Silin didn't stay for the post-battle meeting. Ji Feng was busy with his healing, so he couldn't attend to the post-battle meeting for now. Therefore, Silin left with Czedow and Huimao after informing Stanley that he was going to leave.
Stanley didn't bother with Silin either. Ji Feng had said that Silin could do whatever he wanted, so there was no need for him to interfere. Moreover, Stanley was actually very wary of Silin after this incident. Now that Silin was gone, he didn't have to face him anymore. He let out a sigh of relief.
Eudy took Cillin's place to participate in the post-battle summary meeting. Right now, the Eleventh Squad was under Eudy's command.
Xi Kai and Xi Mu were busy upgrading their robots. Last time, they were halfway through the upgrade, but they hadn't finished yet. This time, they received some new data and information. Both Xi Kai and Xi Mu were busy upgrading their robots. Their data and information were all derived from actual combat. The data they obtained from this battle was very meaningful, and it was a good opportunity for them to upgrade their robots once more.
After the meeting, Eudy and the rest of the Eleventh Squad returned to the base to rest and reorganize. Their armor needed some repairs, and Kari's group needed time to get used to each other. Not only did they need to repair the hardware, but they also needed a heart-to-heart talk with each other.
Everyone was tired after the battle, so it was time for a good rest.
"Hey, don't you think our captain needs to rest?" Xiao Shang leaned on the railing and said lazily to Cary, who was busy repairing the fighter in the workshop below.
"How would I know? Our captain is a busy man, but we don't need to worry about that. We just need to improve ourselves." Cary knew very well why Cillin had only brought Czedow and Wheeze with him. One reason was because of the secrecy of their mission, and the other reason was because of the level of danger. Although they were above average compared to other Hunters, they were nothing compared to Cillin and Czedow.
He circled around the starship once before sitting down at a corner. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Hey, Ah Yue, why are you daydreaming again?" Behind him, Zoel and Sigma flew over as well. The four of them had been working together all this time.
The light on A 'Yue's face flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "I'm thinking about life"
"Alright, keep thinking, but don't overdo it. The starship's system is still in the process of upgrading. Be careful not to ruin Little Eleven. You know, when we think too seriously, it will affect the surrounding machinery," Rufia said, his tone clearly rising.
Zoel said coldly, "Don't say that with a smug tone. There's nothing to be proud of."
Ruifia, who was feeling pleased with himself, was choked by Zoel's cold water.
While the Eleventh Squad was busy with their own business, Silin, Czedow, and Huimao were secretly traveling to Sector X.
Sector X hadn't changed much. If anything, it would be that the Sector had returned to its former bleak state.
There was a time when the tourism planets in Sector X were mined, and it had boosted the population and economy of the Sector. Many people's lives had changed because of the tourism planets. Their labor force was cheap, but at least they finally found a way to sell it cheaply. Unlike the beginning when they couldn't even sell their cheap labor force.
When Silin brought Huimao and Tang Qiuqiu here, Sector X was at its busiest in the last few decades. However, the liveliness didn't last long before the League of Stars's war began. After the Feniers Family's "Little Garden" and other tourism planets were half-closed, Sector X returned to its former bleak state. Of course, this bleak state was only relative to a trade Sector. The people living in Saturn Sector were used to this bleak state since a long time ago. To them, it wasn't much of a change.
Silin looked at the coded message he just received on his communicator and had Czedow drive the spaceplane into the planet.
Silin was all too familiar with Planet Brown Earth. He didn't even need to look at the satellite map to know which places were suitable for landing.
The satellite array outside the planet was still the same as before. However, Silin was no longer afraid of these 'Sky Eyes' that the people on the planet feared. He didn't need to do anything himself. Be it Huimao or Czedow, they could easily take care of these 'Sky Eyes' and avoid their surveillance. Compared to some of the more complicated surveillance equipment he had experienced before, Planet Brown Earth's' Sky Eyes' looked too ordinary.
After avoiding all kinds of surveillance, their small spaceplane landed in a remote and barren area. There was a forest here, and the growth of the trees wasn't good. Due to the environment, it was impossible for them to grow densely. However, for Silin, this didn't affect their spaceplane's landing and concealment.
After leaving the spaceplane, it turned invisible on its own. Very few people came to this area, and even if they did, they might not be able to discover the spaceplane parked here.
