“Seems like it,” The colonel says, “It felt like you were worried about me, so I said a few more lines.”

An Zhe, “One line.”

The colonel laughs again.

The light of the snow illuminates the silver badge on his combat uniform; the combat uniform is black camouflage, black fingerless gloves, with a black tactical vest over top, and there’s an easy and clear-cut sense of strength, very different from the regular uniform.

“There actually was something I didn’t say,” Lu Feng says, “I wanted to ask you——”

But he doesn’t say it.

An Zhe asks him, “What?”

Lu Feng’s face is expressionless, as if he’s considering the wording.

And so An Zhe grows even more curious. But just when he thought the colonel is about to say something mighty important and profound——

The colonel pulls out his gun and gestures it at him, “Am I hot?”

CHRONICLES OF THE BASE (TIMELINE)

Year 2020: The geomagnetism begins to weaken rapidly.

Same year, Asia, Plan A begins, Construction of the geomagnetic field model

Same year, North America, Plan B begins, Construction of the human underground city.

Year 2030: Geomagnetism vanishes, the biosphere falls to disorder globally, the climate changes, the sun’s radiation abnormal, “The Desert Era” begins.

Year 2040: Plan B succeeds; The underground opens for humans to live.

Year 2043: Plan A succeeds, Weak magnetic field covers the whole planet.

Year 2045: With marine organisms of the Pacific Ocean as the centre, all species of the entire planet changed forms; “The Great Disaster Era” has come; War begins.

Same year, the Northern Base, the Southeastern Base construction complete.

Same year, the Underground Base assists in the construction of the Virginia Base.

Year 2050: Midst of war; Human loss severe; Establishment of the “Fusion Faction”.

Year 2053: Humans have observed a widespread gene distortion; Birth rate sharply declines.

Year 2061: Wave of variant rodents erupts; Southeastern Base falls.

Year 2066: The females of the four human base unanimously pass the “Manifesto of the Rose”; The bases make public the fertility scoring system; Females scoring 60 and above will sign a n agreement with the base and voluntarily accept artificial insemination.

Year 2067: Northern Base, the “Judgement Day” incident. The “Judge Bill” is made public; Judges hold the license to kill and execute every contaminant indiscriminately.

Year 2070: The Fusion Faction defects; Establishment of the Highland Research Institute.

Year 2073: Virginia Base falls.

Year 2105: Northern Base, the “Rose Incident” breaks out; Females unite to oppose the base’s extreme exploitation of fertility; The base suppresses the unrest; Every female who scored above 60 are placed under house arrest in “The Garden of Eden”.

Year 2135: Condition of communication further deteriorates; The Northern Base and the Underground Base closes the day-to-day communication channel, only the emergency channel remains open.

Year 2150: Population of the Northern Base increases steadily; The “Resuscitation Era” begins.

Year 2154: Gene Inspection technology matures.

Story begins.