Reborn as an Evolving Space Monster: Harem Of Otherworldly Beauties-Chapter 296: Underground Lab

"Hm?"

Roka stopped suddenly, causing Lith to walk right into her.

"Uwa?"

"Just noticed I have an unread message." She muttered.

Click-

Hey, we're not at the café if you're wondering. Might come by later, not sure. Probably sleeping at Liz's tonight. Thanks for letting me crash at your place last night. -Cero

"Seriously? I gotta be a babysitter and a cuck?!"

"Uwo!" Lith shouted, staring at the shining screen.

"Let's pick up the pace." Roka shook her head. "I'm so freaking late!"

***

"Did we have to leave our phones? Liz and Rea are waiting, you know?"

"What are they doing?"

"Gaming."

"I'm sure they won't mind then."

Silent seconds passed.

"Why did you bring me to this ghetto?"

"You don't like it?" Raya asked with a grin. "These slums are where I'm from. Yo."

"Spit some slang then."

"Follow me, chappie. If you don't wanna get shanked."

"My bad." Cero nodded. "You're so not from the slums."

"Of course not, the fuck? Why would I want to be?"

"Are we there yet?"

"In a bit!"

The two turned a corner and Raya stopped.

A chained door that Cero hadn't even noticed was opened.

"That's ghetto as fuck."

"I know, right? Hehe."

The door gave way to a descending staircase.

"Underground stuff." Cero muttered, nodding. "Very cool."

"Yep." Raya started walking down the staircase. "Can you hear the music?"

"I can. Are we going to a party?"

"Kinda. It's an underground club. Wait a sec." Raya walked up to the female bouncer and whispered in her ear.

The bouncer nodded and allowed them to enter.

The music was so loud that Cero walked with an eye half-closed despite trying his best not to focus on his hearing. Unfortunately, his senses were too sharp.

"Want a drink?" Raya said, pointing at the bar on the other side of the dance floor.

Cero stared at the crowd for a bit.

"No." He sighed. "Aren't we supposed to-"

"We'll get to it!"

The two walked over to the bar, and Raya whispered in the bartender's ear.

A moment later, they were behind the counter.

The bartender opened the nearly invisible hatch, and Raya started going down the ladder revealed.

With a hop, Cero arrived.

"An underground underground facility." He muttered while looking around. "Cool."

"Right? No one knows about this place. Well, apart two employees and the owner. No phones allowed as well."

"So that we can't be tracked."

"Yep."

Cero frowned as he looked around.

"Doesn't seem comfy at all."

"Since when do you care about comfy?"

"Since I saw Rea's place."

"Pfft!" Raya chuckled. "Yeah, I'm sure that's a different level of comfy."

She started walking and Cero followed her.

"It's basically soundproofed, thanks to the noise from above. Most of the people who come to party there are absolutely shitfaced and on more drugs than one can count, so it's pretty safe."

"You're going through a lot of trouble to make sure this stays… Wait, did you have this place before leaving Wor? Or did you find it in… Like 24 hours?"

"I work pretty quickly." Raya said proudly. "With money and connections, everything is possible."

"I'm sure you have connections, but what about money?"

"Let's not worry about that for now…" Raya opened three drawers and gestured. "Here."

"What are they?"

"Compounds, drugs, anything I saw would be useful to you."

"Aha. Not going to tell me more details about what I'm about to eat?"

"Do you care?"

"Nope." Cero answered with a smile, stepping up to the drawers and their contents. "Anything that wifey serves up, I eat happily."

"That's a good boy." Raya whispered with a seductive smile.

"Yeah, yeah." Cero chuckled as he started downing the unknown contents that filled the vials, flasks, bottles, jars, buckets, and tanks.

On many of them were symbols of bones, skulls, and one that Cero had come to learn represented radioactivity.

Raya moved to reveal what lay below a thick cloth that covered most of a long table.

Before she had the time to do so,

"Damn…"

"Already done? Seriously?"

"Tasty." Cero said with a satisfied smile.

[Your Skill "Venomous Fangs Lv.2" becomes "Venomous Fangs Lv.3"!]

[Your Skill "Poison Resistance Lv. 4" becomes "Poison Resistance Lv.5"!]

[Your Skill "Poison Production Lv.3" becomes "Poison Production Lv.4"!]

[Your Skill "Infectious Cut Lv.3" becomes "Infectious Cut Lv.4"!]

[Your Skill "Fungus Production Lv.2" becomes "Fungus Production Lv.3"!]

[Your Skill "Venom Production Lv.2" becomes "Venom Production Lv.3"!]

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[Your Skill "Hallucinogenic Production Lv.4" becomes "Hallucinogenic Production Lv.5"!]

[Your Skill "Hallucinogenic Resistance Lv.7" becomes "Hallucinogenic Resistance Lv.8"!]

[Your Endurance Stat increases by 25 Stat Points.]

[You have Developed the Skill "Virus Production".]

'Infectious Cut and Virus Production… Now that's interesting.' Cero thought to himself while Raya sighed.

"You seriously ate it all right away?"

"Yeah. Surprised?"

"I mean… A little bit?"

"I trust you."

"I know you do but still… A bit of healthy caution wouldn't be a bad thing."

"Nah, fuck that. You worry about me more than I worry about myself, so if you say it's fine for me to eat, then it is."

"Hm…" Raya frowned for a bit and rubbed her forehead. "Fine, if you say so. I'll get you more stuff. This is just what I could get my hands on in 24 hours."

"Alright." Cero nodded.

His moved to the table she was standing in front of.

"So? What you got under there?"

Raya turned towards the table and took hold of the cloth.

Judging by the outline drawn, Cero could already tell what lay below it.

"Remember our guinea pigs?"

"I would never forget them."

Seven cages were revealed, each holding a rat-like creature. Or used to hold such creatures.

"Hm." Cero's eyes narrowed as he walked up to the table. "That's disappointing."

"Yep." Raya sighed, massaging her eyes. "Four out of seven died."

"Gruesome deaths too." Cero commented, seeing that two of the transparent cages had been painted red from the inside. "Did they blow up or something?"

"Something like that." Raya turned towards him and stared with a serious expression. "You have to be careful with that ability."

"Yeah…" Cero clicked his tongue. "I know."