Ignoring Li Bo’s murderous gaze, Chi Yao signed the handover document.

“Now that the procedures are complete, you will depart for Cetus this afternoon.”

Pei Zhenyue signed his name in the approval section of the document, sending the receipts to them respectively.

“Wait a minute!” Li Bo looked at Chi Yao’s signature on the receipt. “There’s a problem with his signature.”

Chi Yao looked over. “What’s the problem?”

Li Bo pulled up a document Jing Xi had signed before from his terminal, enlarged it, and placed it side by side for comparison.

“Why is today’s signature so different from before?”

Pei Zhenyue looked over.

Jing Xi’s slender gold font was very beautiful, but today’s signature was completely different.

It was stronger, wilder, and more unrestrained.

“Not bad. When did you practice this signature?” Pei Zhenyue asked.

Chi Yao said calmly, “I’ve been so free recently. I have to find something to do, don’t I?”

Pei Zhenyue: “You won’t have time to be free anymore. Cetus is a large star system. You’ll be busy after you take over the garrison.”

Li Bo was annoyed that Pei Zhenyue was secretly speaking up for Jing Xi.

Cetus was stolen by Jing Xi, and he had lost most of his good resources. One day, he would get it back!

As soon as he saw the murderous look he couldn’t hide, Chi Yao knew what he was thinking.

This kind of person was born into a noble family. From a young age, everything was paved for them. They just had to follow the path.

The position of General obtained this way was completely different in value from what an ordinary person would earn through hard work.

And the military was full of incompetent people like Li Bo.

Walking out of the military and political building, Pei Zhenyue patted him on the shoulder.

“You still have a long way to go. Cetus is just the beginning. If you have any difficulties, come to me anytime.”

Chi Yao said casually, “If there’s anything that can stump me, I’m afraid it’s no use to find you either.”

Pei Zhenyue: “…”

This brat! How dare he be so arrogant!

But for some reason, he found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

Back in his office, Li Bo sat in his seat without moving for a long time.

Cetus was gone. Would he be abandoned?

His terminal vibrated. It was a message from Chen Bingfeng.

He glanced at it, rushed out of the office, and accidentally bumped into a table leg, almost falling.

“Screw you!” Li Bo kicked the table hard and went out to tell someone to replace it.

In the inner lounge of Chen Bingfeng’s office, he was nervously bowing his head, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Five steps away, there was a holographic projection. An old man in a military uniform stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back.

“He took it as a bet on his own. I had no idea,” Chen Bingfeng said, controlling his chin from trembling. “I tried my best to stop it, but Pei Zhenyue was determined to help Jing Xi. I really couldn’t do anything.”

“Take back the resources in Li Bo’s hands. As for Cetus—” The old voice was deep and powerful. “When the commander of the stationed military team dies, the higher-ups have the right to reappoint someone.”

Chen Bingfeng cautiously looked up. “Do you mean—?”

“I don’t care what you do. Get Cetus back within a month,” the old voice said. “If you can’t, you don’t need to work anymore.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the holographic projection disappeared.

Chen Bingfeng fell back into his chair. It was as if air had suddenly been injected into a vacuum. He came back to life.

He had tried to assassinate Jing Xi before, but unfortunately, the other party was too vigilant and too strong, so he didn’t succeed.

There was a knock on the door. Chen Bingfeng had the AI open it.

When Li Bo walked in, he didn’t say anything and went straight up and gave him a punch.

“You useless thing!” Chen Bingfeng pointed at the fallen Li Bo. “I’m suffering because of your stupidity!”

Li Bo licked the corner of his mouth, which was filled with the taste of blood.

“It’s useless to say all this now. Jing Xi has already taken the Flying Dragon to Cetus.”

Chen Bingfeng sat back down, a murderous intent surging in his eyes.

“There are many ways. It just depends on whether you want to redeem yourself.”

Li Bo’s eyes flashed. He immediately stood up. “As long as I can get Cetus back, I’m willing to do anything!”

Chen Bingfeng mused for a moment. “Is the person in charge of the garrison base your man?”

Li Bo nodded, his eyes narrowing slightly. “Are you saying—?”

After Chi Yao left, Pei Zhenyue returned to his office. His deputy knocked and entered.

“I found a little bit,” the deputy said, projecting the report sent from below into the air. “Li Bo has had dealings with several capital tycoons in Cetus and has been invited to several of their parties. Chen Bingfeng also attended one of them at N9. There may be a money-for-power transaction.”

Pei Zhenyue looked at the schedule records and relationship chart above and said sarcastically, “They’re just like the military team stationed there before.”

“A big piece of meat like Cetus is rare on the entire Imperial Star.” The deputy looked a little worried. “Major General Jing is so young. Going to a place like that, I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.”

How many young people entered the military with a dream, only to be corrupted by the environment in a few years and become the very people they despised.

