Xia Chujian wondered if more Remnant Species had appeared in places she didn't know about.
What did this signify? Did it mean that Remnant Species were about to appear on a large scale and coexist with humans? But when she thought of the bizarre appearances of the Remnant Species, and their characteristic of causing mass casualties whenever they appeared, how could that be called coexistence?!
This was simply a situation of endless conflict with humans!
Xia Chujian pondered for a moment and said, "That thing appeared just now. I was worried you wouldn't be able to handle it, so I forced you into hibernation. I hope you don't blame me."
Sun Jiahao immediately said honestly, "Captain, you're being too polite!"
"Although we're not Gene Evolvers, we're not completely ignorant!"
"...That thing must be powerful. Even with our Mecha, we might not be a match for it!"
"You saved all our lives. We're grateful, so how could we blame you?"
"If you say that, we'll really have nowhere to put our faces!"
Xia Chujian had more contact with them now and understood some of their personality traits.
For example, Sun Jiahao looked simple and honest, but he was actually quite intelligent and knew what was going on.
He must have a particularly good brain, so he was the real leader of these five hundred people.
Li Dali seemed carefree, but he was meticulous and had formidable combat power.
In terms of individual strength, he was the king of soldiers, the undisputed number one among these five hundred people.
So as long as these two were on her side, there would definitely be no problem with these five hundred people.
Xia Chujian didn't actually know if she would be able to go to the Fourth Interstellar Fleet in the future, but for now, she had to take good care of her soldiers!
Xia Chujian smiled, hinting with a slight reminder, "If you see this thing appear on the Starry Sky Battlefield in the future, turn around and run immediately..."
"This isn't a question of desertion or courage. This thing can manipulate people's thoughts and actions, turning them into its puppets."
"And if it doesn't actively expose itself, no one can catch it."
The five hundred Starry Sky Marines were shocked when they heard this.
"So powerful?!"
"How did you catch it, Captain?"
Xia Chujian looked over with a smile, thinking that this was a great question!
So don't ask it next time...
She shamelessly bluffed, "I'm just that awesome! As soon as I arrived, it was intimidated by my Overbearing Aura and exposed itself!"
Then, she released the surveillance footage from Pei Zijing's Airship.
When everyone saw the young Instructor suddenly change his face, and then, with a whoosh, peel off his human skin like taking off clothes, some of the Starry Sky Marines almost threw up...
"So brutal?!"
"Even forced hibernation was ineffective!"
"If we really encountered it, who would have a chance to survive!"
"Captain, your luck is really too good! Otherwise, you would have been in grave danger..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? That's not luck, that's the Captain's Overbearing Aura!"
"Captain, you still have to be careful in the future. Let those high-level Gene Evolvers deal with this kind of thing..."
"If we can't escape on the Starry Sky Battlefield, then we can only use up all the bullets and explosives! Of course, keep the last one for ourselves!"
"Otherwise what? Wait for it to defeat us one by one?"
Everyone chattered, still feeling lingering fear.
As a result, they became even more convinced and worshipful of Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian was just reminding them.
Besides, if this thing really became more and more common in the future, it would be good for them to see more of it.
Lest we be caught off guard in the future and suffer heavy losses...
Xia Chujian checked the time. Kang Shanxing would arrive in one minute.
She raised her hand, signaling everyone to quiet down, and said, "Everyone can take off their mechas. The Special Security Bureau personnel will be here in one minute. Let's prepare to greet them."
With that, she turned and left.
Xia Chujian first returned to the Captain's Room on the third floor, put down her backpack, and then entered the small resting suite.
In the suite's washroom, she switched the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha to its close-fitting mode.
Finally, she put on the Fourth Interstellar Fleet's military uniform over it.
The helmet switched to a neck brace, worn around her neck.
The visor, which could cover half her face, was still on, but it was no longer the deep tea color it used to be. Instead, it was a black hole color with no reflective ability.
The mask with Yellow Feather Blue Horns and Leopard Face Tiger Teeth was also put away.
This mask was made by Seven Lù directly from the materials of the Shao Siming Mecha, so when it was put away, it went directly into the Other Shore Flower Necklace she was wearing, along with the Shao Siming Mecha.
Just as she finished tidying up, Seven Lù displayed a line of childish graffiti on her visor screen.
[Seven Lù]: Master, Colonel Kang Shanxing from the Special Security Bureau has arrived and is requesting a video call with you through the Starry Sky Cruiser's communication channel.
Xia Chujian nodded, came out of the small suite, and answered Kang Shanxing's call request.
Kang Shanxing's background showed that he was also in a Bat-style Fighter Jet, in the same office Huo Yushen used to have.
Xia Chujian had been there and found it quite familiar.
