Chapter 495 Report

“Major Zhang Kui, I am General Su Ming, and this is my identification.”

Su Ming, with a serious expression, took out his officer card and showed it to Major Zhang Kui.

Major Zhang Kui was instantly stunned, immediately stood at attention, and saluted Su Ming.

“Commander Su Ming, allow me to verify it!”

“Mm.”

Su Ming nodded slightly in response.

Major Zhang Kui quickly performed a remote anti-counterfeiting verification on the officer card. The verification quickly passed, but he looked at Su Ming’s face and said with some hesitation.

“General Su Ming, the identity card verification was successful, but your face…”

“Are you referring to these bloodstains? These are caused by pollution. Is there a problem?”

Su Ming replied calmly.

“No problem, just tell me what you need!”

Major Zhang Kui replied, extremely nervous.

In fact, it was no wonder Zhang Kui was so nervous. How could commanders of these border defense lines have the opportunity to speak with an officer of such a high military rank?

“I now order you to immediately grant us passage and let us in.”

Su Ming then issued the order to Major Zhang Kui.

“No problem, entering is very easy.”

“Is departing very troublesome?”

“Yes, the Federal Government is currently under strict control!”

Zhang Kui quickly explained.

“I know. You must keep our entry confidential.”

Su Ming pondered for a moment, then used his authority.

“Yes!”

Zhang Kui immediately responded with a solemn tone.

Su Ming nodded, then cut off the communication.

“You are General Su Ming?”

Dan Jie and the others were dumbfounded, looking at Su Ming with extreme shock and asking.

They hadn’t expected that the man in front of them was actually General Su Ming. It was truly unbelievable.

“Mm, remember to keep it confidential, or the consequences will be severe.”

Su Ming smiled and said to Dan Jie and the others.

“Definitely!”

Dan Jie and the others nodded frantically in response.

Soon, the Gray Rat successfully entered the defense line, but it did not stop for rest within the defense line. Instead, it flew directly towards the Third Planet.

—

Starlight City · Interstellar Airport.

The Gray Rat slowly descended from the sky and docked in the designated berthing area.

The underground connecting tunnel rose, aligning with the exit.

Click!

The exit opened.

Su Ming, wearing a mask, walked out of the exit and entered the underground tunnel, quickly arriving at the Interstellar Airport exit.

The entire exit area was particularly lively, filled with arriving passengers and people picking up ships.

Su Ming stood in place, looking at the scene before him. His tense nerves completely relaxed, and his mind was somewhat in a trance, feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

“Hoo~”

Su Ming exhaled slightly. Just as he raised his wristband to send a message to Lord Long Bai and Rhine, he suddenly stopped.

He had a change of thought: the Federal Government’s information network was not secure recently, and sending messages out could easily be intercepted. So, he walked towards the taxi waiting area.

Soon, he got into a black hover taxi.

“Sir, where to?”

“District A1, Government Administrative Building.”

“Alright!”

The driver uncle smiled and started the vehicle, driving towards the underground exit.

A few minutes later, the hover taxi drove out of the underground tunnel. Towering modern buildings came into view, and virtual billboards in mid-air continuously played promotional advertisements for the Federal Government.

It truly was a case of no comparison, no harm.

Su Ming watched for a while, then raised his wristband and logged into the Star Cluster Forum.

However, when he saw the main interface of the Star Cluster Forum, a very surprised expression appeared on his face.

The entire forum was a mess, with various chaotic posts appearing.

“Breaking News! City Lord Gakels, overcoming all objections, signed a 120 trillion federal currency economic recovery plan! The Federal Government is expected to end its slump and become great again!”

“Latest News! The Federal Council is about to announce its dissolution!”

“Shocking News! Councilor Ataraxi successfully elected Council Speaker of the Federal Government, about to issue new policies! Currently in urgent need of political donations, please donate generously…”

“Serious Accusation! The Council is too arrogant, frequently provoking the Dark Star Empire and the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom!”

“Shocking Inside Story! City Lord Gakels imprisoned Council Speaker Long Xian.”

At the same time, a striking prompt was prominently displayed at the top of the forum.

