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The catchy festive songs made the atmosphere in the entire activity center cheerful. The employees present chatted and laughed, and hummed along from time to time, making Long Yuehong feel like she was celebrating the New Year.

For almost all employees of "Pangu Biology", the Chinese New Year is definitely the happiest and most relaxing time. If they have any worries or anxieties, as long as they are not life-threatening or urgent, they will choose to put them aside. Finally, let’s talk about the New Year first.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, every household that has saved a year is willing to contribute some of the savings to reward themselves and their families. At that time, "Pangu Biology" will definitely increase the amount of meat, vegetables, candies, sodas, snacks, etc. The supply of items will include rare varieties that employees rarely encounter.

So, when Long Yuehong thought about the New Year, she would see a table full of delicious dishes, sweet drinks, delicious candies, new clothes and various fun games with her friends.

Before joining the "Old Tune Group", what he looked forward to most during the year was the Chinese New Year. Now, although he can often eat good food, he still misses the atmosphere.

"This year's Chinese New Year is at the end of January, and there are almost four months left..." Long Yuehong was leisurely and fascinated.

The excitement in the activity center on the 495th floor continued until the lights were almost turned off, with a pause in the middle because Shang Jianyao wanted to listen to the radio.

In a happy mood, Shang Jianyao finished washing up before turning off the lights and went to the toilet.

After lying down, he pinched his temples on both sides and closed his eyes.

…………

"Soul Corridor", Room "506".

Shang Jianyao turned the brass handle and opened the door with a smile on his face.

There was no surprise. As he went deeper, he entered a place that seemed to be a laboratory. The walls made of silver-white metal separated many small rooms, and different and complex instruments were placed inside.

Shang Jianyao looked around and focused on the people coming and going.

They all wore light blue masks and white coats, and some were walking in a hurry or others were serious in speech.

Shang Jianyao grabbed a man in a white coat and said:

"What is this place?"

The man in the white coat was a man. He glanced sideways and his eyes suddenly became sharp:

"Who are you? How did you get in? Who ordered you?"

Before Shang Jianyao could make up an answer, he pulled back and shouted loudly:

“Guard! Guard!

"The test subject escaped!"

Deng Deng Deng, a guard wearing black clothes and holding a submachine gun ran over from all directions.

Several of them even wore military-style exoskeletons.

"It's so scary!" The expression on Shang Jianyao's face did not match his words.

He began to murmur to himself:

“The courage to face danger…

“The courage to face danger…

"So I have to force my way out?"

It was too late but not too late. Shang Jianyao kicked off his feet and jumped towards the door that seemed to lead to the corridor.

He did not use his abilities rashly.

This is not because he has experienced the shadow of a cruise ship and has learned from the past. He is afraid that the awakened person's ability will bring about unnecessary changes and cause him to encounter irresistible effects. After all, it is clearly written in the "Strategy" that the psychological shadows related to "506" room are all Abilities can be used.

The only reason he doesn't do that is:

Now it's more fun!

Using abilities directly will make the problem much simpler and reduce the risk by at least one-third!

While running, Shang Jianyao suddenly "falled" and slid forward for a distance.

This is not because he was affected by the ability of an awakened person, but because he took the initiative.

thump!

A guard was caught off guard, unable to stop the car and tripped over him.

Shang Jianyao then jumped on him and picked up a dark object.

He made a motion of pulling off the tab and threw the black thing towards the nearest guard wearing a military exoskeleton device.

With the assistance of the "Integrated Early Warning System", the guard initially judged that it was a grenade because each of them carried it.

He quickly jumped to the side and hid behind an instrument. The nearby guards also made similar moves.

——Military exoskeleton devices are not powered armor and do not completely cover the body. They cannot allow the wearer to avoid all injuries when encountering explosions or flying shrapnel.

Bang, the black thing fell aside and did not explode.

"Haha." Shang Jianyao laughed, "Sorry, I threw the wrong one."

He was carrying a submachine gun and holding a black grenade in his left palm, throwing it one after another.

The dark thing before was lying quietly on the ground. It was a black leather shoe.

After hearing his words and realizing that there was no explosion, the guards all ran over again.

Seeing this, Shang Jianyao shook his left arm and threw the real grenade.