“He won’t be,” Pei Zhenyue didn’t doubt it at all. “I’ve been observing Jing Xi since he entered the military. I believe in his character. And he has the backing of the noble Jing family. His grandfather, Jing Rong, is the principal of the military academy. He lacks neither money, power, nor status.”

After he finished, his expression sank, and he gritted his teeth. “I’m not afraid of him having ambition. I’m afraid of him having none! If he doesn’t want anything, where do I start?!”

He got angry as he spoke.

The deputy quickly handed him a cup of ginseng tea. “…Calm down. We’ll find what he wants eventually.”

If Chi Yao were here, he would definitely laugh.

How could a guy with a balance of 0.36 be lacking in money?

But with the way he was throwing money around to find people, any amount of money would be squandered.

On the way to Cetus, Chi Yao’s terminal vibrated. He found it was a balance change message.

“Only 30,000?” Chi Yao specifically counted the zeros. “Is a General’s salary this low?”

It was better to come to Extreme Shadow and be his ‘First Lady.’

Taking photos every day and making money while lying down was much easier than being a General.

Just after he finished reading, another balance change message came.

This time, it was a long string of zeros. The summary said “profit share.”

Chi Yao counted. Ten million.

“Not bad. It’s enough to spend three times.”

Just as he finished speaking, five million of the ten million was directly deducted. The summary said “final payment.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Was this how money was spent?

Once it was in his hands, it was his money.

Chi Yao switched to transfer mode.

But before he could successfully transfer it, the remaining five million was also deducted.

Chi Yao: “…………”

Dare to snatch his money?

No one could ever take money from him.

Chi Yao swiped his finger, and an all-black window appeared in the air. Dense numbers were jumping on it.

His long fingers moved quickly on the keyboard. In just two minutes, the ten million was back in his account.

Chi Yao also locked the account and turned off all automatic deduction functions. He didn’t even pay the water and electricity bills at home.

On the other end, the intelligence boss was feeling great. The money he had just received was suddenly gone.

“Damn it! Where’s the money?!”

Just as he was about to click on the account to check the details, a crimson window suddenly popped up on his terminal.

[Be a good person. Don’t go around scamming honest people’s money. Otherwise, I will clear your balance next time.]

The name at the bottom was—Y.

“C-cyber pirate?!” The intelligence boss’s hands trembled in anger. “I earned this with my strength! No, wait! I earn an honest living! Who did I scam?!”

Just as he finished speaking, another crimson virtual window popped up.

[Countdown to clearing your balance. Ten… nine…]

The intelligence boss was so scared. He tried his best to turn off the power, but he couldn’t. He could only cry and beg for mercy.

“Daddy, Grandpa, ancestor, please have mercy! I have old people and young people to take care of. It’s not easy to make money—”

[Eight… seven… six…]

The intelligence boss: “I, I’ll never fool my clients again. I’ll definitely investigate properly from now on! Please, please leave me some, awoo, awoo—”

At this point, a third crimson window popped up.

[From now on, you will submit a 100,000-word self-criticism every month. Sign below if you agree.]

100,000-word self-criticism?!

The intelligence boss asked cautiously, “100,000 words is too much?! Can it be less? How about 1,000?”

A fourth crimson window popped up.

[Write the self-criticism or clear your account balance. You choose.]

“Self-criticism!” The intelligence boss wiped away his snot and tears. “I love writing self-criticisms! As many words as you want!”

Chi Yao canceled the control and, while he was at it, copied all the intelligence he had gathered from the other side.

In the messy folder, he found information about “yao.”

It was marked as provided by the employer, and the information was even more rudimentary than what he knew.

To find someone with these conditions, he could only have been lucky.

The original plan was for the Flying Dragon to go to the Cetus garrison base at 8 AM the next morning to handle all the handover work.

At 7:55 AM, the person in charge of the garrison, Wang Liengong, was sitting in his office with his legs crossed.

“Major, there are only five minutes left. That’s the Flying Dragon! How about we—?” Beta Lieutenant Xu Zhou, who was standing in front of the desk, looked anxious and urged him tactfully.

“What’s the rush?” Wang Liengong crossed his other leg. “The Flying Dragon is looking for us, not the other way around. Whether the handover goes smoothly or not has nothing to do with us.”

Was he trying to give the Flying Dragon a hard time?

Xu Zhou felt like he was suffocating.

If you want to give someone a hard time, you have to choose your target! The Flying Dragon’s status in the military might not be as high as Major General Li’s White Crane, but Major General Jing was more powerful and had a bigger background!

Was this something a small star system garrison like them could afford to mess with?!

Xu Zhou tried to persuade him again. “But—”

“Stop with the ‘buts’! Get out and work!” Wang Liengong impatiently waved his hand. “I’m the boss here! They’re the ones who need us, so they should show some attitude!”

Xu Zhou shut his mouth and quietly left the office.

