Planet 810 is not far from 820. It’s not a residential planet but a super-large manufacturing factory, divided into many zones, covering everything from food to medicine to machinery.

Most of the residents here are outsiders who work here.

The journey was only two hours. With Li Yuan and the others keeping watch, Chi Yao and Jing Xi had a simple meal and could even take a nap.

Jing Xi hadn’t relaxed during this period. Smelling Chi Yao’s scent, he soon fell asleep in his arms.

Chi Yao hugged his fragrant wife but felt no sleepiness as he stared at the ceiling.

Chen Bingfeng’s words about “destiny” lingered in his mind, along with the Major General Bo mentioned by Jing Xi. What connection did these people and events have with him?

After a long time, he swiped open his terminal and found the message page with Old Man D, but his finger hovered over the edit window, unsure of how to ask.

“Yao Yao—”

Jing Xi’s voice rang in his ear, bringing Chi Yao back to reality.

Jing Xi rubbed his face against his chest and went still again.

Sleep talking?

Chi Yao chuckled lightly, turned slightly to pull the person closer into his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.

Before hearing the notification that the spaceship had entered 810’s airspace, his terminal vibrated first.

Xiao Hei‘s bland voice sounded in Chi Yao’s mind.

[Your dark division minion sent a message~]

Chi Yao: “…”

[Read it.]

[Xiao Hei: Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen appeared at the target location.]

Chi Yao opened his eyes.

[Have him send the location.]

The terminal vibrated again, and a flat map appeared before Chi Yao’s eyes.

The continents on 810 were connected. The southern continent surrounded the sea and was a breeding and processing area for agricultural and aquatic products. The central continent extended to the east and west, which were various light industrial manufacturing and pharmaceutical processing zones. The red dot appeared in the north, the heavy industrial machinery manufacturing zone.

Previously, Li Yuan and Fang Liang discovered modified humans and, after tracking them, found they concentrated their activities between factories and industrial docks.

Was it a place like Xingbang Munitions, secretly providing armament support for Ghosts?

Chi Yao glanced at the current position; it was only about ten minutes from landing.

He looked at Jing Xi sleeping soundly in his arms and really couldn’t bear to wake him up.

“Body temperature is so high, almost like a bear.” Chi Yao gently brushed away the hair on the side of his face and couldn’t help but kiss his warm cheek.

“Who are you calling a bear?”

Hearing Jing Xi’s cold, husky voice, the smile on Chi Yao’s lips deepened.

“Whoever you think I’m talking about is who it is.”

Jing Xi took a deep, lingering sniff of him, then sat up to tidy his slightly messy hair.

“Let’s go.” In the blink of an eye, the weariness in his eyes vanished, replaced by the usual iron-blooded, calm Major General.

The two returned to the cockpit. Lu Meng was preparing for landing, while Li Yuan stood aside peeking with an unhappy face.

Seeing them enter, Li Yuan consciously made way for them.

Chi Yao patted Lu Meng’s shoulder and reported coordinates: “We’ll land at this landing point.”

Landing points were divided into civilian and military. Most civilian landing points offered paid private spaceship docking services.

The landing point Chi Yao chose was very close to the bustling area of this district, accepted the most private spaceships, and was the easiest place to fish in troubled waters.

Jing Xi sent the key to his personal account to Lu Meng for direct deduction.

Chi Yao: “Wasn’t your side account banned by Grandpa?”

Jing Xi: “Mn.”

Chi Yao: “Any other accounts?”

Jing Xi: “None.”

Payment would inevitably leave account information, but Jing Xi couldn’t let Lu Meng pay for this. If he chose to transfer money later, the other party definitely wouldn’t accept it.

Chi Yao reached out and pushed the key back.

“Swipe mine.”

Seeing Jing Xi’s surprised expression, Chi Yao scoffed. “Since when do we let the wife pay when going out?”

Jing Xi: “…”

Aside, Li Yuan smiled like a fool, while only Lu Meng was secretly unconvinced.

Boss is so manly, how could he be the one below?!

Chi Yao’s account naturally couldn’t be in his own name. He was a person without household registration, unqualified to even own an account.

“You bought the account on the black market? Is it safe?”