However, Kang Shanxing was not in Huo Yushen's position, but at another corner desk.
"Chujian, we've arrived. How do you want to proceed with the handover?"
Xia Chujian said, "Colonel Kang, something happened in the last twenty minutes. I need to report it to you first before deciding on the handover method."
Kang Shanxing said, "Isn't it just the death of three base instructors? I've brought forensic doctors and criminal investigation experts with me. Is there anything else?"
Xia Chujian said, "There actually is."
As she spoke, she operated the Captain's console in front of her and first played the surveillance video from Pei Zijing's Interstellar Airship in the Fifth Floor Warplane Warehouse.
At the beginning, a young instructor took off his human skin, revealing the Crocodile Lizard Snake Monster inside.
Kang Shanxing's refined image almost failed to hold, and he widened his eyes in surprise. "This thing... how can there be this thing?!"
Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows. "Colonel Kang, do you recognize this thing?"
Kang Shanxing also had high authority in the Special Security Bureau.
He quickly said, "I have an image recognition system here. The system shows that this is a Crocodile Lizard Snake Monster, and it has a name, Son of Forrest."
"But... this thing is a particularly rare species even among the Remnant Species. How could it appear on your Starry Sky Cruiser?!"
Xia Chujian corrected him, "Colonel Kang, it didn't appear on my Starry Sky Cruiser. It appeared on the base's Interstellar Airship."
"We're not sure yet whether this thing sneaked onto the Airship from the base or from the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf's Starship."
Kang Shanxing calmed himself down and frowned, "You have a point, but why are you excluding your Starry Sky Cruiser?"
"The correct reasoning is that all three parties have problems."
In other words, without knowing the details, this Crocodile Lizard Snake Monster—Son of Forrest—could have come from the base.
It could have come from the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf's Starship.
It was also possible that it came with this Starry Sky Cruiser.
Xia Chujian was choked back, unable to refute and even feeling that the other party made a lot of sense...
She really hadn't had much contact with Kang Shanxing. She had even praised his beautiful eyes before.
At that time, she was either fearless in her ignorance or unyielding because she had no desires, so she didn't feel much.
But now, with just one sentence from the other party, she felt, hmm, a strong general has no weak soldiers.
Huo Yushen still had some ability.
Xia Chujian nodded and said sincerely, "Colonel Kang is right, it's not impossible."
"But at this time, there isn't enough time to fully explore where it came from."
"So we can only start by considering the most likely direction."
Kang Shanxing said, "...What do you think?"
Xia Chujian said, "I still think the base is the most suspicious."
She composed herself and recounted the mission at the base to go into the mountains to fight the Remnant Species Infected.
Then she said, "I felt something was wrong at the time. Can Remnant Species Infected really be placed in the mountains so casually?"
"Even if it's an introductory mission for the trainees, how can they be sure that no Remnant Species Infected will sneak out of the mountains?"
"Later, in the base's cafeteria, we saw a new type of Remnant Species Infected, this time infecting plants."
"Chief Instructor Pei said that this has never happened before... So, the Remnant Species Infected are also evolving."
Kang Shanxing frowned, "Your base does have quite a few problems."
"Now that you say that, I also tend to believe that this Crocodile Lizard Snake Monster came from your base."
Xia Chujian's heart tightened, "Colonel Kang thinks so too? Then could there be other Sons of Forrest at the base? What do we do? Can we still go back?!"
Kang Shanxing said, "You don't have to worry about that. This kind of thing is too rare. It might not appear among humans even once in a million years."
"Since it has already appeared here, and... was killed... then there won't be another one for a million years."
Xia Chujian immediately said, "Pui pui pui! Bad things don't work, good things do! Colonel Kang, you can't say things like that randomly!"
Kang Shanxing: "...Xia Chujian, are you so superstitious?"
Xia Chujian said solemnly, "This isn't superstition, this is the end of science—metaphysics."
Kang Shanxing's mouth twitched. Ignoring Xia Chujian's childish temper, he asked again, "...Who killed it?"
Xia Chujian proudly pointed at herself and said with a smile, "Of course, it was me, the Captain!"
"I am the Captain, and I have an obligation to protect the lives of all crew members."
"To protect them, I put them into forced hibernation, so I could concentrate on fighting the monster!"
Kang Shanxing: "..."
What did he just hear? Kang Shanxing couldn't help but ask, "...What did you do to them?"
Xia Chujian said, "Hibernation! The trainees and instructors at the base don't have the ability to fight this thing!"
"Only I... because I have a high-level Mecha, can kill it!"
Kang Shanxing's mouth twitched, "Xia Chujian, stop bragging. You're not a Gene Evolver."
"With your ability, the Son of Forrest would control your mind and body in minutes."
