After Dr. Connors had completed all the paperwork to resign from Midtown High School, Dilos wasted no time bringing him to the underground base on Isla Sorna. He would have to visit Peter another time; the matters on his hands were more urgent.
The moment he stepped into the lab, Dr. Connors was stunned by the advanced equipment. It wasn't that he'd never seen equipment of this caliber before. He just hadn't expected Dilos to build a lab like this in a matter of months.
As far as he knew, only major corporations like Oscorp and Stark Industries could build facilities of this caliber in such a short time. Yet Dilos had somehow managed it.
"Can't be helped. Having metahumans lend a hand saves time and effort."
Seeing Dr. Connors's astonished look, Dilos let himself feel a little smug. "And what you're seeing is only the tip of the iceberg."
He might have been showing off a little, but he was telling the truth. Isla Sorna was a vast island, and he'd devoted a fifth of its total area to building his underground base. The whole place was practically a miniature underground empire. These lab facilities really were just the tip of the iceberg.
"What are you planning to do with all that empty space?"
After Dilos had shown him around the base, Dr. Connors asked without thinking, "Your armory, supply depot, labs, and the like take up quite a bit of room, but they're still small compared to what's left. What do you plan to do with all that space?"
"Keep it available for when we upgrade and renovate, and once everything is fully prepared, I plan to turn the entire base into a mobile underground base."
Dilos had been thinking about this mobile underground base for a long