Chapter 402: Third Laboratory

A dozen soldiers in blue military uniforms stood in front of a building. The building was brightly lit; this was the Third Laboratory.

The Third Laboratory had two functions: one was chimera research—for example, the chimeras under Greed's subordinates were all manufactured here.

The second was synthesizing Philosopher's Stones, using death row inmates and prisoners of war as materials.

After observing around the Third Laboratory for a while, Su Xiao didn't choose to infiltrate directly; he was waiting for an opportunity.

Half an hour later, a middle-aged researcher walked out of the Third Laboratory and headed toward a car parked in the courtyard.

The target Su Xiao was waiting for appeared, and he flashed to follow.

The moment the middle-aged researcher opened the car door, Su Xiao sat in the back seat; the middle-aged researcher didn't notice at all.

The middle-aged researcher sat in the driver's seat, and Su Xiao grabbed the back of their head.

Crack, the middle-aged researcher's neck was snapped, and their body slumped limply to the side.

Su Xiao looked around; no one noticed this scene. He dragged the middle-aged man's corpse to the back seat.

Five minutes later, the 'middle-aged researcher' stepped out of the car. This wasn't that middle-aged researcher, but Su Xiao.

Lightly pressing the high-tech mask on his face, the effect was good. Apart from the different touch, it looked no different from the outside.

This was a consumable mask, which Su Xiao had bought for 300 Paradise Coins. It could disguise one's appearance as someone else's, but it required scanning the facial features of that person, and it could only be used once. It could disguise both appearance and voice.

Su Xiao was wearing a gray suit and black trousers; this was the attire of the middle-aged researcher.

He walked toward the Third Laboratory openly. Just as he reached the entrance, soldiers blocked Su Xiao.

"Dr. Oliver, why have you come back?"

The soldiers were very cautious and used a trap.

"What? I'm not Oliver, I'm Kevin. I come in and out of here every day; can you still not remember my name?"

Su Xiao feigned dissatisfaction. The name on the work ID wasn't Oliver at all, but Kevin.

"Excuse me, Dr. Kevin, please show your ID."

Su Xiao took out the ID.

"I just wanted to come back to get something; what a nuisance."

Although he said that, Su Xiao still took out the work ID.

"No problem, Dr. Kevin, please go in."

Su Xiao walked into the Third Laboratory. Just as he entered the laboratory, he saw a locker room not far away, and he walked toward it.

He found two things on Kevin: a work ID and a bunch of keys.

Taking out the bunch of keys, Su Xiao checked them nonchalantly. He soon saw a key labeled 17.

Walking to locker No. 17, Su Xiao naturally opened the locker with the key. Inside was a white lab coat and a change of clothes.

Taking off his jacket, Su Xiao put on the white lab coat; this made him look more like a researcher.

Through the information on the work ID, Su Xiao learned that Kevin was a scholar researching chimeras, and his research area was on the upper floors of the Third Laboratory.

The research on Philosopher's Stones was on the lower floors; the two didn't belong to the same department. Fortunately, he had already infiltrated the Third Laboratory, so the subsequent matters would be easy to handle.

The Third Laboratory was tight on the outside but loose on the inside. This belonged to a military department, and it was unlikely for civilians to get close, so the experiments became blatant.

Su Xiao took an old-fashioned elevator and pressed the button for the -1 floor.

When the elevator arrived at the -1 floor, the surroundings creaked and groaned; it seemed no one had taken the elevator to the -1 floor for a long time.

The elevator door opened, and a dilapidated scene appeared. The previous laboratory was still brightly lit, but after arriving at the -1 floor, the scene changed drastically. Debris was piled up in the hallway, and the incandescent lights flickered on and off.

This was a ghost-movie-like environment; if an ordinary person came here, they would definitely be scared out of their wits.

Clang!

A muffled sound came from afar. Su Xiao turned his head to look, and a suit of full-body armor was walking slowly toward him.

