Chapter 1048: Section 604: Journey to the South (5)
Union’s Welcome Building.
This building is currently the only one in Yangon City where the elevator is still operational. Sostak No.3 and Jason spent the entire afternoon fixing it, resolving the issue of the elevator only reaching the 11th floor. They replaced the elevator cables, repaired the winch at the top, and brought back a piece of news—their bio-scanner detected numerous life signals in the upper levels.
Originally, Malin had planned to move into what was rumored to be the most luxurious hotel in all of Yangon back in the day, but the discovery by the two AIs shattered Malin’s dream.
Presidential suites on the top floor, large waterbeds, still-functional refrigerators—all of it was done for.
Because when Malin, along with Ails and his Lich Squad, investigated the upper levels of the building—which had been previously inaccessible due to collapses—they found them crawling with mutant undead creatures (as compared to beings like Konen, who retained intelligence and could still communicate). Thus, Malin led his team from the 12th floor, clearing all the way up to the 37th floor, dragging out thousands of corpses of mutant undead.
Ails profited once again, but he distributed all the Soul Coins he collected among his underlings, earning their heartfelt gratitude.
This time, Malin noticed a few soul patterns among Ails’ followers that he hadn’t seen before. After much consideration, Malin refrained from deploying detection arrays. After all, given how Ails himself had transformed, it was no surprise that his first batch of subordinates had changed as well. These newly recruited underlings would likely face the same brainwashing process one day.
Truth be told, Liches are naturally suited for covert operations. As long as the Soul Coins were sufficient, Malin had never heard any complaints from Ails’ subordinates. What Malin saw most often was these Liches fighting alongside Ails, working tirelessly without a single objection, behaving like highly precise machines.
Speaking of which, Malin had never figured out why these mutant undead creatures could survive for so long. Konen had explained the secret of their species—under extreme conditions, bio-engineered humans could enter a state of suspended animation, lasting as long as centuries.