Polly Joan raised his head and examined Tang Lan from top to bottom, as if confirming his condition. If the one doing this was Lu Feng then An Zhe would feel that he was trying to decide if this person should be shot or not. Meanwhile, Polly’s grey-blue eyes examined Tang Lan with the kindness of an elder, as if he was worried that Tang Lan was injured outside.

Sure enough, Polly wondered, “Was there danger outside?”

“It was dangerous but I wasn’t injured. I am more experienced.”

Polly said, “You are just reassuring me.”

Tang Lan smiled, his eyebrows sharp and beautiful, a vicious and cold killing spirit hidden. An Zhe remembered that Hubbard was the best mercenary leader and his vice-captain must not be a slouch either.

Polly Joan questioned, “How is it outside?”

Tang Lan replied, “It is pretty much what you expected. They are balanced.”

Then he pulled a data cable out of a drawer and connected a miniature camera to the computer. Hundreds of pictures were loaded onto the large screen.

At first glance, these pictures were empty. They only showed the indescribably strange landscape peculiar to the Abyss, as if it was a landscape photo taken by curious tourists. However, when looking closely, one couldn’t help holding their breath.

One of the most striking photos was a huge lake from an aerial view. The lake had frozen and the ice had covered the brown algae, the floating branches and fallen leaves. Yet just below the ice surface, there was a huge, irregular black shadow—the back of an aquatic creature. It just stayed underwater like this, the shadow seeming like an abstract painting.

Right at the shore of this lake, the grey vines were tangled around the dead branches of the dense forest. The next photo was a close up of the vines. The appearance was as smooth as an earthworm and there were radial star-shaped patterns under the skin. The black blood vessels seemed to be moving in agitation again and again. An Zhe immediately realized that this wasn’t an ordinary plant. The vines throughout the forest were all monsters with the same tentacles.

“Only one was taken here because it found me,” Tang Lan told them.

Polly took the remote control to glance through the photos.

“They have gone through three months of killing and now they are all large monsters. The small monsters are completely invisible.” Tang Lan continued. “I fought with them a few times. Sir, I am sure that out of the entire institute, I’m the only one with the strength to escape from them but I can’t fight them all. Moreover, all the monsters in the Abyss are polymorphic. I’m not sure how terrible they are now.”