A group of people walked out of the spaceplane, led by a young woman. She wore a pair of sunglasses that covered most of her face and a mid-length trench coat over a simple, tight-fitting shirt. Every now and then, the wind that rose from her body accentuated the curves of her body beneath the coat. She didn't look flirtatious, but rather capable and tough.
The young woman was followed by a dozen or so bodyguards. Instead of helping the transporters move the goods out of the spaceplane, they followed the young woman and paid close attention to their surroundings.
It was hard not to notice them because they were so different from the rest of the mining area. The light reflected off the ores was like a starlit avenue for them.
"Hey, young miss! Why are you here in person?!" A shopkeeper at the front of the group asked while rubbing his hands together.
"What's wrong? Did you do something wrong?" Hua Xi glanced at the man through her sunglasses.
"Of course not! I wouldn't dare!" The man chuckled. "Welcome to our mines, young miss!"
"Welcome to our mines, young miss!" The other shopkeepers hurriedly chimed in.
"Cut the crap! If I catch any of you slacking off or breaking the rules, I'll confiscate your goods without mercy!"
Hua Xi walked along the avenue and looked around at the ores around her. Every now and then, someone would report to her about their recent progress, but she didn't say anything. However, when she saw Silin's group, she frowned and slowed down.
Someone moved closer to Hua Xi and whispered something into her ear.
"Vanguard?" Hua Xi looked at Silin's group again. Then, her gaze suddenly froze for a moment before she strode toward them.
Silin was puzzled when he saw Hua Xi walking toward him. He had noticed Xiao Shang and Ba Dao's unusual behavior, but how did they provoke this young miss? Moreover, Silin couldn't help but wonder why he felt a sense of familiarity from this young miss.
"Xiao Shang! Ba Dao! How dare you hide from me! " Hua Xi angrily pointed at Xiao Shang and Ba Dao who were hiding behind Xueqiu and Shusag.
Xiao Shang and Ba Dao felt bitter inside. How the hell did she notice us? As soon as he turned his head, he discovered that a large shiny ore not far away was clearly reflecting their figures.
Damn it!
A mining factory really wasn't a good place to hide.
"Hehe, hello, Young Miss Hua!"
Xiao Shang greeted her with a sheepish smile, but he didn't look at Hua Xi or Silin's eyes. Instead, he looked around at the ores around them. As for Ba Dao, he looked down at Snowball's chubby soles and counted how many hairs there were on its soles.
Hua Xi was infuriated when she saw that the two of them didn't seem to want to talk. Every time she tried to pry information out of their mouths, she couldn't get anything out of them!
"Where's Silin?!" Hua Xi cut to the chase.
The rest of the Eleventh Squad turned to look at Cillin at the same time. Shusag and Cary especially had dirty looks on their faces. Their thoughts were probably heading in a direction that was not suitable for children again.
Xiao Shang and Ba Dao turned their heads. This wasn't their fault, it was everyone's fault. They didn't say anything.
Noticing everyone's reaction, Hua Xi shifted her gaze back to Silin. She scanned Silin from top to bottom, then back up again.
"What is she looking at?" Sigma asked.
"She's looking at the essence through the phenomenon," A 'Yue replied seriously.
Hua Xi took off her sunglasses. She wasn't used to the light reflected off the ore crystals, so she narrowed her eyes and stared at Silin. "You're Silin? The former Douance Silin, that bastard Shadow X? "
The moment Hua Xi mentioned Shadow X, Silin immediately remembered why he felt a sense of familiarity.
"One Smile Kill?"
During the Sector Championship at Seven Lights, Cillin had run into a duo from another famous school, the Billy Family. They were the dual blade Liu Yewu and the dual gun One Smile Kill. He didn't expect One Smile Kill to be the young miss of Luminous Flower. As expected, there were plenty of people of status in famous schools.
"Very good, it really is you!"
Hua Xi had been frustrated ever since she lost to Shadow X. Later on, she accidentally learned some insider information and investigated Coy Behind The Smile and Eight Claw. However, she couldn't find any trace of Silin, and her search was delayed due to some other reasons. However, every time she ran into Xiao Shang and Ba Dao, they kept their mouths tightly shut. She couldn't force any information out of them at all. This time, she finally caught them!
"Fight me again, Silin. This time, we'll fight for real, not through a virtual platform!"
Shusag repeated in a low, despicable voice, "Fight for real, huh …"
However, only the people closest to him could hear what he said. Kari, Dias, and the others were trying so hard to hold back their laughter.
Puzzled, Chifeng bit his finger. It was a habit he hadn't changed yet. He liked to bite his finger whenever he was thinking. He was just about to ask when Tang Qiuqiu smacked him with the barrel of her gun. "Kids shouldn't ask questions like that!"
Silin paused for a moment before asking, "Do you have LS-57?"
LS-57？
Hua Xi thought for a moment before taking out a wristband device and checking it. "We do, but we're not selling them. They're our own stock. We do have some LS-56 though, and they're cheaper than LS-57. They're new, so they're of good quality. "
"I only want LS-57."
