Chapter 73

Lin Chen crawled down along the ventilation duct, his fingertips against the cold pipe wall,

his heart full of questions about No. 127 Laboratory. Just as he crawled to the top of the core data room,

the system suddenly popped up a prompt: 【Detected high-intensity energy fluctuations in the core data room, it is recommended that the host delay action.】 But he could already hear He Ximan's voice below,

so how could he care about the system's warning? He quietly pushed aside the grille of the ventilation duct and looked down.

The data room was lit with pale lights, and in the center was a huge metal device,

and He Ximan was standing next to the device, talking to a few people in white coats. Lin Chen just wanted to listen carefully,

when he suddenly felt a chill behind him—a black shadow appeared in the duct at some point,

its speed so fast that its outline couldn't be seen. Just as he was about to mobilize his Absolute Zero ability,

the black shadow had already rushed in front of him and drilled directly into his body.

"Ugh!

" Lin Chen only felt a sharp pain in his head, his vision went black instantly, and his body uncontrollably fell from the ventilation duct,

crashing heavily onto the floor of the data room, losing consciousness completely.

I don't know how much time passed,

but Lin Chen finally woke up. He opened his eyes and found himself tied to the metal device,

his wrists and ankles locked with thick iron chains, unable to move. The data room was full of people,

about a hundred of them, all "Experiment Guardians" in black clothes, and He Ximan was standing at the very front of the crowd,

looking at him with cold eyes.

"Awake?" A low voice came from behind the crowd, and everyone gave way to a path,

and a man in a black suit walked over. He looked to be in his thirties,

with a faint smile on his face, walked to Lin Chen, and said condescendingly:

"Hello, Lin Chen, my name is He Shao, you can call me Mr. He."

Lin Chen stared at him, his heart full of anger, and cursed as soon as he opened his mouth: "Call you a dam!

Who exactly are you people? What do you want to do by tying me here?"

He Shao heard the profanity, but the smile on his face didn't disappear; instead, he squatted down,

patted Lin Chen on the shoulder: "Don't be so angry, we just want to chat with you. For example, do you know why you were able to be reborn?

Why were you able to awaken the Absolute Zero ability? And No. 127 Laboratory, aren't you curious about the secrets inside?"

Lin Chen's heart stirred; these were exactly the answers he had always wanted to know, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of the enemy,

so he still gritted his teeth and cursed: "Cut the crap! If you have the ability, let me go, let's fight one-on-one! What kind of skill is it to play these dirty tricks!"

He Shao stood up, walked slowly to the side, picked up a water cup on the table and took a sip,

and continued: "You actually didn't starve to death in your past life, you were an 'experimental subject' chosen by us,

and the number 127,

has been engraved on you since you were born. Rebirth, system, ability, were all arranged by us to activate the 'Ice Seal Factor' in your body..."

"Shut up!" Lin Chen was annoyed; he didn't want to believe that his life was manipulated by others,

and shouted at He Shao, "You are all a bunch of lunatics! I will definitely kill you all and avenge Xia Nuan and the others!"

The Experiment Guardians standing on the side were angered by Lin Chen's attitude,

and a few hot-tempered people rushed over, punching and kicking Lin Chen. Fists and feet kept landing on him,

hurting him until he grimaced, but he gritted his teeth, refusing to make a sound of begging.

Just then, Lin Chen suddenly felt a strange power erupt inside his body—that power was cold and ruthless,

even more overbearing than Absolute Zero, instantly spreading throughout his body. His eyes suddenly turned deep purple,

and he struggled hard with his wrists and ankles, and the thick iron chains were broken with a "crack."

"What?!" He Shao and He Ximan were both stunned, not expecting Lin Chen to be able to break free from the chains.

After Lin Chen landed, his body seemed to be manipulated by someone, his movements becoming fast and ruthless.

He first performed a flying kick, kicking away the two Experiment Guardians who had hit him the hardest, and the two hit the wall,

vomiting blood and losing their breath. Then,

he rushed into the crowd, his fists and feet falling non-stop, every strike carrying a chill,

and those he hit either had broken bones or were instantly frozen; in just a few minutes, a large number of people had fallen in the data room.

He Ximan wanted to run, but was grabbed by the shoulder by Lin Chen; his eyes were cold, without a hint of temperature, scaring He Ximan until she was shaking all over.

"Don't... don't kill me...

" Lin Chen didn't speak, but punched her directly in the chest; He Ximan spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground, and stopped moving.

He Shao retreated repeatedly in terror, wanting to escape through the back door, but Lin Chen caught up instantly,

grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up. He Shao's face turned red,

and he struggled to say: "You... what's in your body is the 'Blackening Factor'... you can't control it..."

Lin Chen just wanted to act,

when the system's voice sounded in his mind: 【Detected that the host has activated the "Blackened Face" in the body, this state is the companion state of the Ice Seal Factor, possessing greater power and destructive force, but it will affect the host's sanity.】

"Blackened Face?" Lin Chen was stunned, his hand grabbing He Shao's neck loosening,

and he looked at his own hands, his deep purple eyes slowly returning to normal,

and the strange power just now gradually fading. He hurriedly asked the system: "Can this thing be removed? I don't want to become like that just now!"

【"Blackened Face" is soul-bound to the host and cannot be removed; specific control methods are temporarily unavailable, the system cannot answer.】 The system's answer made Lin Chen's heart sink.

He Shao saw Lin Chen distracted, and suddenly took a smoke bomb out of his pocket and threw it on the ground,

and smoke instantly filled the entire data room. Lin Chen coughed, and when the smoke cleared,

He Shao had already disappeared, leaving only the corpses on the ground and a few Experiment Guardians who were on their last breath.

Lin Chen clenched his fists, angry and anxious, and cursed at the air: "Damn it!

He ran away again!" He knew that He Shao had run away, and would definitely come to trouble him again in the future, and that "Blackened Face" was also like a time bomb, not knowing when it would appear again.

He walked to the metal device,

looked at the buttons and screen on it, and said to the system: 【Analyze the function of this device, see if we can find more secrets of No. 127 Laboratory.】 【The device is an "Ice Seal Factor Activation Instrument," which stores some experimental data; data extraction has begun, expected to be completed in 10 minutes.】

Lin Chen leaned against the wall, rubbing the places where he had been hit and hurt just now,

and secretly resolved in his heart: After extracting the data, he would immediately return to the villa, take Xia Nuan and A Kai away from here, find a safe place,

and at the same time find a way to control the "Blackened Face" in his body. But he didn't notice,

that in the corner of the data room, an Experiment Guardian who hadn't died yet quietly took out a communicator,

and said in a low voice to it: "Mr. He, No. 127 has activated the Blackened Face,

we have suffered heavy losses..."