Absolute Death Game-Chapter 309 - 78 Underground

How to get in was indeed a problem; the metal door wasn’t going to open on its own unless someone was going through.

Lu Xinying gazed at the screen, pondering for a while, "Of course we’ll sneak in. It’s not my first time here."

"Easy to mingle in?"

"Depends on luck, if luck is on our side, someone will show up soon."

Xiao Buli nodded, having come this far, he was ready to take risks. At this point, he was also very eager to figure out the truth behind this organization, and he had a feeling that they might know the secrets behind this game.

The two left the office and walked down the corridor, following the route they had planned based on the surveillance footage. They soon arrived at the elevator entrance, standing quietly in front of the metal door, waiting.

The two guards stood motionless, obviously well-trained elite warriors.

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Though Xiao Buli’s Skimming Shadow Steps had reached LV5, its duration was only 150 seconds, and he had to occasionally run to a corner to recharge. He estimated that each use consumed 30 True Yuan Points, and factoring in the regeneration rate of True Yuan, he could keep it up for an hour or two without a problem.

Things didn’t go as smoothly as expected,

After waiting for nearly half an hour, with no one coming to use the elevator. Unable to check his True Yuan points in reality, Xiao Buli felt his spirit growing weary. He used Omniscient Eye to glance at Lu Xinying, who was standing like a statue on the other side of the corridor, unmoving. The difference in endurance between their invisibility stealth skills was obvious; his Skimming Shadow Steps was nowhere near as sustainable as the zero-cost Stealth Skill of a Shadow Dancer.

He gestured to Lu Xinying and began walking back the way they had come, reaching a crossroads after a few steps. Glancing around, he suddenly saw a woman in an OL suit, holding a stack of folders, walking from the other side of the corridor. Xiao Buli quickly stepped aside, watching as the woman reached the intersection, turning towards the elevator entrance.

Xiao Buli felt a surge of joy, thinking finally someone had arrived, "Someone’s coming!" he urgently conveyed to Lu Xinying using Secret Sound Transmission.

As he said this, he returned to the elevator entrance, now only a little over a meter away from the guards.

So close that he could clearly smell the faint scent of gunpowder on them, suggesting they probably engaged in live-fire exercises often.

Lu Xinying also stealthily moved to the other side, both standing in front of the elevator doors, just waiting for them to open in that instant.

The guards appeared to be quite familiar with the office lady, but they still greeted her while checking her pass before letting her through. The two of them hurriedly followed, squeezing into the elevator the moment the doors slid open.

The office lady, unaware that two people had followed her into the elevator, walked straight in, holding her folders. Xiao Buli and Lu Xinying pressed close against the walls of the elevator to avoid touching her. Although she didn’t seem particularly strong, with cameras typically installed in elevators, being discovered would be inevitable if they made contact. Trapped in the elevator, they could neither go up nor down, an utterly vulnerable position to be caught.

Fortunately, the office lady did not move around much and stood in the center of the elevator, pressing the button to go down before plugging earphones into her ears and humming while she waited.

Xiao Buli had not paid attention to her looks before, but now, close by, he realized she was the one he had seen in the photo in the office. What a coincidence that was.

The lady was quite beautiful, with a pair of black-framed glasses, a white blouse and black pencil skirt paired with flesh-colored stockings, exuding a certain allure of uniform temptation. A delicate fragrance lingered, whether it was her natural scent or perfume, Xiao Buli wasn’t sure. He glanced at Lu Xinying and saw that she was gripping a military knife, its blade mere centimeters away from the office lady’s snowy neck. He quickly gestured for her to relax, and after a moment’s hesitation, she put away the knife.

The elevator descended for quite some time. Xiao Buli mentally calculated the elevator’s descending speed and time, his heart sinking. The underground base was very deep. If they were discovered down there, there would be no escape, neither Cloud Thunder Leap nor Earth Escape Skills would work in this steel-reinforced concrete chamber.

Feeling nervous at the thought, he wondered if he had been too rash. He glanced at Lu Xinying, who seemed utterly composed.

Ding, the elevator doors suddenly opened. The office lady took off the earphones from her MP3 player and stepped out. The moment she left, the two of them followed suit.

As they watched the office lady’s figure disappear at the end of the corridor, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where to now?"

