When they arrived in that enclosed small space, they must have been unconscious for a long time.
Because by the time Chloe ran out with that timid Werewolf, the sky outside was already completely dark.
It was pitch black, and they didn't know where they were now. Not even a single star could be seen in the sky.
It seemed that even the heavens despised the Viper Group, unwilling to grant them even a single star.
Chloe babbled on excitedly by herself, while the Werewolf followed closely behind her, afraid of losing her if he wasn't careful.
After walking for a while, Chloe realized that this was very likely the headquarters of the Viper Group.
Because this place was just... too big.
The surroundings were all buildings, mostly low and inconspicuous.
But just by peeking through the windows, one could see various high-tech products arranged inside the houses.
Chloe glanced briefly into one of the rooms and quickly averted her gaze.
There was nothing special about it, except that there were people inside.
But even with that quick glance, Chloe could tell that it was probably a biological laboratory.
In other words, most of those rare, unfamiliar monsters probably originated from here.
Chloe felt somewhat absurd.
After pondering for a while, she felt it was necessary to go take a look at that place.
Just as she was thinking this, Chloe's ears twitched.
Before her brain could make a judgment, her body had already yanked the Werewolf behind a large rock.
Not long after, footsteps were heard.
Several low voices sounded:
"Did the boss really put the poison back?"
"Yeah, he said he's not someone who doesn't keep his word."
"Then what about those two prisoners?"
"The boss said he'd handle it."
"Alright... Hey, did you hear something?"
As soon as the words fell, Chloe quickly covered the too-rapid breathing of the person beside her.
The Werewolf was trembling, his eyes almost rolling back, his psychological resilience was terribly poor.
At a glance, he looked like he had Parkinson's disease.
Chloe kept one hand on her waist, planning to give them a spray of bullets as soon as those Viper Group people came.
As the footsteps got closer and Chloe had already drawn her dagger, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside:
"You two, what are you sneaking around for?"
Chloe's pupils constricted—had they been discovered?
Just as she was thinking this, two more voices came from outside:
"Nothing, nothing, boss."
"We just thought we saw something over there."
The one they called boss, who was the Black Robed Man, said impatiently:
"What could there be? Everything's locked up in the rooms. Get back to work!"
The two members hurriedly agreed and ran off in a panic.
The surroundings returned to silence once again.
After a long while, the footsteps of the Black Robed Man leaving could be heard.
The Werewolf beside her finally let out a sigh of relief, falling to the ground with heavy breathing.
Chloe didn't look at him, instead examining a piece of oilpaper in her hand, looking it over twice.
Then she turned to the Werewolf beside her and asked:
"Do you want to get out of here?"
The Werewolf came to his senses and nodded quickly: "Yes, of course I do!"
Chloe: "If you want to, then just do as I say."
The Werewolf nodded repeatedly.
Chloe: "Then start by closing your eyes."
Werewolf: "?"
As soon as the words fell, there was a sharp pain in his neck, and the Werewolf instantly passed out.
Chloe picked up the Werewolf and threw him into the depths of the nearby forest in the darkness.
Stay here and be good, she had important things to do and no time to babysit.
Even if she took him along, he would just be another troublesome burden.
...
Apart from some important hints, the oilpaper also had a simple, small floor plan of the camp drawn on it.
One place was marked with a red cross, indicating to Chloe that this was where she needed to go.
The biological laboratory.
That's where the thing she wanted was.
Chloe sprang from her toes, jumping from behind the rock onto the roof.
She landed without a sound.
She sat cross-legged in this spot for about twenty minutes until someone finally came out.
Chloe picked up a small piece of tile from beside her, held it between two fingers, and threw it at the back of the researcher's head.
Although the tile was small, it was thrown by Chloe after all.
One hit, one kill.
There was no cry for help, and no blood.
Chloe jumped down and, with lightning speed, dragged him up onto the roof beam and placed him there, then took off his clothes, pants, and shoes and put them on herself.
As she was dressing, she complained—why was this male researcher so short?
The pants were too short on Chloe. Was the Viper Group skimping on the researchers' meals?
But she didn't dwell on it for long, quickly putting on all the clothes, staring at the researcher's face for a long time, and finally even prying open his eyelids and lips to take a look.
After confirming that his eyes were gray and he didn't have yellow teeth, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She opened the terminal and started simulating data.
A scanning line lit up on the light screen.
Before long, Chloe's face had become the image of the dead researcher.
She fastened the work badge securely, silently went downstairs, and then boldly pushed open the door of the biological laboratory, swaggering in.
No one paid attention to her.
There were many people in the laboratory, all busy with their experiments.
Everyone was focused on their own tasks, too busy to notice.
Naturally, no one noticed this small researcher who had suddenly entered.
Chloe touched the hair on her forehead and walked forward naturally.
It wasn't until she entered the lab that she realized how big this place was. The top floor was the least important, the main areas were the underground levels.
Chloe made her way to the elevator without any obstacles.
As expected, someone stopped her:
"Where are you going?"
Chloe smiled:
"Going to the fifteenth underground floor to see Professor Sotos."
She waved the documents in her hand:
"My team leader asked me to deliver these."
The staff member guarding the elevator took the documents and looked at them, and after seeing the private seal at the bottom, he directly approved.
Chloe took back the documents, bowing politely:
"Thank you."
With that, she walked into the elevator.
These documents... she had obtained them by eavesdropping on others' conversations and then knocking out a researcher and taking them from his hand.
It was almost too easy.
The elevator went all the way down.
When she reached the fifteenth underground floor, Chloe stepped out of the elevator.
The first thing that caught her eye was the laboratory with a noticeably fewer number of people.
Fewer people meant she couldn't blend in as easily as before.
Chloe collected herself and walked step by step according to the map.
Professor Sotos' position was at...
After passing through several corridors and glancing over numerous work badges, she finally stopped at an experiment table:
"Professor Sotos."
As the words fell, an old man with graying hair and a serious face turned around.
Chloe smiled slightly:
"These are what my team leader asked me to give you."
Professor Sotos didn't say a word, directly taking the documents from her hand.
From start to finish, he showed no intention of speaking to Chloe.
Chloe wasn't bothered. She said openly:
"Professor, my team leader asked me to learn more from you. Is there anything you need help with?"
