[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st":3,"chapter-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-634":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Star Rail: I Established the Foundation at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1928663,2626,"Chapter 634","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-634",634,"\u003Cp>Gradually, he could see more and more doors, office doors, gates closing corridors, and some doors of unknown use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exception, the doors were all locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gathered his courage, returned to the dead, and retrieved their keys and security access cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he was almost able to move freely through the entire site ruins, with only a few high-security control rooms and containment units still refusing him entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... what about Dr. Hughes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam looked through the identity information of the dead and confirmed that Dr. Bartholomew Hughes was not among them, but the entire site was empty, and no traces of human activity could be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has Dr. Hughes already evacuated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This possibility not only existed, but was very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This site was devastated to this extent, obviously by 3125, and was no longer safe, not a suitable shelter or hiding place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Adam's task became finding clues to reveal the doctor's true whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam collected mobile phones, laptops, and various terminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like many novices who had just entered the Foundation, Adam spent a lot of time reading entries without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Foundation's document style is unique, always able to describe the most bizarre anomalous phenomena in the most plain, objective, and calm language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after varying degrees of deletion, these records were still irresistibly addictive. 5.7\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes's name appeared frequently in many entries; he seemed to possess multiple cross-research specialties and often served as the designer of containment facilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam carefully recorded all information about the doctor's career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he accidentally clicked on the personal file created by the Foundation for the doctor... almost everything he had just written was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was a huge gap in this file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last record of Dr. Hughes's actual activities stopped in 2007, followed by a few strokes in 2010, and then an anonymous note separated by several years:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It seems that those who knew Dr. Hughes's fate also encountered the same thing.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[File Ended]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam stared at this unhelpful text, his brows tightly locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's like a riddle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a crossword puzzle enthusiast, Adam believed that a secret agency like the Foundation shouldn't leave clues that needed to be decrypted, but should give clear, explicit, and direct instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the person who wrote this sentence was issuing a warning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't go looking for Dr. Hughes, unless you want to end up the same way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I have to find Dr. Hughes... what fate is more miserable than being enslaved by 3125?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being killed by His minions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is instead a relief, a salvation from waking up from this eternal, hopeless nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam leaned back in his chair, staring deeply at the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, this sentence is not just a warning; this sentence also has a hint in it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dr. Hughes can be found; someone has already done it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam whispered silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After wandering around Site-41 a bit more, Adam found a lounge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no corpses here, nor was there any damage; everything was in order, only a layer of light gray dust covered the furniture, looking as if the owner and user of this room had gone on a long trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam smelled the faint aroma of coffee in the air, and the fatigue of the long journey gradually surged, like a sea tide hitting and stroking the reef wave after wave, issuing a prompt to fall asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If viewed from the rhythm of \"normalcy,\" Adam’s biological clock was incredibly chaotic; it was noon now, far from the time for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since the day-night cycle disappeared, the concepts of \"day\" and \"night\" were becoming increasingly distant for the survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world of \"normalcy\" no longer existed, but the weariness could not be faked; the heavy exhaustion of his body made him unable to resist the temptation of sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam found some things to remove the dust from the sofa, spread out his sleeping bag, and lay down on this temporary and comfortable couch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was deep underground, far from the surface; perhaps he could stay away from that disturbing giant eye in the sky?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Adam was rejoicing in his heart and about to fall asleep, the breath of urgency and anxiety found him, shouting in a commanding tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted in the distance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot rest here! Take action! Calculate! Everything is still in progress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam turned over and ignored Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, doubt quietly rose in his heart because he could really ignore the influence of 3125.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Did I lose something? Or because of what?\" Adam tried to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From theory and past experience, he should be trembling uncontrollably right now, his thinking filled with rage and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, there was only peace in his heart, as if placed in a deep and quiet mountain valley, like sinking to the bottom of an ancient well, without sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the existence of \"Containment-3125\"; theoretically, that was enough to make him limp with extreme horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the actions being carried out by \"Containment-3125\"; this should have ignited monstrous anger in the depths of every fiber of his being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back at the purpose of his trip, as well as the calm estimation of the success probability, all factors intertwined, finally reaching an answer—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All efforts seemed to be in vain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must stop! Everything must end! Please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam Wheeler changed to a comfortable position, curled up in his sleeping bag, closed his eyes tightly, and whispered to the possible listener in the void:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s useless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Site-41, Adam spent the most peaceful night in these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't be troubled by the roaring 3125, nor would he worry about the black ghost in the sky suddenly stepping through the roof and abducting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell asleep in fatigue, woke up full of spirit, and then continued his exploration of Site-41.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Adam decided to search the security room, monitoring room, and similar places first; such places would either have the layout of the entire building or have the keys to the entire building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was the life experience of the \"normal\" world; for a behemoth like the Foundation in the \"anomalous\" world, it might be a bit different from what he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the gap wasn't that big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After searching in the security office for a while, Adam found the layout of the entire site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his memory, he crossed out the rooms he had already explored and those that were destroyed on the blueprint one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, only the rooms that could not be entered were left unmarked on the entire blueprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And without exception, these rooms were all located deep underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the underground building part, the ground building part of Site-41 was just the tip of the iceberg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many research facilities with unknown functions underground; the names marked on the blueprint were things Adam had never seen before, and they were connected by an incredibly complex tunnel network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Adam also found the containment unit where containment objects were stored, as Ulrich mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the numbers on it, Adam sincerely hoped that the containment objects inside were really \"Safe,\" and it would be best if they were all killed by 3125.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—He didn't want to encounter a walking nuclear warhead in his subsequent exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... this is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Adam flipped to the layout of the underground thirtieth floor, he noticed a huge vault with an unspecified purpose there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was undoubtedly a room highly classified within the Foundation; intuition told Adam that he would find something there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might reveal the reason for Site-41’s destruction, might store something dangerous, or might be the place where Dr. Hughes was hiding...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless of which one it was, it was worth his going down to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator part used for carrying people was destroyed, but it still sent Adam completely to the underground thirtieth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the elevator door slowly retracted to one side, Adam moved along the corridor, the sensor lights were awakened by his footsteps one by one, until he stopped at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What appeared in front of him was a huge metal gate; if fully opened, it would be enough for heavy trucks to pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, one corner of it had been drilled with seven or eight overlapping circular holes, forming an opening large enough for a person to pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam shone his flashlight inside, and after confirming there was no obvious danger, he drilled in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the door was a vast, dark space, dead silent, and the air was stuffy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the flashlight tried to break through the boundaries of darkness, but could only illuminate a limited small area in front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a space of silence and oblivion, empty, at least within the range of his flashlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Adam’s footsteps echoed in the empty vault, a huge sound seemed to whisper in his ear, gradually amplifying with his every step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to move forward, and the light of the flashlight gradually revealed the scene ahead—fourteen corpses were lying quietly on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>",1529,"2026-06-14T04:01:53.953Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","049174cd2e23db30e7b2c7010071c795d1e32205242407a1aac9b04d78e14352","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-635","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-633",641,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstar-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]