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Upon Illumi's notification, King Bradley immediately arranged personnel to conduct measurements in the Clonesia Rainforest. This was a massive undertaking, and King Bradley's investment for it was divided into three phases.
Phase one: 400 billion Jennies.
Phase two: 300 billion Jennies.
Phase three: 300 billion Jennies.
This investment plan exceeded people's imagination. Umbrella Company was very rich now, earning money at a speed beyond ordinary people's comprehension. According to current sales figures, by the end of the first phase of the investment plan, the funds for the second and third phases would have already been accumulated.
And the only people who truly knew the inside story included Illumi, King Bradley, and the Nen Beasts Pride and others, plus Iksanp, Julius, Amedeo, and others, totaling only fourteen people. For this, King Bradley even had Envy transform into a deceased person to register a construction company, recruiting numerous talents in architecture and civil engineering.
The project was conducted in secret. All participating employees signed confidentiality agreements and underwent relentless "brainwashing" by Greed to ensure no one would leak information. However, such a massive project would undoubtedly attract the government's attention, and it was illegal, so it had to be kept secret.
Fortunately, King Bradley seized this opportunity to publicly announce that Umbrella Company was expanding its headquarters' pharmaceutical base. These actions were normal. Thus, the government's attention was diverted. After all, with the current enormous demand for new antibiotics, it would be unreasonable for Umbrella Company not to expand its pharmaceutical base and increase production.
In addition, Umbrella Company's official website also announced plans to establish branches in various foreign countries, which made many pharmaceutical companies in those countries grit their teeth.
September 15, 1984, Clonesia Rainforest.
Two months after Illumi decided to build a new base, it was 7 AM in the depths of the Clonesia Rainforest, south of Pegroze. In the distance were continuous, majestic mountain ranges. Below was a clear blue lake, surrounded by vast, vibrant, endlessly green forests.
"Chirp chirp..."
"Rustle rustle..."
"Caw caw..."
The scorching sun poured down on the land, the calm lake surface shimmered, and in the mountains and forests, besides the calls of insects and birds, there were also the sounds of animals that people couldn't identify. It was truly teeming with life. Such a place, if not a fairy land, was at least a good place for leisure and vacation.
This was the deep part of the Clonesia Rainforest, rarely visited by humans. Its danger level was far beyond that of the outer areas. Yet, in such a place, a road appearedâa man-made forest road. Weeds and stones on both sides of the road had been cleared, and some lime and yellow sand remained by the roadside.
"Rustle rustle..."
In the forest to the left of the road, there was a faint rustling in a bush.
Pitter-patter...
A small jackal suddenly leaped out of the bush, landing on the flat, human-made ground. It scanned its surroundings, its nose twitching. This jackal seemed to be in a good mood; perhaps it had just had a full meal. After confirming that nothing would disturb it, it lay down on the road, basking in the rare sunlight filtering through the forest, occasionally licking the fur on its legs, looking leisurely and lazy.
Suddenly, the jackal, enjoying the sun, looked up towards the distant forest. It abruptly rose, its expression vigilant. After observing for a while, the jackal's expression grew increasingly uneasy. A moment later, it leaped back into the bush, concealing itself.
Rumble...
After the jackal left, a faint rumbling sound echoed from afar, and the ground began to tremble slightly. As the sound grew closer, the trembling became more intense. Ten minutes later, over twenty fully loaded trucks, carrying equipment and raw materials, formed a long convoy. They drove neatly along the smooth road. Behind the trucks followed numerous excavators and construction vehicles, moving slowly, lagging far behind the trucks.
Whoosh whoosh...
The jackal, hidden in the bush, watched the massive steel monsters driving past on the road. It bared its teeth and slowly retreated backward in fear. After retreating some distance, it suddenly turned and ran towards the distant forest, presumably to inform its companions that some powerful monsters had arrived.
Swish swish swish...
Above the forest, armed helicopters followed the long convoy. They were there to escort the convoy. The fixed machine guns and rockets on both sides of their wings were used to deal with the forest monsters that occasionally ran out to cause trouble.
