On a planet under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Legion at Sector C, there were busy soldiers and transport robots everywhere.
This planet was a transit planet. Some of the Sixth Legion's goods would be transported from this planet to various places. It was because of this planet's nature. What followed was an increasingly strict inspection process.
The goods on every transport line had to go through several rounds of inspection, and an alarm would be raised if there was even the slightest suspicious change. The inspection of the transport lines heading to the legion's core areas was even stricter, and they would only be transported to the transport planes after multiple scans.
Right now, a few large boxes were being dragged by the transport robots to a specific transport plane. These transport robots followed a specific route, and within this specific route, there would be a scanner that would perform several rounds of scanning and testing on the boxes they were dragging.
The distance from the exit of the warehouse to the transport plane was less than two hundred meters, but it had been scanned five times.
This batch of goods were all medicinal goods, and the medicine inspection had been done when the boxes were packed. These few rounds of inspection were mainly to check if there were dangerous items, spy monitoring devices, abnormal conditions and so on.
After the transport robots had placed the large boxes into the transport plane's cargo hold, they turned around and continued to move the other boxes. Two hours later, all the boxes that needed to be moved up had been moved. In reality, these transport robots could've moved the boxes in less than half an hour, but it was because of the extra five rounds of inspection that the time taken was several times longer. Still, the people of the Sixth Legion had no complaints about this. The more times they were scanned, the safer it was, and they could rest assured.
"Alright, that's all for this batch of goods. I'll leave the rest to you." The person guarding the warehouse said to the transport soldiers.
After the handover and registration was done, the three pilots and twenty or so guards boarded the plane and prepared to leave.
The transport plane slowly drove from the runway at the warehouse to the port. To leave the planet, it had to depart from a specific flight field at the port. There, it would undergo a few more inspections and identity verification of the people inside the plane.
After many verifications, the transport plane finally took to the sky. Its next destination was a planet at the Sixth Legion's core area.
While the transport plane was flying towards the target planet, three boxes inside the cargo hold opened quietly.
"I'm suffocating!" Knight said.
A few people came out of the three boxes one after another. There were three people hidden in each box. When they were hiding in the boxes, they relied on breathing masks to maintain their cover. However, in order to prevent being detected during the test, they had to hold their breaths for a long time during the test. If they hadn't been trained, they would probably have suffocated to death.
After coming out, the few of them took a deep breath of air. After all, the inside of the box was narrow and stuffy. Even the breathing masks were suffocating.
This time, there were nine people who had come, so it wasn't appropriate for more to come. Those who couldn't come over stayed on the planet with Prisa to guard the base and were trained by Prisa.
In the plan that Ci Jincheng and Silin had come up with, they would first infiltrate the cargo transfer planet and start with the cargo. This was the only place where they could take advantage of the situation. Before the carrier reached the core area but did not enter the target planet, they needed to find the planet Grayer was on.
Time was still very tight. If they followed the carrier to the destination planet, it would be very difficult for the nine of them to escape.
Silin patted Huimao who was looking left and right and nodded at the boxes with his chin. In the next moment, Huimao walked next to the boxes, opened his mouth and spat out the medical materials he had swallowed.
They couldn't use the subspace here. Originally, Ci Jincheng was going to open the other boxes and fish out the materials from them to fill up these three boxes. But in the end, Huimao volunteered to help solve this problem. Also, Ci Jincheng's equipment didn't detect anything after he swallowed some things during the pre-test. Huimao could still swallow things freely under the conditions of the Non-Subspace, and strangely enough, there was no suspicious mucus on those items.
Weirdo. This was everyone's evaluation of Huimao.
Because of this, Ghostclaw couldn't raise his head in front of Huimao with confidence. He became weak the moment he saw Huimao.
Huimao wagged his tail proudly and looked at Ghostclaw who was standing next to Ci Jincheng pretending to observe other places. He thought to himself: I really don't know why they brought this burden here.
After packing the items and putting the boxes back together, Ci Jincheng and Silin began their search. Through the intercepted information, they analyzed the properties of some planets and deduced the planet Grayer might appear on.
Huimao helped intercept the information. He didn't need to use any other equipment. All he had to do was crouch there and lick his claws while collecting information. Next to Ci Jincheng, Ghostclaw stood on a special equipment and jumped around while using his claws to input some information. Sometimes, he used both his claws and mouth at the same time. He maintained a small spread of his wings to stabilize his body.
Knight, Yue Lou and the others were resting and conserving their energy. Looking at the jumping Ghostclaw and Huimao who was squinting his eyes like he was asleep but would occasionally input some information, Knight sighed and said, "Sometimes, I feel like these animals are more intelligent than humans."
It was true. It was hard to imagine how a seemingly normal animal could be so capable.
The sensor equipment inside the cargo hold had been dealt with a long time ago, so they weren't afraid of being discovered. Normally speaking, no one would come to check before they arrived at the transport point.
