thedancenovel Chapter 781 - 489: Battle and the Sequence of Events (Part 2)
Chapter 781 - 489: Battle and the Sequence of Events (Part 2)
The woman who should be the head sent by the Interstellar Freedom Organization to the base now had her face full of unmasked fear. She stared at Wang Zhifan as if she had seen a terrifying demon, her body trembling uncontrollably.
"First, tell me where the original commander of this base went, and what kind of deal he made with your organization..."
The reason Wang Zhifan had not killed this woman yet was to extract information, and he had just spent significant effort to instantly kill the intruding squad of superhumans. This was to intimidate her, making her realize that the power gap between the two sides was unbridgeable by any small actions she might take.
Thus began the phase of intelligence gathering, and the middle-aged silver-haired woman’s mind, overtaken by fear, answered several questions posed by Wang Zhifan.
Although it was impossible to completely verify whether everything she said was true, her incoherent and disjointed speech suggested a high degree of authenticity.
"The commander... on the orbital... space station..."
"K54 Star... possibly... Illusion Planet... Kai Bo... unsuccessful research... shelved for years... unwilling to relinquish..."
"Commander, orbital fleet... dissatisfied... status benefits... we... bribed... to launch... Illusion research... we have no ill intentions..."
According to the woman’s explanation, besides confirming that the base commander was in planetary orbit, Wang Zhifan roughly untangled the course of events.
In summary, this K54 Star is not ordinary at all. It is very likely a special entity known as an Illusion Planet. The Kai Bo Interstellar Group, who owned it, had once conducted related secret research, but for various internal and external reasons, no substantial results were achieved.
The plan was ultimately shelved for many years, only maintaining the mining operations here, which were originally part of some auxiliary projects. Later, it gradually transformed into an inconspicuous prison star, a place for exiling interstellar criminals.
The Interstellar Freedom Organization, which showed great interest in the Illusion Planet, happened to acquire relevant information. They proposed to purchase K54 Star from the Kai Bo Group, but the Kai Bo Group was unwilling to sell it, insisting on wasting such a magical star as a prison star.
So, the Interstellar Freedom Organization took another route. They sent in spies to investigate and confirmed that whether it was the ground mining base of K54 Star or the orbital fleet, several high-ranking personnel resented being stationed on such a bleak prison star.
Therefore, they enticed them with benefits, gradually mingling with these dissenters, plotting a grand scheme to seize this star. They aimed to eliminate opposition, occupy the nest fully, and replace Kai Bo’s personnel without Kai Bo Group’s main headquarters knowing, to conduct research work here secretly.
"This star does have some anomalies; it shares some commonalities with what you described as the Illusion Planet. It’s understandable that you want to conduct in-depth research... but everything must wait until I complete this month’s mining tasks!"
Having fully comprehended, Wang Zhifan felt that the woman’s explanation made some sense, but the conflict between both sides remained sharp and hard to reconcile.
Because the mission required them to complete the mining base task of Kai Bo, if this base were usurped by another organization, or if the mining base was directly abolished, they would be stuck, unable to fulfill the clearance requirements.
"If you, sir, want to complete the mining task... I can apply to the organization to retain the mining industry here..."
Upon hearing Wang Zhifan’s peculiar request, the silver-haired middle-aged woman’s fear for him lessened considerably, and she offered a personal suggestion.
She believed Wang Zhifan was probably a paranoid, one who could only be met halfway but not confronted directly, or else his incomprehensible strength would cause the organization greater loss.
"Too troublesome! Call down those few high-ranks, or take me directly to the orbital space station! I need their cooperation to complete this month’s task! Once the task is completed, anything goes for you all; I have no interest in interfering in your affairs!"
Reaching this point in the conversation, Wang Zhifan straightforwardly stated his demand. He really had no interest in staying at this base to slowly mine or engage in a territorial dispute with the Interstellar Freedom Organization, he just wanted to get it over with.
This shortcut in thinking came from another interstellar scenario he had been through in the past. He didn’t even complete the task established at the beginning, but with a key NPC’s intervention, which influenced the scenario’s clearance judgment, he easily concluded it ahead of what should have been a very elongated instance.
"Sir, I don’t have the authority to bring the commanders down to the surface, but there indeed is a way to send you to the orbital space station to meet them!"
Seeing the plague god in front of her willing to leave, the silver-haired middle-aged woman suddenly felt excited inside, expressing her willingness to cooperate and send him upward.
Wang Zhifan saw through her mind instantly, knowing she still wanted to challenge his strength, so he replied:
"Then let’s go quickly, you come with me! Don’t try any tricks, or I’ll turn you into fragments on the ground!"
"Alright, sir, I will call the orbital spacecraft down to the base right away."
Wang Zhifan’s threat made the manager feel as if a thorn was on her back, but to save her life, she still fully cooperated and operated the computer again.
Wang Zhifan monitored her every move closely, discovering that she still had not truly given up, mixing in some slight movements during communication, but he did not care.
"Would this woman call down a battleship to wipe us out? Judging by her fear of dying, she probably doesn’t have the guts for that...
It’s more likely that she’s calling down a powerful figure to rescue her... Anyway, it seems that tougher battles are waiting ahead for me."
Considering the future scenarios, Wang Zhifan decided to forge ahead; if those people insisted on causing him trouble, he would have to use the corresponding means.
Soon, the middle-aged silver-haired woman indicated that she had already contacted a spacecraft to come down to pick them up. The spacecraft was expected to arrive outside the base in about twenty minutes.
Wang Zhifan was reasonably satisfied with this waiting time, so he didn’t say much.
During the intervening time, Wang Zhifan controlled the woman lightly through freezing, preventing her from any continuous petty actions.
In the meantime, one after another, other combat personnel from the base arrived outside the office, such as robot squads and bio-humanoid teams.
Just like the guys who came during the information extraction, they were driven away by the silver-haired woman, controlled by Wang Zhifan, without him having to waste energy taking action.
Aside from personnel from the Interstellar Freedom Organization, some individuals leaning toward the Kai Bo Group also gradually showed up.
For example, NPC Qian Yaron, a store employee player who secretly observed the battle live outside the office, and other players who reacted and came to check out the situation, among whom was the female player who had previously proposed to cooperate with Wang Zhifan.
The NPCs were there, filled with intense questions about why the ownership of the base was shifting; they couldn’t understand why, while they were mining perfectly well, suddenly someone started causing trouble, talking about job changes and involving them in some research.
Players, similar to Wang Zhifan, suddenly found that their strategies for mining and covertly bypassing had faced a severe blow, and continuing to mess around would only be a waste of energy. They wanted to gather collective wisdom to discuss solutions, only to discover someone had long been ahead.
Their arrival wasn’t merely for show. NPC Qian Yaron, the store employee player, the female player who wanted to cooperate with Wang Zhifan, and several other players all decided to go to the orbital space station with Wang Zhifan.
Qian Yaron went to get an explanation, while the players hopped on for a quick ride to clear the scenario sooner, preventing Wang Zhifan from single-handedly completing the task and leaving them to handle the aftermath.
In fact, except for the store employee player, everyone else in Wang Zhifan’s plan would help clear the stage as well, provided they were assigned suitable mining roles. As for the store clerk, he wasn’t conveniently accessible since his performance requirement involved store sales.
Therefore, when the orbital space station’s spacecraft eventually descended upon the base, Wang Zhifan left with not only the silver-haired middle-aged woman but also an entire group of seven or eight people lifted off into the sky together.