"This place is pretty good."
Inside a transport plane, Illumi, Andres, and Erik sat together. Andres was curiously looking outside, glancing around.
"Caw~"
Suddenly, a large bird appeared from above the distant forest, flying towards the helicopter convoy. The armed helicopters responsible for escort immediately activated their machine guns.
Bang bang bang...
Lines of red tracer bullets streaked across the sky. The large bird was hit. With a startled "Caw!" it flapped its wings and flew away. Illumi turned his head to look at the large bird, finding that it didn't fly far before falling from the sky into the forest, disappearing from view. In this cruel natural forest, this large bird surely wouldn't survive; tonight, it would become prey for some fierce beast.
Illumi remained silent. Like Erik, he stared blankly at the scenery outside. Pegroze was already sparsely populated, and the air quality was good, but it was too desolate, and these rarely visited areas had too many fierce beasts, making them overly dangerous. The Pegroze government had never considered developing these areas, after all, their population was small, and no matter how much land they had, they couldn't utilize it. Otherwise, quite a few tourists would indeed come to experience the natural scenery here.
The helicopter pilots flew very steadily, maintaining their distance to ensure they remained within the protective range of the surrounding armed helicopters, neither falling behind nor going too far ahead. These pilots were elites. They had taken off from cargo ships on the southwest coast and had been flying for several hours to reach this place, yet they maintained a high level of concentration. This was something ordinary people couldn't do.
Along the way, the armed helicopter convoy escorted the truck convoy, enjoying the pristine natural scenery of the tropical rainforest and the cool breeze on their faces. They continued flying into the depths of the forest for another hour. A massive construction site appeared within this vast tropical rainforest.
"Boss, we've arrived."
The pilot in front notified him. Illumi nodded lightly. As the helicopter slowly descended onto a temporary platform, the three leaped directly from the cabin door. At the same time, the massive convoy below also stopped one by one at the perimeter of the construction site.
Workers continuously disembarked from the vehicles, carrying various equipment and materials. The excavators and construction vehicles, under the organization of the on-site construction manager, had a new batch of drivers take over and immediately entered the site to begin work.
Illumi stood on the platform, casually surveying his surroundings. He found this place to be indeed excellent, perfectly suited for their plan. In his steps, this would be the main base for the [SCP Foundation]. After this, he would also build a base on Chimera Continent,
one on Yorbian Continent, and one in Ozma Federation. Not only that, if he gained enough strength in the future, he would also build a base on the island in Lake Mobius, far from human civilization. Distributing them like this would prevent a complete annihilation if anything were to happen in the future.
Andres and Erik followed behind Illumi. The three walked together towards the temporarily constructed command center at the construction site.
"I'll be leaving tomorrow. You two will temporarily stay here to cultivate and guard this place." Illumi, walking in front of the two, suddenly spoke.
"We're staying?"
"Boss, isn't that too much of a waste of our talents?" Erik hadn't spoken yet. Andres caught up to Illumi, a mysterious smile on his face, and said.
"I have two reasons for keeping you here."
"First, you have too little work at the company. Keeping you here as a supervisor counts as training."
As Illumi spoke, Andres's eyelids drooped, clearly not taking it to heart. He didn't like staying in such boring places.
"Second, ever since you developed your Nen ability, the mysterious deaths in Sugalland City have been increasing. You're almost becoming an urban legend."
"If I let you continue running wild, you'll soon be targeted by the Hunters of the Hunter Association."
Andres's drooping eyelids suddenly snapped open, and he smiled. "Then that's perfect. I can test how far I've come."
"What I care about isn't your current level, but that at this stage, we are still in the development phase and shouldn't attract too much attention."
Illumi said as he walked. Andres chuckled softly, falling back a step to walk alongside Erik.
"Erik's situation is different. Your current strength isn't enough for you to get your revenge."
"Besides, your enemy's identity is special. Killing him now would cause turmoil in the Kakin Empire."
