Chapter 162 The Passage to the Hollow Earth (Please subscribe)
"Some things can't just be based on evidence, Yagami."
Bai Tangjing sat on the tree root exposed on the ground, touched his chin and said in an inexplicable tone.
"Through logical reasoning, three of the five chairs have not eaten meat. But now all the eyes are focused on two of them, but the one who is most thirsty for superhuman strength is ignored. Isn't it a bit inappropriate?"
".drop!"
The brief silence represented the surprise of sudden realization. Yagami Takayuki didn't even say goodbye politely, and a busy signal of hanging up came from the receiver.
The young man put the cell phone with the black screen in front of his eyes in astonishment, and then smiled dumbly.
".Huh? This guy!"
Bai Tangjing couldn't remember the last time he was hung up on like this. When did it happen?
Was it before he kicked out all the martial arts gyms in Fukushima Prefecture?
Or before I accepted the blood-written agreement from the boss of the Yuanshan Group?
People who are not easy to mess with will naturally gain respect.
However, Bai Tangjing was not dissatisfied with his old friend.
Yagami Takayuki is such a guy.
If there was an opportunity presented to him to prevent another disaster that would affect the fate of millions of people, this man would seize it without hesitation.
As for the consequences, will it be shattered to pieces, or will it be excruciating pain?
He won't take it seriously at all.
This is why the two of them can become friends.
"Impatient fool." Bai Tangjing sighed helplessly at his friend's character.
"You really don't even understand the situation within your own organization, so you just rush over there?"
But after sighing, the boy turned on his phone again and made another call.
Even Godzilla might not be able to stop what Yagami is determined to do with his stubborn temper.
Bai Tangjing had no reason, and he didn't want to stop it.
Then I can only help.
"Hey! Minister Yaguchi! I have something to trouble you for an idiot friend of mine."
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On the boundless sea of Bermuda, an outpost that brings together the top engineering wisdom of mankind was established here.
Imperial Organization Outpost No. 54, "Castle of Applause".
In the dull and deep deep sea, tens of millions of tons of steel withstand the water pressure of the deep sea with their own mass and exquisite architectural structures.
After Titan appeared, great progress in bionics led to rapid technological advancement.
Holographic projection, high-strength materials
The technology in the underwater base seemed almost like science fiction to humans ten years ago.
Thousands of Emperor Organization staff are here, working around the clock to observe Godzilla's activities.
Iori hurriedly opened the door, holding a mobile phone that was inadvertently crushed into pieces, and walked quickly to Professor Serizawa's office.
He threw away the rubbish on his hands casually on the road, and Yagami felt a little emotional.
Although he is more than ten years older than Shirodo Kyung, he is still a qualified person who has passed the Hinomoto Lawyer Examination.
But he has been in the market for too long, and his sensitivity to the upper-class games is actually far less than that of a sixteen-year-old boy.
And since the greatest possibility has been put on the table, I will never turn a blind eye.
We must tell Professor Serizawa and let him understand the problem!
"KouKou-Professor?"
Yagami came to Serizawa's office, pressed down and knocked anxiously on the door.
"Come in."
Yagami walked into the office.
This middle-aged scholar is still the same as when we first met him.
With gray hair and square glasses, he frowned and flipped through seemingly endless academic materials.
When he saw someone coming in, he took off his glasses, held them in his hand, and looked at Iori.
Before Iori could wait for Serizawa to speak, Iori spoke eagerly.
"Professor Serizawa, I think that if we want to control the misuse of Titan genes, we must not only focus on Europe, but also"
"And Kislev, right?"
It seemed that he had directly seen through what Iori was going to say. Before he could finish speaking, Serizawa interrupted him.
Iori was surprised at first.
He didn't even finish his thoughts and the other party already knew the answer?
Then he looked at the scholar who showed no emotion and suddenly understood.
He already knew it.
Then a fire-like anger surged in his eyes.
This is not an adjective.
There was really a fire as hot as lava, dyeing his eyes red!
His hands became unconsciously thin and sharp, as if his blood and muscles had been dried by the heat in his body.
Taking on the appearance of sharp claws of a bird.
"You already knew?!"
Yagami's voice was a little hoarse, and the temperature of the whole room suddenly rose.
I also thought that we were all working wholeheartedly to prevent the abuse and loss of control of Titan genes and avoid disasters.
