Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Han Jijun thought back to when he was young, every time he heard his father mention the Twilight Empire, there would always be a suppressed rage on his father's face. Back then, he had not understood why the Federation would rather fight a protracted war than finish off that tiny little empire in one go... now that he thought about it, he had been a little naive back then. This protracted war between the Federation and the Twilight Empire was not just a battle between the Federation and Twilight, but also those super empires hiding behind Twilight...
"So f * cking despicable!" Having thought things through, Han Jijun finally could not help but swear. This caused Zilong, who had come over with him, to raise his eyebrows. He had not expected that the usually calm and intelligent Han Jijun would actually have moments when he could not keep his cool.
In order to save his best friend's image in Boss Lan's eyes, Zilong quickly changed the topic, asking for instructions, "Boss, we've already gotten the answer to the mission. When are we leaving?"
It turned out that from the confessions of those people, they had unexpectedly learned the reason why the Swift Dragon base had sent a distress signal to the mainframe and then disappeared so quickly.
When the Caesar Empire hackers had successfully taken over the Swift Dragon base, they had not expected that one of the senior NPC officials in the base had actually evolved to a certain extent, developing a sense of self. When the hackers had successfully replaced the mainframe and obtained control of the Swift Dragon base, this evolved NPC had immediately noticed the abnormality because he had gained a sense of self. However, because he was only in the early stages of evolution, he had not learned how to conceal himself. He had sent a distress signal directly to the mainframe, which had been discovered by the hackers in control of the base. The hackers had cut off this distress signal and killed that NPC.
However, the mainframe was still the mainframe after all. Even though the hackers had successfully infiltrated the Swift Dragon base and perfectly fooled the mainframe's search, the mainframe had still sensed that something was amiss. This was why it had repeatedly issued orders for military headquarters and players to come over and investigate. Because they had failed many times in the early stages without any results, the mainframe had designated the mission to investigate the Swift Dragon base as an SSS-rank mission. At the same time, the military had sent out an elite team to investigate...
Coincidentally, at this time, Ling Lan was establishing a battle clan to accept a mission and had offended the city lord of Grandsweep City. When the city lord of Grandsweep City saw the new SSS-rank mission issued by the mainframe, he had an idea. Using the roulette method, he tossed this impossible mission to Ling Lan to teach her a lesson. Therefore, there were many reasons why Ling Lan was able to receive this task. It was a coincidence. She didn't know if she was too lucky or too unlucky.
Ling Lan also flipped to the part of the confession regarding the distress signal. She rummaged through her bag and found the mission token. She saw that the bright red SSS-rank mission had now turned orange. She took it out and flipped through it, and a message entered her mind:
Mission to establish a battle clan. Mission level: SSS-rank. Mission details: A month ago, the Swift Dragon fleet stationed at the Nebula Boundary had sent an extremely well-hidden distress signal. As it was too short, the Federation military was unable to ascertain whether it was a mistake or not...
Mission status: The relevant evidence has been obtained. As long as the evidence is brought back to Grandsweep City and handed to the city lord, the mission will be completed. Reminder: The person carrying the evidence must return alive and personally hand it over to the city lord of Grandsweep City. If the person dies midway, the mission will fail!
Ling Lan received the accurate information from the mission token and was instantly overjoyed. They had gone through so much trouble to come to the Swift Dragon base — wasn't this all for this? She had finally found the answer and could go home now.
Ling Lan flicked the confession paper in her hand in satisfaction, and then began to consider how she could return to the central area of the mecha world quietly. After some thought, she could not help but look in the direction of the ambushed Federation military investigation team...
She stood up abruptly and ordered decisively, "Let's go!" Since they had already gotten what they wanted, there was no point in staying here any longer.
Zilong and the others replied in unison. Ling Lan walked straight out the door, not even sparing a glance at those tied up hackers, as if she had already forgotten about them.
Seeing Boss Lan leave without saying anything about how to deal with these people, Han Jijun could not help but frown. However, out of respect for Ling Lan, he did not speak up to remind her, following Ling Lan to leave. Han Jijyun felt that it wasn't very appropriate to just leave these hackers here, but he couldn't think of a solution either...
Zilong and the others did not think much of it, following Ling Lan out the door. Li Shiyu was the second last to leave. He looked at Li Lanfeng, who was the last to leave. His mouth moved uncontrollably. He vaguely knew what would happen to these people but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only sigh so softly that it was almost inaudible. Then, he turned around and walked out.
The remaining seven or eight hackers in the secret room saw that the cold-faced youth in the lead had left without saying anything about how to deal with them, and they could not help but rejoice. Then, they saw that the last one left was the spectre who had killed countless of their people, and their hearts clenched in shock.
