Wei Shi and Qin Chen never expected that they would encounter such a scene.
Linado is the daughter of Elder Lilith.
When they received the commission from the other party to collect evidence of her husband's infidelity, Wei Shi thought it was a good opportunity.
With the help of this commission, they can approach Linado in the least suspicious way, and maybe take the opportunity to contact the Elder Council and obtain information about the Seventh Base.
However, as the task progresses.
Wei Shi soon discovered that Linado, who kept claiming to have been betrayed, seemed to be hiding some secrets.
Three or four days a week, she would spend the night in a villa outside the central city.
In order to investigate the truth, Wei Shi and Qin Chen discussed and decided to go to the villa at night to find out what was going on.
And the facts were just as they expected—Linaldo also betrayed her marriage.
The man living in this villa, Edfu, is her secret lover.
Qin Chen and Wei Shi looked at each other in the storage room and both felt relieved. As long as it didn't involve the Elder Council and the Seventh Base, it would be fine.
"Let's find a chance to sneak out."
Wei Shi used two fingers to make a walking gesture, and opened and closed his mouth: "Don't get caught."
Qin Chen was about to nod when he noticed that Wei Shi opened his eyes wide and looked outside along his line of sight:
A mysterious masked man knocked Edfu unconscious.
What made Wei Shi even more nervous was that although they had been holding their breath cautiously, the other party still discovered their presence.
"It's okay. Don't worry."
Qin Chen held Wei Shi's cold fingers and consoled him in a low voice.
Wei Shi forced a smile with difficulty.
The two of them slowly walked out of the storage room.
The young man with a scorpion braid was standing at the door, with a clown mask with an exaggerated smile facing their position. It was obvious that he knew where they were and had been waiting for them to come out.
Qin Chen felt heavy in his heart.
Although he was just comforting Wei Shi, the moment the mysterious man attacked Edfu, he knew that he was no match for the mysterious man.
Although Wei Shi had seen all this through the crack in the storage room door before, the narrow gap still blocked part of his view.
His eyes quickly swept over the unconscious Edfu, then looked at the mysterious young man with a calm demeanor, and immediately said in a friendly tone: "Don't worry! We won't tell anyone anything!"
Wei Shi had been at the bottom of the base before, so he knew what kind of people should not be provoked, and he also knew how to survive.
He tugged at Qin Chen's sleeve, trying to pull him behind him to avoid any conflict between the two sides.
Qin Chen did not speak out to disrupt Wei Shi's plan, but he also had no intention of hiding behind him. He did not move at all, standing firmly in front of Wei Shi to protect him.
Yaxiao didn't care about the two people's little movements at all. He just heard the movement in the storage room just now and didn't know who it was. After seeing Wei Shi and Qin Chen appear, Yaxiao's mouth corners behind the mask curved slightly.
What a coincidence.
"It's okay. It's okay if you tell others."
Wei Shi was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw the mysterious man holding Edfu's collar, walking up to them, and throwing Edfu in front of the two of them.
"This is… "
Wei Shi looked a little hesitant.
"He's a nasty, nasty wretch."
Yaxiao pointed at the unconscious man on the ground and explained in a drawn-out tone: "I have never met him before, but he paid the Black Scorpion Organization to kill me. This is really infuriating, don't you think?"
"But I am a law-abiding person and I won't attack anyone casually, so could you please escort him to the military?" He paused and said with a hint of smile: "You will help me, right?"
On the surface, Edfu was just an ordinary man, and it was impossible for him to undergo a random bone examination.
When dealing with an ordinary citizen who has done nothing wrong, Yaxiao would not hand him over to the military as the Black Scorpion did and leave him alone. If the elder's daughter finds a way to bail Edfu out, it will only make things more troublesome.
And if it was directly handed over to Qin Qi for detention, Qin Qi would inevitably have to argue with Linaduo without any reason.
In comparison, the easiest way is to deal with Edfu as a victim of a murder he hired to kill. Edfu, who has committed a criminal case, will not be released on bail so easily.
But Yaxiao had work to do during the day, and it was inconvenient for an adult to come forward to testify at night. He was already worrying about this when Wei Shi and Qin Chen bumped into him.
I have to say, it’s really such a coincidence.
Send Edfu to the military
Wei Shi and Qin Chen looked at each other. They did not expect that the mysterious man in front of them would make such a request.
"May I?"
The masked young man repeated it again with a smile.
"sure."
Wei Shi nodded, and pulled Qin Chen who wanted to interrupt, showing that he was very sensible, "Don't worry, I will definitely hand him over to the military and explain the reason clearly."
"I won't say anything I shouldn't."
"Thank you very much."
Yaxiao's eyes curved behind the mask, "In that case, I'll leave first."
As he said this, he turned and left the villa. Just after taking a step, Yashao remembered something. He squatted down and pinched the back of Edfu's neck.
—Click
"Just to prevent him from waking up halfway."
In response to Wei Shi's slightly wary look, Ya Xiao explained with his eyes squinted.
Then he clapped his hands and left briskly.
