<h4>Chapter 368 Chapter 368 – Steel</h4>
Right now, the disy on the right was blinking red, and Nick could see a big exmation mark appearing and disappearing.
''This disy most likely shows the door''s status,'' he thought.
Then, he looked around the disy.
''But there are no levers or buttons anywhere. Can I not operate it?''
Nick put his finger on the disy, and he saw it change.
Letters and words Nick had never seen before appeared on the disy.
He had no idea what the disy said.
Nick tapped the disy a couple more times and noticed that dots appeared in the middle every time he pressed.
''It actually reacts to my touch. This is so strange,'' he thought.
The dots stopped appearing after they became eight.
''I presume this is some kind of password to deactivate the rm and to open the door.''
Nick furrowed his brows.
''Yeah, I''m not going to be able to guess that, and there is probably also some kind of fail-safe.''
''Might as well go in the hard way.''
SHING!
The de on Nick''s right arm activated, and he rammed it into the door.
Luckily, since the rm was already active, nothing surprising happened except for Nick''s de burying into the door.
''This is just normal steel. Maybe it''s a bit harder than normal steel, but not a lot more,'' Nick thought.
''But it''s a lot of steel. That door is probably over half a meter thick.''
''Why would they use that much steel, though? Why not use materials treated with Zephyx? What''s the point of putting ten meters of steel in front of me when I can just cut through it?''
''Did they not have ess to better materials? Were they that primitive?''
Nick looked at the disy to the right.
''No, probably not. That disy is clearer and more versatile than any I have seen. Even the disys for the Fog''s Containment Unit aren''t this advanced, and that Containment Unit costs millions of credits.''
Nick raised an eyebrow.
''Did they not have ess to harder materials?''
''I mean, without Zephyx, steel should be the hardest material you can get in bulk.''
''So, did they not have ess to Zephyx?''
The more Nick thought about it, the more sense it made.
But then, he remembered what had happened when the Crimson Sea broke out.
Nick had seen a bit of what had happened back then, and Wyntor and Julian had also told him what had happened.
The ruins immediately below Crimson City were made of materials harder than steel, and the ruins below those, which should be even older, were made of even more durable materials.
They definitely had ess to Zephyx.
Even more, the entire floor of ruins had been made with extremely durable materials, which meant they were notcking in those.
So then, why was only steel here?
There were discrepancies that didn''t make any sense to Nick yet.
Nick''s de easily cut through the door like it was slime.
After cutting out a circle, Nick grabbed the inner part and pulled.
CREEEEEE!
The entire door creaked loudly and violently.
Right now, Nick''s ability was active, which meant that he was 500 times as strong as he would be as a normal person, and his body was already extremely athletic.
One could say that he was 1,000 to 1,500 times as powerful as a normal human.
Naturally, even the extremely thick steel door was groaning under his power.
Yet, nothing actually happened.
Apparently, being that strong still wasn''t enough.
''Change of ns,'' Nick thought as he put the side of his right de to the door.
CRRRRRRR!
Then, he moved it down like he was shaving the door.
Ayer of steel came off and rolled up like it was cream.
Nick grabbed the roll and threw it to the side before he pulled off anotheryer.
It took a couple of minutes, but Nick managed to finally get through the door.
Shockingly enough, the door was two whole meters thick!
As soon as Nick got through the door, he was surprised to see bright lights everywhere.
He found himself in a hallway that was brightly lit with lights on the ceiling.
Even more, these artificial lights seemed to keep the Nightmare at bay, which was still crazy to Nick.
Sure, Sce could do the same thing, but they had a Specter.
''Wait, does that mean there''s also a Specter here?'' Nick thought.
But then, he looked back at the destroyed door behind him.
''Not sure. If they had a Specter, they would probably have ess to harder materials.''
''What is going on?''
Next, Nick looked around the hallway.
It was made of uniform steel, which was colored with green and orange colors, creating a certain kind of style.
Nick saw no gaps in the steel except for the doors at the side, which was crazy.
''Did they melt all of this into one? That''s insane!'' Nick thought.
The next moment, Nick saw something to his right.
He knew what that was.
A locker, and a big one at that!
Even more, there were ten of those.
While the rm was still screaming into Nick''s ears, he walked over to one of the lockers and tried to open it.
Sadly, it was locked.
CRK!
Nick just used more power and tore the door off, which was about ten centimeters of steel.
When Nick saw the thing behind it, his eyes blinked a couple of times in surprise.
It was a suit made of steel!
It was a bit taller than two meters, greenish ck, and the face was made of ss.
Nick grabbed the suit and pulled.
CRK! CRK! CRK!
The suit was fixed to the wall, but Nick just pulled the bolts out with the suit.
Then, he looked at it while he handled it like a shirt.
''Is this some kind of primitive armor?'' Nick thought. ''I don''t think walking around in steel is veryfortable.''
''Maybe it''s harder than it looks?''
Nick grabbed one of the feet of the suit and squeezed.
CREEEEEEE!
And turned it into a thin tube.
''Or not,'' he thought. ''Can something like this really act as armor?''
''Were the people of the past really that primitive?''