lan's brow furrowed as a familiar voice echoed - a voice reminiscent of Philip. But it couldn't be Philip; it had to be his twin brother.

Were they at the research base too?

He didn’t linger; even though sounds could be heard from there, he wasn’t able to catch the clear sight inside.

Most of the base was sealed tight, allowing only glimpses through tiny cracks. There were no access points here, no way out except

for the one in his quarters.

After a lengthy trek, lan stumbled upon another hatch. It could be opened, but he paused to peer through first.

Below lay a glass chamber with a boy inside, seemingly at eighteen years old, his long hair obscuring everything below his eyes.

What drew lan's attention was the jade pendant around the boy's neck - similar to the one he'd seen on a woman's wrist at the

hotel. But such pendants weren't exactly rare, and from this distance, he couldn't make out any engravings.

Suddenly, the boy's eyes snapped open, staring back at lan through strands of hair. It was a piercing gaze, and for a split second,

lan felt seen. But that was impossible for him to see anything; the cracks were too small, and had the boy truly seen him, he'd

sounded the

eyes remained calm, unwavering, devoid of emotions. Few seconds later, the boy

having intent to

grew. Was this boy one of the many test subjects of

been follow the woman the whole time; he

the hatch. It was operational; he could open it and

this hatch on this boy's glass chamber, there wasn’t any other ones to be

discover all hatches tonight. At last, lan found another one, below which there was

idea which way it led to. As

didn’t mishear; that was indeed from beasts. Below, there were a flock of

was feeling confused, eyes, glowing red in the blackness, stared up at him. Any descent

the air duct. In the end, he

above the boy's glass chamber, and one

was shrouded in darkness, which made it difficult to

a

glass chambers, occasional cries could be

you doing this

money

"Please, spare me!"

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