Only Wei Shi, Qin Chen, and an unconscious Edfu were left in the huge villa.
Watching the young man's back disappear outside the villa, Wei Shi and Qin Chen gradually let go of the worries they had been holding in their hearts.
Qin Chen walked over and briefly checked the unconscious Edfu. There were no obvious signs of injury on the surface of his skin. The young man's control of strength was shocking.
"What do we do now?"
Qin Chen frowned, "Do we really have to listen to that guy and hand him over to the military?"
"Well, let's just listen to him for now."
The Black Scorpion organization is extremely strict in protecting the information of its employers and will never fail in its actions.
If what that person said was true, one can imagine how powerful the other party is. In this case, it is unwise to offend the other party.
"He probably wasn't lying."
Wei Shi said to Qin Qi: "It will not do him any good to hand Edfu over to the military."
It is most appropriate to leave it to the military to judge whether it is true or false.
Qin Chen did not refute. He carried Edfu on his shoulders and prepared to leave the villa.
When Wei Shi saw Qin Chen's actions, he subconsciously touched the red rope around his neck.
"Is the stuff still there?"
Qin Chen glanced at Wei Shi.
"Um."
Wei Shi lowered his head to check the silver nameplate hanging on the red rope, then stuffed the nameplate back into his clothes, "It's okay."
He had been very careful just now, fearing that the mysterious man would find out something was wrong. He didn't feel relieved until everything was over.
"Let's go quickly."
They hacked the surveillance cameras in advance, so no one knew when Linado would come, so they had to leave as soon as possible.
At the same time, the intertwined leaves concealed Yaxiao's figure. He squatted on the tree, watching Qin Chen and Wei Shi's hurriedly leaving backs, with a thoughtful expression.
[Host, do you need me to monitor them? ]
The system thought that Yaxiao was worried that Wei Shi and Qin Chen did not send Edfu to the military.
"Need not."
Yaxiao shook his head. He had known Weishi for quite some time. Given Weishi's cautious character, he would only hand Edfu over to the military and there would be no chance of anything going wrong.
The system also saw that the host was not concerned about Edfu, and was confused for a moment.
Sensing his uncle's doubts, Yaxiao curled his eyes and explained, "I was just thinking that Wei Shi is really not good at hiding."
Yaxiao remembered that the red rope nameplate hanging around Weishi's neck was obtained when the protagonists went to the destroyed Seventh Base to look for evidence. It was a simple recorder.
According to the description in the original book, many images in the recorder were blurry, but one could vaguely see that the man in black military uniform destroyed the barrier protecting the Seventh Base.
The transparent barrier fell from the sky like broken crystals, crackling and clacking, like glowing raindrops sparkling in the sun.
This scene is the decisive evidence that the protagonists suspect Qin Qi destroyed the Seventh Base. However, because the recorder is severely damaged and the picture is too blurry, they are unable to determine the truth without knowing the cause and effect.
Wei Shi and Qin Chen have been carefully guarding this secret, preventing anyone from discovering the existence of the nameplate.
Yaxiao looked at the two people's gradually disappearing backs. He stood up, retracted his gaze, and looked far to the north. From this angle, he could vaguely see the military academy's towering bell tower.
A broken barrier
In the original book, for nearly a hundred years, the reason why humans were able to survive the surging insect swarms was because of the protective barriers of each base.
Thinking of the barrier he had seen before at the Sixth Base, Yaxiao felt that it would be quite difficult to destroy that barrier. He wondered how the villain did it.
But my mission has ended.
Yaxiao didn't think any more and went straight back to his room.
The next day, before Yaxiao went to Mist Hall, he heard from several of his housekeeper friends that the lover of Elder Lilith's daughter was taken to the military.
"How do you know this?"
Yaxiao looked at Yan Chi curiously.
The butlers of the other two border base marshals, Burton and Gabe, were also present and were equally curious.
"He is in the hands of our marshal now."
Yan Chi never tells false gossips. Everything he hears is from his immediate superior, and it is absolutely true information. Of course, he only reveals it to the public because it is not important news.
It turned out that Edfu was already in Marshal Wista's hands, and Yaxiao understood it.
Qin Chen is currently serving as an instructor in Westa's camp. Westa is his superior, so it would be most reasonable to hand Edfu over to him.
In his heart, Yaxiao also preferred this option, which is why he deliberately chose Wei Shi and Qin Chen to deal with Edfu.
Wista and Qin Qi are good friends.
Handing it over to Wistar is no different from handing it over to the villain.
"How do you know he is the lover of the elder's daughter?"
Could it be that Wei Shi revealed this matter
This is what Yaxiao is really curious about.
"Canterlot's high society can't keep secrets."
The only difference is whether or not to put this matter on the table. Yan Chi shrugged, "This place is not as simple as our border base."
Compared to the central city, Yaxiao really likes the border base more. He curled his eyes and said, "We can go back after the military academy training is over."
The military academy training lasts for nearly two weeks.
It has been six or seven days now.
"I heard the training camp might be extended."
Burton next to him added something ambiguous.
“Well, the probability is very high.”
Gabe nodded.