He opened the back-end system, requested sick leave, and drove straight home.

Dealing with an idiotic boss like this was a waste of time. He’d rather sleep at home.

It was 8:30 AM, and there was still no one. Wang Liengong stretched his neck to look out the window.

Why was there no movement?

It was 8:35 AM. Still no movement.

Wang Liengong couldn’t sit still anymore.

“Someone!”

A moment later, another Beta Lieutenant came in.

Seeing it wasn’t Xu Zhou, Wang Liengong asked casually, “Where’s Xu Zhou?”

The Beta Lieutenant: “He’s not feeling well. He took the day off.”

Wang Liengong didn’t care. It was better that a rigid subordinate like that wasn’t here.

“Has anyone come from outside?”

The Beta Lieutenant: “No one.”

Wang Liengong: “…”

At 8:45 AM, Wang Liengong called someone in again.

“Has anyone come from outside?”

The Beta Lieutenant: “No.”

By 10:30 AM, the Flying Dragon still hadn’t arrived.

The Beta Lieutenant, who had been called in more than a dozen times, said, “Don’t worry, no one has come this morning. Not a single soul. It’s very safe.”

Wang Liengong: “…”

Safe my ass!

His legs were sore from pacing back and forth in the office. It was already past noon, and the people still hadn’t come.

Any military operation was very punctual, especially for large military teams, which could be precise to 0.1 seconds.

How could the Flying Dragon be several hours late?

He couldn’t wait any longer and rushed out to see what was going on.

As soon as he reached the tarmac, a massive army descended from the sky, hovering over the base.

It was so dense he couldn’t see the end of it, completely blocking out the light of the star.

The main ship landed on the tarmac, and a few people walked out a moment later.

Wang Liengong saw the tall person walking in the middle from a distance and thought it was Jing Xi.

Thinking of what Li Bo had told him, he raised his chin, and his eyes became very unfriendly.

If he let the Flying Dragon’s handover go smoothly today, his last name would be written backward!

“Are you Wang Liengong, the person in charge of the garrison base?” Jiang Feng asked.

Wang Liengong casually glanced at him. “Who are you? You came to the garrison base without prior notice. I almost mistook you for an enemy.”

Jiang Feng took the receipt from his subordinate and showed it to him, his face expressionless. “I’m Jiang Feng, the Deputy Commander of the Flying Dragon. I’m here to handle the handover work today.”

Just a Deputy Commander?

Wang Liengong glanced at the receipt. “Where’s the Commander?”

Jiang Feng put the receipt away and looked down at him. “Our Commander has other matters to attend to. He sent me to handle a small matter like this.”

Dare to be so arrogant with him?

Wang Liengong sneered. “I don’t deal with anyone other than the Commander.”

“No handover?” Lu Meng, fully armed, stepped forward and stood beside Jiang Feng, his eyes like bullets.

He was tall and burly, even taller than Jiang Feng. He had at least six guns of various sizes hanging on him, as well as military knives. He was very intimidating with a cold face.

Wang Liengong was startled. He tried to maintain his composure. “The procedures require the Commander to be present!”

“The higher-ups have given an order. If the handover is not completed today, the Flying Dragon has the right to take control of the garrison base, forcibly complete the handover, and reallocate the garrison’s rights.” Jiang Feng smiled. “How about it—?”

Wang Liengong’s face sank. He gritted his teeth. “A Deputy Commander is also a Commander. The handover can proceed.”

If a Deputy Commander was this difficult to deal with, wouldn’t Jing Xi be even more so?!

Chi Yao, who had run away on the day of the handover, arrived at Planet N231 early in the morning.

He used the invitation card given by the old man to disguise himself and enter a very secretive club.

The luxurious private room was dimly lit.

Chi Yao swirled the wine glass in his hand, a look of mockery on his face. “All those so-called exciting games before were extremely boring.”

“This game will definitely be exciting.” The middle-aged Alpha sitting across from him clapped his hands and had his subordinates bring in an instrument and open it.

A hundred or so surveillance windows suddenly appeared in the air.

The middle-aged Alpha made a gesture. “These are the players we’ve screened. You can choose one to bet on.”

Chi Yao casually glanced at them. “You want me to bet without even knowing what the game is?”

The middle-aged Alpha smiled. “Isn’t that the exciting part of the game?”

Chi Yao raised his eyebrows, pulled up the players’ photos, and quickly scrolled down.

His expression froze when he saw a certain person.

This person was wearing a work jumpsuit. One side of the collar was tucked into the clothes, and the neckline was open, revealing a tuft of chest hair. Their face was covered in freckles, and there was a scar from their right eyebrow to their right cheek. Their left eye was covered with a black eyepatch.

They were incredibly ugly.

But the bone structure and muscles looked exactly like his own.

Chi Yao secretly gritted his teeth.

What was that brat, Jing Xi, doing with his body?

At least dress him with some taste!