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.'

essentially to provide a warning

I just hear the door

Reynolds nodded, "I heard it

to inspect the glass door and, sure

leading outside from this controlled climate area had been

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

Reynolds clarified, "It's

opened with a code, was now completely locked due to

asked, "Can't it be opened with

"No."

was visibly

was impulsive of me." He looked genuinely

hope had appeared, it had vanished again,

was electricity and light at the exit, and their cell phones had signal. It wasn't pitch dark, leaving

the garden administration. This seems like a technical issue that their staff should be able

"Why didn't you

to, but then you

Corley was silent.

Soon, the call connected.

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