Logical Consistency
The secretary was already waiting there, Yu Xing glanced at her sideways without giving her a kind response.
He merely raised an eyebrow and said in his usual superior tone, "Since this is an inspection, such an important place as the breeding area must be visited in person. But, judging from your question—what do you do?"
The secretary's expression was not pleasant; she could hear the arrogance in Yu Xing's tone. "I am one of Commander Veil's executive secretaries. You can call me..."
"It's not important. I only asked about your position, not your name." Yu Xing interrupted her before she could finish, saying casually, "From what you're saying, the breeding area smells bad, so your secretariat never comes to supervise?"
His eyes were cold, and the secretariat's usual haughty attitude in front of the survivors was now completely returned by the "commander of the Base One".
Yu Xing thought to himself, "So the female commander's name is Veil. I thought the author didn't plan to name her after the dungeon ended."
The secretary gripped the documents tighter, her knuckles turning white, and forced a stiff smile, "How could that be? Commander Veil is considerate of every survivor; survivors in the breeding and planting areas receive extra subsidies."
Yu Xing strode past the secretary and headed back the way she came. "Oh? Then tell me about their specific treatment. I went in for a look around and felt that the management was lax and almost exploitative."
The secretary instinctively followed his words: "No, no! Everyone who works in the breeding and planting areas..."
In five minutes, Yu Xing had thoroughly investigated the treatment of the survivors in both areas.
It wasn't until he chuckled softly and asked his secretary if she was too idle today and had no work to do that the secretary turned pale and realized how much she had been tricked into saying.
She was originally ordered to observe Officer Yu's attitude!
Having failed to complete the task, the secretary slipped away, and Yu Xing went to wander around other areas, completely confirming his unbridled confidence.
Along the way, he encountered several cleanup teams on patrol, but he didn't speak to them; he simply memorized the faces of these people in their combat uniforms.
A few hours later, Yu Xing returned to her residence, where Zhao Yijiu was already waiting in the room. The two exchanged a glance, and Yu Xing closed the door behind her.
"The management and the survivors are two separate groups." Zhao Yijiu leaned against the wall, arms crossed. "The base's problems shouldn't have anything to do with the lower-level survivors; they've all been kept in the dark."
"You found out in the cafeteria?" Yu Xing plopped down on the bed. He always collapsed into any place that could hold his weight, like a puddle of jelly.
"Well, I've also figured out the female commander's decision-making team. She has three personal secretaries and seven executive secretaries. In addition, the testing personnel are also personally trained by her. The cleanup team obeys her orders, but they are not entirely responsible to her." Zhao Yijiu raised her eyes, and her cold temperament seemed even more mechanical when she spoke such a long passage, like an emotionless human weapon.
Yu Xing then lay back and rolled around a couple of times, his overly lazy demeanor earning him a subtle eye roll from the humanoid weapon, which then returned the humanoid weapon to the realm of humanity.
"... The highest priority of the cleanup team is to protect the base and safeguard its security. If a commander's decision contradicts this, the cleanup team has the right not to execute it." Zhao Yijiu was already used to standing, but seeing how comfortably Yu Xing was lying down, she felt it was a waste to stand, so she finally sat down in a chair. "Therefore, the female commander also secretly established a team independent of the cleanup team, the same one that was tasked with cleaning up Carlos and his group last time."
Of course, Carlos didn't kill all of them; those people were only a small part of the secret team, perhaps the weakest part, which is why they were tasked with something as relatively safe as completely destroying the "fake infected."
However, the last time things went wrong, the female officer lost so many people at once, so she has to spend some energy filling in and reassigning positions recently. Once these actions are taken, there will be more traces than usual, and Zhao Yijiu took advantage of this loophole to easily investigate these matters.
"I've also gained quite a bit, Brother Jiu. From now until the next test, you—don't use the power of shadow again," Yu Xing suddenly said. "I have an experiment to conduct. Once my hypothesis is confirmed, the true nature of this instance will be revealed."
"... Completely unusable?" Zhao Yijiu asked in a deep voice, seeking confirmation.
Yu Xing originally wanted to say yes, that it was completely unusable, but when she thought about how Zhao Yijiu's shadow power came from the ghost consciousness within her body, it seemed like it wasn't safe enough.
He frowned and pondered for a moment, "Never mind."
Zhao Yijiu:?
Yu Xing quickly changed his mind. "Use it if you have to. There are still a few days until the next test. The Lingren might target you. The power of shadow is a means of self-defense; we can't afford not to use it."
Zhao Yijiu: "Then your experiment?"
"I don't need you as a guinea pig; I have many other options." Yu Xing grinned, sitting up abruptly. "Over the next few days, enjoy the atmosphere of the base. Tonight, contact Carlos to check on the survivors in the city; I need to check the regional network."
The female officer had even placed a computer with local area network access in their room. How could he not take advantage of such a blatant bait?
As high-ranking officers, Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu enjoyed the same treatment as the management of Base 51. They didn't have to go to the canteen for meals; someone would deliver them to their rooms.
The gray sky was once again shrouded in a fiery sunset. After they had finished their dinner properly, they glared at the person who delivered the food, who was trying his best to hide his probing gaze but was full of loopholes, scaring the person who was clearing away the dishes away.
Yu Xing sat down at the computer, and after opening the local area network, a login interface popped up.
His identity was originally just an empty shell, which was fabricated out of thin air by impersonating a license holder. However, since Base 51 has recognized his identity, the logic behind his sudden appearance has been given more basis and has become more and more harmonious.
He felt he should have an account, and as the owner of the license, he had an almost instinctive feeling about the use of this offering.
So he randomly entered a username that fit the format, along with a password he had temporarily chosen, and successfully logged in.
The homepage displayed the resume of the Base One Commander, and from any angle, it was clearly Yu Xing himself.
Flawless.
Behind him, Zhao Yijiu was "calling" Carlos while holding the paper doll's body. This time, Carlos had permission, so he focused all his senses on the paper doll, which struggled in Zhao Yijiu's hands. "Zhao Yijiu, let go! Don't you know how strong you are? If you keep going like this, I'll break your back! That would be the most humiliating way for my paper doll to die!"