After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"An important clue?"

"Yes, there are rope marks on the bones of those corpses, which means they didn't die in the warehouse. It's more likely they died elsewhere and were transported there..."

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And so, Lonnies followed Cecily's footsteps to a tightly closed iron gate.

Compared to the stone gates I had just passed, this iron gate looked much more complex and advanced... Even with the passage of time, it had not left any trace of rust.

It was difficult to push it open, but Cecily drew her longsword from her waist and swiftly unlocked the iron gate's chains.

“Cercilu?!”

"Don't worry, I've already checked, this area has no power."

"what?"

"So it won't trigger any alarms or anything... Miss Fox, come in with me."

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And so, Lonnies followed Cecily's steps into a place that looked like a command room.

The table here is densely covered with all sorts of buttons... red, green, blue. There are dozens of indicators just for various metrics.

This scene inexplicably reminded Lonnie of the airport terminal where planes take off.

However, the control panel was already covered in dust, and most of the instruments were completely worn out and could no longer be used.

"Princess Serhiru, where is this..."

"Hmm, I don't know what this place is used for either. Miss Fox, let's look around together and see if we can find any useful clues?"

With a slight smile, the silver-haired princess and Lonnie began their search together.

Chapter 11 Notes Sealed in the Past

In the lockers of this control center, Lonnies discovered a lot of strange documents.

In many places, the ink has faded, and some of the paper is stuck together, making it difficult to discern the writing.

However, if you try to discern them, you can still get some fragmented pieces:

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"The first batch of test subjects has been deployed, but the results are far from ideal. They are easily defeated by human soldiers."

Absolute order will produce absolute stability. And the order of an independent kingdom will not tolerate any violation.

"This is the only pitfall in the new world: power is determined by the strong. If that's the case, why let the weak control your future?"

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The statements were so incomprehensible that they sounded like some kind of cult sermon, sending a chill down one's spine.

Meanwhile, Princess Cecilu, as if she had discovered something, said to Lonnie, "Miss Fox, we've found something amazing over here!"

"Huh, what is that?"

Lonnie leaned closer and discovered that Cecilia had opened a work diary.

This one looks much better preserved, and the handwriting is so neat, it's almost like it was printed.

"Miss Fox, look here... This part mentions the war between the post-apocalyptic independent kingdom and humanity."

"Really... It says here, 'Those reckless fools actually attacked. It's time for the D-rank personnel to receive the blessing of transcendence and sacrifice themselves for the kingdom...' D-rank personnel, what does that mean?"

"Yes, it's written in this book."

Cecilu then produced another document, which detailed the past rules of this place:

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Third Experimental Center, Code of Conduct:

Class D personnel: Limited to operations within the barracks. If found outside of these areas, they must be immediately eliminated.

Level C personnel: Can move freely in the living area; if found in the controlled area, they will be immediately shot and killed.

Level B personnel: Depending on the nature of their work, they may conduct explorations in the activity area, data area, and test area. They may not enter the controlled area unless absolutely necessary.

Class A personnel: Possess the ability to go to any area, but cannot decrypt classified information.

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Staring at these regulations, Lonnie probably guessed what was going on:

This so-called D-level personnel must be like slaves, able to be used at will by people of higher rank, right?

While Class C personnel seem to have much more freedom of movement, they are also subject to restrictions. Judging from the immediate kill rule, there are quite a few people like them, roughly equivalent to civilians.

The phrase "immediately kill" was no longer used to describe B-level personnel, indicating that they were of much higher status and not easily killed; they were likely mid-level or higher-ranking members.

And A-level personnel are probably equivalent to the top level, right? But it was specifically mentioned that A-level personnel cannot access classified information. Does this mean that there is an even higher level above A-level personnel?

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Lonnies took a deep breath. Although it was just some speculation, she was still able to roughly reconstruct the system of the independent kingdom in the past apocalypse.

First of all, it is extremely authoritarian here.

Orders from superiors are absolute and cannot be disobeyed. People live in different areas according to their rank, while D-level personnel are used as test subjects at will.

Those books and materials documenting criminal law, as well as the traps he encountered along the way, were probably used to punish and experiment on Class D personnel.

The monsters I just saw were probably modified from the corpses of D-class personnel.

Because of the brutality of the underground independent kingdom, it went to war with the human kingdoms on the surface.

In the end, the human nation emerged victorious, and the various regions of the underground independent kingdom were reduced to ruins, remaining thereafter.

but……

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"Miss Fox, look here..."

"what?"

Cecilu flipped to the back of the notebook, and a sentence caught Lonnie's eye:

"To gain immense power, modification and elimination are necessary. Only when facing life and death, only when hanging by a thread, can people unleash the hidden potential within their genes. The fragments of the Otherworldly Demise are not drugs, but a gateway to a higher level... (unclear)... For this reason, we must constantly conduct experiments and continuously record data."

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This passage, like the previous ones, seems to be explaining the author's thoughts.

But the next sentence made Lonnie gasp.

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"Those cowardly mortals will never know that I also rose through the ranks from a D-level personnel. If I hadn't torn the Fierce-Toothed Wolf apart with my own hands, if I hadn't consumed the Fragment of the Otherworldly Demise... I wouldn't possess such power now."

So... you foolish human alliance, pay the price for your cowardice. You are destined to perish here, becoming nourishment for our evolution.

The Third Director of the Experimental Center, S-Class Personnel - Caster's Book

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"Cast?!"

Lonnie was utterly shocked when she saw the signature!

Because if she remembered correctly, the one who had been providing the demons with fragments of the Otherworldly Destruction and the name of the chief general under the Demon Lord of Deceit was Caster.

Is this a case of having the same name as someone else?

No... judging from the things recorded in the notes, they should all belong to one person.

So General Castor must have lived for over a thousand years?

Lonnie gasped, and Princess Cecilu said seriously:

"Hmm... Miss Fox should have already noticed, right? Although there's a possibility of duplicate names, this seems to be the place where General Caster stayed when he was human?"

"And then what happened? ...Did humans destroy the Independent Kingdom, so Castor had no choice but to run away?"

"I don't know. The details of this history are not even recorded in the kingdom. However, I speculate that Castor must have prepared something terrifying to prevent our attack."

"..."

"However, it seems that this ruin has been abandoned by Caster long ago. Even this control panel has been abandoned for so long."

"Um……"

After that, Lonnies and Cecily together tried to find more information.

but……

Too much time had passed, and after reviewing the entire document, the two had made no further progress.

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The two were already quite satisfied with just finding Custer's notes...

Since a battle with Admiral Caster is inevitable in the future, this information may be key to analyzing the enemy's plans.

So Cecilia stored all these documents in her storage ring, intending to seal them away.

However, at this very moment...

In the distance, however, came a loud crashing sound.

Clang!