Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

The young girl quickly walked over and nodded to the group: "Come with me, Brother Lin has agreed to see you."

Staff Officer Chen followed calmly, showing no dissatisfaction with the previous "checkpoints"—this was someone else's territory.

He Jun followed behind him, expressionless, as calm and silent as ever.

The two soldiers behind them exchanged a glance, their lips slightly pursed.

Staff Officer Chen is a major general. In the pre-apocalyptic world, this kind of treatment involving multiple layers of notification... well, let's not talk about it.

Zhou Tiannian stopped at the door and waved his hand: "You guys go in, I have other things to do, excuse me."

He left decisively. In this setting where the leaders of two major powers were discussing matters, Lin Chen hadn't invited him, so naturally he wouldn't be so tactless as to join in.

The group followed the little girl through the villa area.

The snow on the main road had been cleared away, revealing the gray-black asphalt surface underneath.

The villas on both sides stood silently in the cold wind, their windows tightly closed, making it impossible to tell whether anyone was inside.

Many key areas and walls are equipped with a large number of surveillance devices, which can follow and film people as they move, clearly indicating that they are in normal use.

Soon, the group arrived at a villa.

The young girl didn't stop, but led them directly into the courtyard, then turned right—Staff Officer Chen's eyes widened slightly.

It is a spiral underground passage that extends downwards.

The wall lamp uses an incandescent bulb, which is rarely seen now, and emits a warm yellow light.

The light shines on the walls on both sides, casting soft shadows.

He silently counted the steps.

Ten meters, it has dropped at least ten meters.

Moreover—the temperature is clearly rising.

As I reached the end of the passage, a wave of warmth washed over me.

Tang Xiaoran actually felt the long-lost feeling of "heat".

Almost instinctively, I started taking off my clothes. I peeled off the thick military overcoat and the winter coat underneath, one by one.

Staff Officer Chen also felt a warmth spread through his body, and the biting chill vanished completely. However, the ability of a superhuman to adapt to the environment meant that he didn't need to take off his clothes.

But he was more concerned about something else—

His hand accidentally touched the wall at the end of the passage.

It's not the roughness of concrete.

It has the cool, smooth feel of metal.

Staff Officer Chen paused for a moment, then took another look. The entire wall gleamed with a uniform metallic sheen, without any trace of splicing, as if it had been a single, natural piece.

He tapped lightly with his fingernail—a metallic sound.

It's not that they just covered it with steel plates; the entire wall has been turned into metal.

He recalled the passage he had just walked down, those equally smooth walls. If the entire passage was like that…

It must be a superpower!

Moreover, only those with metallic abilities can do this.

Lin Chen was already standing at the restaurant entrance, greeting everyone with a smile: "Welcome everyone."

He stepped aside and gestured for them to enter. He had just been about to go out and explore when he received news of their arrival.

In this weather, the other party came from the south of the city, so they must have gotten up quite early.

The first thing everyone saw was the restaurant.

Under the warm yellow light, several young women sat casually at the dining table.

They were dressed in the same ordinary clothes they wore before the apocalypse—dresses, sweatshirts, some even just a thin T-shirt—and sat there leisurely, holding cups in their hands, chatting and laughing.

A fruit platter was placed on the table.

At this moment, they all looked at Staff Officer Chen and his entourage with curiosity.

Staff Officer Chen paused for a moment.

He saw strawberries and grapes!

Moreover, it doesn't look like it's been "frozen" at extremely low temperatures at all; it's still so fresh.

Where did it come from in such extremely cold weather?

But what surprised him even more was the wall.

The restaurant walls are covered with plain-colored wallpaper, the elegant patterns appearing soft and warm under the lights.

He instinctively took a step closer and reached out to touch it.

Beneath the wallpaper, there's still the metallic feel, just like in the passageway!

The entire underground space was first excavated using supernatural abilities, and then metallization supernatural abilities were used to transform every inch of the walls, every load-bearing column, and every part of the ceiling into a solid metal.

Staff Officer Chen's Adam's apple bobbed.

This is not a refuge.

This is more like... a palace.

The palace was excavated using supernatural abilities.

Tang Xiaoran's attention was drawn to something else.

As the girls passed by her, she smelled a faint scent of shower gel; they must have taken a shower.

Tang Xiaoran clutched the military overcoat she had just taken off, suddenly feeling that the coat was thick and heavy.

She hasn't taken a bath in a long time.

After the extreme cold, water becomes a luxury, and hot water is something we can't even dream of.

And this place is so luxurious!

She lowered her eyes, concealing her expression.

Passing through the restaurant, you'll find a spacious activity plaza.

Lin Chen led them diagonally through the room and towards a meeting room in the corner.

Staff Officer Chen walked and observed along the way.

The entire underground space uses the same technique: a metal base with plain-colored decorations.

The load-bearing columns were covered with wood-grain stickers, but they felt like cold, hard metal to the touch. LED strips were embedded in the ceiling, providing even and soft lighting.

There is electricity. There is a stable power supply system. There is stable heating.

And the water pipes! The water supply is so arbitrary?

And—these decorations. These wallpapers. They must have been made with care!

He recalled the ten-meter-deep passage, the entire underground space, and the whole process of "extraordinary ability excavation - metal solidification - interior decoration".

How many superhumans were involved?

How powerful are these superhumans?

Anyway, there are two similar C-level superhumans in the military. They simply can't do such a large project in such a short time.

Moreover, the excavated earthwork alone requires a considerable amount of manpower.

But I have to say, this place is so much better than the icy, snowy ground!

Staff Officer Chen had to reassess Lin Chen; his previous assessment of Lin Chen's strength might have been too conservative.

Lin Chen stopped at the conference room door and stepped aside.

"please."

Staff Officer Chen took a deep breath and stepped inside.

The meeting room is about 100 square meters. It's not big, but it's not small either. A long table is in the center, with several chairs on each side.

Lin Chen took the seat of honor without hesitation.

Staff Officer Chen didn't say anything and sat down in the lower left seat with a normal expression.

When discussing business, there's a distinction between host and guest; he understands that.

But He Jun and the two soldiers who followed them in clearly didn't understand.

Or rather, they understand it, but they're not used to it.

He Jun's square face was expressionless, but the knuckles of his fists, hanging at his sides, protruded slightly.

The two soldiers behind him were even more noticeable; their gazes swept over Lin Chen before landing on their own commander, their fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

The major general sat down, while a shelter leader sat in the main seat.

Before the apocalypse, they wouldn't have dared to imagine this scene.

Lin Chen acted as if he hadn't seen anything.

He leaned back in his chair and cut to the chase: "May I ask your name?"

"Chen Jianhua." Staff Officer Chen's voice was steady. "Chief of Staff of the Military Headquarters in the South City."

"So it's Chief of Staff Chen, nice to meet you." Lin Chen nodded, his tone as casual as if he were talking about the weather. "As for me, I won't go into details—Lin Chen."

Staff Officer Chen nodded slightly.

Lin Chen continued, "May I ask what business Chief of Staff Chen has with me?"

Staff Officer Chen didn't beat around the bush: "I want to cooperate with Chief Lin to clear out the zombie beasts and mutated beasts in the wildlife park."

Lin Chen's eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly.

Staff Officer Chen continued, "That place, before the apocalypse, had more than 20,000 wild animals, plus several thousand staff and tourists—now it's all become a problem."

"The key is those animals." He emphasized, "Whether they are zombified or have mutated, a large number of Tier 3 individuals have already appeared."

He raised his head and looked directly at Lin Chen: "I've heard that Chief Lin has countless high-level ability users under his command."

"Therefore, I would like to cooperate with them."

After he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.