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...What a long detour. Looks like Roland deliberately laid those trails to mislead us.
But no matter what, his trails vanished here. That's for sure.
There's a... hatch, hidden on the foundation wall...?
The trail ends before a hidden hatch on the foundation wall. Looks like Roland went through the hatch.
Got it. Cracking it open, now.
Roger.
Just a common industrial grade airlock. Door's open.
Wait! Lee! Don't move!
Liv gives a startled cry, and Lee immediately stops the movement of his hands.
Commandant... Every meter down the hatch, the viral density spirals exponentially.
It's already at dead zone levels. If we open the door now, Commandant, you will die from the virus within five minutes.
****! How in the blazes can the viral density differ so much above and below ground?!
Did they lay this entire freakin' place with partition tiles?! Talk about burning money!
Now scanning... It's just like what Karenina said.
You wot?
Can Constructs withstand this level of density?
No, I'm already reading higher density levels than most dead zones. It's not something an Inver-Device can offset!
It's almost... as if someone had maliciously concentrated all the nearby virus underground.
Just like that fishy Ascendant in Kowloong...?
Yeah. The Ascendant who can freely control the viral density near her. Quite the hassle to deal with...
If that's the case, we can't do anything about it...
Hey, forgetting someone?
That nerd... Asimov told me something before the operation—what Roland buried in the deepest recesses of my mind is something like an Ascnet terminal.
Which means that, I should be able to move freely even in high viral density areas, just like them.
...That, might indeed work.
To make sure Kamui's safe. Our interests are aligned, temporarily.
You owe me one for this.
Hmph, thank me when it's all over.