Although the marshals kept silent about the sudden bone test that had been conducted before, as the marshal's personal butlers, they were always paying attention to the marshal's physical and mental conditions, so they were naturally not stupid.
There is currently an undercurrent in the central city. At least for now, the marshals will not leave here in a hurry.
Seeing that his three fellow butlers had quieted down, Yaxiao tilted his head slightly. He was originally a little confused, but when he thought of the villain's injured left arm wrapped in bandages, he seemed to understand something and his mood became a little strange.
On the other side, Qin Qi stood on the podium, looking at the new recruits who were becoming more and more skilled in the training ground. His eyes were calm and his expression did not show any satisfaction.
"Marshal, Marshal Wistar has arrived."
Adjutant Mist reminded from the side.
Qin Qi nodded and turned around, while Mist took a step forward and stood in the position where Qin Qi was just now, supervising the new recruits for the marshal.
After nearly a week of devilish training, these already excellent recruits have already developed the rudiments of becoming officers of the Sixth Base, with their expressions all revealing determination and courage.
Mist had just felt somewhat satisfied when he heard the marshal, who had already walked to the stairs, give a merciless order: "They are a little slack today. In ten minutes, everyone will undergo additional training. The training standard is A grade."
The training standards of A-level are extremely high.
It was obvious that the marshal was very dissatisfied with their current state. Mist mourned for the recruits in his heart for a second, and then immediately responded.
After Qin Qi finished speaking, he went downstairs to find Westa without looking back.
"Did you lock up the Black Scorpion?"
Wista was knitting gloves. When he heard Qin Qi's movements, he sat on the chair without moving. He asked casually, and then told the story of Edfu again, emphasizing:
"Edfu was brought here by your brother Qin Chen and Wei Shi. They said a man wearing a clown mask reported that Edfu had hired someone to kill someone. We checked Edfu's computer records and confirmed that he had an illegal transaction with the Black Scorpion."
"Edfu is currently being held by people in our base."
"Well, Soran will give you Black Scorpion's confession for your interrogation."
Qin Qi nodded indifferently.
Although I don’t know why Crow Step is involved with Qin Chen, it’s good enough as long as the goal is achieved.
It's easy to talk to smart people.
Wista was delighted. He slowed down the knitting of the gloves and asked tentatively, "What are your plans next?"
The results of the bone tests are out. Except for Delpo who has been locked up, the results of the other marshals are normal.
They also successfully saw the current information of the race named "Smet".
[Smite] has an outstanding talent for mimicry. This race of magic insects has a very high IQ, but their numbers are small and their strength is weak. Of course, this is not absolute.
If [Smythe] sheds his shell and develops, his strength will be qualitatively improved. After the shed shell is completed, he will be able to enter the ranks of the high-level combat power of the magic insects. This is all contained in the information.
It is an extremely terrifying thing for the demon insects to infiltrate the human race, let alone if they become the upper echelons of the human race, it will only be a disaster for humanity.
Thinking of this, Wista's face turned dark.
"Do you have any other suspicions?"
"have."
Qin Qi nodded casually, "I will take care of this matter, you don't have to worry about it anymore. He should be the only Smythe left in the base at the moment."
Why are you so sure
Vista looked at Qin Qi's calm expression and suppressed the questions that kept coming to his mind.
Qin Qi is the one who knows the most about [Smythe] now. They cannot conduct bone tests on a large scale, so they can only hand this matter over to Qin Qi temporarily.
With this in mind, Wista skipped the topic for the time being and said, "You proposed to extend the training to one month, and the other marshals had no objection."
They have to do a lot of things. Not only do they have to select a new marshal for the First Base as quickly as possible, they also have to screen out suspicious thorns among their subordinates and purge the human bases. Extending the time to one month will also give them enough room to catch their breath.
"Um."
While Westar was speaking, Qin Qi kept kneading the simulated eyeball in his palm. After a while, he put the simulated eyeball into his pocket.
"Almost a month, that's enough."
"I hope so."
Westar stood up as he spoke, but before he could take a few steps, he saw Yaxiao walking towards them with Yan Chi.
The boy with black hair and blue eyes has fair skin, delicate features, and the smile in his eyes can easily win the favor of others.
Wista paused.
As soon as he saw Yaxiao, he thought of the lunch he had had before, which was truly a mental torture.
Although the taste was good, the meal was really unpalatable. Westa couldn't help but turn around and make fun of Qin Qi's taste. However, as soon as his eyes fell on the other person, Westa noticed Qin Qi's abnormality.
The man, who usually had no emotional ups and downs, seemed to have a different atmosphere when Yaxiao appeared. Although he did not look at Yaxiao intentionally, one could clearly feel that his mind was on the black-haired boy.
This is not the way to treat normal subordinates.
At least in the past, when facing his subordinates, Qin Qi would not be distracted, nor would he change his cold attitude.
Westa glanced at Qin Qi inconspicuously, then looked at the black-haired boy with delicate and beautiful features, and was rarely silent for a moment.
Well, he seemed to have discovered something.
(End of this chapter)