Elder brother's garrison

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Just as Luo Lian said.

Xiaobai and the others have been staying at Ella's house for so long, and apart from the terrifyingly large number of black-clad maids, they haven't encountered a single member of Ella's family yet.

Even Ella herself, after accompanying Xiaobai and the others into the house, was carried away and disappeared by a large group of black-clad maids who came rushing in.

Where did Ella go?

"Ella's family is really strange..." Xiaobai murmured curiously, "So, does that mean Ella and her family are hiding in a very secret place right now?"

“Very likely.” Luo Lian nodded.

"Where are they?"

"The maid who called herself Connor told us where to go after we entered the building?"

"underground?"

“Yes.” Luo Lian said, raising her hand to open the elevator door. “Although the surrounding rooms are still very new, the elevator’s control switch is worn to some extent, and there are also marks on the floor at the elevator entrance from leather shoes—so this elevator has been used normally for a long time.”

Ding.

The elevator door opens.

The elevator has a large capacity; Xiaobai glanced at it and estimated that it could hold about twenty people at a time.

Xiaobai and the ship girls entered the elevator, and even felt that the space inside the elevator was very spacious.

The buttons inside the elevator, from the first to the sixth floor, are still very new, except for the buttons on the basement floor, which look a bit faded.

"Speaking of which, can't we just go down to the basement by taking the stairs?" the ship girls asked.

"That probably won't work."

"Can't you?"

“Hmm, if this building is also built according to the Ship Equipment Research Center’s building, the Ship Equipment Research Center does not have a basement, so the human-shaped staircase in this building should not lead to the basement either.” Xiaobai said and pressed the button to go to the basement. “In other words, the basement of this building is a secret floor that was built separately by someone else.”

“Wow…that sounds really dangerous…” Wisconsin said.

"It's alright, Ella's family won't harm us, right?" Xiaobai smiled at Wisconsin.

“I’m not saying Ella’s house is dangerous.” Wisconsin waved her hand, her face serious. “What I mean is, digging a basement under the foundation of a building is very dangerous! Is it really okay? There must be a problem! I have a feeling that this building could collapse in a heartbeat or something if it had an earthquake!”

"……"noob.

Wisconsin's concerns are quite valid.

"Perhaps... that's one of the reasons why those rooms upstairs are just for show..." Xiaobai said to Wisconsin with a wry smile.

Everyone stood silently in the elevator, waiting for it to descend.

The elevator carried everyone down smoothly and steadily.

Although the button on the elevator was labeled as the basement level, Xiaobai felt that the elevator's descent took much longer than the simple descent to the basement level. After descending for about the same amount of time as going up to the sixth floor, the elevator finally stopped with a "ding" sound as the button for the basement level lit up.

The elevator door opens.

A white light suddenly streamed in from outside the elevator doors.

What appeared before Xiaobai and the others was a super-large underground laboratory, as big as a football field.

In the brightly lit basement.

on the platform.

One experimental table after another, enough to fill a small village, were occupied by men and women wearing white lab coats, carrying textual materials and bottles, hurrying between the experimental tables.

The young people in white lab coats were not experimenting with the ship equipment worn by the ship girls, nor with the deep-sea metal of the deep-sea amphibious ships, but with pieces of extremely tricky-looking runes. Many of them were holding finely crafted and polished gears and using special carving tools to polish the runes on the gears. The polished parts were neatly collected in one place for a few slightly older-looking lab coats to inspect.

These older doctors in white coats held wrenches or similar tools. When they clamped the polished rune gears onto the wrenches and sprinkled some special dust on them, the runes on the gears would often emit strange colors. If the colors of some gears were not bright enough, the older doctors in white coats would remove the gears and throw them into the garbage bag next to them.

"Number 743, failed, redo!"

"Number 744, passed."

"Number 745, passed."

"Number 746, and... damn it, you failed again. You have to redo it!"

The white-coated doctor, clutching the gear in his hand—which had been brightly colored just moments before but had instantly faded—cursed helplessly and tossed it into the trash bag.

Xiaobai and the ship girls stepped out of the elevator and looked around at the bustling large laboratory.

"Wow...this place...it seems a bit lively." Xiaobai said in surprise as she looked at the young people carrying materials back and forth around her.

Everyone was busy with their own things, and no one paid any attention to Xiaobai and his group at the elevator entrance.

"Is this... the production site for rune parts?" Luo Lian pinched her chin, looking at the white coat in the distance who was inspecting rune parts one by one with a wrench. "It's much more casual than I imagined."

"Hello everyone."

Just as Xiaobai and the others were curiously looking around, a clear and melodious voice rang out from behind them.

Everyone turned around.

A black-clad maid, whom Xiaobai and the others had never seen before, was standing prettily at the elevator entrance.

"Next, I will lead the way for you all."

The maid in black smiled at everyone.

"Uh...you are..." Everyone looked at the maid in black.

“I am here to guide you to Miss Ella and Master,” the maid in black said.

"Uh... I see."

The maid in black walked up to Xiaobai. She lowered her head and silently gazed at Xiaobai's face. After a moment of eye contact, she suddenly turned around and walked towards the other end of the laboratory.

"Please come with me."

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the black-clad maid's retreating figure.

Ok?

Total feeling.

This maid seems to know me?

Xiao Bai quickly followed the black-clad maid's steps.

"Uh...maid...excuse me...uh, you seem to know me?" Xiaobai blinked, touched her cheek, and said to the maid who was leading the way.

