The man had already undergone a transformation, but there was a high chance that he could be saved.

Jing Xi could not possibly refuse to help in this situation.

He put his gun away in his leg holster. “What are your conditions?”

Chi Yao: “Anything?”

Jing Xi: “Not just anything.”

Lü Meng listened to their conversation, a little confused.

Since when had his boss ever begged anyone like this? For his first time begging, it was for the Phantom!

Chi Yao turned around and walked out.

“This room is temporarily locked. No one is allowed to enter except for me.”

Jing Xi glanced at him, and he said without looking back, “Especially you, Xixi. If you get hurt again, I’ll really bite you this time.”

Jing Xi: “…”

Are you a primary school student?

“B-boss, how can he call you that?!” Lü Meng’s face was flushed with suppressed anger. He was trying his best not to curse.

How f*cking shameless!

He was so disrespectful to their boss!

Jing Xi followed him out.

“Have someone reinforce this door. It’s not to be opened without my command.”

“Yes,” Lü Meng replied. He secretly glanced at Chi Yao, who was walking in front, and said in a low voice, “Boss, are you being too lenient with the Phantom? They’re space pirates with no morals or bottom line.”

Not to mention the personal safety of the Flying Dragon members, his container of chickens would be ruined first.

Jing Xi looked at Chi Yao’s back and said unhurriedly, “No one is born a space pirate. We should be more tolerant of them. As long as it’s not too outrageous, just let them be.”

“…Huh?”

Lü Meng’s breath was caught in his throat. He watched his boss walk away with long, elegant strides.

Be tolerant of the Phantom?

His chickens disagreed!

Hearing the footsteps approaching, Chi Yao smiled. “Who taught you this ‘say one thing, do another’ skill?”

Jing Xi’s face was blank. “I meant what I said.”

Chi Yao: “Where’s the tolerance?”

Jing Xi explained calmly, “Tolerate some of their members. You’re the exception.”

Chi Yao: “Which ones?”

Jing Xi: “The ones that aren’t human.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Every room from the second floor up had an AI monitor, but Chi Yao and Jing Xi still personally checked each room.

After going through this series of events, the players’ minds were on the verge of collapsing.

Most of them were in huge debt, and many of them were addicted to drinking, gambling, and whoring. When they saw the people in military uniforms come in, they shrank back, their heads lowered, afraid that they would be arrested if their eyes met.

Chi Yao lightly tapped his knuckles on the table. “Take off all your clothes.”

Hearing the voice, they subconsciously looked up. When they saw Chi Yao, their eyes widened.

Was that—if they weren’t mistaken, the Phantom’s leader, Chi Yao?!

The Phantom was so famous in the Empire that even two or three-year-old toddlers knew about them.

But most families used them as a bad example.

The Phantom’s leader, Chi Yao, was even more of a household name, especially among the younger generation.

Whenever there was news about the Phantom, the name Chi Yao would be all over major social media platforms.

The comments were often extremely polarized.

One side was obsessed with his looks, and the other side despised his actions.

Why was the Phantom’s leader here?!

They cautiously looked at the person in the military uniform. After getting a good look, they were stunned.

It was the Flying Dragon’s commander, Jing Xi?

He actually came in person?!

“Can’t you understand human words?” Chi Yao said impatiently. “Anyone who hasn’t taken off their clothes in three seconds will be thrown out to feed the chickens.”

The players were startled and scrambled to take off their clothes.

Halfway through, they came to their senses—chickens eat vegetables, right?

One by one, they were left in their underwear, standing in a line.

Chi Yao’s gaze swept over them. The sight of all that pale flesh was especially jarring.

“Turn around.”

Jing Xi stood by the side, not saying a word.

He could see Chi Yao’s mood visibly worsening, his expression becoming more and more sour.

Did this person have a cleanliness obsession with aesthetics?

He couldn’t stand to look at ugly things, so he always had to cleanse his eyes?

When they came out of the fifth room, Chi Yao turned around and left.

“I’m not looking anymore.”

Jing Xi had anticipated this and said in a low voice, “I’ll help you cleanse your eyes after we’re done.”

Chi Yao’s footsteps paused. He tilted his head to look at him. “What do you mean?”

Jing Xi walked to the next room on his own.

“I can take pictures according to your request.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the footsteps behind him caught up.

Chi Yao opened the sixth room, his expression annoyed. “If you dare to lie to me, I’ll kiss you in public.”

Jing Xi: “…”

He was not like Yaoyao at all.

Was he really Yaoyao?

After seeing all of them, besides the tall Alpha, no one else had any wounds on them.

The ones who had their hands and feet cut off by the transformed people had all died in the amusement park.

Walking out of Building 10, Chi Yao instructed, “Isolate them for a month. If they’re fine after a month, they can get lost.”

The weather was warm and breezy today. Jing Xi slowed down, looking at the soldiers training on the training ground.

“What’s the method to save him? What do we need to prepare?”