“All information on this forum is for entertainment purposes only. Please exercise your own judgment!”

Su Ming looked at this prompt, a very strange expression on his face. Then he tried searching for the keywords “Su Ming” to find information about himself.

Soon, thousands of related posts appeared, several of which had very high popularity.

“Extra! General Su Ming and this young lady tied the knot yesterday. Everyone, please wish us well.”

This post also included a photo: a rich woman weighing over two hundred pounds, hugging Su Ming for a group photo.

The moment Su Ming saw the photo, his lips twitched.

However, fortunately, there were millions of abusive comments below the post, so he didn’t bother to comment further.

The second post stated that after General Su Ming resolved the Tidal Star Sea crisis, he lavished hundreds of billions of federal currency on Miss Hillis, ultimately winning the beauty, and had already gone to Saint Jocks to live in seclusion.

The third post stated: Latest news, General Su Ming appeared in the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom and killed a certain Saint Eleanor Knight of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom.

Su Ming then clicked on the third post and glanced at it, seeing an overwhelming number of comments below.

“We’re not idiots, don’t make up such childish news!”

“Damn it, do you really think we’re three-year-olds?”

“These days, information is unreadable, it’s all fake news, videos are also synthesized. I could even be the Council Speaker.”

“Exactly, let’s just read newspapers.”

Su Ming quickly skimmed through, took a deep breath, and suppressed his surging emotions.

He probably guessed what was going on.

It was obvious that the virtual network had been breached by the Mechanical Clan, and the Federal Government had no way to deal with the rumors spread by the enemy. So they simply opened up the forum and actively flooded it with a large amount of exaggerated false information.

When the public saw those exaggerated false information, they could recognize it at a glance, which would generate a sense of confidence, making them feel that they would not be fooled.

All information published on the forum was false, and even the rumors spread by the Mechanical Clan would be considered false information by them.

Of course, this also had its drawbacks, which was that a highly impartial forum was ruined, becoming a forum for entertainment gossip.

Now, all public information from the Federal Government is disseminated in the form of newspapers. The advantage of this is that it is controllable and the content is not easily tampered with.

This is also why the Federal Government has always maintained the existence of newspapers; at critical moments, these primitive things are relatively more reliable.

“Sir, we’ve arrived!”

At this moment, the driver uncle stopped the car and said to Su Ming.

“Thank you.”

Su Ming took out cash from his wallet and handed it to the driver uncle. After getting his change, he opened the car door and stepped out.

He walked towards the main gate of the Federal Government, seeing two Tier 4 Mecha · Shadow Slayers standing on either side of the entrance. Officers wearing Third Generation Exoskeleton Armor were checking the identity of every person entering, verifying their ID cards.

Su Ming frowned slightly; the Council’s security had been upgraded. Normally, only soldiers guarded this place.

He then stepped forward, took out his ID card, and handed it over.

The captain responsible for the verification took Su Ming’s ID card, verified its authenticity, and returned the card to Su Ming, saying.

“General, please enter.”

“Mm!”

Su Ming took his ID card and walked in.

Although he had been missing for over a year, due to the Federal Government’s early public announcement that he had been found and was recuperating, coupled with the widespread rumors, most people thought he was enjoying himself somewhere. The true inside story was only known by those at the top.

A moment later, Su Ming arrived on the third floor of the Council Tower.

It was still incredibly lively here, with many officers approving military merits. Of course, this also indirectly reflected that the Federal Government was caught in a whirlpool of war.

Su Ming took his ID card and entered the audit room through a small door.

At this moment, Roggard saw Su Ming enter and asked with confusion.

“You are?”

“It’s me.”

Su Ming took off his mask and replied.

“Su Ming?”

Roggard’s eyes widened, his face filled with an incredulous expression.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Wait, didn’t I hear you died? Or did I remember wrong?”

Roggard felt his thoughts were a bit muddled.

“I didn’t die, it’s all rumors. Is Lord Long Bai here?”

Su Ming awkwardly changed the subject.

“Lord Long Bai is not here. She went to the front lines for support.”

