Chapter 691 "In a botanical garden this vast, you'd think they'd have some night staff on duty. Or maybe they're just snoozing on the job..." Corley mused, ready to press the button again.

But before his finger could make contact, the alarm suddenly buzzed to life.

"What's going on?" he blurted out, clearly confused.

Roseanne suddenly had a bad feeling in her gut, and when she saw Owen Reynolds wearing an "I knew

it" expression, her intuition was instantly confirmed.

Owen Reynolds said, "You rushed into it."

Without waiting for confirmation, he acted rashly.

Corley, puzzled, asked, "The sign clearly says this, where's the mistake?"

Owen Reynolds explained, "The yellow bell has two meanings. One is what you mentioned, for

emergency contact with the outside world; the other is a warning.

"A warning?"

"The buzzing we're hearing now is a warning signal. In a place like this botanical garden, while it's unlikely there are any large predators, it's crawling with snakes, insects, and other pests. Some of them might be

venomous.'

purpose of this button is essentially to provide a

interjected, "Did I just hear the

Reynolds nodded, "I heard

the

leading outside from this controlled climate area had

does locking it mean?" Corley frowned. "Wasn't it always

"It's

opened with a code, was now completely locked due to the

asked, "Can't it be opened with the

"No."

visibly frustrated,

of

hope had appeared, it had vanished again, leaving Roseanne feeling a bit

and their cell phones had signal. It wasn't pitch dark, leaving them totally

Reynolds took out his phone, "I'll contact the garden administration. This seems like a technical issue that their staff

didn't you

"I was about to, but then

Corley was silent.

Soon, the call connected.

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