Chapter 285 : Notes Sealed in the Past
In the storage cabinets of this control center, Lonis discovered many strange documents.
Many places had faded ink, some papers were stuck together, and there weren't many legible words that could be discerned.
But if one tried hard to make them out, some scattered fragments could still be obtained:
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"The first batch of test subjects have been put into use, but the results are very unsatisfactory. In front of human soldiers, they are easily"
"Absolute order will produce absolute stability. And the order of the Independent Kingdom will not tolerate any violation."
"This is the only pit in the new world, power is inherently established by the strong. If so, then why let the weak control your future?"
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Various statements that made no clear sense, just like some kind of cult scripture, making one feel a chill in their heart.
And on the other side, Princess Sethilu also seemed to have discovered something, saying to Lonis: "Little fox, over here... over here I found something incredible!"
"Eh, what is it?"
Lonis leaned over and found that what Sethilu had spread out was a work diary.
This one seemed much better preserved, and the handwriting was neat, almost like it was printed.
"Little fox, look here... this part mentions the war between the Post-Apocalyptic Independent Kingdom and humans!"
"Really... it says here 'Those reckless fools actually attacked, it's time to let the D-class personnel receive the blessing of transcendence and let them sacrifice themselves for the kingdom...' D-class personnel, what does that mean?"
"Yes, this book explains it."
Sethilu took out another document that detailed the past rules of this place:
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Third Experimental Center, Code of Conduct:
D-class personnel: Limited to movement within barracks only. If discovered elsewhere, execute immediately.
C-class personnel: May move freely within living quarters. If discovered in control areas, execute immediately.
B-class personnel: According to work nature, may investigate separately in activity areas, data areas, and experimental areas. May not enter control areas unless absolutely necessary.
A-class personnel: Possess ability to access any area, but may not unseal classified materials.
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Staring at these regulations, Lonis roughly guessed:
These so-called D-class personnel should have status like slaves, who could be consumed at will by higher-level people, right?
While C-class personnel seemed to have much more freedom of movement, they were still restricted. Judging from the immediate execution regulations, there weren't few people like this, probably equivalent to commoners.
B-class personnel no longer had the words "execute immediately," showing their status looked much more noble and weren't beings that could be easily killed, probably equivalent to core leadership.
And A-class personnel were probably equivalent to the top level, right? But specifically mentioning that A-class personnel couldn't access classified materials—could there be an even higher level above A-class personnel?
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Lonis took a deep breath. Although these were just speculations, she had roughly reconstructed the system of the past Post-Apocalyptic Independent Kingdom.
First, this place was extremely autocratic.
Orders from superiors were absolute and could not be disobeyed. People lived in different areas according to different levels, while D-class personnel served as test subjects that could be used at will.
Those books and materials recording torture methods, as well as the traps she had experienced along the way, should have been used to punish and experiment on D-class personnel.
And those monsters she had just seen might have been modified using D-class personnel corpses.
And because of the brutality of the underground Independent Kingdom, it went to war with the human kingdoms on the surface.
Finally ending with the human nations' victory, various areas of the underground Independent Kingdom also became ruins and remained preserved to this day.
However...
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"Little fox, look at this..."
"Ah?"
Sethilu flipped the notebook to the back, and a sentence came into Lonis's view:
"To obtain powerful strength, modification and elimination are necessary. Only when hovering between life and death, only when hanging by a thread, can people stimulate the hidden potential in their genes. Exotic Decay Fragments are not some drug, but a gateway to higher levels... (unclear)... For this, we must continuously experiment and continuously record data."
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This passage was like the previous ones, seemingly explaining the writer's thoughts.
But the sentence immediately following made Lonis gasp.
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"Those cowardly mortals will never know that I too climbed up step by step from D-class personnel. If I hadn't personally torn apart the Fang Wolf, if I hadn't consumed Exotic Decay Fragments... the current me couldn't possibly possess such powerful strength.
So then... foolish human coalition forces, you shall pay the price for your cowardice. You are destined to perish here and become nourishment for our evolution.
Third Director of Experimental Center, S-class Personnel - General Caster"
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"Caster?!"
Seeing this signature, Lonis was truly startled!
Because if she remembered correctly, the name of the one who had been providing Exotic Decay Fragments to the demons and serving as chief general under the Trickster Demon Lord was Caster.
Was this a coincidence of names?
No... if judging from what was recorded in the notebook, they should be the same person.
So General Caster had also lived for over a thousand years?
Lonis gasped, and Princess Sethilu also said seriously: "Yes... little fox should have already discovered it, right? Although there's also the possibility of having the same name, this seems to be the place where General Caster stayed when he was human."
"What happened afterward? What occurred... did humans destroy the Independent Kingdom, so Caster could only flee?"
"I don't know. The details of this history aren't recorded even in the kingdom. But according to my speculation, Caster at that time should have prepared some very terrifying things to prevent our attacks."
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"But it seems this ruin has long been abandoned by Caster. Because even this control console has been derelict for so long."
"Yes..."
After this, Lonis and Sethilu together tried to search for more information.
But...
Too much time had passed. After the two searched through everything once, they had no further gains.
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But just being able to find Caster's notebook already made the two very satisfied...
Because they would definitely battle with General Caster in the future, and these materials might become key to analyzing his plans.
So Sethilu stored all these documents in her storage ring, preparing to preserve them.
However, just then...
From the distance came a violent impact sound.
Bang!
It sounded like some metal door being heavily kicked open.
Immediately after came the roars of a group of monsters... Those monsters hidden in the dark depths seemed to have received some command, all running together in one direction.
And finally came...
"Get out of my way!! Each and every one of you, you're so damn annoying!!"
Arrogant words, intense actions. It seemed Elucia could no longer endure the feeling of the little fox not being by her side and had killed her way down.