"Only high-level Gene Evolvers can avoid being controlled by its thoughts."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She blinked and said seriously, "Colonel Kang, I don't have Gene Evolution, but my Mecha can make up for this deficiency."
"Also, Marshal Huo gave me a hat that can defend against high-level Mental Strength attacks. That's why I was able to kill this thing!"
That wasn't a lie.
Kang Shanxing thought about Huo Yushen's attitude towards Xia Chujian and believed half of it, but he still couldn't believe that she killed the Son of Forrest single-handedly.
Xia Chujian didn't care what he was thinking and quickly said, "Colonel Kang, I want to ask you something, can I have this thing?"
She pointed to the corpse of the Son of Forrest.
Seven Lù told her that the whole body of this thing was a treasure, and she also wanted to use its outer skin to make some protective measures for her family.
Like bulletproof vests, and bulletproof leather boots, which would definitely be better than the Zong Family's nano-level bulletproof vests!
Kang Shanxing hesitated and said, "According to Empire regulations, theoretically, monsters like Remnant Species are classified as top secret."
"Once captured, even the corpse must be taken over by the Special Security Bureau's Remnant Species Office and cannot be spread among the people."
Xia Chujian was dissatisfied and said, "But the Military's Flying Base on Kanli Star has spreading Remnant Species Infected."
She wouldn't even mention Dalahe and Bunis, whom she had met with Quan Yuxun in Mulan City, Guiyuan Star…
Each one of them was a Remnant Species creature even rarer than ordinary Remnant Species!
Kang Shanxing gave an awkward smile and said, "The affairs of the Flying Base over there are directly under the Military; the Special Security Bureau can't interfere too much."
They actually had their own permanent field personnel at the Kanli Star Flight Training Base.
At the same time, among the trainees each year, there were also one or two Special Security Bureau agents, keeping abreast of the ideological trends of the elite pilots of the Interstellar Fleets.
This year, they didn't send a new agent because they gave the spot to Xia Chujian.
And Xia Chujian was a brand-new rookie who had not received any professional training in infiltration, so they didn't expect Xia Chujian to "fulfill" the professional function of a spy.
Moreover, Huo Yushen wouldn't allow them to train Xia Chujian into an agent walking in the shadows.
Xia Chujian didn't know any of this.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, really? Then how about this? What if we send this thing directly to Master Su?"
"Master Su is the Military's Mecha Master and a backbone force of the Royal Mecha. Giving this to him for research shouldn't violate any regulations, right?"
Kang Shanxing breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "That's a great idea! I'll contact Master Su right away!"
Xia Chujian thought, I'll contact him too, as long as you agree!
Then Kang Shanxing ended the video call and went to send a message to Su Buyan.
Xia Chujian's apprenticeship with Su Buyan was still being kept secret, purely for Xia Chujian's sake.
Her status was too low, and she wasn't a Gene Evolver.
If others knew about her relationship with Su Buyan, those who had designs on Su Buyan might target her first.
And those foreign spies and agents would swarm in.
Xia Chujian knew this as well, so she never revealed her Master-Disciple Relationship with Su Buyan in front of outsiders.
At this moment, while Kang Shanxing was sending a message to Su Buyan, Xia Chujian was also secretly sending a video call request to Su Buyan.
Su Buyan saw the two invitations and clicked on Xia Chujian's first.
Su Buyan's image appeared on the virtual display screen in front of Xia Chujian.
He was wearing a wrinkled work uniform, and his hair was so long that it almost covered his eyes.
His face was haggard, and the dark circles under his eyes were as thick as if he had eyeliner on.
Xia Chujian said in surprise, "Master, what have you been so busy with? Remember to rest… Don't ruin your health…"
Su Buyan smiled and said, "I've been researching something new recently, and it's especially interesting, so I've really been neglecting sleep and meals, hahahaha!"
Xia Chujian knew that this "neglecting sleep and meals" was definitely literal.
She sighed and said, "Master, you're so busy, I'm embarrassed to ask you for help!"
"Ah, it's my disciple's first time asking me for help, how can I not help?! Tell me, tell me!" Su Buyan became excited and used his hand to sweep the long bangs that were almost covering his eyes to the side.
Xia Chujian switched over to the video of the Son of Forrest's corpse and said, "Master, take a look at this!"
Su Buyan glanced at it, raised the Quantum Optical Brain watch carrier on his wrist to scan the image, and then said in surprise, "Son of Forrest?! Is this a Son of Forrest?!"
Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows: "Master, you have a record of it?"
"The Military's Remnant Species database… Hahahaha… Surprised, right!" Su Buyan retracted his hand, looking even more excited. "Where did this come from? Is it fresh? How long has it been dead?"