"Where are we going first?" Crouching on Silin's shoulder, Huimao moved his claws. He was getting bored again, and his claws were itchy if he didn't find something to do.
Silin looked at his communicator. Right now, Yu Linglong only knew that Sambot was on this planet, but she didn't know his specific location. Unless Sambot contacted Silin of his own accord, or Silin found Sambot directly. The strange thing was that if Sambot's situation was really bad, he should've accepted Yu Linglong's good intentions and contacted Silin. But he didn't, which meant that Sambot's situation wasn't too bad. Moreover, Sambot was guarded against Yu Linglong, so he had no intention of accepting Yu Linglong's good intentions for now.
It seemed that Sambot really was very dissatisfied and distrustful of the Yu Family.
"Never mind, let's wait for a while." Silin looked around and said, "I'm going back to take a look."
"Ah? You mean that run-down town? " Huimao had a pretty deep impression of that place. He felt that Silin's birthplace wasn't as good as his.
"Yes, that's the place."
Huimao's ears drooped. Although he didn't say anything, his reaction alone was enough to tell how unwilling he was. He was only enduring it for Silin's sake.
Silin smiled and patted Huimao's head. "There might be some changes this time."
"What changes? I don't even have a place to live," muttered Huimao.
"Have you forgotten? When I came here a few years ago, I bought an abandoned housing area and had people renovate it."
Huimao's ears perked up the moment Silin mentioned this. He remembered that the secret purchase was made with his help and tampered with some system data. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to take down the area without Silin's help.
Huimao snorted twice when he thought of that. "Then let's go. It's free to live in my own place anyway."
Czedow: "..." Is he implying that I'm going to buy cat food with the money I'm saving?
Actually, Huimao wasn't just trying to save money. He knew that there was a territory that belonged to him that he hadn't marked or patrolled yet.
Other than the prosperous city and civilian district, there was also a desolate area bordered by the peaceful civilian district. Cillin and the others had landed in this desolate area. They walked straight ahead, and it didn't take long before they saw the poor houses at the edge.
No one noticed that Silin and the others were a lot less populated than before. Some of the houses had collapsed, and it looked like no one had lived in them for a long time.
However, in the direction of the city, there were some newly built houses. Some of the people who sold their labor at a low price had saved enough money to build a new house here. This place was close to the city, which gave them a sense of superiority. They felt that they were superior compared to the people in the center of the civilian area.
The abandoned houses Silin bought were located at the center of the civilian district. According to Silin's design, the builders had built the place very well.
After demolishing the abandoned houses, they built a big courtyard that looked similar to the one in the wilderness. The only difference was that this courtyard wasn't decorated with any fancy decorations, and the colors were a little dull. The two-story building in the courtyard wasn't very eye-catching even on a satellite map.
All of this was done with Silin's own money. He didn't use the Eleventh Squad's funds or Huimao's cat food money. Silin had earned all of it by hunting and completing missions himself. Moreover, the cost of living here wasn't high to begin with, and this was the civilian district. It didn't cost much to build the place.
The population here was even smaller than before. Most of the people who participated in the development of the tourist planet had migrated, and some of them had disappeared without a trace. No one knew if they were still alive or not. The rest of them squeezed into the city as much as they could, and those who couldn't fit into the city set up camp near the city.
Compared to what he saw the last time he came here, there were many more abandoned houses.
Huimao had already jumped into the courtyard when Silin walked over. The protective walls of the courtyard were nothing to Huimao, and he didn't even need a key card to enter.
Even though Huimao didn't like the conditions here, it was still his territory. After rubbing his scent and making some markings, Huimao jumped back onto Silin's shoulder and pointed at the abandoned houses around them. "Silin, let's buy all of these too! Let's build a bigger courtyard! "
"I'm going to buy all of these."
Silin didn't enter the courtyard to take a closer look. Instead, he walked in another direction. There was a small shop there. It was the tavern that Silin rented out.
The tavern's business wasn't good. One could tell from the counter that very few people came here. Laughter came from inside the tavern. It came from both adults and children.
When Silin walked into the tavern, the welcome screen at the entrance didn't light up. It had been stopped, and there was no need to waste electricity when it was so popular.
"Welcome, what can I do for you …"
A middle-aged man with green stubble walked out of the tavern. His face looked a little weathered, but he was in good spirits. There was a smile in his eyes, but when he saw Silin, he froze for a moment and forgot what he was going to say.
