196: Chapter 196 already received the items, so what?

Hearing this, a satisfied smile instantly appeared on Ah Huang's puppy face.

His tail also wagged like a propeller.

After all, a puppy praised by its owner is the most excited.

Ah Huang was very happy and wanted more praise from Ye Qingqing, but at this moment, Ye Qingqing had no time to continue tending to the puppy's feelings.

This was because Huo Sixian had already opened the hidden door here.

As soon as the hidden door opened, a pungent smell of blood rushed out.

The moment the door opened, the lights inside the Secret Room also flickered on.

With this, everyone could finally see the situation inside the room clearly.

They saw panic written all over Chen Ziang's face.

He clearly looked terrified that someone would enter and discover the secrets within.

Now, the group was even more certain that the ultimate goal of Chen Ziang's research lay within this Secret Room.

As they continued deeper inside...

Gradually, that high-pitched sound grew louder and louder.

It was so loud that everyone's eardrums were starting to ache.

The Secret Room was filled with silver iron cages.

Those iron cages were stained with blood; some was dark red, and some was even turning black.

Without a doubt, these were all Chen Ziang's masterpieces.

"Beast."

Kong Ziyi couldn't help but curse under his breath, his gaze toward Chen Ziang becoming even more hostile.

The cages near the entrance were empty, but the further they went, the more things appeared inside them.

Those were all monsters that had come from the bellies of women without Superpowers in the base.

They came in all sorts of shapes.

Bats, chickens, rabbits, tigers, birds, lizards, and even... fish.

But these things were not normal animals.

They all bore signs of being zombies.

The animals here didn't look as large as the Bat Zombie Ye Qingqing's group had encountered before.

They were all still very small.

It was evident they were still in the infant stage.

These animals—or rather, monsters—had no consciousness of their own.

When Ye Qingqing moved a bit closer to the cages, these monsters caught the scent of blood on her and became extremely agitated.

They all grabbed the edges of the cages, trying to squeeze their way out.

Some monsters with longer limbs even reached their hands out through the bars.

They were attempting to draw some blood from Ye Qingqing.

Ye Qingqing frowned as she looked at the monsters before her.

She felt uneasy; she was actually curious about what Chen Ziang was researching.

But now was not the place for investigation.

"What... should we do about these?"

Ye Qingqing tilted her head, looking at Huo Sixian.

Huo Sixian stared at the monsters with darkened eyes, also pondering what to do with them. It was impossible to just leave them here.

But bringing them back to the base would carry certain risks.

Moreover, they didn't know how high the danger level of these monsters was.

After all, the monsters here were all still in their cub forms.

Huo Sixian turned his head toward Chen Ziang. "Is this your experiment?"

"Grafting animal genes onto humans to make them mutate?"

Chen Ziang was incredibly shocked. Had his experiment been guessed so easily?

He spoke in a panicked, garbled voice, "H-how did y-you know?"

Huo Sixian gave a cold snort. "Is it that hard to guess?"

Chen Ziang was at a loss for words, stammering. He hadn't expected his experiment to be discovered so quickly.

Surprise flickered in Chen Ziang's eyes, but he soon recovered.

A relaxed chuckle escaped his mouth.

"It's fine that you've discovered it."

"I'll just..."

Before Chen Ziang could finish, Huo Sixian directly forced his mouth shut.

The secret here had been uncovered, and the nest of these monsters had been found.

Chen Ziang no longer had any utility value.

Chen Ziang had done so many evil things that Huo Sixian had long since lost any desire to keep him alive.

That Chen Ziang was still here now could be considered a blessing from his ancestors.

Shock flashed in Chen Ziang's eyes. He hadn't expected Huo Sixian to forcibly silence him like this.

Chen Ziang hadn't even finished his sentence.

Huo Sixian turned to Ye Qingqing. "Let's find a truck outside later and take these things back to the base first."

Ye Qingqing nodded upon hearing this; she had no objections.

In fact, Ye Qingqing also felt it was better to take these things back.

Ye Qingqing then took out some carts from her space and had Kong Ziyi help her load all the monsters from the room onto the carts to transport them out together.

It was at this moment that Ye Qingqing and the others felt the current temperature was truly comfortable—so comfortable it made one feel as if the Post-Apocalyptic World had ended.

"Huo Sixian, let's hurry. Meng Hangfei and the others are still waiting for us."

For some reason, the sense of unease in Ye Qingqing's heart grew stronger, though she couldn't say exactly what was wrong.

She just wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible.

Seeing Ye Qingqing like this, Huo Sixian nodded and sped up the process of moving things.

However, these monsters obviously couldn't be touched directly with bare hands.

Huo Sixian, Kong Ziyi, and Ye Qingqing all used their Superpowers.

The Gold-element ability directly manifested a Mechanical Hand.

Replacing human hands, it placed all the cages in the Secret Room onto the carts.

At the same time, Ye Qingqing didn't waste the resources in this laboratory.

As long as it wasn't a living thing, everything Ye Qingqing touched was now stored in her space.

Like a wild goose leaving no feather behind, she didn't leave a single useful thing.

Watching this scene, Chen Ziang's heart was dying.

These were all the results of his long-term research, but now, they were all being taken away by this woman, Ye Qingqing.

Chen Ziang's heart ached, but he couldn't speak.

Ah Huang, however, saw Chen Ziang's reaction.

He snorted a breath of air from his nose, spraying it onto Chen Ziang's face.

Ah Huang's internal monologue: I'm taking your stuff, so what!

Chen Ziang wanted to scream in his heart, but his mouth was sealed, and he couldn't make a sound.

He could only use all his strength to twist his body.

He wanted to shake off the Metal Chain on his body and the metal mask on his face.

But this was clearly in vain.

After Ye Qingqing finished clearing the entire laboratory, the visibility in the room suddenly became bright.

Along with that, Wang Xiaochun, who was lying in the laboratory, was now exposed to everyone's eyes.

Wang Xiaochun, who had been knocked out by electricity, twitched her Tiger Claws slightly, showing signs of waking up.

The busy group nearby couldn't see it, but Chen Ziang saw it clearly.