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

have sounded

seconds later, the boy brushed

having intent to betray

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

woman the

was operational; he could open it and jump in to confront

this hatch on this boy's glass chamber,

slowly ahead, planning to discover all hatches tonight. At last,

led to. As

indeed from beasts. Below, there

he was feeling confused, eyes, glowing red in the blackness, stared up at him. Any descent would be met with a

walking in the air duct. In

was living, one above the boy's glass chamber, and one at where the den of beasts

it

for a clearer

he passed over the glass

doing this to me?

to make money anymore;

"Please, spare me!"

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