Lyca rolled her eyes inwardly. Was this man expecting her to puke from a little blood? She ignored Huang Li Duo's meaningful gaze towards his daughter and just pretended to continue staring at the lights.
After a couple of minutes, the trio arrived at the training grounds which was located on an underground floor of the building. This was a few floors above her grandfather's office. She then watched her uncle enter two passcodes, each longer than twelve characters so they could enter the training area.
"The codes change every week. You need to have them here," Huang Li Duo pointed at his temple. "to be able to stay in this area. If you fail to memorize the code, then you won't be able to get in." He gave a smug smile. For a few seconds, he waited for her to show some sort of a reaction. In fact, he was only saying this to try and get a reaction from his niece. Each person could actually use their ID cards to enter this area. Lyca doesn't need to know any of that.
Seeing Lyca's lazy gaze, Huang Li Duo couldn't help but sneer inwardly. She was really good at pretending!
To his knowledge, Lyca had never visited this place before. It was only normal for her to feel amazed with all the technology in front of her. However, it seemed that just like her father, Huang Sheng Hong, Lyca's face was almost paralyzed. Her default blank appearance only made her look dumb! Huang Li Duo couldn't help but feel angry towards his father's unfair decision about this matter. Was the old man trying to run their company to the ground? Just what was he thinking?
The electronic sound of the reinforced door being opened brought him back from his stupor. This time, the grand training grounds made Lyca's upper lips twitch. This underground facility was huge and bright. However, what surprised her was the fact that the training grounds in front of them really looked like a mini forest. She could see grass everywhere. There were also trees and—
"I can understand the surprise," Huang Xiaoxuan whispered. "This is your first time here. But let me tell you this, those trees are not real. They are computer generated."
Lyca raised an eyebrow. Computer generated trees? This was the first time that she had heard of that.
"This is like a huge computer. Everything here uses 8G technology that creates a life-like environment. Depending on the type of training that the recruits are doing, we can create an extremely cold environment with fake snow and cold temperatures, desert-like environments with nothing but sand, and of course we can create dense forests like this," Huang Li Duo proudly rattled off. "Someone!" his voice echoed. "Turn off the mechanisms!"
After a few seconds, the image in front of Lyca slowly blurred until it completely vanished, leaving nothing but steel walls. Surprisingly, she could see real soil with a few rocks. Still, the area was quite large and was divided by steel-like walls.
"We try to mimic real training grounds, thus, we use soil," Huang Li Duo continued. His eyes were glued on the middle aged man approaching them. "This is the person in charge of training the recruits. We also have another person in charge of the elites. These men have their own dietitians to ensure that they have perfectly balanced meals that are beneficial for their bodies. To your right, you can see the hospital. It's actually a clinic, but because of the number of people going in there everyday, most people started calling it a hospital. Nothing severe, just some stitches or muscles they pull due to training."
"Lieutenant Colonel, sir," the middle aged man immediately greeted Huang Li Duo. He stood ramrod straight a few feet away from his superior, eyes steely and unyielding.
"At ease." Huang Li Duo nodded. "This is Major Yun Jixi, the one in charge of training. Major, you already know my daughter, Huang Xiaoxuan. And this is my niece Lyca Huang." He said as he pointed as he pointed at Lyca. "She just returned from abroad," he immediately lied. Even Huang Li Duo couldn't stomach the fact that Lyca had just stayed inside her house even if she had been back for almost an year now. "From now on, these two will occasionally come in here to train with the recruits and elites." Huang Li Duo made a deliberate pause. "Take me to the Elites."
"Yes, Sir!" Major Yun immediately led them towards the training grounds.
"This training ground is about the size of six football fields and is divided into four parts. The first section is where we train recruits for the second stage." Huang Li Duo put his hands behind his back as he continued walking. He would look at Lyca from time to time, observing the changes in the latter's face. "The first stage is for all the conditioning trainings and basic military skill, this is done outside. We have about fifteen hectares for that purpose. The people who pass the training will then come here to learn our secret military skills and choose which weapon they would like to specialize in—aside from firearms of course."
Huang Li Duo continued, "Major Yun, there's no need to show the equipment sections. Go directly to the Assault Section." He then eyed Lyca and started explaining. "The Assault Section is a special unit where we teach human anatomy. In short, it is the part where we teach them how to kill using an individual's weakness. Special commando tactics as well as hand to hand combat are also taught there. This area is the largest among the four sections."
Lyca nodded in response. To be honest, everything about this place sounded impressive. This was not something that she had seen in her previous life.
"Alright, we're here." Huang Li Duo walked inside and smiled. "Oh! Look! Perfect timing! They are dissecting a corpse! I believe we should go and watch them. This will also serve as a lesson to the both of you. I believe the instructor is showing them some of the most vulnerable parts of the human body!" He started beaming. "What do you think, Lyca?"
Lyca looked at Huang Li Duo. As usual, her gaze didn't contain any emotion. However, on the inside, Lyca felt a little troubled. Why would they dissect corpses? Wasn't this a security company?
The more information she had about this company, the more confused she became. Why did it sound like this was a secret facility that trained assassins? Wasn't this just like her previous life?