He only knew that the X Group treated them very, very well...
If not, why would he spend a large sum of money to buy peace?
The man, enraged, shouted, "Get out quickly! Don't disturb my sleep!"
Xu Qian stopped being aggressive, withdrew her gaze, opened the experimental pod, and climbed out.
The man was still lying down, his movements restless, his plump face showing annoyance, clearly very angry.
Xu Qian glanced at him, reminding him, "You're a smart person, you should know what this means.
Are they imprisoning you here to protect you, or to use you... as a scapegoat?"
Without waiting for him to speak, Xu Qian interjected, "Think it through yourself."
With that, Xu Qian turned and left.
She had seen several experimental pods, and the people inside were all unconscious.
The fat uncle had also been unconscious; he only woke up after she entered.
Xu Qian suspected that the experimental pods were the key.
The pods contained drugs that could induce unconsciousness, and if there was airflow in the pods, they would wake up!
The fat uncle hesitated for a moment, then sat up.
He began opening the experimental pods one by one, searching for his children and wife.
However, after climbing up and down, he only found his wife; his son was nowhere to be seen.
Many experimental pods were opened, and many people began to sit up one after another.
Most of them started to regain consciousness.
"Ding."
The second basement level had arrived.
Xu Qian froze for a moment, immediately covering her nose and mouth to ward off the bloody stench that rushed into the elevator.
Having experienced so much, she was generally unaffected by disgusting and cruel things.
But the scene before her was too shocking...
This was not a laboratory, but a slaughterhouse.
Whether human, zombie, or mutated beast, in this slaughterhouse, only dismembered limbs and internal organs remained.
Their methods were proficient to the point of being blinding.
A burly man in an apron cut open a corpse from throat to abdomen.
The person seemed not entirely dead; their entire body convulsed, and they were quickly pinned down by the man.
With swift movements, he extracted vital organs such as the heart, liver, stomach, and kidneys, placing them into separate glass jars filled with formalin.
Some were butchering humans, and some were butchering mutated beasts.
The mutated beasts were even more gruesome: their skins were first stripped, then they were bled, their insides removed, and cut into pieces placed in large basins.
It was likely... for lunch?
Xu Qian remained in the elevator, not stepping out. After a while, she shifted her gaze and pressed the button for the first basement level.
Hadn't she known for a long time that the X Group treated people like pigs and dogs?
Why be so surprised?
She closed her eyes slightly, then quickly reopened them.
"Ding."
The first basement level arrived.
Lab personnel were rushing about, in a state of great panic.
Xu Qian seized the opportunity to walk further inside. They were too preoccupied with their tasks to pay her any mind.
Most of them were on the phone.
"Hello, people on the third basement level have woken up. Hurry and send people down to suppress them!"
"Yes, yes, yes, they are looking for an exit now."
"Not entirely clear, but one person suddenly woke up and opened all the experimental pods!"
Hearing this, Xu Qian's eyebrows knitted slightly, and she looked at the large screen.
The scene on the third basement level was displayed on the screen, from a bird's-eye view. From afar, only dense clusters of people in white could be seen.
Most of them had already escaped, uniformly dressed in white tops and white trousers.
Some sat on the ground, motionless, while others frantically banged on elevator doors and crawled around on the floor.
From a distance, they truly resembled a group of lunatics.
Xu Qian knew they were not lunatics; their awareness had simply been deceived.
They wanted to get out; they wanted to resist!