Chapter 47: Liu Tianyou Did It Too

Leaving the City Guard headquarters, Zhou Mo headed straight for the Tianyou Research Center without any hesitation.

Are you kidding me? Liu Tianyou's brain, along with his eyes, was right inside his own head; it would be completely unreasonable not to go take a look.

It was a good thing Zhou Mo now had the habit of wearing a hat and sunglasses when going out, otherwise passersby would have seen his skull and eyes twitching uncontrollably.

There was no other reason—Brain-bro was laughing so hard he could barely control the eyes.

Especially when thinking about Xi An's adamant statement that "you are destined to make a wasted trip," Brain-bro had almost lost it right then and there.

When Zhou Mo arrived at the Tianyou Research Center on his electric scooter, police tape and seals had already been put up all around the place, with only two security guards smoking at the entrance.

Seeing Zhou Mo approach, the two hurriedly stubbed out their cigarettes and stretched out their hands to block him: "No entry allowed here!"

Zhou Mo took out the credentials issued by the City Guard and said with a smile, "I'm a detective hired by the City Guard to investigate a case here."

The two security guards looked at Zhou Mo curiously, then looked at the credentials and asked with some confusion, "Haven't inspections been run here many times already? Why send a detective to investigate now? What's going on today..."

Zhou Mo hadn't planned to waste time here, but upon hearing what the security guards said, a bad premonition arose in his heart: "Has someone else been here today?"

The security guards nodded blankly: "Yeah, people from the City Guard. They just left not long ago."

The City Guard?

Zhou Mo's gaze instantly sharpened. As far as he knew, the City Guard didn't have such leisure; everyone had been running around busy with the brain-eating demon case recently. How could they have time to investigate the research center?

However, Zhou Mo didn't make a fuss and asked softly, "Why didn't they let me know when they came? How many people came? Did they take anything away?"

The security guards didn't think much of it. After pondering for a moment, they said, "Only one person came, wearing the City Guard uniform. He said he came to take some photos, went inside for a short while, and then came out."

"He just held a camera and took a few pictures, then left quickly. We didn't see him take anything away."

Having said that, the security guards finally reacted, frowning: "Why are you asking so much?"

Zhou Mo smiled and shook his head: "Nothing, I was just asking casually."

Rather than dwelling on whether this City Guard officer was suspicious, visiting that secret laboratory as soon as possible was much more important. He could confirm things with Xi An after finishing here.

Zhou Mo entered the research center and made his way down to the second basement level with a flashlight.

Because the research center had been sealed off, most of the electrical circuits here had been cut, leaving only the power supply necessary to maintain equipment operation.

Just as Zhou Mo walked down the stairs and prepared to follow Xi An's route to find the secret laboratory, Brain-bro lifted off the skull cap and popped out.

"Hey! If someone sees us right now, it's going to be trouble!"

Zhou Mo quickly looked left and right, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he confirmed there was no one around.

Brain-bro ignored Zhou Mo's panic, instead crawling onto the ground and carefully examining the floor with its eyeball.

Zhou Mo curiously shined the flashlight down and happened to catch sight of a very fresh set of footprints.

Because the research center had been sealed off, no one had cleaned up, allowing a layer of dust to settle on the corridor floor, which clearly revealed the sharp edges of those footprints.

Zhou Mo felt a slight jolt in his heart. This was obviously left by the City Guard officer the security guards had mentioned!

Brain-bro gave Zhou Mo a look that signaled him to follow. Zhou Mo then held the flashlight and followed Brain-bro all the way to the door of a storage room marked with a seal.

And this was precisely the entrance to the secret laboratory.

The man and the brain exchanged a glance. Brain-bro immediately crawled up to the seal and examined it closely, then gently flicked it with its eyeball, causing the strip to drop right off.

When the door was opened, the entire storage room could be seen tossed into complete disarray. The shelving units had been pushed aside, revealing a glowing electronic lock.

Oh ho!

"It seems that City Guard officer is extremely suspicious..."

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Mo didn't rush to open the electronic lock. Instead, he took out his phone and took detailed photos of the situation here, even carefully stepping around the footprints without destroying them.

After finishing all this, Zhou Mo and Brain-bro finally arrived in front of the electronic lock, where a camera was blinking with a red light.

"Go check if the door has any signs of forced entry."

Brain-bro obediently crawled along the wall to the vicinity of the electronic lock, studied it thoroughly for a moment, and then shook its eyes at Zhou Mo.

Only then did Zhou Mo step over the obstacles littering the floor and approach the electronic lock. Without needing Zhou Mo's command, Brain-bro excitedly pressed its eyeball right against it.

Under Zhou Mo's expectant gaze, the camera emitted a series of beep sounds, and shortly after, a crack opened up in the wall!

A smile involuntary crept onto the corner of Zhou Mo's mouth: "Sure enough, no problem!"

This door was completely made of ten-centimeter-thick metal. Rather than calling it the door to a secret laboratory, it looked more like the door to a bank vault; trying to open it without normal methods would have been an extremely difficult task.

Zhou Mo reached out and pushed the door open, and lights suddenly illuminated inside the secret laboratory.

Brain-bro went inside together with him, and Zhou Mo realized that this was precisely the place in his memories where Liu Tianyou had experimented on him!

Just as Zhou Mo stepped one foot inside the laboratory, the heavy door behind him suddenly slammed shut!

Zhou Mo hurriedly turned around, only to find it was already too late. A series of clicking sounds echoed from the door—he was completely locked inside!

'Oh no!'

'Could this be a trap left by Liu Tianyou?'

Taking a careful look around, there were no other exits...

Brain-bro raised its eyeball, preparing to smash the door open. Zhou Mo waved his hand to stop Brain-bro: "Hold on, let's first check what's actually in here. Besides, your eyeball might not necessarily smash this door open."

Brain-bro touched the metal door with its eyeball, weighed the disparity between the two sides, and decided Zhou Mo made sense.

Thus, the man and the brain split up and began a thorough inspection of the items left behind in the laboratory.

Previously, there were no special research apparatuses in the laboratory, only some desks and scattered documents. The most eye-catching thing was the chair placed right in the middle, surrounded by scattered bloodstains and a locked safe.

The man and the brain searched around and finally focused their attention on the chair placed at the very center of the room. On the small cart beside the chair sat a bottle of foreign liquor that looked somewhat familiar to Zhou Mo, along with a remote control. The rest consisted of various craniotomy tools scattered across the floor.

Everything else could be overlooked, but that white remote control placed in such a conspicuous spot made it hard for anyone to ignore.

After a brief hesitation, Brain-bro crawled over and pressed an eyeball onto it.

Crack!

The television hanging on the wall suddenly turned on. Liu Tianyou, holding a skull cap in one hand, his face covered in blood and his eye sockets hollow and dark, smiled and said,

"Xiao Mo, long time no see."