The conversation between Aichenthus and young master Lung wasn't as difficult to pry as young master Lung had claimed.
In fact, the conversation was quite pleasant when it came to business and the cooperation between the Andriera family and the Freedom Army. But the moment the topic of 'miracle' was brought up, the atmosphere turned cold. Aichenthus kept his mouth shut. He refused to speak no matter what benefits Lung promised him.
However, when young master Lung pulled Cillin's strings, Aichenthus reacted. Aichenthus, the man who didn't even bat an eyelid when the Food King was mentioned had spoken up when Lung mentioned Silin. It was why Lung had contacted Ci Jincheng in a hurry. The Eleventh Squad didn't have Silin's men at all, and Sector C's communication signal was special. Lung didn't dare to contact Ci Jincheng carelessly unless there were special anti-eavesdropping devices like Ci Jincheng's base.
"Alright, I'll ask him later. But I can't guarantee that I'll be able to obtain information about the 'Nightmare Tapir' from him." Silin emphasized the possibility first so that he wouldn't look forward to it in vain.
"I think," Lung rubbed his chin, "that guy must know some secrets even if he doesn't have a sample of the 'Nightmare Tapir'."
After ending the call with Lung, Silin used Ci Jincheng's communicator to contact Aichenthus. Since Lung had informed Aichenthus early in the morning, the call connected very quickly when Silin tried to contact him.
"You guys really want that?" Aichenthus cut to the chase. He could guess a lot of things from his conversation with Lung.
"Yeah, we have to give it a try no matter what." Silin answered.
"If it really does erupt, how many people do you think will survive?"
"I can't say for sure. It'll be a disaster if it erupts. "
No one could avoid this disaster, not even Sector V.
"I do have that. I hope that you can help us as soon as possible when you find a solution, and not wait until the last moment to consider the people of Sector V." Since he owed Cillin a couple of favors, Aikenthus was a little tactful when he said this, which was rare for him. If the person he was negotiating with was Lung, then Aichenthus would definitely take a strong stance.
"Of course."
It was already great news that Aikenthus had a sample. Plus, there was no way Cillin would leave the Freedom Army alone. Right now, the Freedom Army was faintly showing signs of becoming the leader of Sector V. Aikenthus would not let go of such a great situation unless it was absolutely necessary. For Silin, this was a good thing.
Aikenthus didn't trust anyone else, so he insisted on going to the Freedom Army to get a sample. At first, Silin was going to go there himself, but after some thought, he decided to send Czedow instead. Apart from Silin, Czedow was the person who left the deepest impression on Aichenthus. Moreover, Czedow was Silin's most trusted subordinate. Therefore, Aichenthus agreed to the arrangement after a moment of thought.
"Oh right, there's one more thing I want to tell you. The first time we met you, we were being chased, and the ones who were chasing us were the 6th Legion. The poison in Qing's body was produced by 'Miracle'. When I was fleeing, I saw a person. That person was with the 6th Division at the time, and a long time ago, I saw him and my adoptive father talking. He was the one who gave the box to my adoptive father. He might be the one who took the box. "
Aikenthus didn't say everything. He wasn't completely telling the truth. The one who recognized that person wasn't Aikenthus himself, but Anna Qing. At the time, Aikenthus didn't have the opportunity to come into close contact with those things, nor did he have the ability to do so. However, Qing could. Qing's concealment ability was pretty strong. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to act as Qing to this extent without being recognized.
Silin knew that there was more to this than meets the eye, but judging from Aikenthus's expression, he knew that the man wasn't going to tell the truth. Therefore, he didn't pursue the matter further.
"Do you have an image of that person?" Silin asked.
"No, but I do have his drawing." Aikenthus brought up a scanned image of a drawing. "It's him. Maybe you can learn something from him. "
After memorizing the person's appearance on the image, Silin said his thanks and ended the call after discussing with Aikenthus about the sample.
