Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 99: The Enlightened One’s Base (Part )

Following Harold's words, the dirt-covered wall in front of the two men silently parted, and a hint of iron alloy could be vaguely seen from the gap in the wall.

Stepping behind the wall, there was a compartment similar to an "elevator". As the wall closed again, the compartment began to sink - but it only sank for a few short breaths before stopping.

Then, the compartment opened again.

Behind the door was a dark corridor, with only a chandelier hanging above providing some light.

"We have limited generators and power has to be given priority to other equipment."

Harold took a deep breath of the still humid air, his expression visibly relaxed. He shrugged: "But our artificial eyes all have night vision, so it doesn't matter."

Song Shi snapped his fingers.

Two flames lit up deep in his pupils, and the originally dim scene in front of him suddenly became clear.

“Is this also psychic power?”

Looking at this scene, Harold muttered something and walked quickly towards the passage.

"Come! I'll show you around here!"

According to Harold, this stronghold was built under the supervision of the previous commander Cornelia - the current name "going along with the flow" was also named by the other party herself.

The entire stronghold is not very large.

This place was built on the sewer network. In order to avoid collapse, they did not dare to open up too much space, covering an area of ​​less than 200 square meters. Pipes tied with cable ties are stuffed in the gaps between the floor and the ceiling. Many things are piled together, and the overall environment is cold.

"Iron Shovel is out on a mission, and the people are still outside. I'll take you to find the Boss and Flash Star first—"

"That's no need."

The next moment, a gentle voice sounded.

Not far away, the door of a room was pushed open and a figure walked out.

This is a man who looks a little sick, probably in his early thirties.

Even though he was wearing a thick coat, Song Shi could still see that the man had a thin physique underneath the coat.

His face also looked somewhat sickly pale.

But in this paleness, looking at the two figures in front of him, the man slowly smiled.

"Nice to meet you, Nandou."

The man smiled and stretched out his hand. "I am the current commander of the Palose Enlightened, Arnan Blue, or you can call me 'Pearl Bird'."

Then, the door of another room opened, and a tall woman with a brown ponytail yawned. There were obvious signs of implants on her body, with silver etched circuits running from her right eye to her chest, and then intersecting with the dark silver prosthetic limb that replaced her right hand. Song Shi recognized it as the "Twilight Boundary Type III" produced by [Zero Degree Network].

A very high-end specialized information warfare prosthesis, equipped with supercomputer, integrated program platform, compatible with fourteen interfaces, icebreaker, and anti-electromagnetic interference capabilities. For most hackers, this is the productivity tool they have always dreamed of.

Then, the woman leaned against the door and nodded to Song Shi: "Sparkling Star, Irene."

Looking at the man, or the "Pearl Bird" Alnan's outstretched right hand, Song Shi pondered for a moment.

Then, he raised his hand to open the hood, pressed it against his face, and as if he was grabbing something, he tore it off with a "swish".

Made of some special silicone, the mask, as thin as a cicada's wing, curled up slightly, floated slowly in the air, and slowly fell to the ground.

The young man raised his head and looked around at everyone.

"——'Nandou'."

He said, "Song Shi."

At this moment, this place similar to a "living room" suddenly fell into silence.

Until one moment, someone broke the silence.

".Ah." Harold scratched his head: "Oh, this, this..."

"Why do you seem surprised?"

Looking at the expressions of Harold and Shan Xing, Song Shi's tone was quite subtle and somewhat difficult to understand: "Haven't you already investigated 'Song Shi'?" - Even if they are so-called "partners", basic background checks must still be done. Regardless of the so-called personal connections and trust, it is purely the most basic organizational quality.

“Investigation is investigation”

Shan Xing no longer leaned against the door. She straightened her posture and looked at the person in front of her with a strange expression: "But Song Shi... you look too young, and the photo on your student ID card is too different from the real person!"

As the leader of the hacker group in the Palose Enlightened, she started investigating since Zhuniao first met him - he was an orphan placed in an orphanage, dropped out of high school, worked in a black factory for a period of time, and was a volunteer for medical experiments.

The person on the student ID card still looked a little confused and had the immaturity that is unique to students.