Roggard explained to Su Ming.

Su Ming heard Roggard’s words, sighed slightly, and said.

“Mm, then I’ll take my leave.”

“Okay.”

Roggard nodded in response.

Su Ming turned and left the audit room, walking towards the elevator ahead, thinking silently with his head down.

If Dragon White wasn’t in the Federal Government, who should he report to?

At this moment, the image of Vice City Lord Okens appeared in Su Ming’s mind. His eyes immediately lit up, and he decided to go find him.

Soon after, Su Ming arrived at the corridor of Vice City Lord Okens’s office.

He saw that Okins’s office door was ajar, and five officials waiting to report were outside.

Su Ming approached the office, and from inside, he heard Okins’s furious roar.

“Are you all useless? I asked you to do something, and not a single one of you can do it well, nor can any of you make me worry less! Look at what you’ve done, letting the enemy walk away brazenly right in front of you, and then arresting our own people. Are your brains made of pig?”

“Lord Okins, please listen to our explanation. Their technology is better than ours; they tampered with critical information.”

“Tampered with critical information, and you don’t have the ability to distinguish? Is it true that one day they’ll change me into a wanted criminal, and you’ll also arrest me?”

“No, we wouldn’t dare, it’s just because the enemy is too strong.”

“Too strong? Are you idiots? Can’t you use manual and physical identification? Don’t we have a complete set of emergency plans? The Federal Government conducts drills in this area every year. Didn’t you report with full confidence every time that the drills were very successful? Why are there so many errors now?”

“Lord Okins, it’s just that it’s been over a hundred years since we last implemented the manual identification plan. We haven’t used those plans for so long, and the people below are really rusty, and…”

“And what?”

“And some of our physically preserved archives have been damaged due to lack of maintenance over the years, and some documents have been lost.”

The subordinates present reported with their heads shrunk.

Okins exploded upon hearing his subordinates’ report, roaring like a shrew.

“Get out, get out! Get out! If you can’t complete it, don’t come back.”

Su Ming heard Okins’s roar, and a rather strange expression appeared on his face as well. He hadn’t expected that the usually gentle Vice City Lord Okens would be so fierce when he lost his temper, with all his subordinates scurrying like mice seeing a cat.

At this moment, the ajar door opened, and several officials left in terror. Immediately after, Secretary Nan Ying walked out and said to the waiting officials.

“Next.”

The five officials waiting at the door immediately started to make excuses.

“I’m not ready yet, why don’t you go in first.”

“I seem to have missed a document, I’ll go find it first, why don’t you all go ahead.”

Although the work they had in hand had to be reported, even an idiot could see that Lord Okins was in a furious rage. Going in to report at this time would be walking into a trap, especially since none of the matters they were reporting were good news.

They had to wait until Lord Okins’s anger subsided a bit before going in.

At this moment, Okins’s irritated voice came from inside the office.

“Where is everyone? Next!”

“I’ll go first.”

Seeing the situation, Su Ming walked forward.

“Follow me.”

Nan Ying looked at Su Ming with confusion, feeling a sense of familiarity, but since Su Ming was wearing a mask, she couldn’t recognize him for a moment.

Su Ming followed Secretary Nan Ying into the office.

At this moment, Okins was reviewing a document with extreme frustration.

Su Ming walked and stood in front of Okins, quietly watching him review documents.

“Where are the documents?”

Okins impatiently asked when the reporting official who came in didn’t hand over the report documents for a long time.

“Lord Okins.”

Su Ming said with a smile.

“Who are you?”

Okins was also startled when he heard Su Ming’s voice. He then looked up at Su Ming, and the more he looked, the more familiar Su Ming seemed. He instinctively stood up.

Su Ming smiled and took off his mask, revealing his face.

“Su Ming!”

Okins was instantly stunned, then walked forward excitedly and gave Su Ming a hug.

“Lord Okins, don’t be so emotional.”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“No, you brat aren’t dead!”

Okins said with extreme excitement.

Although the official news stated that Su Ming had been found and was recuperating in a secret base, it couldn’t hide the truth from people like Okins. They were all well aware of the inside story.

