Su Yun sensitively caught the coldness in Jiang Chen's eyes and knew that he still had some doubts about her. If she didn't do as he said, he might very well take matters into his own hands.

With a soft sigh, Su Yun disregarded Jiang Chen's suspicions. After all, anyone tasked with such a mission would be extremely cautious—moreover, her own behavior earlier had indeed been suspect.

"Follow me!"

Su Yun led Jiang Chen back to the side of the cultivation tank. She proceeded to operate on the same device she had been using earlier, then stepped away and pointed at the screen, "This is the self-destruct mechanism. You can set the timer, but listen well, once the countdown begins, it cannot be stopped. Moreover, when the countdown begins, everyone in the base will hear it."

Jiang Chen frowned slightly and stepped forward to look at the screen.

Two dialogue boxes appeared on the screen: one asked to set the self-destruct countdown start time, and the other asked to set the countdown duration.

"What does this self-destruct countdown start time mean?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled as he looked at Su Yun.

"The self-destruct countdown start time," Su Yun explained, "is the time when the self-destruct countdown you set afterward kicks off. I told you before, once the self-destruct countdown starts, the whole base will be alerted, and you can only set the self-destruct countdown start time to a maximum of 5 minutes!"

She paused for a moment, then again advised, "Don't set off the self-destruct. Once you do, we'll only have five minutes of safety. We can't possibly escape the garrison in five minutes. Once they know the self-destruct has been activated, they will definitely seal off the place. Then, none of us will be able to escape."

"They won't seal off the garrison!"

Jiang Chen spoke firmly, "In your base here, they've built a very large arsenal. I'm quite certain that the garrison's weapons store is located inside that large arsenal above us. If this place self-destructs, it's very likely to detonate the arsenal above as well. It's impossible for the people inside to seal off the garrison—in fact, when the alert goes off, they'll be desperate to escape."

Thud thud thud!

While Jiang Chen was pondering what time to set, a series of muffled sounds came to his ears.

Jiang Chen's face changed abruptly, Blood Saber unsheathed as he stared intently at three large nutrient tanks nearby.

"Inside those, are the last three test subjects of the Number One Drug Experiment," Su Yun revealed with a hint of pity in her eyes.

Jiang Chen's eyebrows knitted together as he whispered, "Open them!"

Without objection, Su Yun stepped forward and opened the three nutrient tanks.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Chen felt a jolt in his heart.

Although the doors of the nutrient tanks were open, there was still a clear barrier separating the insides from the outside.

In the nutrient solution of the tanks hovered three lumps of flesh!

They could no longer be called human. The three had become like boneless creatures, just three lumps of flesh drifting in the nutrient solution. The sounds from before were made by them struggling to hit the transparent doors of their tanks.

"Do you... want to say something?" Jiang Chen asked, his eyes flashing with a hint of compassion.

"Kill... me..."

"Kill... me..."

"Kill... me..."

Weak yet resolute voices came from the lumps of flesh, voices filled with longing and intense pleading.

Waves of emotion swept over Jiang Chen's heart. From those lumps of flesh, he could feel a powerful force, a force that had reached the Semi Innate realm.

Three Semi Innate experts now only wished for death, and even in their desire to die they could not, forced to beg others to kill them.

How utterly desolate this was!

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Chen said solemnly, "I will ensure you go with this base. Rest assured, this base will serve as your tomb."

Gurgle gurgle gurgle!

"Thank... thank..."

"Thanks... Thank you..."

"Thanks... Thank you..."

The nutrient fluid inside the nutrition pods churned violently, and three lumps of flesh trembled intensely as feelings of gratitude and relief were conveyed.

Jiang Chen fell silent for a while, then turned to walk towards the self-destruct device.

...

"Madman! He's a complete and utter madman!"

Back in the changing room, Su Yun whispered in a pale and frightened voice, her eyes filled with a mix of terror and urgency.

She could never have imagined that once Jiang Chen figured out how to use the self-destruct device, he would set the warning time to the maximum of five minutes and the self-destruct countdown to the shortest possible at ten seconds!

That meant they had only five minutes to get out of the underground base, or they would perish along with it!

Was this to make sure that no one from the Fallen Angels had a chance to escape? But was it worth it?

Su Yun was filled with incomprehension.

When Jiang Chen set the timer, he had struggled with his decision, but after thinking about Li Jing's appearance after her death and the three Semi Innate Grand Masters soaked in the nutrient fluid, he resolutely chose this timeframe.

This base must not continue to exist; all those who abetted evil deserved to die!

This was a violation of human morals and ethics. The existence of such a place, of such experiments, was an affront to humanity.

Click!

After exiting the laboratory, Jiang Chen didn't waste a single word. He burst through the changing room door, and Su Yun hurriedly followed suit.

"Who's there!" A shout rang out as a patrol team, just passing by the changing rooms, heard the door and turned to look, crying out in alarm.

Swish, swish, swish!

Blood-red blade shadows appeared, and Jiang Chen cleaved the entire patrol team in half with a single slash.

Bang!

A muffled sound echoed as the door of a nearby document room burst open, and a hunched, small figure flew out backwards.

Splurt!

The figure spat out a mouthful of blood in mid-air and yelled, "Enemy..."

"First Form of the Blood Dance Heaven and Earth, Sky-cleaving Slash!"

Jiang Chen, recognizing that the figure was not Vermilion Bird, bellowed a low cry and split him in half with a lightning-fast slash, cutting off his words.

Whoosh!

Another figure shot out of the document room. Jiang Chen's eyes flashed with a cold glint, and upon recognizing the person, he called out urgently, "Vermilion Bird, get out! This place is going to blow!"

The second figure was indeed Vermilion Bird, chasing after them. Seeing Gang Ben killed by Jiang Chen, Vermilion Bird immediately moved to Jiang Chen's side, waving a document in hand, "Got the documents. What about the potion?"

While speaking, Vermilion Bird glanced at the storage device on Jiang Chen's back and exclaimed with surprise, "You got that too?"

"Move! The self-destruct has been activated!" Jiang Chen yelled, running toward the women's restroom.

Vermilion Bird's face changed, and he, along with Su Yun, quickly followed.

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