Disembarking the spaceship, Jing Xi asked casually.

“You know it’s bought, of course it’s not safe.”

The four changed into casual clothes. Chi Yao wore a black mask and put on the hood of his black jacket, covering most of his already minimally exposed face.

Li Yuan was still in his eternal tattered leather jacket, with a big gold chain around his neck, instantly giving off an air of “vulgar wealth.”

Hearing their conversation, he laughed. “In the first two years Boss bought the account, the balance was transferred away several times.”

Jing Xi was dressed in casual attire similar to Chi Yao’s.

He was curious: “Then what happened?”

“What else could happen?”

Entering the hall, Chi Yao smiled. “Hacked back double, of course. After a few times, it became peaceful.”

Jing Xi: “…”

As expected of you.

The waiting hall was crowded. They walked along the guided path towards the exit. Through the glass, they could see some people pointing in their direction.

“Fuck, discovered?”

Li Yuan pulled down the hat on his head, realizing the number of pointing people not only didn’t decrease but was increasing.

He glanced secretly, following the direction those people were pointing, and was instantly speechless.

The two bosses walking in front, even dressed all in black and covering their faces—that height, that figure, they were the brightest stars wherever they went.

It was fine if they mixed into the crowd separately, but together they were too recognizable, practically walking spotlights.

Covered for nothing!

Chi Yao knew the situation was bad as soon as he saw those people gathering.

The best way to deal with this situation was to pretend not to see.

He held Jing Xi’s hand very naturally and quickened his pace to leave.

Unexpectedly, just this hand-holding made the onlookers even more excited.

“Awooo! That’s Chi Yao, right?!”

“That figure, I absolutely can’t be wrong! So tall!”

“The one beside him is definitely Major General Jing! Why are they here?”

“Look, they’re holding hands, must be a date!”

A group of young people pressed against the glass door, screaming in low voices excitedly. Behind them, a middle-aged Beta walked past slowly and said faintly, “The Major General is fighting a war on 820, where would he find the time to come here? Heh, just knockoffs.”

The group of young people instantly calmed down: “…”

Right, how could we forget that.

The CP fans who took photos and were about to post them online silently deleted them.

Cosplay so realistic, almost thought it was real.

Reaching the exit, Jing Xi issued a command to Little Red in his mind.

[Monitor all social platforms. If relevant photos appear, delete immediately—save to local first then delete.]

Little Red: [Received.]

Five minutes later, they got into a rented hover car, and Little Red’s voice sounded again.

[Master, no relevant images or text detected.]

Jing Xi: “?”

Actually none.

Xiao Hei and Little Red were connected to the network, so Chi Yao could also hear Little Red’s voice.

Seeing Jing Xi looking a bit disappointed, he laughed.

“You really want to be photographed?”

Jing Xi propped his chin, looking out the window. “Not really.”

Just a little bit.

Until now, they didn’t have a single normal photo together.

Chi Yao started the car, glanced at the red dot on the map, and stepped on the gas, flying out.

The sky was just getting light. The tracks and roads were full of workers rushing to work.

Those who could work in factories were basically technical personnel, especially on such a specialized manufacturing planet; salaries were very high.

Watching the pedestrians, Jing Xi suddenly felt a sense of peaceful years.

Buying a random breakfast by the roadside, eating while rushing on the road with a partner—this was the breath of ordinary life, right?

But he had never experienced it.

In the car, Li Yuan and Lu Meng were discussing something heatedly, the noise making Chi Yao’s head ache.

He watched Jing Xi out of the corner of his eye, taking in the other’s expression.

“Xi Xi.”

Jing Xi came back to his senses and turned to look. “What’s wrong?”

Chi Yao rubbed his head. “Tired?”

Jing Xi shook his head, opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

“Where are Xu Zhou and the others?”

Chi Yao had Xiao Hei enlarge the map and set it to public mode.

Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen were near a factory producing… guns?

Jing Xi zoomed in on that area.

“Jiayu Group?” (Soft-shelled Turtle Group)

Chi Yao: “Such a low name, sounds like an improper company.”

Jing Xi rarely agreed so much.

In the back seat, seeing this map, Li Yuan and Lu Meng also leaned over.