“I’m tough, I don’t die that easily.”

Su Ming replied with a chuckle.

“Wait, what are those bloodstains on your face?”

Okins suddenly noticed the bloodstains on Su Ming’s face and asked with concern.

“Overuse of the bio-mecha, caused by contamination.”

Su Ming replied with a bitter smile.

“Are you alright then?”

“Temporarily, yes.”

“Where have you been all these years, and what happened?”

“That’s a long story, a bit hard to explain in a few words.”

“Then let’s not talk about that for now. I’ll take you to see City Lord Gakels. You’ve truly made a great contribution in the Tidal Star Sea battle, the Federation will definitely commend you heavily.”

Okins said excitedly.

“Alright!”

Su Ming put his mask back on.

“No work today. For officials who have reports, just have them send the documents up. I’ll deal with them later when I get back.”

Okins turned to Secretary Nan Ying and said.

“Yes!”

Secretary Nan Ying replied respectfully.

Okins hurriedly left the office with Su Ming.

Soon, Su Ming was led by Okins to the entrance of Gakels’s office. However, as soon as the two approached the office, they heard a gloomy scolding voice coming from inside.

“How are you people doing your job? The tax collected this year is not even half of what it should be?”

“Lord Gakels, the people below are not cooperating and keep complaining about having no money. And according to our investigation, many of them have transferred funds, and some have even fled to Saint Joe for refuge.”

“A bunch of fence-sitters! Didn’t I tell you to blockade the borders and capital flow?”

“We did, but it was useless. They used Morris Interstellar Bank and various fake identities to get out.”

“Sigh~”

Upon hearing his subordinate’s report, Gakels slammed the teacup he was holding onto the table.

Crack!

The entire teacup instantly shattered into pieces, and Gakels’s hand was directly cut by the broken porcelain, bleeding profusely.

The many officials who were reporting their work all turned pale with fright.

“City Lord, your hand!”

Secretary Cloud Soft said, her expression slightly changing as she stepped forward.

“It’s nothing. Why are you still standing there? Go down and try every possible way to recover it for me!”

Gakels scolded the trembling officials.

“Yes.”

These officials left in a panic, as if they had been saved.

At this moment, Cloud Soft also walked out of the office and called out.

“Ming Qi!”

Soon, a male physician carrying a medical kit rushed over from the adjacent lounge.

However, just as the physician was about to enter.

Okins stepped forward, stopped him, and said.

“Just give me the medical kit, you can go.”

“Uh, yes.”

Ming Qi was slightly startled, then handed the medical kit to Okins.

Cloud Soft was also surprised to see Okins, but she didn’t say anything, only greeted him respectfully.

“Lord Okins.”

“Hmm, Cloud Soft, you wait outside and don’t let anyone disturb us. Leave the rest to me.”

Okins instructed Cloud Soft.

“Alright!”

Although Cloud Soft didn’t understand what Okins was going to do, she agreed immediately.

Okins then led Su Ming into the office and closed the door.

At this moment, Gakels, seeing Okins enter with someone, said exhaustedly.

“Okins, look at the state of the people below? Not a single one of them gives me peace of mind.”

“Sigh~ The situation on my side is pretty much the same. Don’t get angry over these people, it’s not worth damaging your health. Let me treat your wound.”

Okins said, walking forward with the medical kit.

Upon hearing Okins’s words, Su Ming’s expression was also very interesting. He didn’t know who had just been throwing a tantrum, and now he was advising Gakels not to be angry. For a moment, he also smiled.

At this moment, Gakels’s gaze fell on Su Ming, and the more he looked, the wider his eyes widened.

“You are, Su Ming?”

“Yes, City Lord Gakels!”

Su Ming took off his mask and greeted him with a smile.

Gakels’s old face showed an incredibly excited expression, completely disregarding Okins bandaging his hand, and immediately stepped forward and said.

“Su Ming, you’re not dead!”

“Not dead.”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“That’s great, it’s really great that you’re not dead. Where have you been all this past year, and what exactly happened back then? We searched everywhere, but couldn’t find you, and we thought you were dead.”

