630 sEmpires Capitals (1/2)

Before they left, Jiang Chen and Sun Xiaorou went to the power room and hibernation center separately.

Just as Sun Xiaorou suspected, someone came to the fallout shelter to install a new fuel rod for the place. The person even lived there for an extended period of time but for some reason, or perhaps because he reached his goal, he left.

And it had been years.

After he left, he shut down power to the fallout shelter until Jiang Chen entered the password at the terminal to finally wake up the dormant Fallout Shelter 071.

”Immortality, or at least extending life, is part of the intergalactic colonization plan, although it isn't necessary. The Dusk Church attempted to take me here, and they did get here. But because they didn't know the password to the office, they could do nothing about the things inside.”

”Could the door not be blown open?” Jiang Chen asked.

Based on what Han Junhua said, the door of the office at Fallout Shelter 027 was opened through force.

”Not unless it was permitted by design. Otherwise, even if you blew up the entire fallout shelter, you might not even blow open this room.” Sun Xiaorou sighed.

Jiang Chen processed that information and shook his head.

”This is too dark.”

He was referring to both this place thousand meters below the surface and the fallout shelter itself.

Sun Xiaorou grinned and continued the topic.

”The Church finally did collect some interesting clues outside the fallout shelter. For example, the experiments of the observer and the director refusing to continue with the experiment involved a girl.”

”The girl took off the list mentioned in the diary?”

”It's possible.” Sun Xiaorou nodded seriously. ”Since she was chosen as an experimental subject, there should be something unique about her.”

”Observer, girl… only these two clues?”

Jiang Chen searched through the entire fallout shelter without finding the lab mentioned in the diary.

Sun Xiaorou carefully sifted through her memories from when she was young and had no recollection of the lab at all.

The horrific experiments conducted by the observer were brought to the grave along with the abandonment of Fallout Shelter 071.

But aside from the secret to immortality, the two also found some ”interesting” stuff.

One experimental quantum computer, a taken-apart soilless plantation device, and some stuff only available in the fallout shelter.

It was a pleasant surprise to find a quantum computer there as most of the abandoned fallout shelters had been razed through by scavengers. The electronic parts and special material of the quantum computer could be used for weapons.

Since the quantum computer hadn't been uncovered by scavengers, that meant it was hidden well.

The two took a stroll in the fallout shelter. After confirming there was no other useful stuff, they left marks on the items that needed to be moved.

Along with the diary, Jiang Chen and Xiaorou stood in the elevator as they returned to the surface. When he pressed the start button, he raised his left arm and glanced at the time on the EP.

It was precisely six.

When they arrived at the surface, the soldiers all went to greet him.

”General, if you didn't come out just now, we would've gone down.” Li Wang was relieved when he saw Jiang Chen.

”It's already this late?” Jiang Chen looked up.

The day had turned completely dark. It looked like it was about to rain.

”What are you planning to do with the fallout shelter?” Sun Xiaorou asked.

”Temporarily take control of the place, and at least maintain an inspection station here… as well as a cemetery,” Jiang Chen said while scanning the bodies all around.

With a gracious smile, Sun Xiaorou gently nodded.

”Mhmm.”

He ordered Li Wang along with five soldiers to guard the place as Jiang Chen entered the vehicle and returned to the military outpost.

Before dark, a helicopter would arrive, bringing supplies and backup.

…

Qingshan Arena, the capital of Empire.

In the beginning, Empire wasn't called Empire but had a plain name – Qingshan Survivors Gathering. The people there were nowhere close to nice, they occasionally did some mercenary work while being raiders in the dark.

But the villages west of Gan River formed an alliance and referred to themselves as Federation. They elected a President through voting and established a wireless base station to launch propaganda at nearby residents. The survivors at Qingshan saw this, used the opportunity to clear their name and adopted a different name.

With the principle that they would never be inferior to their arch enemy, Federation, they referred to themselves as Empire.

Using the ideology of rebuilding civilization, and promoting openness and freedom to attract merchants and population growth in the region, Federation gradually became a wealthy gathering spot. But with the increase in traffic, loose laws, corruption, and crime prospered there and spread to every corner of Federation like a plague.