But seeing with my own eyes at this moment, even though the other person's expression remained calm, after the mask was removed, it was as if a certain "valve" was opened, and a temperament reminiscent of the word "wanton" was revealed in the other person.

No, it's more than that.

As a second-ring [Balance], she could clearly feel that the person in front of her was like a ball of blazing "flame", giving people a feeling of surging burning - there was no doubt that this was the second-ring [Great Source]!
But then, as Song Shi slowly exhaled, all these abnormal "things" disappeared, and he returned to the image of an "ordinary person".

He shook hands with Arnan and then separated.

The three of them sat down on the sofa. This room was positioned like a "living room", specifically for discussing matters, daily conversations and final preparations before a mission.

Harold had just sat down when he suddenly seemed to remember something. He jumped up immediately and ran to the refrigerator on the other side to rummage around. He pulled out a handful of snacks such as Happy Potatoes, Crunchy Candies, Sky-High Powder, Quesadillas, and dried maggots, and piled them on the table in front of the sofa.

"Nan Dou. Uh, Song Shi." He stuffed the food into his mouth and said seriously, "Come! Try it! Eat and talk!"

These aren't cheap.
Seeing this, Song Shi raised his eyebrows slightly and was about to say something, but then he noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the packaging of these high-end snacks.

The "kuai" in "Kuai Le" (Happy Potato) is made of the word "jue" (Decision) in an artistic way, the "tang" in "Crunchy Candy" is quietly replaced with "kang", and the "Kafka Food" trademark on Chongtian Noodles is missing a stroke.
——Except for the dried maggots with curry algae flavor, all of these things are pirated.

".A month ago, Harold went on a mission to an outsourced food processing plant that was temporarily shut down due to trademark infringement allegations."

Shanxing covered his forehead and took a deep breath before explaining weakly, "Before Harold left, he brought back a few boxes, saying that he wanted everyone to relax - but he was basically the only one eating."

"You ate a lot at the beginning! You ate all the 'instant cheese sticks' and didn't eat the rest because you didn't like it!" Harold was dissatisfied.

Shan Xing ignored him and looked at Song Shi: "The fighter is sleeping. You probably won't be able to see him until tomorrow."

[Fighter], this is the main attacker in the first action team.

Song Shi had only seen the other party once, during the ambush and killing of Dennis. The "fighter" was completely covered in a thick exoskeleton armor, two meters tall, holding a heavy electric halberd, like a standing iron tower, silent and taciturn - and when he heard the word "sleeping" at this moment, Song Shi had some judgment of the situation.

Is it because the degree of prosthetics is too high and the load it brings is too heavy?
The next moment, Shan Xing's words confirmed his judgment.

"The fighter's condition is more complicated. He suffered very serious injuries. At the time, our medical conditions were limited. We could only temporarily put him in an 'exoskeleton armor' and use the internal life support system to maintain his vital signs while performing treatment and surgery."

Shanxing's tone was slightly dim: "For treatment, most of his organs were replaced with implanted prostheses, and he can no longer leave the life support system of the 'exoskeleton armor'. You know, too high a degree of prosthetics will bring great mental pressure to a person, so the fighter needs to sleep frequently in the past two years to relieve a certain degree of mental pressure."

——Treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Song Shixin thought.

The current [Fighter] is like a Jenga tower. Everyone can see that it is shaky, but no one knows at which next block the tower will collapse.

Unless they are sent to Jade Pharmaceuticals, they will receive a full process of diagnosis, care and supporting surgery, which will be very expensive.

But this is obviously impossible.

"Tabitha is still debugging the equipment. She hates being disturbed at this time. Tabitha is our mechanic, engineer, and prosthetics doctor." Twinkle Star patted his head and explained, "So, you probably won't be able to see her until tomorrow."

Arnan listened quietly to what Shining Star said.

When the latter finally finished his introduction, he spoke softly.

"Harold."

"Boss?"

"Go and take out the 'ember'."

Alnan nodded slightly, then he looked at Song Shi: "But before that, I want to ask a question."

"——What do you think about the 'Three-Phase Base Project'?"

(End of this chapter)