Yang Tao directly refused the guard's request, saying with a smile, "I'm sorry, I can't agree to that."
Upon hearing this reply, the guard's disappointnt was evident. He shrugged and said, "Alright, I hope it'll be my turn soday soon."
"However, I can increase the weekly modification slots to 5. You can report this to your superiors."
"Oh my god!"
The guard's face instantly turned a reddish-black with excitent. "Mr. Yang, thank you so much!"
"Heh heh, stand guard well. I think we'll et again very soon."
As he spoke, a Chinese woman in combat uniform quickly walked out of the camp. She was a bit older, looking to be over forty.
Wearing gold-rimd glasses, she appeared to be a very refined intellectual.
The first thing she did upon exiting the camp was extend her hand to Yang Tao, saying warmly, "Mr. Yang, I'm Chen Na. Welco to 'The Hub'. I was just thinking the other day if I'd ever et you here, and I didn't expect it to happen so soon."
"I also didn't expect the officer of the Hub Outpost to be a Chinese woman. It's a pleasure to et you, Miss Chen."
Yang Tao extended his hand and shook hers.
Chen Na smiled, then stepped aside and said, "Mr. Yang, if you have ti, you're welco to rest in the camp. Please..."
With such a warm invitation, Yang Tao found it hard to refuse. He nodded slightly and followed Chen Na into the camp. The camp was quite small, with a few simple houses scattered within, looking sowhat humble.
The two walked into a room.
"Would you like sothing to drink?"
"No need to be so polite. I'm here simply to borrow so Level Keys for Level 12 Matrix."
When Chen Na heard that Yang Tao was going to Level 12 Matrix, her face showed the sa expression as the Camp Amber patrol personnel.
"Matrix? That dreadful place is very dangerous, Mr. Yang, you..."
Suddenly, she rembered that Yang Tao was not human, and it seed the danger she spoke of was not the sa danger for Yang Tao at all.
"Please wait a mont, I'll arrange for soone to bring the Level Key."
With that, Chen Na picked up the phone on the table, pressed a few buttons, and then instructed the person on the other end, "Bring the Level 12 Matrix key over."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Na showed a faint smile, looking at Yang Tao and asking with a smile, "Mr. Yang, could I ask you to open a new supermarket in The Hub?"
"Given The Hub's unique nature, a lot of people are bound to co here. The goods you sell will surely be very popular on this level."
Her suggestion greatly appealed to Yang Tao.
"I'll consider it."
In reality, even if his supermarket were opened in Level 14 Dyed Blood Forest, as long as people knew the effects of the goods inside, soone would definitely figure out how to bring the goods back.
However, what Yang Tao needed was energy value, so he naturally chose the most convenient thod. If possible, he could even let Villagers change professions to beco Wanderer rchants, riding alpacas and leading Iron Golems to wander in the Backrooms.
Soon, a M.E.G. staff mber entered the room holding a key.
The key was very ancient, sowhat resembling a 20th-century cast iron key.
Although the key looked unremarkable, it was vibrating continuously at a special frequency.
Chen Na probably also saw that Yang Tao didn't want to stay here for too long, so she imdiately stood up and said, "Mr. Yang, this is the Level 12 Hub Level Key, please follow ."
With that, Chen Na took the Level Key and walked outside. Yang Tao followed closely behind. As they got closer to their destination, the vibration frequency of the Level Key beca faster and faster.
The two arrived in front of a closed stone door. Strangely, the Level Key, which had been vibrating incessantly just monts ago, had now stabilized, as if it knew it was about to be used.
The arched stone door was carved with many exquisite patterns. On the stone door, there was a pitch-black keyhole. Just as Chen Na was about to insert the key, Yang Tao spoke up and stopped her.
"Wait... let try."
Upon hearing Yang Tao's words, Chen Na imdiately stopped her movents, stepped back two paces, and moved aside.
A door? A locked door...
Lever activated!
He took out the universal Lever from his backpack, placed it against the wall next to the huge stone door, and gently pulled the Lever.
Then, to Chen Na's disbelief, a chanical sound ca from within the huge stone door.
Creak...
The heavy stone door slowly opened, revealing a concrete wall behind it.
Yang Tao's face instantly darkened.
The good news was that the door opened, and the Lever's reputation was not damaged. The bad news was that this stone door and the ability to cross levels were not the sa thing.
"Miss Chen, I'm sorry to trouble you, but please, you do it."
He knocked the Lever off the wall and said to Chen Na. As it was knocked off, the heavy stone door slowly closed again.
Yang Tao only felt a bit embarrassed for failing to show off, unaware that his actions had already left Chen Na speechless with shock.
M.E.G. had been trying countless thods since they first arrived at the Hub level. Forget opening the stone door, they couldn't even damage a single pattern on it.
But Yang Tao, without a Level Key, could open the stone door so easily, which naturally astonished her.
Calming the turmoil in her heart, she stepped forward and inserted the Level Key into the door. The stone door opened again, and the original concrete wall now emitted a white light.
The white light was very soft, not at all dazzling, but it made it impossible to see what was inside.
"Mr. Yang, just walk through the white light and you can reach Level 12 Hub Level..."
"Thank you then, Miss Chen."
Yang Tao summoned a wooden door to mark a spot in the Hub Level, then walked straight into the white light of the stone door without looking back.
Passing through the white light.
He arrived in a small, bright room, painted entirely white, containing only a table, a chair, and an adjacent locked door.
"This is Level 12 Matrix? It looks even smaller than Jerry Hall..."
There are very few descriptions of Level 12 Matrix, mainly because electronic devices are almost unusable within it, due to so unknown interference.
And Wanderers who leave this level suffer severe ntal effects; so Wanderers don't even know how to leave this level.
The room was very quiet. Yang Tao walked directly towards the wooden door on the wall, reaching out and placing his hand on the doorknob.
Click, click...
"It's locked?"
He didn't believe that behind this wooden door was also a portal, so he imdiately took out the Lever... But the next mont he changed his mind.
"Why... use a Lever? Is an axe not good enough?"
Perhaps it was because conditions had improved, he felt he had beco more civilized. He imdiately took out his blue Tinkers' Construct cobalt axe and turned to walk towards the wooden table and chairs in the middle of the room.
The stool and table seed to be rooted to the ground. Yang Tao gave them two gentle tugs and then gave up directly, raising his axe and striking them. Black cracks began to appear on the tabletop.
Thump, thump... Thump, thump...
Bang, the table and chairs flew directly into his backpack, revealing a pitch-black hole underneath.
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