"That's too much trouble!" Bai Ye said as he raised his right hand.
*Snap!*
Bai Ye snapped his fingers, and immediately, currents surged along the walls on both sides. As azure currents flowed forward...
*Bang, bang, bang...*
The machine guns mounted on the ceiling exploded one by one. Clearly, the circuit boards used to control the hidden compartments had all been destroyed by the current.
Bai Ye waved his hand and said, "Let's go, move forward!"
The defense system of Laboratory No. 3 was useless against Bai Ye. Or, more accurately, electronic devices were useless in front of Bai Ye. Using the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bai Ye could easily destroy electronic equipment.
However, while the defense equipment was useless to 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.
"Rake fire!" Bai Ye yelled at Gonzalez and then waved his hand forward.
Currents surged along the walls again, and then the metal plates embedded in the walls twisted and shot out continuously. Guided by the current, they interlocked and blocked the crystal people's advance.
Gonzalez raised his Vulcan Gatling gun, roared, and pulled the trigger. As the barrel spun, beams of energy were fired forward, hitting the crystal people.
A narrow passage, dense enemies. This situation was perfect for a heavy machine gun; no aiming was required. Just indiscriminate, frenzied firing! The crystal people in the front rows were continuously shattered and fell, and then those in the back became the front, trying to advance under the energy beams only to be quickly killed. In the blink of an eye, a dozen bodies were piled up directly in front.
But at this moment...
*Crack, crack!*
A sound of condensation suddenly echoed from the walls. In the next instant, large patches of crystal appeared, as if growing out of the walls from nowhere, spreading rapidly forward.
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow, immediately moved to the edge of the wall, and made a grasping motion with his hand. The Steel Slime condensed the Thunder Fang Angry Beast, and Bai Ye then slashed at the wall with his sword.
*Clang!*
The crystals spreading along the wall were instantly shattered, scattering in all directions like countless shards. But Bai Ye was prepared!
*Sizzle!*
The sound of current arose, and then a large net of electricity formed by currents appeared on Bai Ye's body, shattering the flying shards. In the next instant, Bai Ye looked up ahead. A crystal person in the back had pressed his palm against the wall, and crystals continuously grew out of the wall from nowhere. That crystal person was clearly different from ordinary crystal people; it already possessed the ability to crystallize.
Then...
*Sizzle!*
Bai Ye's body suddenly elementalized, turning into a current that moved forward.
*Crack, crack, crack!*
As the current swept forward, the crystal people in the passage began to explode one after another, their crystal blocks shattering continuously. The crystal person standing at the back saw this and immediately brought his hands together in front of him. The sound of crackling echoed again, and a large amount of crystal grew in front of that crystal person, quickly forming a wall and blocking the passage. But... it was useless!
*Rumble!*
The current Bai Ye had become crashed into the crystal wall, and the crystal wall instantly shattered. As the crystal wall broke, lightning shot through, and then Bai Ye reappeared in front of the crystal person.
*Sizzle!*
The Thunder Fang Angry Beast in his hand swept across, hitting 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!" He continued forward, and then...
"You have successfully entered the core area of Laboratory No. 3 (Crystallization Separation and Extraction Plant), and received a reward: Crystallization Ability or a random Black-quality technological weapon x1."
After turning the corner ahead, a huge hall could be seen. In the center of the hall was an octagonal experimental table surrounded by glass walls. Around the octagonal platform, there was a row of armed robots on each side, and in the very center, there were many mutated crystal people.
But what was terrifying were the four walls. On the walls were transparent slots, one after another. In the slots was murky liquid, and in the liquid, people were immersed, one by one. Upon closer inspection, one would find that the people in the slots were actually alive, their faces showing expressions of pain, and their bodies twitching involuntarily. Tubes were inserted into these people, their mouths were pried open, and a large tube was inserted. As expressions of pain appeared and their bodies twitched, crystals would grow on them.
"Jeremy, Keller!" Gonzalez's pupils suddenly contracted, and he roared furiously, as if fire could spew from his eyes. In two transparent slots were Gonzalez's two friends. At that time, Laboratory No. 3 had invited them to participate in an experiment. Gonzalez had refused due to a hunting mission, but his two companions, lured by the high reward, had come to Laboratory No. 3.
"Bastards!" Gonzalez roared, "What have you done?" 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 time, the group of alert mutated crystal people slowly parted. Behind the mutated crystal people, a man in a white coat, looking around 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 menacingly. Of course, Bai Ye could understand his mood; anyone whose lair had been raided would be angry. Dr. Dale surveyed the group and said, "You're not from the company, who are you? Are you those lowly scums from the slums?"
Bai Ye ignored Dr. Dale. The number of armed robots was not small, and the number of mutated crystal people was also large. Moreover, those who could be kept by Dr. Dale as bodyguards were certainly not ordinary mutated crystal people. But, so what? As long as Bai Ye wanted to, Dr. Dale would die. The armed robots and crystal people couldn't stop Bai Ye. What Bai Ye cared about was Yimi. He had already fought his way to the core of the laboratory, and Dr. Dale was about to be dealt with. If Yimi had any intentions, it was probably time for him to act, right? But where was that guy?
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