One of the hackers seemed to have thought of something. His expression changed drastically, and he shouted shrilly at the door, "You said that if we told the truth, you would let us go. You didn't keep your word! Bastard, demon... "
His wail caused the other hackers to snap out of their stupor. They began to get agitated. If not for the fact that their hands and feet had been tied up in a special way by Qi Long and the others and could not be loosened, perhaps all of them would have pounced on Li Lanfeng and perished together with him. This was because they already knew what the other wanted to do with them — the other had no intention of letting them live at all...
Just as that hacker had said, that cold-faced youth was a demon who had crawled out from hell. No one had dared to kill so many of Caesar's top hackers so brazenly. Even the several marshals of the Huaxia Federation had chosen to restrain themselves out of fear of starting a direct war with Caesar, not daring to issue such a cruel order.
"If you all want to hate, then hate your own country. Why do you all have such greedy intentions towards Huaxia...?" Li Lanfeng was also aware of Caesar's plan. If not for Ling Lan's hacker abilities successfully stopping the T-virus, their Federation would have descended into chaos. The flames of war would have spread to this Huaxia starfield, and they might even have become slaves of a subjugated nation. Regarding this, Li Lanfeng did not believe that these hackers were truly innocent and without sin. This made his heart harden immeasurably.
Thus, amidst a sea of demonic cries, Li Lanfeng fully deployed his spectre power to wipe out the consciousnesses of these remaining hackers. Seeing the figures of these people turn into countless white dots, slowly disappearing into the virtual world, Li Lanfeng's face showed a stunned expression. Even though he had repeatedly told himself that he had to be cold-blooded and merciless, decisive and ruthless, after actually wiping out these people, his heart still felt heavy and dejected. This was because this was Li Lanfeng's first time killing someone, and he had already killed close to 20 people on his first try. With such a large number, even his most resolute heart could not bear it.
Spectre power could indeed kill without leaving a trace... Li Lanfeng could almost see his own hands stained red with thick blood, never to be washed clean again.
When the group who had already reached the door heard the shrill cries of demonic cries from the people inside, they knew what the outcome of these people was. Han Jijun's expression flickered for a moment before calming down. When he turned to look at Ling Lan once more, his gaze was even more heated. He found that their Boss Lan had already unknowingly become stronger. This was not only reflected in strength, but also in mentality.
Han Jijun knew very well that Ling Lan's decision was absolutely correct. He had put an end to any future problems, ensuring the team's future safety... no one knew that they had come here. The Kaiser Empire would not suspect that the ones who had ruined their plans were actually a bunch of cadets. And even though he knew that these people could not be let off, he could not make the decision to wipe them all out.
Zilong and Luo Lang heard the cries of these hackers and could only purse their lips mercilessly, thinking that they deserved it. They trusted their boss, and also thought that these people who wanted to invade their Federation deserved to die. Alright, being from a military family, they had an instinctive hatred for invaders.
Only Xie Yi and Lin Zhong-qing's pupils contracted when they heard these cries. The two of them exchanged a look, and when they turned to look at Ling Lan again, their gazes were filled with respect and fear. This decision of Ling Lan's seemed to have shocked them quite a bit.
Hearing these cries, Li Shiyu's body trembled. He looked at Ling Lan, whose footsteps were firm and strong, and finally could not help but want to speak up, but Chang Xinyuan, who had been paying attention to him all this while, tugged at him forcefully. Li Shiyu looked at Chang Xinyuan in surprise, and saw Chang Xinyuan shake his head firmly at him.
Li Shiyu clenched his fists, suppressing his heartache. He repeatedly warned himself that he could not be soft-hearted, he definitely could not be soft-hearted … The smart Li Shiyu rationally knew that Ling Lan's decision was not wrong, but his heart was still shaken by these cries of grief.
At this moment, he remembered his instructor's words, saying that he lacked a heart that belonged to a soldier. At that time, he didn't completely understand, but now he understood. Compared to these comrades, he indeed lacked a heart that belonged to a soldier. He did not have the decisiveness and ruthlessness that a soldier should have …
"Shiyu, the future of the Li family needs you to work hard. I trust you, but I also worry about you. Your heart is too kind. This is your strength, but also your weakness …" The words his eldest cousin brother, Li Mulan, had said to him from his sickbed rang out in his ears again. "If one day in the future you feel that this is your weakness, you have to learn from the person who made you feel this weakness, until you feel that you have completed your apprenticeship."
So, eldest cousin brother, you already knew what my weakness was. You just couldn't bear to say it out loud, right? That's why you secretly advised me to learn well and change this weakness.
Li Shiyu suddenly lowered his head. His heart was filled with sweetness, but also bitterness. His extremely intelligent eldest cousin brother, did he also prove the saying 'extreme wisdom leads to injury'? Was that why the heavens did not allow such a person to exist in this world?
When Li Shiyu thought of this, his eyes instantly shone with a sense of strength and confidence. He would definitely change his weakness, then fulfill his wish and take back his eldest cousin brother from the hands of the heavens! For this goal, even if he had to go to hell or the sea of demons, he would not hesitate.
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