At the same time, he rolled onto the corridor.

Da da da!

Where he was standing before, rows of bullet holes appeared in a messy manner.

Boom!

As soon as the black grenade flew out this time, it was directly hit by a guard wearing a military exoskeleton device and detonated early.

The wind waves and flying shrapnel caused by the explosion effectively prevented the remaining guards from rushing towards the corridor.

Shang Jianyao jumped up like a carp and laughed "haha" again:

"thank you!"

Then, he resumed his muttering state:

“The courage to face danger…

"The courage to face danger..."

He ran towards the end of the corridor, where there were still several guards.

Shang Jianyao picked up the submachine gun he just grabbed and started shooting in that direction.

Click, click, click, fire was splashing everywhere. Some of the guards were shot and fell to the ground, while others hurriedly found cover. For a moment, they were unable to stop Shang Jianyao's approach.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao suddenly felt half-paralyzed.

Bang!

He fell to the ground and whispered in an excited tone:

"Awakened one..."

His voice suddenly rose:

"We had no enmity in the past, and we have no enmity today. Why do you want to intercept me?

"How much do they pay you? I'll pay double!"

His paralyzing paralysis was quickly relieved.

He implanted in the awakened person the idea that everyone should live together peacefully and go their separate ways.

Seeing that his ability was taking effect, Shang Jianyao pushed hard with one hand and stood up with a running jump.

His target was the end of the corridor.

Behind him, the guards rushed out one after another. In front of him, the enemies who had hurriedly avoided reorganized their defense lines.

Shang Jianyao opened his mouth again and tried to shout.

At this time, in his mind, Shang Jianyao, who was seeking novelty and novelty, hissed:

"No, this is not called facing danger.

“It’s not a danger at all.

"The biggest fear of the owner of the room, the most dangerous thing, is to be caught!

"I want to face this danger head on!"

With a squeak, he stopped and raised his hands.

Then, he slowly squatted down and placed both palms on the back of his head.

Black shadows flew over one after another, and guards pinned him down one after another.

Not long after, Shang Jianyao was tied up and gagged.

His eyes widened, wondering what would happen next.

Soon, he was fixed on a metal bed, and several humans wearing light blue masks and white coats came over.

"What are you going to do to me?" Shang Jianyao asked fearfully.

The leader in the white coat blurted out in surprise:

"Weren't you gagged?"

After asking, he discovered that a new mouth had grown on Shang Jianyao's forehead.

This belongs to the person who is seeking novelty and novelty and full of desire to play.

"That's right!" The mouth opened and closed, very annoyed, "I forgot!"

He immediately said:

"You guys get started. If you want to do any experiments, just do it. I won't say anything, I will just watch!"

The next second, the mouth disappeared.

But pairs of eyes appeared one after another on Shang Jianyao's cheeks, chin, chest, abdomen, back of hands and other places without blinking.

The eyes of the people in white coats became extremely frightened, and someone shouted:

“Come on, come on, give him the anesthetic!

"According to the standards of a full-grown elephant!"

Shang Jianyao's ten pairs of eyes simultaneously witnessed a needle as thick as his forearm injecting liquid into his body.

He muttered silently to himself:

“The courage to face danger…

"The courage to face danger..."

Just like that, he passed out and had a good sleep.

When he woke up, the laboratory was empty.

"What's this change?" Shang Jianyao sat up cross-legged and rubbed his chin. "The owner of the room was indeed caught and injected with anesthetic. What he saw when he woke up was this picture? This is her psychological shadow. It’s a place, not this thing, so no matter how you escape, it’s considered a success?”

The corresponding "strategies" provided by "Pangu Creatures" are to escape from here all the way and move forward bravely.

This also counts as breaking through this psychological shadow, so no one has been caught trying before.

…………

Floor 495, Area C, No. 11.

Long Yuehong was lighting a desk lamp and packing her original clothes.

After finishing this matter, he sat down and planned to take a rest before washing up.

Still idle, he took out the talisman of many children and grandchildren given by his mother Gu Hong.

When her fingers rubbed the surface of the light yellow talisman paper, Long Yuehong suddenly felt something was wrong:

This paper is relatively new, it doesn't look like it was passed down from grandma's generation.