[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

The dark room moves just like the smaller cube I was in before.

I take a few steps forward and pull a black chair from the opposite side of the table and sit down, doing as the Director asked. The three new A-Class hunters take seats near me as well. Their golden collars glow brightly.

The feeling of being guided along a magical railway continues as the room speeds up, leading us in a direction unknown to me. It feels like we're heading north, but it's hard to tell without exposing my true mana control to break through the high-grade mana shielding we're surrounded with in this room.

We all sit in silence for about half a minute before the Director speaks again while pressing a button beneath his table.

"To save time while we make our way to the headquarters, I might as well begin the tour here."

A portion of the wall to the right of me begins to shift in color, like a video is about to play.

However, soon I realize that the flashing white light I see is hundreds of panels of mana shielding flying by as we ride on a thin silver rail made of a metallic alloy I can't identify.

Square-shaped holes in the ground fly by in the view, revealing orange-red dirt patches just like what I saw when I got here. However, we're headed off in the opposite direction, leaving the exam site. We also rise higher into the air to follow the silver rail upward. A few other twisting railways are visible far off in the distance as well, with other cubes being transported on them.

The Director speaks up as my eyes are glued to the transparent side wall display with genuine awe.

"As you can see, our testing site is being slowly dismantled. We'll be reusing these resources for other projects in the future."

I nod slowly and watch the ground get further away and the patches of dirt grow more abundant.

Crews of hunters become visible, tearing the mana shielding away, loading them into item boxes, and bringing them back in the same direction we're headed on other silver railways.

The new A-Class hunters sit quietly while nurses finish healing up the Director.

I finally speak up once the room we're sat in stops rising in elevation, and it feels like we're just moving in one direction about 2 kilometers above the ground.

"I've never been in a transportation machine quite like this..."

The abundance of mana shielding on the ground fades more and more, leaving just orange dirt on the horizon. It looks like we've made it out of the exam test site, and the trees, colorful flowers, and grass that grow out here tell me that there wasn't any mana shielding covering this land before. We've made it to the natural land of the Apex Region.

The Director responds once endless rolling hills come into view.

"Yes, teleport crystals are usually saved for long-distance travel. We much prefer to rely on the rail system here. There are 28 routes that cover the entirety of the Apex Region. If you wish to take the tour of the entire Region later, I'm sure this can be arranged, but for now, I'll just be taking you directly to the heart of the Region."

I nod as I see the other railways bend off in other directions the further away from the exam testing site we get; some of them even dip down to make stops within the rolling hills.

I see small settlements that house a few hundred people each. They all have very well-built symmetric homes, shops, and roads.

It looks like it has a futuristic Apex Region touch to it, built with white and silver high-grade materials in very symmetric patterns. I see a few guards watching from the far edges of the settlements.