Gakels asked curiously.

“Yes, what exactly happened?”

Okins also asked.

“It’s like this: that day, the VI Type Lord-level Kirami, Buchen, led a large force of Kirami troops to attack. We went to intercept them, but Buchen was too strong, no one could stop it. There was nothing else to do, so I lured it away. As a result, that guy targeted me, and I couldn’t shake it off no matter what, so I could only lead it to a black hole. Later, we fought inside the black hole’s gravitational field, and after finally getting rid of it, I fell into the black hole.”

Su Ming explained to the two with a bitter smile.

Gakels and Okins, upon hearing Su Ming’s words, both had expressions of disbelief and said in astonishment.

“Did I hear that right? You killed Buchen?”

“Yes!”

“You fell into a black hole and didn’t die?”

“Yes, is there a problem?”

Su Ming asked curiously.

“No problem, what happened next?”

Gakels and Okins both didn’t know what to say. Without the VI generation mecha having been released, Su Ming had actually killed a VI Type Kirami by leapfrogging levels, and even survived a black hole.

“When I woke up, I was on Kamote Planet, behind the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom, rescued by a very small rebel force. Later, I saw that they were quite pitiful, so I led them in a rebellion, overthrew the rule of Katni Base City, and finally joined the Theological Corps.”

“Hmm.”

“Later, the Theological Corps allied with the Old King Army, preparing to jointly attack the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s underground base on Saint Timan Planet. This base was the production facility for the Silver Executor and the Red Nu Spear. I helped them out, took down that place, and incidentally killed Saint Eleanor Knights Byrut! After that, I fell into a coma for over five months due to excessive use of the bio-mecha. When I woke up, after a period of recuperation, I asked them to send me back.”

Su Ming briefly recounted his experiences to the two.

Gakels and Okins listened, their minds somewhat dazed, feeling as if they were dreaming, it was too unreal.

“Lord Gakels, Lord Okins, why aren’t you speaking?”

Su Ming, seeing that the two hadn’t said anything for a long time, coughed and asked.

“Let me process this. Are you saying you took down the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s secret production base?”

Gakels was having trouble processing it all at once.

“Yes, I took it down with the resistance army.”

“You also killed Byrut?”

“Yes.”

Su Ming replied somewhat awkwardly.

At this moment, Gakels took a deep breath, suppressed his surging emotions, and said to Su Ming.

“Good, you’ve done too well. I’ll remember these merits for you. When Lord Long Bai returns, you will definitely be heavily rewarded!”

“Thank you, Lord Gakels. Besides that, I have one more important matter to report.”

Su Ming said with a very serious expression.

“Speak.”

“When Celes and I attacked Saint Mandi Planet, we obtained some information from within their ranks. The reason the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom can mass-produce Silver Executor and Red Nu Spear is because they excavated a very special resource planet, and the location of this resource planet is deep within the Qilami Clan’s territory. Also, the previous Abyss of Fallen and Tidal Star Sea incidents both involved the Qilami Clan cooperating in the attacks. All these signs indicate that Emperor Van Lo is colluding with the Qilami Clan.”

“Sigh~ What you’re saying, I’m well aware of it.”

Gakels also sighed helplessly after hearing Su Ming’s report.

“Then what should we do next?”

Su Ming asked calmly.

“Don’t spread this matter externally for now. It’s enough for us to know. Exposing it now is useless; Van Lo won’t admit it, and the people of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom won’t believe it. We can only wait for the right opportunity.”

Gakels thought for a moment and instructed Su Ming.

“Alright!”

“You’ve worked hard!”

Gakels also extended his left hand and heavily patted Su Ming’s shoulder.

“It’s no hardship, just doing my duty. By the way, Lord Gakels, how is the front line situation?”

“Sigh~ It’s all unsatisfactory. Especially the Wormhole Spacetime, the defense line has already been breached. Lord Long Bai could only lead the Thirteenth Corps to reinforce, helping the Wormhole Time-Space Defense Line forces retreat to the Shabask Kingdom, preparing to establish a new defensive line there.”

Gakels explained to Su Ming.

