"Why bother with all this trouble!"
Bai Ye said as he raised his right hand.
Snap!
Bai Ye snapped his fingers, and immediately, surging currents appeared on both side walls.
As the azure currents flowed forward...
Bang, bang, bang...
One by one, the machine guns attached to the ceiling exploded, clearly indicating that the circuit boards used for control by the hidden compartment had all been destroyed by the current.
Bai Ye waved his hand and said, "Let's go, move out!"
The defense system of Laboratory No. 3 was useless against Bai Ye, or more accurately, electronic equipment was useless in front of Bai Ye.
Using the power of the Goro Goro no Mi, Bai Ye could easily destroy electronic devices.
However, while defensive equipment was useless against Bai Ye, the crystal people were still a bit troublesome.
After passing the corner, at the end of the other side, a large number of crystal people appeared.
"Open fire!"
Bai Ye shouted to Gonzales and waved his hand forward.
Surging currents appeared on the wall again, and then, the metal plates embedded in the wall warped and continuously shot out. Guided by the current, they overlapped in front of the crystal people, blocking their advance.
Gonzales raised his Vulcan Gatling at this moment, roaring as he pulled the trigger.
As the gun barrel spun, beams of energy were fired forward, hitting the crystal people.
A narrow passage, dense enemies.
This situation was absolutely perfect for the heavy machine gun, with no aiming required.
Just spray and shoot crazily!
The crystal people in the front rows were continuously shattered and fell, then the ones in the back became the front, trying to advance under the energy beams, only to be quickly killed.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen bodies were piled up in front.
But at this moment...
Crackle, crackle!
A sound of condensation suddenly echoed from the wall.
In the next instant, large amounts of crystals appeared, as if growing out of the wall from nowhere, rapidly spreading forward.
Bai Ye's eyebrows twitched. He immediately went to the edge of the wall, reached out and clutched the air, and the Iron Slime materialized the Lei Ya Nu Shou. With that, Bai Ye slashed at the wall.
Clang!
The crystals spreading along the wall were instantly shattered, scattering in all directions as countless fragments.
However, Bai Ye was prepared!
Sizzle!
The sound of electricity echoed, and then, a large net of currents formed on Bai Ye's body, shattering the flying fragments.
The next moment, Bai Ye looked up ahead. A crystal person behind them pressed their palm against the wall, and crystals continuously grew out of the wall from nothing.
That crystal person was clearly different from ordinary crystal people; they already possessed crystallization abilities.
Then...
Sizzle!
Bai Ye's body suddenly elementalized, turning into a bolt of lightning that shot forward.
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
As the lightning swept forward, the crystal people in the passage began to explode one after another, their crystal blocks shattering.
Seeing this, the crystal person at the back immediately brought their hands together in front of them. The crackling sound appeared again, and a large amount of crystal grew out in front of that crystal person, forming a wall in an instant, sealing off the passage.
But...
It was useless!
Rumble!
The lightning that Bai Ye had transformed into crashed against the crystal wall, and then the crystal wall instantly shattered into pieces.
The moment the crystal wall broke, lightning pierced through it, and then, in front of that crystal person, Bai Ye reappeared.
Sizzle!
The Lei Ya Nu Shou in his hand swept out, striking the crystal person's body, which was then split in two, its body falling diagonally.
Bai Ye swung his sword and said, "Let's go!"
They continued to walk forward, and then...
"You have successfully entered the core area of Laboratory No. 3 (Crystallization Separation and Extraction Facility). Reward: Crystallization Ability or Random Black-grade Tech Weapon x1."
After turning the corner ahead, a huge hall could be seen.
In the center of the hall was an octagonal experimental platform, enclosed by glass walls. Centered around the octagonal platform were rows of armed robots on both sides, and in the very center stood a crowd of mutated crystal people.
What was terrifying, however, were the walls on all four sides.
On the walls were transparent grooves, one after another.
Within the grooves was murky liquid, in which people were immersed. Upon closer inspection, one would find that the people in the grooves were all alive, their faces contorted in expressions of pain, and their bodies twitching involuntarily.
Tubes were inserted into the bodies of these people. Their mouths were pried open, and a large tube was inserted into them. As expressions of pain appeared and their bodies twitched, crystals would grow on their bodies.
"Jeremy, Keller!"
Gonzales's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he roared out in fury, as if fire could spew from his eyes.
In two of the transparent grooves were Gonzales's two friends.
At that time, Laboratory No. 3 had invited them to participate in an experiment. Gonzales had refused due to a hunting mission, but his two companions, enticed by the high reward, had come to Laboratory No. 3.
"Bastards!" Gonzales roared, "What have you done?"
The answer to this question was all too obvious.
This was Dr. Dale's workplace. Entering this experimental area meant the completion of the Forbidden Zone mission.
At this moment, the group of mutated crystal people who had been standing ready slowly parted.
Behind the mutated crystal people, a man in a white coat, appearing to be around fifty years old, wearing black glasses, walked out.
Dr. Dale!
"Who are you people!"
Dr. Dale's mood was terrible, his tone extremely harsh, and his eyes glinted with ferocity.
Of course, Bai Ye could understand the man's feelings; anyone would be angry if their lair was raided.
Dr. Dale sized them up and said, "You're not from the company. Who are you? Are you those lowly scum from the slums?"
Bai Ye ignored Dr. Dale. The number of armed robots was considerable, as was the number of mutated crystal people. Furthermore, those that Dr. Dale kept by his side as bodyguards would certainly not be ordinary mutated crystal people.
But, so what?
As long as Bai Ye wished, Dr. Dale would die.
Those armed robots and crystal people could not stop Bai Ye.
What Bai Ye cared about was Yimi.
He had already reached the core area of the laboratory, and Dr. Dale was about to be dealt with. If Yimi had any intentions, it was about time they made their move, right?
But where was that guy?
...