"Yes!"
Yi Chun hadn't expected him to be so impatient. Her eyes darted around, trying to find a way to keep him there.
"Aren't you looking for Xu Qian?"
Lian Du walked on with his hands in his pockets, not looking back.
A faint smile pulled at his lips, and he said harshly, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. She's already infiltrated, hasn't she?"
In that instant, Yi Chun felt as if her breath had stopped.
She could feel the killing intent radiating from the man, even from that distance.
He had seen through it all, had already guessed the outcome...
"You'll see her soon."
With that, the man turned and left.
Yi Chun's eyes widened, and she shouted, "I was wrongly arrested, why don't you believe me?"
The man paid her no mind and strode towards the door.
*Crack!*
A whip struck her body, and a burning sensation spread across her skin.
It was even doused in saltwater!
"Will you talk or not? Where is Xu Qian?"
Yi Chun narrowed her eyes slightly, and the ropes binding her wrists instantly snapped.
The woman's figure flickered, and with her bare hands, she broke the necks of the two men.
She tossed them aside like trash.
Many people were imprisoned in the cells. Seeing how capable this woman was, they excitedly shouted, "Quick, open my cage."
"Hurry!"
Yi Chun ignored them. Even if she were to save them, she would wait until the strategist had finished his work. Besides, the people locked up here might not be good people.
The woman turned and walked away.
The people in the cages burst into a torrent of curses.
"You bitch! Think you're so great."
"Exactly!"
"Someone outside, come in and arrest her!"
Yi Chun's desire to save them was extinguished. These people deserved to be destroyed along with Base R.
Just as two people and a zombie opened the base's main gate,
Inside was a dense forest, complete with grass and trees, and the chirping of birds...
It was dazzlingly green.
Xu Qian hadn't seen such a scene since the apocalypse. The post-apocalyptic world was only ever shrouded in eternal gray and dust.
Xie Yanyun covered her mouth in excitement, afraid to cry out.
Xu Lu was not interested in these things and remained unfazed.
Although Xu Qian was surprised, she remained vigilant. The X Corporation wouldn't research real plants; at most, they would research mutated ones...
She patted the arms of the two, then touched her lips, signaling them to be silent.
The two and the zombie cautiously moved forward. Suddenly, a vine wrapped around a tree stirred, coiling around the trunk.
They froze, remaining motionless.
After a long while, when the vine stopped moving, they continued onward.
They took nearly five minutes to traverse this short distance.
The X Corporation's research subjects were rarely normal, or Xu Qian would have used her magic bell by now.
After passing through the forest, they came to a glass butterfly house. The butterflies inside were not of normal size; each was almost as big as a palm, and they were vibrantly colored, clearly very poisonous.
With a thought, Xu Qian conjured three black cloaks in her hands.
"Put these on. We'll cover our mouths and noses as we go through."
The three of them wrapped themselves up completely before daring to enter.
As soon as the glass door was pulled open, the butterflies surged towards them like a frenzy.
Xu Qian quickly closed the door again, her brow furrowed. There was no way to get through.
All the black butterflies clung to the doorframe, forming a dense mass.
This wasn't a viable option either; they had no way to retreat.
"Sister Yanyun, try using your fire ability to see if we can break through in one go."
"Okay."
Xie Yanyun's hands ignited with flames.
Xu Lu pulled open the door with one hand and conjured a white light with the other.
Countless butterflies flew out.