(Undoubtedly, this update time means that I am preparing two updates today.) Why two more? Because I'm glad to. Here I wish you all a happy holiday and a happy holiday. The following is the usual PS, friends who have passed by ask for collections and recommendations, your support is my biggest motivation)

Quickly passing through the last corridor of the residential area, the four of them entered the confines of the R&D area. The R&D area is completely different from the residential area, with each room having a minimum of four or five hundred square meters and the largest being several thousand square meters. In each room, different mechanical appliances are placed in an orderly manner. Whether it is a large instrument or a small one, there is not a trace of rust and aging under the protection of the magic array.

"Some of them can still be used. There was no time to examine it in detail, Vivien just opened the door of each room and took a look, and when she found that there was nothing unusual, she immediately turned to leave. Along the way, the Potion School, the Transformation School, the Magic Energy School, the Crystal Energy School, the Circle School, the Energy Transformation School, and the laboratories of various schools can be seen, and there are even many laboratories that cannot tell which school exists with Vivian's knowledge, which has opened the eyes of several people.

"A state-led mage tower is really rich. Vivien sighed, "The equipment here is really complete, and it is almost catching up with the highest star tower of the Magic Alchemy Guild." It's a pity that professionals above the gold level can't be cultivated in batches, otherwise the major professional unions would not have such a strong strength for a long time. ”

"It's so big here. Catherine sighed: "We've been walking for more than half an hour, and we can't see the end in sight." It's just one corridor, and I saw that there are six of them. ”

"In the high-rise mage tower, such a research area often occupies four or five floors, but here it only spreads the space of the fourth or fifth floors into one floor. We're going to speed up, the R&D area has just walked more than halfway, and it's still a long way to the core area. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. ”

"I said, you're enough. Catherine flattened her mouth and made an angry look: "Who do you think is running behind your back now, and you are still shouting quickly." ”

"Hehe, eldest sister, don't worry so much. Vivien snickered, leaning on Catherine's back and looking at the map: "Turn left ahead, and walk for another ten minutes to see the entrance to the experimental field." Although there are many rooms in the experimental field, they are all horizontal, and it only takes five minutes to walk through the experimental field, and then you can see the gate of the core area. ”

A few people stopped talking, just hurried away, and ten minutes passed quickly, and a door five meters wide stretched at the end of the corridor.

"This should be the entrance to the experimental field, let's go inside. Vivien jumped off Catherine's back and moved her limbs.

"Wait. Pannis stopped Vivien, who was eager to try, and turned his gaze to the corridor behind him: "There are footsteps, someone is running, it should be Gasteen who listens to the footsteps." ”

"Is it him?" Catherine was stunned for a moment, and nodded knowingly: "Heh, the trap you said is here." ”

Pannis sighed: "You think about it, do you really want to crash into the trap, it's too late to regret it now." The other party was obviously using Rachel as bait to lure us to the place of his choice, and he couldn't do anything if we weren't fooled. ”

Catherine said: "I said that I will not give up helping everyone around me who I think he really needs and deserves help, this is my principle, so there is no need to think about it at all." ”

"Even if this puts you in danger?" Pannis's gaze slid over the faces of the three girls in turn, "not just you, but each of you. ”

"Nelly's Adventures will not fear any enemy. Lina was holding a newly acquired book in one hand, with a big grin on her face, and a toothpick in her mouth that she didn't know where to turn it out, and squinted at the corridor when she came: "What's more, this kind of guy who is afraid to show his head." ”

"Yes, Nelly's adventure party will not back down because of any difficulties. However, who is it this time, I haven't seen it before. Vivien looked at Lina curiously, "Looks like an interesting personality." ”

"Me?" Lina stretched out her thumb and pointed to her face: "Big Woman, Martha, meet for the first time, let's communicate more in the future." ”

"Wait, wait. Around the corner behind him, Gastin's call was finally heard: "Wait for me, wait a minute." Gastin's voice was out of breath, apparently in order to catch up with the four and run as fast as possible in a short period of time.

The four of them turned around, but none of them replied, silently looking at Gasteen, who was getting closer and closer. Gasteen ran to the front and stopped, startled by the four onlookers, but still gasped and said intermittently: "Quick, save Rachel, she's injured." ”

"Tell me, what's wrong with her?" Catherine's expression was very calm, and her voice was faint.

"We were waiting for you in the living room of that room just now, and I didn't know what was activated, and I was teleported away all at once. Justin finally took a breath and said coherently, "The result was teleported to an empty room nearby. The teleportation array here is set up on the roof, and as soon as we teleported over, we fell headfirst. She didn't react, hit her head on the ground, and she is still unconscious, I reacted quickly, but I also fell hard. I couldn't wake her up and wanted to go to you for help, but I didn't get out here for a long time, but fortunately I heard your voices, so I chased all the way. ”

"That's right. Catherine nodded: "Very reasonable explanation, then let's go, take us to see her." ”

"It's over here. Gasteen's face was happy, as if he was really worried about Rachel, and turned his head and hurriedly walked ahead: "I'll show you the way." When he turned around, he didn't see that the three girls behind him all had strange smiles on their faces, exchanging glances with each other.