“Seems like we stopped somewhere.” Lu Meng stroked his chin thoughtfully, then slapped his forehead in realization. “A representative from this company came on the day of the ceremony!”

Jing Xi never contacted mechanical manufacturers outside the military and knew almost nothing about these personnel.

“Now that you mention it, I seem to have some impression.”

Chi Yao rested his hand on the steering wheel and recalled. “This group’s president is called Zhang Sheng, right? He spoke for us on the night of the cocktail party.”

At that time, everyone was pressing about the whereabouts of the personnel, and he stood up saying he had contacted friends.

This person was tall and thin, with average looks; Chi Yao almost didn’t remember.

Jing Xi opened the military system and searched for Jiayu in the armament database, resulting in many search results.

At a glance, there were dozens of types of gun scopes.

“So many?!” Li Yuan leaned over to look. “The military is too lazy to even produce scopes? Relying entirely on purchasing?”

Scopes weren’t very technically demanding for the military, but producing them was time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring manpower.

Jing Xi looked down one by one, then switched to another page, entered the gun code, found the scope in a pile of documents, and clicked open.

Turning to the last page of the procurement contract, Jing Xi’s gaze swept over the reviewer column.

“Bai Yi—”

Lu Meng’s eyes were dull, a bit unable to react.

“Admiral Bai is so laid-back (Buddhist), it should just be a coincidence, right?”

Jing Xi searched the recorded gun codes one by one. Until the first contract of cooperation with Jiayu, all approvers were Bai Yi.

Chi Yao looked ahead and sneered. “Someone who can sit in a high position is no fuel-efficient lamp.”

Jing Xi photographed all these documents to save.

“Check the situation first.”

The car mixed into the commuting crowd and drove into the heavy industrial zone.

Jiayu Group’s manufacturing factory was huge, covering thousands of acres. At this time, there were few people active in the factory.

Chi Yao slowed down, following a hover car in front. Seeing it heading towards the factory parking garage, he stepped on the gas to overtake.

“Hei-ge, scan.”

When the car body completely surpassed the car in front, Xiao Hei‘s voice sounded.

[ID information copied.]

Chi Yao turned the steering wheel and quickly overtook.

In the driver’s seat of the car behind, the Omega man hadn’t fully woken up yet. Suddenly startled by the car squeezing past at high speed, he sobered up instantly.

He rolled down the window and cursed: “Crazy! Rushing to work overtime early in the morning?!”

But before he could finish, the car was gone.

At the garage entrance, Chi Yao’s eyes swept over the sensor next to him, driving in nonchalantly.

As expected, he wasn’t intercepted.

[Good morning Mr. Wang Yi, another beautiful work day, overtime is most glorious~]

Li Yuan couldn’t help but roast.

“This bullshit corporate culture, might as well come to Extreme Shadow. High salary and benefits, freedom at work, many days off, earn extra money until hands go soft, and look at Boss’s face to purify the soul when bored out of one’s mind.”

Lu Meng glanced at him with disdain. “It’s a pity for that mouth of yours not to be a recruitment specialist in the HR department.”

Li Yuan sneered. “Extreme Shadow‘s threshold is worn down by people stepping over it; do we need to recruit specially?”

“You can come to Flying Dragon to work part-time as HR in the future.” Jing Xi interjected abruptly. “Daily wage settlement.”

Li Yuan: “Hehehe, that can work!”

Chi Yao: “…”

Finding a spot to park the car, Chi Yao looked at the distance to the red dot and raised his chin in a certain direction.

Meet up with the dark division people first, then plan the next step.

Walking out of the garage, Chi Yao calmly observed the surroundings.

There were many blind spots in the surveillance here; it looked like the security level of an ordinary company.

Five minutes had passed since the four outsiders appeared, and there wasn’t even an alarm.

The location displayed was Warehouse No. 5, almost across the entire factory area.

Halfway there, the terminal suddenly vibrated, and a virtual window popped up in front of Chi Yao.

[They have entered Raw Material Warehouse No. 3. Two MAX_8 transport planes have docked inside.]

Chi Yao paused, searching for the location of Warehouse No. 3, which was much closer than Warehouse No. 5.

Jing Xi: “Situation?”

