Chapter 257 Aurora Base

It was also the first time for everyone to really get close to the Aurora Base. Under the leadership of Qiong Xuan, they walked straight towards the elevator.

As Qiong Xuan pressed the switch of the elevator, a low humming sound came from the deep tunnel wrapped in barbed wire, as if some large machine was slowly turning. Everyone waited here for forty or fifty seconds before a metal platform rose from the inside of the tunnel.

To everyone's surprise, there were already several figures on the elevator at this time. They were all wearing white coats. When they saw the many law enforcement officers outside, they glanced at them lightly, then pushed open the metal gate and walked out.

"Make way." Qiong Xuan's voice sounded.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Qiong Xuan was talking to them, and immediately parted to make way for a wide road. Several figures in white coats walked by calmly without even looking at the people on both sides.

Looking at the white figure disappearing in the distance, everyone was filled with doubts...

In Aurora City, the status of law enforcement officers is extremely high. They have lived here for so many years and have always been treated respectfully by others. But here, just meeting a few ordinary people in white coats, they have to give way, even Qiong Xuan, the seven-pattern law enforcement officer.

"Remember, in this base, you have only one function... that is security." Qiong Xuan's voice sounded slowly, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't be curious about what you shouldn't be curious about, unless the safety of the base is threatened, don't conflict with anyone, understand?"

"Understood." Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Under the leadership of Qiong Xuan, everyone stepped onto the elevator leading to the underground. Fortunately, the elevator was large enough, not to mention just more than 20 of them, even if there were twice as many, they could all stand at the same time.

As the steel gate gradually closed, the elevator began to sink.

Chen Ling turned his head and looked through the gap in the gate at the direction where the white coats left, his eyes narrowed slightly...

...

Several figures in white coats crossed the open space and came to the second vehicle entering the base.

"Why are there so few experimental subjects recently?" A white coat frowned and asked.

The car door was opened, and a figure in a white coat came down, saying helplessly, "What can we do... There are not enough people willing to donate?"

"Time is running out, and if there are not enough test subjects, the progress will be slowed down."

"You said that as if I bring a hundred people to you every day, you will make progress... A hundred is not enough, how about five hundred?"

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

"Okay, okay, two test subjects came at once today, and they are both young people, so sign for them quickly."

One person walked to the back of the car and opened the door of the car. Then several figures came out carrying two rectangular boxes shaped like coffins. There was a rectangular glass window on the front of the box, and the situation inside could be seen. At this time, a young figure was lying peacefully in it, as if he was in deep sleep.

"Zhao Yi, 19 years old, a survivor of District 3, was attacked by the disaster of the Forbidden Sea while fleeing to Aurora City, leaving a fatal wound. The remaining time is no more than a week." A white coat held the information in his hand and spoke calmly.

"Attacked by a disaster? It's a good fusion experiment."

"But the shelf life is too short. It's hard to observe effective results in a week. It's not worth much."

"Shorten the interval between experiments, increase the number of experiments, and increase the dosage of each experiment. This is the only way..."

The white coat nodded and walked to the second box.

"What about this?"

"Jian Wubing, 19 years old, an ordinary resident of Aurora City."

"... That's all? That's all the information?"

"That's all I wrote when I submitted it..."

"Then there must be some symptoms, right?"

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

"Wait! How can one person have so many mental illnesses at the same time?"

"It's like this, he often fantasizes that he is a mushroom that keeps splitting, and likes to shrink in his grandmother's sewing box, but because he keeps splitting, each split mushroom has its own consciousness, and all the mushrooms are anxious whether they will be squeezed to death in the sewing box... So he is depressed."

"..."

"Anyway, at least he has a mental illness, but his body is completely healthy, and he is a rare high-quality experimental subject."

"...Okay, take them both down."

With the cooperation of several white coats, the two boxes were carried closer to the depths of the Aurora base...

...

The elevator kept falling in the deep hole.

Red safety indicator lights appeared at intervals. In this endlessly falling hole, they seemed to be the only tool to measure the "depth". The faces of the people were illuminated by the red light, and they looked at their feet with a solemn expression.

The location of this base was deeper than Chen Ling had imagined. It was unknown how many hundreds of meters underground. With the technological level of this era, it was impossible to build a huge base in such a deep ground... If nothing unexpected happened, this base should have existed during the catastrophe more than 300 years ago.

Finally, as the elevator slowly slowed down, their figures finally stopped. The gate was pushed open by Qiong Xuan, and outside was a straight metal-enclosed corridor.

"Tan Xin said that security would be upgraded. I thought there would be many people coming, but it turned out to be just this few."

At the other end of the corridor, a man in a white coat with messy hair like seaweed was leaning lazily against the wall.

"It's useless to make such a big noise and run around... If I had known this would happen, I would have gone to bed early and rolled the sheets."

As soon as he opened his mouth, a strong smell of alcohol came to his face, exuding the stench of a hangover, which made Chen Ling and others frown unconsciously.

"The Aurora Base can only accommodate a limited number of people living long-term, and there are only so many places for us." Qiong Xuan's face was also a little gloomy, but his voice was still as calm as possible, "Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Yi."

Dr. Yi waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, come with me."

After the voice fell, he slammed the metal door at the end of the corridor three times. After a moment, a palm-sized gap opened in the middle of the metal door.

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

"5368873." Dr. Yi paused for three seconds, "Braised radish without vegetables."

Hearing this inexplicable conversation, the people behind him fell into deep confusion... Only Chen Ling looked at the closed gap, thinking.

After a short pause, the heavy metal door made a dull sound and slowly opened from the inside...