In the medical vehicle, Li Xiao found it inconvenient to talk too much: “Get out of there first. I’ve already spoken to Wu Ya; you can contact him directly.”

Song Jin glanced at the signal frequency received on his terminal: “Is the school taken care of?”

Li Xiao: “Almost.”

Song Jin: “Then let’s meet up directly at the Nanming Constellation.”

Li Xiao: “That works. Stay safe.”

After hanging up the video call, Song Jin immediately dialed Wu Ya’s private frequency: “Is this Wu Ya? I’m Song Jin… Yeah, heading out of District Nine soon… Apron A967? …Have a starship ready within ten minutes, we’ll be right there.”

Jiang Chi observed the military vehicles outside that were nearly surrounding them, reminding Song Jin: “Two vehicles at four o’clock behind us preparing a flank attack, watch out!”

Song Jin stole a glance, turned the steering wheel slightly, slammed on the brakes to avoid them, and then accelerated again rapidly.

The other end of the line fell silent. Just as Song Jin was about to hang up, he heard the Beta named Wu Ya ask, “Was that voice just now Jiang Chi? Is he with you?”

Song Jin: “You can even tell from that?”

Wu Ya didn’t continue on this topic, merely stating that everything was arranged before hanging up.

Song Jin didn’t mind either, focusing on dealing with the military vehicles outside. Spotting the nervous look on Jiang Chi’s face in the rear seat out of the corner of his eye, he asked casually, “Remembered something again?”

Jiang Chi cleared his throat, pretending nothing was wrong as he asked, “The Wu Ya you mentioned just now is…?”

Song Jin: “The CEO of Xingyu Aviation.”

Jiang Chi secretly let out a breath of relief.

Song Jin smiled lazily: “I heard he used to be your wife?”

Jiang Chi: “…”

Song Jin deftly dodged the sandwiching military vehicles, looking through the monitor at the two rear vehicles that had crashed into wrecks: “Could it be true?”

Jiang Chi bit the bullet and replied: “…First time I’ve heard of it.”

Jiang Hao listened in utter confusion: “The CEO of Xingyu Aviation? Is he super impressive?”

“Don’t know, but probably more impressive than your brother.”

As Song Jin spoke, he teased with a smile, “You’re in luck, Old Jiang. You can live off a rich partner from now on—really makes one envious.”

Jiang Chi: “…”

This sarcastic tone is definitely retaliation.

First Military Academy.

After wrapping up his talk with Ye You, Li Xiao had just stepped out of the medical vehicle when he received a report from Yan Qing that a large number of modified humans had gathered at Restaurant 274.

Since Restaurant 39 had been blown to the ground, the blood supply station had been moved to Restaurant 274.

When Li Xiao arrived, Yan Qing and ten Marine soldiers were waiting by the small garden outside the restaurant, observing the situation inside.

Seeing Li Xiao approach, Yan Qing concisely explained the highlights in two or three sentences: “The mental states of these modified humans are quite unstable. They’re here demanding blood.”

Li Xiao understood.

The Meng family held massive power. Even if these modified humans knew they had been deceived and that their lives were under threat, they didn’t dare resist. To obtain the blood that prolonged their lives, they had no choice but to accept dangerous missions—Lin Zhou and Liu Jie were both in this situation.

But now that there was hope of the Meng family being suppressed, their survival instinct was triggered once again.

Seeing Li Xiao about to enter, Yan Qing stopped him: “They are extremely aggressive, and the inside is filled with that kind of pheromone.”

“No need to worry.” Li Xiao motioned for a few Betas among the Marines to stake out key positions, while he entered through the main entrance of the restaurant himself.

The hall had already been trashed beyond recognition by more than thirty modified humans. Every single one of them was hysterical and appeared to have lost their reason. In a corner sat several injured restaurant staff members.

A middle-aged Beta wearing a head chef’s uniform was held up by Wei Wen, surrounded by five students who were venting wildly.

“Open the clearance! Or I’ll kill you!”

“Give me the blood! Give me the blood!”

“If you don’t give me blood, I’ll drink yours!”

The Beta head chef tried to struggle, only to have his arm snapped by a student. He sobbed in pain: “The clearance isn’t with me! As long as you complete your missions, the clearance will open automatically! Forcing me is useless!”

Wei Wen roared: “Don’t give me that bullshit! If you don’t open the clearance, I’ll kill you!”

