Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Perhaps Little Four was very happy with today's harvest, or perhaps Little Four wanted to hurry back to help Boss. In any case, he had left the scene in a hurry without checking the scene carefully, not noticing that a hidden secret command had been successfully sent out.
At this time, Ling Lan had already rushed to the entrance of the warehouse. Following the route laid out by Little Four's doppelganger, they arrived at their destination without any hindrance.
"There were originally several traps below, but the Federation investigation team who went in to investigate has already destroyed them all. We just need to move forward at full speed. One more thing, an enemy spectre has already gotten close to the Federation investigation team." Little Four's doppelganger, who had initially only reported the coordinates and the actual situation, suddenly became talkative.
Ling Lan raised a brow calmly and said, "Little Four, you're back?"
In the mindspace, Little Four's initially mechanical expression instantly changed and he said gloomily, "Boss, how did you know?"
Little Four had purposely not told his boss about his return, wanting to see when his boss would discover that he was back. Unexpectedly, he had been seen through the moment he opened his mouth. This made Little Four feel very hurt.
"Your doppelganger doesn't know how to talk nonsense," replied Ling Lan calmly. Although Little Four had many doppelgangers, his doppelgangers were all very inflexible. It was as if they had been programmed beforehand, meticulously completing their missions. Only Little Four's real body would have strong emotions, which were very obvious in the way he spoke.
Ling Lan's words dealt a heavy blow to Little Four. So, his doppelgangers were actually so weak. Next time, he would definitely have to properly improve his doppelganger's AI...
"Have you gotten rid of all those people?" Ling Lan asked Little Four about the situation over there as she sped up.
The moment Little Four heard this, he was instantly reinvigorated. He raised a "V" sign and said excitedly, "Of course! With me, Little Four, taking action, it will definitely be a success."
"Did you find anything unusual?" Little Four was very careless, so Ling Lan had to remind him.
Little Four thought about the spiritual entity that he had placed in the secret room to study. Could it be considered an abnormal state? However, since Boss had asked him to kill all of them, the spiritual energy that he had extracted was his spoils of war. It should be fine if he didn't tell Boss about it. Little Four hesitated for a moment and decided to wait until he had the results of his research before reporting to Boss. After all, he had already disobeyed him many times, so one more time wouldn't make a difference.
Therefore, Little Four shook his head decisively and said, "I didn't find anything unusual."
Ling Lan trusted Little Four very much. Hearing Little Four's words, she didn't ask any more questions. Ling Lan knew that time was of the essence, and since Little Four had already returned, she immediately moved as fast as she could to the deepest part of the warehouse base, where the investigation team was in trouble.
Along the way, she did not see any NPC soldiers blocking her path. Countless corpses lay at the side of every checkpoint. It looked like the investigation team had cleaned up the area very thoroughly, leaving no loose ends behind. This also saved Ling Lan a lot of trouble.
When there were only two more checkpoints to go, Little Four suddenly reminded her, "Boss, the spectres have already joined up with the other side. Looks like they're going to make a move on the Federation people. Do you want me to go over immediately and wipe out all the enemies? "
Ling Lan's steps halted abruptly, but she instantly returned to normal, maintaining her original speed as she approached the encirclement. She was silent for about two seconds before replying, "No need. Wait until I reach my destination."
Indeed, if Little Four made a move, he could indeed easily rescue these people, but how would he explain himself after he had rescued them? Little Four's actions would undoubtedly tell the investigation team that there was still a third group of unknown factions in the Swift Dragon base. When they returned, they would definitely report this to military headquarters. Even if they knew that the third group was an ally and not an enemy, the Federation military would still investigate vigorously.
Ling Lan did not have the confidence that after the Federation military spent so much effort investigating, they would still not be able to uncover even the tiniest trace of clues. Besides, she also did not trust the mainframe of Mecha World. If the Federation military wanted to learn something from it, the mainframe might very well expose their mission to the Federation military …
Actually, it was not a big deal if the Federation military found out. Ling Lan believed that her father, Ling Xiao, would definitely be able to suppress this matter and not let the military disturb their normal military academy life. However, Ling Lan was afraid that the traitor hiding in the upper echelons of the military would leak their information to the Kaiser Empire. The incident of Ling Xiao being set up back then had convinced Ling Xiao that there was a traitor in the upper echelons of the military — Ling Lan agreed wholeheartedly with this conclusion.
If Kaiser really found out about this, she and her companions would definitely be plunged into the danger of being hunted down endlessly. Kaiser would never let go of this perfect setup that they had spent a full 16 years painstakingly devising. Just think about it — if not for Ling Lan and the others, they would have already reaped the fruits of victory by now.
Ling Lan's original intention in rushing over was indeed to save these Federation soldiers, because Ling Lan had been using them from the very beginning.
It should be known that the moment Ling Lan had arrived at the Swift Dragon base, she had let Little Four understand the situation of the entire Swift Dragon base. They had discovered that a group of powerful unknown factions had successfully infiltrated the base, successfully taking over the mainframe's control of the highest command level of the Swift Dragon base. In other words, the Swift Dragon base was nominally an NPC base controlled by the mainframe, but in reality, these NPCs had already become the other party's subordinates. The mainframe's authority had already been successfully taken over.
