The decision-making body of the Base N11 was the Seven-Member Committee, with Anthony as the chairman, and Turner in charge of the 20-person army and police. In addition, committee members included Tony, the logistics director, the chief medical officer, and the director of research.
The scale of the base was small, but its functions were very complete, which also required that there should be no idlers among the residents of the base.
Thus, a relatively cruel residency system had been derived from this.
Residents must prove that they were useful, or had sufficient financial resources to purchase residency rights before they could stay.
Only those who had made enough contributions to the base, say seven committee members, were eligible to retire at the base.
Due to safety and a certain degree of stability, the base even retained part of the marriage system. Marriage here was not restricted to monogamy, as long as the man could afford to support women and marriage taxes. The stability of the marriage was guaranteed by the committee.
To some extent, this guarantee was very weak.
But within the base, it was an unshakable authority. Turner, with his twenty soldiers and policemen, was the cornerstone of that authority.
Surprisingly, no matter what grade of water here, it was at least half cheaper than outside. The base was luxurious enough to let its residents bathe with treated water.
Of course, people must pay for it.
This made drinking water an important foreign exchange material for Base N11.
Food, medicine, weapons, ammunition, and other supplies were all exchanged by water, which showed that the base must have a secret and abundant water source, and there must be some kind of efficient water treatment device inside, so that it could not only supply enough for internal use, but also sell the surplus part.
Mastering water, although not the same as mastering everything, was not far behind. Within a radius of about 100 kilometers, Base N11 was undoubtedly the richest and most powerful. There were fifteen fighters who had passed the first-level genetic enhancement, a small but complete logistics base, standard army equipment, and a laboratory capable of producing genetic improvement potions, which turned the base into a cheetah armed to the teeth.
As for the bandits and mobs in the surrounding areas, no matter how many there were, compared to the base, they couldn't even be considered carrion wolves.
They were nothing more than a group of biting rabbits at most.
During one of his missions, Turner was ambushed by an armed mob of more than 50 people. After the team of ten soldiers occupied a hill on the spot, the battle broke out between automatic rifles and old-fashioned pistols, rifles, and submachine guns. The armed mob even had grenades, but no one was able to rush within a distance of 100 meters under the rain of bullets from the first-level fighters.
The final casualty ratio of the battle was zero to thirty-five.
Since then, no mob dared to attack Base N11.
In the base's central conference room, Lee sat alone in an iron chair.
In front of him was a semicircular aluminum conference table, behind which seven committee members sat.
Such a pattern was very similar to the interrogation in the old days, not in the court, but in the police station.
Fortunately, Turner and Tony were there, so the atmosphere in the meeting room was fairly relaxed.
The seven committee members began to ask about Lee's ability according to the internal rules. During the almost chatty inquiry, all the committee members, including Turner, looked at the extended modified rifle placed at Lee's feet from time to time. They didn't need to be proficient in firearms like Tony to see that this gun was actually quite old-fashioned and primitive, and perhaps the only advantages were its stability, reliability, easy maintenance, and cheap spare parts.
Compared with the precision firearms of the old era, like the M16, Lee's rifle was far more inferior.
But the modification of this rifle was very interesting.
Even if it fired heavy machine gun cartridges or special ammunition, it was amazing that its range could reach 1500 meters.
This would bring a series of problems, such as a lack of accuracy and excessive recoil.
The scope of this rifle was interesting too. This simple scope was only suitable for medium-range automatic rifles, and not suitable for the accuracy required by sniper rifles.
Of course, more advanced scopes were naturally expensive, even much more expensive than firearms of the same level.
However, this price should not be unaffordable for a third-level sniper.
A third-level sniper meant that his genetic evolution was equivalent to seven standard evolutionary points, converted into money, which was enough to buy three or four first-class optical sniper scopes.
However, Lee's situation seemed to be a bit special.
He had chosen to evolve himself instead of buying advanced firearms first, which was very unusual. From a livelihood perspective, a good sniper rifle could simply and directly enhance the power of a sniper, which meant more income.
After all, guns were food for soldiers.
From this point of view, Lee did not seem to have a shrewd and economic mind.
The inquiry was still going on and starting to become dull.
The committee didn't really need to know Lee's abilities. The contract itself was a matter of life and death, and employers were never responsible for the lives of employees.
And at the same time, it was absolutely impossible for Lee to turn over all his cards to an organization where there was only an employment relationship between them.