Chi Yao had his hands in his pockets, looking very lazy.

“Don’t expect me to suck his foot for him.”

Jing Xi: “…I know.”

Chi Yao: “Chun Qin is good at this. I’ll have her come over later.”

Hearing the mention of Chun Qin, Jing Xi looked away. “Is she an expert in this field?”

Chi Yao smiled. “That question costs fifty.”

Jing Xi: “…”

Inflation?

When they returned to the main building, Jiang Feng was waiting there, seemingly with something to report.

Chi Yao had no interest in the military group’s affairs and was about to go back to sleep, but he was suddenly called back.

Jing Xi: “Have Chun Qin bring Tie Xiong over too.”

Chi Yao: “Too much trouble.”

Jing Xi: “Fifty.”

Chi Yao: “Arranged.”

In the room, Yin Wei was lying on the balcony with all four limbs splayed out, sleeping in a state of selflessness and could not be woken up at all.

Chi Yao squatted next to it and roughly rubbed its fur twice.

“You like it here too?”

His communicator suddenly vibrated. He casually opened it.

[Phantom has appeared at number 32. There are no signs of the venue being moved at the moment.]

Number 32 was the code for the sky amusement park.

He had revealed his identity when they left the amusement park. The news must have reached the other party’s ears by now, and they were probably having a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Number 32 was not like the previous number 18, which was under the sea and could not be hidden with the advantage of a natural magnetic field.

If they moved the venue at this time, they would be easily tracked.

Chi Yao replied casually.

[Collect the energy stones and take them all back.]

Even if he couldn’t uproot them, he would at least peel off a layer of their skin.

The other side replied quickly.

[The Flying Dragon people are still here.]

Chi Yao: [The Flying Dragon won’t move. Go ahead and take it.]

The other side: […Okay.]

Shortly after Chi Yao gave the order, Jing Xi received a report from below.

[A team of people is moving energy stones. They don’t look like the Phantom mercenary group. [Image]]

He zoomed in on the photo.

In the photo, some strangely dressed people were directing AI transport vehicles to move the energy stones. The spaceship was docked right in the middle, looking very arrogant.

With that style, who else could it be but him?

Jing Xi replied.

[Ignore them. Continue to monitor.]

Jiang Feng glanced at it, his temples twitching.

They were stealing right under their noses, and the boss was telling him to ignore it?

Jing Xi turned off his communicator and looked up. “How are the files on these Phantoms coming along?”

Jiang Feng came back to his senses and sent the data packet over.

“They’re all sorted. Only I and three other technicians know about it. It hasn’t been leaked.”

“Good.”

Jing Xi opened the data packet to view it.

Like the previous times, they were all death row inmates who should have been dead.

Just as he was about to close it, his eyes caught something unusual. Jing Xi focused on it.

[Jiang Tao, 26-year-old Alpha, went missing 22 years ago. He was reported to the police system, and the case remains unsolved.]

Missing person…

He was only four years old when he went missing.

Jing Xi frowned slightly.

“What’s the situation with this Jiang Tao?”

Jiang Feng: “He’s the same as the other Phantoms. Nothing special.”

Just as Jing Xi was about to ask another question, Jiang Feng’s communicator suddenly rang.

He glanced at it, and his face changed.

“Boss, someone is trying to assassinate Wang Lian Gong!”

Jing Xi’s eyes turned cold.

“Move his place of confinement. Don’t let the assassin die.”

Jiang Feng: “Yes!”

After agreeing, he hurried out.

Jing Xi leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest.

They couldn’t hold back that quickly.

It seemed the waters of Cygnus were deeper than he had imagined.

After Chi Yao woke up from his nap, he found two access passes on his communicator, which Jing Xi had sent him.

[For Chun Qin. It’s not safe to take a black ship.]

He snorted lightly and sent the passes out.

“You’re so good to others, kid.”

Cygnus, a certain space station—

Chun Qin walked into the waiting hall with Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong was wearing a dark blue tracksuit, holding a mutated wolf’s skull in his hands, and his big eyes were looking around.

“Chun Qin, this place is so f*cking pretty! Can we steal it and take it home?”

Chun Qin found a seat and sat down.

“No, you can’t. It belongs to the country.”

Tie Xiong was a little disappointed.

“I also belong to the country, and this place also belongs to the country, so this place is mine, right?”

Chun Qin pulled a book out of her bag and started reading it.

“That’s not right,” she said.

Tie Xiong pouted.

From the corner of his eye, he saw a child who was about his age. He looked over in confusion. The other person was also looking at him—and the skull in his hand.

“You f*cking want to play too?” Tie Xiong asked.

The boy walked over and pointed at the skull. “What’s that?”

Tie Xiong: “A wolf bone.”

The boy: “A bone?”

Tie Xiong handed it over. “You can touch it.”

The boy’s eyes lit up and he reached out his hand.

But before he could touch it, he was picked up.

“You dare to touch any random thing!” The male Beta who was holding the child glared at Tie Xiong. “What kind of person are you, carrying around dirty things!”

