"If we don’t come up with a good reason, it really won’t be easy to get in," Li Ming murmured to himself.
There was no one in sight along the corridor.
Soon, Pier underwent the second check, with a purple Energy Film enveloping the gate.
Holding a data terminal in one hand and a silver metal block in the other, Pier passed through the Energy Film with ease.
This time, there was no energy reaction; he easily made it through.
"We’re really in..." Li Ming felt somewhat nervous.
This was a bit of a gamble. If he were detected again, even though he could get away, any subsequent action would be much more difficult.
Fortunately, the Possession Ability was so incredible that he went undetected.
"Now that we’re certain that we can bypass the checks in this way, the warehouse storing the Dimension Crystals should also be accessible..." Li Ming pondered, but that warehouse was not somewhere anyone could enter.
Meanwhile, as he was thinking, Pier passed through two more gates, demonstrating the strict security of the Dimension Realm Laboratory.
When they reached the final metal gate, perhaps because the appropriate checks had been passed earlier, there were no guards watching over it.
As Pier approached the gate, it retracted sideways.
A deep, chaotic noise hit them, and Li Ming’s gaze was immediately drawn to the purple crack.
"Is that a Dimension Gap?" he murmured to himself. It was nearly a hundred meters high, dispersing purple Energy Flow tassels.
Nearby was an empty area, with the closest instrument about fifty meters away, seemingly a Particle Capture Device, constantly collecting the dispersing Special Energy.
"Pier?"
Someone greeted Pier familiarly, and Pier responded in kind.
Along the way, many people looked curiously at the silver metal block in his hand, which seemed odd.
After passing through the outer area, they reached the core area.
Li Ming finally saw those so-called Dimensional Creatures, his gaze instantly falling on the largest Life Form.
Six black tentacles kept twitching, emitting a hissing sound from their seams, while numerous staff worked beside it.
It seemed not overly dangerous; the creatures showed little reaction to the constant scanning of various instruments.
To the left was a creature resembling a starfish, with dark purple skin that was moist and slimy. Purple liquid constantly seeped from its skin, scraped off by collectors and quickly regenerating.
"Taking advantage when no one is watching, just grow however you want, huh?" Li Ming looked around and muttered to himself.
He was also somewhat worried; these things were so bizarrely shaped, it was uncertain whether they could extract Genetic Essence.
Pier paused and furrowed his brow as he approached, took a glance at the silver metal block in his hand, scanned his surroundings, and walked towards the black, elongated tentacle.
"Pier!" someone called out sternly, a middle-aged man with a somber expression: "What is a person from the R&D department doing here at our Dimension Realm Laboratory?"
"I was sent by the leader," Pier glanced at the man and even tossed the silver metal block in his hand onto a tentacle, where it stuck to the skin.
"What’s that?" The middle-aged man’s expression soured, seeming quite hostile towards Pier.
"Collecting some samples, I’ve got a good idea," Pier smiled mysteriously. The middle-aged man appeared ready to say more.
But then, someone shouted, "The leader has awakened, Pier!"
From a distant black canister, bubbly oil-like liquid gurgled and frothed as a figure slowly emerged, only the head visible; it was Connet.
One could clearly see that there were still unhealed rifts on his cheek and even within his eye.
Pier’s expression shifted with urgency, and he hurried over, respectfully saying, "Leader."
"How is it?" Connet’s voice was weak but still steady.
"As you commanded, from the first moment they could access the internal network, I’ve been monitoring the Energy Flow fully," Pier explained in a low voice:
"Then, comparing it to the average value of the past ten days, I’ve found almost no fluctuation in the Energy Flow. If someone was really transmitting or receiving information via the data flow, logically, it should not be without any fluctuation."
"Not any?" Connet frowned slightly. Could he have been mistaken?
Or is it that Des’s methods are so formidable that even his own people are completely unable to detect anything amiss?
On the other side, Li Ming was quite surprised. He hadn’t expected that it was indeed possible to extract Genetic Essence from the bodies of Dimensional Creatures.
The silver metal block was affixed to the surface of the life form, and his Possession Ability allowed him to utilize his professional skills to draw out the Genetic Essence.
The middle-aged man who had argued with Pier earlier was now frowning deeply, watching the silver metal block and looking towards Pier, who was communicating with the leader, as if hesitating.
The two engaged in conversation, creating a force field around them that kept their words from escaping.
"Continue monitoring, and inform me immediately if anything unexpected happens."
More than ten minutes later, after some deliberation, Connet gave orders to Pier.
"Yes..." Pier hurriedly nodded, and Connet slowly closed his eyes.
The staff beside him, seeing this, pressed a button, and Connet’s head gradually descended.
At the same time, the middle-aged man who had been waiting stepped forward, took the silver metal block from the metal limb, and said coldly: "Pier, don’t bring strange things here in the future."
"Hm?" Connet, already submerged in black liquid up to the bridge of his nose, suddenly opened his eyes and fixed his gaze doubtfully on the silver metal block: "White, what is that?"
"I don’t know, something Pier brought in." White hurriedly replied.