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For half an hour, Xue Jing did nothing but burrow secretively to steal rice.

If not for the fact that dawn was approaching, and soon the employees of Xu's Biological Company would start their workday, Jing would have stolen everything if he could.
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But even without stealing everything, his harvest was quite exaggerated.

[Divinity held: 5966]!

In half an hour, he touched a total of eleven Divine Relics, gaining over five thousand five hundred Divinity!

He almost completely filled the huge gap needed to upgrade his Shadow Flame to Lv10 and his Divine Incarnation!

The last time he had such a level of harvest was at the Intersecting Boundaries' "Roaring Waterfall," but that was the fruit of hard labor, fraught with peril.

Whereas now, it was almost like reaping without sowing, securing nearly six thousand Divinity.

Xue Jing left the 1052nd floor with a sense of satisfaction, feeling a tinge of regret.

The compartments used for containment were checked daily, and the small holes he drilled out with his Shadow Flame would definitely be noticed. Once he left, Xu's Biology would enhance security precautions, and who knew when he would be able to return next time.

But it didn't matter, as it goes there are only so many days to be a thief, but forever to guard against one.

Even the most cautious would have their moments of laxity, especially once they realized that the Divine Relics hadn't gone missing. They would probably only symbolically strengthen the security, not truly being too wary.

Afterward, he would come again...

After leaving the 1052nd floor, Xue Jing continued upwards.

From here on, it was the area he had never been to before.

However, according to the arrangement of Luo many floors before, he had a rough understanding of Xu's Biological Company's security routine and style; he could basically make an accurate guess.

Arriving at a new floor, he glanced around a few times, quickly realizing where the surveillance cameras and trigger alarm devices might be scattered. He also had a sufficient understanding of the models and performance of the equipment, including their coverage range, as he moved between each blind spot.

Thanks to his skills optimized for stealth, he virtually encountered no obstacles, and soon Xue Jing arrived at the 1083rd floor, only a dozen floors away from his destination on the 1097th and 1098th floors.

The higher he went, the more sci-fi the various machines placed within the floors appeared to Xue Jing... although he could not fully comprehend them, he could somewhat distinguish them from their appearance.

"These are..."

On the 1083rd floor, Xue Jing concealed himself in the shadows, passing by a long white corridor.

Unintentionally, he glanced through a room's window and stopped in his tracks.

The room was very dim, only some blue-green faint glimmer flickered, illuminating the inside scene.

Those were rows of neatly arranged transparent formalin jars, each containing a naked human body, both men and women.

"Human experimentation, huh..."

Xue Jing paused briefly but didn't think too much about it.

When entering the Inner Ring, Ning Yuantai had mentioned to him that some security companies would sell the 'criminals' they arrested to medical, breeding, or biological companies for unscrupulous human experimentation.

This kind of human experimentation on 'criminals,' although theoretically illegal, was for some reason mostly overlooked by the authorities, being a semi-open secret.

Due to this overly harsh 'punishment,' many would consider the possibility of being unlucky enough to be used for such experimentation before committing crimes, which had, in turn, significantly improved the security rates.

Passing the room with human experiments, Xue Jing continued upwards.

Half an hour later, on the 1096th floor.

Concealed within a hidden air duct, Xue Jing lurked in its shadows, frowning slightly.

"No entrance to continue upwards... strange."

He had been wandering around this floor for a while now and had not found any passage to the 1097th floor.

The internal elevator buttons of Xu's Biology also skipped 1097 and 1098 directly; after 1096, the next was 1099.

What was even more troublesome was that whatever building material was used for the 1097th floor seemed to block spiritual power; his "Meditative Visualization" couldn't penetrate through, which meant he couldn't scout ahead for details.

"It seems these two floors are indeed special..."

At a thought, Xue Jing realized that dawn was nearly upon him.

"Even if there's an entrance, there's no time to find it now."

"Should I go back first?"

Xue Jing pondered for a moment.

But if he went back now, once Xu's Biology discovered the holes drilled into the Divine Relic Shelter, they would tighten their security, and he wouldn't be able to return anytime soon.

"Or should I force my way through?"

If he really wanted to go up, there were ways.

He could use Shadow Flame to burn through the ceiling and reach the 1097th floor in that manner.

But, this wasn't a good method. He was unsure of the structure and layout of the 1097th floor, uncertain of where he would emerge or whether he would trigger any alarms.

"No, no, it's too risky," Xue Jing shook his head.

If it were a normal place, with his abilities, triggering an alarm and being discovered would still allow him to retreat easily.

However, this was Xu's Biology, a super company under the Xu Family, one of the Thirteen Great Families of Zhuxia...

Xue Jing still remembered the man he encountered in Qingcheng while searching for clues about the Heavenly Lodge Insect Mother at the Chief Councillor's house.

The man possessed "Four-Dimensional Senses," and was able to follow the "Tracks of Time" to find him, even though he was in a state of Shadow Lurk + Aura Blockade.

Given that Xu's Biology had such good security measures for the 1097th and 1098th floors, even preparing materials that block spiritual power, there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be someone with BUG-level detection methods like "Four-Dimensional Senses."

The risk was too great; he couldn't go up.

After a short consideration, Xue Jing decisively turned back.