Inside Ci Jincheng's workshop, Silin, Czedow, Ci Jincheng and the Lung in the image were discussing about the sample collection. After Czedow had gone over, Longhui arranged for someone to receive him and secretly send him to Sector V. Once there, Aikenthus would take over. There was no way he would allow the Andriera Family to infiltrate deep into the Freedom Army.
While Silin and the others were discussing, the bored Huimao had gone to the indoor forest to play. The environment inside the forest was very good, comparable to the natural environment of some Rank A planets. Moreover, the species inside the forest had been carefully calculated and maintained in a relatively stable state. There was no way that an accident to a certain species would cause a break in this small food chain.
At the training room, the floor was littered with people. Prisa was the only one standing in the entire training room. Right now, Prisa was not looking at the people lying on the ground. Instead, she was standing with her back to them and watching the image that popped up from a device in her hand.
Knight rubbed his almost dislocated arm, climbed up and staggered over.
"What are you looking at, senior?" Knight asked.
In the past, Prisa would explain everything to them after training with them. But today, she did not say anything and went to the side to do her own thing.
"That's right. What are you looking at, senior?" Ruo Lin asked while rolling on the floor.
They all addressed Prisa as "senior". It was a common form of address used by Hunters, so they addressed her as such. They couldn't possibly call her "auntie" like Ci Jincheng, could they?
"You guys want to see?" Prisa turned around and looked at the group of people lying on the floor.
"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.
When Knight walked over, Prissa had covered the device so she did not see it. Now that he heard Prisa's words, Knight immediately retreated and sat on the floor with Yue Lou and the others, waiting for Prisa's next move.
Prisa opened the button sized device in her palm, and an image popped up on the light screen. It was the ecological zone inside this base. At this moment, the field of view displayed on the light screen was a dense forest, all kinds of trees and shrubs, and artificial light was shining on this area like natural light. Some small insects were active, and a few butterflies were dancing among the flowers.
Everyone looked at the scene on the screen in confusion, so they looked at Prisa in confusion.
Prisa pointed a finger at one of the corners, and the image zoomed in.
The group of people stared at the image with wide eyes. They waited, but there was nothing. They waited again, but there was nothing.
Just as Knight was about to speak, a shadow suddenly flashed across the image. It was so fast that it was hard to catch. If everyone wasn't staring at the image closely, they might not have noticed it.
"That's …"
The corner of Knight's eye twitched, "That fat cat."
On the image, Huimao flashed quickly like a ghost. One moment it was next to a parasol tree, the next it was crouching behind a shrub.
When everyone saw this, they all had the same thought in their minds — how did it do that with its size?
Huimao was crouching, the pupils of its round eyes dilated as it stared in a certain direction. The movement of its paw was so quiet that even the people next to it might not be able to hear it.
Huimao's ears turned, and then turned to look in a certain direction. There were some hidden surveillance devices there, and the image Prisa released was taken by one of them.
"What a vigilant little guy." Prisa smiled.
"Senior, you mean it noticed us looking at it?" Knight asked.
"Yes."
On the image, Huimao looked in their direction, the corners of his mouth curled up, and then returned to its previous state, moving stealthily in the direction of its destination.
"I can't help but feel that there's something strange about this cat." Rolin scratched his arm and said.
"What's that guy doing?" Feng Haicao followed Huimao's line of sight, but saw nothing.
Knight and the others thought the same. Their eyes hurt from watching, but they didn't see anything.
"Can it not see?" Knight mumbled.
As soon as Knight finished speaking, everyone froze at the same time, thinking of a certain guy.
"It can't be …"
In the next moment, Huimao pounced towards a branch on a large tree like lightning.
Then, a sharp scream rang.
"It really is that guy! Hurry up and call Ci Jincheng, or else his Long-Eared Owl is going to end up in the cat's stomach! "
Ci Jincheng had a pet, a Long-Eared Owl. This guy was usually the leader of this ecological zone, and often showed off its feathers that were different from normal Long-Eared Owls. It also had a cheap mouth, and sometimes Yue Lou wanted nothing more than to take a gun and give it an unforgettable lesson.
