Chapter 591 - 376: Tribunal Commissioner
Deep underground in the Edge Mansion, there is a secret medical room isolated from the outside world.
There are no windows here, only trap metal doors controlled by multiple encryption systems. Several small ventilation openings are operating softly, providing the necessary oxygen.
The ceiling is quite low, and the walls are inlaid with dim LED light strips, emitting a faint blue glow. The air is filled with the smell of antiseptic solution.
In the center of the room is a massive life support machine. Its main body is made of special alloy and fiberglass, equipped with modules such as a ventilator, pacemaker, and intravenous injection device. Surrounding it are multiple mechanical arms installed with medical instruments, including a laser scalpel and nano-injector.
This life support machine, developed by Future, is codenamed "Nether Spring". Once its various modules are connected to the injured person’s body, they can almost replace all organ functions, maintaining the most basic vital signs and buying precious time for subsequent medical intervention.
According to Future, as long as the person hasn’t died on the spot, connecting to Nether Spring can keep them alive.
Of course, whether they can be cured after being kept alive is another matter.
At this moment, the severely injured Fenrir is lying in Nether Spring, her body connected to various life support modules through tubes, eyes tightly closed, without any response to the outside world. Only the stable data on the instruments indicate that she is still alive.
Su Mo is standing silently by Nether Spring, watching her. When Future walks in, he asks, "What’s the situation?"
Future shakes her head and sighs, "The damage to her organs is severe, and she’s not out of danger yet. There are still several major surgeries to be done later."
Su Mo: "When can she leave Nether Spring?"
Future: "If we’re lucky, it will take at least another month to stabilize. Before that, she can’t undergo any stress and can only lie here."
Su Mo rubs his temples and says, "A month... Even though this is a secret refuge area, can it really hold for that long..."
Edge Mansion has a total of 100 floors, 88 above ground and 12 below, but this medical room is not on any of those floors.
This area is located deeper underground, a secret refuge built by Su Mo after moving into Edge Mansion. It has ample living supplies and medical equipment, and the entrance is extremely hidden, known only to a few core members.
This area does not exist in the construction plan of the mansion, with no written records, and is equipped with a full set of anti-detection devices. In theory, it shouldn’t be exposed.
However, the authorities and corporate giants are searching the entire city for Fenrir’s whereabouts, determined to find her whether she’s alive or dead, and it’s only a matter of time before they search Edge Mansion.
When they don’t find anything the first time, they’ll search a second time, a third time, over and over again, making it hard to guarantee this place won’t be found.
But with at least another month needed for Fenrir to leave Nether Spring, such a large device cannot be moved quietly, which is very troublesome.
While Su Mo is troubled, he receives a call from Dongdong.
Dongdong: "Boss, check the news, someone from the Upper Court is here."
Su Mo opens a video app, and the first piece on the homepage is the news Dongdong mentioned, with the headline:
[World Government Upper Court Council Special Envoy Visits New Moon City, To Guide The City Council’s Authorities]
The elusive "Upper Court Council" has finally sent someone. This development doesn’t surprise Su Mo.
According to the World Government system, the Upper Court Council is the supreme authority, overseeing all policy directions.
In Su Mo’s previous life, the Upper Court Council is akin to a combined Congress, Federal Court, and President’s highest authority complex in America.
This time, the Upper Court sending people specifically to New Moon City is because things have truly gone too far here.
The previous beast crisis wasn’t something to mention. An event unheard of for a century, no City Council could have predicted the arrival of beasts.
The chaos during the beast crisis’s handling is also not worth mentioning. After all, under the mediation of multiple forces, New Moon City wasn’t hit with a devastating blow, only some people on the outskirts perished.
However, the subsequent events completely spiraled out of control.
On the directives of corporate giants, New Moon City’s authorities set up a fake awarding ceremony, intending to kill the popular Wolf Assault Leader Fenrir.
If they had succeeded, there wouldn’t be much more to say, at most an additional report to the Upper Court.
But the problem is they failed.
Not only did they fail to kill Fenrir, but she retaliated by storming the Heaven-Reaching Tower, annihilating over ninety percent of the elite of the city’s corporate giants. The regional heads of the Iron Blood Alliance and the Black Domain Group also perished.
More fatally, the situation was bungled beyond repair.
New Moon City hadn’t even succeeded in the killing before prematurely celebrating mid-way, loudly inviting numerous media outlets to broadcast the "execution" to everyone.
Now, not only has the disgrace of the Heaven-Reaching Tower being smashed by the Wolf King been broadcasted worldwide, the residents of New Moon City have exhibited historically unparalleled acts of defiance against the authorities, and the whole city is like a powder keg about to explode.
Under these circumstances, the Upper Court has no choice but to intervene personally.
In the news broadcast, the reporter stands outside the exclusion zone at New Moon City Airport, the distant scenery fully visible.
In the sky, countless floating airships are continuously landing on the airport runway, the immense bodies casting moving shadows. As the wheels make contact with the ground, the rush of air from deceleration echoes outward.