Chapter 147: Fading Out (2/2)

Now, let the patrolman get his rest…

Phew…

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Just when he thought he could catch his breath for a second, the communicator on the table rang. A hiccup occurred inside him for some reason. He did not feel right with the incoming call.

”H…Hello. Yes…”

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”What?” He was ultimately shocked by the report from his subordinates.

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This was the first time Ye Chong paid the local Sanctuary a visit. The building was not dramatically adorned and appeared to be a house made out of bricks, like most of the residences in the Orbits, just that the Sanctuary was much larger in comparison. The walls outside were layered by some unknown vines of fresh greenness, which gave the building a sense of Mother Nature.

He arrived at the lobby after the entrance. There were 4 pillars standing at the center of the lobby and similar to the walls outside, they were all covered up in vines of the same kind too. The lobby appeared to be rather spacious as not many people were there. Judging by how the communicator was the only hi-tech thing in the lobby, it looked like the Sanctuary was resistant towards technologies… Mumbled Ye Chong in his mind.

A counter sat right at the opposite of the entrance. A young man was at the counter and he seemed… to be… asleep? Habitually Ye Chong’s steps fell so light that the man did not sense his existence even when he was standing right beside the counter.

”Such a lazy bum. Show some respect to your own occupation will you?” Shang commented in dissatisfaction.

Ye Chong lifted his finger and knocked on the table twice.

”Aagrnanlxz!” The sleeping beauty had been waken up, in shock, as he mumbled some gibberish, rubbing his bleary eyes and took a look around in astonishment. The eyes of the sloth converged at Ye Chong at last. ”Agoanmdwe!” Another gibberish as he jumped up from his seat, realizing he was on a duty at the moment. ”I’m sorry, I’m sorry… Sir… Sir… I wonder if you have anything I could help you with?” Seemingly the young man was new at this Sanctuary, seeing how he retained that shunning humbleness in him.

Practically the young man was intrigued too, since people rarely visited the Sanctuary. The visitors mostly would be some mentalist or mentalist-pilots, coming for work, while the man before him was obviously neither of them. He might be a novice patrolman at the Sanctuary, he still could spot the difference. Mentalist would always put on a green clothing while the pilots would be in their tidy pilot uniforms instead, with an expression of pride. The visiting man had none of those, he was showing indifference… which looked like those old mentalists… but he was not wearing any pale green clothing that the young man could know of.

Moreover, it was midnight. What in the Orbits would this man come to the Sanctuary at a timing like this? Very curious, the young man was curious.

”I would like to apply for the Level 5 trial at the sanctuary,” his request came flatly.

”What?” Boomed the young man, in panic he responded, ”Ah. Um, oh, uh, a moment please.” The young man clumsily stampeded towards the communicator at the side and rang to the chief patrolman. Stuttering he reported to chief.

Ye Chong’s sensitive hearing had heard every single word uttered by the young man. He found that avoidant eye contact and shrinking posture of the young man while on the communicator to be quite interesting.

”Such a scaredy cat. You could have tried acting professional,” Shang gave another disdainful remark.

Yang Bingxuan piloted his mech and rushed all the way to the Sanctuary. No doubt his curiosity aroused by surprise was nothing lower than young man on duty. Ye Chong and Shang on the other hand did not get all the hassle and drama occurring around them, since they did not have an idea on what a Level 5 Trial actually was. And Yang Bingxuan, being a patrolman for the past 10 few years, had his first time witnessing someone requesting a Level 5 Trial. Back in the days when the Level 5 Trial was first introduced at the Sanctuary, people flooded the center to apply. At the eg, only 2 persons had passed; the following year had one before and nobody else after! That was the time when people realized how challenging it was to pass the trial. ”Don’t even think about it if you aren’t even the master in your field!” said everyone upon mentioning the trial, which was the direct cause to the drastic decrease in applicants of the following years.

So one year, Yang Bingxuan took over as the patrolman and… well, no one had ever come and apply for the trial. He did overhear stories of one doctor applying for the trial few years back from the other area, though he was disqualified at the very last day.

Whoever desired to be an applicant must have not only the courage but also the great confidence in his or her own capabilities. ”When in the Orbits did we even have those kinds of people in our area? And I don’t even know them?” Yang Bingxuan was dying to know.