“Then let me ask you, what are you planning to do with these drugs?”
Although this researcher kept saying these drugs were beneficial for spirits, Ling Xiaoyou didn’t believe that anything based on forced Ghost Body Experiments could be good.
“It’s… it’s for Evolution!”
The researcher hesitated for a moment, seeming to debate whether to reveal the reason.
But upon seeing the Ice-Blue Longsword Bai Shuanglian silently drew, he immediately panicked and said, “Our Institute Director once explained to us, these experiments are all righteous acts, all to make spirits into more perfect liv—”
Before he could finish, his whole person suddenly seemed like a network signal had been cut off. His mouth was open, as if trying to say something, but no sound came out.
“What’s going on?”
This scene made the few people around them exchange bewildered looks.
“Hey, what are you playing at? Stop talking halfway through?”
Su Lihua kicked the researcher hard on the thigh, even coming within a dozen centimeters of a certain “legendary spot even Tiga would instinctively avoid.”
But the researcher was like a crashed computer. After trying to vocalize, he suddenly became a person with rolled-back eyes and no consciousness, making it completely impossible to understand what had happened.
Bai Shuanglian frowned and examined him for a moment, then seemed to understand something and said sharply, “His soul is being gradually annihilated!”
As she spoke, a flash of frost passed through her hand, abruptly condensing into an Ice Crystal.
The crystal wasn’t large, only the size of a thumb, clear and transparent.
The moment the Ice Crystal appeared, the entire elevator seemed to enter an ice age. Layer upon layer of frost rapidly condensed on the ceiling, walls, and even the floor.
Ling Xiaoyou only glanced at that Ice Crystal and felt as if her Spiritual Body was about to freeze. That was definitely not ordinary ice, but something capable of freezing a soul. She quickly averted her gaze, instantly understanding in her heart what that thing was.
The moment Bai Shuanglian took out the Ice Crystal, she pressed it against the researcher’s crown. In an instant, his flesh and soul were simultaneously frozen.
At the same time, Su Taosheng wasn’t idle either. She understood very well how important a captive who could provide intelligence was. Even if this person’s sins were unforgivable, he couldn’t die now.
A delicate small Hourglass appeared in her hand, the fine sand within flowing quietly, like an endless river of time.
But the next moment, she placed the Hourglass horizontally. The sand instantly stopped flowing, becoming still in the bottle, just like the affected researcher.
The two women’s actions seemed lengthy, but in reality, it was only a second or two.
Only now did Ling Xiaoyou react from Bai Shuanglian’s words, realizing the researcher had almost just died.
She looked at her Elder Sister and Bai Shuanglian with a blank expression, not understanding what they were doing.
As for Su Lihua, she was completely unsurprisingly, also completely clueless.
She looked at her sister, wanting an explanation.
But Su Taosheng had no time to explain right now. Although she doted on her sister, she could distinguish priorities. The situation they were now entangled in had escalated to a rather serious level. They had to uncover the truth, and if necessary, even ask their father to intervene.
She took out an item resembling a coffin from her Spatial Artifact.
The coffin was one person tall and half a person wide. The moment it appeared, the surrounding light seemed to be sucked into it.
Fortunately, the elevator space was relatively spacious, otherwise, everyone would have had to squeeze to make room.
Bai Shuanglian looked at Su Taosheng, who nodded, indicating she would handle it.
Su Taosheng gently lifted a corner of the coffin lid, revealing an interior space as dark as an abyss.
The next moment, the frozen researcher was directly sucked into it by a terrifying suction force, as if falling into a black hole.
The coffin lid closed, and she stored it back into her Spatial Artifact.
She looked at the curious Ling Xiaoyou and Su Lihua, and the thoughtful Bai Shuanglian, and said, “This Coffin Artifact is a powerful Spirit Tool. It has no offensive capabilities, but possesses extremely strong defensive and isolation abilities. It can ensure that researcher won’t be remotely triggered by a Restriction and have his soul erased.”
“A Restriction?”
Ling Xiaoyou was stunned, then understood.
The reason the researcher acted like that earlier was because he said something he shouldn’t have, triggering a Restriction in his mind.
“But the matter about the drugs… it doesn’t really seem like some unspeakable secret, does it?”
Ling Xiaoyou frowned and said, “He already revealed such important content earlier, why did it only trigger at this point?”
“Or is this Restriction delayed in activation?”
“No.”
Bai Shuanglian shook her head in denial.
“If it were delayed activation, it would only expose more secrets. The purpose of a Restriction is to protect secrets from being leaked.”
Ling Xiaoyou thought about it and agreed it made sense. If it were delayed triggering, one could simply say all the secrets in one go.
“Then why did it trigger the moment he mentioned the drugs?”
Su Lihua, who had also understood, asked in confusion.
“Clearly, the secret about the demons researching the ‘Bomb Disease’ seemed more important earlier, right?”
Bai Shuanglian pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, “Perhaps… they and the demons are not the same organization.”
“Huh?”
Ling Xiaoyou was startled, then became thoughtful.
“You mean, that Demon Grand Duke and these researchers are not in a superior-subordinate relationship?”
“Correct.”
Bai Shuanglian nodded.
“They are likely just cooperative partners. The researchers study the ‘Bomb Disease’ for the demons, and the demons provide resources like the location and spirits for experiments.”
“That makes sense then.”
“The content about the ‘Bomb Disease’ belongs to the demons’ secrets. The researchers have no obligation to keep it confidential, so it wouldn’t trigger a Restriction.”
“But ‘drugs’ and ‘Evolution’ are the core secrets of their own organization. Therefore, once touched, the Restriction activates immediately, directly annihilating the soul.”