Xia Chujian said, "I killed it, and I don't want to hand it over. But Colonel Kang said that this thing can't be held by civilians, so I was thinking, could I give it to you, and then ask you to use its outer skin to make something for me…"
Su Buyan nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up and have that kid Kang Shanxing send it over to me! Oh my, this is just too great!"
"I was just thinking that it would be great to have a Son of Forrest to study, and you sent me one!"
"It's like someone sending a pillow when you're just about to fall asleep!"
"Disciple, you really are my lucky star!"
Xia Chujian smiled: "Master, keep up the good work! I will be proud of you!"
After the two finished speaking, Su Buyan then connected to Kang Shanxing's video call.
Indeed, they were also talking about the Son of Forrest.
With Xia Chujian's information as a foundation, Su Buyan was much more reserved in front of Kang Shanxing.
Although he still looked unkempt, he managed to maintain his composure, saying calmly, "Alright, just have someone send it over... but don't send it to the Royal Mecha workshop, send it to the address of my new workshop."
As he spoke, Su Buyan unhesitatingly sent the address of his private workshop to Kang Shanxing, asking him to directly deliver the Son of Forrest's corpse there.
This was an extremely rare type of Remnant Species.
After Kang Shanxing registered it with the Remnant Species Office of the Special Security Bureau, he had his trusted subordinates come over.
Using equipment that could isolate air and all electromagnetic detection, they waited until they reached Xia Chujian's location, then directly packed the Son of Forrest's corpse into a container and transported it away.
After all of this was dealt with, Kang Shanxing once again had a video call with Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian showed him the surveillance footage of the base trainees and instructors she had forcibly put into suspended animation, saying, "Colonel Kang, this is the second thing I wanted to talk about."
"Here are all the base trainees and instructors who were trapped in the Asteroid Belt this time. Among them, there are spies from the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf organization."
"I don't know who the spy is, whether it's one person or several."
"However, after I revealed that there were spies from the Star Pirates among them, three instructors have already died in their Airships."
Kang Shanxing looked at the footage, but he wasn't as horrified as he was when he saw the Son of Forrest's corpse.
He calmly said, "This is easy to handle. Our Special Security Bureau specializes in identifying this kind of thing. You don't need to worry..."
Then he praised her, saying, "If that's the reason you put all the personnel into suspended animation, it's indeed a good method."
"Once and for all, there won't be any more unexpected problems."
Xia Chujian said regretfully, "It's a pity I didn't use this method from the beginning, so three... no, four instructors died."
She muttered to herself, Why didn't the Son of Forrest's Mental Strength spores attach themselves to those noble trainees?
Like Lü Luyu...
Then she would have a reason to kill her without worrying about any persecution from the Senate's higher-ups and the Lü Family...
Xia Chujian then thought of the person in the round-hat-shaped Flying Vehicle, who must have escaped from one of those five Starships.
She thought that should be the Great Leader of the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf organization.
That person escaped, so it couldn't really be said that she had completely annihilated the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf organization...
But Xia Chujian was frightened by the appearance of that Flying Vehicle at the time, so she didn't mention it to Huo Yushen.
After thinking it over, she felt she couldn't hide it from Huo Yushen.
Xia Chujian definitely wanted this military merit, and it couldn't be kept secret.
Because too many people were involved this time, and it was impossible to silence everyone.
So when everyone knew that she, Xia Chujian, had destroyed the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf organization, she worried that this escaped Great Leader would take the opportunity to retaliate against her and her family!
She immediately decided that when Huo Yushen returned, she would tell him about it.
She was still not very reassured about Kang Shanxing, so she changed her approach and said worriedly, "Also, Colonel Kang, the situation was very chaotic when we were fighting the Star Pirates Bodhi Leaf organization."
"If there are any survivors, will they retaliate against me?"
"I'm not afraid, but my family..."
Kang Shanxing smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about that. Our department has a special agency that handles this kind of thing."
"Marshal Huo increased the security level of your home before he left."
"Also, the home address we registered for you with the Military is fake."
"It has now been set up as a trap by our Special Security Bureau."
"If there really are any survivors from the Bodhi Leaf organization who find the home address of a great hero like you through some channel and try to attack 'your home', they will be walking right into a trap!"
Xia Chujian was pleasantly surprised: "Really?! Marshal Huo thought of that long ago?!"
She was also very happy.
Originally, this Fourth Interstellar Fleet identity was only temporary.
So, there's nothing wrong with Huo Yushen arranging a "temporary family address" for her.
Now she has no psychological burden about claiming military merits!
Kang Shanxing smiled and said in the tone of a superior, "Marshal Huo does indeed look at you with special favor. I hope you won't let Marshal Huo down."
This is the second update, a super-sized chapter, including the Moon Ticket milestones at 300 and 600 for July.
There will be a new update at 12:05 a.m. tonight!
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