Bai Ye strode forward, stepping over the corpses, and approached the glass wall.
Dr. Dale's face showed fear. He never expected his mutated crystal humans to be so vulnerable.
"Who exactly are you?" Dr. Dale looked at Bai Ye. "Androids don't have this kind of ability, nor can they be this strong."
"Hmm, perhaps?" Bai Ye smiled and placed his hand on the glass wall. "That doesn't matter!"
Boom!
An explosion occurred.
The moment Bai Ye placed his hand on the glass wall, a massive fireball erupted from his palm.
In the next instant, amidst the explosion, the glass wall cracked with countless fissures and then shattered.
Bai Ye crushed the glass beneath his feet and walked towards Dr. Dale.
Dr. Dale retreated continuously until he bumped into the laboratory bench behind him.
This left Dr. Dale cornered, seemingly with no escape, yet a flicker of light appeared in his eyes at that moment.
He couldn't die yet; he still had hope of surviving.
Dr. Dale turned and ran madly towards the back of the laboratory bench, stumbling as if about to fall, but showing no intention of stopping. He then quickly fiddled with the controls on the bench.
"This is your own doing," Dr. Dale gritted his teeth. "Although it's not finished yet, I'll let you see my masterpiece!"
As Dr. Dale manipulated the controls on the bench, a metal plate slid open in front of it, and a metal platform rose.
On the platform was a glass dome, appearing to be some sort of device.
Inside the glass dome, a "mountain"-shaped crystal floated, surrounded by brackets, but the brackets did not touch the crystal.
The crystal hung in the center, with faint electrical currents flowing around the brackets, forming liquid-like, shimmering energy fluctuations resembling fireworks.
Bai Ye paused, then raised an eyebrow.
What is this thing?
Then, Bai Ye quickly remembered that there was still Restricted Area Mission Three.
Destroy the Crystal Energy Extraction Instrument!
So, this thing was the Crystal Energy Extraction Instrument?
Bai Ye curled his lips. That was good. It saved him time and effort, and he could also complete the last Restricted Area mission.
Meanwhile...
Dr. Dale had descended into a frenzy. He took out a syringe gun, pointed it at his neck, and injected a tube of pale blue liquid into his body.
"Maximum output of crystal energy..." Dr. Dale gritted his teeth. "I will become the strongest. I will succeed, I will definitely succeed, I absolutely will succeed..."
With the conviction of a last-ditch effort, Dr. Dale forcefully pulled down the handbrake on the laboratory bench. Immediately, a large amount of pale blue light surged from the Crystal Energy Extraction Instrument.
The light seemed to be drawn by something, all heading towards Dr. Dale and converging into his body.
Then...
Crack, crack!
Crisp sounds continued to echo, followed by a layer of pale blue crystals appearing on Dr. Dale's body.
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. Was this guy planning to use himself as a test subject and crystallize directly?
This was a very dangerous undertaking.
Although Dr. Dale's crystal human experiments were infinitely close to success, "infinitely close to success" could also be interpreted as "not yet successful."
Therefore, the inherent dangers were imaginable. Dr. Dale's willingness to make himself a test subject was indeed a desperate gamble.
"But..." Bai Ye extended his hand, currents surging at his fingertips. "Isn't your preparation time a bit too long?"
With such a long crystallization time, Bai Ye felt he could have killed the man seventeen or eighteen times over.
However, on second thought, it made sense. Killing Dr. Dale was a Restricted Area mission.
Restricted Area missions didn't revolve solely around Bai Ye. Normally, a restricted area would have a large number of people. What would most likely happen when a Chosen One reached this point and faced Dr. Dale?
Kill Dr. Dale?
No, no, no...
It would be a battle for survival!
There was only one Dr. Dale. Whoever killed Dr. Dale would complete the Restricted Area mission. If that were the case, how could the rewards be decided without a fight?
Simply put, Restricted Area missions were always cunning. The longer Dr. Dale took to crystallize, the longer the battle might last. Only after Dr. Dale completed his crystallization and entered the fray would the situation be resolved.
Therefore, the reason this Restricted Area mission was effortless for Bai Ye was the complete absence of competitors.
Dr. Dale stood there, as if shouting at Bai Ye: Come and hit me, if you dare!
This was a freebie!
Zzzzt!
Lost in thought, large amounts of electricity appeared at Bai Ye's fingertips, flickering continuously.
But at this moment...
A beam of black light suddenly appeared on the ground.
The light split into numerous fine lines, flowing across the ground and forming a magic circle.
Bai Ye was not surprised. He had been waiting for Yimi to appear.
Once the magic circle appeared, Bai Ye knew that this guy was about to arrive.
At the same time, Bai Ye understood why he hadn't been able to find Yimi's hiding place before.
This guy had teleported directly using the magic circle, so of course Bai Ye couldn't find him earlier.
"But are you in time?"
Bai Ye sneered, pointed a fingertip forward, and a current of electricity shot out like a javelin towards Dr. Dale.
Meanwhile...
In the center of the magic circle, Yimi and a woman wearing a black magic robe and a star-patterned magic hat appeared simultaneously.
Bai Ye didn't care if their objective was to protect Dr. Dale or, like himself, to kill Dr. Dale.
Regardless...
He was faster!
Puff!
Before Dr. Dale could complete his crystallization, the current reached him, and then...
The sound of tearing flesh suddenly echoed. The current struck Dr. Dale's chest and pierced through, creating a bloody hole directly in his chest.
A large amount of blood splattered out. Dr. Dale's eyes widened instantly, his body went limp, and he slowly collapsed to the ground, finally falling headfirst onto the floor.
"You have completed Restricted Area Mission Two, defeated Dr. Dale, and received rewards: Crystallization Ability or a random Black-tier technological weapon x1."
With Dr. Dale dead, Bai Ye had completed Restricted Area Mission Two, but...
Yimi remained unmoved, or rather, Yimi completely ignored Bai Ye's killing of Dr. Dale and immediately rushed towards the Crystal Energy Extraction Instrument.
Bai Ye's pupils contracted. Was this Yimi's true objective?
Was he aiming to complete Restricted Area Mission Three?