Deep in the Living

Chapter 362: Seam, Border and Exploration Bureau
Inside the personnel department's monitoring room,
The agents who gathered here to temporarily take over the personnel work showed different expressions, some were appreciative, some looked solemn, and some silently began to do warm-up exercises.

According to the current test data, Luo Di is out of control and such a person cannot be allowed to stay.

Just as some agents were preparing to go to the assessment space for secret processing.

The moonlit night fades away,

It returned to the previous state of dark clouds and howling winds.

Rody took off his mask.

The bloodshot between the eyeballs dissipated.

He went to the store in the community, found a plastic lighter and took a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes.

Biting the cigarette holder, protecting the lighter,

Ignite in the wind.

Leaning alone under the street light waiting for the result.

The so-called Exploration Bureau assessment is indeed difficult. You need to act alone in a corner-like environment, find the monster incarnation hiding in the dark and lying in ambush, and fight against it on your own.

But... this kind of [difficulty] is only suitable for newcomers, not connectors like Rody.

The things bestowed by the real hell made him have strength beyond his peers.

If we have to talk about the real assessment, the previous journey to hell is the only one that deserves it.

The Exploration Bureau itself also knew this. They knew that Rody's strength had reached or even exceeded the standard. Therefore, what this assessment really needed to test was Rody's [stability].

Actively reveal old scars,

Stir up anger from the bottom of the mind and draw out the instability.

Check out his mental state in such a situation.

If you can still maintain stability and still target monsters, then you will be considered qualified.

Exploring corners requires not only strength, but more importantly, a heart that can always remain bright.

There were many powerful exploration teams that lost contact in the corners because someone in the team was infected by fear and completely corrupted, leading to internal collapse.

At this moment, Luo Di, who was smoking, had all his values ​​stable.
And it's not just ordinary stability. There's no murderous intent, no hatred, only relief afterwards.

As the Red Pagoda Mountain in my mouth completely burned up,

The winds ceased.

The street lights in the community lit up, and the voice of the community staff came out from the loudspeaker hanging on the top of the street lights.

≮Congratulations, Luo Di, your assessment test has ended, please leave from the 'Exit'. We will give a comprehensive evaluation based on your performance and determine whether you can join the Exploration Bureau. ≯
Luo Di looked in the direction of the street light and saw a single red door standing in the center of the community.

"Some kind of spatial method?"

Rody walked towards the red door that stood alone.

Reach out and open the door.
Step into it,

hum!
There was a flash of light, and Rody actually came to a moving bus. There was no driver but there was a passenger.

Yu Ze was sitting in the last row and waved to Luo Di who had just got on the bus.

"My fellow countryman, congratulations! Being able to step on this car means you have passed the assessment. But I am still not sure whether you can join the Exploration Bureau. Come over here and take a rest first.

You are very good at controlling your emotions, but you must have been angry and killed someone before, right?

Don't worry too much. The Exploration Bureau must test individuals' performance under extreme conditions to see if they can remain stable in extremely depressing corners.

After all, the fear there is 'alive' and will not only affect your mind, but also your body.

Only individuals who are stable enough will be sent into the exploration bureau to explore the corners. Otherwise, the talents that have been cultivated with great difficulty will eventually become their enemies. "

"Ah."

Rody didn't care about the Exploration Bureau's arrangement, and was even somewhat grateful to them, thanking them for the assessment that made him remember an important "pseudo-human", or more precisely, the monster that had already gone to the corner.

He also followed to the last row, sat by the window and glanced out.

I unexpectedly discovered that what was outside the window was not the interior of the house, but the outdoors, which looked more like an island... an unknown island.

Because Rody saw the coast and the sea water bordering the beach through the gaps between the trees.

It was unlike any water he had ever seen.

The sea water here is dark and quiet, without even a ripple, and it seems that there are no living creatures living in it.

Due to limited vision, Luo Di could not estimate the specific area of ​​the island, but he could vaguely sense that this island was fundamentally different from the holiday islands he had visited before. "We are still inside the World Bureau, right?
The construction of this island should come from space technology similar to the assessment scene, technology brought out from the corner?"

“That’s half right.

Although technology was used, this island was formed "naturally".

In the early days of the Exploration Bureau, humans at that time had no way to reach the corners through stable means, and the mortality rate was extremely high.

As a handful of strong people stepped forward and brought back relevant objects and technologies from the corners, the World Bureau began the [Gap Plan].

When it comes to this,
Yu Ze, who was sitting in the back row, unexpectedly sat in the front row and pointed to the windshield.

Rody also stood up and walked over, sat in the driver's seat and looked towards the front.

Look past the trees on the island and towards the center.

It is clearly night,
However, you can clearly see that there is a [crack] in the center of the island, a vertical structure that is a hundred meters long.

"Is this... a stable passage to the corner?"

"Yes, this gap was opened at the cost of the lives of hundreds of our ancestors.

It is a stable passage leading to the shallow corner, allowing agents to enter a relatively safe area steadily.

Instead of being randomly thrown into a completely unknown dangerous area, or even falling directly into the mouth of a monster.

and,

Once the agents' mission is completed, as long as they return to the shallow area and meet certain conditions, they can come back through this gap and return to the island.

The existence of the gap is extremely important to the entire exploration bureau.

Many times when they are being chased in a corner, or are seriously injured, or when the fear and pressure have reached their limit, as long as they can come back to this island, they can still be saved and a one-in-a-million talent can be saved.

This island is the space that spread out during the opening of the [Gap] due to the infiltration of the corner. To be precise, this island should be considered as the space in the corner.

As the island seeps out from the corner surface and borders the world surface,
The nature of the island itself has changed; it is both part of a corner and a puzzle of reality, endowed with a dual nature.

It can not only carry this [gap] leading to the corner, but also serve as a transit station and a junction.

The nature of the island is very similar to the [space] that pseudo-people need to construct when they are promoted.

Such a perfect place naturally became the new venue for the Exploration Bureau.”

"I see……"

After a brief explanation,

The pure white high-rise buildings built around the "gap" were reflected in front of the car window.

Ten of the buildings are the most conspicuous, and standard Arabic numerals are engraved on the surface of each building.

It may look like a tower, a sphere, a modern technology building, or an old building.

"Could these ten buildings be the [Ten Exploration Departments] that you mentioned, Yu Ze?"

"Yes, once we are officially selected, we will join one of the departments."

Without any walls blocking the way, the unmanned bus carried the two people into the building complex in the center of the island, which was also the real location of the Exploration Bureau.

In addition to the buildings of the ten major departments, there are also various basic buildings, which seem to correspond to the resting places, warehouses, etc. when the agents return.

However, there were no pedestrians on the road, nor were there any shops like in the city.

The streets are lined with pure white walls.

"Don't agents coming back from the corner have daily routines?"

“No, or they don’t want to have it.

They are used to living in the corner.
Most of the agents don't even want to come back, it's just that their time in the corner has come to an end, and they need to come back to cleanse the fear from their bodies before they can embark on the journey again.

I think you will also like the life in the corner...by then your desire for the superficial aspects of human beings will be greatly reduced."

"what is inside?"

Yu Ze just raised his finger and made a gesture of silence.

quickly,

We have arrived at the building where the Personnel Department is located.

A woman wrapped in a barrel-shaped white robe was already standing downstairs.

(End of this chapter)