Setting aside how Miss Beigong Ling felt about it for the moment.
The so-called secret beneath Mika District that appeared before Jonas was genuinely surprising.
The passage opened onto a room decorated in cool tones. Unlike the base outside, this room felt as though no one had entered it in a very long time.
Yet something was strange. All the equipment looked old, but there was not a speck of dust. Beigong Ling should have been the only person who knew about this place, but she had spent the past month at the Alt Conglomerate.
In other words, no one should have set foot here for at least a month.
Beigong Ling walked to the center of the room, and the lights around her came on.
"Councilor authentication. Retrieve the records."
The girl spoke slowly, and a cold, synthesized mechanical voice replied:
"Verifying councilor identity. Authentication successful."
As the voice faded, a holographic projection appeared before Beigong Ling, seemingly displaying numerous documents and records. She turned toward Jonas and said:
"This is the... secret hidden beneath Mika District."
Eiffel's pupils constricted, but she suppressed her emotions and asked:
"What are these?"
"A gift left to us by the Predecessor Civilization... or rather, its legacy."
Beigong Ling spoke slowly, then continued without concerning herself with what the people before her thought:
"This place contains a great deal of information on technology beyond anything available today, as well as information on psionic energy."
"Unfortunately, I've only deciphered a very limited amount... and only a tiny portion can be put to use by the Star of Dawn."
Another major reason was that the Star of Dawn had far too few resources. Even if she deciphered the specifications for sufficiently powerful weapons or psionic energy-related drugs, its capabilities and resources meant it would take