With a goal, they were even more motivated. Nan Bei appeared frail, but no one who could be a month-long resident in a game world was truly weak.
As they neared the 100th floor, panicked shouts suddenly erupted from outside the stairwell, and they could faintly hear that the power had gone out.
This place should not have experienced a power outage since its construction, otherwise, the stairwell wouldn't even be without lighting.
"The power is out, they might come in, we need to be careful."
The backup system would quickly restore power, and no one would act rashly for a short period. However, if they intended to cause continuous damage to attract the guards inside the research institute, the power would not be restored quickly.
"It's okay, we're almost there."
The two of them rushed upwards quickly.
Zhu Zhu's vision was unaffected, and Nan Bei quickly adapted to the dark environment. Coupled with his heaven-defying calculation abilities, every step he took was within his calculations and unaffected.
Finally, they reached the 100th floor.
Looking at the giant chains wrapped around above, Nan Bei was somewhat dumbfounded.
"How could this be?"
Logically, there shouldn't be such locks in the research institute building.
Even if there were, it should be in the security booth downstairs. Why was there such an ancient lock on the door of the restricted area?
If it were a combination lock, he could have opened it with a simple program, but now, unless it was opened from the inside with a key...
"Click."
Zhu Zhu grabbed both ends of the oversized U-lock with her hands and pried it open. With a click, the U-lock broke in the middle, followed by the chains, which she pulled with a clanking sound.
While Nan Bei was still stunned, she had already used brute force to break the lock and then pushed open the large door.
A piercing alarm blared, deafening.
"Find someone."
[Host, go forward 30 meters, turn left for 18 meters, then turn right for 42 meters, there's a small room, the mission target is there!]
Heaven and earth can bear witness, the system had no idea she was speaking to Nan Bei.
It just saw Zhu Zhu violently breaking the lock and felt a sense of empathy. Such powerful hands should also be able to dismantle the system with ease...
Zhu Zhu was unaware of his wild thoughts. Upon hearing the prompt, she rushed forward without hesitation.
Nan Bei followed suit.
As expected of a restricted area, the power system here was independent of the one below and was completely unaffected.
Seeing that Zhu Zhu didn't stop to look at the people in other nutrient pods, but instead headed directly towards the target with purpose, Nan Bei, though confused, immediately followed.
[Host, it's here.]
It was a wall.
She stepped forward and patted around, but there was no hollow feeling.
"Is it here? Is there a secret room?"
"Mm, how do we open this?"
Nan Bei's eyes darted around and he quickly discovered the mechanism. However, after a series of operations, he turned around and shook his head helplessly: "It's encrypted, I'll need at least half an hour."
The people below couldn't wait that long.
A golden-red light condensed in Zhu Zhu's hand, resembling a movie special effect. The light slowly gathered into a sword, and it looked like it was about to cleave forward.
[Host!] Sensing the world consciousness resisting, the system quickly spoke: [Destroying it directly like this might cause an explosion, and the mission target will be completely dead. I can open it, give me your body, and I'll do it!]
This was also a violation of its discipline.
But there was no choice. Between violating its own rules and resisting the world consciousness for its host, it could only choose the former.
The light and shadow gradually disappeared, and Zhu Zhu walked in front of the screen, temporarily relinquishing control of her body.
The system manipulated her hands to rapidly tap on the ethereal keyboard, as if streams of light followed her fingers, appearing very magical.
Nan Bei watched quietly from the side.
In just two minutes, with a "ding," the wall split open to the sides, revealing the small room inside.
"Catch them!"
Someone rushed in with weapons.
Nan Bei shouted, "Let's get out of here first!"
They had already found the person, how could Zhu Zhu leave?
She quickly regained control of her body and ran inside. Looking at the pale-faced person lying in the nutrient pod, memories from her previous life flooded back, and she froze for a moment.
Immediately, she condensed spiritual power in her hands and struck the glass of the nutrient pod.
The glass instantly shattered. Zhu Zhu pulled the naked person out, wrapped him in a fox fur, and holding him horizontally in her arms, turned to face the people rushing towards them.
"Put him down!"
Nan Bei stood aside, thinking they were finished this time.
Only the system knew how furious and murderous Zhu Zhu was at this moment.
[Host, no! You've already alerted the world consciousness!]
Zhu Zhu looked towards the window not far away.
"Come here."
Nan Bei instinctively moved closer to her.
"Hold on to me tightly later."
As soon as she finished speaking, she flew directly towards the nearby window. Her spiritual power shattered the glass. Holding the person in her arms, Nan Bei wrapped his hands tightly around her waist, following her as she plummeted down.
"Ah!"