Ding.
"Elevator has arrived at a depth of 10,795 meters. Please exit the cabin!"
Ren Yu pressed the button on the wall.
Hiss.
The airlock slowly depressurized.
The sealed elevator doors opened, and Ren Yu stepped out.
"Who goes there?"
Ahead, elite soldiers clad in black Exoskeleton Armor and fully armed immediately approached him.
In an instant, dozens of pitch-black gun barrels and infrared laser sights were trained on Ren Yu.
It was as if they would open fire without mercy at the slightest suspicious movement.
"Tsk..."
Ren Yu smacked his lips. He hadn't expected these people not to recognize him.
Still, it made sense.
After all, he had kept a low profile. Back when he was with Anti-Entropy, he had spent all his time in the training base, and hardly anyone had ever seen him.
"Don't shoot. I'm one of you!"
He helplessly raised his hands, with no intention of causing a scene here.
"Prove your identity!"
"Anti-Entropy employee, ID A1008611. My name is Ren Yu, and my identification code is P90RushBDontStop."
At those words, the expression of the elite agent holding a massive firearm softened somewhat. He gestured behind him, and someone immediately took out a tablet to look it up.
However, after fiddling with the tablet for quite a while, he still failed to find anything.
"What's going on? What are you doing, Watt?"
The middle-aged agent at the front frowned impatiently as well.
"C-Captain..."
The young man named Watt looked innocent. After a long pause, he finally managed to say, "I don't have the clearance. I can't look this person up."
"..."
The middle-aged agent sighed and barked helplessly,
"Give it to me. I'll check."
"Y-Yes!"
After entering the code Ren Yu had provided, the middle-aged agent raised his brows and compared the person in the file with Ren Yu's appearance. Then he suddenly snapped into a salute.
"Greetings, Executor! I'm Sam of the Moonlight Throne Laboratory Security Team!"
His voice was loud and clear, and his back was ramrod straight.
"Executor?"
The other team members were stunned as well.
Anti-Entropy only had twelve Executors in total—six Conservatives and six Reformists.
They were directly under the Conservatives, so they did not need to salute even when they encountered Reformist Executors.
In other words, was this young man before them actually their direct superior?
Even so, they did not lower their firearms. They still kept them trained on Ren Yu from dozens of meters away.
Ren Yu smiled. He knew they were still wary of him, afraid that he might be an impostor.
After all, this place was one of the Conservatives' highest secrets. Before construction was complete, no one dared to let their guard down.
"Bring it over. You just want to check my iris, right? I'll let you."
Ren Yu did not make things difficult for them. He walked over alone and verified his identity amid Sam's awkward expression.
The moment his iris was verified, a cool female voice rang out.
--Conservative Executor, Ren Yu! --All members of the Moonlight Throne Laboratory welcome your arrival!
That voice belonged to Anti-Entropy's artificial intelligence—
—Aida.
Ren Yu rubbed his chin. As expected, Wadeline had added him to the Conservatives on her own authority.
She had even given him the title of Executor, conveniently evening the numbers against the Reformists.
If he remembered correctly, this artificial intelligence, like that cabbage-headed Ai-chan later on, was also something left behind from the Previous Era.
Upon hearing the artificial intelligence's voice, the security team that had originally doubted whether he was an impostor all stepped forward and saluted in apology.
Sam patted the dazed Watt, and the latter finally came to his senses and hurriedly gave an awkward salute.
"I'm sorry. You looked so young, so I thought..."
"It's fine. I understand. Take me inside. I need to speak with Alliance Leader Wadeline about something."
As he spoke, Ren Yu waved toward the rear under their puzzled gazes. Sie hurried over with the suitcase in hand and followed behind Ren Yu.
Although Sam did not understand why he had waved at empty air, he did not dwell on it. He merely took it as one of Ren Yu's quirks and continued leading the way.
After passing through a massive door made of some unknown metal, Ren Yu finally entered the Moonlight Throne Grand Laboratory.
Ren Yu paused slightly.
This place did not feel like an underground facility. Instead, it resembled the base of some legendary large organization.
In just this short while, he had already seen researchers in white coats coming and going everywhere. They either lowered their heads to study the data records in their hands or exchanged insights with their companions, academic jargon flying everywhere.
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