Beta head chef: “Kill me, and none of you will ever get blood agents for the rest of your lives!”

Affected by side effects, the students suffered dual torment in both mind and body. Having reached a standoff for so long without seeing any hope, a group of students slid down against the wall, wailing loudly.

“I don’t want to do missions! I don’t want to upgrade either, I just want to live! Waaaah…”

“It’s all the Meng family, everything was caused by the Meng family!”

“I don’t want to die waaah, it hurts so much… I don’t want to die!”

As they cried, the entire hall sank into an atmosphere of absolute despair.

“What’s the point of you guys crying?!” Wei Wen reprimanded loudly.

One of the students cried and shouted back at him: “Then what do you say we do?! Nobody cares whether we live or die!”

“We brought this on ourselves.”

A nearby Alpha student choked out, “The Meng family won’t care about us, and the Royal Family will treat us as enemies. We’re dead for sure, waaah…”

Wei Wen was brought near tears by them as well. However, having received his injections for the shortest duration, he could still maintain a thread of rationality. Wiping his face, he made up his mind: “Find the Second Prince!”

The student who spoke first asked: “What’s the use of finding him?”

“He can achieve anything; maybe he has a way.”

The more Wei Wen spoke, the more feasible he felt it was. Throwing the Beta head chef aside, he stroged toward the exit, only to be blocked by other students around him.

“The Second Prince is currently taking down the Meng family—aren’t you seeking death by going to him?!”

“You’ll drag us all down into exposure! Are you trying to get us killed?!”

Wei Wen shoved them aside: “You haven’t harmed him before, what are you afraid of?!”

The Alpha student: “He might not necessarily be reasonable with us!”

“Even if I’m treated as an enemy, I don’t care!”

Wei Wen gritted his teeth, “I must expose the actions of the Meng family! And Zheng Lin, who guided me to participate in the modification experiment—we can never let them continue harming others!”

Several students were about to advise further, but other surrounding students chimed in one after another.

“I’ll go too.”

“Either way we’re going to die, so consider it getting rid of a scourge for Danse.”

“I will absolutely not be a rebel!”

“While the Second Prince is still at school, let’s go quickly!”

Wei Wen nodded, heading out together with them.

Seeing this, the students who were huddled in the corner in despair gritted their teeth and followed as well.

Before Wei Wen had walked many steps, dozens of people were following behind him.

Rounding the indoor landscape, Wei Wen suddenly froze. The others looked toward the main entrance, their eyes widening.

“Second Prince?”

They subconsciously stepped back.

Wei Wen loudly reminded: “Our pheromones might have a bad impact on you, please don’t come too close!”

“I haven’t been able to sense other people’s pheromones since I was young.”

Li Xiao lied solemnly, walking straight over, “I heard you guys were looking for me?”

At the mention of this matter, the students began venting wildly again, wishing they could dump all their tragic experiences onto Li Xiao at once.

Seeing that Li Xiao could listen to them patiently, Wei Wen’s eyes turned red again. He thought to himself that he must have been possessed by a demon—to actually listen to words from someone like Zheng Lin, unwittingly betraying the Royal Family and the Second Prince.

“We are dead for sure.”

Wei Wen looked at Li Xiao, “But we hope no one else gets deceived in the future. We hope the Second Prince can expose this matter.”

After speaking, all the students looked at Li Xiao nervously.

Li Xiao’s gaze swept over all the students, catching out of the corner of his eye that more people were continually coming downstairs, twitching from time to time, looking as though they were trying their utmost to control themselves.

It wasn’t until all the students began growing anxious and uneasy that Li Xiao finally spoke unhurriedly: “I want to confirm one point first. From what stance are you standing here and telling me all this?”

The students looked at each other; their already scarce rationality was nearly burned out, making every one of them slow to react.

Li Xiao wasn’t in a rush either, simply waiting like that.

Wei Wen pondered seriously for a moment, then spoke firmly: “I am a student of the First Military Academy, a soldier of the Empire.”

The eyes of the other students lit up, as if they had received the answer in their hearts.

“Me too!”

“Me too!”

“I’d rather die than be a pawn of the Meng family!”

“Me too!”

…

Once all the students stated their positions, Li Xiao nodded: “Your pheromones are too aggressive and uncontrollable. I will have you isolated first, and someone will tell you what to do.”

Wei Wen bit his lower lip, his eyes moist: “Can my family be told that I died in battle?”