"Long time no see, Twenty Percent." Silin greeted him with a smile before sitting down next to a round wooden table.
Czedow sat down at another table and didn't disturb Silin and Twenty Percent's conversation. Huimao was about to jump onto the counter and walk around when Czedow pulled him away.
Silin had rented out this tavern to Twenty Percent the first time he left. The last time he came here, the tavern's business wasn't this bad, and Twenty Percent's life wasn't bad either. But obviously, it wasn't the same anymore.
The counter was very clean, and it was obvious that the owner cleaned it every day. The wine bottles were also very clean, but some unnoticed dust at the corner exposed the truth.
"It's pretty hard right now, isn't it?" Silin said.
"Um … Silin, is it really you?" Twenty Percent finally came to himself and found it a little hard to believe. After all, it had been years since Silin left. Although he rented out the tavern, Silin had never asked about the tavern's situation, be it when it was profitable or when it was in dire straits these past two years.
After Silin nodded in confirmation, Twenty Percent chuckled, "You don't look like you've changed much!"
Twenty Percent wasn't much older than Silin, but now that the two of them were standing side by side, people would believe them if they said they were father and son. The difference in lifespan caused by the environment they grew up in and their genetic rank made up for this difference.
Silin chatted with Twenty Percent about the changes that had happened here in the past few years. Now, Twenty Percent was married and had a child, living the same life as his parents. Twenty Percent's wife came out to entertain Silin and the rest. She was a typical woman from the commoner district, but it was obvious that she treated Twenty Percent very well, and her smile was very sincere. Her son held a rag in his hand and ran behind his mother with his short legs.
"Do you want to go live in the city?" Silin asked.
"No, I'm not suitable." Twenty Percent, who already had a lot of deep wrinkles, scratched his head in embarrassment. "I still think I'm more suitable here. I'm not used to living in the city."
"Come, Kang, call Uncle Silin." Twenty Percent carried his son over. Silin and Twenty Percent were of the same generation, so the child naturally should call Silin Uncle.
"Hello, Uncle Silin!" The child looked at Silin and greeted. Actually, he felt that he should call Silin Big Brother. The person in front of him looked so much younger than his father. However, he was more curious about the fat cat that was yawning on the table next to him. His eyes darted over. So fat!
"Hello, Kang. This is for you." Silin took out the things that he had prepared from his bag. It was some snacks that he bought when he was buying cat food. Sometimes, Huimao would use these to grind his teeth.
"Silin, this …" Twenty Percent was embarrassed. Although he had never seen it before, he could tell that these things were very expensive. Moreover, they were all food that could not be bought in the surrounding area. The food did not attract much jealousy. The security in this area was not that good either.
"It's okay. These are gifts for the little guy." Silin pushed the things on the table towards Kang and rubbed his head.
"Thank you, Uncle Silin!" Kang no longer paid attention to Huimao. After Twenty Percent agreed, the little guy sat obediently at the side with a pile of food.
Huimao glared at the child who opened the packaging and started munching on the food. That's what I use to grind my teeth when I'm bored!
Seeing the fat cat on the table next to him waiting for him with its round eyes, Kang picked up a biscuit and handed it over. "Here, Kitty."
Huimao turned his head away. Not eating! I'm angry!
"Don't worry about it, Kang. Eat it yourself. It has its own cat food," said Silin.
Twenty Percent's wife brought over a box of wine and a plate of snacks. She placed them on the table where Silin and Twenty Percent were sitting.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Cillin took a bottle of wine. It was the taste of the old town. It was cheap, but it had enough flavor. It reminded Cillin of the days when he worked here.
Czedow did not refuse the wine in front of him. Instead, he picked it up and took two sips. Huimao's eyes widened even more. Why is a robot drinking wine!?
It didn't take long for Huimao to notice some barely noticeable water vapor rising from Czedow's body.
"Oh, sister-in-law. Do you have tissues?" asked Silin.
"Yes, please wait a moment." Twenty Percent's wife smiled apologetically. Then, she walked to the back room and passed some tissues to Silin.
"Enjoy your meal. I'll go prepare some side dishes." Twenty Percent's wife left after saying that. She called Kang along so that he wouldn't interrupt their conversation. She knew that Silin was the owner of this tavern, and that Silin was the one who gave Twenty Percent a better foothold. But was he here to take back the tavern?
