Although the base's departments all worked together and handled different tasks, frequent contact inevitably led to some private rivalry. Minor friction was perfectly normal.
Hearing his team's discussion, Academician Huang gave two light coughs to stop it, worried it would have a bad influence. Then he turned to Chen Jue. "There's no need to test any further here. I doubt many of the devices in the physical testing building could withstand it. Continuing like this would only waste time."
"Let's move somewhere else and continue. I've already sent someone to request a site. Given how much importance the higher-ups attach to you, authorization should come through soon."
"Authorization?"
The term immediately got Chen Jue excited!
He had just come for a casual physical assessment, yet even getting a testing site required authorization. The thought alone was a little thrilling.
Academician Huang offered no explanation. He picked a few capable assistants from his team, took some portable equipment, and left the building to board a shuttle.
The vehicle headed out of the base, passing through several checkpoints guarded by personnel with loaded weapons, before finally arriving at a flat, open stretch of wilderness.
Chen Jue looked around and realized this wilderness was not as simple as it appeared.
Huge craters everywhere, traces of explosions, and conspicuous markings on several distant mountains all spoke to the unusual nature of this place.
"Elder Huang, don't tell me this firing range is the testing site you meant?" Chen Jue asked.
"To be precise, it's the base's testing ground for new weapons!"
"All the latest weapons and equipment developed at the base are brought here for testing."
"We also have satellite jamming deployed overhead, so there's no need to worry about foreign spy satellites photographing us," Elder Huang explained.
Judging by the physical assessment results