The helicopter landed at the foot of the mountains deep in the forest. When Gu Mang stepped out of the helicopter, she saw the secret entrance at the foot of the mountain.

  It was unguarded. There were no signs of security anywhere.

  From the outside, it looked extremely ordinary and no one would have thought that the secret Base 102 would be located here.

  It was the brain and the heart of Jijing Island. It was the place where countless breakthroughs in science and technology had been made.

  Trees covered the sky and the surrounding environment was gloomy and humid. It was so quiet that only the sound of the trees rustling in the wind could be heard.

  Elder Mo walked to the entrance and placed his palm on the stone gate. A laser scanned it and verified his fingerprint. An input board appeared and Elder Mo entered his personal PIN number.

  A scanning probe extended from the gate and scanned his iris.

  The entrance alone had three levels of verification.

  Two seconds later, the stone gate slid to the side.

  Elder Mo turned to Gu Mang. “Young lady, please follow me.”


  With that, he entered.

  Gu Mang was about to raise her foot but an arm blocked her way. She looked to the side and met Bai Sui’s eyes.

  The man’s eyes were dark as ink and he said softly, “Young lady, I’ll go before you.”


  Gu Mang raised her exquisite eyebrows slightly and nodded. “Okay.”


  There was a long passage inside the entrance. They walked for two or three minutes, the passage widening as they went.

  At the end of the passage was a special full-body white security door. There were two rows of armed guards in front of the door. Security was extremely tight here.

  When the guards saw them, they saluted respectfully. “Elder Mo.”


  Elder Mo put his hands behind his back and walked to the security door. Scanning probes were again extended from the walls on both sides.

  Skeletal scan.

  In about thirty seconds, they passed the verification and the security door opened.

  Elder Mo walked to the forefront and when he passed the security door a mechanical sound rang out.

  —- B027

  Next up, it was Bai Sui. There was no response.

  The third one to step forward was Gu Mang. A number with a similar format sounded from the security door.

  —- A001

  The moment they heard the number, the two rows of guards at the door, who had cold and solemn expressions, all appeared shocked. They all looked at Gu Mang.

  When the two trusted subordinates of Elder Mo passed through, there was no response either. When everyone had entered, the security door shut its gates automatically. There was silence at the entrance again.

  But the guards had not regained their composure.

  “Was that person just now A001?” a guard suddenly asked. His voice sounded tense.

  Anyone who entered Training Base 102 was ranked and numbered according to their strength. Elder Mo belonged to the Elders’ Association so he held a very important status. Yet, he was only Grade B number 027.

  There were no more than ten people on the entirety of Jijing Island who were Grade A. Even Elder Leng, the person in charge of their base, was only B001.

  She was only able to manage Base 102 exceptionally well because of her good medical skills.

  Nobody had ever heard the system report the number A001. A001 represented absolute talent and strength.

  She had to be the Young Lady Gu Mang, who was participating in the assessment today.

  Was the master of Base 102 about to be replaced?

  The head guard was old, so he knew a lot. This included the incident when Gu Mang almost destroyed Base 102 that year.

  Without much change in his tone, he explained to the others, “That number was assigned nine years ago. You can’t make much out of it.”


  “Why not?”


  The head guard answered calmly, “Ms. Gu left Jijing Island after she trained at the base for two years. She has been living outside since then and she has only returned home recently.”


  “She lives off island?” The group was in disbelief.

  The elders would have definitely made use of A001’s talent and used the best resources to cultivate her development.

  Why would she leave the island?

  “Like I said, you can’t make much out of the current A001,” The head guard said. “No matter how talented she is, her growth has been hindered.”


  “Yet she still dares to come for the assessment?”


  Everyone looked at the security gate in confusion.