After Second Cheng's wife and Little Kang had left, Cillin gulped down a mouthful of wine and said to Second Cheng, "You and Little Kang can increase your gene rank through genetic transformation. This way, your lifespan will naturally be a little longer. You have the highest success rate. Kang is slightly worse, but his success rate is still around seventy to eighty percent. "
Twenty Percent put down the bottle and asked, "Where's the kid's mother?"
"She's a little special. I'm afraid her success rate is only ten percent at most."
Silin had already analyzed Kang's DNA when he was rubbing his son's head. When he took the tissue, Silin touched Twenty Percent's wife's finger and analyzed her DNA as well.
There were some things that even the most advanced medical technology couldn't change. Genya once said that it was called fate.
"Then forget it." Twenty Percent smiled. "Thank you, Silin."
Twenty Percent knew that Silin thinks that Silin is helping him, but he didn't force the issue.
Silin took out a bottle and a box of liquid medicine.
"This is for five people. You can try it if you change your mind." What Celine took out was a potion he had synthesized himself. It was milder and had fewer side effects. It was suitable for people with low geno ranks. No one in a Hunter regiment would use this potion because their average geno rank was above B rank.
Twenty Percent's hands trembled as he looked at the bottle and medicine on the table. This was something they didn't even dare to think about.
Silin took out another card. The rent from Twenty Percent's deal had always been on this Kari card.
"I'll leave this pub to you," Silin said. "I've already done the paperwork."
Actually, the paperwork was done directly by hacking into the system. It only saved the manual verification process. No one would be able to find out, and no one would.
Old David took the opportunity to emigrate. No one knew where he went. On this planet, Twenty Percent was the only person that Silin knew.
After leaving the pub, Silin went to Genya's former residence. The lush and leafy Fuji Tree in the courtyard looked a little sickly right now. The last time Cillin came over, it hadn't grown much, and now it looked even sicker than before.
Sure enough, without the people from the Gen family, the Fuji tree couldn't grow?
Silin touched the cracked bark on the Fuji tree and said, "Hold on a little longer. I'll take you to the Gen family."
Silin was standing quietly in the yard and reminiscing. Squatting on the broken, almost rotten wooden rocking chair under the Fuji tree, Huimao's eyes narrowed. Suddenly, his ears twitched and he looked toward a certain direction in the yard. At the same time, Silin and Czedow also looked in that direction.
In the next moment, a figure nimbly jumped over the wall, avoided the protective equipment on the wall, and landed steadily on the ground. It was a very arrogant landing posture.
Then, the bearded man who was dressed like a normal civilian in this area was stunned when he looked up. It was obvious from his expression that he didn't notice that there was someone in the yard, and there wasn't just one. Even the fat cat sitting on the rotten wood was looking at him.
Hmm?
Hmm?!
His face twitched as he landed in an arrogant posture. However, the sense of vigilance he had when he found out that there was someone in the yard was greatly reduced when he saw the person in the yard and the fat cat who was looking at him as if it had seen something fun.
"Cough, hehe, I've entered the wrong yard. Goodbye! "A rough male voice rang before he turned around and prepared to slip away.
"Where are you going, Huzi." Silin's leisurely voice rang.
The man who was about to jump over the wall almost twisted his waist. He turned around and looked at Silin helplessly, "You can recognize me like this?"
Huimao yawned again, narrowed his eyes and continued to sleep. He wasn't an enemy, so he couldn't fight. Boring.
"What are you doing here? Sector X and Sector S are pretty far from each other. "Cillin said.
The bearded man in front of him who looked like the most common civilian in the ghetto was the disciple of the current leader of Fire Phoenix, one of the three great forces of Sector S — Pian Huo.
"You're always dressed like a man every time I run into you. Do you have transvestism?" Silin said.
"Nonsense, this is called concealment, do you know?" Pian Huo did not elaborate.
Silin had a feeling that there should be more to this than meets the eye. However, Pian Huo was unwilling to talk about it, so Silin did not pursue the matter any further. He said, "What are you doing here? Climbing over the wall? What about trespassing? "
Pian Huo stopped pretending now and walked over with a swing of his arms, "Nothing, I just saw that no one has been living here for a long time, so I was curious."
