Chapter 26: Order Society (Part 2/2) (1/2)

Chapter 26: Order Society (Part 2/2)

“Gear?”

“Yep. The name is very strange right? But I feel that it’s impossible to find a more accurate description within a short time-frame.” Xie Junping was like an energetic salesman, but his delivery was just so-so.

Luo Nan lightly pressed his hand against his forehead. He had quickly formed the habit of doing similar actions within this period of time. It made his attention not as concentrated.

The two people weaved through the natural screen of trees while they talked. Soon they saw the front of a building.

The outside of the building was a rusted red color, just as in the first glance impression. That color seemed to not be of any natural color of the environment, instead it was like a rusted metal, a bit of a painted color. It turned out that the main part of the building was overrun by plants, long vines, and weeds, making it even harder to tell the arrangement of the whole thing.

Xie Junping was a bit anxious. This type of external form gave Luo Nan a bad impression. Xie Junping rushed to supplement: “There’s been quite a few renovations in the past two years. The surroundings are a bit messy, but people will absolutely be pleasantly surprised looking at the insides.”

Luo Nan did not know what to do, so he didn’t speak a word. He wanted to see where the hell Xie Junping was going with this conversation.

Two people went weaved on a small path born from weeds until they reached the main entrance of the building. What should be a small plaza was set up here. However, it was already seized by the assaulting jungle due to too few people caring for the area. It seemed that the main door wasn’t sealed closed; the long vines of the wetlands extended inside the hall.

The entire building was located in the tight encirclement of woods. The small plaza was the greatest vantage point nearby, but it was still hard to get a full view of the building.

Luo Nan only now realized something: “There’s nobody here?”

“There will be people during the semester. Now it’s just an empty shell.”

Xie Junping used his wristband for AI access privileges. Then the metal door of the building lifted up and the large empty hall inside automatically lit up.

Xie Junping pulled Luo Nan inside while giving an explanation: “This place is known presently as the ‘Order Club’. It was once a very lively old society. Rumor even has it that this club was established before the school was. It had attracted over a dozen of the world’s top five-hundred bankrollers and investors. It’s super awesome. But having too many investors is also troublesome. In particular, after the earlier generation of members graduated, the investors that backed the later generations were extremely competitive. What used to be a perfectly fine society forcefully had a battlefield of hell emerge, giving fruit to hatred that could kill. Two major incidents happened in sequence. One in the year 90 and the year 93, the characteristics of which were vile. The school prohibited new members from being recruited, causing the society to fall to ruin.”

The two had just entered the completely empty hall at this moment. No cleancut square structures could be seen here. A revolving staircase, a cylindrical elevator, and a ring-shaped corridor were cut in the giant hall. There was also a hint to a nature that was vaster and wider.

Xie Junping shrugged his shoulders: “The main architecture within this building are circular-based. This is probably the reason why the building was named ‘Gear’. The main fifteen rooms, hallways, and all the series of courtyards on each floor are said to be all circular in shape. It’s all derangedly circular. You’ll probably be a bit dizzy the first time you enter here, but you’ll be fine when you adapt to it.”

Luo Nan didn’t really feel that there was anything to adapt to. Instead he was somewhat curious.

Xie Junping continued with his introduction: “Indeed, the club has the greatest fate for being passed on to this generation. In fact, the qualifications for recruiting new members will be renewed this semester. If only those fools hadn’t been so stupid to cause financial issues last quarter, have all the investors withdraw their backing, and have their funding run completely dry and empty… The senior members left the society one by one, and the few meager members who stayed are tied in related legal cases. They’re being investigated even now. If their guilt is confirmed, then the society will automatically be disbanded.

Having spoken to this point, Xie Junping sighed a fake breath: “The club hasn’t dissolved yet, but there are people scrambling over this place like it’s a matter of life or death.”

Luo Nan was somewhat surprised: “This place is really popular?”