Star Railway: Building a Foundation from the Beginning

The blizzard was still raging, thousands of broken diamonds glittering in the searchlight beams, and the mountains loomed in the distance, and the outlines were blurred.

Site-17 is near.

Sophia leaned against the porthole, looking at the world buried by the wind and snow below.

In the white world, the gray-black tarmac, white circles, and the uppercase H character are extremely conspicuous.

However, when Sophia stood on the tarmac, no one came to greet her.

If you really do, that's it.

But the reality is even worse.

The employees of Site-17 hid Sophia as if they were hiding from some moving infectious disease pathogen.

Saw her coming.

Several staff~ workers in laboratory uniforms hid in the building;

The employees in the parking lot resisted the urge to leave, and avoided it a little;

The engineer who had been there to overhaul the helicopter kept an odd distance from her, and if she walked in their direction, they would back away and turn in the other direction.

It would be nice if Moose was still managing this place......

Sophia thought sadly.

She wasn't some kind of green skin that could grow out of the soil, nor was she a monk with a saint's gaze and a pregnant monk.

She's just an unremarkable site director who can enter the sea of memories and see the memories of others.

But they are so wary......

Just because she's the Site Director, has Foundation clearance of 4?

It seemed that the conflict between Site-17's management and the employees at the bottom was far more serious than she had anticipated.

Sophia sighed.

When Moose was still at Site-17, it was a lot more lively......

But in any case, reception is just a formality, one of the links.

She can't just throw aside the things that really matter because of the inconsiderate reception.

She had plenty of time to tentatively walk through the facility, through the sterile hallways, down the mysterious stairwell, until she reached her destination.

Find the room where the target is located.

Sure, she could have asked the on-site staff for help - but she had to live with the strange distance, the subtle fear.

Sophia raised her eyes and quietly looked at the employee at the fork in the road, who suddenly turned onto another road.

I'm not a humanoid containment...... Nor is it a reality bender...... Really, what exactly did the higher-ups of Site-17 do?

Treat employees like D-class personnel and throw them into cannibalistic containment?

Sophia felt that it was best to go on her own.

......

Xianzhou Luofu.

"It's so realistic......"

Seeing the Site-17 employees move away from Sophia, the Blue Sparrow felt nothing but normal.

From the perspective of Sophia, the behavior of the employees is undoubtedly incomprehensible.

But if you look at it from a different angle......

Subordinates hide from their superiors...... This seems like a no-brainer.

For example, if she wants to touch the fish, she has to reduce the frequency of her appearance in front of Fu Taibu, but she can't make big mistakes, so as not to lose her job.

"Wait...... This kind of plot is so familiar......"

Qingque suddenly put down the file in his hand, pinched his chin, and turned to think about where that wonderful familiarity came from.

After some thought, the little girl finally came to a conclusion.

That's the plot of the AI novel video she saw on the Internet not long ago, and the principle pursued by the male protagonist is like this, no effort, no responsibility, no initiative, and the main thing is a lying flat philosophy.

But that's not the same as the Foundation's situation.

"Feel like those employees...... It's not just about hiding things. "

"It's more of a fear. "

Qingque thought about it for a while, for himself, this kind of expression generally appeared when he was beating Emperor Yuan Qiongyu in the past class, but he was surprised that Fu Taibu was nearby.

......

Circling left and right within Site-17.

Sophia felt like she had taken a living retreat.

As long as she was on her way, whether it was the doctor of Site-17, or the security personnel, researchers, and support personnel, they were all pushed away by her superpowers.

Eventually, she found the room.

But something is not right.

This room is not in the containment sector, but in the medical sector.

This is very unusual.

Even more unusual is the sign of the wooden door with the words "Temporary Asset Care" engraved on it.

It's magical.

Sophia ignored the question in her mind, and she stared at the wooden door for more than ten seconds, then took a deep breath and put her hand on the handle.

She didn't carry anything extra except for a suit of clothes, neither a weapon for self-defense nor a prop to suppress the anomaly.

Then, she turned the handle and pushed the door open.

The strong smell of disinfectant rushed into her nostrils, and her eyes were reflected in the layout of the hospital room that matched the smell.

In the center of the room lay a medical bed, on which lay an unconscious young man with an indwelling needle in his hand and receiving an infusion.

And beside the bed, a woman stood.

She was wearing a white lab coat and could have been a doctor, a nurse, or more likely a researcher.

Seeing Sophia push the door in, the woman was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes fell on the other party's badge.

After realizing that the other party was a site director, she instantly tensed up.

"Oh my God!"

Her eyes widened in horror, and she immediately turned around, picked up the papers on the table beside her bed, and said, "I'm here to get the registration form!" and prepared to leave the room.

Another employee who was frightened by Site-17...... Sophia recalled the change in the other party's expression and gaze, and instantly understood the other party's reaction.

Although Sophia was not in the mood to torture the poor lady, she had many questions to ask.

So, she slammed the door behind her shut.

“！"

The woman stopped, pressed the document in front of her white coat, and tried to show composure and control her rapid breathing.

"It doesn't matter. Sophia muttered to herself, "I'm looking for Containment-4051's room." Is this it?"

The woman she was facing blinked slowly.

"Yes, this is Rainer's room. He ......"

She paused, looked at Sophia's face for a moment, and hesitated:

"Excuse me, have we met before?"

Sophia shrugged:

"I don't think - I'm from the outfield, but I guess you're working at Site-17?"

