Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 985: 303

The first floor had already been picked clean by adventurers, like locusts passing by, every valuable item dismantled spotlessly.

Nothing worth noting.

While his teammates were still complaining, Leonard Churchill had already memorized all the passages he saw and was analyzing in his mind how to plan the retreat route in case something went wrong.

The elevator was corroded, so they could only take the stairs all the way.

Leonard Churchill and his group descended nearly three hundred meters, finally coming to the front of the massive mechanical iron door leading to the second floor.

On the wall beside the door, the spray paint of “DP-955 Research Institute” was still visible.

There were magic lamps hanging on the walls all along the way, providing decent visibility.

But as soon as they arrived downstairs, a pungent smell like ammonia immediately wafted up, making people dizzy.

The folks from the Southern Continent didn’t have gas masks, only simple anti-poison packs made of gauze and herbs, which didn’t filter very effectively.

Fortunately, the official Legion’s equipment wasn’t bad, clearing the way with wind-based filtering cards made things much better.

“Everyone, stay sharp, be careful! If you feel poisoned, drink the antidote yourself.”

“First group, watch out for the water under your feet, second group check the ceiling, third group take the lead…”

“…”

Not long after entering the second floor, they came to a huge space.

The concrete walls here were visibly more solid, and there were rows of cabins around, like prison cells.

Leonard Churchill looked at those cabins and inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

The architectural design of one era was much the same.

The “407 Abnormal Creature Research Institute” he had crossed into was also an underground research institute, basically of the same design style as the one he was currently in.

“Were these cabins once used to detain experimental creatures?”

Leonard Churchill took another good look and already had some guesses.

Although most of the cabin doors had been corroded away, it was still apparent that these were not rooms for people.

Not just the rooms, he also saw some severely decayed research equipment.

Metal instruments might corrode away, but many of the glass vessels had been well-preserved intact.

In jar after jar of green liquid, various biological limb samples were preserved.

A giant heart, the embryo of an unknown creature, a strange brain, tentacles, eyeballs…

It was uncertain how these had been preserved, but after thousands of years, quite a few samples were still somewhat intact.

Seeing these, Leonard Churchill felt as if he was looking at Master Merlin’s laboratory and thought, “What a pity, if these instruments were intact, Master Merlin would probably be too excited to sleep.”

If there were any research materials, that would be even better.

After all, the technology level of the Taron Dynasty was much higher than the present…

“Gurgle gurgle~”

“Gurgle gurgle~”

“…”

This level had a serious water leakage problem.

Leonard Churchill carefully followed the Viper Corps through the water that brushed against their thighs, exploring cautiously.

Every so often they saw a corpse floating up on the water’s surface.

Leonard Churchill looked at those desiccated corpses with a frown, “Drained of their blood?”

Thinking of something, he immediately became cautious, watching the water closely, as well as every part of his own body.

Whether it was the Dragon’s Might released by several Sixth Tier strong ones at the back that kept the creatures down here at bay, they had not encountered any trouble on their way.

They had not run into any of the monsters that caused massive casualties before.

This was one of the benefits of being Dragon Descendants.

The bloodline of the Great Dragon naturally possesses a dominance over other lower creatures, and most monsters, sensing this, smartly avoid it.

The adventurers also thought it was due to the Dragon’s Might that they encountered no monsters, and gradually let their guard down.

However, what they didn’t know was that, deep within the research institute, a group of people from the White Family were whispering to each other.

“Young Master, most of the people have come in; we can start now.”

“Heh, those Seventh Tiers from the Southern Continent actually all came in, which saves us a lot of trouble.”

“The monsters on the second floor are not something a low-tier card master can handle; it’s normal for Seventh Tiers to come down. If they can help us deal with those monsters, maybe we can even get the remaining research materials inside the institute…”

“…”

With no monsters appearing, a large number of adventurers had also poured into the second floor of the research institute.

Leonard Churchill became more cautious.

He knew the White Family must have set up something in the shadows, and once action commenced, it would likely be a matter of life or death.

With the entrance of Seventh Tiers, the difficulty of exploration had suddenly decreased a great deal.

Especially the leader of the Poison Vine Mercenary Group, “Black Widow” Hester.

This Seventh Tier Voodoo Grandmaster used a few Curse Cards, and in the blink of an eye, absorbed the pervasive poison into his body.

The air around them cleared instantly as well.

This certainly sped up the progress of the expedition.

Leonard’s group, the Viper Corps, was the vanguard, and they soon arrived at the core area of the second floor.

Upon close inspection, there were several iron-doored rooms firmly shut.

Just from the structure and materials of the doors, it was evident that these rooms were special.

“Commander, come quick, there’s a well-preserved room here!”

“The room has a password, call the lock picking expert!”

“Hahaha, looking at the setup, these must be some of the most important rooms in the institute, certainly full of good stuff…”

“…”

The teammates were all excited.

After all, if they truly found something, they would receive the credit.

Leonard also examined the layout, suspecting that the room could be the “Central Control Room” or something critical on the second floor.

This significant discovery also drew the main force of the Thorny Snake Group closer.

Perhaps sensing that the vessel might be inside, even the Legion Commander Heman came to check personally.

However, suddenly, Leonard noticed something odd.

Looking down, he saw an inconspicuous leech already clinging to his leg.

He had encountered it once before; this unknown leech could bite through skin and suck blood without any problem.

“There really is something…”

Leonard quietly used his hand to sever the worm.

He was already on alert.

He knew that trouble was approaching.

If his own strong senses could not detect it, what about the others?

He reckoned that most Sixth Tier card masters would have difficulty noticing the leech.

It seemed that many of those who had entered the second floor had likely already been bitten by these worms.

Realizing this, Leonard silently created some distance and slowly approached the iron cage.

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