For the first time in over a year, humanity finally had one.
The briefing room remained silent as everyone stared at the location highlighted on the screen.
Ryan looked at the map.
Then looked at Doctor Lin.
Then looked back at the map again.
"...That's it?"
Doctor Lin nodded slowly.
"That's it."
Ryan frowned.
"No offense, but I expected some evil volcano fortress or something."
One of the naval officers rubbed his forehead.
"This isn't a movie."
Ryan pointed toward the map.
"Exactly. That's why I expected something less suspicious than a facility literally called Project Eden."
Nobody argued with that.
Honestly, it sounded like the kind of place where apocalypses were born.
Doctor Lin stepped closer to the display.
The image zoomed further inward.
Mountain ranges appeared.
Dense forests.
Remote valleys.
No major cities.
No highways.
No civilian settlements.
Nothing.
Captain Liu studied the map from the monitor aboard the Changzheng-418.
