233: Charlie Lawrence

The scene inside the base was in stark contrast to the crude facilities outside the gate.

Beyond the gate was a spacious hall with a huge crystal chandelier hanging from the high ceiling, casting brilliant light.

Expensive oil paintings hung on the walls, and soft red carpets covered the floor, extending into the distant corridors.

There were many rooms on both sides of the corridor, with doors ajar, revealing comfortable sofas, exquisite bars, and Westerners in designer clothes with relaxed expressions.

They gathered together, chatting and laughing, enjoying a luxurious life.

This base was built inside a rocky mountain.

Rather than a base, it was more like a paradise built in the Apocalypse.

It also seemed to have been built before the Apocalypse.

However, the people who did the work were all the poor masses.

Most of the base members had paid to get in previously.

As the saying goes, 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die,' these rich people didn't take the Apocalypse seriously; as long as they could enjoy this life, who cared about so much else?

After Tian Ming entered, an intrusion alarm sounded inside the base, and a large number of guards gathered towards the hall.

The wealthy people who were originally strolling around quickly hid, and soon, there was no trace of them on the upper levels of the entire base.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the guards opened fire.

However, their bullets were deflected in front of Tian Ming as if they were nothing.

Pfft!

A deflected bullet hit another guard, followed by a scream.

"Damn it! This guy is an Ability User!" someone exclaimed.

The guards fired their guns one after another, but their attacks seemed ineffective in front of Tian Ming.

The bullets were like hitting a sponge, frozen in mid-air.

"Everyone who doesn't want to die, stop!" Lisa shouted loudly, her voice echoing in the empty base.

The guards stopped one after another, looking at Lisa.

"Listen, I am Lisa, Duke Lawrence's daughter.

Put down your weapons immediately, or I cannot guarantee your personal safety."

The guards looked at each other, some immediately put down their weapons, while others hesitated.

However, their hesitation did not last long.

Because Tian Ming had already walked towards them, the guard who was close to him was pushed directly onto the wall by a stream of air before he could react, instantly embedding him into the concrete wall.

"Lu Tianming! You've gone too far!" Lisa shouted angrily.

Tian Ming sneered, and continued walking deeper into the base without looking back.

He didn't care about the lives of these people.

Passing through the spacious hall, Tian Ming arrived at a huge Laboratory.

The Laboratory was filled with various complex instruments and computers, and many people in white coats were busy.

"Is this it?" Tian Ming asked.

Lisa said with displeasure, "No, this base is not large, but it has 10 floors.

The first floor has high air exchange efficiency and is for the rich people, the Lawrence Family's industries and automated factories.

It's the seventh floor from the bottom up."

Tian Ming smiled indifferently and grabbed Lisa's hand.

The sudden action startled her.

"What are you doing?" Lisa said warily.

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt her feet lose ground, and she plummeted downwards with Tian Ming.

The two directly passed through the floor, reaching the floor Lisa mentioned.

This floor was much more spacious than the one above; it was an automated starch synthesis and processing factory.

"It seems the Lawrence Family is involved in quite a few industries," Tian Ming said with a sneer, looking around.

Inside the starch synthesis and processing factory, robotic arms operated continuously on the assembly line, and workers in neat uniforms were busy at their respective posts.

At the end of the assembly line, bags of starch were packaged, awaiting transportation.

The appearance of Tian Ming and Lisa immediately caused a commotion in the factory.

The workers stopped their work one after another, vigilantly looking at the two suddenly appearing strangers.

Some timid workers even screamed and ran away, fearing being affected.

"Who are you? How did you get in?"

The factory manager rushed over, looking nervously at Tian Ming and Lisa.

Tian Ming ignored him, and a beam of carbon fiber directly tied the man to a nearby machine.

The factory managers were stunned.

Tian Ming turned his head and glanced at Lisa.

"Lead the way; you should be more familiar with this place than I am."

Lisa walked in front of Tian Ming with a cold face.

This entire floor was factories, covering clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

The automation level of such factories was quite high; a factory area only needed a dozen people to manage it.

Moreover, their synthesis technology was also quite impressive; basically, high molecular organic compounds could be produced through carbon capture gas.

Tian Ming looked around, calculating in his mind that if he moved these production lines to his own Shelter, the food and drink problems for the personnel could be solved.

Tian Ming followed Lisa through factory areas and finally arrived at what appeared to be a control center.

The atmosphere here was completely different from other places; the walls were covered with displays showing real-time surveillance footage of each floor of the base.

"This is the base's control center," Lisa pointed ahead.

Tian Ming nodded slightly, his gaze swept around the control center, finally stopping in front of a huge screen.

In front of the screen was a man in a white coat, sitting on a chair, with various instruments and computers in front of him.

This man was Lisa's cousin, Charlie Lawrence.

He was responsible for the operation and production of the Eastern Europe base.

In this base, half were rich people, thirty percent were technical personnel, and twenty percent were maintenance personnel and their families.

The entire base had about 30,000 people, while this base could accommodate at least 100,000 people.

Most of the base's space was used to stockpile produced materials.

These materials would be transported via air routes to support other bases.

Here, the main products were still food and daily necessities.

Charlie turned his head, saw Lisa, and immediately said happily, "Oh, my sister, why are you here?"

Charlie didn't know about the Lawrence Family kidnapping Shen Yuan.

This Charlie was a person with no great ambitions.

After the Apocalypse, having gained immunity, he became a production supervisor in the official Eastern Europe base.

He had heard the intrusion alarm just now, but he was slow to react and not at all nervous; anyway, this place was heavily guarded, and no important personnel of the Lawrence Family could get in.

Lisa looked at Charlie's enthusiasm, her expression a little grim: "Brother, this is my friend, Mr. Lu Tianming."

After hearing Lisa's introduction, Charlie immediately showed great enthusiasm for Tian Ming.

He stood up from his chair, walked towards Tian Ming with a smile, and extended his hand: "Welcome, welcome, Mr. Lu Tianming, I am Charlie Lawrence.

It's a pleasure to meet you."

Tian Ming was stunned; was this guy naturally familiar?

Before Tian Ming could react, Charlie gave him a hug, which completely bewildered Tian Ming.