Hua Xi frowned again. Luminous Flower wouldn't sell the LS-57 they had for themselves. Even though they couldn't use it right now, there was no telling when they might come in handy. After all, it was better to keep a few tricks up their sleeves in the current environment.
"So you're saying you won't fight me if you don't have LS-57?"
Silin didn't answer. His silence was a tacit admission.
The bodyguards behind Hua Xi flexed their muscles. The young miss was clearly angry, and it was probably time for a fight. She was a Hunter, and a Vanguard Hunter at that. She wasn't easy to deal with.
Culley and the others noticed the bodyguards behind Hua Xi, so they exchanged a glance and took a few steps forward to form a formation. This would make it easier for them to defend themselves in a situation where they were outnumbered.
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
The shop owner felt cold sweat beading on his forehead. Oh no, oh no, the young miss is angry! If she's angry, his shop's going to be docked …
Hua Xi waved a hand and gestured for the bodyguards to stay put. Meanwhile, Cillin also made a hand signal, telling Cary and the others to disengage from battle mode.
Hua Xi was just about to continue negotiating when her communicator rang. It was an urgent, encrypted message. She gestured to the bodyguard next to her and rushed to a private room in the store. She looked like she was contacting someone as she walked. It seemed that this call involved some sort of secret, and it wasn't convenient for outsiders to know about it.
After Hua Xi left, Silin looked at Xiao Shang and Ba Dao and waited for their explanation.
Xiao Shang shrugged. "That young miss is probably traumatized by her terrible loss in the Sector Championship. She's been looking for you for a long time now, but she never found you. Then, she somehow found out that there's a guy named 'Silin' in the Sixth Division. She started investigating, and she ended up finding me and Ba Dao. We didn't sell you out!" Xiao Shang hurriedly tried to clear his name.
"If she can bring out the LS-57, I don't mind playing with her," said Kari.
Silin ignored their teasing. He noticed that Huimao's ears were perked up and its eyes were glowing. It was rubbing its paw against the metal block a moment ago. Based on Silin's understanding of the cat, it was eavesdropping on Hua Xi's communicator. It had to be something good.
Huimao flicked its ears and scurried over to Silin's shoulder. "That woman seems to be in some kind of trouble, Silin. They're communicating with each other using a secret code. I don't know what it is, but I think they need our help. That's why we can extort as much as we can, including the LS-57!"
Wheeze had just finished speaking when Hua Xi walked out of the room. She didn't look too good, and this was under the condition that she was doing her best to restrain herself. It was obvious that she was suppressing her impatience from the tightness of her facial muscles. Compared to the One Smile Kill from the Sector Championship a few years ago, Hua Xi was a lot more mature now.
"Let's talk. It's not about the competition. We need to talk about the LS-57 you need. " Hua Xi ordered her bodyguards to clear the area. Only Hua Xi, her bodyguards, and Cillin's group remained in the area.
"I have a job for you. Do you want to take it? If you do, we'll give you all of Luminous Flower's remaining LS-57. "
Silin didn't respond immediately. "Tell me about it."
"Luminous Flower and Golden Willow are working together on a mining project. We're transporting a batch of rare ores to the main company's territory, but we ran into some problems along the way. The transport ship is currently half-out of control and has deviated from its original course. It'll pass by the planet's borders soon, and I hope you can assist us in bringing the people and goods out. Of course, we won't let you take the risk alone. Luminous Flower will send our men to retrieve the people and goods. All you need to do is take care of some 'things' inside the transport ship. "
"What 'things'?"
"A type of biochemical beast. Those who are parasitized by those biochemical beasts will be mutated and become completely controlled by the biochemical beasts. "
"How many are there?"
"... I'm not sure."
If Hua Xi wasn't sure, then there had to be a lot of them.
Silin smiled. "It's not just 'things'. We Hunters deal with biochemical beasts a lot, and the kind you're talking about is very dangerous."
"It's not like we need your help. We're just offering you a job."
"Is that so? But you don't have enough manpower right now, and your reinforcements won't be able to make it in time, will they? How much help can these miners and shopkeepers give you? "
Hua Xi narrowed her eyes. Anyone who knew Hua Xi knew that every time she narrowed her eyes like this, it was a sign that she was suppressing her anger.
"What do you want?"
Silin handed her a list of materials Xi Mu might need after they found the LS-57. It wasn't much, but it was hard to find.
"Are you kidding me?!" Hua Xi clenched the list in her hand. "Do you really think your team is worth these things?! Allow me to remind you that your team isn't even a fleet! "
"It's not up to you to say whether it's worth it or not. You didn't think you'd lose like that either."
Silin's words caused Hua Xi's calm to crumble. Ever since she lost, she would subconsciously pause for a long time to check if her gun was still intact before she fired. A pause like that was fatal to a gunner. Otherwise, Hua Xi wouldn't have kept looking for Silin to get rid of the shadow in her heart.
"I hope it's worth it!" Hua Xi turned around and ordered her bodyguards to prepare the contract.
Huimao jumped down from Silin's shoulder and ran to the metal block that he had scratched so many times.
