"Laboratory Three?" Gonzales exclaimed, "I know it!"
Ji Ruyue raised an eyebrow, "You know it?"
Gonzales nodded, "Laboratory Three was created by the Rhine Company. Its research project is on the secondary gene ability awakening and reinforcement of artificial humans. I was once invited to participate in their experiments."
Bai Ye mused internally, "To be precise, it should be an experiment to transform powerful artificial humans into crystalline humans!"
Besides this, Bai Ye also knew the research content of Rhine Company's Laboratory One and Laboratory Two.
Laboratory One directly manufactured crystalline humans using gene cloning.
Laboratory Two was the experiment for mass production of crystalline humans.
There was also a fourth laboratory called the Combat Simulation Training Laboratory, which selected more complete crystalline humans for simulated combat.
Ji Ruyue looked at Gonzales, "You didn't go?"
Gonzales said, "Yes, the experimental reward was quite high, and I had already decided to go. However, a wealthy tycoon from the affluent district offered a high price to hunt a red-headed white crane. I figured that if there was a first phase of the experiment, there would be a second, so I chose to go hunting."
Bai Ye sneered. Fortunately, you didn't go. Otherwise, perhaps you would have been among these crystalline humans.
Ji Ruyue asked, "Then, are the crystalline humans Bai Ye brought back really from the Rhine Company?"
Allen squatted in front of a crystalline human and asked, "Have you interrogated it?"
Ji Ruyue spread her hands and described the condition of the crystalline human.
Allen pondered for a moment, "Does this world also have the Rhine Company? What is this place? What is the origin of these crystalline humans?"
Allen asked three questions, and Bai Ye silently gave him a thumbs up.
This was his hidden mission, and it was also what Bai Ye hoped Allen would clarify. As long as Allen figured out these three questions, his hidden mission would be completed.
Bai Ye said, "I think these three questions are not difficult to answer, at least the first and third questions should be answerable."
Allen asked, "Shall we go to Laboratory Three?"
Bai Ye smiled, "Isn't that right?"
Allen nodded, "Indeed, we can get the answers that way. Gonzales, since you were invited to participate in Laboratory Three, you should know its location, right?"
Gonzales looked somewhat troubled, "I do know, but..."
Allen waved his hand, "I'll speak to your boss, so you won't be in a difficult position."
Gonzales agreed, "Alright then."
Ji Ruyue, Davis, and Gonzales had all come with missions, which was to find resources.
They might not be uninterested in exploring the truth, but they had taken the money and had to do the job.
However, since Allen was willing to take the blame, it was fine. They all knew that Allen had a close relationship with the boss.
Bai Ye, at this moment, silently gave Gonzales another thumbs up.
He also knew how to get to Laboratory Three, but it wasn't convenient to say it directly. Now that Gonzales could lead the way, Bai Ye saved a lot of trouble.
Gonzales said, "It will take some time. That place is in the affluent district."
Allen nodded and looked at Ji Ruyue, "Ruyue, are there any more crystalline humans around?"
Ji Ruyue shook her head, "No more."
Allen said, "Let's find a car and head to Laboratory Three."
Davis said, "There's a decent-looking one ahead. It looks like it can be driven."
Allen nodded, "Let's try it. Gonzales, help Ruyue move things."
After about fifteen minutes, Davis drove back in a black car and said, poking his head out of the driver's seat, "Let's go. The car is in pretty good condition, it just lacks energy."
Allen nodded, "Move the stuff!"
Everyone loaded their belongings into the car and then drove forward.
Davis drove slowly, partly because they might encounter crystalline humans, and partly for the exploration of the mirror world.
A completely identical world!
What appeared before them was the familiar City of Ruins. The surrounding buildings were exactly the same, and even...
"That's my house!" Ji Ruyue exclaimed, looking at a cracked dormitory building, "Why is it like this?"
Allen asked, "What's wrong?"
Ji Ruyue said, "Look at that black paint mark on the side wall. That's what I accidentally knocked over from someone's paint can on the roof while drying clothes."
Davis nodded, "Look over there, Old Fanba's repair shop. That's the shop I frequent."
Bai Ye leaned forward to take a look and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, "Are you sure that's Old Fanba? Isn't the dot missing?"
Davis spread his hands, "The owner of that shop is called Old Fanba. As for the dot, it's been broken for over two years and hasn't been repaired, but you should understand what I mean."
"Mmm." Allen nodded, "The dot on the sign here is also broken."
Bai Ye thought to himself, isn't that obvious?
This is the mirror world. Rhine Company projected and replicated the City of Ruins one-to-one, so of course, it would be exactly the same.
However, Bai Ye knew the answer, so he wasn't surprised. But for Allen and the others, it was a different matter.
"Stop for a moment." Allen pointed to a shop ahead, "Let's take a look. At least it's a way to account for our boss."
Davis nodded, "I'll go."
Ji Ruyue said, "Don't worry, there are no crystalline humans. However, I don't feel any energy fluctuations either."
The shop Allen pointed to was a place that sold all kinds of energy firearms. Naturally, it should also sell consumable items like energy cells.
Energy firearms without energy cells would be like scrap metal, wouldn't they?
And energy cells were very important resources.
The boss was willing to team up with Allen precisely for various resources.
Davis said, "I'll go take a look first."
No energy fluctuations meant no energy cells.
What others said might not be credible, but after Ji Ruyue's brain mutation, she could clearly sense even energy fluctuations.
However, since they were already at the door, no one wanted to give up.
Regrettably, Davis looked around the shop and then walked out with a helpless shrug.
"There's nothing. Nothing useful," Davis said. "Forget energy cells, there aren't even any firearms."
This was expected by Bai Ye.
Although the mirror world was a perfect one-to-one replica of the ruined world, it couldn't replicate the resources along with it.
Otherwise, wouldn't Rhine Company have inexhaustible resources?
Therefore, not to mention firearms and energy cells, there would be no resources of any kind, such as water or food. The mutated creatures they had seen on the road were either captured by Rhine Company for experiments or had wandered in by mistake.
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