"We’re going to find Wu, of course," Lu Xinying’s voice was firm. Xiao Buli had some respect for him, to risk life and limb for a woman like this; at least he knew he couldn’t do it himself.

(Maybe I haven’t yet experienced the taste of love.) Xiao Buli thought to himself, following Lu Xinying down the other side of the corridor.

The corridor was long, lined with numerous rooms, and each door was numbered from 1-01 to 1-19, the specifics of their use unknown.

Xiao Buli patted Lu Xinying on the shoulder, but Lu Xinying shook his head, indicating that there was nothing to worry about. Halfway there, they saw a door ajar, and Xiao Buli glanced inside. It looked like an office where two individuals in white lab coats were reporting to a middle-aged man in military attire. However, this was not the usual military uniform they had seen before; it was a black uniform, seemingly that of a special organization.

Xiao Buli listened for a bit and faintly heard discussions about Teleportation Portals and missing components.

Someone tugged at his sleeve from behind. Xiao Buli turned around to see Lu Xinying signaling him to hurry and catch up.

Following Lu Xinying, they stealthily moved for about ten minutes. During that time, they encountered several people but carefully avoided them all. Finally, they arrived at a crossroads leading in different directions.

Both the left and right paths stretched out for a long distance and were lined with many rooms, but directly ahead stood a heavy metal door with a security system that looked like something out of a spy movie.

Lu Xinying approached the metal door and swiped a card through the identity verifier.

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A mechanical female voice immediately sounded, "Welcome to Excellence Technology, Mr. Olipheld. Please enter your password."

Lu Xinying typed in a few keys, and the woman’s voice sounded again, as a fingerprint verifier popped up.

"Password correct. Please place your hand on it."

Lu Xinying, well-prepared, took out a fake hand from his backpack and placed it on the verifier. After a series of beeps, the metal door swung open, and they quickly went inside. It would be terrible if someone came out and saw them now, but luckily, the area seemed to have strict access control, and hardly anyone was around. However, seeing the metal door close behind them, both heaved a sigh of relief.

Lu Xinying pointed down the road ahead, "That’s where I need your help. There’s an invisible barrier there that is completely impenetrable. I’m guessing Wu is right on the other side. All you need to do is disperse the barrier, then I’ll go in to find Wu, and you can wait here."

Xiao Buli took a step forward and was indeed repelled by an invisible force, similar to the repulsion between like poles of two magnets, but even stronger. He reached out and pushed hard, as if pressing against an invisible wall that would budge just a few centimeters before it became immovable.

"Are you sure this is the effect of a spell?"

Lu Xinying replied, "Of course, I’m sure. If it were a technological device, those who passed through here would definitely have devices to decrypt it, which I would have stolen by now."

Xiao Buli nodded, drawing out the Exorcism Staff, using it for the first time in reality.

He swung it forcefully, mirroring Harry Potter, and as his spiritual power was triggered, a white light immediately shot out. Seemingly stimulated, it revealed a faint purple light, like a curtain of light blocking the way. Xiao Buli tensed, as it reminded him of the barrier at the entrance to a cave in a game he once played.

The white light continued to wash over the purple curtain, which gradually disappeared.

"It’s gone. Please proceed."

Lu Xinying nodded gratefully, "I knew I hadn’t misjudged you," he said, and then he dashed in.

Xiao Buli asked indifferently, "Aren’t you afraid I might take off early?"

Lu Xinying turned around, smiling brightly, "I trust you’re not that kind of person."

Xiao Buli internally rolled his eyes, thinking Lu Xinying was mocking him, but he wouldn’t fall for that.

"You have one hour. Regardless of whether you show up or not, I will leave immediately," he said very seriously. Only then did Lu Xinying straighten up and nod earnestly before bending down and vanishing into the darkness ahead.

Xiao Buli took a seat, taking the opportunity to recover his True Yuan Points.

He had been sitting for only a few minutes when suddenly, he heard a series of beeps from behind. A sense of warning flashed through his mind, and he hastily engaged his Skimming Shadow Steps, darting to one side. The metal door flew open, and two people walked in, one the female office worker he had seen before, and the other, to Xiao Buli’s chagrin, was Qin Shimoon.

Qin Shimoon was dressed in a black uniform that revealed her high rank within the base. The female office worker was following close behind her, holding a stack of documents in her arms.

"This experiment must succeed, as we no longer have much time," Xiao Buli heard Qin Shimoon say.

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