Chapter 391: Chapter 390: The Surface
Beep~
After the brief prompt sound, the elevator doors automatically opened.
On the screen beside the elevator buttons, the number 404 was prominently displayed.
Through the open elevator doors, one could glimpse part of the view of the 404th floor.
The sight before the eyes was clean and bright, with the corridor walls painted in a high-tech blue, white, and silver color scheme.
A staff member with a warped mind stood in a daze at the elevator entrance, seemingly puzzled as to why they were there.
Lv Bai stepped out of the elevator first; even with a vast array of strategically placed surveillance cameras for omnidirectional monitoring, they couldn’t detect him in his invisible state.
He wouldn’t get lost.
Because this floor actually had only one route.
At the end of the hallway, there was the entrance to the Hermit Elevator leading to the surface.
Not long after walking straight along the path, he saw a silver-colored unknown alloy door barring his way.
"Coming out of the elevator, on the way to the entrance, you will encounter three isolation doors in succession; each door requires an ID card, password verification, and biometric identification to open. Any error in the process will trigger an immediate alarm and cut off the power supply on this floor, so even if you succeed in breaking in by force, you won’t be able to use that Hermit Elevator..."
Lv Bai recalled what Vice President Zheng had said, yet he didn’t slow his pace as he arrived at this isolation door.
"From verification failure to power cut, how long does it take?" he had asked at the time.
"Upon receiving an alarm signal, the intelligent brain in the main control room will first confirm what has happened on the 404th floor, and once it’s judged as illegal infiltration, it will immediately cut the power supply. This process will take no more than fifteen seconds at most."
The Hermit Elevator had been built for too long; it didn’t require identity verification to use, so theoretically, as long as you could break through the three thick isolation doors and cross the distance in between within fifteen seconds to enter the Hermit Elevator, you could start the Hermit Elevator to ascend to the surface.
Lv Bai reached out and touched the isolation door in front of him, clearly feeling the heaviness of this door, a bullet from an anti-material sniper rifle might not even leave a mark on this door.
"Although the intelligence provided by Vice President Zheng isn’t guaranteed to be true, there might be unexpected situations..."
He muttered to himself, taking out a panda mask he had bought earlier and placing it on his face: "But for me, it shouldn’t be much of an issue."
Before his voice had even fallen, the ability under [Restore] switched from invisibility to [Needle Woman’s Spirit].
[Iron Fist Breaks Wind] and [Needle Woman’s Spirit] activated simultaneously.
Boom!!!
The deafening roar caused intense vibrations that spread throughout the entire building; the isolation door, with a thickness of over two meters, instantly turned into countless metal powders.
Lv Bai didn’t take a moment to admire this masterpiece; he switched [Needle Woman’s Spirit] to [Wind Manipulation], then shot out like an arrow off the string.
To ensure maximum time-saving, he even used [Flash Time].
In an instant, he reached the second isolation door, reusing his tactics, switching abilities, and punching out with his fist.
At almost the same second, the terrifying boom reappeared.
With two isolation doors penetrated successively, the piercing alarm sound arrived belatedly.
It was undoubtedly illegal infiltration; the main control room confirmed this fact in just half a second, and the authorization notification popping up on the screen was quickly approved.
One must admit that the intelligent brain’s response was fast indeed, but unfortunately, Lv Bai’s actions were even faster.
By the third second of Lv Bai’s actions, he had already smashed through the three isolation doors in one go, crossed the corridor, and entered the nearly one hundred square meters spacious interior of the Hermit Elevator.
Reaching the control console, Lv Bai didn’t bother to look at the normal startup options; he directly switched to the back end, activated the emergency ascent mode, and manually controlled the elevator to start ascending.
Rumble~
Along with rhythmic vibrations, this lift equipment, which hadn’t been used for over a decade, began to operate normally.
One could clearly feel that the starting ascent speed of this Hermit Elevator was not fast, at least not to the extent where one couldn’t stand steady without a seatbelt.
...
The story seems long, but actually, from the moment Lv Bai took action to the Hermit Elevator initiating ascent, it all happened within ten seconds, and the power supply of the 404th floor had not yet been cut off.
"What’s happening?"
"Where? The 404th floor? How is that possible?"
"Internal personnel committing the act? Quickly confirm the actual situation."
"The 404th floor has been violently infiltrated, calling for Cheng Wu Zhi’s support."
Layer by layer, access was opened to mobilize security forces, ensuring reinforcements could arrive unobstructed at the scene.
"This is the main control room, the power supply on the 404th floor has been cut off. Please, Cheng Wu Zhi Team Two, use the newly generated keys to access the backup power."
The entire building’s staff and security forces were all busy, though most of them had no idea what they were actually busy with.
...
Lv Bai, of course, realized that his actions would stir up a huge storm, but he was already ascending in the Hermit Elevator, so the subsequent impacts wouldn’t affect him.
It’s worth mentioning that maybe due to the setting, or perhaps because the Hermit Elevator was gradually returning to normal operating status, when reaching mid-point, the ascent speed would significantly increase.
In any case, the ascent speed of the elevator perceived through the body began to escalate rapidly; the powerful overload pinned Lv Bai in place, and he experienced a slight dizziness which needed to be alleviated through deep breaths.
This experience wasn’t exactly pleasant; if it weren’t inappropriate, he would have liked to lie down directly.
Lv Bai did not know how long it would take for this Hermit Elevator to reach the surface, so he could only endure for the time being.
Luckily, this rapid ascent didn’t last long.
After about two minutes, that uncomfortable feeling quickly eased.
"Slowed down?"
Lv Bai couldn’t see the situation outside the Hermit Elevator and could only guess based on his bodily sensations.
Boom~
A sound of roaring was transmitted from outside the elevator, accompanied by a muffled shaking.
Whoosh~
The hydraulic door of the elevator naturally opened.
The air was filled with chilliness, and seeing the complete darkness outside the elevator, Lv Bai unconsciously pulled up his collar.
From what he had gathered, the entrance to Shelter Number 9 was located at the deepest part of an underground civil defense project.
This meant he had to walk a considerable distance before reaching the surface.
Lv Bai didn’t complain, decisively switching to an ability with a lighting effect, and walked out one wobbly step at a time.
One must admit that walking in a civil defense project can easily evoke a sense of oppression.
The corridor seemed to have been widened, not narrow, but its height was quite pathetic, with no section exceeding two meters.
Walking inside, there was a constant illusion that his head was almost touching the ceiling every moment.
Moreover, aside from his own footsteps, there were no other sounds, creating a hallucination of never reaching the end.