The result was after all the effort, even at the cost of offending two of the five chairs.
Tell me - you already fucking knew about their merger research?!
Instead of venting the power in his body, Iori calmed down after looking at Serizawa intently for a while.
Yes, how could the international organization that manages Titan affairs not have this kind of "sense"?
The way I run up and down these days is really a clown.
"I have always thought that, at least in terms of moral values, we are consistent."
Yagami's voice was a little frustrated.
He joined the Emperor Organization because he saw the disaster when Godzilla came ashore and couldn't bear to do something.
As for Scholar Serizawa's identity and style, Yagami once thought that he was different from politicians.
But now.
"International organizations can put pressure on one side, but they cannot put pressure on both sides at the same time. It is stupid to be attacked from both sides."
From the beginning to the end, even though the heat on Iori's body had made him sweat a little, Serizawa Ichiro's expression remained calm and composed.
But just when Yagami had a cold face and didn't want to listen to Serizawa's "politicized" excuse anymore, he was about to leave.
He suddenly spoke again.
"The appointment letter of the surprise inspection team leader will be sent to your mobile phone."
"What did you say?"
Iori was a little dumbfounded.
He was ready to quit the organization just now.
What does it mean to give him the right to make surprise inspections now?
"I originally wanted to investigate Europe first and then put pressure on Kislev. Although the probability of a disaster is high, I can at least preserve the organization's existence and contribute to the future exploration of how humans and Titans can coexist."
Serizawa first said to himself.
Then the conversation changed.
"Just now, Minister Yaguchi of Hinomoto and Congressman Patterson of the United States communicated with me. They said that for the 'stable development of human society', they hope to see the birth of a surprise inspection team."
The glasses in Serizawa's hand pointed at Yagami.
"—under your leadership."
The meaning is very clear.
Whether it is really to prevent possible out-of-control experiments in the future, or to hinder the joint research process between Kislev and Europe.
The two countries, or more behind-the-scenes forces, will spare no effort to help.
The Imperial organization has the confidence to exert pressure from both sides.
"Minister Yaguchi? Representative Patterson? I don't know these people. Ugh!"
Before Yagami finished speaking in confusion, an idea flashed across his mind, and the figure of a majestic young man appeared in his mind.
Then he smiled bitterly.
"Bai Tang, you guy"
It’s true that you helped me pave the way before I even finished my words.
A kid who is only a few months old when he is sixteen years old.
In Iori's smile, you can vaguely see the bitterness of being an adult when facing young people who are much better than you, and the relief of being cared for by friends.
"The lamentation of being an incompetent adult is enough. Now."
Serizawa put on his glasses again with an expressionless expression.
"Get out to work!"
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After opening up his mind, Yagami also began to not stick to the issue of activity data at outposts.
Although on that note, the quantity and quality of all Titan organizations in all outposts around the world is the same.
But now he has not forgotten that what the Imperial Organization regards as its core theory is other than "Titan Biological Research".
There is another one called "Hollow Earth Theory".
To put it simply, it is considered that the earth is a two-layered concentric sphere structure.
The interlayers are richer in energy than the ground.
That is the fast passage for the Titans, and it is also the origin and destination of these great beings.
Now, in the cold wind of the Siberian Plateau.
He is taking Masashi Haiten, Joey Brody, and the elite action team within the Imperial organization to inspect a special outpost in the name of a surprise patrol team.
That was a passage discovered by the Imperial Organization decades ago.
——The passage to the "Hollow Earth"!
At the end of the nameless canyon, a building with the solemn and majestic style unique to Kislev in the 1980s is standing on the mountain wall.
More than ten meters of snow cover it.
Just by looking at it, the solid materials and design leave no doubt that it can withstand the close range bombardment of thermonuclear weapons.
And this is just the gate of this outpost.
When the aircraft was about to land, the cabin had already been opened, and Iori, who was wearing thin clothes, stood at the door of the cabin early.
What appeared in front of Yagami Takayuki was not the outpost management who was in a hurry due to a surprise inspection as he imagined.
It was a group of neatly dressed people with reserved and confident smiles.
This made him frown.
Anyone with a little common sense will know that a surprise inspection cannot leave the inspected unit without any preparation time.
However, this preparation time will be very short, so that the person being inspected cannot cheat.
