Chapter 1266: Entering the Core Area

Xu Ri reacted first, directly breaking free from the short-haired woman's hand and pulling Xu Yue back to his side.

"What are you trying to do?!" Xu Ri looked at the short-haired woman warily, fearing she would grab them again.

The short-haired woman seemed not to expect this; she stood stunned for a full minute before turning her gaze toward Lin Xiaoling's parents.

Lin Xiaoling's mother stepped forward: "They don't know the situation yet; don't be so impatient."

"They don't know the situation? Didn't we say before that when you went, you should try to tell them the situation?"

"That's true, but it wasn't just the two of them; you saw it, there were others."

"Fine, fine, fine, I don't care how many people there are; they cannot go in, only those two may follow."

The two seemed on the verge of arguing; the short-haired woman appeared very angry and approached Xu Ri and Xu Yue once more.

This time she did not act, but stared straight at the two of them.

"Hmm, not bad, you've both grown so big; I really don't know what your abilities are like."

Although the woman's gaze held no aggression, it still made Xu Ri break out in goosebumps; in her eyes, they seemed not to be people but objects.

Xu Ri decisively brought Xu Yue to Ning Chen's side; only now, when trouble arose, did Xu Ri realize that staying by Ning Chen's side still felt safe.

Seeing the two hide, the short-haired woman frowned, then stared at Ning Chen and walked step by step to stand before him.

"This matter has nothing to do with you; leave this place immediately and leave those two behind!"

The short-haired woman used almost entirely imperative sentences, giving off an air of acting unilaterally.

But her bluster was destined to fail, because Ning Chen had no intention of paying her any attention.

Ning Chen stepped up to Lin Xiaoling's parents: "We also want to go in together."

Lin Xiaoling's father immediately came forward: "I'll go in and ask inside."

Having spoken, Lin Xiaoling's father hurriedly rushed inside.

Ning Chen's disregard seemed to provoke the short-haired woman's displeasure; she frowned and said sharply with a high-pitched voice: "You still want outsiders to come in?! No, I won't allow it!"

Ning Chen frowned irritably, and the next second, the woman was wrapped by a vine and violently flung aside.

There, Xiao Han calmly retracted his hand, his face expressionless; clearly, Xiao Han had returned.

The white-coated researchers around looked at each other, yet no one stepped forward to help the woman up.

Not long after, Lin Xiaoling's father ran out hurriedly: "Mr. and Lady said they can take them in."

With Lin Xiaoling's father's words, the white-coated people around immediately made way.

Once again, Ning Chen led the way at the front.

Inside were many experimental instruments; the strong smell of disinfectant made people feel somewhat uncomfortable.

After passing through three doors, the group stopped before a password-protected door.

The door slowly opened from the inside, revealing quite a few people standing within.

And when Xu Ri and Xu Yue saw the two figures at the head, their eyes widened.

Those two were none other than Xu Ri and Xu Yue's parents.

"Silly children, why are you still standing there? Come to Mother quickly." Xu's mother spread her arms, as if wanting to embrace the two.

Xu Yue, tears in her eyes, was just about to rush forward when Xu Ri held her back.

Xu Ri wiped the tear from the corner of his eye and pulled Xu Yue behind Ning Chen.

No one expected this, not even that man and woman; Xu Ri would do such a thing.

After crying and calming down, Xu Yue did not think to rush over to her parents either.

After all, if her parents were fine, why didn't they look for her back then? Moreover, what were those experiments about?

After a brief stunned pause, Xu's mother quickly recovered; she continued to smile gently: "It's been too long since we met; you've become estranged from Mother, but that's alright; we still have a long time to get to know each other."

A gentle voice paired with a kind face made her look like the perfect mother figure; unfortunately, that would only be the case if they didn't know the truth.

Xu's father watched the scene before him with cold indifference; even in his eyes, not a shred of affection for the children could be seen.

And the last time this situation was seen was when facing Lin Xiaoling's parents.

The group led them into the laboratory; this was the core area of the entire experimental base.

Things here are generally shown only to those few with top-secret clearance.

Xu's mother led several people to a transparent glass chamber; inside lay a small child, clearly visible, who appeared to be around ten years old; the child was a boy with steady breathing.

"Little Ri, this child is about to die; only you can save him; with just a little blood, you can save him."

Xu Ri looked at the boy lying in the glass chamber, his expression calm, looking no different from an ordinary person asleep, and a feeling of pity arose in his heart; he agreed to let Xu's mother draw a little of his blood.

Watching this scene, Ning Chen said nothing; seeing that Ning Chen did not object, the others quietly stayed aside.

Actually, it wasn't that Ning Chen didn't want to stop it, but that he could not stop it.

Just now, the System sent Ning Chen a message, stating that Ning Chen could no longer interfere with any of Xu Ri's decisions.

This meant that everything, absolutely everything, needed to be decided by Xu Ri himself.

The instant the System spoke, Ning Chen looked at Xiao Han; seeing his pupils slightly dilate indicated he felt a bit surprised.

Their gaze met for only a second or two, and Ning Chen understood that Xiao Han must have also received the System's prompt.

That made things interesting; if he guessed correctly, this was now squarely the main storyline, and also the time given for the protagonist to grow.

There, Xu's mother took the blood drawn from Xu Ri and injected it all into the transparent chamber, into the boy's body.

Ning Chen keenly noticed that all the researchers around were watching the boy in the transparent chamber with expressions of tension and excitement.

Within moments, the boy began to convulse all over, and even white foam started foaming from his mouth.

Seeing this, Xu Ri hurriedly said: "Quickly save him! He's about to die!"

But no one around stepped forward to help; they merely stared at the transparent chamber with eyes shining like lights.

Only after the boy lay motionless did Xu's mother step forward to check.

She opened the transparent chamber, first checking the boy's breath, then feeling his chest and pulse; afterward, she stood up and shook her head at the group.

The researchers, who had been beaming with excitement, suddenly fell into deep dejection, as if they had lost something vital.

Xu Ri truly could not understand what was wrong with these people: "What are you doing! He could still be saved! Why aren't you trying to save him!"

Xu Ri was on the verge of collapse. Though he had not killed the man, it was his blood that had been used.