Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr The survivors of the mainship were given a chance to rest and reorganise at the Swift Dragon base. As the Jinglong mainship was no longer capable of long-distance flight, they could only wait for the Federation military to send a new warship to pick them up.
Three days and two nights passed peacefully. When they found out that the new warship would be arriving in two days' time, the mainship crew were all overjoyed. Even though the reception at the Swift Dragon base was pretty good, there were still many restrictions. The mainship crew were only restricted to a small living area, and there were many places they could not even get close to. This made the fleet soldiers, who were used to freedom, feel very uncomfortable.
On this night, in a heavily guarded area of the Swift Dragon base, not far from the entrance, several figures quietly appeared. They were hiding in a blind spot in the distance...
"Are you sure it's here?" asked a man who looked like the commander, gesturing to the person beside him.
This group of people was wearing the Federation military's advanced sensor combat uniform. It could isolate the human body from the outside air, perfectly camouflaging the soldiers according to the surrounding environment. Once they were hidden and motionless, even the most advanced radar detectors, thermal monitors, and the human eye would not be able to detect them.
The reason it was said 'almost' was because there was no guarantee that nothing would go wrong. There was always the possibility of a 'what if'.
"This is the only place with the tightest security." The person beside him immediately replied with a gesture of confirmation.
"Have all the surveillance equipment been blocked?" The commander turned to look at the other side, indicating with his eyes that he wanted to confirm whether his subordinates had completed the most crucial step.
On the other side, there were actually three people. One of them, who appeared to be their leader, saw the commander's inquiring gaze and nodded, indicating that it was done.
From their expressions, it could be seen that completing this step had not been easy. Other than the person who had nodded in response, who appeared to be in relatively good condition, the other two had faint traces of sweat on their foreheads, their expressions extremely grim. It looked like the two of them had already done their best to completely block off all the surveillance equipment in this area and create an illusion.
"How long can it last?" asked the commander in a low voice after seeing the other's response.
"It can only last for an hour and a quarter of an hour at most. If possible, please try to come out within an hour," said the leader solemnly. He had not expected the defences of the Swift Dragon base to be so tight, especially with all sorts of advanced surveillance equipment. There were so many of them that they had underestimated the situation. If they had known earlier, they would have brought the other two along with them.
"An hour? We should be able to make it. " The commander pondered for a moment and felt that it would not be too difficult. Actually, no matter how difficult it would be, he would still have to go inside and investigate. They had spent so much effort just to find out what exactly had happened at the Swift Dragon base.
"Hollow Earth, I'll leave this place to you." His attitude was obviously much gentler. In the virtual world, he really did not dare to offend him.
This person's external appearance was different from the others. His entire person was shrouded in shadows, his face a patch of grey, and his facial features could never be seen. This was the appearance of spectres in the virtual world. They would never reveal their true appearance, because spectres, as long as they were from an enemy nation, would want to kill them. This was because in this world, almost two-thirds of one's life was spent in the virtual world. Spectres, on the other hand, were the only terrifying group of people who held the right to life and death in the virtual world.
Mind you, even the mainframes of the various empires that maintained the entire virtual world did not have the ability to do this.
Therefore, all the countries were both delighted and fearful of spectres. They all hoped to control spectres, while they were extremely worried and jealous of spectres from other countries. Like spectres, there were also some aberrant geniuses with exceptional talent. As long as these people were found, as opponents, they would choose to kill them at the first instance, just like how Ling Lan had been assassinated back then...
"Don't worry. With me around, no one can hurt them." Hollow Earth's reply was extremely confident. As one of the best of the spectres in the central military command centre, he had this confidence and also his own pride.
Hearing this, the commander frowned. He knew that spectres were all a bunch of crazy people. In the virtual world, they were known as death gods, so they always had a sense of superiority that looked down on all life. However, since they were all Federation soldiers, the commander did not take it to heart. He waved a hand at his subordinates behind him, and two figures darted out. Using all sorts of cover, they silently arrived near the entrance.
There were two soldiers standing guard outside the entrance. They were currently scanning the area in front of them with bright eyes. However, the two people who had snuck past them had used their blind spots to avoid detection.
When they were only about ten metres away, the two people who had snuck past pulled out their weapons, which looked like pistols, and aimed them at the two soldiers standing guard. Intentional against unintentional — two muffled sounds rang out, and a cold glint flashed across the muzzles of the pistols, accurately hitting the other party.
