The pitch-black door resembled the gaping maw of an abyss, silently intimidating.

Darkness is the most feared enemy of humans; being in an extremely dark environment can bring great fear.

Ye Bai recalled the intelligence he had read before.

[The mysterious laboratory hides many secrets, akin to the Thirteen District of the Beautiful Country. Inside, many relics of the Old Gods are buried, and contact with these relics will subject you to the curse of the gods, turning you into a lizardman, an octopus man, a hundred-eyed person, or directly being cursed to explode and die. Skills of either the Light Attribute or the Dark Attribute can suppress the curse, but to expel the curse, one must find a Pet Beast with a Holy Attribute.]

Therefore, the Dark Butterfly King must have unconsciously touched the relics of the Old Gods, entering an indescribable state.

But isn't the Dark Butterfly King a Pet Beast with a Dark Attribute? How could it be infected by a curse?

Could it be as the intelligence stated, only suppressing the curse, but needing a true Holy Attribute Pet Beast to possibly expel the Exotic Beast?

Ye Bai felt the need to conduct an experiment, to infer and verify.

Otherwise, upon entering the mysterious laboratory (research institute), he might get spiritually contaminated by the relics of the Old Gods and become a hundred-eyed person.

The only Exotic Beast with a true Holy Attribute he possessed was the Water Qilin Beast.

However, the level of the Water Qilin Beast was somewhat weak, so expelling the curse might still have certain difficulties.

"Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly, did you acquire the clone's memory?"

"What's exactly inside this research institute?"

Ye Bai asked the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly, wanting to know the intelligence regarding the institute.

He didn't have much time, only able to come here at night.

If he stayed out of the room for long, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

The suspicion referred to those people of the Beautiful Country, who would doubt what Ye Bai intended to do in the shelter.

By then, Ye Bai wouldn't be able to explain.

The Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly frowned, seemingly lacking much related memory.

In the Dark Butterfly King's memory, there was only a pitch-black area, occasionally with a flash of blue light.

The whole institute was huge, with many shadows moving in the dark, and the Dark Butterfly King's memory also had some gaps.

It seemed the Dark Butterfly King's memory was altered by something.

Right, the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly saw countless eyes in the Dark Butterfly King's memory.

From that moment, the Dark Butterfly King's memory began to have gaps.

The last of the memory was the Dark Butterfly King wanting to return before its Pet Beast Master, using newly grown eyes to look at the Pet Beast Master, making him become the same as itself.

The Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly fed the intelligence back to Ye Bai.

"Countless eyes inside?"

"The Dark Butterfly King's memory was altered?"

"This isn't a good thing."

Memory alteration also means the ability of those with a hundred eyes might surpass the Dark Butterfly King.

However, it's uncertain, as something like the crying Angel Statue doesn't have a specific level, but its ability is extremely eerie.

Once close to a human or Exotic Beast, it inevitably captures their soul, becoming its nourishment.

"It seems the pitch-black door hides many risks."

"Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly, split another Dark Butterfly King clone, then use the Dark Shelter skill, to see if it'll still be spiritually contaminated by the hundred eyes."

After all, the Dark Butterfly is called the killer in the night, its stealth capabilities are among the top in the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly family.

Ye Bai wanted to understand how these indescribable entities managed to parasite the eyes on the Dark Butterfly King and alter its memory.

Through air propagation?

Or direct gaze?

These indescribable entities are somewhat similar to Conceptual Gods.

Unfortunately, humans cannot contract such entities. To prevent fear from spreading, humans can only find every way to suppress them.

If not for the Sunflower Emperor Clone, those two crying Angel Statues would undoubtedly have brought great trouble to Ye Bai.

Ye Bai felt he had to think clearly, or he'd rather seal the door again, forgoing this exploration opportunity than put himself at risk.

After all, having a hundred eyes all over his body is utterly terrifying, just thinking about it sends chills down one's spine.

If the Intelligence System could reveal the weakness of the hundred eyes, that would be great.

The Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly had spots of milky white light appear on its body.

These light spots gathered in the air, forming a completely black Dark Butterfly King.

It silently soared in the air.

A layer of black light gathered on its body; this was the Dark Butterfly King's Dark Shelter skill.

This skill is of the Dark Attribute, effectively increasing the concealment of the Dark Butterfly King and resisting some physical attacks.

The clone once again rushed into the door and disappeared.

The pitch-black entrance seemed to utter silent mockery, accusing Ye Bai of overestimating himself.

The Dark Butterfly King's body was extremely light, and barely any sound of wing flapping was heard.

There's nothing left to do but wait for the Dark Butterfly King's return, hoping all goes well.

After a short while, the Dark Butterfly King rushed out of the door.

