As everyone chatted, the vehicle soon arrived at a valley, where numerous abandoned cars had been piled outside to serve as cover.
Hidden deep within the valley was a derelict industrial park, its interior utterly dilapidated. The former glass curtain walls had long been shattered, replaced by irregular "windows" pieced together from reinforced plastic panels and discarded shipping containers.
The outermost factory building had been converted into a watchtower, with scanners and machine guns mounted atop it.
"Mr. Bai, this is the Watchers Alliance's base." Lu Chen explained, "It used to be an abandoned industrial park in the suburbs. It was eliminated because it couldn't keep up with the development of intelligent technology, but that's precisely why it's relatively safe. Qilin hasn't infiltrated it."
Having heard him mention Qilin several times, Bai Ye grew curious. "Why did the artificial intelligence Qilin lose control?"
Lu Chen shook his head. "We don't know. We aren't even sure whether it actually lost control. Doctor Yi said that when the Great Cataclysm first broke out, there weren't many Mutants, so the higher-ups gave Qilin the order to eliminate Mutants. Their original intention was to protect humans who hadn't mutated, but then..."
"Then everyone got infected and became targets for Qilin to eliminate?"
"That's right. To survive, we had no choice but to leave the city center and flee to places beyond Qilin's coverage."
Bai Ye clicked his tongue inwardly. People of the Civilized Era had it fucking rough. Not only did they have to face Mutants, but they also had to fight artificial intelligence.
"Didn't you ever think of shutting down Qilin or changing its orders?"
"Of course we did. Doctor Yi's mentor once led a team into the city center. His mentor was one of Qilin's developers and knew Qilin's weaknesses well. Using