“It was breached? Wasn’t there countless weapons and troops stockpiled there?”

Su Ming’s face was full of disbelief when he heard this news. He knew better than anyone how many troops were stockpiled at the Wormhole Spacetime.

“There’s nothing we can do, the Mechanical Clan came prepared this time.”

“Then isn’t the Federation currently surrounded on all sides?”

“Yes! It’s truly a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs!”

Gakels lamented helplessly.

“Then how should we respond?”

“Sigh~ If there were only Dark Star and Apocalypse, it wouldn’t be a cause for concern. The real danger is the Mechanical Clan and the Qilami Clan. These two races are the most dangerous. Don’t think that their attacks have been blocked by us; in fact, this isn’t their true strength.”

“Ah? This isn’t their true strength? Then how strong are they?”

Su Ming was also surprised and took the opportunity to ask.

“You don’t know, back then when Council Speaker Long Xian led the troops to attack these two races, Apocalypse and Dark Star Empire were both our people. But now the situation is different; Apocalypse and Dark Star have sided with those two races and are attacking us. And the worst part is, when Council Speaker Long Xian fought the two races back then, their clan leaders were already VI Type Emperor-level existences. Although they were both severely wounded by Council Speaker Long Xian, so many years have passed, and those two clan leaders might have become even stronger.”

Gakels said with a terrible headache.

“No way, then what are we even fighting for? Isn’t there no chance of winning at all?”

Su Ming was dumbfounded hearing this. Isn’t this a dead end?

Humanity, under the leadership of Council Speaker Long Xian, barely won when the three nations combined forces to fight the two races.

Now, Council Speaker Long Xian’s fate is unknown, Dark Star and Apocalypse have both sided with the enemy, and the Qilami Clan and Mechanical Clan are still growing stronger. This is simply a guaranteed loss.

“Not necessarily, the Federation also has means to cope, it hasn’t reached that point yet.”

Gakels coughed and said to Su Ming.

“That’s good then!”

Upon hearing this, Su Ming immediately realized that the Federation was indeed secretly preparing something, and the missing funds over the years must have been brewing something.

“You don’t have to worry about these things; we will handle them,” Gakels said with a sigh.

At this moment, Su Ming’s mind stirred, and he said, “Lord Gakels, actually, I have a suggestion.”

“Speak!”

“There’s a saying: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my ally.’ We can totally cooperate with the Holy Army within the Dark Star Empire and the Old King Army of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom. As long as we provide them with some weapons and funding, they can help us contain the Dark Star Emperor and the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom, and we won’t be surrounded on all sides.”

“Oh, that won’t work! You don’t know the situation. We sent people to contact those two groups a long time ago. These people are simply stubborn; they refuse to cooperate no matter what we say!” Gakels cursed, clearly annoyed.

“Times have changed. If Lord Gakels, you think it’s feasible, I can make this happen!” Su Ming said to Gakels.

“You can convince them?” Gakels looked at Su Ming with a face full of disbelief.

“Mm!” Su Ming nodded, assuring him.

“That’s great then. I’ll leave this matter to you.” Gakels took a deep breath and said to Su Ming.

“Yes.” Su Ming replied seriously.

“Oh, by the way, what’s wrong with your face?” Gakels suddenly noticed the contaminated bloodstains on Su Ming’s face and asked with concern.

“Overloading the biological mecha caused severe contamination to my body,” Su Ming replied with a wry smile.

After hearing this, Gakels asked Su Ming with a pained expression, “Will it be life-threatening?”

“Not for now, but before it’s healed, I probably won’t be able to control a biological mecha for combat,” Su Ming replied, shaking his head.

Gakels felt a bit regretful upon hearing this, but he still extended his left hand and lightly patted Su Ming’s shoulder, saying, “Su Ming, don’t go anywhere recently. Just stay in the Light of Hope Laboratory for treatment and recover your body!”

“Okay!” Su Ming nodded.

“Also, try to keep your return as confidential as possible. The Federal Government is in chaos right now, and it’s not very safe,” Gakels warned with a serious expression.

