Chapter 1641

The doorknob turned smoothly, yet the metal door presented a formidable challenge; it was incredibly heavy.

Ariana strained to pry it open, and upon succeeding, she found herself facing a maze of thick, heavy chains dangling from the ceiling.

In the heart of the room, a figure was suspended from the chains, and as Ariana drew nearer, the silhouette grew distressingly familiar.

A knot of anxiety tightened in her stomach upon realizing it was Adrian.

Ariana gasped and hastened to his side.

His eyes were closed, and he appeared unconscious.

Ariana shook him in an attempt to rouse him, but he remained unresponsive, making her more anxious.

Knowing that Adrian and Holden had vanished together, Ariana knew that discovering Adrian here suggested Holden might be nearby as well.

With this thought, Ariana ceased her attempts to awaken Adrian and commenced her search for Holden.

Despite her extensive search of the room, she found no sign of Holden or anyone else.

Afraid that the mad scientist might return at any moment, Ariana frantically sought something to sever

the chains but to no avail.

as despair began to set in, she recalled the lab on the first floor might

to the elevator and ascended, but her search for tools like a power

bottles of strong sulfuric acid from a cabinet and descended

she poured the acid over the chain, careful to avoid Adrian’s body, though some droplets still splattered onto

with a jolt from the pain of the

instinctively

touch it!” Ariana quickly grasped

Ariana, thinking he

thought you

are you here?”

a sense of

worrying about you

woke up, I heard an explosion and went back

ran into Bennett near

you, but then,

escape them, but a

thing I knew, I ended

“Where’s Holden? Weren’t you

Adrian’s expression darkened.

is

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