Chapter 433 Welcome to Prometheus
At first, Li Muhan was still confused, as this small island didn't look anything special.
The area is not large and the ecology is primitive.
Is this really a joint testing ground built with funds and technical resources invested by special management bureaus from all over the world?
But he soon had to be ashamed of his lack of imagination.
After Mo Qiao finished the work with several people, he was led to the elevator next to the lobby. At this time, Li Muhan discovered that the members of other national special management bureaus had almost completed the docking.
And were led to different elevator entrances.
He stopped and took a look, and found that most of the configurations of these special management bureau members were the same as those of the Chinese Special Management Bureau.
One or two staff members plus one alien.
And those staff members did not look like senior leaders, they were almost all academic workers.
"What are you standing there for?"
Mo Qiao had already walked into the elevator. Seeing Li Muhan still looking around, she couldn't help but urge him.
Li Muhan quickly slipped into the elevator, and then he found that the other staff members had no intention of entering the elevator.
"Minister Mo, we'll send you here then."
A staff member of the Huaxia Special Management Bureau said to Mo Qiao.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. We will go in by ourselves next."
The elevator door slowly closed, but the elevator car remained motionless.
Mo Qiao tugged at the corner of Li Muhan's clothes, signaling him to move aside.
Only then did Li Muhan notice that he was blocking the elevator button.
He quickly stood aside and saw that Mo Qiao did not press those buttons, but pressed a switch, and then a CNC operation interface suddenly opened above the buttons of the elevator car.
Mo Qiao moved her face closer, and the console immediately began scanning her irises.
Immediately afterwards, Li Muhan heard a mechanical woman's voice coming from the elevator.
[Mo Qiao, a special engineer from the Huaxia Special Management Bureau, welcomes you. It has been one hundred and eighty-five days since you last visited Prometheus. It is a pleasure to see you again.]
"You're welcome, take us down."
[An unregistered person has been detected. Please confirm whether this person is an accompanying member.]
"yes."
Mo Qiao looked at Li Muhan, then pulled him over and said, "Register your iris information."
After saying that, she asked Li Muhan to imitate what she had done just now and put his head close to the control panel.
After a sound of electric current, Li Muhan felt a ray of light slowly sweeping across his pupils.
[Unable to identify this person, please ask Minister Mo to proactively disclose the member's true information]
Mo Qiao sighed, then raised his hand impatiently and operated the CNC panel himself.
Li Muhan thought he was typing very fast.
But now, seeing Mo Qiao's fingers flying on the control panel, there was almost an afterimage.
Only then did he realize the meaning of that sentence: Don't use your interests to challenge other people's jobs.
Even though Mo Qiao moved quickly, the process still lasted about three minutes.
When she finished the operation, the voice in the elevator sounded again.
[Registration completed. Thank you for your hard work, Minister Mo, and welcome. Mr. Li Muhan, I detect that this is your first time entering this testing ground. Would you like me to introduce you to the basic functions of the Prometheus testing ground?]
"Okay, let me introduce myself."
Before that, I hope you can answer a few questions for me.
Li Muhan was a little confused. How could this thing suddenly become the master and even ask himself questions?
But when in Rome, do as the Romans do. After all, this place seems to be very confidential, so it's better to be cautious.
"Then ask."
[First, please tell me, did you volunteer to work for the Special Management Bureau?]
This is a very sharp question, but it is also normal. After all, the work here is very important, and every visitor here must be strictly checked.
"Volunteer. High pay comes with high risk. This is a microcosm of society as a whole. Besides the promise of glorious sacrifice, what's not to like about this kind of job that's essentially a guaranteed job?"
Li Muhan also answered the questions very honestly according to what he thought in his heart.
[Excuse me, are you willing to dedicate your life to the Special Management Bureau and humanity? ]
"...I will fight hard for the people I love and everything I hold dear."
Li Muhan chose a compromise answer, feeling uneasy, wondering whether such an answer could meet the requirements of this mysterious test.
He looked at Mo Qiao with a hint of confusion and nervousness on his face.
"Why would you argue with an AI? It's just recording, it won't judge you."
Seeing Li Muhan so serious, Mo Qiao tapped the elevator wall impatiently and urged, "Alright, take us down quickly. I'll be his guarantor."
Mo Qiao's words were cold and decisive, directly interrupting the mechanical voice's questioning.
Then, the mechanical voice in the elevator responded.
"Understood, Minister Mo, I mean no offense. It is my duty to record the information of new guests. Now, I will open the elevator for you to go down."
As the voice fell, Li Muhan felt the elevator begin to slowly sink.
He asked Mo Qiao curiously, "Is the experimental site underground on this island?"
Li Muhan couldn't help but look at Mo Qiao in confusion and asked.
Mo Qiao leaned against the inner wall of the elevator, crossed her arms in front of her chest, raised her eyes slightly, and answered jokingly: "Your imagination can be a little broader." After that, she fell silent and let the elevator continue to go down.
This time the speed and depth of the elevator's descent exceeded Li Muhan's expectations.
About five minutes later, after the elevator vibrated slightly, the familiar mechanical female voice sounded again in the narrow space.
[Dock is in progress. The slight shaking you feel is normal. Please rest assured.]
The moment the sound disappeared, the metal walls inside the car turned into transparent glass as if by magic, revealing the incredible scene outside.
Li Muhan widened his eyes, deeply shocked by the spectacular scene before him.
The elevator they were in seemed like a transparent underwater tunnel, traveling through the deep ocean.
All around, more transparent cabins are like spots of light on the seabed, moving rapidly along their own paths, together forming this wonderful underwater transportation network.
Under your feet, the bottomless blue abyss is like an endless universe, full of unknowns and mysteries.
In the sparkling sea water, fish of various shapes and sizes swam leisurely past them. Some were colorful, like dreamy elves; some were huge and mighty, like the overlords of the ocean.
Their figures left fleeting streaks of light and shadow on the glass wall, adding a vivid rhythm to this underwater journey.
The destination of all the elevator transmissions is concentrated in the bottomless trench.
Just as Li Muhan was looking at the dark abyss revealed by the transparent floor under his feet.
Suddenly, some spots of light flashed in the abyss, as if it was a signal allowing all the cars to enter.
Then the light spots began to grow stronger, larger, and spread.
Illuminating the darkness that was originally pitch black.
Li Muhan discovered that in the depths of the trench, an exaggeratedly large building revealed its tip of the iceberg.
At the same time, the woman's voice in the elevator sounded again.
Welcome to Prometheus
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