Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 408 Phase One Base

With Bai Chenxue as his temporary boss, Yun Ling quickly wore down the boss and successfully completed the deal—though he was too embarrassed to accept payment.

"It's alright! It's just a temporary power outage after all! Nobody wants it to happen, it's understandable! I didn't contribute anything, so I should still give what I owe!"

Bai Chenxue shoved a handful of money into Yun Ling's hand without any room for argument, and then, while the Divine Speed ​​Water was still working, she ran away in a flash.

Seeing that Bai Chenxue had already paid, the other two shop owners felt too embarrassed to take advantage of her and settled their remaining payments as well.

Holding this hard-earned "wage," Yun Ling privately asked Han Yi through a third-party chat app: "Junior brother! Haven't you climbed up yet? Why did our base suddenly lose power for so long?"

Han Yi replied quickly: "It's probably not going to happen anytime soon. It's mainly because of the base expansion. The new building has already been erected, and they're testing the circuits over there, so they've shut this one down for now. Apparently, it's because the entire power supply for our base runs on a separate line... I don't really understand!"

"Oh right! I'll go practice now, and I'll take orders again when you're back online!"

Yun Ling suddenly realized.

She then remembered that a long time ago, the higher authorities had approved the expansion of the base, and it was said that the entire unit originally located here would be moved over because the firewall system here was better.

However, she thought this matter would drag on for several months! After all, the cooperation between China and Alpha was a highly confidential project, and its importance was self-evident. The construction standards of the base were even comparable to those of aerospace engineering. Unexpectedly, the first phase of the project was completed in just half a month!
"This is only the first phase of delivery. There will be several more phases later. This phase of the project is just to get all the members involved in the project to move to the base as soon as possible. Other facilities, including experimental equipment and research laboratories, are planned for the second phase of the project."

Wang Qiqing, who was also forced offline due to a power outage, secretly approached Aunt Wang's office door to inquire about the situation.

"That's fast! It's only been half a month! That's amazing speed!"

Wang Qiqing was so surprised that he clicked his tongue and was filled with emotion.

During the construction of this project, it was surrounded by super high walls and green cloth, and no one knew what was going on inside. Only occasionally could you hear the sounds of various construction teams when you passed by... Unexpectedly, a small building was built from the ground up in just half a month!

Aunt Wang explained, "Actually, the main building is the dormitory building. The shorter container house is a temporary workroom. When the group enters the game, they will enter from there... Don't be fooled by the fact that this dormitory building is only eight stories high. It can actually accommodate four thousand people. However, in order to speed up the progress, the standard approved from above is six people per room, so the conditions are relatively harsh. The second phase of the project will also start with the dormitory building, but then it will be six people per room with independent rooms."

Wang Qiqing was somewhat dissatisfied: "Why is it still a six-person room? Didn't the higher-ups approve quite a lot of money?" "You don't need to live there," Aunt Wang explained: "Six people is something the higher-ups have considered repeatedly, because the minimum team unit set by α is five people, and the extra person is for the team's logistics and backup... Originally, we wanted to design a five-person room, but considering unforeseen circumstances and the objective conditions of the α world, we added the position of logistics personnel."

"Those of you involved in the research will temporarily stay in single rooms here. Once the third phase of the project is completed, you will be moved to better double rooms."

Wang Qiqing was completely dumbfounded: "Wait, how come they've been demoted?!"

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "The accommodations in the new building are better. Although they are double rooms, they all have private bathrooms. However, they share the kitchen and living room. If you don't want to eat in the cafeteria, you can cook for yourself... And considering that this is a long-term project, you can live with your family. Just sign a confidentiality agreement. Of course, you will have to sacrifice some of your freedom in other areas. You should understand this."

Wow! Such good treatment!

Wang Qiqing's eyes lit up when he heard this—he hadn't been home for a long time because of the project team, and if it weren't for the occasional video call with his wife, his children probably wouldn't recognize him!
"Yes, the Alpha Community in the third phase of the project mainly focuses on this aspect. The beneficiaries are all project team members, including those in their farming communities. In addition to the six-person dormitories arranged for work, they can also apply for this kind of community like you, where they can live with their families and receive the same treatment!"

Upon hearing the words "Phase Three Project," Wang Qiqing's enthusiasm immediately cooled: "Tsk, but that's already Phase Three, who knows when that will be!"

"It'll be soon, in a year or two," Aunt Wang said, having just finished tidying up a stack of documents. She tapped the papers on the table to align them, then handed them to Wang Qiqing, gesturing for him to take a look. She then changed the subject: "The Ten Continents Chronicles will be undergoing maintenance the day after tomorrow. This maintenance will only last six hours, after which the new instance, [Endless Ruins], will open. Actually, it's about Alpha negotiating the Five-Colored Array with the Quanxian Clan and the Dragon Clan, allowing us to enter and help. Alpha's intention is roughly to train our troops, familiarize our people with the true combat methods of the Ruins Realm, and incidentally encourage everyone to cultivate. You know, ordinary people are really quite idle..."

"Furthermore, the Arctic Stream Continent is nearing completion. Most research institutes will be relocated there or branch offices will be built. What are your plans for your spiritual energy research institute? Strictly speaking, the project team cannot interfere with your privately owned spiritual energy research institute, but after all, China's focus will be on development in the Arctic Stream Continent in the future. It has a sparse population and no native cultivator sects. Currently, it is completely under the control of Alpha, making it the most suitable location. Therefore, it is conceivable that the infrastructure there will be more complete in the future..."

"We have to move! We absolutely have to move!"

Before Aunt Wang could finish speaking, Wang Qiqing flipped through the documents and stated decisively, "Many research projects at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute require an environment with minimal interference. I'm almost bald from staying up so late every time I do tests in the early morning! If we could move to the Arctic Ocean and hitch a ride with the project team, it would save us a lot of trouble!"

"Okay, then when I report it to my superiors, I'll include your spiritual energy research institute as well. I'll upload this information to the group later, and you can take a closer look then."

As Aunt Wang spoke, she glanced at her watch, grabbed the file back, stood up, straightened the slightly wrinkled hem of her clothes, and walked out of the office, leaving only one sentence behind—

"I'm going to a meeting now!"

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