"Why go through all this trouble!" Bai Ye said as he raised his right hand.
Snap!
Bai Ye snapped his fingers, and electric currents surged along the walls on both sides.
As sapphire currents flowed forward...
Bang, bang, bang...
The machine guns mounted on the ceiling exploded one by one. Clearly, the circuit boards used to control them had been destroyed by the surge of electricity.
Bai Ye waved his hand. "Let's go, move forward!"
The defense system of Laboratory Number Three was useless against Bai Ye, or more accurately, electronic devices were useless in Bai Ye's presence.
With the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bai Ye could easily destroy electronic equipment.
However, while the defensive equipment was useless, the crystal beings were still a bit troublesome for Bai Ye.
After turning a corner, at the other end, a large number of crystal beings appeared.
"Open fire!"
Bai Ye shouted to Gonzales and waved his hand forward.
Currents surged on the walls again, and the metal plates embedded in them twisted and shot out, intertwining under the pull of the electricity to block the advance of the crystal beings.
Gonzales raised his Vulcan Gatling gun, roaring as he pulled the trigger.
As the barrels spun, beams of energy were fired forward, striking the crystal beings.
A narrow passage, dense enemies.
This situation was perfect for a heavy machine gun; no aiming was necessary.
Just spray, and spray like mad!
The crystal beings in the front rows were shattered and fell, then the ones behind them moved to the front, only to be quickly killed by the energy beams.
In the blink of an eye, a dozen bodies were piled up in front of them.
But then...
Crack, crack!
A sound of condensation echoed from the walls.
In the next instant, large patches of crystals appeared, seemingly growing out of the walls from nothing, spreading rapidly forward.
Bai Ye's eyebrows shot up. He immediately moved to the edge of the wall, cupped his hand, and materialized the Steel Slime, Lei Ya Nu Shou, then slashed the wall with his sword.
Clang!
The crystals spreading along the wall were instantly shattered, scattering into countless shards in all directions.
But Bai Ye was prepared!
Sizzle!
The sound of electricity filled the air, and then, a large net of currents formed around Bai Ye, shattering the flying shards.
In the next moment, Bai Ye looked up. A crystal being in the rear had pressed its palm against the wall, and crystals began to grow from it.
This crystal being was clearly different from ordinary ones; it already possessed the ability to crystallize.
Then...
Sizzle!
Bai Ye's body suddenly elementalized, transforming into a bolt of lightning that surged forward.
Crack, crack, crack!
As the lightning coursed through, the crystal beings in the corridor began to detonate one after another, their crystalline bodies shattering.
Seeing this, the crystal being at the back clasped its hands together in front of it. The crackling sound resumed as a large amount of crystal grew in front of it, forming a wall in an instant, sealing off the corridor.
But...
It was useless!
Rumble!
The lightning that Bai Ye had transformed into struck the crystal wall, and the wall instantly shattered into pieces.
As the crystal wall broke apart, lightning surged through, and Bai Ye reappeared in front of the crystal being.
Sizzle!
The Lei Ya Nu Shou in his hand swept out, striking the crystal being's body, and it was split in two, falling to the side.
Bai Ye swung his sword. "Let's go!"
They continued forward, and then...
"You have successfully entered the core area of Laboratory Number Three (Crystallization Separation and Extraction Facility). Reward: Crystallization Ability or Random Black-tier Technology Weapon x1."
Turning the corner ahead, they saw a vast hall.
In the center of the hall was an octagonal experimental platform, enclosed by glass walls. Flanking the octagonal platform were rows of armed robots, and in the very center stood a multitude of mutated crystal beings.
But what was truly terrifying were the walls on all four sides.
They had transparent grooves, one after another.
Inside these grooves was a turbid liquid, in which people were submerged. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the people in the grooves were alive, their faces contorted in pain, their bodies twitching involuntarily.
Tubes were inserted into their bodies, their mouths pried open and a large tube inserted. As their bodies twitched and their faces contorted in pain, crystals began to grow from them.
"Jeremy, Keller!"
Gonzales's pupils suddenly constricted, and he roared in fury, his eyes seeming to spew fire.
In two of the transparent grooves were Gonzales's two friends.
At that time, Laboratory Number Three had invited them to participate in an experiment. Gonzales had refused due to a hunting mission, but his two companions, lured by the high reward, had come to the laboratory.
"Bastards!" Gonzales roared. "What have you done to them?"
The answer to this question was obvious.
This was Dr. Dale's workplace. Entering this experimental area meant the Forbidden Zone mission was complete.
At this moment, the group of alert mutated crystal beings slowly parted.
Behind them, a man in a white coat, looking about fifty years old, wearing black glasses, walked out.
Dr. Dale!
"Who are you?"
Dr. Dale's mood was terrible, his tone extremely harsh, and his eyes glinted with ferocity.
Of course, Bai Ye could understand his feelings; anyone would be enraged if their lair was invaded.
Dr. Dale scanned them. "You are not from the company. Who are you? Are you those lowly scum from the slum district?"
Bai Ye ignored Dr. Dale. There were quite a few armed robots and many mutated crystal beings. Moreover, the ones Dr. Dale kept by his side as bodyguards were undoubtedly not ordinary mutated crystal beings.
But so what?
If Bai Ye willed it, Dr. Dale would die.
The armed robots and crystal beings could not stop Bai Ye.
What Bai Ye cared about was Yimiy.
He had already reached the core area of the laboratory, and Dr. Dale was about to be dealt with. If Yimiy had any intentions, now would be the time to act, right?
But where was that guy?
...