Chapter 137: The Research Institute
Xia Fei stored the mantis's blood in a few vials that were used to store medicine before storing its carcass in his spatial ring. Xia Fei then made his way deeper into the base.
Every so often, there would be some slogans appearing on the walls, such as' The Alliance's interests are above all else ',' Please strictly abide by the base's confidentiality rules', and so on.
The tunnel was very long, and the bright lights and turbid air were enough to make anyone drowsy. Xia Fei maintained a speed of about 50m/s.
If this was a military base, there would surely be a strict security system, so Xia Fei deliberately slowed down, stopping every once in a while to observe his surroundings.
After advancing for about ten kilometers, he finally reached the end of the tunnel.
A huge metal door stood in front of Xia Fei, and there were yellow warning lines around it. Four sentry towers stood on either side of it. If he were to come here in ancient times, he would surely be subjected to a strict interrogation.
Beside this huge metal door were two smaller doors. The large door was probably for vehicles or large machinery to enter and exit, while the two smaller doors were probably for sentry or other personnel in the base.
Xia Fei walked up to the small door on the left. This door was equipped with four security systems: one for fingerprint verification, one for iris scanning, one for DNA detection, and one for emergency password system.
From these checkpoints, it was not hard to tell just how tight the security of this base had been in the past.
This was the time for the books that Xia Fei had been studying to come in handy. He used Chasing Light to gently pry open the outer shell of the password protection system. The outer shell of the password protection system was not hard, so Chasing Light's blade was able to easily cut it open.
However, he had to pay special attention to avoid the vibration protection system. The moment the vibration protection system was triggered, it would sound an alarm and activate the base's emergency security system.
Chasing Light cut open the outer shell of the password protection system with abnormal stability. Xia Fei pinched the thin alloy panel with his fingers and moved it out, just enough to avoid triggering the vibration protection system.
Xia Fei let out a long sigh as he tossed the panel on the floor and took out a small toolkit from his spatial ring.
Xia Fei was not only an expert in mechanical maintenance, but he was also quite knowledgeable in electronic systems, so he always had a few tools with him in case he needed them.
Xia Fei took out a pair of collapsible wire cutters and a pair of tiny tweezers that were as thin as a strand of hair and began to inspect the circuit system on the panel.
The tweezers searched through the countless thin optical conductive wires, and Xia Fei finally found the conductive wire for the vibration protection system. He nimbly extended the pliers and lightly clamped it, completely nullifying the vibration protection system at this moment.
* Ka-cha! *
Xia Fei very savagely stabbed his Chasing Light into the emergency password system, completely destroying it from the outside.
A string of dazzling sparks burst out from the password system, but the door had already quietly opened.
Phantom shook his head as he watched from the side. "Can't you open the door without destroying the password system? Why are you being so barbaric?"
Xia Fei ignored Phantom as he pushed open the door and strode inside.
We Assassins pay particular attention to not leaving any traces behind. We wont destroy anything if we can. Phantom was following behind Xia Fei, constantly nagging about how the Assassins did things.
Xia Fei lit a Hongtashan cigarette and said nonchalantly, Im not an Assassin. Besides, why go through so much trouble if I can just walk right in?
Behind the door was a spacious hall with a few sofas around it. There was also a huge screen television in the middle of the hall. It looked like this was where the base received visitors.
Aside from Xia Fei's footsteps, the hall was silent, so quiet that it was suffocating.
There was a fashion magazine from a long time ago on the sofa, and a naked blonde lady was smiling at Xia Fei.
Xia Fei picked up the magazine and glanced at it before tossing it back on the sofa.
All the items were in their original positions, undamaged, as if the people here had just left a few minutes ago.
There was a mural on the side of the reception counter, which showed the layout of the entire base, as well as the rules and regulations of the base, as well as the reception guide.
Xia Fei stood under the mural and looked at it with interest.
From the indications on the mural, this base was not as big as Xia Fei imagined it to be. It was divided into three parts according to its functions: the living quarters that could accommodate over a hundred people, the enclosed research area, and the emergency storage area.
There was a small line of words at the bottom of the mural: Core Mining Company 156 Research Institute.
Xia Fei suddenly realized that this was not a military base but a research institute of an ancient mining company. From the layout of the entire research institute, there were only one or two hundred people living and working here. A research institute of this size was nothing in the Alliance.
There were three corridors further ahead. The left led to the storage area, the right led to the living quarters, and the middle one led to the research area.
There was nothing special about the living quarters, so Xia Fei turned around and went to the storage area.
There was also a large metal door outside the storage area, and Xia Fei did the same thing and broke through it.