"If they follow the clues, they could easily trace it back to us."
"I know, the time is not yet ripe." Erik was naturally a man of few words, having been silent the entire way. At Illumi's words, he nodded in agreement. "But one day, I will personally twist that beast's head off."
As he spoke, Erik's expression instantly turned savage, gritting his teeth. Andres, next to him, glanced at him, a look of interest on his face.
The three arrived at the temporary command center. Behind the command center was a large area of makeshift employee dormitories, where the employees would eat, sleep, and work for a long time to come.
Illumi would also have them build some public facilities and Packages facilities in the employee dormitory area to ensure they wouldn't be too bored during their working days. Besides work, they could also relax appropriately after work. As for various living supplies, professional personnel would provide them.
"Let me see the materials."
Inside the command center, Illumi instructed. The chief engineer, who had been standing by, immediately placed the construction blueprints on the table in front of him and began to explain them.
Illumi frowned, then rose and walked out of the command center. The chief engineer also followed Illumi with the blueprints, going to the construction site and explaining everything on the blueprints one by one.
"Very good, that will do."
After a long while, Illumi stopped the chief engineer's incessant talking. After talking for so long, he believed the chief engineer's mouth must be dry. He truly felt for him.
"Indeed, this is a good place."
As far as Illumi's eyes could see, the surroundings were completely covered by vast forests. In front of them lay a clear blue lake. And above this lake, a colossal structure stood prominently. The continuous mountain range formed a natural coverâit was the [Karavaz Mountain Range].
Aside from the ground facilities, their true base was within this continuous mountain range. Although the current Hunter x Hunter world didn't have as many satellites as his previous life, and the observable areas weren't extensive enough,
with some observable areas even difficult to examine in detail due to technical reasons. However, this did not prevent Illumi from planning to build the base inside the mountain. This was also to prevent future advancements in aviation technology by various countries, which might allow them to detect the SCP Foundation's headquarters base through satellite reconnaissance.
This base was entirely built according to the specifications of a massive military base. The chief engineer by his side secretly wiped away a cold sweat when he took on this project. He was a man who had experienced quite a lot and seen many things, but it was his first time witnessing such a massive military base being invested in. Even the few countries in the V5 probably didn't have such a colossal and secretive military base.
And most importantly, the defensive security level of this military base was entirely built according to nuclear weapons base standards. No, in some areas, it was even more rigorous than a nuclear weapons base.
The chief engineer swallowed hard. What did this imply? It implied that the things to be stored in this base might be even more important and terrifying than nuclear weapons! Thinking this, Chief Engineer Amedeo turned his head and scanned the surroundings.
The place was entirely surrounded and monitored by heavily armed guards, with various military checkpoints already established. No matter who it was, if their identity wasn't verified, they would be immediately riddled with holes if they came too close.
The lockdown here was even stricter than some military bases. Those guards were clearly elite soldiers who had undergone brutal training. All of this further confirmed that the young man in front of him was mysterious and unfathomable.
However, Amedeo was also very aware that he was already a member of this mysterious foundation. He absolutely should not ask too many questions about what he shouldn't know. His old life was important.
The core of the SCP headquarters base, according to the plan, was a deep, bottomless cave, over a hundred meters in diameter, located deep within the mountain range. And around the deep cave,
there were layers of floors built from top to bottom. From the highest floor down to the very bottom, there were a total of forty-nine floors, with a total depth exceeding two hundred meters. Each floor downwards increased in confidentiality level, and all aspects of defense and requirements became stricter.
Moreover, each floor would have lounges, libraries, shelters, entertainment centers, and laboratories to maximize the psychological and physical health of the researchers and staff working there. And these were also some of the reasons why Illumi needed to spend trillions of Jennies in enormous funds. And this was only the initial investment. The subsequent operation and maintenance were also a staggering figure.
In this world, apart from state-level powers and industry giants, only a handful of super-rich individuals possessed the economic power to build such massive military bases. Even some mid-sized countries couldn't bear such enormous expenses.
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