Rhode Island Park Project

When my grandmother passed away, she kept saying that my life as a girl would be very difficult, and all sorts of other things, but I don’t think that’s necessarily the case.”

Luo Luo looked at the girl with a cheerful expression and couldn't help but open his mouth.

This time's mission... could really result in death.

How many people of their self-rescue army died when they fought against the Sarkaz in Londinium? And who knows whether the battlefield they are about to step onto this time will be easier or more cruel?

Lolo turned and glanced into the car.

The bus door was closed, and the last people sitting on the bus, including her and Coron... were 23 people.

Although not many people were evacuated from Londinium by the Self-Rescue Army, there was a train as a means of transport, so at least a few hundred people could be evacuated. However, in the end, there were only 23 people sitting here.

Miss Aleda should have made the danger of this mission clear to everyone when she spoke to them.

She didn't know what kind of mood everyone sitting here had in choosing to come here, but Miss Aleda's explanation... Coron should be no exception.

"..."

In the end, Luo Luo didn't say what was going through his mind, but changed the subject, "When you talked about your grandmother, you seemed more relaxed than I thought."

"Because we said goodbye properly."

Ke'er's eyes narrowed again. "We spent a lot of time thinking about what we wanted to say to each other. In the end, we almost didn't know what to say, so... there's no problem."

"Really... That's good."

Lolo just smiled to deal with it.

When her father was captured by the Sarkaz in front of her, she didn't even have time to say a few words to her father.

Ke'er seemed to realize something as well. She reached out and gently held Luo Luo's hand, giving her a concerned and apologetic look.

Lolo shook her head slightly.

The bus has started and slowly drove out of the underground parking lot.

The car, which could hold over 40 people, was only occupied by 23 people, making it seem rather empty. Suddenly, sunlight from the ground shone into the car, blinding everyone.

The bus passed through the city streets in an ordinary manner, as if there were only a group of ordinary tourists on the bus. Lolo just quietly looked out the window at the bustling city that seemed like another world.

After a while, the bus drove into the underground parking lot of another office building. After a dizzying series of turns in the pitch-black environment, the vehicle suddenly drove into a steel tunnel lined with indicator lights.

Lolo realized that they were currently in the city's substructure, but the exact location had become difficult to discern after all the twists and turns just now.

About ten minutes later, the bus drove into a gate along the tunnel.

There should be something else deeper in the tunnel, but they don't have the chance to find out now.

"Everyone get out of the car, we're here. Grab your things."

The bus stopped at a space that was exceptionally brightly lit. Aleda, who was sitting in the front row, stood up and said something to everyone, and the door was opened.

The people in the car quietly picked up their luggage and stood up one after another. Luo Luo and Ke Er also followed in the group.

Walking through the aisle between the seats and going down the stairs to the door, Lolo naturally looked in front of him.

The silver-grey metal walls exuded a heavy armored texture, and the ground was spotless, as if it had just been built. On the wall not far away, a silver metal-engraved sign was embedded.

【Rhode Island Third Underground Engineering Office】

"third……"

Lolo muttered to herself in a low voice.

In other words, are there other facilities like this? Deeper down in this corridor, are there first, second, or fourth or fifth facilities?

Without anyone noticing, Rhodes Island had actually already built such a project in the city's underground...

"It's completely different from where we were underground in Londinium."

She heard Ke'er sighing softly beside her, and Lolo nodded unconsciously.

The underground space of Londinium is crisscrossed, but most of it is a mechanical structure with only pipes and corridors. Even though there is a shelter used by their self-rescue army as a base, the environment inside is mainly gray and old, which is a completely different world from the bright space in front of them.

The bus without passengers closed its doors in front of them, then started again and drove towards the gate. They seemed to be left behind in this steel-constructed space.

"Come with me, I'll show you around first. But to be honest, I was here for the first time only yesterday."

Aleda, who was standing at the front of the group, spoke to them with a wry smile, and then walked towards the passage on the side of the silver sign.

Luoluo and Ke'er followed in the team.

Walking into the entrance on the side of the sign, the first thing that comes into view is a long corridor of unknown purpose. On both sides of the corridor are curved walls that look like mirrors, and at the end is a tightly closed white metal door.

"This is the identity verification and defense channel. The doctor told me personally that after you have been training here for a period of time, you will be equipped with a special wristband terminal. You will not be allowed to enter without the terminal.

It's also said that there will be updates to the gait, posture, and micro-expression verification systems later, but I don't really understand these things. Anyway, all you need to know is that if the verification goes wrong, there are a lot of weapons hidden here."

While explaining to everyone, Aledai raised her hand and pressed an electronic screen on the side of the passage, then looked at the members of the team.

"Take turns coming up and use your terminals to verify before going over. These are the identification codes you usually use for things like the cafeteria and access control. I shouldn't need to tell you where to find them."

This is true.

Luo Luo took out his terminal and skillfully called out his identification code. Then he turned around and saw the same identification code on the terminal screen in Ke'er's hand, and a beautiful smile on the girl's face.

Almost from the first day they arrived in Rhodes Island and started living there, everyone started using their own terminals and personal identification codes, either actively or passively.

Whether it is access control, cafeteria, bathhouse, shopping, mission or the end of training, you have to scan the identification code.

The first person in the lead had already scanned the identification code and walked into the passage, looking around with obvious nervousness.

Their eyes also unconsciously focused on the first person.

"Don't be in a daze, just follow them one by one after you finish brushing."

