Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Sneak Attack

S-Class males who had entered the High Stage danger level were uniformly isolated and imprisoned in the lowest level of the containment facility.

Furthermore, multiple security checkpoints were set up outside to prevent them from escaping or rioting.

And these checkpoints could only be opened with an iris scan from Admiral Hans.

The officer in charge of guarding the area was very surprised to see Admiral Hans arrive with so many people.

But he didn’t say anything, simply stepping forward to greet him respectfully. “Admiral.”

“Number 5433,” Admiral Hans stated Regal’s number.

The guarding officer understood immediately. “Please follow me.”

Led by the guarding officer, the group passed a series of tightly sealed rooms.

Lu Xiao could sense that an S-Class male in the High Stage danger level was imprisoned inside each and every one of these rooms.

She couldn’t tell if the cell-like rooms were soundproofed or if the men inside were simply making no sound at all.

As they walked, there was almost no sound apart from their own footsteps.

The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive.

Lu Xiao noticed that Shirley and Teacher Ai Li had unconsciously linked arms, leaning on one another for support.

Clearly, the atmosphere here made them feel tense and afraid.

She suddenly felt a pang of guilt. ’Have I been too reckless? I could have easily come next time, when the four teachers weren’t around. I’ll have to be more considerate in the future. Just because I’m not afraid doesn’t mean others aren’t.’

“We’re here. This is it.” The guarding officer stopped, opened the viewing port on the door, and stepped aside.

Lu Xiao peered through the small viewing port into the room. All she could see was endless darkness, like an abyss that could swallow everything.

Suddenly, a pair of amber beast eyes with vertical, slitted pupils appeared at the port, filled with feral intensity.

The four teachers standing behind her jumped, startled by the sudden sight.

They let out instinctive gasps of alarm and backed away, wanting to flee.

Admiral Hans instinctively took a step forward, shielding the four teachers. “Regal, we’ve come to see you.”

At the sound of his name, the vertical pupil visible to everyone seemed to be disturbed by something. It trembled violently, followed by a few groans from within the cell.

Vice Admiral Fred was the first to step forward. “Regal, are you okay?”

There was no response from inside, only faint, scattered noises. Lu Xiao couldn’t resist the urge to step forward, but Teacher Ai Li stopped her. “Lu Xiao, what are you doing?”

Lu Xiao glanced back, giving her a reassuring look. “I’m just going to take a look. I won’t do anything.”

While they were speaking, Regal seemed to finally overcome something. When he reappeared at the port, his eyes were now normal and human. His voice was like sandpaper scraping across a hard surface. “Brother, why are you here?”

“I came to see you.” In truth, Fred didn’t know what to say to Regal. All words of comfort and concern felt pale and powerless in the face of an S-Class male at the High Stage danger level.

Because everyone knew deep down that these men were simply imprisoned here, waiting for death to finally claim them.

There was no longer any hope of survival.

And indeed, a moment later, Regal spoke again. “You don’t have to come anymore.”

His time was almost up.

“Vice Admiral Fred, would you mind stepping aside so I can talk with Regal?”

Just as the air was about to congeal from the oppressive tension, a crisp, clear voice cut through the heavy atmosphere, bringing with it a sliver of life.

Fred’s ramrod-straight back trembled slightly. He then stepped to the side, clearing the space in front of the viewing port.

At the same time, Lu Xiao’s gaze met Regal’s perfectly human, yet gloomy, dark eyes.

“A female?” Regal’s voice was filled with disbelief. ’A female is actually willing to come to this dark, damp, sunless place? I must be about to die. Otherwise, why would I be having such a ridiculous hallucination!’

The intense emotional fluctuation caused even Regal’s good human eye to tremble. He suddenly lowered his head, pressing a hand to that eye as if resisting something. In doing so, half of his body became visible.

Only then did Lu Xiao realize his state of Half-beastification wasn’t just limited to his eye—half of his body had already transformed.

And Regal’s beast form appeared to be that of a brown bear.

“Regal, my name is Lu Xiao. I’m a therapist from the Fifth Research Institute. I came to check on your condition. Are you all right now?”

Inside, Regal, who was busy fighting against himself, heard her words as if they were some kind of joke.

“A therapist…” He suddenly spun around, pressing his half-beastified eye to the viewing port. His tone was exceptionally grim and vicious. “Do you think I look all right…?”

Before his voice had even faded, when no one was paying attention, Lu Xiao suddenly reached out and poked Regal’s forehead with two fingers held together.

She put some force into it, but to a Beastman who was already in a state of Half-beastification, her strength was nothing at all.

Yet Regal, whose forehead had been poked, seemed to be frozen in place by something.

At that moment, everyone else came to their senses and realized what Lu Xiao had done!

Teacher Ai Li rushed forward, grabbing Lu Xiao and clutching her hand tightly. “You’re insane! Are you insane?! How could you dare?”

Facing Teacher Ai Li’s anxious worrying, Lu Xiao simply stared at Regal and smiled. “Don’t worry, Teacher Ai Li. I know what I’m doing. Besides, he can’t get out!”

“What do you mean he can’t get out?! Have you ever considered that if he had reacted a little faster just now, your fingers would be gone? How could you be so reckless? This is an S-Class male at the highest danger level! They have no sanity left to speak of!”

Teacher Ai Li’s arms, holding Lu Xiao, were trembling. She was clearly terrified.

She knew this young female, Lu Xiao, was bold, but she had never imagined she was *this* bold!

Lu Xiao reached out and hugged Teacher Ai Li. “I’m sorry, Teacher Ai Li. I was prepared before I acted. But I am very sorry that I didn’t consider your feelings and made everyone worry. I’ll be more careful in the future.”

’But I knew perfectly well that if I had announced my intentions just now, no one here would have agreed, and I would have lost the perfect opportunity. That’s why I didn’t say a word. Instead, I waited for the right moment—the peak of Regal’s emotional turmoil—to strike, sending a sliver of my purification power into his Spirit Sea. An S-Class Beastman in Regal’s condition can no longer be treated with conventional methods. Even if it were possible, I couldn’t have done it with my current abilities. However, planting a seed of purification power within Regal’s Spirit Sea is another matter. The seed is tiny and won’t have much of a therapeutic effect, but it can become a glimmer of hope. It can create a small, clean, uncorrupted space within his Spirit Sea for him to catch his breath.’

“What did you do?” Admiral Hans asked urgently. They could all see that something was wrong with Regal.

He had been standing there for a long time without moving, as if his body had been frozen solid.

And his one beast eye was filled with utter shock!

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