Chapter 39 - Inner City (2/2)

Su Yao did not show a trace of surprise when Tang Ling revealed his knowledge about one of the languages of the old civilization. He calmly said to Tang Ling and dragged him in, "Let's go in."

Tang Ling also noticed that the familiar tower that pierced the sky stood on the left side of this training base no more than 20 meters away.

Being so close to the tower for the first time, Tang Ling felt a strange trembling inside him. It made every drop of his blood vibrate and accelerated his blood circulation.

It shook Tang Ling, but the feeling came and went like the wind. After he stepped through the door, it completely vanished.

"Come here." Su Yao's call woke Tang Ling from his absent-minded state.

After regaining his senses, Tang Ling finally got a clearer look at the interior of the training base. Warm white light shone down and reached every corner but he could not spot the source of the light.

The place that he and Su Yao stood in was a spacious hexagonal hall. Other than an obscure round metallic counter in the middle, there was nothing else in the hall.

All six sides of the hall were connected to their respective corridors, and many hexagonal doors lined up neatly along with them.

The center had the most doors. The doors on the highest and the lowest spots were the largest, but there was only a handful of them. It looked a little like a beehive but was entirely different.

Su Yao stood in front of the metallic counter and simply spoke to the beautiful lady behind it, "I want a basic training room."

The lady revealed a smile that lacked joy and delight as she said coldly, "500 credits."

The numbers staggered Tang Ling again. He had never earned so many credits for as long as he lived.

Credits were the general currency in Safety Sector No. 17. They were made into small round metallic chips and were not possible to replicate.

The credits that the settlement used were all released by Safety Sector No. 17. One round chip equaled to one credit.

Looking at Su Yao's big black fur coat and bare chest, where could he hide the 500 credits?

Su Yao seemed to have seen through Tang Ling's thoughts. He curled his lips into a rather evil but delightful smile. Then, he took a crystal badge out, similar to the one that he had given Tang Ling before they came here, but his was a lot clearer.

The beautiful lady took Su Yao's badge and touched it against a certain spot on the metallic counter. Her actions were followed by a clear beep. She then passed the badge back to Su Yao together with a metallic card.

"Room 6F-019," she announced.

Su Yao took the things and pulled Tang Ling away.

Even though he had calmed himself down several times, Tang Ling still could not hold back his urge to ask, "Uncle Su Yao, did you pay her?"

"Hahaha!" Su Yao laughed out loud amusedly as he strongly rubbed Tang Ling's head and said, "What do you think? Do you expect me to carry a big back of small metallic chips around? Here in the Safety Sector, credits are all stored in the identification badge like the one that I gave you. I've saved a thousand credits in your badge. You'll know more about your identification badge later on." Su Yao habitually skipped the explanation and as he talked, he brought Tang Ling through a big hexagonal door.

The soft white light remained bright behind the hexagonal door, but the space behind it was empty and could only hold three to five people.

Nonetheless, Tang Ling did not care about all that. His breath was hurried because of what he heard. A thousand credits?!

The number was like a blazing flame that burned his mind to the point that he skipped all the details. He clutched the identification badge in his pants pocket tightly.

He would never skimp being courteous with Su Yao, and he had his own way of repaying a debt of gratitude.

A soft tremble later, the hexagonal door opened again.

When they came out of the door, they were already in the corridor labeled 6F.