Long Hui retrieved a bottle of water, opened it, and held it to her lips.
Yu Qi took a few slow gulps, the cool water soothing her dry throat and gradually stabilising the lingering dizziness in her head.
"Thank you." Yu Qi offered a weak smile. "I am feeling much better now."
"Let's retrieve Neko-chan and get out of this underground facility." Long Hui said.
"Mhm." Yu Qi nodded.
They retraced their steps, returning to the primary laboratory where they had deployed the USB drive earlier.
The laptop screen was still glowing brightly. The moment Neko-chan detected Yu Qi's presence, the virtual kitten on the display immediately bounced up and down excitedly.
'Master! Master! I have extracted everything!' Neko-chan declared triumphantly. 'And guess what? This terminal is not just a local research database. It has root administrator access to the entire island's internal network!'
Yu Qi's eyes lit up. "Were you able to pull data from the whole facility?"
