Mistaking a horror game for a romance novel, he unexpectedly became a legend.

Lu Xiao, Xiao Bai, Bai Ning, and Rong Le discussed the matter first. The laboratory was heavily guarded, and they could only see the outer outline of the laboratory normally, without knowing anything about the internal structure. Taking any rash action would only alert the enemy.

In addition, the Eris could attack at any time, so the number of guards was three times that of usual.

Everyone huddled together to come up with a solution. Rong Le, as the group leader, had more information than the others: "The Chief of Staff asked Mr. Bell, the owner of this place, for permission to enter the laboratory. Bell agreed. Tomorrow, four squadrons of 80 people will enter the laboratory to be assigned to guard it. We can take this opportunity to find someone."

Lu Xiao was overjoyed: "That's really great!"

Once I can get inside, I'll be one step closer to Song Yi.

Bai Ning: "Tomorrow is a good time. Let's see if we can find Song Yi tomorrow. Once you're inside, try to memorize the interior of the laboratory."

Rong Le: "If we can't find it by tomorrow, we'll probably only be able to fish in troubled waters when the two sides start fighting."

The next day, the Chief of Staff arrived at the laboratory entrance with eighty men. Bell took this operation very seriously and absolutely would not allow anyone to take the merfolk away from him.

Bell initially disagreed with them entering the laboratory because it contained too many classified and valuable items, and he feared the soldiers might damage it.

However, the Chief of Staff told him that the main target of the Eris attacks was the laboratory, which was a key protected location. If they were not familiar with it, they would not be able to protect it properly. Only then did Bell agree to let them enter the laboratory.

The more than five-meter-high laboratory doors slowly opened, and everyone entered the laboratory one after another.

From the outside, the laboratory doesn't seem special, but once inside, it's a different story. The laboratory's structure is like a snail, spiraling in circles, with a total of six floors. The outermost three floors are for experiments on ordinary animals.

Everyone was shocked when they entered, and even the Chief of Staff, who was used to seeing big scenes, was stunned for a moment.

This place is like a giant animal prison, with three rows of glass cubicles on each wall, and each cubicle contains a mutated animal. Some of these animals still retain their original appearance, while others have mutated to the point that it is impossible to tell what they were originally.

For example, one of the monkeys was three times the size of an average monkey. Its fur stood on end, each hair looking as hard as a needle. Its eyes were the size of light bulbs, squeezed into their sockets, and its pupils were bloodshot. The muscles on its arms and legs were bulging, making it look like it was in a state of rage.

The soldiers stood in front of the glass watching the monkey. It was the first time they had observed this mutated animal so closely. Suddenly, the glass shattered with a loud bang as the monkey rushed up and smashed the glass.

The soldiers, terrified, all raised their weapons and aimed them at the monkey. Bell, seeing this, wore a mocking expression.

"These windows are so strong that even bullets can't penetrate them, so there's no need to worry about him running out."

After saying that, Bell took out something that looked like a remote control from his pocket. This was something that could control the entire laboratory. He pressed one of the buttons, and the monkey inside the glass window seemed to feel great pain and suddenly collapsed to the ground. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the monkey was electrocuted and foamed at the mouth. Slowly, its size shrank back to that of a normal monkey.

Lu Xiao looked at the scene thoughtfully and glanced at the remote control in Bell's hand.

As one of the team leaders, Su Lie had been keeping his eyes fixed on Lu Xiao ever since he entered the laboratory.

He didn't believe Lu Xiao would be so honest. Su Lie wondered what Lu Xiao was up to. Suddenly, an idea flashed through Su Lie's mind.

Since entering the game, he hasn't seen Song Yi yet. He doesn't know which faction Song Yi has chosen this time, but judging from Lu Xiao's searching gaze since entering the laboratory, is it possible that Song Yi has chosen the mutated animal faction this time?

Judging from Lu Xiao's level of exploration of the laboratory, Su Lie thought that perhaps Song Yi was among them. If that were the case...

Su Lie's eyes were filled with bloodlust. He had already thought of countless ways to torture Lu Xiao and Song Yi in his mind.

Lu Xiao carefully examined the animals inside each window as he passed by, afraid of missing a single one.

Bell led everyone through the three outer floors of the laboratory, and stopped at the entrance to the fourth floor.

Bell: "That's enough for now, you can't go in there."

Lu Xiao looked at the location shared by Song Yi. It was getting closer and closer. Lu Xiao was now certain that Song Yi was definitely inside.

The commander deployed four teams outside and inside the laboratory, covering three floors. Lu Xiao was assigned to the second floor.

After their shift ended that night, Lu Xiao and the other three gathered together to figure out how to get in.

Lu Xiao: "I checked this morning, and the remote control Bell has can open the inner door. We need to find a way to get it."

Speaking of this, Xiaobai immediately became confident: "Leave this to me, I'll go steal it."

Rong Le looked at Xiao Bai with a strange expression: "Are you sure you can handle it? Bell keeps it close to his body."

Xiao Bai confidently declared, "Don't worry, I can definitely do it."

Lu Xiao did not object. Since he did not speak, Rong Le and Bai Ning had no reason to object either. However, Rong Le did not think this was a simple task.

I thought it would take a long time, but Xiaobai came back in half an hour.

Rong Le thought Xiao Bai had failed: "He didn't succeed, did he? I told you this task wasn't simple, we had to think of another way."

To everyone's surprise, Xiaobai pulled a remote control out of his pocket with an arrogant look on his face: "What's so difficult about this?"

Bai Ning and Rong Le's eyes lit up. They hadn't expected Xiao Bai to actually succeed, while Lu Xiao seemed to have anticipated it.

Rong Le's eyes were filled with suspicion. How could someone who usually seemed like a fool have such abilities?

Rong Le: "You weren't a thief before, were you?"

Xiao Bai wanted to show off his skills in front of the goddess, but who knew that the goddess would misunderstand and think that he used to be a thief? This won't do.

Xiao Bai immediately explained, "I, I'm not a thief."

Rong Le raised an eyebrow: "If you're not a thief, then you're all too familiar with this business."

Xiao Bai panicked and stammered, "I, I used to be a magician, a very famous magician."

Rong Le's eyes darted back and forth over Xiao Bai: "Magicians can also steal things."

Xiao Bai: "We magicians do a lot of practice to improve our finger dexterity."

Rong Le: "Practice stealing."

Xiao Bai: ... (feeling wronged) "Anyway, I didn't steal it."

Bai Ning smiled as he watched Rong Le and Xiao Bai. As Rong Le's captain and friend, he knew that Rong Le was just teasing Xiao Bai.

It's rare that Rong Le is interested in this, which means she has a good impression of Xiao Bai. If it were someone she doesn't like, Rong Le definitely wouldn't even bother to talk to them.