions became extremely frightened, and someone shouted:

"Someone, come here, give him a sedation injection!

"Use the standard for an adult elephant!"

Shang Jianyao's ten pairs of eyes simultaneously witnessed a needle as thick as his forearm injecting liquid into his body.

He muttered to himself silently:

"The courage to face danger...

"The courage to face danger..."

In this way, he fell asleep, sleeping soundly.

When he woke up, the laboratory was empty.

"What kind of change is this?" Shang Jianyao sat up cross-legged, stroking his chin, "The room owner was indeed caught, and was also injected with a sedative. Did they see this scene when they woke up? Her psychological shadow is this place, not this event. So, no matter how she escapes, it's considered a success?"

"Pangu Biology's" corresponding "guides" all involve escaping from here all the way, moving forward bravely.

This also counts as overcoming this psychological shadow, so no one tried to get caught before.

…………

495th floor, Section C, No. 11.

Long Yuehong was tidying up his original clothes while lighting a lamp.

After finishing this, he sat down, planning to rest for a while before washing up.

Being idle, he took out the "many sons and grandchildren" charm that his mother, Gu Hong, had given him.

While his fingers rubbed the surface of the light yellow paper, Long Yuehong suddenly felt that something was wrong:

The paper was relatively new, not like something passed down from his grandmother's generation.