Federation White Bay Area.
A 20,000-strong army was clandestinely assembling in this area.
When the Council building was struck by a missile, causing the Council to cease operations, Commander Lu led his troops away from the old Federation base, which amounted to him declaring independence.
This move was mainly motivated by two considerations.
On one hand, after the dissolution of the Council, such a vast army needed a new position. The new Council might not be the sa as the old one, and Commander Lu did not want this force to be influenced by politicians. Based on past experiences, particularly his experiences in Yin Country, he knew that Federation politicians would imdiately disband an army without a leader.
On the other hand, he had witnessed the politicians’ attitude towards Wei Tianyang. Acting Council Chairman Pence preferred avoiding trouble, wanting to maintain a superficial alliance with Wei Tianyang while playing political gas. Commander Lu knew this approach wouldn’t work.
Moreover, Wei Tianyang clearly had his own plans and was resolutely executing them, using increasingly extre asures. The country’s presidents were wasting ti in etings, researching, and weighing pros and cons... Now, as he had predicted, Wei Tianyang had seized Heisai State, heralding a cataclysmic change, and a red world had descended.
Humanity needed an army to contend with Him, to firmly adopt a policy of animosity. This was the ultimate premise, on which they would abandon all human morals and legal constraints to make all sorts of preparations. This was no longer about dealing with terrorists or besieging renegade superpower special forces—it was a war between two species, where survival on this planet depended solely on strength.
Commander Lu had sent over ten spies to that red world, and their reconnaissance efforts had started to bear fruit.
At this mont, they were in a base hidden beneath the cliffs along the coast, analyzing intelligence physically brought back by the spies.
Commander Lu sat at the head of a long table, flanked by civilian and intelligence personnel as well as leaders from the special task force, reconnaissance troops, and Black dicine Investigation Team.
Mr. D had shed his tourist disguise for a military uniform. In the era of the great network disruption, their etings had reverted to the most primitive ans, eschewing all electronic devices in favor of paper, pens, and chalkboards.
"The George I t works at the black skyscraper; he works for Him. I secretly observed him for several days. I have his daily routine under control, and he is indeed one of the researchers in that building. He revealed that there’s a can of Black dicine that has been abandoned inside the building, which cos from His spinal fluid," Mr. D said.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone’s expressions grew serious.
"He has excreted Black dicine... this ans that His superpowers are not derived from the 090 project," the intelligence officer said.
"This is good news. We might be able to use this Black dicine. After all, the 090 project created Him, and even if His superpowers do not stem from this Black dicine, it still could provide so opportunities for us. The question is... can we trust that George?" Commander Lu said.
"I think he’s eighty percent not faking it. He really wants to get out and even made demands. He treats his subordinates generously, giving them quite a bit of gold. George wants to return to the normal world, but he can’t part with that wealth. In exchange, we help transport his gold, and he helps us retrieve the Black dicine can from the building," Mr. D explained.
"The canister is quite large, hundreds of kilos heavy, and needs to be preserved in a zero-degree environnt. Can he do it alone?" a technical officer from the army asked at that mont.
"There’s a sewage pipeline system under the building, he could use that route, heading all the way to the marshes outside the city, where we’ll et him. As for the zero-degree environnt? Let’s get the stuff out first; from under the building to the outskirts of the city, he’ll need one to two hours by foot. The Black dicine canister is sealed well enough that it won’t spoil in about two hours, and we’ll have a refrigerated storage vehicle ready on the outside," Mr. D said.
"Will He watch us move the items out? We’ll be attacked. And consider this: the seaways leading to Etolia are blockaded. Only the mad ones rushing to join Him dare to take the sea route into Etolia. We have to opt for land routes, which ans traversing the entire continent of Heisai State," Captain Price from the special task force interjected at this point.
"See, that’s exactly the problem. Even if we floor it, the journey there and back would take at least two weeks. All of Heisai State is His territory; going in, we can disguise as pilgrims, but once they discover our real purpose on the way out, the entire population of Heisai State will hunt us down. We won’t even need Him to lift a finger," Mr. D said.
"Gentlen, think of sothing. George has been identified as a high-value target. Whether his words are true or false, that Black dicine was transported out of the building, and it will always be useful to us. But without planes, how can we get in and out quickly?" Commander Lu said.
Everyone fell silent, devoid of good solutions.
The era of technology was brief in the history of humanity, but due to its convenience and the significant enhancent in efficiency, people had beco accustod to asuring all things in seconds. Once deprived of these technological ans, returned to a ti when distances asured by their own feet, people developed a newfound respect for physical distance.
Heisai State bathed in golden sunlight, was a red world where any human electronic device would fail to function. Why this was so was still under investigation by the army’s technical departnt.
"If soone at this critical juncture would just fight Him. With His attention diverted, we could seize the opportunity," Price said, stroking his beard.
"Too good to be true... Which lunatic would face Him head-on?" Mr. D chuckled.
"Gathering all the troops in that damned land and deciding it once and for all with Him. Perhaps only the most foolhardy would dare to do so," the technician said.
"Even the superpower special forces are no match for Him. If we want to defeat Him, we can only do so using His own thods. We have to create another Him, no, a horde of beings like Him... Only monsters can defeat a monster," Commander Lu declared.
Everyone nodded; that was why the Black dicine was so crucial.
As everyone was frowning deeply, another spy hurriedly pushed open the doors to the conference room.
"Sorry, gentlen, I’m late," the spy said as he removed his raincoat and seated himself at the end of the table.
"Mr. C, tell us what’s being discussed at the multinational etings of the Federation?" Commander Lu asked.
"You won’t believe what I’m about to tell you," Mr. C paused before continuing, "So lunatic burst into the eting, coerced all the presidents, wanting to borrow their armies to challenge Him to a duel. And it seems the matter was actually agreed upon."
At Mr. C’s words, Commander Lu looked at Price, who smiled.
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