Every escape corridor was equipped with some "delaying devices," whether they were traps, heavy security doors, or automatic weapons. Once the escape mode was activated, these devices would automatically engage after personnel had passed through, blocking any pursuers behind them. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Chen Gu rushed into Escape Corridor 11. After a few hundred meters, he encountered the first delaying device: sixteen kinetic energy rapid-fire cannons arranged around the corridor. He was about to use his highest authority password to deactivate the delaying devices when he realized they hadn’t been activated!

Didn’t Beschenco take this route? Chen Gu subconsciously felt that he had been deceived by Badelov, but something didn’t feel right: Badelov had been abandoned by his own people. Even if he were truly "heroic" and willing to sacrifice himself for the mission, he wouldn’t use this method to delay Chen Gu. Directly engaging Chen Gu would be more effective, and it could also lead the Bureau of Mystic Security to his rescue. Beschenco is no simpleton either; he guessed that Badelov might betray him.

Without hesitation, Chen Gu immediately turned around. He rushed into Chu Zheng’s room, found some hair on a comb in the bathroom, and pinched it between his fingers. Then he switched to the memory of Derek Kun Shen Ken. As a Fifth Energy Level Quantum Wizard, he performed Quantum Divination, which was much more accurate than his previous attempt.

Waves of pale blue energy rose from the void behind Chen Gu, swirling around his body like spirits before finally converging at his fingertips and pouring into the strands of hair.

The hair also began to flicker with a faint light.

In the depths of the unknown, a connection that ordinary people could neither perceive nor comprehend was activated, and Chen Gu felt a sense of direction.

Soon after, the hair he was pinching turned to ash.

But Chu Zheng was a professional, and she naturally possessed a "resistance" to various occupational skills compared to ordinary people, so the result was still rather vague. Fortunately, it did give Chen Gu a rough direction to follow.

Just as Chen Gu was about to pursue his target, he thought for a moment and took the comb with him. It still had some of Chu Zheng’s hair tangled in it, and he might need to perform Quantum Divination again if he couldn’t find her immediately.

Chen Gu dashed out of the base and relentlessly chased after his quarry without a moment’s pause.

On the way, he sent a distress message to his mentor.

When he had previously sent out a distress call to the school, one of them had gone to Zhong Yuanbei.

The main reconstruction work of Huai Shan Branch School was almost complete. With current technology levels, the speed of such basic infrastructure construction was very fast. Zhong Yuanbei had domineeringly seized a well-located grand hall first and was now directing people to move various experimental apparatuses into it, ready to start installation and calibration.

When Zhong Yuanbei received the first message, he paid it no mind whatsoever. What kind of insignificant matter could be more important than rebuilding my lab?

Then, not long after, Chen Gu’s second message arrived. Zhong Yuanbei deleted it in irritation. This useless brat is always causing trouble and wasting my time!

He then continued to guide the workers in the installation.

But after a while, Zhong Yuanbei started to feel restless. That kid... he couldn’t really be in danger, could he? Although, compared to myself, this kid is quite mediocre in all aspects and doesn’t seem like someone who could become an academic powerhouse, he’s still somewhat useful. Last time, he even allowed me to make a grand showing in front of those two old fellows, the Headmaster and Shentu Lu.

Sigh. Once I get that guy back, I’ll definitely give him a good thrashing and teach him a lesson so he never dares cause trouble again in his life! Zhong Yuanbei swore to himself, then turned around and left.

「...」

Chen Gu tracked cautiously, aware of his own capabilities. Even as a multi-professional who could exhibit the power of the Fifth Energy Level, Beschenco was of the Sixth Energy Level! He was only trying to delay and slow down Beschenco’s escape, not engage in a fight to the death with him.

If he carelessly alerted Beschenco, a counter-ambush might spell his own doom.

Why isn’t Teacher here yet? Chen Gu wondered anxiously. Is our supposed mentor-student bond really this fragile?

He was surrounded by high mountains and dense forests. The occasional roar of wildlife in combat, the whistling mountain wind, and the sound of flowing water all mixed together, creating a complex and dangerous environment.

Chen Gu extended his Radiation Field, but it only had a range of a hundred meters—and he believed that Beschenco must possess stealth abilities.

At the Sixth Energy Level, any professional would methodically compensate for their weaknesses.

Along the way, Chen Gu grew extra cautious whenever he heard the sound of running water. Beschenco was an Amphibious Courier, after all. At the moment, he climbed up a hillside, far from the mountain stream he had encountered earlier. The sound of the water was no longer audible, and mountain winds blew around him. Plants swayed, trees rose high, and ancient vines thick as human arms coiled through the forest, swaying in the mountain wind.

Chen Gu let out a sigh of relief, stood still to rest for a moment, and covertly continued to sense that "directionality."

This must be the right way. He continued forward, walking between two large trees and reaching out to push aside an ancient vine blocking his path.

Just as his palm touched the vine, it exploded with a POP, spraying its inner sap directly towards Chen Gu!

An intense sense of danger flooded through Chen Gu as he looked at the sap, feeling as though every drop contained an eye that was staring deathly at him!