[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563707,2028,"Chapter 216: Roxanas Lab","divine-path-system-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>\"What the hell!\" Varian cursed as he looked at what was a functioning laboratory a year ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior was structured like a beehive leaving a large space in the middle—There were basically rooms with six walls interconnected to one another forming a ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle was a large common space accessed by all the rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Maya's father Haru, Roxana died in this lab. Then there should at least be traces of the fight or…traces of renovation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boo, find all the data in this lab.\" Varian knit his brows and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yea~\" Boo chirped and hacked into the internal database of the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the doors of all the rooms opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghostship shrunk in size and surveyed each room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian found the corpses of humans, magic beasts, and abyssals in green liquid floating in glass containers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" Varian took repeated breaths to control the despairing thoughts in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With difficulty,? he opened his eyes and looked at the faces of all the human corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were well preserved and if not for the machines showing their vital signs to be null, he'd have thought they were just sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was a middle-aged male corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…No. Even though I haven't seen how Sia looks at 18 or 19, I can tell once I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has! Thankfully!\" Varian patted his chest with sweaty palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he was about to look at the new corpse, his heart thrashed against his ribcage and threatened to break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he confirmed there was no Sia here, he was relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other rooms yielded no fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had some cutting-edge strange surgery bots. The other was full of aura crystals. Another with beast cores and the final one was filled with formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To preserve everything a year after her death, are the Xanders too doting or too rich?\" He wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo timely said. \"Master, some information was damaged due to….ugh, just see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost ship moved inward and after passing through a few more rooms, Varian saw a huge open field with large computing devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the other rooms, quite a few of them were damaged—crushed, broken or torn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An attack happened here destroying many files. Since the data of this lab stays in this lab, it is lost permanently. This is what I found.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hologram popped up, showing a middle-aged woman with green hair and dark red eyes. Her unkempt hair and aloof expression showed that she had no interest in the photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she looked young, it was because of the technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Roxana Xander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Age. 66.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specializations: Aura application, Divine Paths Functioning Theory, Systematic study of an Awakener's talent, the links between Abyssals, magic beasts & humans, ….}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian stopped after seeing there were a few more dozen in the row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the useful information.\" Rubbing his temple, Varian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This qualifies?\" Boo showed a list of videos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first video was from ten years ago. The last was one year ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young Charles Xander would visit the lab and Roxana would welcome him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he entered the lab and she entertained him before sending him off with a gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Charles grew older, he started bringing her some gifts. Small, but filled with affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxana would stay in the lab all day and conduct her experiments with an indifferent expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only smiled when she was with Charles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as he grew older, his visits declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From thrice a day to once a day, to once a week to finally once three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even the last time they met, Roxana smiled heartily. She ruffled Charles' hair and said. \"I've prepared a gift for you. Soon, you'll be the biggest genius of earth, no, the biggest genius of the federation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charles was puzzled but did not question her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took him to the open space between the rooms, and the video ended with Charles going out a few hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She barred any surveillance from this site, master. We can't know what happened inside.\" Boo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian looked at the caved in ground and broken computing devices with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, there seems to be some missing files. They are deleted, not missed due to the destruction of storage devices.\" Boo added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Play the video of her death date—the day these machines were blown off.\" Varian ordered after a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surveillance of various rooms started playing at once. Since the open field had no cameras, the closest he could get to was to try and put together the pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the lab rooms were operating normally until they all trembled for a while. A muffed sound followed and then…there was no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's it?\" Varian asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. A staff member came to deliver some material and found something wrong. It was only after a week…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Son of a bitch!\" Varian cursed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the entire killing or should he call it assassination happened on the Guardian Islands and it was only found out after a week?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was one more problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the killer? I can't see him entering in or out.\" Varian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the surveillance, there was only Roxana inside. Even after murder, no one came out.\" Boo answered after checking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, it's a space awakener who teleported in and out?\" Varian rubbed his chin and wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't be. The Xander palace can detect the spatial fluctuations and lock on the target.\" Boo rejected the hypothesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So…what the heck happened?\" Varian felt a headache trying to crack this puzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo thought of a possibility. The killer also had the stealth like it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wasn't that stupid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could anyone equal it, the ghost ship? No way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it dismissed the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, I found this under her bed.\" Boo suddenly said and a red book floated towards the ghost ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it inched closer, Varian realized it was a journal of sorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[My Experiment Log]\u003C\u002Fp>",1007,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.288Z",1,"novelbin.me","4265ccbdc8f3a1d04099ec892ef6cc671da5d7bfe982e93fa8f556b6be484344","divine-path-system-chapter-217","divine-path-system-chapter-369",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]