There were many alloy storage boxes in the warehouse. Xia Fei walked up to the nearest box and opened it to take a look. He saw that it was filled with gray rocks with some fine golden stripes on them.
This was a type of ore called Duoduo, which was very common in the universe and did not have much value.
Beside it was a box filled with scarlet Moore Stones. Xia Fei chuckled. He was wearing this Moore Stone around his neck, which was also where Phantoms resided.
There are a lot of Moore Stones here. Do you want me to move you to a bigger home? Xia Fei took out a rather large Moore Stone from the box and held it in his hand as he laughed. Right, I still have no idea why you are residing in a Moore Stone.
Phantoms rolled his eyes at Xia Fei. Aside from being a type of ore, Moore Stones are also a type of permanent energy body. It's just that the energy structure is rather simple. The reason why I am able to reside in this small piece of rock is because of a unique technique that my sect possesses. As for what this technique is, I cant tell you.
Phantoms spoke in a serious tone, so Xia Fei was too embarrassed to continue asking. Although he had spent quite some time with Phantoms, Phantoms still had many things that he was hiding from Xia Fei.
For example, how he died, how he was residing in this small piece of rock, and where his sect was located. Whenever Xia Fei asked about these things, Phantoms would always be vague about them.
Xia Fei had a feeling that this second-rate assassin and ninth-rate poet was hiding something from him. However, based on his observations, Phantoms did not have any ill intentions toward him, so Xia Fei allowed him to continue hiding things. After all, everyone had their own secrets that were inconvenient to share with others.
Moore Stones still had some value, but the number of Moore Stones in this large box was simply too large. His spatial ring could not store all of them, so Xia Fei had no choice but to give up on the idea of moving the entire box of Moore Stones away and continue searching for other valuable items in the warehouse.
Xia Fei opened up over a hundred storage boxes one by one to take a look. More than seventy percent of them were various types of ores, while the rest were some food, clothing, and other common supplies.
These things were not very valuable to Xia Fei unless he was able to move all the ores away, but of course, that was impossible.
It seemed like his final hope was still in the research district. The ancient civilization had a very high level of technology, and those high-grade instruments would surely be sought after by many research institutions. As long as he could get his hands on one or two complete instruments, it would greatly alleviate Xia Fei's lack of funds.
After walking along the corridor for about two hundred steps, Xia Fei arrived at the entrance of the laboratory.
That heavy alloy door slowly opened, and Xia Fei took a few steps inside. The place was still empty, and he had no idea where the people who were originally in the laboratory had gone.
If they were already dead, they should have left behind some traces, but after Xia Fei's investigation, it was as if the people here had suddenly vanished. Their clothes were still in their cupboards, and there were even half-eaten meals and half-drunk cups of coffee in the dining room.
There were many unknown devices in the laboratory, and Xia Fei walked over and curiously fiddled with them.
Antimatter analyzer! Xia Fei excitedly read the label on a white snail-shaped device.
"Mineral particle scanner!"
Ultracentrifuge!
The devices and instruments in the laboratory gave Xia Fei a huge surprise. Though Xia Fei did not know what most of them were used for, he could tell from the strange names that they must be invaluable.
More importantly, these devices were in perfect condition. Even after such a long time, they still looked like new, which showed just how exquisite the manufacturing standards of the ancient civilization were.
"I know!" Gui Ying suddenly exclaimed from the side.
Xia Fei turned his head and curiously asked, What do you know?
I think I know why there isn't a single person here. It's as if the people who used to live here have suddenly vanished. Phantom's two eyes gleamed as he excitedly said.
"They must have been hit by the robot fleet's annihilation beam. How else could it explain that only humans have disappeared, and everything else is as good as before? The robot fleet must have felt uneasy after destroying this planet, so they used the annihilation beam to cleanse this planet. That's why we saw this scene when we entered this place."
Xia Fei hesitated for a moment. He had read about the annihilation beam from books about the ancient civilization before. This beam was a destructive wave energy developed by the ancient civilization.
It was special because it was only effective against humans. The intense shockwave could completely turn humans within its attack range into indiscernible particles.
The large-scale annihilation beam could be directly released on a planet, instantly turning all the humans on the planet into the tiniest particles that could be dispersed in the air.
Xia Fei nodded. What you said makes sense. The people in the research center must've thought that they could avoid the robot army's attack by staying underground, so everything went on as usual, but the annihilation beam suddenly descended and turned everyone in the research center into tiny particles. There's no other way to explain this strange phenomenon.
Xia Fei was overjoyed by this huge discovery. There was an instrument the size of a washing machine in the corner of the laboratory. It was covered by a white cloth, making it impossible to see what it was.
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