Seeing the other students looking over expectantly as well, Li Xiao spoke calmly: “Undergoing proper treatment won’t necessarily result in death. But if you want to die in battle, I can provide the opportunity.”

Wei Wen and all the students widened their eyes.

What did the Second Prince say?

Undergoing treatment won’t necessarily result in death? They still had a chance to live?

A student covered his face and cried out: “It can’t be cured. In the past, I saw someone sent to the hospital during an onset, and they still died.”

Li Xiao: “Those who betray the Empire naturally can’t be cured.”

The student paused, utterly dumbfounded by this sentence.

The students picked to participate in the modification project were no fools; a little careful thought made them understand the meaning behind Li Xiao’s words.

Li Xiao had a way to treat people who had undergone modification, but it was limited to those who hadn’t betrayed the Empire.

No wonder he had asked about their stance earlier.

Outside the main door, Yan Qing, who had followed out of worry, listened to the entire conversation, a gratified smile welling up in his eyes.

Noticing out of his peripheral vision that a student in a distant corner was sneakily leaving, he stared at the figure for a few moments, confirming it was Zheng Lin.

After Li Xiao finished talking with all the modified humans, he had the Beta Marines arrange vehicles to transport them all away.

Marine Squad Leader: “How do we handle this head chef?”

Li Xiao glanced over calmly: “Separate detention. He will be executed later alongside others who committed treason.”

In that instant of eye contact, the Beta head chef shivered in fear. Realizing what was happening only as Li Xiao was about to leave, he cried and begged for mercy: “I was forced too!”

Yet Li Xiao didn’t even cast a glance at the dragged-away ferryman, his mind entirely filled with having won the bet.

He could make the little lion dance for him now—the sultry kind from an aerial bar. He could even take whatever he wanted while enjoying it: kissing whenever he wanted, hugging whenever he wanted.

Stepping out of the restaurant’s main entrance, Li Xiao was already visualizing the image of the chubby cat cub dancing, his gaze drifting away.

Seeing Yan Qing approach, he forcefully stopped himself.

“Zheng Lin just left; he might have overheard quite a bit,” Yan Qing reported in a low voice.

Li Xiao didn’t care in the slightest: “Doesn’t matter. I have the final say in the current situation.”

Yan Qing’s heart jolted, his eyes widening slightly.

Li Xiao was puzzled: “Worried?”

Yan Qing snapped back to reality, shaking his head with a chuckle: “You truly are our hope.”

He had once placed his hopes on Li Xun, and later on Li Su and his partner, but failed both times.

This time, however, he had a very strong intuition that they could succeed.

Li Xiao walked down the steps with him: “This isn’t something one person can complete alone. It just so happens I came, and it just so happens none of you gave up. Everything is the best arrangement.”

Yan Qing thought Li Xiao’s “I came” referred to Li Xiao’s birth, secretly sighing at the wonder of destiny.

Yet only Li Xiao himself knew that this destiny of “everything being just right” was rewritten by him using two lifetimes, risking everything he had.

Over there, Zheng Lin fled in panic to an empty equipment room, sending a message to Zheng Kang’an.

[Li Xiao said he hasn't been able to sense pheromones since he was young! The modified humans' pheromones are completely useless against him!]

Military Headquarters.

Zheng Kang’an had suffered from insomnia for several days in a row, tormented mentally.

Seeing the message sent by Zheng Lin, he froze for a long time.

“How is that possible…”

Calculating every possibility, he hadn’t calculated that Li Xiao was immune to the pheromones of modified humans.

No wonder no matter how many times Meng Jian sent modified humans to deal with Li Xiao, it always ended in failure.

Just as Zheng Kang’an was considering whether to report this intelligence to Meng Jian, his adjutant came over from the adjacent office, reporting in some panic: “Sir, His Majesty has officially stated his position!”

Zheng Kang’an’s face changed as he took the document handed over by the adjutant, flipping through it rapidly.

The adjutant opened the Shengya social media platform: “His Majesty has agreed to go to Nanming Constellation for Meng Jian, notifying the entire military to prepare for battle. I just got news that both the Yi and Gao family legions received orders to mobilize, but what was given to us is—”

At this point, the adjutant pursed his lips. Seeing Zheng Kang’an’s ugly expression, he didn’t continue further.