According to Yagami's business procedures, the information about their arrival should be informed to the other party when they cross the Kislev border.
But now, the picture on the opposite side looks fully prepared.
"The person who came here is not a good person."
Yagami murmured.
But behind him, Brody, who was wrapped up thickly, reminded him mercilessly.
"Come on, you are the one here!"
Iori curled his lips, said nothing more, and led everyone off the plane.
"Welcome, Mr. Yagami!"
A doctor with blond hair and blue eyes who did not hide his French accent came over first and held Yagami's hand.
Behind him is a strong man with a typical Slavic appearance.
In the base belonging to the Imperial Organization, he was neatly dressed in a Kislev military uniform.
"Hello, I am from the inspection team this time."
"I know I know."
Before Yagami could complete the inspection according to the procedures, he notified the arrival of the inspection team.
The doctor with a French accent interrupted him enthusiastically, and when Yagami's face suddenly darkened, he took charge of the conversation without caring.
"We know the purpose of your coming, and we are ready to prove to you and the world the harmlessness and stability of our research without any concealment."
With that said, he led everyone towards the outpost.
Iori didn't know what the doctor had planned.
But this kind of play style where the opponent directly revealed his cards before he even made a move made him a bit confused.
However, in order to suppress the ambitions of Europe and Kislev to research Titan, and the experimental disasters that may arise from their ambitions in the future.
Yagami had no intention of backing down.
He immediately led his team members in.
After entering the outpost, Yagami discovered that this place was more like a "road management department" than an "outpost".
The main body of the outpost is a huge tunnel.
Huge vertical and horizontal steel bars serve as auxiliary supports and high-power searchlights are used for lighting.
The width and height are hundreds of meters, and the length is even more bottomless.
People who speak English, French, and Russian have carved out a long base on the edge of the tunnel for people to work and live.
Now, Yagami and his team are walking in the long corridor of the base, looking at the spectacular underground tunnels outside the base through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"All personnel at this outpost are deeply saddened by the tragedy that occurred in your country. We completely understand your resistance and fear towards the experiment of interaction between Titan genes and humans."
The doctor spoke to Iori affectionately, as if he was really sighing for the lives of people thousands of miles away.
The second half of the sentence puts you in someone else's shoes, with a sincere and considerate expression.
It even makes people who don't know think that he and Yagami have been old friends for many years.
But considering that his expression just a second ago was still that irritating, with a reserved and arrogant smile, Yagami himself only felt disgusted by this.
In order to catch up with the research frontier in this new round of "arms race", he couldn't even imagine how crazy these guys could go.
"But! Mr. Yagami." The doctor's expression suddenly changed and he became impassioned.
"There is no doubt that the Titan gene will be the light of the future for mankind! No matter how much damage we suffer while chasing the light, the human race should never abandon the light!"
"Which scientific change has not caused terrible harm? In the face of a bright future, these are all 'risks' that can be tolerated."
His impassioned speech almost gave Iori an illusion.
This man is not a Ph.D. in biology, but a politician who is thinking hard about the future of mankind.
But Yagami did not forget his responsibilities during this visit.
"So what you want to say is that the experiments you are conducting here using titan genes of unknown origin that have not been reported to the organization are the 'risks' that people who live peacefully in this world deserve to bear?"
Iori's voice was colder than the Siberian wind outside the base.
But his anger was hotter than Laton's skin on his chest.
The hands he kicked in his trouser pockets had unconsciously turned towards the raptor claws because of his anger.
The Kislev officer behind the doctor seemed to be aware of it, and loomed in front of Iori.
Those Slavic eyes are transforming into animal pupils.
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.
Even old Brody pursed his lips and ducked back while holding his own information.
The doctor seemed unaware of the change in atmosphere.
He still smiled reservedly and pushed away the Kislev officer.
"Even eating and drinking has the risk of death, Mr. Yagami. Life is a process of constantly weighing 'risks' and then making choices."
"Then the 'risk' of your experiment must be pitifully small, right?" Yagami sneered, unabashedly sarcastic.
"At least." The reserve in the smile on the doctor's face disappeared like ice cubes in the sun.
All that remains is pure arrogance.
"Much safer than the experiments of you imbecile fools."
With a "pop" sound, the entire base came into operation with a snap of the doctor's fingers.
Yagami and his patrol team members were stunned as they stared at the newly lit tunnel not far from the base.
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