Aledai spoke directly, "Today we are only entering identities. We haven't started the formal verification yet. We will need to come one by one later."

That being said, she watched the people in front of her scan their identification codes one after another and walk into the passage. When it was Lolo's turn, she scanned her identification code and walked into the passage where she could see her reflection on both sides. She couldn't help but look around a few more times, trying to roughly judge where the weapons might come from.

Unfortunately, until she reached the open door at the end, she didn't find the window where the weapon might appear.

Aledai followed the last person and came to their front, then led the way into the gate. Lolo also followed the team with a little curiosity and walked behind Aledai.

After entering the gate, the space around you suddenly becomes spacious.

The first thing that catches your eye in this huge space that looks like a stadium is the different types of vehicles parked everywhere.

There were off-road vehicles, cars, and even armored vehicles. The walls around the venue were filled with a wide variety of brand-new weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, bows, crossbows, staffs, guns, and shields of different styles. It made people doubt whether the 23 of them would need so many things.

"This is the staging area for field missions and part of the training area. All the equipment here is usable. If something unexpected happens, like someone breaking in, you don't have to hesitate to point your weapons at the entrance."

Aledae said to everyone as always.

Many people just nodded subconsciously, but their eyes were always fixed on the weapons and vehicles full of steel and violence, especially some young boys like Fester. They no longer had the heaviness of stepping into the battlefield, and their eyes seemed to be shining.

While Lolo was speechless, his eyes fell on some doors on the side of the venue.

"What are those rooms...?"

Seeing that Aledae didn't seem to introduce the surrounding rooms to them, but instead took them straight into the depths of the venue, Lolo couldn't help but ask tentatively.

Aledai followed Lolo's gaze.

"That's the office for the logistics and technical staff. Once you officially begin your operation, a group of professionals will be responsible for the intelligence you send back, your coordination, and the maintenance and updates of your equipment."

Lolo couldn't help but open his eyes wide in surprise, then looked at the vast venue, numerous equipment and office doors in front of him.

"so much……"

"With so many things, how many people will be needed to maintain them?"

Someone asked her this hesitant yet unconsciously exciting question.

Aledea smiled too.

“I can tell you that the number will not be small.

Once you officially begin your operations, the people here, and this entire base, will revolve around you."

The team members walking on the road looked at each other, and the atmosphere of excitement and excitement quickly spread among the crowd.

There were only 23 of them, standing in the entire venue, and they didn't even take up much more space than the armored vehicle in the venue.

But such a huge base, and the many people who will appear in the future, will revolve around them.

Proud? High morale? Or pressure and heaviness?

Luo Luo didn't know how he felt at the moment.

All she could do was clench her fists tightly.

Chapter 287: The Beginning of Special Training

The introduction to the training ground did not end there.

Compared to the excited looks of the team members, Aledai looked at the young people in front of her and sighed secretly in her heart.

When this war is over, who knows how many people will be able to stand here again...

This illusory sense of honor is all she can give.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot. The real highlight of this special training is still to come."

Aledae calmed down and spoke to everyone again.

As eyes turned towards her, she turned around and calmly walked towards the security door on the inner side of the maintenance yard, which was her original destination.

After pressing the electronic screen again, the security door opened to both sides.

It was like a weird biological laboratory, or a strange space inside some machine, appearing in front of everyone.

Neatly arranged, ink-black streamlined cabins occupied the middle of the space. A large number of tentacle-like pipes spread out from the base of each cabin, converging to thick, transparent main pipes with azure liquid flowing around the room.

The entire space, which seemed to be of a considerable size, was almost entirely occupied by the cabin and strange pipes. Even the light shone with a faint blue glow due to the liquid in the transparent pipes.

"Uh, are we going to undergo some kind of biochemical transformation?"

Someone asked with a stiff expression.

Faced with this strange scene, many people actually had strange expressions, and it was not known whether they were reminded of a movie or a plot in some story.

"I can guarantee that the equipment here is nothing like what you imagine."

Alede turned back in annoyance. "The real name of these things is the bio-virtual pod. They are confidential equipment of Rhodes Island that allows you to connect to the virtual world and study courses."

"virtual reality?"

"Is this true? It can't be what I think it is, right?"

"Aren't we really making a movie?"

There was a commotion in the team, and Lolo looked at the strangely shaped devices in front of him in surprise.

"It's a virtual world, Lolo!"

Coron beside her excitedly waved her arms. "When I was working in a restaurant, I heard noble ladies and young masters talking about this. It's something that only happens in novels! Our Rhodes Island is really amazing! The doctor is also amazing!"

"Why add the doctor..."

Lolo couldn't help but complain.

"Eh, isn't the Doctor the leader of Rhodes Island? Rhodes Island is powerful because the Doctor is powerful, right?"

Ke'er blinked innocently, and Luo Luo couldn't refute it for a moment.

The noise around him gradually died down, and Lolo gave up the idea of ​​continuing to speak and looked at Aledai in front of him.

Aleda didn't care and continued with the previous instructions:

"Once you're connected to the virtual world, instructors will set up realistic scenarios for you to use as learning and training materials. Most importantly, the time you spend in these virtual cabins can replace sleep, and depending on your brain and body's tolerance, the time you spend in the virtual world can be accelerated."

"Eh?"

"what?"

"Speed ​​up time?"

Chaotic noises were heard again in the team, but this time, compared to the previous excitement, more people showed expressions of astonishment.