Not only could this Long-Eared Owl speak, it was also very intelligent. After all, it was trained by Ci Jincheng, so it had mastered many of its skills very well. It had once used Ci Jincheng's microcomputer to hack a section of an electronic magazine. Other than that, it could also turn invisible. Normally, it would use its invisible state when resting in a tree, and it would be very difficult to discover this guy without some special equipment. In the past, this Long-Eared Owl had played many pranks on people.
But now, this always cocky guy was being slapped from the air by cat claw after cat claw, rolling a few times on the grass. When it finally managed to fly up again, it would be slapped down again.
Huimao was stretching its gray wings and playfully slapping this Long-Eared Owl until it cried out loudly. When it cried out, it even scolded Huimao in a few Sector languages. Every time it scolded Huimao, it would slap him a little harder. In the end, one of the two ear tufts on this Long-Eared Owl's head that it was so proud of was almost chewed off. It looked like it was missing a piece.
When Ci Jincheng rushed over, the scene he saw was his pet being pressed to the ground by the fat cat, howling and scolding loudly.
"If you keep scolding me, I'll pluck one of your feathers for every word you say. Do you think I don't understand Sector languages?!" Huimao pressed that Long-Eared Owl down with its claws and wagged its tail.
The moment Silin saw Huimao like this, he knew that this fat cat was about to get carried away again. He ran over and lifted Huimao up.
"Didn't I tell you not to bully others?" Silin flicked Huimao's ear.
Huimao moved its claws and shook off the feathers between its claws, "I'm not bullying anyone, I'm bullying a bird."
Ci Jincheng looked at the Long-Eared Owl that was flapping its wings as it ran over and smiled, "Still showing off?"
Hearing Ci Jincheng's words, the Long-Eared Owl cried even louder and vented its grievances with all its might. It even moved its ear tufts to show Ci Jincheng its pitiful ear feathers.
Ci Jincheng's Long-Eared Owl was called 'Ghost Claw' because it had a pair of extremely sharp claws. However, its claws couldn't do anything to Huimao in the clash just now. Even the rescue signal it had sent out had been intercepted. This was also the reason why Ci Jincheng had only come over after it had been tortured for such a long time. Because all the signals it sent to Ci Jincheng had been intercepted, it had no choice but to first send a signal to another location before redirecting the distress signal.
Prisa didn't let Knight and the others show up, she only informed Ci Jincheng. After that, they all watched the scene displayed on the screen and saw with their own eyes how that fat cat bullied Ghost Claw.
Ci Jincheng wasn't angry about Ghost Claw's misfortune. Ghost Claw was too proud of himself and needed to be polished a little. Also, that cat had obviously shown mercy with its claws. Otherwise, with Huo's abilities, it would've cut Ghost Claw into pieces with a single swipe of its claws.
Inside the training room, the few people laughed and discussed about Ghost Claw. How satisfying. That guy really should be taught a lesson. He often bullied them because they didn't understand some of the native languages of other Sectors so he would change his ways to scold them. This time, he was at a disadvantage.
"Heh, how satisfying. I've long heard that cats and birds can't get along, but now I've seen it for myself." Feng Haicao said.
"You're wrong. That cat is establishing its dominance." Prisa put away the instrument in her hand and turned to look at the few people.
"Establishing its dominance? Oh, I get it. The ecological zone is Ghost Claw's territory, and that cat knows that Ghost Claw is the leader of that territory. That's why it attacked Ghost Claw. That way, it would become the new leader of the ecological zone. A typical battle between beasts. "Ruo Lin felt that he had seen the essence.
"No, its goal isn't to take over the ecological zone's territory. It attacked Ghost Claw to establish its dominance. Actually, it's establishing its dominance for you to see." Prisa said.
Establishing its dominance for us to see? Why?
Everyone suddenly remembered the creepy smile that the cat revealed when it looked at the screen just now.
