That evening, Meng Liangao, commander of the Senhai First Mechanized Infantry Regiment, hosted a banquet at the Wantai Hotel in Yinsen Underground City to welcome Wang Chen.
As the Empire's last stronghold on Senhai Star, Yinsen Base was divided into surface and underground sections. The one above was a military base, while the one below was a city housing several hundred thousand people.
Wang Chen's first impression of this Underground City was that it was ancient.
It was not that its history was particularly long. Rather, the city seemed as though it had traveled from several centuries ago into the present—or perhaps it had been built centuries ago and never updated.
The various buildings, public facilities, and even the vehicles inside were things Wang Chen had only ever seen in historical documentaries.
For instance, all the cars racing through the streets were actually fuel-powered!
And the most luxurious hotel where Meng Liangao was hosting this banquet made Wang Chen feel as though he had returned to his Previous Life.
Not a trace of the Empire's advanced technology could be found here.
"You'll get used to it."
Meng Liangao was clearly worried that Wang Chen would have trouble adapting, and consoled him. "When I first came here, I felt like I'd been exiled to some savage planet. It took me a long time before I could barely get used to it."
The reason Yinsen Base had become like this was entirely because Geomagnetic Storms and Energy Tides interfered with and ravaged high-tech products too severely.
In fact, this Underground City had been built less than a century ago. Although all kinds of defensive and shielding measures had been put in place, they still could not completely block out the influence from outside.
Those costly technological products often became scrap after only