Additionally, Little Four had also discovered that there were five spectres hiding in the base. Among them, one was from the investigation team sent over by the military, but the unknown faction numbered as many as four. This situation reported by Little Four weighed heavily on Ling Lan's heart. The existence of spectres meant that their mission this time had become extremely dangerous — a single misstep and they might pay the price with their lives. Even if she had this nature-defying protective artifact of Little Four, she still did not dare to say that she could protect her team members completely.
Spectres were known as death gods in the virtual world. Their abilities were indeed nature-defying and terrifying. As long as there was even the slightest bit of carelessness, the other party would be able to catch hold of a weakness and directly wipe out the player's brain. Those who were turned into idiots and kept their lives would be considered lucky. More often than not, they would end up in a brain-dead vegetative state, with no hope of waking up for the rest of their lives.
Thus, even though Little Four had found their secret base on the very first day, Ling Lan did not dare to act rashly. Four spectres and close to 30 top-class hackers. Even if Little Four guaranteed that there would be no problems, Ling Lan still did not dare to risk the lives of her team members.
Ling Lan might not have any other strong points, but Ling Lan's most outstanding forte was her endurance. Without full confidence to ensure her safety, Ling Lan had forcefully suppressed her impulses and pretended not to know anything, calmly staying at the Swift Dragon base for several days.
Until tonight, the opportunity had finally come. The investigation team sent by the Federation military finally could not wait any longer and prepared to spy at night. At first, Ling Lan had thought that the opponent would choose that secret base they had found, but unexpectedly, they had been successfully lured to another place by the opponent — the warehouse base that Little Four had long discovered to be a trap.
Ling Lan knew that if these people were to fall into that trap, the outcome would be difficult to predict. Inside, there were more than 10 top-class hackers monitoring the entire process, while three powerful mecha warriors and two spectres were standing guard. Not knowing the situation, if they were to fall into an ambush, it was very likely that they would all be wiped out. At that time, Ling Lan had been tempted to inform the other party, but in the end, Ling Lan had still calmed down. She had chosen to watch coldly from the sidelines because she needed to be responsible for the safety of her companions.
Ling Lan had chosen to watch coldly from the sidelines, but she still felt guilty towards these soldiers. Thus, after completing her mission, Ling Lan had chosen to come and rescue them. Of course, another main reason was that Ling Lan needed them to be the shields of her team.
However, in order to save them, she had to ensure that her team would not be exposed. If saving the other party would increase the danger to the team, Ling Lan would definitely choose to watch from the sidelines. This was also the reason why Ling Lan had coldly rejected Little Four's suggestion that she kill the enemy to save them.
Ling Lan's speed was raised to the limit. It had to be said that the virtual world of this world was already extremely realistic, reflecting the physical constitution of the real world in the virtual world. Ling Lan's half-step Domain strength allowed her to move as fast as the wind in the virtual world. One could only see a black shadow flash before their eyes, and then she had disappeared without a trace.
About 40 seconds later, Ling Lan quietly arrived at the ambush point. Although the opponent had many hackers monitoring every corner of the area, Ling Lan had Little Four's cover, so of course she would not be discovered.
Ling Lan was very surprised. Other than the three guards at the door who had been sacrificed, none of the remaining people were missing. However, their situation was not looking good. Each of them had been isolated, each of them surrounded by the enemy. Ling Lan very quickly understood. The reason they had not killed the other party was because they wanted to wait for their own spectres to come and kill the other party directly. The people of the Kaiser Empire were also afraid that these people would report to the Huaxia Federation immediately after they died in the virtual world and returned, giving them time to prepare.
When the investigation team sent by the Federation saw the spectres appear, they immediately understood the other party's intentions. Several of the soldiers were prepared to commit suicide, but they were stopped by the enemies surrounding them. At this time, they did not even have the chance to commit suicide even if they wanted to.
Seeing this, the commander smiled wryly. "We've been tricked, but I can't understand it. Whether we return alive or not, it will still expose that something has happened to the Swift Dragon base. At most, you can only delay it by a few days." Once they died, it would prove that the Swift Dragon base had indeed been invaded by an unknown faction, and that there were even spectres among them. Because only spectres could wipe out a player's brain, the military would definitely send countless spectres over to kill off these invaders at the first opportunity, unless the other party successfully withdrew from the base within these few days.
"Delaying it by a few days is enough. One more thing, we stopped you from committing suicide not because we were afraid you would go back and report it, but because your resurrection point is already the Swift Dragon base. We just couldn't be bothered to spend the time and effort to go to the resurrection point to wipe you all out." Reiter smiled at the commander's words and explained why they had stopped the other party from committing suicide.
The commander's expression changed at these words, and he immediately checked the relevant information. Sure enough, several days ago, when they had landed at the Swift Dragon base, the system had notified them that their resurrection point had automatically become the Swift Dragon base. In other words, even if they committed suicide, they would not be able to return to the central area of the mecha world. Their resurrection point would still be the Swift Dragon base.
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