Chapter 330: Say It, We'll Do It

The corridor outside is also purely pixelated, but it's a bit brighter than the interior.

The only problem is that the light has a hint of green.

Yang Yixie subconsciously tried to frown, then suddenly realized his face couldn't form a frown.

He didn't know if it was because his sync value was too low, but controlling this body wasn't as smooth as he imagined; it felt stiff no matter what.

The green light was somewhat visually polluting, but the hoodie's hood could block some of it, so Yang Yixie pulled the hood up over his head.

Then he froze.

Through the pixel‑block mirror on the wall, Yang Yixie saw his current appearance.

The hood indeed covered most of the fluorescent‑green hair, leaving only a few strands to sway on his forehead.

But at the top of the hood were two huge, black…

cat ears.

Yang Yixie: "......."

He stared at the hooded version of himself with two cat ears in the mirror, silent for three seconds.

Although he knew the hoodie came with cat ears, he never expected them to be this big and conspicuous.

"......"

Forget it.

At least it covers his hair.

He had never considered using Ying Duo to hide his hair before; isn't the proficiency of 【Stealth】 still gradually increasing?

Sure enough, the NPCs in this game must be blind.

While labeling those NPCs as "blind," Yang Yixie searched the corridor; the walls were made of light‑gray pixel blocks, and every few meters a door appeared, its pixel lettering showing numbers: 【A-01】, 【A-02】…

Yang Yixie tried to push open a few adjacent doors.

A-02: a bedroom with a layout similar to the previous room, but the sheets are gray.

A-03: also a bedroom, with a few pixel plants on the desk.

A-04: empty, nothing inside.

After rummaging through several more rooms, Yang Yixie finally got something.

【"Fundamental Energy Ore Theory" — Luo Wen yuan】

【Collectible.】

He picked up another one.

【"Study on the Interaction Effects between Mutation Factors and Ore Energy" — Wen Jing yun & Luo Wen yuan, co‑authored】

【Collectible.】

Yang Yixie stared at those two lines for a while.

Luo Wen yuan........

Putting aside everything else, just because this person shares a surname with Luo Jinyou, he should be watched closely.

Who made this the mental world of Luo Jinyou?

After fully collecting the books' contents, Yang Yixie put them back and kept searching.

He also found some scraps: a few pens, an old notebook, and a card.

Yang Yixie paused; the card displayed the quality color of the item.

The card's edges were smooth, feeling like some metal; the front bore a blurry pixel avatar and a string of numbers, while the back showed a badge resembling a certain ore.

He lifted the card, and a System Prompt popped up immediately.

【Obtained Item: Research Institute Identity Authentication Card (Green)】

【Affiliation: Eternal Day City Third Energy Ore Research Institute·Ordinary Member】

【Permission Level: Tier 2 (Access to most basic areas of the institute and some experimental zones)】

【Note: An old identity card, perhaps usable in some places.】

Eternal Day City.

Yang Yixie silently noted the name.

This is the first city name he's encountered besides Xinshou Cun and Tianmian City.

Oh, the Dome probably doesn't count, after all he still doesn't know what Dome Headquarters actually is.

He kept walking down the corridor, reached the end, and found an elevator with a sign beside it: 【For Experimental Personnel Only】

Yang Yixie paused, took the identity card from his Game Backpack, and swiped it on the sensor by the elevator.

【Beep—】

【Identity verification passed.】

Yang Yixie decisively selected the experimental area floor, the elevator moved, and as soon as the doors opened he stepped out.

"Wuu—!! Wuu—!!" A shrill alarm blared suddenly.

Red warning lights flashed wildly on the ceiling, dyeing the entire experimental area crimson.

Amid the crimson, the golden eyes remained steady, lightly scanning the surroundings.

It looked like an ordinary laboratory scene.

"....... Should I not have swiped the card?"

He asked himself silently.

But before he could answer, a figure burst out from deep within the experimental area.

It was a man.

He wore a slightly disheveled white lab coat, hair streaked gray and white, his brows showing the fatigue of long nights, yet his eyes were unusually sharp, now fixed on the wildly sounding alarm.

"What's going on?!" He strode out, his tone urgent, "Why did the Mutation alarm suddenly——"

His gaze fell on Yang Yixie.

Those sharp eyes narrowed instantly, sizing up from head to toe the boy who had suddenly appeared in the experimental area, his hood covering most of his face.

There were no children this big in the institute; the only child couldn't possibly have gotten in.

"Who are you?" The man's voice sank immediately, his eyes locked on Ying Duo, his tone growing hostile, "How did you get in? Only researchers are allowed in here......."

His words trailed off.

The boy seemed to hear his words, his gaze locking onto him, his head turning stiffly, the few strands of Ying Guang Lu hair at the edge of his hood swaying.

The man's pupils suddenly contracted.

His gaze fixed on those few strands of hair, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Then, he moved.

He practically lunged forward, truly a lunge, pushing off with his feet, his whole body shooting like an arrow off a string to Yang Yixie's front, both hands gripping his shoulders tightly.

Yang Yixie: "......"

What kind of plot development is this?

"You——" the man's voice trembled, not from fear but from some irrepressible excitement, "Come with me, now!"

He didn't even wait for Yang Yixie to answer, yanking him and sprinting toward the depths of the experimental area, not bothering to consider whether Ying Duo was an unreported illegal intruder.

Yang Yixie was pulled into a stagger, his hood almost ripped off; he lowered his head to glance at the arm gripped in his hand, then lifted his eyes to the man sprinting ahead.

If his feet were off the ground right now, would he just fly up like in an anime?

Yang Yixie was a bit curious, but he dismissed the thought; the pain here was real feedback to his body, and he figured he didn't have much of a masochistic streak.

At the instant of contact, he had already checked the person's information before him, knowing that the man in front of him was Luo Wen yuan, but his level was only a pitiful 16.

Luo Wen yuan's strength was decent, but still within the range of a frail academic; with his speed he might not even be able to do this, and he himself might just topple over.

"Huh......."

But what if it were the other way around?

Ying Duo's level, strength, and especially speed are greater than Luo Wen yuan's; if he ran ahead, couldn't he just drag Luo Wen yuan around like a kite?

Let's just do it.