The armor was covered in rust, and there was a red light in the eye sockets. This was an existence similar to Alphonse, with a soul fixed to the armor.

This was the guard of the -1 floor. This guard was like a candle in the wind, ready to fall at any moment.

"Intruder... die."

Clang, the armor fell to the ground and began to squirm on the floor, seemingly wanting to stand up.

Su Xiao stepped forward and took off the armor's head. On the inside of the armor was a blood-colored array, which was already slightly broken. Conservatively estimated, this suit of armor had existed for decades.

Wiping away the blood seal inside the armor, the armor lost all sound.

Su Xiao began to search for the entrance to the lower levels on the -1 floor. After searching for a long time, he didn't find the entrance.

This -1 floor was truly terrifying; if one were to film a ghost movie here, there would be no need to set up the environment at all.

Su Xiao was, of course, not afraid of ghosts. If such creatures as ghosts really existed, it should be the ghosts afraid of him, not him afraid of ghosts.

Closing his eyes to sense below, there were indeed buildings below, and there was human activity.

Finding a spot where there was no one below, Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand, and Su Xiao cut a piece of the floor slab.

The concrete floor slab was easily cut open. Su Xiao lifted a concrete layer half a meter in diameter and placed it gently to the side.

Looking down, directly below was a warehouse, where obsolete experimental equipment was stored.

Jumping into the warehouse, Su Xiao stood at the warehouse entrance, patted the dust off his body, and walked out of the warehouse with a calm expression.

Just as he entered the hallway, an experimenter walked toward him.

Su Xiao walked straight ahead. The experimenter glanced at Su Xiao, frowned, seemingly noticing something abnormal, and after hesitating for a few seconds, asked, "Who are you?"

There were very few experimenters researching Philosopher's Stones, and Su Xiao's unfamiliar face immediately aroused suspicion.

"I'm Kevin from the biological zone, temporarily transferred here."

"From the biological zone? What's the purpose?"

Although the experimenter's tone was tough, Su Xiao felt the other party was a bit guilty.

"Orders from above, meaning the chimeras and the Philosopher's..."

Su Xiao stopped halfway through his sentence, looking the experimenter up and down.

"And who are you? The research I'm conducting is confidential. Take out your ID."

The experimenter's heart tightened, and they gave a bright smile.

"I just saw an unfamiliar face and asked casually."

"Oh? Is that so? Where is the D3 laboratory?"

"On the lowest floor."

"Thanks."

Su Xiao turned and left, his eyes narrowing.

There was no D3 laboratory at all; this was something he made up on the spot. The other party had a problem; they were definitely not a researcher from the laboratory.

If it weren't inconvenient to take action now, Su Xiao would have solved the other party. The other party's identity was already obvious.

"Have others also set their sights on this place? Looks like I need to hurry."

Su Xiao quickened his pace, heading straight for the third underground floor, where the Philosopher's Stones were stored.

According to the location provided by Envy, Su Xiao arrived at the third underground floor half an hour later. During this period, he was questioned twice; once he bluffed his way through, and the other time he failed, and that guard was already a corpse.

Walking on the third underground floor, there were very few researchers here, but the number of guards had clearly increased.

Passing a corner, Su Xiao arrived in front of a laboratory on the far left. This was where the Philosopher's Stones were stored. He had asked Envy about the number of Philosopher's Stones stored here, which was roughly between 8 and 10. If the inventory exceeded this number, the Philosopher's Stones would be sent to the Presidential Palace.

Just as he passed the corner, Su Xiao found several corpses lying at the entrance of that laboratory. The corpses were twisted, seemingly crushed to death by a large hand.

Someone had beaten him to it. Su Xiao rushed toward the laboratory. Two people rushed out, colliding head-on with Su Xiao.

Those two were inside the laboratory, and Su Xiao was at the laboratory entrance. ===== CHAPTER 403 =====