The situation on the eastern front was even more severe than Chi Yao had imagined.

The shells of the crustacean-type mutated beasts were somewhat immune to high-damage optical weapons, and the simple physical defense of the electric net was completely unable to stop a beast tide of this density.

Chi Yao notified Lu Meng to meet him on the nearest warship to discuss a battle plan.

When he returned to the warship’s command cabin, Lu Meng was still a bit dazed. He looked up and saw that a certain pirate leader was already on a video call with the boss.

“Hurry up.” Hearing the noise, Chi Yao urged him.

Lu Meng’s gaze shifted back and forth between them a few times before he walked over quickly.

Chi Yao leaned back against the conference table and placed the empty water bottle he was holding on it.

“Using sound waves is the most efficient.”

Large-scale sonic attacks were not suitable for every situation.

In a densely populated area, this kind of indiscriminate attack could very well cause a large number of innocent civilian casualties.

But Chi Yao had confirmed this area. The residents within a few dozen kilometers had already been evacuated, leaving only Flying Dragon and a portion of the garrison that had stayed behind to help.

“We’ve already tried that, it’s useless!” Lu Meng took off his helmet, tossed it on the table, and casually caught the water bottle a subordinate threw him. “There are too many level-five mutated beasts, the interference is too great. Even without interference, the effect of infrasound on them is very limited.”

“Different species can receive different frequency bands of sound waves. The ones you’re using aren’t precise enough,” Chi Yao said flatly.

Lu Meng was a little surprised. “Those were all developed by mechanical experts. How can they not be precise enough?”

Chi Yao sneered. “They may understand machinery, but they don’t necessarily understand mutated beasts.”

Lu Meng: “Sounds like you know a lot?”

Chi Yao: “A little more than them.”

Lu Meng: “…”

Chi Yao looked at Jing Xi. “What do you think?”

Jing Xi looked at the data displayed on the various virtual screens.

“The conditions are right. We can give it a try.”

Chi Yao’s lips curved into a light smile. “Since you agree, then it’s settled.”

Jing Xi nodded and looked at Lu Meng. “You coordinate with him. Get everyone onto the warships and insulate them from the sound waves.”

Chi Yao: “Retreat outside the atmosphere and wait for my signal.”

Lu Meng’s eyes widened. “If we all retreat, how will we stop the beast tide?”

“That’s why we must be fast,” Chi Yao said, casually twirling his ring. “After my signal, everyone must be on the warships within 10 seconds and reach the designated location within 30 seconds.”

Lu Meng looked at his own boss in disbelief, then at Chi Yao. “Are you serious?”

Chi Yao glanced at the time and stood up. “Wait for my signal.”

Jing Xi: “Be careful.”

Chi Yao smiled. “The ones who should be careful are that herd of beasts crashing into us.”

Lu Meng: “…”

This atmosphere, why does it feel a bit strange?

Returning to Flying Dragon’s cockpit, Chi Yao woke up Xiao Hei.

“Can you turn into a sonic amplifier?”

Xiao Hei: [There’s nothing this master can’t become.]

Chi Yao flicked it. “Hurry up if you want to see your little sister, Xiao Hong.”

Xiao Hei: [You’re the little sister.]

Chi Yao: “Fine, you’re the big brother. One more word and I’ll have my wife make you a big flowery coat.”

Xiao Hei paused. The black shell of its machine body began to split and deform, soon taking the shape of an antique, broken trumpet.

Chi Yao: “…”

Fine.

He took off the ring from his middle finger and pressed it in. The metal clasp quickly deformed, fitting it snugly inside.

Lu Meng had all the fighter jets move near the warships. As soon as Chi Yao gave the signal, the hangar doors of all the warships opened.

Once the bombing stopped, the beast tide’s movement speed immediately increased, and in a moment, it had submerged half of the downtown area.

After all the warships had ascended, Chi Yao threw Xiao Hei out of the cockpit and at the same time, pushed the power to the maximum, rocketing into the sky.

The next moment, the monitor was filled with red warnings.

“This impatience, I wonder who he gets it from.”

Chi Yao muttered, having Flying Dragon dodge as far away as possible.

As soon as they reached the agreed coordinates, Lu Meng heard a subordinate’s loud report.

“Captain, come and see!”

Lu Meng and several other officers hurried over.

The surveillance screen flickered a few times, then showed the situation on the ground.

“What the f—!” Lu Meng cursed under his breath, dumbfounded.

The movement speed of the dense beast swarm had clearly weakened. Swathes of beasts exploded on the spot, turning into pools of blood.

“What kind of sound wave is this powerful?!”

“No wonder they made us run so far. If we were any closer, even the warships would have been destroyed.”

