LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 17: Laboratory №45 (End)
When the notification signal rang out in the Laboratory No. 45 dungeon, all the players were stunned.
What the hell is going on?
We've only just entered the dungeon.
We're still looking for the first data card.
And suddenly you're telling me that someone has completed the dungeon?
No, it's not just completion.
What does it mean that the “dungeon is merging with the Mysterious World”?
“Damn, what's happening? Someone has already completed the dungeon?”
“Could this be a mistake? I haven't even found the first research material yet!”
“It can't be! The record for the fastest completion of Laboratory No. 45 is three days, set by the first player. Even if someone is stronger than him, it couldn't have been done that quickly!”“Less than a day, no, only three hours! Even if you follow the guide, you couldn't clear it that fast. Are the infected on the way even dead?”
“Complaint, someone is cheating!”
“What does this ‘dungeon merging with the Mysterious World’ mean? Does that mean this dungeon will no longer exist?”
“You've got to be kidding me!”
...
Someone completed the dungeon, and they weren't surprised.
But to do it that quickly is just too much!
Moreover, logically, when someone completes a dungeon, it doesn't close.
Other players remain in the dungeon, completing tasks or dying, or completing it themselves.
There are a hundred players in the dungeon, and Laboratory No. 45 is not small. That's evident from the fact that Bai Lian only encountered a few other players in thirty hours.
This side quest is huge, and there are far more research materials than just nine, which is enough for most players to complete the task.
However, when the first player completed the quest, the side quest closed, and those who didn't complete it were teleported!
This situation is unprecedented in this strange world!
Before the players, stunned by what was happening, could understand what was going on, the countdown ended, and they all disappeared from the quest.
Of course, not only the players were shocked.
But also the viewers of Bai Lian's stream!
【What’s going on, I just went to the bathroom and came back to see that the streamer has completed the quest?】
【Whoa! God!】
【Even knowing that this could happen, I still couldn't believe it when it did, it's too awesome! My Bai is a real god!】
【Three hours to complete an E-level dungeon in one of the hardest locations, Laboratory No. 45, and get an unprecedented SSS rating! Tell me, is this even human? This is a god!】 𝑅ἈꞐŏβËS
【When the first player, Qian Shan Xue, entered Laboratory No. 45, he cleared it in three days, and everyone considered him great, but now there's a player stronger than him!】
【How can anyone be so incredibly strong?!】
All viewers in the live stream were stunned by Bai Lian's completion notification!
Regardless of how they had laughed and boasted earlier, they were all convinced that Bai Lian couldn't complete the dungeon so quickly.
Because in their understanding, even the first player in the world would need three days to clear such a dungeon. So, no matter how strong Bai Lian was, he couldn't have done it faster.
But Bai Lian shattered their perceptions!
Not three days, but three hours!
Just three hours, and he received an unprecedented SSS rating for completion!
What does this even mean?
Viewers immediately understood and were so excited they couldn't contain themselves!
A new god is rising!
Many immediately began uploading their video recordings to the internet.
In the real world, there is a website dedicated to discussing the Mysterious World.
This website is called “Mysterious World,” and its popularity is simply staggering—it became extremely popular from the very beginning.
On it, you can find guides, walkthrough videos, a database on the Mysterious World, and much more. In short, everything related to this world is gathered here.
And today, one post quietly appeared in the discussion section.
“Best Newcomer, Unprecedented SSS Rating for Completion!”
The headline is straightforward, just a plain statement of facts.
But when an SSS rating for completion appeared here, this post became a real hit!
When a person enters the Mysterious World, was there anyone who received an SSS rating?
Of course, there was—Bai Lian, the only such person.
Yes, the only one!
“Damn, am I blind? Quick, tell me this is a fake!”
“I watched this video ten times and still can't believe it.”
“Are you still talking about the completion speed? Look closely, it's an SSS rating! He's the only player who received an SSS rating for completion!”
“Wait, this person looks familiar, where have I seen him before?”
“I remember! This guy is that same newcomer who last time got an S rating in the Yuanxin Clinic! Dammit… his first official dungeon is Laboratory No. 45, and he got the maximum rating again?!”
“To be honest, this guy is truly terrifying. I watched the video, and the only two words that came to mind were: absurd!!”
...
As soon as this post was published, it instantly became popular on the “Strange World” website, and the number of views grew at an alarming rate.
Bai Lian became a real star.
After all, he is the only player who has managed to receive an SSS rating for completion so far.
His incredibly accurate predictions and unfathomable familiarity with Laboratory No. 45 are simply stunning!
Of all these events, Bai Lian was unaware.
At that moment.
The steel gates of the laboratory slowly opened, a beam of sunlight pierced the darkness and illuminated Bai Lian and Mo Lu.
The door was open, meaning that Mo Lu was free.
But there was not even a shadow of joy on her face.
Even the sunlight that she had once longed for now seemed cold and piercing to Mo Lu, like ice, filling her heart with frost.
She suddenly turned around.
She looked at Bai Lian, who was standing behind her, smiling and waving his hand.
She also smiled.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
“Will we... meet again?”
“Maybe...”
The word “no” never left his lips as Bai Lian's figure dissolved in the light, scattering into sparkling dust.
“Maybe...”
Mo Lu stood there, staring blankly at the empty space, quietly repeating those words.
A long time passed.
Finally, she looked at Laboratory No. 45, the place where she had been imprisoned for over ten years.
There was no attachment at all. She turned around and walked away...
Bai Lian was teleported.
He only felt everything around him start to blur, and then the entire world before him seemed like a time tunnel, quickly passing by.
At the end, everything, like in a mirror, shattered into pieces.
In each fragment, different scenes were reflected!
“This...” Bai Lian looked at these fragments, his eyebrows furrowed in concern.
He saw a familiar figure in one of the images.
It was Mo Lu.
But this Mo Lu was slightly different from the one he knew.
She was wearing a white research suit, standing in front of a newly built laboratory door, with several researchers following her.
Some of them, Bai Lian recognized—they were the ones who tried to kill him.
In these shots, they were younger than in the dungeon.
Bai Lian froze for a moment.
Mo Lu... is she the professor?