Jing Shu nodded with understanding. Isn’t it because this castle is too dangerous, and they know it, so they dressed up like this?
Thinking this, Jing Shu casually found an excuse to part ways with Eiffel, who kept insisting on making Wanzi. She said goodbye to her, took Little Black, her portable translator, and followed Ms. C. Today, she was determined to see what tricks Dr. B was up to.
While her teammates were fully focused on how to get the vegetable dehydration technology and equipnt out of the castle, Jing Shu was now focused on Dr. B. It was simply that, facing this special material, she really wanted to know if it was as good as the rumors claid. And if it really was that good, why hadn’t she heard about it in her previous life? Could Dr. B have transmigrated too?
Inside Austin Castle, unlike other places, one couldn’t rely on darkness for concealnt; it was brightly lit everywhere, and there were identity checks at every intersection. However, Ms. C, in her attire, seed to breeze through without a single check. This made Jing Shu consider stealing so of that clothing for her mission.
Soon, keeping a distance from Ms. C, Jing Shu navigated with Little Black through six or seven identity checkpoints, inputting multiple verification codes. Finally, she arrived at a corner building within the vast Austin Castle. It was a four-story, fully enclosed structure, with one entire wall devoid of windows or glass.
Jing Shu was sowhat surprised. She had assud Dr. B would be active in the central area, not so low-profile. Even his living quarters were so heavily secured.
This was Dr. B’s private territory. There was security and a checkpoint at the main entrance. Jing Shu sensed the Five-step Snake’s location while circling the building, looking for a window or wall to climb over, but found none—it was a monolithic structure.
Moreover, there was only one front entrance. Jing Shu could have dealt with the security, but a pass was required, one that even Ms. C had to swipe. She feared triggering an alarm and alerting them. Jing Shu anxiously wandered around the building until she finally noticed smoke rising from a chimney on the rooftop! I can get in through the chimney!
Jing Shu dragged the clumsy Little Black up the smooth wall with difficulty. Like Spider-Man, she climbed to the top, dislodged the chimney, and squeezed inside.
COUGH! COUGH! Even with a gas mask, Jing Shu was choked badly by the smoke. And what is that strange burning sll?!
Little Black, stained by the smoke, was already blending into the dark surroundings.
Having reached the top floor through the chimney, Jing Shu surveyed her surroundings. The top floor was exceptionally cold. Half the room was filled with mounds of so unknown black residue. There’s nothing valuable here to take either.
The noise Jing Shu made didn’t attract anyone’s attention. After releasing a dozen more snakes to act as her eyes, she headed straight for Ms. C’s location.
Most of the rooms were locked, and Jing Shu had no interest in finding out what was inside. She quickly found where Ms. C was. This was the main hall of the floor. In the center, a man was constantly conducting experints with test tubes. He had all the stereotypical features of a scientist: ssy, unkempt hair, round-frad glasses, a red nose, and a white lab coat.
Jing Shu held her breath. She then heard Ms. C, her usual aloofness and disdain gone, now sounding panicked and helpless:
"Bit, soone in the castle can cultivate dicinal herbs now! Aren’t you worried at all? You need to understand, she failed to cultivate them under the Concentrating Stone but succeeded using her own thods! Soon, very soon, they’ll discover the secret of the Concentrating Stone!"
Dr. B wasn’t the least bit anxious. He swirled the contents of a test tube and said, "My dear, I know all about it. The secret of the Concentrating Stone will be exposed sooner or later... However, by the ti it is, everyone in the castle will probably be dead. The radiation from the Concentrating Stone is enough to kill everyone within five months and cause 98% of them to contract incurable diseases."
"But, but what do we do? We’re under house arrest now. Even if we have Radiation Protection Clothing, what can we do? We ca here to swindle their supplies! We’re a gang of con artists, not here to actually be doctors for them!
"We can’t even recite the entire periodic table!
"Bit, if we don’t find a way to get those supplies out, we’ll be trapped and die in here! Once they start to suspect, have you forgotten how miserably Z and Y died? Have you forgotten how many people are tortured in those underground cells?!"
"My dear, my dear, don’t panic. I know the deaths of Z and Y have left a shadow on you. If they hadn’t pushed us so hard back then, I wouldn’t have revealed such an unfinished product... I know I have to hurry. Recently, so people have started showing signs of leukemia, and others are having constant nosebleeds. However, none of them are connecting it to the radiation. After all, the radiation does initially seem to boost their overall strength and physical condition."
Ms. C helplessly took off her helt, revealing her long brown hair. She crouched under a table, clutching her head.
"Damn it, even with all the authority we supposedly have, we can’t get out of this castle!
"Bit, the radiation from the Concentrating Stone is too intense! This radiation-proof building we’re in... even though it has no windows to prevent the light from entering and we’ve installed purifiers, it’s useless! If we stay here for a few more months, we’ll get sick and die too!
"You have to co up with a plan to get the supplies and get us out of here before those in power beco suspicious! I can’t stand to stay in this terrible place any longer, not for one more mont!"
Dr. B swirled a test tube, saying, "Look, Huaxia once had a famous con called ’Creating Sothing from Nothing.’ I’ve adapted that trick and developed a new one. I call it the Water of Life."
"The Water of Life? Does it have sothing to do with our plan this ti?"
"Of course. I’ll conduct so experints for those in power and those foolish humans. I’ll tell them that with the Water of Life and my thod, everything—be it crops, oil, or food—will undergo a qualitative change. Yields will increase by 50%, or things will grow 50% larger without any degradation! Presto! A single grain of rice becos as large as two! Can you imagine how they’ll go crazy for this Water of Life?" Dr. B laughed heartily.
Ms. C’s eyes lit up. "Are you planning to use this Water of Life to consolidate everyone’s food and supplies? But how will you conduct the experints convincingly? There are quite a few scientists among them; they’re not fools. And finally, even if we get these supplies, how will we transport them out? We can’t leave the castle, after all."
From the shadows, Jing Shu listened to their conversation, with Little Black translating. Her initial shock gave way to silence. She would never have imagined that the miraculous material she had hoped to bring back to Huaxia was created using intense radiation. Prolonged exposure would cause cancer! How terrifying!
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