In fact, Gakels’ eyelids had been twitching violently recently, and he constantly had a bad premonition. Therefore, he wanted to keep Su Ming’s return a secret.

“Understood.” Su Ming responded.

“Okins, personally escort Su Ming to the Light of Hope Laboratory and handle the aftermath,” Gakels turned and said to Okins.

“No problem!” Okins replied with a smile.

—

Light of Hope Laboratory.

Dr. Blacks stood in front of a 50-meter-tall, silver metallic control panel, his cold eyes fixed on the data displayed on the screen, a hint of anger on his face.

Dr. Martin Di and others stood behind him, trembling with fear, not daring to breathe, afraid of startling Dr. Blacks. It was well known that the recent experimental progress had been very unsuccessful, and Blacks was in a very bad mood.

At this moment, Dr. Lin Jie hurried in and whispered to Dr. Martin Di, “Lord Martin Di.”

“Lin Jie, what is it?” Martin Di replied in a low voice.

“A package for Lord Blacks has been delivered outside.”

“I thought it was something important. Just sign for it and put it aside; I’ll tell Lord Blacks later.”

“No, this package explicitly requires Lord Blacks to sign for it personally.”

“Are you being stubborn? Didn’t you see that the Lord’s experiment isn’t progressing well? If you go and disturb him now, and you anger him, we’ll be dead!”

“I can’t help it. That package uses a very high clearance level; Lord Blacks must sign for it personally. And what if that package is very important to the Lord?” Lin Jie was also in a difficult position, feeling that whatever she did was wrong.

Dr. Martin Di’s expression changed several times, and finally, he could only grit his teeth and say, “Alright, wait for me here.”

“Okay.” Lin Jie immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Dr. Martin Di walked forward nervously and cautiously, saying to Blacks, “Lord, you have a package that has arrived and requires your personal signature.”

Blacks heard Dr. Martin Di’s words, turned his head, and looked at him coldly.

“Where?”

“It’s in the hangar,” Lin Jie quickly stepped forward and said.

After hearing this, Blacks immediately turned and walked towards the hangar.

Dr. Martin Di and the others quickly followed, their hearts involuntarily tensing up, silently praying that this package was indeed very important, otherwise, they would be dead.

Soon, Blacks and the others arrived in the hangar and saw a huge metal mechanical box.

“Open it!” Blacks said coldly.

Dr. Martin Di immediately manipulated the mechanical arm and pressed a button on it.

Click!

The entire metal mechanical box opened automatically, and the pseudo VI generation biological mecha · Ilyinas, holding the Dragonic Spear, majestically appeared.

Dr. Blacks, upon seeing the evolved Ilyinas, his cold face immediately showed a rare expression of surprise; he was also shocked.

Dr. Martin Di and the others widened their eyes and said in horror, “Ilyinas seems to have evolved!”

“Look, she’s even holding a weapon in her hand! It looks so advanced!” Lin Jie also added.

At this moment, Dr. Martin Di suddenly noticed that there were no suppression devices on Ilyinas, and immediately cried out in terror, “Lord, it’s dangerous! The suppression device for this mecha is gone.”

Lin Jie and the others, hearing Dr. Martin Di’s words, all turned pale with fright.

Blacks, however, was very calm, and then he coldly reprimanded, “What are you panicking about? If it were going to go berserk, it would have already.”

Dr. Martin Di and the others were also stunned when they heard Blacks’ words. It seemed he was right.

However, just as Dr. Martin Di and the others relaxed slightly, Ilyinas’s cockpit suddenly opened.

“Ah!” Dr. Martin Di and the others retreated in fear.

“Don’t be afraid, it’s me. This young lady is back.” Celes put on her outer shell and floated down from the cockpit.

“Celes, where’s Su Ming?” Blacks asked, his eyes flickering as he looked at Celes.

“Hmph, you only care about him and don’t even ask about me. I won’t tell you.” Celes pouted in annoyance.

Blacks didn’t care that Celes wouldn’t tell him. Instead, he looked up and began observing the evolved Ilyinas.

Inside the main hall of Light of Hope Laboratory Building 1.