The issued document clearly stated that Zifu Constellation was relatively far from Suyang Constellation and Nanming Constellation; the troops on their side were temporarily pending, awaiting the Royal Family’s next orders.

To put it plainly, they were being benched.

The adjutant asked in a low voice: “Does the Royal Family want to wait until they deal with the Meng family before turning around to deal with us?”

The alliance between the Zheng and Meng families hadn’t been just a day or two; it was no secret across the entire power circle. It wasn’t hard to understand why the Royal Family didn’t send them to the front lines, yet they didn’t take any coercive measures against them either—simply leaving them alone, making the adjutant feel anxious.

It felt as though the Royal Family was holding back a major move.

With a grim face, Zheng Kang’an threw the document onto the desk, thinking back to what Li Xiao had said to Xiao Lin at the farewell banquet that day.

If the Meng family collapsed, the Zheng family wouldn’t be able to stay safe either. However, if the Zheng family could create value for the Royal Family, there would still be room for negotiation on Li Xiao’s end.

“Don’t move for now.”

Zheng Kang’an sighed softly, “Observe the situation before making the next plan.”

The adjutant could only comply.

Up to now, neither the Meng family nor the Royal Family had issued action orders to them; they could only take it one step at a time.

Zheng Kang’an looked at the updating posts on the network platform.

Two minutes ago, Li Ji used his personal account to post a video, directly responding to Meng Jian’s “war challenge.”

In the video, Li Ji was completely different from his usual elegant gentleman appearance—his face was injured, his hair dirty and messy, and apart from his earrings, he wore only a plain shirt, completely failing to meet the dress code and etiquette requirements of a King in public.

Li Ji’s expression was exhausted yet grave, his eyes looking straight at the camera: “I have received everyone’s concern. But Meng Jian once hijacked Suyang Constellation. Considering the safety of the public across various residential planets in Nanming Constellation, I have decided to accept Meng Jian’s invitation and head to Nanming Constellation to negotiate with him, striving to minimize risks. Until absolutely necessary, the Royal Family does not wish to go to war.”

“However, the situation in Nanming Constellation is on the verge of triggering; the Royal Family must make full preparations for battle. Once war breaks out, the damage caused will be unimaginable. The Royal Family needs the support of every single one of you—everyone uniting as one to jointly work toward maintaining Empire peace…”

Comments under the update had surpassed one hundred million.

The top several hundred hot comments were all retweets and messages from various legions.

[Third Legion is ready!]

[Eighth Legion is ready!]

[Sixteenth Legion is ready!]

[Twenty-Seventh Legion is ready!]

…

Under every single hot comment were millions of replies from netizens.

“His Majesty leading the charge personally—giving him way too much face!”

“What’s there to talk about! Just fight directly!”

“Although I’m a native of Nanming Constellation, I support going to war too. Worst case, I’ll grab some dry rations and hide in a shelter for a while.”

“Better short pain than long agony—support going to war!”

“Charge over and force all the Meng family troops out of Danse!”

“Those with money contribute money, those without contribute presence—I’ll donate one million first.”

“Seriously, whatever I can help with, just command!”

“Veterans awaiting the organization’s call!”

As Zheng Kang’an flipped down rapidly, his mood grew heavier.

Li Ji claimed he “didn’t want to go to war,” but his actions pushed both sides into a situation where war was inevitable, rallying public opinion to force Meng Jian to surrender without showing the slightest intention of backing down.

He had never known the Royal Family possessed the ability to command such a massive response, inspiring morale and encouraging everyone with just a couple of simple sentences.

He couldn’t help but think: if Li Ji had dared to say this six months ago, wouldn’t it have only drawn widespread mockery?

The situation was indeed different now.

In this storm raised single-handedly by Li Xiao, the Royal Family had reclaimed the right to speak, returning to the status a ruler ought to have.

From this perspective, Meng Jian had already lost.

At the same time.

Suyang Constellation S436 District Nine Garrison Base.

After punishing the commander and a group of high-ranking officials, Song Jin left behind a group of officers who were still resisting, patted his rear, and walked away.

News updates appeared online one after another, and the military’s internal management system received dozens of Class-A important notices in succession.

An Alpha Major, after reading the notices, directly opened the voice-control system of the sub-console, shouting into the microphone: “Attention all departments: resume normal operations immediately! Anyone who comes out to obstruct is an enemy! Arrest first before reporting, regardless of rank!”