Justin led them around several corners in a row to the outermost row of rooms in the R&D area. Catherine smiled: "It's really hard for you to find such a complicated road directly, I thought you would get lost." ”

"I have a better memory, hehe. Gasteen chuckled dryly and pushed open the door in front of him, "Rachel is here." ”

Looking around the room, sure enough, as Gasteen said, the room of more than 100 square meters was empty, without any equipment and furnishings, not even tables and chairs, only Rachel was lying alone in the middle of the room, motionless. The three girls looked at each other for a moment, and Catherine took the lead, stepping cautiously into the room. Pannis walked last, smiled mysteriously at Gasteen, and followed Rina into the room as well. Gastin's eyes flickered, and as he followed in, he quietly closed the door.

Walking to Rachel's side, Catherine's muscles tensed, and she slowly squatted down on guard at all times, made a cursory inspection, and nodded to Lina: "I'm unconscious, there are no obvious external injuries on my body, and I don't have a head." ”

"I'll take a look. Lina quickly switched places, handed over the weight of guard to Catherine, squatted beside Rachel, reached out and rolled Rachel's eyelids, and pressed a few places on her body seemingly randomly, raised her head and said, "It's not a trauma, it's a spell effect, lethargy." ”

"Mystery, magic dispelling. It didn't matter if Lina said, Vivien chanted the spell directly, and a white light swept over Rachel's body, and soon saw Rachel's eyelids begin to beat, and finally slowly open.

"Be careful, someone is attacking. When he opened his eyes and saw the three girls, Rachel's first sentence was to remind the girls to be careful, and then he saw his own situation, and said with a wry smile: "Sorry, I'm sorry for causing you trouble again." ”

"It's okay, don't take it to heart. Catherine bowed her head to comfort Rachel, slowly looked up at Justin, and whispered, "Still, it's time to settle the score." ”

At this time, Gasteen had already taken advantage of everyone's attention to Rachel, and quietly slipped under the wall opposite the entrance, and Pannis noticed his actions, but ignored them completely. Seeing everyone look up at him, Gasteen thrust behind him, and the wall behind him opened inward and left and right like a door, revealing the space behind him.

The cold swept through the room as the walls opened, and the members of the adventure party took out the fire attribute spars they had prepared with them to activate them as soon as they felt the cold, so as to combat the cold temperature, and Vivien also thoughtfully handed Rachel a few pieces to prevent her from being frostbitten.

The walls slowly opened, revealing not only the cold room inside covered in thick frost, but also the two people in it. One of them was wearing a white coat and a white mask on his face, it was a short man who had attacked several people before, and the other was a blonde woman in a mage robe, with a cold face at this time, Mu Ran looked at several people.

"Nicole?" Rachel subconsciously took a few steps forward, but finally bit his lip and stopped, hanging his head.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency. Gasteen took a few steps closer to the short man and prostrate himself on the ground: "I have brought them here as you ordered, please fulfill your promise and let me go." ”

"Idiot. The short man waved his hand lightly, and Gasteen seemed to have been kicked hard, flying upside down and falling to the ground at a distance of three or four meters: "You almost missed my business." I told you to activate the traps in the quarters and let them proceed cautiously and stall for time, but what about you? You're so clever that you almost didn't let anyone open the damn director's room for me. What did I give you the teleportation array for you to do? You told you to separate them, what about you? You teleported me someone who shouldn't have teleported the least. Waste, your incompetence has made me unbearable, do you want to leave? Okay, I'll send you away. ”

As he spoke, the short man stretched out his hand to point at Gastin, who was begging loudly for mercy, suddenly reached out and grabbed his clothes tightly, letting out a fierce scream, rolling on the ground while screaming, and his exposed skin festered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Save me, save me. Gasteen rolled wildly, rolled to the vicinity of the party, and shouted, "Help me, aren't you a knight? ”

Catherine looked at Justin indifferently and said softly, "I'm a knight, but I'm not a fool. I am willing to help others, but only if he is a 'man', and what you have done has been dehumanized, and people like you cannot be redeemed, but can only be judged. I think that the knight I believe in will have the same choice when he meets someone like you. ”

"No, maybe not. Pannis's eyes were implied with appreciation: "I have heard a little about her personality, when she encounters such a person, she will go to the rescue, and after saving it, she will give judgment with her own hands." But you are not her, you imitate her spirit, not her actions, and you are just as right in your judgment, you are a good knight. ”

"Thank you. Catherine gave a solemn knightly salute and accepted Pannis's compliment.