As soon as you open the door and walk in, a trap will be triggered. Both doors will be locked, and then lasers will be shot out from small holes on both sides, cutting the person inside into pieces.
Kiana opened the door, still casually walking forward with her hands in her pockets, looking relaxed.
Hiss—
After she entered, the door indeed closed and locked, and then a steaming sound came from both sides.
In an instant, countless lasers shot out from both sides, rapidly cutting towards Kiana.
Kiana didn't even look, her body seemingly casually making many unexpected movements.
Kiana easily dodged the tricky lasers with a simple twist.
When she reached the end of the corridor, the mechanism was disarmed. Kiana looked back, stuck out her tongue, and said:
"EZ~"
After a brief playful moment, Kiana walked out through the door, and not far away was another door.
That was where Mei was.
Mei, in her secret laboratory, had already discovered the moment the hidden door was triggered.
Amidst various futuristic-looking instruments, a woman with long black hair, wearing a white lab coat, a katana at her waist, and half-rimmed glasses, turned around with one hand in her pocket to face the door.
"Are those guards just freeloaders? How did a little mouse sneak in?"
Her face showed extreme displeasure. She drew the katana from her waist, her thumb lightly pressing a button on the hilt.
Hum—
The blade of the katana instantly shimmered with blue electric arcs.
She then walked with unhurried, cat-like steps towards the laboratory door.
Whoosh—
The laboratory door opened. She raised her katana, gripping the hilt with both hands, placing it beside her head, ready to thrust.
"Excuse me…"
Whoosh—
The instant a sound came from the doorway, her figure transformed into a phantom, instantly thrusting towards the white-haired person at the entrance.
Kiana's delicate brows slightly arched, and her body bent far backward, the arch of her waist fully demonstrating Kiana's physical flexibility.
A hint of surprise flashed in the white-coated woman's eyes, but her attack didn't stop, followed by a vertical chop.
Kiana's body rotated to the side, the blade grazing her waist, making it seem like she barely dodged it.
But the attacking woman didn't think so; both attacks had almost brushed the edge of her clothes.
She didn't believe in two coincidences.
Kiana adjusted her posture, then quickly moved to Mei's side, reaching out to hold her hand gripping the katana, preventing her from exerting force.
"Mei, take a good look at my face!"
Kiana pointed a finger at her own face, frowning at Mei.
Couldn't Mei recognize her connection to Mama-chan through her face?
Upon hearing this, Mei's brows furrowed slightly, her eyes full of vigilance. Suddenly, a red laser shot from the rim of her glasses, aiming at Kiana's forehead.
But Kiana simply tilted her head slightly, dodging this laser attack that was almost impossible for ordinary people to avoid.
Seeing this, Mei's pupils constricted sharply.
Could the opponent also be a brain-computer warrior enhanced by brain-computer technology?
Only this explanation could account for why her reaction was so extraordinary.
No, even a warrior enhanced by brain-computer technology would definitely not react as quickly as this white-haired person.
Kiana's eyes narrowed slightly, her pupils faintly glowing with a purple halo.
She hadn't intended to use too much power, but Mei's state seemed off.
Even if she could discern the subtle differences in temperament between herself and Mama-chan, she shouldn't be so ruthless and decisive in her actions, right?
Indeed—
Kiana noticed a brain-computer interface port on Mei's fair neck... Kiana's eyes slightly chilled. She immediately twisted Mei's arm and pressed her to the ground, creating a pair of shackles to lock her hands.
"With your abilities, you should serve Hafoc. Only Hafoc can reshape the new Order for the world. The sky will ultimately belong to Hafoc."
Mei, realizing that struggling was futile, stopped resisting and began to preach Hafoc's ideology to Kiana.
"Brainwashed by brain-computer technology to this extent, these damned…"
Kiana was extremely displeased. She then placed her hand on Mei's brain-computer interface.
Through her clearance, she modified and optimized this brain-computer interface, perfectly hiding the interface with skin mimicry.
After optimizing the brain-computer interface, Kiana began to repair Mei's brain region.
As her brain was repaired, forgotten Remembrance surged forth, and scenes from the past unfolded before her eyes.
"What have I... done?"
Mei's beautiful purple eyes were slightly dazed. She found it hard to accept some of the inhumane things she had done for Hafoc.
Originally, she had been caught in an accidental explosion while overhauling a time-space device, but she was fortunate not to have died.
When she woke up, she found herself in a world similar to the Azure Star... At first, she was lost, feeling helpless in an unfamiliar world.
But remembering Kiana and little Anna waiting for her on the Azure Star, she knew she couldn't give up yet.
So, with her outstanding abilities, the simple device she created caught Hafoc's attention, and she was exceptionally recruited.
After joining Hafoc, she showed her thesis on the development of time-space devices to Jacob, the CEO of Hafoc Corporation.
Since then, Jacob had elevated her clearance to a very high position, and the company fully funded her research and development.
With Hafoc's support, Mei accelerated her research progress, but the development of time-space devices was extremely difficult and would take a long time to complete alone.
However, Jacob didn't seem to be in a hurry for her to successfully develop the device, as he had never rushed her.
But... many years later, a brain-computer expert named Romius joined the company.
Since his arrival, Hafoc began to announce the development of brain-computer interfaces and the Mandel Brick, a cutting-edge technology.
Although she wasn't a brain-computer expert, she had some knowledge of the brain field.
She felt that brain-computer research would definitely involve human experimentation, so she paid attention to this.
Sure enough, she discovered that Dr. Romius was using people from the Asara region for human experiments.
Not just brain-computer interfaces, she also uncovered many other inhumane experiments conducted by Hafoc, such as genetic experiments.
Realizing that she might have entered a den of wolves, Mei began to strategize. Then, by chance, she received contact from a high-ranking member of an organization calling itself GTI... They were also collecting evidence of Hafoc's crimes. Mei hesitated whether to join them at the time... because leaving Hafoc meant her research funding would be cut off.
But GTI seemed to have guessed her thoughts and assured her that GTI would provide her with funding.
With this assurance, Mei began to work as an undercover agent, collecting evidence of Hafoc's crimes.
One day, by chance, Jacob introduced her to his daughter, Kiana Hafoc.
At first, her heart trembled uncontrollably, because his daughter was so much like her beloved!
Besides the surname, her name was also Kiana, and her appearance was so similar to Kiana during her student days.
It was just that her personality seemed very gloomy and she wasn't good at talking.
She knew that this might be a Kiana from a parallel world, not her own.
She began to accompany her like an older sister for a period of time.
Until Kiana disappeared for a few days...
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