Only My Way

Inside the sealed room, enveloped by layers of flesh and blood walls.

A dark blue brain, approximately sixty meters in diameter, its surface covered in mucus, mist, and wrinkles, was rhythmically pulsating.

Although they had mentally prepared themselves for the interior of the room,

the sight of these disgusting things as soon as they entered still made Wu Yuan and the others frown.

Unfortunately, the aesthetics of the [Thorn Civilization] were tragically unappealing to humans, making it impossible to appreciate them.

While this dark blue brain might symbolize the beauty and vitality of life to members of the [Thorn Civilization], and the thick mist might represent a sense of haziness, normal humans couldn't feel any empathy for it.

They just found this lump of flesh disgusting and twisted, giving them the feeling of an evil god's descent.

"...This thing is just too ugly..."

"No, it should be said that inside this giant tower of flesh, there's nothing that fits our aesthetics..."

Looking at the huge, dark blue brain that was constantly expanding and contracting.

And looking at the various special devices around them, based on eyeballs, claws, brains... of all sizes.

Wu Yanlian's face showed undisguised disgust.

Hearing this.

Xi Xianlan curled her lips and replied, somewhat unbearably:

"...I agree..."

As for Bai Jingzhu, her tightly furrowed brows made it clear that no further questions were needed.

Although they didn't want to judge things by their appearance.

These scenes, far more terrifying than a murder scene, were truly difficult for the three of them to find pleasing to the eye.

"Well... it's ugly, but these things are still useful..."

Of course.

Having said that.

Even Ling Wuyuan himself found the shapes of these things a bit repulsive.

He was already thinking about adding a layer of disguise to everything in the future.

For no other reason than to make things more pleasing to the eye.

Then.

Ling Wuyuan projected his mind into the dark blue brain located at the very center of the room through his secondary authority.

As the [Core Controller] of the entire [Hatchery Control Tower].

Faced with that external mental force, it immediately reacted.

[Detected an access request from a secondary authority holder, source verification in progress...]

[The direct superior of the visitor is Military Officer of the Eighth Level of the Military Department—Fogg. Kotse. Julie...]

[Authority confirmed.]

[Access request granted.]

In an instant.

Ling Wuyuan's consciousness successfully arrived in a very special mental space.

It was a vast ocean floating with countless egg-shaped objects.

Here, the ocean was the embodiment of the [Hatchery Control Tower]'s information storage, and the eggs of all sizes were folders containing archived documents, including but not limited to beast creation records, [Hatchery Control Tower] operation records... Depending on the level of authority, the level of information that could be called upon also varied.

At this moment.

Looking at those things.

Ling Wuyuan did not directly call up various information.

Instead, he directly transmitted a piece of information to the [Core Controller] of the [Hatchery Control Tower].

[Detected that the secondary authority holder is applying to activate Clause 239 of the Emergency Contingency Plan.]

[Detected an application from the secondary authority holder to temporarily increase the authority level—target is the seventeenth-level temporary authority.]

[Detected the information key from Military Officer of the Eighth Level of the Military Department—Fogg. Kotse. Julie...]

[...]

[Detected that contact with the superior department has been lost.]

[Detected that there is currently no higher authority holder in the area.]

[This application has entered an automatic review countdown...]

Any mature civilization must have backup plans for various emergencies.

As a large interstellar civilization, the [Thorn Civilization] was naturally no exception.

The thing called [Emergency Contingency Plan] was one of them.

It contained the [Thorn Civilization]'s backup plans, policies, and solutions for various emergencies.

Currently.

The [Temporary Authority Level Increase] that Ling Wuyuan was applying for belonged to a special plan in which, after a major accident occurred within the [Thorn Civilization], when various important bases and facilities were in an unsupervised state, certain lower-level personnel could temporarily obtain the management rights of the corresponding facilities and equipment to prevent things or buildings from completely losing control.

In this regard.

If we take the current [Hatchery Control Tower] as an example.

Then the actual control authority of this [Hatchery Control Tower] can be divided into twenty levels.

Level 1 authority is the highest, representing the highest control authority of the entire [Hatchery Control Tower], usually held by the highest ruler of the [Thorn Civilization].

Level 2 authority is held by the highest administrator of the entire star area.

Level 3 authority is held by the highest administrator on the surface of this artificial planet.

...After layers of differentiation.

Even the administrator on the surface of this [Hatchery Control Tower] only has Level 7 authority.

Like Ling Wuyuan now, he only has Level 18 authority.

Although he has the power to enter and exit this place and enjoy certain basic treatments.

However, he has no power to command slave beasts on a large scale or change the operating rules of the [Hatchery Control Tower]...

However.

Thanks to the clauses in the [Emergency Contingency Plan].

When he feels that the current situation has entered a special emergency.

He can directly apply to the [Hatchery Control Tower] for a [Temporary Authority Level Increase] to obtain higher temporary authority.

That was a special application that could be automatically approved.

As long as the applicant submits the application, if the [Hatchery Control Tower] cannot detect the appearance or response of personnel with higher authority than the applicant within a certain period of time, it will be automatically recognized that the facility and equipment have lost their direct administrator and have lost contact with the superior department, and the application will be automatically approved, and the relevant power will be delegated.

Theoretically speaking.

By continuously submitting applications.

Ling Wuyuan can obtain a temporary Level 10 authority at most.

Although the temporary authority of that level cannot allow him to arbitrarily change the various facilities and equipment in the [Hatchery Control Tower].

It can completely allow the entire building to be adjusted according to its own needs without damaging the basic settings of the [Hatchery Control Tower].

Even, it can also allow him to use this as a springboard to send a further application to the [Planetary Control Center] of this planet, an application for temporary management of the entire artificial planet...