Huimao's nose twitched, "Don't you have a place to stay? You need to pay to stay here, and there are so many of you. Everyone has to pay their own rent. "
Pian Huo's eyes flashed, and then he chuckled, "No, it's just me. But Silin, what are you guys doing here? "
"This is my birthplace. This yard belongs to my master. "Silin said.
"Ah? So that's how it is … hmm?! You were born here?! " Pian Huo was flabbergasted. Although he did not know much about Silin, he knew that Silin was a powerful person. He could not imagine that Silin was born in such a small and broken place, and in the slums at that.
"So, you're just here to reminisce?" Pian Huo asked.
Silin looked at Pian Huo, "What do you want to say?"
"… Nothing." Pian Huo was a little hesitant.
"Sang Bo Te." Silin said softly.
Hearing Silin's words, Pian Huo suddenly raised his head. Seeing the expression in Silin's eyes, Pian Huo did not plan to hide it anymore, "Yes, I've been in contact with Sang Bo Te."
Silin was originally just probing, but when Pian Huo suddenly raised his head, he knew the information in one glance.
So when Silin confirmed his guess, Pian Huo also knew that he could not hide it anymore.
"You're really … cunning!" Pian Huo sat next to the pile of rotten wood and flicked the cat on Huimao's ear with his finger. Huimao's flicking caused his finger to pop loudly.
"How did you come to be with Sang Bo Te?" Silin asked.
"I met him along the way, so I gave him a hand along the way. Also, Sang Bo's popularity among the people is pretty high. Back when the prison was still around, I heard some people talk about him in prison. After I came out, I also learned some things, especially the people of Sector M, they all respect Sang Bo Te a lot."
"I also received a mission to protect Sang Bo Te until he is handed over to the people who will receive him. However, Sang Bo Te has not contacted me of his own accord, and I cannot find his specific location for now. "
"Oh? I didn't think that the person Sang Bo Te was talking about was you. But if it is you, I can help persuade him. After all, Sang Bo's safety can be somewhat guaranteed with you around. The pursuers will soon find Sang Bo Te's location. They have a special tracker. "Pian Huo stood up and casually patted the dust on his pants," How is it? "
"Alright, I will wait at this location. If Sang Bo Te is willing to accept my help, you can take him there." Silin gave the address of the newly built yard to Pian Huo.
"Eh? I didn't expect you to have a place to live. "
"I don't want anyone else to come to this yard." Silin looked at the yard.
"Alright, I apologize for jumping in without permission." Remembering the address, Pian Huo turned around, took a few steps and 'floated' out. He looked very familiar with the process.
"I will go reinforce the surrounding protective wall system." Czedow said.
Silin nodded and then looked at the Fuji Tree that did not have many leaves and frowned.
Huimao stretched his back and rubbed his claws out of habit. As a result, he scratched the already broken rotten wooden chair even more.
"What are you thinking about again, Silin?" Huimao jumped onto Silin's shoulder and asked while secretly rubbing the rotten wood shavings on his claws on Silin's clothes. He also rubbed a small mushroom between his toes on Silin's collar.
While the gray cat was grinning, Cillin, who was staring at the Fuji Tree leaves, raised a hand and pinched the hair at the back of the gray cat's neck. His other hand patted Little Mushroom on his shoulder and the back of his collar, "I know you're up to no good the moment you hooked your tail."
"Alright, I've modified the yard's protective system. There are too many loopholes, so it took a lot of time, "Czedow said after walking out of the yard.
If anyone else heard this, it would be strange if they didn't vomit blood in anger. It took less than two minutes, and you call it "took a lot of time"? If it were anyone else, it would probably take half a day!
Looking at the almost bald and withered Fuji Tree again, Silin grabbed Huimao, turned around and walked towards the door. "Let's go over there."
Cillin waited in the new courtyard all the way until night time. Pian Huo finally brought Sang Bote over quietly. There were also five people following Sang Bote over. They were Sang Bote's bodyguards. One of the bodyguards was heavily injured, and the other two were lightly injured. Those who weren't injured also looked tired, including Sambert. Only Pian Huo looked very energetic.
"Silin, I know you. You saved me once," Sambot said to Silin. If he didn't know that the person who came was Silin, Sambot wouldn't have agreed so quickly. As for the reason he came at night, it was to avoid some eyes and ears.
"I am also very happy to see you again," Silin said.
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