On the other side, Huimao, who had been dragged back by Silin, was slowly licking his claws. On the table beside him stood Ghost Claw whose feathers had been plucked quite a bit. Now Ghost Claw was much more well-behaved. He didn't use the languages of other Sectors to make a fool of himself, and just stood there pitifully.
After Ci Jincheng combed Ghost Claw's feathers and calmed him down, he had Ghost Claw return to the ecological zone.
Although Ghost Claw looked like it was tortured badly, there weren't any wounds. Huimao had great control when he swung his claws. Czedow once told him that teaching someone a lesson was a technical job. Huimao had learned a bit of a technical job.
Czedow had already departed, and Ci Jincheng would help him leave Sector C in secret. Cillin believed that Czedow would be able to handle the rest well.
"Glar is in the Sixth Corps right now. However, there is very little information about him, and we can't get hold of him for now. The only thing we know is that he holds an important position in the Sixth Corps. "Ci Jincheng pointed at the image and the few lines of information displayed on the screen and said.
Glar was the person Alkenthus mentioned, and after Ci Jincheng received the appearance from Silin, he couldn't find much information about this person through many channels. This further proved that there was something strange about this person.
"If he came into contact with Alkenthus' foster father regarding the 'Nightmare Tapir' sample, then I can think of a possibility." Ci Jincheng said.
"Spy." Silin also thought of the term.
"That's right. After 'Miracle's' supporters fell one after another and changed their stance, the legions who supported 'Miracle' in the past are now ruthless as well. They are no less merciful than the others. Right now, the Sixth Corps can be considered as a representative of those who are trying to eliminate 'Miracle'. In the past, the Sixth Corps and 'Miracle' had a lot of cooperation, but this time, the Sixth Corps attacked swiftly and destroyed a few 'Miracle's' bases as soon as the wind changed. "
There were some things that Silin understood even if Ci Jincheng didn't say it out loud. The reason why the legions were fighting against each other wasn't necessarily to eliminate a scourge like 'Miracle'. It was more to obtain some precious things from 'Miracle' in advance. For example, the 'Nightmare Tapir'.
Glar was probably a spy sent by the Sixth Corps' commander, Kaqila. This chess piece was buried very early on, which was why Kaqila was able to come into contact with the transfer mission of the 'Nightmare Tapir' sample.
"We can't say for sure if the Sixth Corps has successfully activated the main body of the 'Nightmare Tapir'," Ci Jincheng said. Although the news they received was that none of the eight legions had managed to activate the main body of the 'Nightmare Tapir', Ci Jincheng was still suspicious when he found out about Glar.
It was just a suspicion, though. The chances of one of the eight great marshals, the Sixth Corps' commander Kaqila possessing the main body of the 'Nightmare Tapir' was not high.
Cillin refused to believe that the Sixth Legion wasn't the only one who had planted their own pawns inside "Miracle". Perhaps these pawns had been exposed by now, or perhaps they hadn't come into contact with that level of secret at all. If that was the case, then all eight legions were suspects? No. Judging from the current performance of the legions, it didn't look like they had obtained the main body of the 'Nightmare Tapir'.
Suspicions aside, they were still prepared to go inside the Sixth Corps and take a look.
"This is the place where Glar often appears." Ci Jincheng drew a circle on the star map. This was the information he had obtained after using a lot of methods, but it was only this bit of information. It wasn't complete, and they would have to investigate the rest themselves.
"Can't we filter its nature through the communication network?" Silin asked.
"No, every legion in Sector C has a special protection network. The closer you are to the legion's core area, the greater the restriction. This area is close to the Sixth Corps' headquarters, "Ci Jincheng explained.
"Then we can only go there first and filter. We should be able to know the distribution of the various bases there after we enter."
"That's the only way." Ci Jincheng began to investigate all kinds of recent information about the Sixth Corps in search of the best way to enter.
In the end, Ci Jincheng chose a route and formulated a plan of action with the others. Prisa wouldn't participate in this operation. After all, her identity was too sensitive, and according to the rules, she couldn't interfere directly. If she was discovered, some people would take the opportunity to cause trouble instead.
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