“Repeat, resume normal operations immediately…”

A Beta Lieutenant Colonel burst in, shouting angrily at the Alpha Major: “Turn off the voice control quickly!”

The Alpha Major watched him approach vigilantly, quickly finishing reading the notice. When the other party made a move, he swung a fist over: “I’ve endured you for a long time!”

The Beta Lieutenant Colonel had a tooth knocked out directly, returning the blow furiously: “You dare hit me?!”

“Why wouldn’t I dare? You’re about to be dismissed from your post!”

The Alpha Major dealt heavy blows, knocking the man unconscious with a few punches, pulling out handcuffs to lock him up, and contacting other colleagues in the work group chat: “Confirm how many usable people we have left as soon as possible. Even if we can’t help, we can’t drag them down.”

Messages jumped rapidly in the chat.

“Just dealt with the Meng family’s lackeys; the soldiers under me are basically usable.”

“What a coincidence? I just finished dealing with mine too.”

“Currently can’t tell who is unusable; let’s restore order first before talking.”

“Quick, just being responsible for our own departments should be enough, right? My dad is scolding me to death, saying I was playing around with rebels for no reason.”

“Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess handled all our superiors—really generous.”

As they were talking, a strange message suddenly popped up in the chat.

Royal Dedicated AI 07: [High-frequency sound waves will be activated after a ten-second countdown, lasting for one minute. Please arrest those who have strong reactions to the sound waves.]

Everyone: “…!!!”

The Alpha Major frantically wanted to send out a notice, not expecting a well-behaved boy’s voice to automatically sound through the voice-control system.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that perhaps the Royal Family was much stronger than they had imagined.

While the entire network’s morale was fired up by Li Ji’s declaration, people discovered that the garrison bases in Suyang Constellation that had previously announced strikes were issuing updates one after another.

Suyang Constellation S436 District Nine Garrison: [Rebels cleared; resuming operations immediately.]

Suyang Constellation S145 District Two Garrison: [Rebels eliminated; fully resuming operations.]

Suyang Constellation S660 District Seven Garrison: [Rebels cleared; resuming operations immediately.]

…

By the time Li Xiao heard Yi Yongning’s report, eighty percent of the striking garrison bases had recovered.

Yi Yongning: “According to your instructions, the specific sound wave frequencies have been informed to trustworthy personnel. Currently, things are proceeding very smoothly.”

Li Xiao: “Mm. Luckily you have people in every base.”

Yi Yongning: “…You’re not mocking me, are you?”

Li Xiao: “I’m serious.”

Yi Yongning: “Now there are only two kinds of people: those who sided with the Meng family, and those who sided with the Royal Family.”

Li Xiao secretly called him an old fox, hanging up the communication and getting off the vehicle with Yan Qing.

The rebels in the Military Academy had been mostly rooted out; the rest could be resolved by themselves. It was about time to set off for Nanming Constellation.

Noticing something out of his peripheral vision, Li Xiao turned around, seeing countless students lined up in the open space in front of the Political Affairs Office. Standing at the very front were instructors and teachers of various grades, as well as chief representatives of each department and members of the Student Union.

09: [Many more came from behind.]

Li Xiao looked around.

Students were surging toward this area from all kinds of big and small roads, their scale dozens of times larger than the previous protest march.

Li Xiao walked to the entrance of the Political Affairs Office. Seeing Lin Shuo and Liu Jie present as well, he looked calmly at Instructor Zhao De: “What is going on here? Did the school management assemble them?”

Zhao De shook his head: “They came on their own. Fearing something might go wrong, we are here maintaining order.”

Lin Shuo stood in front of the formation, looking at Li Xiao: “Second Prince, we want to follow you to support Nanming Constellation!”

All the students raised their hands in salute simultaneously: “We are ready, requesting to go to battle!”

Resounding voices echoed through the entire administrative area.

Li Xiao stood on the steps, his gaze sweeping across everyone. His cold expression left everyone unable to guess what he was thinking.

The teachers in front were anxious in their hearts, fearing Li Xiao wouldn’t agree.

Military cadets had never voluntarily requested to fight on such a massive scale; it was no small test for the management team.

Compared to active-duty soldiers, military cadets lacked experience and technology, making them more susceptible to casualties on the battlefield.

However, with national crisis at hand, if military cadets lost their courage, it would be far more terrifying than dying on the battlefield.

