The substance that was so viscous that it was similar to a piece of snot moved near the body of the 'researcher', but when it stretched its body to cover the body, it made a rather suspicious sound.
There is no soul inside these corpses?!
Having no soul means that it has no need to devour it.
After finally sneaking in here, I just took a few bites to satisfy my empty stomach, and then I encountered this terrible thing.
The sticky substance was still a little uneasy, so it covered the remaining corpses one after another, but the result was still the same.
Gujiguji!
If there are outsiders here, they will find that the two black faces that were still struggling on the surface of the viscous substance have dissipated a lot since entering the laboratory just now, and even the intensity of the struggle has become lighter.
In its place is a distorted, translucent face.
If Hero were here, he would definitely be able to tell that this face is a mixture of the facial features of the two training monsters.
He is honest, ferocious, and has no eyes. His most striking feature is a terrifying giant mouth.
Dozens of translucent tentacles extended from the viscous substance and began to explore the environment here.
Within a moment, it discovered the abandoned experimental bodies left here by previous 'researchers'.
Transparent glass jars are placed in the corner.
Not only were they abandoned, but even Hero never noticed it. After all, these experimental subjects were failures and had lost their value.
Feeling the faint but still existing breath of life in the glass jar, the viscous substance was really excited. Several tentacles wrapped around the glass jar and twisted it vigorously, but the hardness of these glass jars used for experiments was obviously higher.
The current strength of the viscous substance alone cannot cause any harm.
The viscous substance was a little angry, and the whole body was shaking uncontrollably, but in order to swallow the soul inside, it still moved closer to the glass jar.
It's like an octopus in a cage.
As more translucent tentacles split out, it finally found the switch hidden on the top of the glass jar.
Pfft.
As the can was opened, a wave of air spurted out from inside.
The breath of life spreads out more and more without any obstruction, which is really too tempting for the hungry creature.
The viscous substance eagerly crawled into the can, directly covering the subject's body.
As it eats away the souls in several cans, the face that appears outside the body becomes clearer, but also more complex.
It looks less and less like a human face.
"Lord... ethnic group..."
The face opened its mouth wide and uttered a few syllables that ordinary people could not understand. There was a slight expression, but it was all full of greed.
The sticky substance rolled down to the ground, smelling the smell in front of it, and rolled over impatiently.
And the direction it left was exactly the path Holo took.
…
Going deeper, Hero walked in the darkness again. The space inside was larger, and a large part of it was dark. They didn't seem to have the habit of turning on the lights.
But fortunately, he had a local map in his hand, which was taken from the other half of the wall in the experiment.
The original purpose of the map was to organize and depict the monsters for easy differentiation and planning.
When all the facilities here are completed, this map will naturally not be used, but fortunately they did not clean it up casually, which is convenient for Hero.
But the deeper you go, the stronger the sense of oppression comes from inside.
This was far from what the previous monsters could give him. Even the baby bird puppet didn't give him this feeling.
If there is anything comparable to this, it is only when facing the swamp mother's rampage.
But compared to the unfathomable pressure of the mentor, it is still far behind.
Facing the unknown danger ahead, Hero thought for a moment and decided to activate the wind mark left by Byrne on his wrist.
Invisible wind traces shuttled through the darkness, constantly passing through the gaps in the wall, preparing to notify its owner.
Hero, who had transformed the surrounding space, walked slowly in the darkness. He leaned against the wall, watching out for patrol monsters that might appear in front of him, while falling into a state of serious thought.
He had already recorded the map in his head. The map only recorded some areas around the laboratory. The range could be large or small.
But to consider the depth of detection, you must make guesses based on the above description, and take every detail into consideration.
These monsters have stayed here much longer than Hero. No one is more familiar with the facilities they built than them. Any mistakes in details will cause him to fall into the enemy camp and be unable to escape.
Even notifying Byrne was to have one hand available to provide fire cover when retreating.
There are three extended areas on the map, and the middle one is closest to the laboratory. Judging from the roaring sounds that Holo heard before and the return time of those 'researchers', they were in that place before.
From this we can infer that the building in the middle should also be an office space.
‘Researchers’ are free to come and go.
But just from the roaring scolding, he couldn't tell whether the person's identity was the mysterious lord or the person in charge of this project.
As for the building on the far left, there is a function described on the map, but the text and the pattern are a bit blurry, and Hero can only vaguely make out some words such as 'nutrients' and 'discharge'.
This is probably where they cultivated the aborigines. Hero was somewhat interested in this place. There was also a rare drawing gathering dust in his warehouse - [Ruminant Digestion Tank Engineering Drawing]!
If you can draw some inspiration from it, that would be great too.
And the one on the far right is the building farthest from the laboratory.
The description on the map is somewhat interesting.
‘Abyss’ ‘Terror’ ‘Entrance’
Hero didn't know who originally described it, but it could be seen from the lines that the describer had a sense of awe for the place.
If you want to choose a building where the lord may exist from three places.
Hero preferred the farthest building on the right.
Unconsciously, he reached the junction of three buildings.
"Huh~ Why don't you just take a look and see if there's nothing wrong."
Holo turned his body to the far left, but his eyes couldn't stop looking to the right.
Now where he was standing, he could clearly tell that the pressure was coming from the right.
Obviously, the most terrifying existence here is right there.
And just when he hesitated, the floor under his feet and the walls around him began to shake.
"Not good! The building started to move again?"
This shock was all too familiar to him.
I just didn't expect that the next move would come so quickly.
And the interior of the room will also change!
In this case, there is really no way to guarantee safety by rushing to the far right, where the mysterious lord may be.
In desperation, Hero could only run towards the breeding pool on the left, which was the safest place for him now.
But before he could take two steps out, a curse came from the nearest building in the middle, and a bloated figure also appeared in the darkness.
"Damn it! How come this reversal happened so quickly!"
The bloated monster walked out of that building for some unknown reason and got closer and closer to Holo.