Hearing this, the woman breathed a sigh of relief, her straight back was slightly hunched, her shoulders were obviously lowered, and her hands were on her sides.

"Oh yes, I work in anomalous pediatrics - the pediatrics that contains anomalies, not in anomalous fields. "

"Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Jules, Level 2 clearance. "

"Nice to meet you!"

Sophia, 4 Clearance, Site Director.

She bowed slightly, smiled, and introduced herself:

"Sophia...... Is there any rule that you can't come here?"

"Uh, not officially, no. "

Jules kept shifting the center of his foot, presumably wondering if he should try to escape again.

"But you know what management is like – well, I guess you don't. "

"Management usually redirects those people to investigate Rainer's ...... Circumstance. "

Sophia frowned: (Read the violent novel, just go to the Feilu Novel Network!)

"Do they give any particular reason?"

Jules shrugged:

"I haven't been transferred, so if they do, I don't know. "

Sophia: "The lack of transparency doesn't seem ideal. "

"Okay, wait until you have a hammer. "[]

Jules began fiddling with the papers again, apparently wanting to leave, but due to the strict hierarchy within the Foundation, she had to stay.

Silence lingers.

Sophia walked away from the wooden door, her eyes fell on the young man sleeping on the hospital bed, and her tone was very puzzled:

"Why is he here, not contained?"

Even for Safe-class containments, the treatment location will only be a containment chamber, not a normal ward with no pressure at all on the containment.

For example, this room, the containment object in front of her.

This is very unorthodox.

At one site, a sleeping Level 5 reality bender has created a very large space.

I don't know what the higher-ups of Site-17 think.

With this group of insects, you can't build a foundation well!

Sophia's casual question caused Jules' heart rate to climb in a straight line.

She exhaled hard behind Sophia and didn't inhale for a few seconds.

For a moment, Sophia wondered if the anomalous pediatrician had quietly left the room.

Take advantage of the time when you have your back to her.

He ...... He's a bit of a hassle with his abilities......" Jules said, "Have you seen his file?"

"I've seen it. Sophia replied, still looking at the young man in front of her.

"Ah......h

She paused, returned to her bedside, and looked down at Containment-4051 in her sleep.

"RAISA has chosen to feature me and his involvement. I worked as his therapist for about a year. "

He ...... Can pull small items out of portals. "

"However, he can also pull the reversal of an item out, thus destroying the original thing, which also creates some complications for containment. "

Very dangerous abilities...... Sophia nodded:

"And he was considered a temporary asset. "

Jules took a deep breath and made up his mind.

She raised her head, met Sophia's inquiring eyes, and tried to tell the truth calmly:

"Management sometimes transports him off the site, so it's easier to keep him here. "

"They tranquilized him until they had to use him, and then put him back underneath. "

"I don't know what they're going to do with him, because they never let me know, but-"

Sophia stared at each other:

“Jules。 "

"What?"

Sophia's mind had a myriad of thoughts swimming.

She was trembling and trembling, asking herself simple questions over and over again that had no answers, until they became white noise in her soul.

The humming of medical equipment rumbled in her ears, instantly dazzling and striking her from all directions.

She gritted her teeth, straightened her back, and forced her crumpled fingers to her sides.

She asked a question:

"Do you think what's going on here is okay?"

The tone is slow, calm, and not difficult to hear.

Jules hesitated for a moment before replying:

"I don't think so. "

Sophia bit the inside of her lip gently, refusing to leave the bedside until she got an answer.

"Do you think there's a better way to deal with this?"

"I ...... Hey, are you alright, Sophia?" Jules hesitated.

Sophia faced Jules, her eyes begging for the last word.

"So if you're in management, you're going to do something, right?"

"Not really—"

Alas...... Sophia shook her head.

She strode forward, grabbed the doorknob, pulled it open, took a step into the hallway, and then turned back to meet Jules' confused, concerned gaze.

"I've done well enough. Thanks for joking with me. "

She smiled at the pediatrician, closed the door, and walked back to the tarmac.

The helicopter flew low over the tundra, leaving Site-17 behind the horizon.

Although the blizzard in the north showed no signs of abating when they first fell, the afternoon sun shone unhindered into the pastures below Sophia's transport plane.

Her phone vibrated in her front pocket.

She absentmindedly pulled it out, flipped it open, and answered the call of the only person who would call her now.

"Hey, Vaux. "

The words came out of her mouth almost effortlessly.

"I'm returning from Site-17. "

"Ah, that's great!"

Her assistant paused, probably scribbling down the message on a stack of paper.

"What do you know about that child?"

Sophia shrugged to herself, looking out the side window at the scenery she was passing by.

"I think he's good for the team. "

"Site-17 has kept him in a coma for a long time, so we may have to get him used to walking and talking, but other than that, he's a good fit. "

"That'...... Great, Sophia. You know, you sound so much better now. "

Sophia smiled:

"yes, I think so. I know that about myself, too. "

Vaux stopped again.

This is not something that can be said lightly.

"Oh?" he asked.

"yes. I feel like I want to be an O5 Councillor. "

On the other end of the line, Vaux let out a long sigh.

The assistant tries to analyze whether Sophia's words are mispronounced or mispronounced.

But no matter which angle he refutes and picks out mistakes, O5 Councilor Sophia Wright begins to make more and more sense.

She can be all sorts of cunning, controlling, and terrifying people if she wants to.

— and as far as Vaux believes, these are the only criteria that matter.

Good...... , he's thinking little to himself.