It was just that the rules of the base required this.
And after decades of years, Base N11 inevitably produced a lot of formalities and bureaucracy.
The third level of Sniper Specialization in the Psionic Domain and the first level of Visual Enhancement in the Perception Domain, were what Lee let the committee know.
Even so, the Seven-Member Committee had been taken aback.
The reason for their surprise was nothing more than an additional first-level Visual Enhancement.
Sniper Specialization was actually a comprehensive enhancement, including a series of improvements in physical strength, endurance, vision, body control, and coordination, and then through special training to make the reformer adapt to the changes in his body.
This kind of enhancement was very mature. It was also very common to use the first-level Visual Enhancement of Perception Domain after strengthening to the third level.
After all, the fourth-level Sniper Specialization needed 8 or more evolutionary points. Besides, it was still immature and its improvement difficulty increased exponentially.
In terms of enhancing one's vision, the increase brought by the fourth-level Sniper Specialization was not as great as that of the first-level Visual Enhancement.
But even one evolutionary point meant at least 10,000 dallers of wealth. Considering Lee's age of less than 20 years old, this extra 10,000 dallers was by no means a small amount of money.
This indicated that Lee was very capable of making money, although he seemed to be more adept at spending money.
The seven committee members quickly converted 10,000 dallers into the amount of alcohol, cigarettes, guns, water, and women according to their preferences, and then they looked at Lee differently.
What was wrapped in bandages was no longer a human body, but wealth close to 100,000 dallers.
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The boring interrogation session was finally over, and the next was the content of the task.
Lee's nearly dormant spirit immediately woke up, listening to every word with his heart.
The content of the task was simple and complex.
Out of concerns about the safety of the base, the Seven-Member Committee decided to conduct an exploration of the cave system outside the back door of the base.
In particular, it was necessary to explore the cobweb-like subway passages in order to find an escape route for the base in case of emergency.
This task was also divided into two parts.
If his exploration ended in the natural cave directly leading to the subway passage system, the reward was only 500 dallers.
But If he could clear a safe passage in the subway passage, then the reward would be a primary genetic modification potion produced by the N11 base.
After thinking about it for a while, Lee realized that the degree of danger of the mission and the reward were quite matched.
Tens of kilometers away from Base N11, there was a huge city ruin. There were all kinds of cunning and cruel mutant creatures, mutants, living corpses, bandits, mobs, and various organizations with unknown purposes. Like a labyrinth, the underground world, which could be divided into six floors up and down, was even more dangerous than the ground.
The underground world was not suitable for snipers. The above-ground cities with many buildings and vast areas were the paradise for snipers.
Therefore, as a third-level sniper, clearing the natural cave passages was the most suitable task for him.
In the past, Lee had always done such difficult tasks, and the reward for each task ranged from 300 to 1,000 dallers.
But this time, the high rewards of the follow-up task had attracted Lee. He might no longer need this most basic potion, but he could still use it to exchange for what he needed, at least 5,000 dallers.
For Lee, who was virtually bankrupt, such an offer was an irresistible temptation.
After taking over the task, Lee could also withdraw 100 dallers in advance as the fund for the preliminary preparation. The license issued by Penn Corp. was worth such an upfront payment after all.
In the evening, the 100 dallers turned into a box of 5.56 bullets, ten extra rounds of special rifle ammunition, and two canteens of pure water with pureness of level 4.
When night fell, Lee, who was fully equipped, entered the natural cave from the emergency exit at the rear of the base.
Before leaving the base, he accidentally knew that the girl named Lily had left the base during the day.
She was not a resident of this base in the first place, and her ability to pick locks was even more useless, so she had no source of income. In less than a month, all the money she had was spent on the expensive purchase of residency rights. Since she refused to exchange her body for money like other women, she had no choice but to leave the base today.
This was a very regrettable ending.
Many men in the base yearned for Lily's bed very much, and were willing to pay a very generous price.
Leaving the base, Lily's ending would definitely not be better than in the base. At least in the base, there was enough legal power to maintain order, which meant that even if she was raped, the person concerned had to pay her afterwards to be in line with the law and justice of the base.
Outside the base, however, chaos was a constant theme, with males who roamed around with excess violence, lust, and little money.
At this moment, Lee had no extra mood to care about Lily. His green pupil was scanning the deep and bottomless cave ahead.
Behind him, the heavy iron gate of the base was firmly closed and locked.
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