Zhao De and a group of instructors looked to Yan Qing for help, wanting Yan Qing to think of a way.

Yan Qing tilted his head slightly, avoiding their gaze.

Zhao De and the others: “…!”

Actually pretending not to see?!

Lin Shuo, Liu Jie, and the others held their breath and waited just like everyone else.

Amid everyone’s apprehensive waiting, Li Xiao pulled up his terminal to contact the Third Legion Commander, Yi Lian.

Yi Lian: “Second Prince?”

Li Xiao: “Immediately liaison with the school management, allocate a portion of military equipment, integrate the participating military cadets into the Third Legion, and march out with me.”

Yi Lian: “Received.”

The eyes of Lin Shuo and the others sparkled, cheers erupting continuously among the crowd.

This was an opportunity they fought for on their own.

An opportunity to prove themselves and rebuild their faith.

As the Third Legion set off with the military cadets, the official account of the First Military Academy posted a new update.

[Fulfilling a soldier’s duty, swearing to defend the peace of the Empire to the death!]

In the released video, all military cadets were fully equipped, following Li Xiao in an orderly manner onto the starships amidst a solemn atmosphere.

Comments under the update exploded exponentially.

“Ahhh the Second Prince is so handsome!! The military cadets are so handsome!!”

“My husbands have all gone to Nanming Constellation, I want to go too!”

“Let’s all go to Nanming Constellation nationwide; throwing one rotten egg per person can pelt Meng Jian to death!”

“Ah, military cadets can participate in battle?! Why didn’t our school notify us?!”

“Our Special Operations Academy cannot be left unnamed!”

“Can non-military higher education institutions participate in battle?!”

“I want to follow the Second Prince to fight in the war too!”

The First Military Academy had originally just wanted to show presence as part of the atmosphere group, not expecting Li Xiao—who only appeared on camera for five seconds—to raise a massive wave once again, triggering a “turmoil” among military higher education institutions nationwide.

Not long after its main page was flooded, Danse Special Operations Academy posted a new update—

[Emergency report approval passed! All students who received the notification may head to the designated assembly point immediately to march out to Nanming Constellation!]

Seeing that there was hope, students from various higher education institutions couldn’t sit still anymore, rapidly tagging their alma maters under the topic.

[We want to go too! We aren’t worse than them! @FeiyueMechaCollege]

[Have some sense—look at why the First Military Academy could be rated a top-tier military academy while you couldn’t. If you don’t hurry, you won’t even get broth to drink. @GalaxyMilitaryAcademy]

[Hurry up and submit reports to queue! There are only so many spots, once it’s late they’ll be gone! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, if you miss this train, next year’s student enrollment will be worrying @TianjiangCommandAcademy]

[We at least competed on the same stage with the Second Prince, so we have a bit of connection. We must make good use of our advantages and hurry to cut in line! @LongtengMechaCollege]

On the starship.

Li Xiao was keeping Jiang Chi’s data in mind. Upon entering the rest cabin, he sent a video request to Song Jin.

“How is the restoration going?”

Song Jin was already on a starship flying toward Nanming Constellation as well, currently researching the video content together with Jiang Chi and Jiang Hao.

“Just finished restoring it. It’s a bit blurry; it was probably shot 75 years ago.”

As he spoke, Song Jin synchronized the video screen onto the call display.

Li Xiao watched the footage intently, afraid of missing a single detail.

The footage had no audio; it had likely been filmed using the most primitive recording tool.

The more primitive, the stronger the stealth, and the less likely to be detected by scans.

The footage shook violently. The person filming was inside an iron cage, gripping the iron bars and slapping them hard.

Across a small path, quite a few soldiers in military uniform were locked inside a row of iron cages on the opposite side.

Reaching two hours and thirty-four minutes, a group of officers appeared at the bottom right corner of the screen, discussing while heading toward the top right corner.

Li Xiao remembered that was the direction of the laboratory.

Suddenly noticing a somewhat familiar face, Li Xiao motioned for Song Jin to pause.

Song Jin: “What’s wrong?”

Li Xiao pointed out the young man walking at the very back of this group: “09, access the military database to cross-reference this person’s face.”

09: [Logging into the military database—cross-referencing—matching target found!]

A personal file popped up simultaneously in the field of view of both Li Xiao and Song Jin.

Seeing the name, both of them were somewhat stunned.

This man was Gao Zhe—Gao Wanxin’s father.