Borden was listless, his head drooping, full of negative energy, moving like a walking corpse.

At this moment, some researchers nearby saw him and whispered amongst themselves, “What’s wrong with Lord Borden?”

“Don’t you know? Lord Borden seems to have messed something up and was scolded terribly by Lord Blacks!”

“No way, that bad!”

At this time, Su Ming entered Light of Hope Laboratory Building 1 and walked towards the elevator.

Then he ran into Borden and greeted him with a smile, “Dr. Borden, long time no see!”

“Long time no see.” Dr. Borden replied spiritlessly.

Su Ming saw Borden’s lifelessness and was also puzzled. What was wrong with him?

However, Su Ming didn’t have time to ask now, so he continued walking forward.

At this moment, Borden stopped, looked up in surprise at Su Ming walking ahead, then reacted, his eyes wide, and excitedly chased after him, shouting, “Su Ming?”

“What is it?” Su Ming stopped and turned to look at Borden, who had caught up to him.

“It really is you! You’re not dead!” Borden excitedly reached out and embraced Su Ming.

“Stop! Dr. Borden, I know you’re happy, but don’t do this; it’s easy for people to misunderstand,” Su Ming said to Borden awkwardly.

“I’m not dreaming; you’re actually still alive.” Borden suddenly felt his life was full of hope again, speaking somewhat incoherently.

“It’s not a dream. By the way, where’s Lord Blacks?” Su Ming asked with a smile.

“Lord Blacks went to the hangar. I’ll take you to him,” Borden said excitedly to Su Ming.

“Okay!” Su Ming replied with a smile.

“This way please!” Borden immediately led Su Ming towards the hangar.

As they walked down a long corridor, Aris, Fumson, and Martha walked towards them.

“Hi!” Su Ming greeted Aris.

“Mm!” Aris responded coolly, and he and Fumson passed Su Ming.

However, after walking a few steps, the three of them subconsciously stopped.

“Aris, was that Su Ming who just greeted you?” Martha asked in surprise.

Aris immediately turned to look at Su Ming, who was walking away, and said in shock, “It’s him!”

“How is he still alive?” Fumson said with an incredulous expression.

They had seen top-secret combat videos where Su Ming was chased and killed by a Type VI Lord-level Kirami · Buchen; it was normally impossible for him to survive.

“I knew he wouldn’t die that easily. He’s truly the goal I pursue,” Aris said, his eyes flickering.

A moment later, Su Ming and Borden arrived at the hangar and immediately saw Blacks observing Ilyinas. Su Ming then called out, “Lord Blacks.”

Blacks turned to look at Su Ming walking over, his cold eyes flickering, and he spoke in a good mood, “You’re back.”

“Mm.” Su Ming nodded with a smile.

“Tell me, what’s the situation with Ilyinas?” Blacks said calmly.

“Celes, didn’t she tell you?” Su Ming was also a bit surprised.

“Hmph, I won’t tell him. You tell him yourself,” Celes replied somewhat angrily.

Su Ming helplessly said to Blacks, “It’s like this: Ilyinas evolved after devouring a Type VI Lord-level Kirami · Buchen.”

“Devouring evolution? Then why isn’t there a suppression device, and it didn’t go berserk?” Blacks asked in a deep voice.

“I gained Ilyinas’s recognition and formed a contract with it, so it won’t go berserk,” Su Ming replied with a smile.

Blacks wasn’t too surprised upon hearing this. Instead, he nodded and said, “It’s indeed the same situation as Aris.”

“Aris also gained recognition? Not bad!” Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Let’s not talk about that. Why is the contamination on your body so severe?” Blacks asked, frowning as he looked at the bloodstains on Su Ming’s skin.

“What else could it be? Overloading the biological mecha. I was already badly injured from fighting Buchen, and then I encountered some inconsiderate guy, so I fought him. But fortunately, he gave me a weapon, so it wasn’t a loss,” Su Ming replied with a smile.

“This weapon is no ordinary item; it’s very advanced,” Blacks said, glancing at the Dragonic Spear.

“The Dragonic Spear, the pinnacle work of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom,” Su Ming introduced proudly.