"It's fine," Bai Ye said. "Do you think there's no surveillance in places you can't see?"
Ji Ruyue: "..."
What he said made so much sense, Ji Ruyue really couldn't refute it.
Since it was a vital location like a laboratory, it would definitely be covered in surveillance.
Bai Ye said again, "Let's go, just follow me!"
After Bai Ye waited for the others to enter the elevator, he reached out and touched the side of the elevator, and a large amount of electricity appeared in his palm.
As the current surged, the lights in the elevator flickered.
With a crack, the surveillance camera inside the elevator exploded, and then the elevator began to descend rapidly.
Laboratory No. 3 went downwards, with a total of three floors, which were accessible for normal entry and exit. Beyond the three floors...
"Hold on tight!" Bai Ye grinned. "Don't fall!"
The electricity in Bai Ye's hand reappeared, and then the elevator cables suddenly snapped, and the elevator began to plummet downwards at full speed.
On the electronic display of the elevator, the words "—4," "—5," and "—6" began to appear.
At the same time, due to deformation, the elevator rubbed against the elevator shaft, emitting a screeching sound, and its speed slowed down somewhat.
The Steel Slime in Bai Ye's hand wriggled, transforming into the appearance of Thunder and Lightning, and shot downwards, drilling a hole through the elevator. Then, Bai Ye tossed the Beast Taming Orb downwards.
The Beast Taming Orb glowed, and then Goodra appeared in the elevator shaft, falling rapidly and reaching the bottom of the elevator shaft.
"Ya~"
Goodra was extremely intelligent, especially after spending so much time with Bai Ye, it had developed a tacit understanding. The moment Bai Ye released it, Goodra knew what it needed to do.
Defense was what Goodra excelled at the most.
*Bang!*
Looking at the elevator crashing down, Goodra reached upwards, followed by a loud noise.
Goodra forcefully stopped the elevator.
The elevator caved in, forming a large pit, and the ground began to shatter, revealing large cracks.
But...
Goodra held it!
The next moment, Goodra suddenly looked up, a halo appearing in its mouth. Soon, a ball of light was condensed.
Bai Ye said, "Stand aside!"
*Boom!*
A Dragon Pulse was spewed from Goodra's mouth, piercing through the elevator with a single blow, completely breaking open the bottom of the elevator.
When the light of the Dragon Pulse dissipated, Bai Ye led the way, jumping to the bottom of the elevator, and then signaled for the others to follow.
Allen asked curiously, "Where is this?"
Bai Ye replied, "The elevator shaft."
Allen: "..."
Allen realized that Bai Ye's strength was indeed formidable, but he was also truly annoying. Was he asking about this?
Bai Ye smiled and said, "Okay, just a little joke to ease the tension."
As Bai Ye spoke, he pressed his palm against the side of the elevator shaft.
"We're actually taking a shortcut!"
*Rumble!*
The moment Bai Ye finished speaking, the Phoenix ability was activated, and a large amount of flames gushed from Bai Ye's hand.
With a roar of explosion, Bai Ye forcefully blasted open a section of the elevator's side, creating a large hole.
After Bai Ye signaled for the others to crawl out, he followed closely behind.
Behind the blasted elevator shaft was a white corridor.
Pure white, with only fluorescent lights for illumination, there was nothing else. No decorations, no embellishments, and no doors.
Bai Ye crawled out of the elevator shaft and then recalled Goodra back into the Beast Taming Orb. "Let's go!"
Allen asked, "Where to?"
Bai Ye replied, "To find the owner of this place."
Bai Ye was indeed taking a shortcut, which was the first part of the Restricted Area mission: successfully enter the core area of Laboratory No. 3.
The core area was where Dr. Dale was located, and it was the core of Laboratory No. 3, or more accurately, the ninth floor of Laboratory No. 3.
Although Bai Ye had never entered the Mirror World's Laboratory No. 3, he had entered the real world's Laboratory No. 3 in the City of Ruins in his previous life. Although the Restricted Area mission was different, the structure of Laboratory No. 3 was the same.
And Laboratory No. 3 in the City of Ruins had already been breached by others and had become a dangerous area.
With the continuous exploration by the chosen ones, some time-saving and effort-saving methods for entering and exiting Laboratory No. 3 had been discovered.
One of these methods was to directly break through the elevator shaft to enter the core area on the lowest floor.
Of course, this was definitely an unconventional method.
According to the contents of Restricted Area Mission 1, the normal procedure would be to use the elevator or the safe stairwell to reach the third basement level. Up to this point, it was a safe area.
From the fourth floor onwards, it was the real Laboratory No. 3. It was expected to encounter robots and mutated crystal beings, and the laboratory's defense system would also be activated.
Thus, fighting from the fourth floor all the way to the ninth floor constituted the content of "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, so why waste energy?
The future was very ethereal, and it wasn't guaranteed that the future would be the same even with a second chance. However, being able to live another lifetime sometimes had its advantages.
However, even though they had reached the ninth floor, 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 flickered with red light, and then a piercing alarm sounded.
The first thing to be triggered was the defense system in the area.
In front of the corridor, near the ceiling, hidden compartments continuously appeared, and then rows of black gun barrels shot out.
Allen immediately shouted, "Gonzalez!"
Gonzalez quickly unbuckled his shoulder strap. On his back was a large canvas bag. After opening it, a large square metal plate was revealed.
Then...
Gonzalez fumbled with it, and grooves appeared on the edge of the metal plate, and new metal plates were continuously ejected. Finally, the metal plate became quite large, forming a terrifying large shield.
And at this 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 light.
Gonzalez propped up the metal plate with his shoulder. "Help me, lift it up and push forward."
Allen nodded and was about to step forward to help but was stopped by Bai Ye.
...