Chapter: 5134

"Tens of thousands of people gazed at him, grateful and humble, kneeling on the ground to bow their heads."

"The leader of the 390, his voice choked with emotion, said: 'On behalf of all dead men and relatives, I express gratitude to Mr. Lei for his great kindness!'"

Other people also knelt down, respectfully crying out: "Thank you, Mr. Lei for your great kindness!"

Leaf Chen looked at the tens of thousands of people kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "Get up, from now on, you will no longer be slaves or have to perform bowing rituals."

He didn't wait for others to respond, but instead turned to the leader of the 390 and said, "Take me to see your living area."

The leader of the 390 bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, sir!"

After that, he stood up and pointed behind the square, saying, "Sir, the area where dead men live is over there. Please follow me!"

Leaf Chen nodded and followed the leader of the 390 through the large square.

As they walked, the leader of the 390 introduced Leaf Chen to the square, explaining that aside from detoxification times, the rest of the time was spent training for close combat or shooting.

After crossing the square, there was a corridor about five meters wide and thirty meters long. Crossing the corridor led to the area where dead men lived.

The area where dead men lived was more like an underground town, with streets laid out in a grid pattern, like cutting tofu into precise rectangles, divided into multiple rectangular areas.

Each rectangular area had eight rooms of over ten square meters each, as well as a public kitchen and public bathroom.

The entire living area's drinking water comes from underground water in the copper mine, which is then filtered and purified by equipment before being transported here.

Wastewater, on the other hand, is directly handled together with production wastewater from the copper mine, often secretly discharged into the sea at night, so there has been no unusual phenomenon detected by the outside world.

The air in this underground space relies entirely on the air circulation equipment inside the copper mine, ensuring that all air quality indicators remain standard even at depths of hundreds of meters.

Here, energy is limited to only one type - electricity, including cooking for daily life and using electric power.

The ceiling of public areas is fully covered with a spectrum of light, illuminating all public areas as bright as daylight.

Leaf Chen was introduced by 390, saying: "In our place, you can't see the sun, moon, or stars; the sky is always dark. We rely on lighting to simulate the day-night cycle. As soon as the alarm clock rings, all lights will turn on simultaneously, and we consider this daytime. At night, the curfew time arrives, and the lights are turned off, which marks the beginning of nighttime."

As he spoke, he sighed and continued: "People like me who go out to perform tasks know what sun, moon, or stars look like, but my wife, other women, and children without the opportunity to perform tasks have never truly seen the sun or moon."

Leaf Chen listened and couldn't help feeling sympathetic and regretful about the fate of these dead men.

One person may never see the sun from birth to death; if I were to say this out loud, no one would believe it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tell 390: "My plan is to quietly take down this base of dead men and let everyone quietly change their ways. This way, Breakthrough will not detect any unusual phenomena within a short period of time. However, this means that the entire base will have to remain largely unchanged."

"Thirty-nine zero listened and understood Leaf Chen's words, said hastily: 'Sir, don't worry, we've been steadfast for so many generations, naturally we can continue to be steadfast now!'"

Leaf Chen nodded slightly, speaking sincerely: "This place is on a scale of several thousand people, the ground floor is only a few hundred people, it's not possible to move everyone down to the ground floor living area, and if the number increases too suddenly, it will also arouse suspicion and speculation from outside."

As Leaf Chen said this, his tone shifted, continuing: "However, starting from today, the passageway between the dead men and the ground floor will remain open and unobstructed. You inside should coordinate well, allowing part of your people to go up to the ground floor every day, to feel the real white days and black nights, and experience the true sun, moon, and stars." JrNovels.com