Knight looked at the time. This transport plane would soon leave warp mode. After leaving warp mode, Silin and the others would only have a minute at most to carry out the final analysis.
"Soon." Ci Jincheng said in a comforting tone. He and Silin had already narrowed down the range by a lot. After the transport plane left warp mode, they would only need fifteen seconds at most to carry out the confirmation.
Knight silently counted the time. His estimation of time was very accurate. After the transport plane left warp mode, he counted another twelve seconds. Just as he finished counting to twelve seconds, Silin said, "Found it!"
This sentence was like an action command. The moment he finished, Silin and Ci Jincheng began to quickly pack up the instruments in their hands. Knight and the others had already activated their special protective suits. After a hand gesture, the cargo hold door opened and Knight led the way out. They already knew the layout of this transport plane like the back of their hands. While waiting for Silin and Ci Jincheng's confirmation, they began to rehearse their next move in their minds. Right now, they were merely repeating the rehearsal in their minds.
There was a hatch near the cargo hold. This was a hatch used specifically when transporting cargo. When Knight and the others approached the cabin door, the cabin door automatically opened. This was Ci Jincheng's doing. They had three seconds to 'blind' the carrier aircraft's defense network, and no one else on the carrier aircraft would know about this' blinding '.
The nine of them jumped out one after another. They turned invisible when they jumped out, which also allowed them to hide from radar and scanning equipment.
Huimao hooked Silin's arm with its tail. It did not spread its wings, too lazy to move.
On the other hand, Ghostclaw flew out without any space protective equipment after wearing a special breathing mask. However, it could directly turn invisible because of its own body.
"That guy isn't that useless after all." Huimao looked at Ghostclaw that was gripping Ci Jincheng's shoulder tightly and muttered.
There were very few animals that could fly in space without any protection. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Ci Jincheng brought Ghostclaw with him.
After confirming the planet, they flew slowly in that direction. Although they said it was slow, it was only relative to the transport plane and other tools. After all, the propellers on the protective suits were limited.
The Sixth Legion's patrol fleet would appear every now and then. Every time that happened, Silin and the others would stop and wait for the patrol fleet to pass before continuing their flight. The good thing was that there were no asteroid belts around, and there weren't many space objects floating in space. This area should have been cleaned frequently.
"We can't continue like this." Knight said as he watched another patrol fleet pass by.
Silin looked at Huimao who was lying on his arm as if he didn't hear Knight at all. He poked him and said, "It's time to shine."
Silin understood Huimao's thoughts very well. However, before this, it was indeed inadvisable to make too big of a move when the situation wasn't clear. Now that they knew the patrol fleet's general patrolling area, direction and time, they could speed up.
Huimao's ears turned and he raised his head to look at the few people who were advancing at a "turtle's pace". He grinned and said through the internal comms, "Fine, you guys are so pitiful. I'll help you guys."
Huimao didn't transform into his mighty form. Changing his form randomly could cause magnetic fluctuations which would be noticed by some of the long-range detectors on the planet. Huimao was aware of this.
Silin had the others take out their ropes. One end was held by Huimao, and the other end was tied to themselves.
"This will do." Huimao grabbed the rope and began to speed up.
With Huimao's help, their speed was indeed much faster. They only slowed down when they were close to the confirmed planet.
Inside the planet's surveillance station, the technicians were staring at the big screens in front of them.
"Is there anything unusual today?" Someone walked in from outside and asked.
"Nothing up until now. Other than the few patrols that passed by, there are no other abnormalities."
"Mn, don't let your guard down."
"Yes!"
While the technicians answered "yes" confidently, nine people had already sneaked through the external defense network and entered the planet.
The nine of them acted according to the plan they had discussed earlier and snuck into this enormous research base.
The research base was under the banner of military use, but the research inside might not be exposed to the public. Even the people of the Sixth Army only knew some things on the surface. They didn't know anything deeper, such as some research that had been banned by the League of Stars a long time ago.
Silin, Ci Jincheng, and Feng Haicao were in a group. In terms of shooting, Feng Haicao was not as good as Yue Lou. He was similar to Yue Lou in terms of stealth too. However, Feng Haicao was good in other aspects. This guy could hang upside down from the ceiling for a few hours without using any tools.
Ghostclaw did not follow them into the base. He stayed in the sky outside the base and reported what he saw and the information he could intercept to Ci Jincheng. They did not use the common language of the League of Stars when they talked to each other. Instead, they used a small language that no one knew which corner of the League of Stars was from. Even if they used a small language, Ci Jincheng still used some coded words when he was talking to Ghostclaw. If Ci Jincheng did not explain, even if the people could understand the small language, they would not know what Ci Jincheng was trying to express.
Silin and the other two hid in a corner of the base and did not go in recklessly.
Ci Jincheng looked at the information he had collected. There was no clear mention of "Nightmare Tapir" in the information he had stolen. However, there were some codes in the core experimental information that Ci Jincheng found suspicious. He circled three rune combinations and said to Silin, "One of these three rune combinations might refer to the 'Nightmare Tapir'."
