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Chapter 187 Future Residence
"Wow..." Elori exclaimed, "This...this is amazing!"

Liu Shuyue's face also showed a look of shock.

She had never imagined that humans could transform pitch-black underground caves into homes for survival. She had thought the skyscrapers of Jiangcheng were impressive enough, but she never expected there were even more skilled individuals among them.

Chen Xuan gazed at the gleaming city, lost in thought.

The technological sophistication of a large city built underground is self-evident.

Light, energy, food, water cycle... almost all the resources that life needs can no longer be obtained from nature and must be synthesized by humans.

In a sense, this is equivalent to a semi-closed artificial ecosystem.

At least by 2025, Jiangcheng will not be able to achieve this, even with the combined efforts of the entire world.

Compared to the abandoned city above, this place is definitely a future destination!
There's no mistake, the secret erosion incident Lin Qing mentioned must be referring to today's events—New Paris City is indeed qualified to promote the great development of the technology of the limited agency, and similarly, he might also be able to find a place here to repair barcode scanners.

"You don't seem very surprised?" Raphael looked Chen Xuan up and down with interest.

"No, I was just too surprised to be stunned." Chen Xuan shook his head. "This city is at least as big as a district of Paris, right? Such a massive project... how long did it take you to complete it?"

This isn't just a matter of placating the other party.

He was indeed both impressed and curious about this underground city.

“The initial plan was not nearly this large,” the other party replied. “The plan was to accommodate five million people, and it was basically completed in just fifteen years. The new Paris you see now is the result of several expansions, and construction is still ongoing today.”

"Is it related to those monsters up there?" Elori asked.

“Yes, but the monster itself isn’t the problem.” Raphael shook the mask in his hand. “Didn’t I say before that they would mutate if exposed to the surface? The people you saw were actually local residents.”

Chen Xuan had already guessed this to some extent. "Could it be that there's something like radiation on the ground?"

High-energy particle radiation only damages DNA, causing life systems to collapse from the ground up; it won't turn humans into more powerful monsters. In other words, Godzilla will never appear.

“It could be radiation, it could be a force field, or it could even be a wave that we can’t describe…” Raphael shrugged. “In short, our current technology can neither detect it nor defend against it.”

"You just took off your mask!" Elori suddenly remembered something and looked at the other person in surprise. "Um... will everything be alright?"

"Don't worry, I've been vaccinated. The safe limit for unprotected exposure is five minutes. Just showing my face for a moment is no problem."

"Vaccination??"

“This is not something I should explain.” Raphael shook his head and said no more.

After the cable car arrived at the platform, a passenger bus was already waiting nearby.

Once they were in the car, Raphael drove them to a detached house—a rare sight in this prime location.

He also handed them two portable earphones.

"This is a translation device; you can wear it on your ear and it will translate in real time. But you'd better learn some French; it can only help you understand, it can't replace your speaking."

Chen Xuan tried it out and found that it was almost equivalent to a simultaneous interpretation, and the translation was clearly targeted. For example, when he looked at Raphael, only his voice came through the headphones, without translating other people's conversations.

At least we don't have to bother Elori to be a messenger anymore.

"Such a good thing, everyone should have one."

“This is a perk for outsiders; new Parisians have to pay for it,” Raphael laughed. “You two can rest here tonight; someone will come to ask you about the situation tomorrow.”

Seeing him speak privately to Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue, Elori pointed to herself with some surprise, "What about me?"

"You need to come with me alone."

Before Chen Xuan could say anything, Liu Shuyue frowned and asked, "Can't she stay with us?" "I want to stay with them too," the angel quickly stated.

Raphael leaned close to the girl's ear and whispered a few words, causing Elori's eyes to widen slightly.

"Don't worry, this is just a temporary farewell," he said with a smile. "Although your origins are unknown, as long as you are still human, the new city of Paris will definitely accept you."

Elori changed her mind.

She got back into the car with him, leaving only Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue in the yard.

This house is quite nice; it's very clean and tidy, with three bedrooms and the sheets and blankets are all neatly folded.

The outside light was still bright. Chen Xuan took out his phone and glanced at it. It was 8:55 p.m.

Forced teleportation did not occur.

Perhaps the time here doesn't match that of Jiangcheng, but he experienced Jiangcheng time firsthand.

This is understandable, as Liu Shuyue is always by his side. In this situation, the shop will assume he is serving customers, not slacking off outside. What if they are separated? Chen Xuan hasn't tested how far this distance needs to be for it to be effective, but at least in Zhangwei City and Jiufeng City, when the two are busy across half a city, he won't suddenly return to the shop.

Perhaps a distance of ten kilometers or so would be effective, but it is clearly unwise to arbitrarily separate such a great distance in an unfamiliar world.

Chen Xuan lay down on the sofa and sighed deeply—to be honest, today he first fought with demons, then was inexplicably transported to a new world, and then was chased around by the insect-faced monster. He was really quite tired by now.

He felt that the spiritual energy in his body was almost depleted.

“We’re being watched,” Liu Shuyue said in a low voice. “There are twelve people standing outside the courtyard, and they’re positioned so they can see each other—it’s a standard guard post.”

“There are definitely more people secretly watching them,” Chen Xuan said dismissively. He wasn’t naive enough to think that the other party would just take them back to the city and leave them alone after rescuing them. “This is actually house arrest, just a nicer way of putting it.”

"Shall we find a chance to leave?"

"No rush, let's talk about it after tonight."

Raphael was right; they needed to rest. Although Chen Xuan couldn't use the barcode scanner to exchange for abilities, he still possessed the Thousand Thoughts Sword, the Heavenly Thunder Token, and the Disintegration and Reconstitution Technique. As long as his spiritual energy recovered, he would still be able to fight, unlike now, where he could almost only rely on Liu Shuyue to hold the fort.

“Their willingness to help shows they still have basic goodwill, and people exposed to the elements will mutate into insectoids, so isolation and observation are standard procedures. Even if Raphael said that the body would undergo visible changes after two hours of exposure, who knows if there are exceptions?” Chen Xuan added, “Besides, we might not actually be important; what’s important is that girl.”

"Elori?"

“Hmm…” Chen Xuan nodded. “With the technological capabilities of the Second Paris City, they should be able to monitor most areas of the city, so they should have noticed us shortly after we entered the Champs-Élysées.”

In other words, they not only saw themselves approaching the Hive Building, but also witnessed the subsequent battle.

The light wings that Elori spread out when she flew must have been seen by the other party as well.

These are characteristics of "angels," individuals with special abilities.

Elori also said that this is her world, where angels were once widely known to the public.

"Compared to angels, we're probably just ordinary ability users, and in the eyes of Paris, we're probably just an extra."

Liu Shuyue was amused by the idea of ​​adding extras, "Then they missed out on the most crucial person: the store manager."

dong dong dong.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Who would come looking for them at this time?
Curious, Chen Xuan walked to the entrance, opened the door, and found that the person knocking was actually a robot. Its design was similar to the delivery robots commonly used in hotels; its body was a sturdy cylinder with a display screen for showing information and simulating facial expressions; omnidirectional wheels were mounted below, allowing it to move freely. However, it had an additional mechanical arm mounted on top of the cylinder—this was the arm that had knocked on the door.

"Hello, I am A306, the intelligent guide assigned to Mr. Chen, codename Amy!" The cylindrical robot slid into the room on its own. "I will now introduce you to the situation of the Second New Paris City."

(End of this chapter)