But its body was covered in a pungent smell, as if a large amount of strong acid had been spilled on the Dark Butterfly King.

The Dark Butterfly King, having completed its mission, dissipated its body, leaving a puddle of golden-yellow liquid on the marble floor.

And the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly also received the memories of the Dark Butterfly King.

This time, after using Dark Shelter, the Dark Butterfly King easily flew over the territory of Hundred Eyes.

Hundred Eyes was residing on the walls of the research institute, with countless eyes rotating all around, seemingly capturing something.

These eyes emitted a ghostly blue light from their pupils.

After utilizing Dark Shelter, Hundred Eyes appeared unable to see the Dark Butterfly King.

Thus, Hundred Eyes would employ a special ability by staring at its opponent, releasing the Hundred Eyes Curse onto them.

This experiment also probed the conditions under which Hundred Eyes activates its curse.

However, upon reaching the next area, the Dark Butterfly King was suddenly hit by strong acid, and it struggled for a long time before breaking free.

The Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly discovered that the strong acid from the Dark Butterfly King had dripped onto Hundred Eyes, melting its body into a puddle of pus visibly fast.

It seems this strong acid substance is the nemesis of Hundred Eyes.

Ye Bai looked at the gold-yellow liquid left on the ground, emitting a sizzling sound, and quickly took out a straw and instruments for testing acidity and corrosiveness from the Pet Beast Space.

Soon, the acidity was tested, and its corrosiveness was comparable to King's Water.

"If only there was intelligence on this research institute."

This feeling of entering a treasure trove without taking a thing made Ye Bai want to scratch the walls.

But Ye Bai did not want to put himself at risk.

"Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly, release the True Light Goddess Butterfly Clone, and enter the institute once more."

"Check out the damage these light attribute skills can do to these unspeakable things."

Ye Bai spoke another sentence to the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly.

The True Light Goddess Butterfly Clone appeared, radiating soft white light all over.

After enhancing itself with Holy Shelter and Holy Light Shining, it rushed through the doors of the research institute.

Soon after, light like daylight was swallowed by darkness.

No one knows how long they waited until the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly received the memory of the True Light Goddess Butterfly.

This exploration covered a much larger area than that of the Dark Butterfly King, at least, the whole perimeter was traversed by True Light Goddess Butterfly.

Besides Hundred Eyes, Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly finally saw clearly what those things that spew strong yellow acid really were.

These things were like little trumpet-shaped figures the size of a palm, spraying acid from the mouth of the trumpet when the True Light Goddess Butterfly passed by.

Moreover, when these little trumpets detect foreign invasion, they grow crazily, increasing in number.

However, with the help of Holy Light Protection, the True Light Goddess Butterfly successfully broke through this area.

Afterwards, it experienced arrays like the Sword Mountain Array and Ice Dao, and as it was about to step into the middle zone, it was caught by a steel giant claw and started being devoured.

This memory then completely ended.

The Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly transmitted this memory to Ye Bai.

The meticulous Ye Bai pleasantly discovered that the True Light Goddess Butterfly once passed a corridor with an entire map of the research institute upon it.

Although the core area was deliberately obscured, this map could save Ye Bai a lot of detours.

This counts as tonight's biggest gain.

Actually, the most prudent way for Ye Bai would be to wait for the intelligence system to provide him with information.

But this would take a lot of time, and by the time all information is known, the Storm Giant Dragon would likely have been expelled from Beautiful Country's borders.

By then, his every move would be under the observation of agents, denying him any freedom.

Not to mention coming to this Lake Bottom Research Institute.

Once discovered, he would surely be caught, with no hopes of escape or death.

"It seems the unspeakable things imprisoned in the institute have all escaped."

"This is rather troublesome."

Ye Bai glanced at his watch; it was now three in the morning, with four hours until seven.

These four hours are enough for him to stroll around the perimeter region.

That's right, Ye Bai intends to explore part of the research institute each day, taking a stable and steady approach.

"This research institute must not be tackled hastily."

"Sunflower Fairy, create Sunflower Emperor Clones and have them surround me."

"Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly, release True Light Goddess Butterfly Clone, protect me."

"Space Pelican, establish space coordinates for convenient travel."

The Space Pelican is Ye Bai's last resort; in case of danger, it will perform Space Movement to lead Ye Bai back to a safe area.

The light emitted by the Sunflower Emperor Clone illuminated this region.

The ground of the research institute corridor appeared very broken, with dried blood stains scattered across it.

Blood handprints were smeared on the corridor walls, appearing quite eerie.

The Sunflower Fairy hid among the strands of Ye Bai's hair; if the clone's Holy Light Shining failed, the Sunflower Fairy would lend a hand.

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