Creak —
The shrill screech made everyone's hair stand on end. It was like someone had stuffed a chunk of ice between their teeth. It was so cold and painful that they wanted nothing more than to pass out.
Hua Xi's eyes twitched when she saw what was happening. She waved a hand and said, "Add that metal block to the contract as well!"
Huimao grinned from ear to ear when he got the information he wanted.
"You're such a good person, pretty sister …"
Hua Xi snorted. "This pet of yours is much better at talking than the rest of you."
Hua Xi noticed that the Eleventh Squad was staring at her strangely the moment she finished speaking.
Chifeng bit his finger before asking Tang Qiuqiu, "Isn't Wheeze over two hundred years old? Why is he calling that woman big sister? Is she really that old? "
Hua Xi: "..."
What do you mean, really old?!
If she didn't need their help, Hua Xi would've flipped out a long time ago. She didn't want to spend another second with these people. All she wanted to do was sign the contract and leave as soon as possible.
Silin asked the other squad members for their opinion before signing the contract, and they all agreed to accept the mission. Moreover, Kari and the others were already rubbing their palms together in anticipation.
For Hunters, this kind of mission was very common, but Cary and the others had not participated in this kind of mission since the incident with the Sixth B Squadron. Their hands were itching after a long time, so they were very excited when they heard that there was a mission like this, even if it was very dangerous. This was how Hunters grew up.
Before signing the contract, Silin added, "I hope we can get our hands on the LS-57 first." Xi Mu had mentioned this to him earlier.
Hua Xi only hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement. However, she only agreed to give them one crate in advance. The rest would be delivered to them after the mission was over.
After the agreement was signed, the two parties split up and went their separate ways. Hua Xi told him when the transport ship would arrive at the planet's periphery and told him to be prepared.
After Hua Xi returned to her spaceplane, one of her bodyguards asked, "Miss, why did you agree to sign the contract with those Hunters? They're just a new B Squadron from Vanguard, and they can't compare to the other B Squadrons. It's not worth it. "
Someone who could speak to Hua Xi like this had to be someone special in Luminous Flower. He was transferred from Luminous Flower's main company to assist Hua Xi, so Hua Xi respected him a little.
Hua Xi shook her head. "They're Vanguard's Hunters, so they're definitely more experienced than our miners. Plus, we can't afford to lose this mission! We can't afford it! "
Inside the Eleventh Squad's starship, Silin was discussing the mission with Eudy and the others.
"That's all the information we've gathered for this mission. What do you think?" Silin told them everything he learned from Hua Xi before turning to the others.
"It can't be as simple as she's making it out to be. If it's just a shipment of rare goods, the young miss of Luminous Flower shouldn't be so concerned about it. Also, from the way she speaks and the way her body language subconsciously shows, I think she's more concerned about someone or someone on the transport ship. The cargo is just a cover, "Shusag said. He used to serve in the Mist Bodhisattva Empire's military, so he had some observation skills.
Eudy told them everything he learned. "Luminous Flower and Golden Willow are working together to develop a rare mine, but just like Shusag said, it's not enough to make Hua Xi as anxious as she is."
Silin nodded. "Either way, we need to be careful during this operation. We told you that we're only here to help, not to risk our lives. The most important thing is to protect ourselves."
It was at this moment Tico walked over and passed two boxes to him. Both boxes were filled with syringes.
"These are the two broad-spectrum antibodies you mentioned. I'll start developing them after the operation is over. "
Silin accepted the boxes and handed out two syringes to everyone.
After confirming the operation plan and assigning the mission, Silin checked the time. It was about time. He waved the two syringes in his hand and looked at everyone.
"Just to be safe, I had Tico synthesize these two antibodies. For now, we'll start with the primary antibodies. If you get bitten or scratched, we'll start with the secondary antibodies. At the very least, you'll be able to delay the spread of the virus. Once the antibodies are ready, we'll be able to treat them completely. Also, make sure the parasites don't get into your body. "
After explaining the precautions, Silin asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"No!"
The group of people was eager to give it a try.
"Then let's get ready."
"Wait a moment, Silin." Xi Mu, who hadn't shown up until now, walked over and handed a box to Cillin. He was listening to the operation plan and arrangements through his communicator.
Silin had seen a box like this before, so he knew what was inside. Angenia had given it to him before, but Silin had returned it to her later on.
"You're done already?" Silin was surprised. Although he had gathered most of the materials, he didn't expect Xi Mu to act so quickly.
Xi Mu shook his head. "It's just a preliminary test. There are many things I haven't perfected yet. Time is of the essence, so I didn't have time to do more detailed tests. You can use it for now.
"Just one?"
"Just one."
"Alright, I got it." Silin took the box. "I'll leave the rest to you."
"Understood. I'll do my best since I've joined the Eleventh Squad."
"Leader, hurry up. Luminous Flower's people are making their move!" Cary urged from the other side of the passageway.
Cillin gestured to Cary and told them to go to the spaceplane first. He took the suitcase and walked into the warehouse that was closer to the spaceplane. Ten seconds later, he came out again, and nothing could be seen.
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