Chapter 257: Aurora Base

It was also the crowd's first time truly getting close to the Aurora Base. Under Qiong Xuan's lead, they walked straight towards the direction of the elevator.

As Qiong Xuan pressed the elevator's switch, a burst of deep and low humming buzz transmitted from the interior of the deep tunnel wrapped in iron wire mesh, like some kind of large-scale machinery slowly turning. The crowd waited here for a full forty or fifty seconds, before a metal platform rose up from the interior of the tunnel.

What astonished the crowd was, at this time there were already a few figures on the elevator. They wore a uniform color of White Coat Wearer. Seeing the numerous Enforcers outside, they indifferently swept a glance, and pushed open the metal fence door to walk out.

"Make way." Qiong Xuan's voice rang out.

The crowd was stunned for a moment, following which they reacted that Qiong Xuan was speaking to them. They immediately separated to make way for a spacious road. The few figures draped in White Coat Wearer just walked past peacefully like this, not even taking a glance at the crowd on the two sides.

Looking at those white figures disappearing in the distance, thick doubt rose in the hearts of the crowd...

Inside Aurora City, the status of Enforcers was extremely high. Having lived for so many years, it had always been others being respectful and reverent towards them. But here, just casually encountering a few Ordinary Persons wearing White Coat Wearer, they had to take the initiative to make way, even for a seven-stripe Enforcer Qiong Xuan it was the same.

"Remember, inside this base, your function is only one... and that is security." Qiong Xuan's voice slowly rang out. "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't be curious about what you shouldn't be curious about. Unless the base's safety receives a threat, otherwise do not have conflicts with anyone, understand?"

"Understand." The crowd repeatedly nodded.

As the steel fence doors gradually closed up, the elevator began to gradually sink,

Chen Ling turned his head. His gaze passed through the gaps of the fence doors, looking towards the direction those few White Coat Wearer left in, his eyes narrowing slightly...

...

A few figures draped in White Coat Wearer passed through the clearing, arriving in front of that second vehicle that entered the base.

"How come recent experimental subjects are so few?" A White Coat Wearer frowned and spoke.

The vehicle door was opened. A figure similarly wearing a White Coat Wearer walked down, helplessly saying, "What can be done about that... the people voluntarily donating are fewer right?"

"There isn't much time left. If experimental subjects are insufficient, progress will be delayed."

"The way you say this, it's as if I pull a hundred people over for you a day, you guys will be able to have progress... A hundred is not enough, how about five hundred?"

"...I don't like to joke about this matter."

"Alright alright, today two experimental subjects came at once, and they're both young people, quickly sign for them."

One person walked to the back of the vehicle, opening the carriage's door. Subsequently a few figures together carried two rectangular boxes shaped like Coffins out. The front of the box had a rectangular Glass window, able to see the circumstances inside. At this time a young figure was currently lying peacefully within it, as if falling into deep sleep.

"Zhao Yi, nineteen years old, District Three Survivor. During the process of fleeing towards Aurora City he was attacked by the Calamity of the Forbidden Sea, leaving a fatal wound, the remaining time does not exceed a week." A White Coat Wearer holding materials in his hand, spoke calmly.

"Attacked by a Calamity? He's a pretty good Fusion experimental subject."

"But the shelf life is too short, one week is very hard to observe effective results, the value is not great."

"Shorten the intervals between experiments, increase the number of experiment sessions, increase the dosage of each experiment, we can only do it like this..."

The White Coat Wearer nodded his head, walking to the side of the second box.

"What about this one?"

"Jian Wubing, nineteen years old, ordinary Aurora City resident."

"...That's it? The materials are only this much?"

"When submitting it was only written this much..."

"Then there should at least be an illness right?"

"Severe depression, severe anxiety, schizophrenia, autism, paranoia..."

"Wait! Can so many mental illnesses simultaneously appear on a single person's body??"

"It's like this, he often fantasizes that he is a Mushroom that constantly splits. He likes to shrink into his Grandmother's sewing box, but because he is constantly splitting, every split Mushroom also has its own consciousness, all the Mushrooms are anxious about whether they will be squeezed to death by themselves inside the sewing box... hence he became depressed."

"..."

"No matter what is said, at least he only has mental illnesses, his body is completely healthy. He is a rare high-quality experimental subject."

"...Alright then, bring the two of them down."

Under the coordination of a few White Coat Wearer, the two boxes were carried approaching towards the depths of the Aurora Base...

...

The elevator constantly fell in the deep hollow cave.

Red safety indicator lights would appear every set distance. In this endlessly falling hollow cave, it seemed to be the only tool used to measure "depth". The crowd's faces were illuminated by the red light flickering between bright and dark. They looked beneath their feet, their expressions all somewhat solemn.

The location of this base, was even deeper than Chen Ling imagined. Not knowing how many hundreds of meters underground, with the technological standards of this era, it was impossible to build a massive base in such deep ground... If no accidents occurred, this base should have already existed during the Great Cataclysm over three hundred years ago.

Finally, as the elevator slowly decelerated, their figures finally stopped. The fence doors were casually pushed open by Qiong Xuan. Outside was a straight sealed metal corridor.

"Tan Xin said security needed upgrading. I thought how many people would come, the result is only this few."

At the other end of the corridor, a man wearing a White Coat Wearer, with messy hair like Seaweed, was currently lazily leaning by the wall side,

"Making such a big commotion, busy inside and out, it's of no use at all... If I knew it'd be like this, it wouldn't be as meaningful as sleeping and rolling in the sheets earlier."

The moment he opened his mouth, a rich alcoholic scent rushed against their faces, emitting the stench of a hangover, making Chen Ling and the others unconsciously frown.

"The number of people the Aurora Base can bear living long-term is limited. The quota given to us is only this many." Qiong Xuan's complexion was similarly somewhat gloomy, but his voice was still as peaceful as possible, "Thanks for the hard work, Dr. Yi."

Dr. Yi impatiently waved his hands, "Alright, no more nonsense, follow me."

As his voice fell, he heavily slapped the metal door at the end of the corridor three times. A moment later, the center of the metal door pulled open a palm-sized gap.

"Password." A cold voice transmitted from behind the door.

"." Dr. Yi paused for three seconds, "Braised radish without eating vegetables."

Hearing this string of baffling conversation, the crowd behind fell into a deep blankness... Only Chen Ling looked at that closed gap, deep in thought.

After a brief pause, the thick and heavy metal door let out a burst of muffled sound, slowly opening from the inside...