“Badass! Is this a newly developed sonic weapon?!”

“Those old guys at the military factory could never create such a powerful weapon. It must be the boss’s own invention!”

Thinking of the person who used this move, Lu Meng froze.

The mutated beasts’ thick hides were blasted apart. If it were used against people, wouldn’t they be blown to smithereens?

If Extreme Shadow had such a powerful weapon, why had they never been seen using it before?

On the virtual screen, the red dots representing the beast swarm were rapidly disappearing. In just a moment, only half remained.

Flying Dragon’s signal came in. Lu Meng was startled and quickly connected.

Chi Yao appeared on the screen.

“Returning in one minute. Your men go to the southwest flanks and push the front line outward.”

Lu Meng was confused. “Southwest? What about the northeast flanks?”

Chi Yao: “Xixi has other arrangements.”

Lu Meng: “…………”

The other officers: “…………”

You can call him Xixi?!

Five minutes of infrasound attack. The beasts that could barely withstand it basically had no attack power left. Any more time spent on stimulating the unaffected ones would be useless.

The ring embedded in the trumpet stopped rotating, and the infrasound ceased.

At the same time, a magnificent fleet descended again from the clouds.

In the night sky, ten mysterious warships appeared on the northeast flanks of the front line.

After hovering in the air for a moment, the bay doors on both sides opened, and countless fighter jets flew out in sequence, heading towards the battlefield.

As soon as the warships appeared, the temporary command post received an alarm.

“Boss, unknown warships have appeared on the battlefield. Signal feedback is abnormal!” Yan Kai reported anxiously to Jing Xi.

Jing Xi stared at the surveillance screen, lost in thought.

Seeing his boss’s lack of reaction, Yan Kai was sweating with anxiety.

“Should we send someone to intercept, or have Chief Lu intercept?”

At such a critical moment, if the newcomers turned out to be enemies, they could very well be attacked from both front and rear.

“No rush,” Jing Xi’s face was calm. “Send them a warning signal.”

Yan Kai: “Yes, sir!”

He hurriedly left after acknowledging.

The operator sent the signal, his palms sweaty.

Yan Kai stood behind him, not in much better shape.

Basically, whenever a non-military warship appeared on the battlefield, it was never good news.

“They’ve responded!”

Hearing the operator’s exclamation, Yan Kai immediately stared at the screen.

The operator quickly translated the signal, and a line of text appeared on the screen.

[The boss sent us to help his new wife.]

Yan Kai: “…Why is it gibberish?”

The operator: “?”

The operator translated it again, and it was still the same. “It’s not gibberish.”

Yan Kai, completely baffled, handed the signal to Jing Xi.

“We don’t know what this mysterious code is. They haven’t been able to crack it yet.”

Jing Xi glanced at it. “…………”

In the mecha cockpit, Chi Yao watched the four fronts push out steadily and let out a sigh of relief.

Even if the thing in the southern cave could control the mutated beasts, the number of mutated beasts was ultimately limited.

After a heavy blow, they would need a period of reorganization. There would be at least a two-day safety period.

His terminal suddenly rang. Seeing the familiar communication signal segment, Chi Yao casually swiped it open, the corner of his lip lifting.

“Xixi—”

Jing Xi’s face was wooden. He waved the white paper in his hand. “New wife?”

Chi Yao was confused. After seeing the words on the paper clearly, he was speechless.

He told them to use Jing Xi’s name, not to report it like this!

Chi Yao: “Fresh wife?”

Jing Xi: “I’m the one asking you.”

Chi Yao leaned back in his chair and sneered. “How would I know what a fool is trying to express?”

Jing Xi raised an eyebrow. “You don’t know them?”

Chi Yao shook his head decisively. “Don’t know them.”

Jing Xi: “Then I’ll drive them out?”

Chi Yao: “I have no objection even if you blow them up.”

Jing Xi let out a low, cold snort, looked away, his face clearly reading “unhappy.”

He held it in, but couldn’t. “How many lovers and wives did you have before?”

Although it wasn’t very kind, seeing Jing Xi’s cold face, Chi Yao’s first thought wasn’t to coax him, but to quickly take a picture.

A beauty in a temper was too much to his liking.

He found a good angle and secretly took a few pictures.

“Actually, there weren’t—”

“Forget it.”

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Jing Xi, who said coldly, “I don’t want to know anymore.”

The young master was throwing a tantrum.

Chi Yao: “Do you care?”

Jing Xi’s face was grim, and he said nothing.

Chi Yao glanced at the surveillance feed and chuckled lightly. “We’ll talk about this when I get back.”

Five hours later, the first ray of the star broke through the horizon.

Everything on the battlefield was bathed in light, looking particularly tragic.