The two soldiers did not react at all, immediately falling to the ground. It turned out that the two people who had snuck in had used the Federation's top tranquilizer guns. Even the stronger C-rank beasts in the universe would fall to the ground in three seconds after being hit by one of these guns, not to mention these soldiers on ground duty whose physiques could not even be compared to C-rank beasts. With just a scratch, they would be instantly paralysed.
When the two of them saw that they had succeeded, they quietly rushed to the other party's side and caught him. They quickly twisted the other party's neck, and with a hard twist, there was a crack as the other party's neck was broken. They silently finished off the other party, and then carefully placed the other party on the ground without making any sound. Only then did they turn around and wave their hands behind them.
The commander nodded at Hollow Earth and the other two before leading the others to sneak in. The leader of the three who answered the commander followed them.
Going in was an electronic door. This had to be broken through by hackers, which was why the leader had followed them. That person's skill level was very high — he only used a few seconds to break through the electronic door. The door opened silently. It was extremely dark inside, but these people were all wearing night vision goggles, so their vision was not affected much by the darkness.
What came into view was a warehouse. Inside were piles of military supplies. It looked just like the countless warehouses in the base, extremely normal. However, the newcomers would not be discouraged by this superficial situation. They had chosen this place because neither hackers nor spectres could see through this place, unlike other places where everything could be seen at a glance.
The commander made a gesture for them to enter, and his subordinates entered one by one. Everyone began to search the warehouse, hoping to find something suspicious.
About five minutes later, someone suddenly waved at them. It looked like he had discovered something. The commander immediately led the hacker over to carefully examine the suspicious spot the other had discovered.
The hacker touched the spot and closed his eyes to sense it. Soon, he opened his eyes and nodded at the commander, indicating that this was the right place.
The commander waved his hand, and everyone went into hiding, forming a circle around the hacker. Seeing that everyone had gone into hiding, the hacker abruptly retreated three steps, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and made different gestures with his fingers. He muttered something under his breath, and then there was a soft click. The ground opened up silently, revealing a black hole that could only fit one person.
The commander looked at the hacker, and the hacker shook his head decisively, indicating that there was no movement below. Only then did he signal for one of his subordinates to scout ahead.
The first person went down, and the hacker's expression became grim. Three minutes passed, and he nodded at the commander. This was to tell the commander that there was no problem below.
The commander signaled for everyone to go down. When the last person went down, the ground returned to normal, as if the black hole had never existed. At the same time, the electronic door that they had entered through closed up once more.
Of the three people left at the door, two of them were wearing combat uniforms that mimicked the uniforms of those on duty. They continued to stand guard at the door, as if nothing had happened here at all. Meanwhile, as the protector of this place, Hollow Ground suddenly melded into the darkness as if he had never existed.
At this moment, in a secret room in the command center of the Swift Dragon base, eight black-robed men had their eyes closed. D1 and D9, who had appeared at the start, were among them. The remaining six people were dressed almost exactly the same as them.
"This bunch of little ants finally can't help but want to make a move." D9 suddenly opened his eyes, a sinister smile on his face. He cracked his knuckles, feeling the urge to go all out. After waiting for two days, this group of investigators sent by the Federation mainframe finally surfaced.
Actually, the moment the command mainship had arrived at the Swift Dragon base, they had already begun monitoring everyone. They had marked out a few key suspects. For this reason, they had not hesitated to transfer over several top-class spectres from their own country. They were determined to keep these people here.
They had taken down this base with much difficulty and made it their only foothold in the Federation. They absolutely could not let the Federation take it back. In addition, their Plan T had reached its most critical juncture — they could not afford to be careless at all.
As long as Plan T succeeded, the Huaxia Federation would be plunged into chaos, and they would be able to take advantage of the opportunity to swallow up the most central and most resource-rich superpower in their galaxy. In order to achieve this goal, their empire had spent the blood, sweat, and effort of several generations to just barely complete the preliminary preparations for Plan T...
"Who would have thought that the other side would also have so many people here. Tsk tsk tsk, they have three top-class hackers here, and one top-class spectres as well. We can be considered to have recruited a big fish." D1 watched in the video feed as those people lurked in the basement where they had set up the trap. Right now, those people were slowly approaching. Although they were extremely careful, they did not know that their every move was already being monitored throughout the entire area.
"Keep a close eye on the other suspects." D1 saw that everyone was beginning to get excited and could not help but issue a cold warning. He did not wish for them to succeed here only to have the most crucial secret base be discovered by others and all their efforts to fall short.
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