When the Boss summoned them, even Doctor Xiang Chai, who was desperately hoping to steal a little leisure amid the bustle, did not dare delay. He grabbed Ronan and ran বাইরে.
Yet the moment they left, Ronan pulled him back. "Wrong direction."
"No, it's right. The Information Equipment Division is over there. I've already gotten familiar with this whole circle of the Eight Great Departments..." At this point, Doctor Xiang Chai suddenly froze, then slapped his palm hard. "Right! They aren't in the division—they're on the upper deck."
The palm wrapped in double-layered armor produced a metallic clang. Xiang Chai startled himself, but quickly recovered and began checking his double-layered armor, confirming that all defensive and life-support modules were functioning normally.
As the Sky Carrier's highest-level combat Command Center, the Eight Great Departments were naturally buried deep beneath layers upon layers of the carrier's armor. The only places treated the same way were the onboard Xuan Crystal Array and the Energy Center. Their functional zoning merely put a slight distance between them, creating a minor distinction between inner and outer areas.
The deck area, however, was different. It was where the onboard drone swarms and elite assault teams moved through. Ninety percent of the ship's combat strength was concentrated there, and it was also constantly under siege by Karmic Poison Living Entities and Extraterritorial Species.
The farther out they went, the worse the damage and the greater the danger.
If noncombat personnel went there, they could easily become a hindrance. Under normal circumstances, personnel from the Eight Great Departments needed a commander's approval and the appropriate clearance to access the outer decks.
Now that Ronan and Doctor Xiang Chai were heading there, they too had to undergo the relevant verification procedures.
The verification was naturally no problem. And because Professor