Zhang Xiaoman was now amidst a portion of the wreckage that seemed to have almost no value.
Most of the interior had turned into those black stones, to the extent that even the ship’s original structure was unrecognizable.
Not only that, but those divine seal patterns appeared to have spread outside, turning a patch of the grassland black as well.
Jiu Jiu had been sent off by him to the power plant to help the people there with purification, so she couldn’t come over for the time being.
He decided to go check out the situation by the lake.
Similarly, he ordered Star Guard to take the lead, and only after confirming it was safe inside did he enter.
This section of the wreckage seemed much more intact, and Zhang Xiaoman did not detect any Dark Energy Fluctuations inside. It seemed that this place had not suffered contamination from the divine seal.
The interior decoration of the ship was quite similar to that of the Dawn, seemingly in line with human aesthetics.
However, the space here wasn’t very large and looked to be something like a command center.
Zhang Xiaoman searched around briefly and indeed found signs of human activity.
Judging from the size and shape of the various facilities, this so-called alien seemed to be roughly the same size as a Water Blue Star person.
Not a soul was in this wrecked ship; that guy had disappeared without a trace.
It is possible that he hid in advance upon seeing someone approaching, or he was involved in the operation and went somewhere else.
Upon entering a room that looked like a laboratory, Zhang Xiaoman, seeing the various odd-shaped instruments around, already had some guesses.
Presumably, those Mutant Beasts were researched right here.
If the other party indeed belonged to a race capable of interstellar travel, then it made sense they could create such monsters.
The fact that he couldn’t locate them for a period of time earlier on might have been thanks to this piece of wreckage, which presumably blocked detection by the Dawn through some means.
But now that Zhang Xiaoman had found this place, he wasn’t worried about that guy stirring up any more trouble.
Moreover, many of the devices here were genuine alien products, giving him an unexpected windfall this time.
"Plague Church, divine seal, Savardo, Variant Diffusion Plan... my, he really intends to conquer the world."
Zhang Xiaoman did a round in the laboratory, and on the walls, there were scattered droplet-shaped patterns. Through his language ability, he could tell these were likely words casually written by Lord Makula.
"Hmm... what’s this?"
He approached a table, and just as his hands touched it, a holographic projection appeared before him, clearly displaying a map of Water Blue Star.
On this map, a conspicuous red mark indicated a spot that seemed to be used by the area’s former owner before their departure.
"Is this the high-tech zone south of Paris?"
Zhang Xiaoman, who often used such holographic projections inside the Dawn, tried to control it with his hand and discovered he could actually manipulate it successfully.
In the dynamic map, at a location in the Ba Li High-tech Zone, a strange machine on the largest building was seen emitting some particles.
Combining the descriptions from scattered notes nearby, Zhang Xiaoman furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, then his expression abruptly changed.
"No good, his target isn’t BRC Power Plant after all, he’s heading for the Bades Laboratory!"
Now understanding the opponent’s goal, he couldn’t care less about the things here anymore and immediately contacted the Dawn through his wristwatch.
"Star Order, change the course immediately, head to the Bades Laboratory in the Southern Bali District, I have sent you the map, hurry!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he activated the Unlimited Teleportation, sensed Jannan’s location, and vanished in a flash.
Ten minutes ago, in the Bali South District, Bades Research Institute Headquarters.
The place was a world-renowned lab headquartered in Bali, a private nonprofit research center that focused on diseases, vaccines, biology, microbiology, and related fields of study.
If just to go by the name, perhaps many people wouldn’t know much about it.
But if one mentioned rabies, most should have heard of it.
Indeed, the world’s first rabies vaccine was developed by Mr. Bades, the founder of Bades Research Institute.
He subsequently established the institute, which has many branches around the world.
The lab located in Bali was its headquarters.
By this time, the institute, which had produced eight Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, was surrounded by countless black Mutant Rats.
In the midst of the rats, several figures in robes moved among them.
Where they passed, not only did the surrounding rats refrain from attacking, but they actually cleared a path for them.
"Boss, I just received a message that Death is also dead, and now only Famine is left distracting the military’s firepower in the city," Hawke reported to his boss.
On the left within the group, Hawke relayed the situation to his superior.
"Heh, the lighting in Bali hasn’t gone out yet, so of course Death has failed, something I’d already anticipated."
The man in the middle spoke up.
He was Rees Walton, the largest shareholder of the world’s number one security company "Black Fox" and "War Messenger" of the Plague Church.
"That fool Death, he always thought he was Lord Makula’s confidant, how ridiculous. He was nothing but a disposable pawn; Lord Makula didn’t even disclose the real plan to him. His only value was to divert attention for us."