Chi Yao thought for a moment and turned towards Warehouse No. 3.

Dozens of transport trucks were lined up waiting outside the transport plane’s hatch.

Large mechanical arms picked up containers from the hatch and placed them on the corresponding numbered transport trucks.

Chi Yao and the other three hid in the opposite warehouse, looking out through the crack in the door.

[Judging from the logos on the containers, this batch includes ores and energy stones.]

Jing Xi’s voice sounded in his mind.

Moments later, two people walked out from behind the containers. Chi Yao narrowed his eyes slightly.

The one in white was Liu Sichen, whom they saw underground at the Xingguo Research Institute that night. Beside him was Xu Zhou, who escaped from the garrison headquarters.

The two didn’t speak the whole time, seemingly just supervising the unloading.

Only when the unloading was complete did they walk over here.

Chi Yao signaled Li Yuan and Lu Meng, pulling Jing Xi to hide behind the stacked goods.

The gate opened, and Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen walked in.

“The wind is too tight recently. The higher-ups mean at least add 20 points to this batch.” Liu Sichen put his hands in his white coat pockets, his tone helpless.

“20 points—” Xu Zhou smiled. “This doesn’t comply with the contract terms, right?”

“Due to price increases caused by irresistible factors, we have the final right of interpretation. Besides, you can’t get such good goods through other channels.”

Liu Sichen patted Xu Zhou like a brother. “I’d rather not raise the price. Fewer orders mean much less commission for me. Unlike you, Brother Xu, your side business is booming.”

“Not much money.” Xu Zhou shook his head and sighed lightly. “Ghosts act so high-profile. Doing business with you guys, I could lose my life at any time.”

Liu Sichen: “This is our style. Look, has anything happened in so many years?”

Inside the empty warehouse, the two chatted as if no one else was around.

“Didn’t I hear Ghosts messed with that young master of the Jing family recently and suffered a big loss?” Xu Zhou looked at him leisurely. “Payment is given, don’t send fewer goods.”

Liu Sichen waved his hand. “Jing Xi isn’t qualified yet. Ghosts’ strength is more than enough to deal with Flying Dragon; no need to worry at all.”

Xu Zhou: “Keep blowing. Then why was this batch held up for so long before delivery?”

Liu Sichen: “Higher-ups’ intention. I wanted to finish the transaction and leave on the same day too; wasted more than a month of my time.”

Behind the goods, Chi Yao and Jing Xi met eyes and understood what the other was thinking.

Listening to the conversation, one represented Jiayu, the other represented Ghosts.

Ghosts traded snatched energy and ores to Jiayu, making huge profits.

If they could find records related to military personnel from the cash flow transactions of both parties, it could serve as evidence for later conviction.

Over there, Liu Sichen’s voice sounded again.

“This payment needs to be transferred today. Help hurry the finance department.”

Xu Zhou: “Old rules?”

“Transfer to me first. The higher-ups have already set up automatic deduction from my account.” Liu Sichen pulled a long face. “If you don’t pay on time, my small treasury will be gone!”

The two walked away talking.

Chi Yao signaled Li Yuan to split up and catch them.

Three hours later, Liu Sichen confirmed the huge transfer in his account and drove away with Xu Zhou.

Chi Yao and Jing Xi tracked them to a luxury hotel, where they ate and drank for nearly two hours.

Until his ears calloused from listening to their bragging, Chi Yao finally waited for the two to go upstairs drunkenly to rest in the two booked rooms.

Humming an off-key tune, Liu Sichen staggered to open the room door. But as soon as the door closed, he was pinned against it by a hand, feeling a cold, sharp touch on his neck.

Seeing Chi Yao appear before his eyes, his drunkenness vanished instantly.

“You, y-y-why are you here?!”

Chi Yao drawled lazily, “Hand over the money and I won’t kill.”

Jing Xi walked out from the side and said faintly, “Yao Yao, we’re not here to rob.”

“Sorry, habit of speaking.” Chi Yao pressed the military knife against Liu Sichen, looking at his fearful face, and smiled. “We don’t rob money, we rob beauty (lust).”

Jing Xi: “…”

Liu Sichen: “…!!!”

Holy shit.