After reading through this outrageously detailed information, Ren Yi completely understood the nature of this "back-scratcher"—Anomaly B-129.
Previously, he had wondered why, despite both being staff members with numerical designations, B-406 appeared so frequently and was even entrusted with transporting critical materials, looking very much like the Doctor's confidant.
Meanwhile, B-050, who possessed significant combat strength, was treated like a disposable battery and thrown into a sealed pod to die.
As it turned out, it wasn't that B-406 held a high status.
It was because he had become the designated battery for this "back-scratcher."
"He's not an errand boy; he's a walking urn."
Ren Yi watched the calm, efficient B-406 through the glass partition.
Just moments ago, under the Doctor's orders, B-406 had used the Withered Claw four consecutive times to clear the laboratory.
Each use meant his eye was "removed remotely."
Although he had managed to endure the cost through mechanical eyes and prosthetic parts, his "deception count" on B-129's hidden ledger was rapidly approaching the death threshold.
His practiced motion of inserting an eyeball wasn't because he was cool; it was because he had no idea how many times he had narrowly escaped death like this.
In this base, B-050 was kindling thrown into a furnace to be incinerated instantly, while B-406 was a candle placed by the fire to be slowly melted away.
"Truly, every single one of them is a ruthless character."
Looking at the wooden expression on B-406's face and B-050 pinned to the bed like livestock, a thick sense of dissonance rose in Ren Yi's heart.
The loyalty of the members in this base was twisted to an almost pathological degree.
Whether it was B-050 being tossed into an experimental pod or B-406 constantly approaching death, neither seemed to have any intention of resisting for the sake of their own lives.
In a place where lives were sacrificed at every turn and people were treated as disposable consumables, simple ideological education or brainwashing slogans clearly wouldn't be enough.
"There must be a more forceful insurance policy," Ren Yi thought to himself.
Through that successful "appraisal," Ren Yi had also fully grasped the capabilities of this evolved cheat.
Simply put, it required Ren Yi's perception to act as a "signal receiver"; he had to have direct contact with the object to trigger the data decoding.
It didn't allow him to use it like an encyclopedia where he could input a keyword and get ten thousand words of information.
"I can't waste time here. The Doctor's side is the main event!"
Ren Yi suddenly realized that Dr. Cyril had been in that office for quite a while.
Trying to manage three perspectives at once was proving to be a bit too difficult...
Thus, Ren Yi hurriedly retracted his perception from this area and snapped his perspective back to the minimalist office.
Dr. Cyril was still sitting in front of the computer.
But to Ren Yi's surprise, this cold woman who held absolute authority in the base and could face an S-rank threat without blinking was now showing a rare hesitation in front of a blank search box.
Her slender fingers hovered over the keyboard, her fingertips turning pale from the excessive tension.
This left Ren Yi somewhat baffled.
Reasonably speaking, as the chief administrative and scientific officer of this base, Dr. Cyril should have the files of every contained Anomaly at her fingertips.
Among the several Anomalies related to today's events, none seemed to require her to specifically search for information.
She had just looked at the file for the Beacon, B-013, not long ago; his own file clearly wasn't finished yet...
As for S-099, a major threat to this base, she should be able to recite its data by heart, or at the very least, read it aloud without a single stumble.
As for B-129, there was no need to trouble herself over a mere back-scratcher.
"So, what she's looking for must be something that even someone of her level finds unfamiliar, or even... fears."
In that case, Ren Yi had two guesses.
While reviewing the file for Beacon B-013 earlier, he had noticed an extremely cryptic note at the end:
【Note: B-013 has low hazard potential, but it is suspected to share similar properties with S-■■■ and S-■■■.】
Those two redacted numbers were like eyes hidden in the abyss.
Finally, as if making a firm decision, Dr. Cyril's fingers flew across the keyboard.
As she pressed the enter key, the pale light of the computer screen reflected in her pupils, which held a trace of hidden fanaticism within their calm.
The code that appeared at the top of the screen sent a shock through Ren Yi's mind, as if a thousand thunderclaps had erupted at once.
He had originally thought that being imprisoned right at the start of this world meant he would need to plan for a long time just to escape this disastrous beginning.
Accordingly, how to complete the specific exam missions would have to be discussed later.
But he hadn't expected to encounter a suspected target so quickly.
【Anomaly File: S-003】
【Alias: God's Corpse】
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