Silin looked at the three rune combinations that Ci Jincheng circled and pointed at one of them. He said, "What information is there about this rune combination? I've seen this combination before. It should refer to something very confidential. "
"The thing that this rune combination refers to is over at the third zone of the base. However, the third zone doesn't take up a big area in this base. " The area was related to the degree of importance. The third zone of the base did not take up a big area. This also meant that the project that was being carried out in this zone was not what the main person in charge, Glair, valued. However, "Glair stayed in the third zone the longest."
Something was wrong!
There was definitely something wrong with the third zone. Correspondingly, there were a lot of access control devices around the third zone. Both Ci Jincheng and Silin had their ways to get in, but they did not dare to go in recklessly if Glair was there.
"Should we ask Knight and the others to cause some commotion over at the seventh zone and attract Glair there?" Ci Jincheng asked. Knight's operation team was very close to the seventh zone, and the seventh zone was a bit far away from the third zone. If Glair went there, it would give them some time to investigate the problem at the third zone.
"No, don't let Knight and the others do anything first." Silin looked at the information Ci Jincheng had compiled. The seventh zone was indeed a bit far from the third zone, but it was a problem to do something there without being discovered. Although Ci Jincheng had actually given Knight and the others some medicine and tools that could successfully cause certain things to happen at the experimental area, this wasn't the best outcome. Moreover, Glaier might not necessarily go there himself. Instead, he might directly lock down that area because that was where the virus experiments were being conducted there.
After looking at the current information and the general layout of the base, Silin pointed at the eighth zone and said, "It'll be better if we start from here."
The eighth zone's progress was related to biochemical beasts. It was an experimental project that this planet was using as a cover. Every military had such experimental projects, and there was no need to hide them. The eighth zone took up a larger area, at least on the surface. If there was a problem with the project on the surface, Glair would go over and take a look even if he had to put on an act. It was to show how important this project was to the researchers and appease them.
Silin did not think that everyone in this base knew about the 'Dream Tapir'. There must be a very small number of people here who knew about the 'Dream Tapir'. Only those who were truly involved in the core research of the 'Dream Tapir' knew the true purpose of this base's existence. From the looks of it, the researchers in the other experimental zones definitely did not know about the actual situation.
Ci Jincheng understood Silin's thoughts when Silin pointed it out, "This is a better target, but the problem is that the others are not close to the eighth zone."
The further they were, the higher the possibility of being exposed. This was a higher risk.
Silin turned to look at Huimao who was moving its claws on his shoulder, itching to try. He pointed at it and said to Ci Jincheng, "Just leave it to it."
Feng Haicao, who had not interjected all this while, looked at this fat cat suspiciously. He had a feeling that it was unreliable. With this cat's personality, who knew what kind of trouble it would cause.
It was obvious that Feng Haicao did not know Huimao very well. Huimao might look unreliable normally, but it was still very capable when it came to serious matters.
After some thought, Ci Jincheng agreed and informed the others about what might happen next.
To prevent Huimao from playing too much, Silin had purposely pinched one of the cat's ears and reminded it.
Forty minutes later, some trouble appeared at the eighth zone. It was said that something had gone wrong with the experiment. This kind of situation was more common in experiments like this, so the people in the other experimental zones were not surprised and ignored it. They were not in the mood to pay attention to the different experimental teams. At most, they would talk about it when they were bored.
At the eighth zone, after some experimental animals were captured from the supervision room and injected with drugs, the experimenters would place them in some special cages. There were some test boards on both sides of the cages, and some images would be projected on the test boards to stimulate these animals who had been injected with drugs. When they saw something they did not like, these experimental animals would reach out their claws and scratch the test boards hard. The test boards would then perform a series of analysis on the depth, width, and trajectory of the scratches.
Originally, the theoretical effect of the drug that had just been injected was very satisfactory. But now, it was unknown if the animals in the cages were terrified or had other thoughts. In short, their emotions were abnormal. Starting from the leopard in the middle, this anxiety spread. The test boards were quickly scratched, and the reflected data was arranged into a series of charts by the computer and displayed on the screens in front of the experimenters.
The abnormal data caused the experimenters at the eighth zone to panic.
Meanwhile, over at the third zone.
"Leader, there's a problem with the biochemical beast project. Right now, the experimenters over there can't control the emotions of the experimental animals at all. This goes against the theory."
"In other words, it failed again?" Glyer said slowly from his chair. No emotion could be heard from his voice.
"Yes … that's right." The person standing in front of Glyer was sweating on his forehead. He did not know what was going on over there. Moreover, similar situations were common in experiments like this, but he felt a lot of pressure when facing Glyer.
Glyer sighed mockingly and stood up, "Let's go take a look, lest they report to the higher-ups that I'm neglecting them again."
The mission was a success. Huimao squatted in a corner and watched the reactions of these people proudly. It didn't actually do anything, it just farted at the experimental animals in the cages. Then, the experimental animals started to go crazy.
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