There was silence in the passage.

Unlike the underground cities before, the path that Feilun and others is now clearly more in line with the concept of a secret base underground. Both sides are cold and hard steel walls, and even a trace of light cannot be seen. The devices that should have been used for lighting have lost their energy supply. However, for Feilun and others, this kind of darkness is naturally not worth mentioning. Only Kurona is a little unhappy - the closer it is to the core of the node, the more her ability interference is, which makes Kurona seem a little anxious. However, looking at Feilun beside her, Kurona still suppressed her inner words and just followed Feilun silently.

"Don't you think it's too cold here?"

The only one who doesn't need to care about Fairun and can ask questions unscrupulously is Shar. Now this girl seems to have put herself in the position of "cooperator", and Fairun has not made any statement about this. In fact, he is a little confused about Shar. He doesn't know what she wants to do when she is pestering herself like this. According to the usual characteristics of the wasteland, there must be something in line with Shar's interests, but Fairun can't understand what she wants - well, at least he can be sure that his domain is indeed what Shar wants, but Shar should also understand that no matter how hard she tries to give her favor, Fairun cannot transfer the domain to her to absorb.

However, Feilun did not drive Shahr away because of this. She is still very useful here. What is important is that in terms of domain and faith, Feilun really needs Shahr's help. After all, he has never been exposed to these things before, and he does not know what divine power, divine fire, divine realm, etc. are...

But now it seems that Shahr has other uses.

"Indeed, the temperature here seems a bit strange."

Delin nodded slightly. In fact, Feren had already noticed that the temperature here was very low, and there was often cold wind, and they could even see the white air they exhaled. But this cold was not the coldness unique to the ground. On the contrary, it was full of "artificiality", just as humans could easily distinguish the difference between the wind in nature and the wind blowing from the air conditioner, and the cold air was the same now. This also means...

"What refrigeration equipment is there? Could it be refrigerated and kept fresh..."

Feiren said, looking at the surrounding walls. Apart from the smooth wall that could almost be used as a mirror, nothing can be seen here. Although I don’t know what is below, at least it is certain that the energy supply here has not been completely interrupted, otherwise it would not be like this.

This passage is not short or long. Not long after, everyone passed through the passage entrance and came to the iron gate on the other side. This iron gate looked no different from the one on the scientific research base. Under the bleak green light, you can vaguely see a big "a" in the middle - according to Admiral Kaisen, this is Area A, which is the core area of ​​the central control.

Next……

Feiren quickly found the panel and card slot on the right side of the gate. According to Admiral Kayson's words, he could start and open the gate as long as he inserted the ID card in his hand. But...

"beep-"

A harsh error sounded, and Ferren was speechless as he looked at the flashing red on the panel in front of him. When the others saw the scene in front of him, they also showed a surprised expression.

"What's going on?"

Feiren looked at the panel in front of him, took out the id card again, and swiped it on it.

"beep-"

Soon, a bright red flash emerged again.

"Can't open it?"

At this moment, even Feilun felt a little surprised. He looked at the people around him, and everyone was also watching him. No one expected that he had just arrived here and encountered such trouble... So, what should I do next? In this regard, Feilun said that it was very simple.

"Franca, I'll leave it to you."

As he spoke, Feiren took out an energy chip from his pocket and threw it over. Franka, who took the energy chip, showed a happy smile as if the puppy had received a meat bone as a reward, and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, master, leave it to me!"

As he spoke, Franka opened her mouth and ate the energy chip in her hand. Then she saw a faint light appearing in the little guy's body. Then in the blink of an eye, Franka became a girl with a spiral ponytail on the side, wearing a one-piece swimsuit-like outfit. Then Franka blinked at Faren, revealing a graceful smile, then stretched out her right index finger and gently tapped on the keyboard. Soon, a beam of light that looked like a computer circuit appeared from Franka's fingertips, spreading on the panel like a flowing stream. At the same time, Franka's wide open eyes also began to flash quickly, as if countless data streams.

“…………What did you find?”

Looking at Franka, Feren asked in a deep voice. Franka nodded slightly in the face of Franka's inquiry.

"It's not that there is a problem with the master's card, but someone has operated it inside, removed all the master control systems, and locked it. In other words, the door in front of him cannot be opened from the outside, and because the contact has been interrupted, no external information will be sent."

"Locked? Offline?"

Hearing this, Faren raised his eyebrows.

"When did it happen?"

"The last operation of recording information was on x-16, 20xx."

"That is, when a catastrophe occurs..."

When Franka heard the answer, Feiren breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that someone inside had done this after they discovered their arrival. If this was the case, it would mean that they would deal with unknown creatures inside. But now it seems that since the system operation record shows that the date was when the catastrophe occurred, it means that at least there should be no major changes inside.

only………

Looking at the steel gate in front of him, Feiren's face also seemed a little serious. According to Admiral Kesen, they had no idea what was happening on the ground, and the control center did not contact them. According to the current situation, the control center may not know what was wrong with the surface. But why did they pull the system off and lock it?

Feiren believes that this may be related to the node core... Perhaps it is precisely because of the catastrophe that the control center here has a node core and caused some abnormality, so the people inside make such a choice.

But why don’t they contact the research center or the surface? Generally speaking, if an emergency occurs, shouldn’t we report it first?

“Can you open it now?”

"Of course, master, I have bypassed its blockade and just restart the system."

"So, open it."

"OK."

Hearing Feiren's order, Franka nodded slightly, then she reached out and ticked the keyboard. Soon, everyone saw a flash of light appearing on the panel, and then.

"Rumbling………………”

With a few running sounds, the originally pitch black passage suddenly became bright and bright, and the emergency light that had already lit up had dimmed again. Then, the frozen steel gate in front of Feilun and others slowly opened, showing the scene inside in front of everyone. After seeing the scene in front of him, everyone, including Feilun, widened their eyes in surprise.

"I think we know now why these people have no contact."
Chapter completed!