The transport pod suddenly began to accelerate. On the holographic display, the number indicating its speed climbed from zero to sixty before stabilizing. Thanks to the excellent shock absorption inside the cabin, Sun Hang could not feel the slightest jolt during the vertical descent.
Even the cola he had just taken from the refrigerated compartment remained perfectly still inside its bottle.
"Elder Pei... lives underground? In that... Houtu layer?" Sun Hang asked.
At this rate, they were clearly heading straight for the Houtu layer beneath the surface.
"No, deeper than Houtu... Elder Pei's residence is located sixteen kilometers underground. We call it the Primal Underground Palace," the accompanying staff member replied.
Primal Underground Palace? Sun Hang felt that the name seemed faintly connected to Primal Anomalies. But he knew perfectly well that even if he asked, the other party either would not answer or simply lacked the clearance to access secrets of that level.
"Damn, sixteen kilometers... Isn't that almost down to the mantle?" Sun Hang chose to steer away from the main issue.
Instead of asking some minor guide about matters involving Primal Anomalies, he might as well ask the big shot himself.
"Chunming City lies at the junction of the northern Xiazhou plate, the Taihang fold belt, the Yanshan fold belt, and the Ji-Liao rift basin. The crust here is over thirty kilometers thick... In fact, the Primal Underground Palace is not the deepest place in Tianshu Tower. Test Shaft No. 9, whose construction began half a year ago, is expected to reach a depth of twenty-five kilometers. It will be specifically used to contain certain Anomalies with unusual properties." Before the staff member could speak, a virtual girl appeared on the holographic screen before Sun Hang and eagerly answered his question.
"An AI?"
"Yes. I am Management