Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 98 - 078. Assault Horizon

Chapter 98: 078. Assault Horizon

"Attack the headquarters of Mingji Humanity?"

In the underground clinic of the Sikkim Settlement, Doctor Chen, biting on a metal tube, looked at Li Aozi in astonishment:

"I thought you were just mad, but it turns out you’re also a fool."

"Your cultural literacy matches that of Nomi."

Li Aozi retorted and spread his hands:

"Let’s not worry about that too much, I want to know from you how to enter the second and third levels of the Shelter."

"Aren’t you familiar with the terrain?" Chen Siqi looked at him surprisingly: "I have never been down to the second level. As a physician, I am only allowed to move between the third and the first level—the third level has the reactor, as well as the production lines and testing fields for the Ersha products Mingji sells abroad, and a secret passage leading to Frost Plated."

"Wait, leading to Frost Plated?" Hearing this, Qiu Ran, who was caring for a boy with a broken leg, immediately looked over in surprise, pushed Li Aozi aside, and leaned over the table: "Is it really leading to Frost Plated? Where does it end?"

"No mistake, it definitely leads to Frost Plated. I’ve seen people from the Third Rule (Frost Plated National Security Guard) several times, unlike the Fourth Rule; the Third is in charge of foreign affairs, specifically supporting warlords and puppet regimes beneficial to Frost Plated," Dr. Chen shrugged.

"As for the endpoint, you’d have to ask someone from the Metro Brotherhood about that."

"The Metro Brotherhood..." Li Aozi mused, "So it was from the Metro Brotherhood that they bought the rights to use some of the old metro tunnels, Frost Plated’s Third Rule actually operates like this. No wonder..."

No wonder in a former life players conflicted with the Third Rule all over the world; you could find Third Rule agents in any corner of the Azure Star.

The Frost Plated ’Rule’ spy system had a rigorous categorization.

First Rule: Firmly defend the republican constitution; actually, it had later been reformed into the presidential guard, obeying only the commands of His Excellency the President, equipped with the best gear and intelligence support.

Second Rule: Strictly protect the national economy, responsible for enforcing laws against foreign capitals and economic cases, governed by the Frost Plated Government.

Third Rule: Eliminate all external threats, governed by the military with a relatively independent armed force. At its peak, 13,000 spies were deployed globally, their primary goal being monitoring and managing Frost Plated’s vassal states, colonies, and Outer World settlements.

Fourth Rule: Forever uphold women’s rights, an independent intelligence and law enforcement agency with search and arrest powers. Actually, it was an agency for maintaining presidential power. The lower ranks were a mixed bag, but the upper echelons were completely composed of elites.

Unlike those in the Fourth Rule who handled internal investigations, third Rule agents were purely bad characters, fewer in number and doing reprehensibly evil deeds—from overthrowing governments to inciting warlord leaders to cultivate drugs, turning many vibrant countries into veritable purgatories.

Li Aozi wasn’t surprised at the presence of the Third Rule; the Third Rule was backed by the Frost Plated Army, and since the Mingji Humanity could directly obtain military weapons, it clearly indicated military background support.

What surprised him was... the Metro Brotherhood, with all its bluster, happened to have dealings with Frost Plated.

The Scavengers, Greening Base, Metro Brotherhood—out of these three Outer World organizations, likened to King Yan, the Metro Brotherhood was the most popular.

The Scavengers solely focused on digging up trash, claiming to preserve artifacts from the old era, no matter where those artifacts came from—they didn’t care.

The Greening Base was extreme ecological preservationists, committed to greening the sunless Outer World. Whoever dared touch the trees they had painstakingly grown, they would mince them to make fertilizer—but guess how those trees were planted?

In contrast, the Metro Brotherhood, from top to bottom, was imbued with an alluring aura. They emphasized pragmatism, strove to keep people from falling into disputes, and valued technology, knowledge, education, unity, and development. They operated via the old-era developed subway tunnels to set up transit stations of a neutral nature.

Each subway station was a Shelter for the people of the Outer World, providing refuge and sustenance—of course, this was not for free.

As an organization of the Outer World people, the Metro Brotherhood naturally despised the Four Nations and warlords; they were collectivists, every bullet and every tooth had to be handed over to the Brotherhood, to be allocated by the central committee after calculation.

Didn’t expect the Metro Brotherhood would also have trade dealings with Frost Plated—it must be said, isn’t that just pragmatic?

"If I could use that passage, I could go back and see my family..."

Qiu Ran was tempted by the idea, but then she realized that the passage was in the deepest layer of the Mingji Humanity, and if she were to pass through, it would have to be as Li Aozi said.

"Just keep fighting all the way to the end."

Li Aozi stated calmly.

Though he had cleverly slain a Beta (β, the second Greek letter) rank Infant Eater with the help of a storm disaster, Li Aozi believed it was enough.

Whether it was the Strength of the Alpha Stage or "Severing Life," an arcane energy quite effective against healing abilities, Li Aozi felt confident in facing the professors.

"But..." Qiu Ran hesitated for a moment.

She was not adept at fighting, and moreover, she didn’t even have a Main Profession.

"As for Qiu Ran, I could escort you into the passage, or even onto the subway—I know someone from the Metro Brotherhood."