The Real Goal? [1]

Varian's feelings were hard to describe at the moment.

It was as if he was trying to solve a puzzle for a long, long time and was getting frustrated by the lack of progress.

Then all of a sudden, he could almost see the complete picture.

He wasn't there yet, but he knew it was almost solved. The bulk of the work was over.

Now, all that needed to be done was to cautiously finish off the rest.

"Durasium, you say?" Varian asked, recalling his tour of the military region.

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"Then what is the S-grade facility?"

"The Kernel of the city."

The military officer Henry explained. "It's equivalent to the City's central hardware. It's responsible for gravity, defense and other things."

"Then shouldn't it be X-grade, Sir? If something happens and gravity changes,  it'd be too problematic." An energetic girl asked.