South Capital Underground Containment Area
"The Curse Key is classified by the Research Institute as a Class C dangerous Transcendent Item."
Ye Yun led He Ao forward through the corridor, explaining as they walked, "It is kept in the deepest level of the South Capital Research Institute's underground containment area."
"This Class C classification is based on the highest rank of Transcendent it can harm?"
He Ao glanced at the special compartments marked with serial numbers. Each compartment had a display showing the status of the item inside.
They seemed to have entered Area D of the containment area. Every item number began with D.
He Ao was not particularly familiar with the Research Institute's classification system for Transcendent Items. After all, he had not joined the Research Institute long ago, and most of his time after joining had been spent carrying out missions abroad. He did not know much about the Institute's internal operations or rules.
He only vaguely remembered that the Research Institute's containment classifications for Transcendent Items roughly corresponded to the ranks of Transcendents.
"This is actually a leftover issue."
Walking beside He Ao, Ye Yun clearly knew that He Ao had always been responsible for field operations and had not spent much time in the country. He explained carefully,
"Under the Research Institute's current regulations, a Transcendent Item that can easily kill Rank C Transcendents should actually be classified as dangerous Class C, or even Class B. Such items are now kept at the Dangerous Item Containment Research Facility in North Capital.
"But when the Curse Key first appeared, it was still the early days of the Research Institute. Supernatural powers had only emerged in this world not long before that, and everyone's understanding of them was shallow.
"It is said that Dean Li was only