Tie Xiong pulled the skull back and held it tight. “This isn’t a dirty thing!”

The male Beta’s voice got louder. “Where are your parents?!”

Seeing how fierce he was, Tie Xiong put his hands on his hips and got angry. “What’s wrong? You f*cking want to fight?!”

The male Beta: “Where did this wild child come from! Hey, you there, hurry up and take this child for a test!”

Tie Xiong didn’t know what a test was, but he instinctively knew it wasn’t a good thing.

“You’re a useless wimp! You’re no match for me!”

Being yelled at, the male Beta’s face turned as red as a pig’s liver, and he started swearing at Tie Xiong.

The child in his arms was so scared he started crying.

The male Beta: “You’re still crying! If you keep crying, the Phantom will come and take you to be a space pirate!”

As soon as the child heard the Phantom, he immediately stopped crying.

Tie Xiong snorted. “Dream on. The Phantom doesn’t take useless children like you.”

He didn’t expect to be refuted even when disciplining his son. The male Beta was so angry he almost couldn’t breathe.

“You, you—!”

“I’m sorry. I apologize for startling your child.”

Chun Qin patted Tie Xiong’s head and said to the male Beta, “This is a replica wolf bone. It doesn’t have any germs.”

The male Beta looked up. Wow! What a beautiful Beta!

This savage boy actually had such a beautiful mom.

As soon as he saw the beautiful person, the male Beta’s anger subsided.

After the person left, Chun Qin patted Tie Xiong’s head. “This will cause trouble for the boss.”

Tie Xiong pouted and jumped onto the seat, sitting cross-legged.

“I want to see the boss soon.”

The adults here were different from the boss.

“Little friend, is this your toy?”

Hearing the old voice, Tie Xiong turned his head.

An old man was sitting in the seat on his right. He had kind eyes and a friendly smile.

The other person was pointing at the wolf bone in his hand.

Tie Xiong pulled it closer to his chest, looking unhappy. “The boss gave this to me to chew on. It’s not f*cking dirty!”

The old man smiled. “It’s very beautiful. Can I take a look?”

He was actually complimented.

Tie Xiong tilted his head to look at him, then tentatively handed the wolf bone over. “Only for one hour.”

The old man took it and examined it.

The bone was smooth and delicate, with clear markings. This was not a replica wolf bone at all. It was a 100% genuine skull of a Level 5 mutated wolf king.

Even a low-level mutated wolf had strong combat power. A Level 5 mutated wolf was one of the strongest among high-level mutated beasts, and a wolf king was the strongest among the mutated wolves.

It was very difficult for a single person, or even a large military group, to hunt down a Level 5 wolf king.

Even if by some luck they did kill it, the wolf king’s skin was hard, and the difficulty of skinning and deboning it was extremely high.

This bone was priceless and was worth a medium-sized warship.

The one in the military academy’s collection was not as good as this one.

“Old man, are you done looking?” Tie Xiong urged.

The old man paused and smiled. “Didn’t you say I could look at it for one hour?”

Tie Xiong: “Yes, and I’ve already counted to sixty.”

The old man: “…”

So, it was one minute?

He handed the bone back and took out a book from his bag.

Tie Xiong hugged the skull back. A picture of a mutated wolf appeared in front of him.

“White-haired wolf king!” Tie Xiong’s eyes lit up, and he reached out to grab it.

The old man pulled the book back, smiling. “Do you want it? If you call me grandpa, I’ll give you the book.”

Tie Xiong looked up at him.

He tentatively called out, “Grandpa?”

The old man was satisfied and gave him the book.

“My grandson also likes wolves.”

He then added, “My other grandson also likes them.”

Tie Xiong hugged the book to his chest, happy. “You have better taste than that wimp from just now.”

The old man smiled and shook his head, not saying anything else.

The AI announced the flight number. Chun Qin held Tie Xiong’s hand, said hello to the old man, and walked toward the gates.

Tie Xiong looked back. The old man was waving at him.

“Chun Qin, the old man doesn’t belong to the country. Can we steal him and take him home?”

Chun Qin: “No, you can’t.”

Tie Xiong: “…”

Why couldn’t they steal anything?

The old man had just looked away when a young Alpha in a suit walked over from a distance.

The Alpha bowed slightly and said respectfully, “Elder Jing, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.”

“It’s fine,” Jing Rong said, getting up and walking out with his hands behind his back. He sighed softly. “If he hadn’t left, Xixi would have grown up just as lively…”

Stationed Military Base.

Jing Xi put down his chopsticks and unhurriedly wiped his mouth under Chi Yao’s gaze.

“My stomach is full,” Chi Yao said, sitting opposite him, resting his chin on his hand and smiling. “It’s time to pay your debt, right?”

Jing Xi looked up at him.

“How do you want to shoot?”

Chi Yao’s lips curved into a slight smirk. “Let’s start with some seductive photos—”