“We know every guest who steps into this place.”

The maid in black smiled as she spoke, then turned her head to look at the laboratory beside her.

"Since this is your first time here, let me introduce you to the site. This is Test Zone No. 1, which is mainly responsible for the production of core components for the construction equipment."

Chapter 1431 Boiled Eggs

Maid.

Also known as maid or servant girl.

It is a special profession where there is a clear hierarchical relationship with the employer, and the main job is to take care of the employer's household chores.

In other words.

In the true sense, a maid actually has a rather low status within a family.

But the black-clad maids in front of Xiaobai gave off a slightly different feeling.

"Experimental Zone One is responsible for the initial application of rune knowledge, which is to make rune parts." The maid in black said as she led Xiaobai and the others. "Most of the researchers and manufacturers in Experimental Zone One are young people and pillars of the clan, as well as some talents from outside the clan who are enthusiastic about studying rune knowledge."

The maid in black explained to Xiaobai behind her.

Xiao Bai silently followed behind the black-clad maid.

Logically speaking, a maid of relatively low status shouldn't know so much, and wouldn't introduce it to the guests as if it were a treasure trove of knowledge, right?

"Does the guest have any further questions?" Just as Xiaobai was thinking, the maid in black turned around and asked Xiaobai.

"Hmm... so your family accepts people from outside the family?" Xiaobai said to the black-clad maid.

"Yes, it will." The maid in black nodded. "Although rune knowledge cannot be easily passed on, it is, after all, a kind of knowledge that highly values ​​talent. The addition of outside talent is a very important part. If the family keeps working in isolation, it will eventually limit the family's future. Therefore, the patriarch does not mind some people with unique talents from outside the family joining."

"I see!" Xiao Bai turned her head and smiled at Luo Lian.

If what the black-clad maid said is true, that anyone with sufficient aptitude can gain the qualification to learn about runes, then Luo Lian is almost certain to succeed this time.

Xiao Bai has great faith in Luo Lian's talent.

Whether in studies or in other areas.

In the realm of talent, Luo Lian has never disappointed Xiao Bai.

As the maid in black led Xiaobai and the others, she introduced them to the environment of the laboratory below, such as how a certain place in Experiment Area 1 was led by a certain person, how the production of parts in a certain region had been at its peak for several years, and how the production of parts in a certain region had recently seen an astonishing increase.

As they talked, Xiaobai and the ship girls were led to the end of the laboratory by the ship girls in black.

At the end of the laboratory was a strange iron door with a very unique appearance.

This is a pure black iron door, engraved with strange patterns. There is no keyhole or doorknob on the door—to be honest, it looks more like an iron wall than an iron door.

The color and style of this strange iron gate are very different from the decoration style of modern doors. If it weren't for the black-clad maid leading Xiaobai and the others straight here, and the fact that the iron gate's painting style is out of place with the surrounding walls, Xiaobai probably wouldn't have recognized it as a door.

but……

The strange door did give Xiaobai a hint.

Upon reaching the door, before the black-clad maid could speak, Xiaobai pulled out the black rune key from her clothes.

As the rune key approached the strange iron gate, it began to emit a faint glow, and the strange patterns on the iron gate also emitted a mysterious luster.

Xiao Bai gripped the key and glanced at the black-clad maid beside her.

The maid in black stood beside Xiaobai, her expression serene, gesturing for Xiaobai to sit down.

—Even though he did it, the iron gate didn't even have a keyhole. Even though Xiaobai understood that the rune key was used to open the iron gate, he didn't know where to insert it.

Xiao Bai gripped the key, staring absently at the runes pasted on the door.

The runes on the door were in circles. Xiaobai held the key, thought for a while, and then carefully poked the key into the center of the circle of lit runes.

The key in Xiaobai's hand began to vibrate rapidly, just like a cell phone vibrating.

A creaking sound was heard.

The door in front of us opened in two halves.

Xiao Bai stared wide-eyed at the black-clad maid beside her.

"This is the door to Experiment Zone Two." The maid in black smiled at the group. "Since you are able to open this door, it means you are qualified to enter."

"Experimental Zone Two?"

“Test Zone Two is the place responsible for teaching and imparting knowledge of runes. In other words, it’s a school.” The maid in black bowed to Xiaobai. “Please come in, everyone. Miss Ella and Master are inside.”

"Oh, I see!" Xiaobai nodded to the maid in black.

"Thank you, Miss Maid!" The ship girls smiled and waved to the black-clad maid, and walked into the black door with Luo Lian.

Xiao Bai stood outside the door, staring blankly at the maid in black.

"Miss Maid, aren't you going in?" Xiaobai asked the maid in black.

"I'm here, waiting for you to come back," the maid in black said to Xiaobai.

Aren't you going in?

"I'm in charge of Experiment Zone One. Other maids will greet you in Experiment Zone Two," the maid in black said to Xiaobai.

"...Oh, I see."

Xiao Bai spoke softly, looking at the black-clad maid's face. Although she wanted to say something, she shook her head and slowly walked into the black door.

The black door seemed to have a mysterious power of judgment; as soon as Xiaobai, carrying the key, stepped through the door, it began to slowly close.

The maid in black stood outside the door, smiling as she watched Xiaobai walk in.

As Xiaobai walked through the gate, she turned around and looked at the black-clad maid outside the door who had given her a strange feeling.

"……what."

Just then, the maid in black gently rubbed her forehead and let out a soft sigh, as if she had sensed something.

The maid in black looked up and smiled at Xiaobai.