Thus, he was as calm as possible the next morning when he received news on the communicator that all civilian personnel transferred from the outer city would gather at the gates of the Garden of Eden.

Last night, An Zhe had read the map and base manual of the main city. He knew there were 20,000 permanent residents in the main city, 70% of whom were military personnel. The remaining 30% were scientific researchers and various civilian personally. The outskirts of the main city were composed of the armament areas, military bases, tarmacs, train stations and residential areas. Meanwhile, the interior was the core area and contained three important institutions for the base.

The first was the United Front Centre. It was for the military and responsible for dispatching armament and supplies. The second was the scientific research centre. The function was the same as its name and since the sign was a simplified lighthouse, it was just called the Lighthouse. The United Front Centre and the Lighthouse each had a building and the two buildings were connected by a covered bridge. They were called the Twin Towers.

The third one had the relatively long name of ‘Breeding, Growing and Education Centre.’ It had two functions. One was to provide food and nutrition for the base. An Zhe thought that this might be the place where humans grew potatoes. The other function was to breed babies. Human babies grew up in this place and received initial education. Since the name was too difficult, it was also called ‘Garden of Eden.’

An Zhe’s future place of work was the Garden of Eden.

He looked at the twin towers in the distance and then the Garden of Eden. In fact, he was filled with some expectations because he had never seen human children. His spore was a small, soft white thing. He didn’t know if human babies were the same.

Could caring for human babies give him experience for the future when he had to care for his own spore?

…It didn’t seem to be the case.

CHAPTER 28

“Do not go gentle into that good night—”

An Zhe and Colin walked down a long, narrow white corridor. There was the sound of simultaneous reading, a collection of tender voices vibrating around them like there was an echo. This was the sixth floor of the Garden of Eden and the man who brought them here was in his 30s and called Lin Zuo. He looked gentle in his white short and thin gold-rimmed glasses.

The two of them were taken to the office and Lin Zuo questioned, “How is it going here?”

Colin replied, “Very good.”

Lin Zuo told them, “The conditions in the main city are better than the outer city.”

An Zhe realized it. During the time when he was in the outer city, he never thought there was a giant building like the Garden of Eden in this world.