Nathaniel showed Adam around the base and Adam was impressed throughout, but didn't show it on his face and remained calm.
As he observed, he looked for anything that was really surprising and for any weaknesses.
One thing he noticed was that they were heavily reliant on technology and were heavily into research and artificial methods of increasing one's power and cultivating.
He felt as though he was walking around in the setting of futuristic films that he had seen, but at the same time, he still felt as though true power that was completely owned and controlled by a person surpassed the use and power of technology.
External assistance and artificial enhancements could only get one so far, and Adam saw many weaponry and battle suits that could allow an ordinary person to be a threat to him, and yet was still confident that he would come out on top.