The logistics unit was flying fighter jets, spraying disinfectant.

Lu Meng led his men in full gear, moving through the battlefield to retrieve the deployed military equipment.

He looked up towards the northeast, puzzled.

As soon as the great battle ended, those warships had left.

How on earth did they come?

After Flying Dragon arrived here, it had opened surveillance on all airspace, including nearby planets, but had found no trace of them at all.

They had appeared silently and left silently.

Besides Flying Dragon, did the boss have other resources?

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Lu Meng thought of Chi Yao.

This person had been in the gray areas for many years, and at a young age, he could control the entire Extreme Shadow, walking sideways in the pirate circle.

Perhaps the boss had made some private agreement with him?

Outside the airspace of 333, a few young people on a mysterious warship were reporting in the small digital group.

[B45: Mission accomplished, confetti.]

[L50: Had a fight, feeling refreshed.]

[B33: Can we get some overtime pay? Manually @the old man]

After a whole row of laughing messages, Chi Yao finally appeared.

Chi Yao: [The old man understands your literature teachers died early. Each of you hand-copy a thousand ancient poems and submit them to the old man for grading.]

As soon as this message was sent, the whole group fell silent.

After daybreak, the nocturnal beasts gradually quieted down. Jing Xi listened to each chief’s report, then got up and walked out.

Yan Kai had just come out of the tea room with tea. Seeing him about to leave, he said, “Boss, are you going to rest? Have some breakfast first?”

Jing Xi didn’t stop. “No need.”

Chi Yao sat on the instep of Flying Dragon’s foot, watching the fighter jets flying around chaotically, tossing a small black bean in his hand.

The bean suddenly projected a virtual screen.

[Xiao Hong is here!]

Chi Yao paused and turned his head in the direction Xiao Hei indicated.

A black mecha flew over and landed smoothly in front of him.

Chi Yao tightened his grip on the bean, his back couldn’t help but straighten.

A moment later, a slender figure jumped down from the mecha.

It really was him.

Watching Jing Xi approach, Chi Yao couldn’t help but smile.

How had he not noticed before?

Compared to being a rival, this person was more suited to be a wife.

A rival belongs to someone else, a wife is your own.

“Boss! Why are you here?”

Lu Meng’s loud voice rang out. Chi Yao and Jing Xi’s locked gazes paused, and they looked away at the same time.

Jing Xi turned his head. “Came to check on the situation.”

“It’s much better than expected!” Lu Meng glanced at Chi Yao over there and lowered his voice. “Extreme Shadow might still be hiding its strength, especially their sonic weapons, which are more advanced than ours.”

Jing Xi: “Mm.”

Such a calm reaction?

Thinking of something, Lu Meng asked, “By the way, that fleet from last night—”

“I seconded them,” Jing Xi had no intention of explaining further. He gestured for him to go towards the warship. “Call your men over, let’s have a meeting.”

Seeing Jing Xi approach, then seeing him intercepted halfway by Lu Meng, Chi Yao: “…”

He grabbed Xiao Hei, who was trying to sneak away, and leaned against Flying Dragon’s foot, closing his eyes to rest.

The fighter jets roared in the sky, and the cold wind carried a thick smell of blood. Everything was all too familiar.

“Yao… Chi Yao…”

Hearing Jing Xi’s voice by his ear, Chi Yao groggily opened his eyes. Jing Xi’s enlarged face appeared before him.

He was backlit, a halo of light surrounding him, making him look even more pristine.

“Why are you sleeping here?” Jing Xi sat beside him and touched his cold fingers. “Only I have used Flying Dragon’s secondary cabin. Go rest there.”

Chi Yao reached out and brushed his long hair that had fallen. “Finished with your work?”

Jing Xi: “I need to go to the northern island later.”

Chi Yao was noncommittal. “Can your body handle it?”

Jing Xi: “I don’t feel tired.”

Every workaholic probably has a deep misunderstanding of the word “tired.”

Chi Yao couldn’t be bothered to argue. “Since you’re here, shouldn’t you pay me my reward from last night?”

Jing Xi looked down at him. “The photos?”

Chi Yao smiled, saying nothing.

Jing Xi: “Just the photos?”

A flicker appeared in Chi Yao’s eyes, and his gaze subconsciously swept over his slightly parted lips.

“Are there other options?”

Feeling his gaze, Jing Xi propped himself up beside Chi Yao and leaned in close.

How could one not be moved when a beautiful wife is so proactive?

Chi Yao leaned back without moving, watching him turn his head, but just as he was about to kiss him, he suddenly stopped.

Jing Xi: “A kiss or the photos, you can only choose one.”

Chi Yao: “…”