Chapter 676: The Dagger Revealed
The twelve Grand Thousand Flagships had arrived precisely to accommodate this new wave of immigrants.
The resettlement of hundreds of millions of immigrants was, from any perspective, a colossal undertaking.
Water, food, waste disposal, and labor management were all massive headaches. At the very least, they couldn't afford a mortality rate as high as fifty percent, as in the era of the slave trade; that would be far too uncivilized.
Fortunately, the Federation had experienced the great Moon migration years ago, followed by the Flagship Era, and had accumulated extensive experience in handling such large-scale population transfers.
To absorb this influx of people, each Grand Thousand Flagship was garrisoned with millions of grassroots management personnel and a hundred thousand fully armed soldiers, all prepared for the feast that was about to unfold.
...
"Three hours remaining." Outside the base, the struggling Reincarnators were currently enduring what might be the longest half-day of their lives.
The Main God Temple had explicitly informed them that their target—the World-Crossing Gate—was located deep within the base, protected by multiple layers of defenses.
If they could feign surrender to enter the base, then seek an opportunity to approach the World-Crossing Gate, they would have a chance to destroy it. Afterward, they would immediately return to the Main God Temple upon completing the main mission, without needing to worry about subsequent retaliation.
They had clearly seen the dawn of freedom!
Even if that freedom meant losing everything.
Another hour passed.
"Ultimately, I don't want to become a mortal again," Hanluo said, leaving this message in the Hell Team's communication network.
"Me too. I can't bear the thought of becoming like those NPCs from before!"
"Freedom without power is no freedom at all."
"..."
After some wrangling, all members of the Hell Team finally agreed to the feigned surrender plan: they would pretend to surrender first, then act when the opportunity arose.
"Angel genuinely wants to surrender. We can't tell her about this plan."
"Understood."
"These soldiers' individual strength is very weak. As long as we can find the right spot to break through, we can definitely dismantle the target before they even react."
"Captain, I think there must be something wrong here. That alien god is very powerful. How could the soldiers of the organization behind Him only be at this level?"
"But according to my scans, there really aren't any individuals stronger than the Fourth Tier in the military base, not a single one. I'll stake my head on it!"
"I believe you." Hanluo patted the scrawny boy's thin shoulder. This small scout had never disappointed him.
"Act according to the situation."
"May your martial fortune flourish!"
"Instant success!"
The members of the Hell Team made their final decision.
...
"Come to surrender?" The Holy Progenitor soldiers patrolling the outermost perimeter of the base quickly spotted the group of strange individuals, each carrying a large pile of items, walking toward the base gate.
The guards had already learned of their intentions from the network, so naturally, they wouldn't waste any more words.
"This is a small token of our appreciation."
The Hell Team's vice-captain, Hanluo's assistant, wore a standard smile, subtly slipping a Spatial Ring containing the bribes into the hand of the soldier in front of him.
After receiving the notification, a vehicle quickly drove up, picking them up and taking them deeper into the military camp.
...
"This organization is a bit strange.
The soldier who just accepted the bribe actually handed it over immediately."
"Perhaps we just got lucky and met a good person?"
"If he were truly upright and incorruptible, he would have just refused it directly. Why accept it?
Moreover, the tracker shows that the ring has been passed up through multiple layers, reaching what appears to be the command center."
"Could it be that our plan has been seen through?"
"Impossible, we haven't done anything yet!"
The few of them maintained smiles on their faces, but their minds were entirely focused on their discussion, their eyes somewhat vacant.
"Something must be wrong." Hanluo had a bad premonition.
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"Sister, they still seem to have some intentions." Inside Ming Qi's body, a heated conversation was also taking place at this moment.
In her back resided two sub-personalities, and in her limbs, four separate sub-personalities. Including her own main personality, this meant a total of seven wills shared her body.
"It's nothing more than the same old feigned surrender trick," Ming Qi Ling pointed out, hitting the nail on the head. "What else could they do?"
"Finally, we can live like normal people."
Having multiple wills inhabit a single body was extremely inconvenient for anyone. Ming Qi had always regarded them as her sisters and would naturally never eradicate them. Now, at last, there was a chance for release.
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"We've arrived." The young driver stopped the car in front of a square building.
From here, they could vaguely see the Holy Progenitor Beacon located within the earl's mansion.
The Hell Team was poised and ready.
"This is the Troop Rebirth Facility. Go inside. Once you come out, we'll be comrades."
Hanluo gazed at the building, whose outer shell was almost perfectly square, with spiked iron orbs suspended from each of its four sides. He felt an unpleasant premonition. When he looked at the young driver, he noticed a hint of falseness in his smile.
"Captain, this looks like a gas chamber..."
"This is nothing short of luring us into a trap."
"One at a time."
"I'll go first."
Ming Qi chose to be the first to enter the Rebirth Facility.
After breaking free from Bai Mo's influence, Ming Qi exhausted all the divination methods at her disposal, including those obtained from the Main God Temple and from other worlds.
All the answers pointed to the same conclusion—Bai Mo was telling the truth.
This was why she truly believed Bai Mo.
As for the possibility that all the divination results were interfered with? She felt that an existence so omnipotent wouldn't need to go to such lengths to trick her; He could simply swat her dead with one palm.
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"Why isn't there a door?" Ming Qi wondered, feeling puzzled.
"Stand still, don't move, and don't resist. A teleportation array will take you inside," the driver explained patiently.
"..."
A flash of white light, and Ming Qi vanished from her spot.
At the same time, the outer perimeter of the Troop Rebirth Facility began to glow with powerful Spirit Energy light, strong enough to startle everyone.
"Ahhhhhh..."
Faintly, Ming Qi's miserable scream seemed to be heard.
"That foolish woman." Hanluo sighed lightly. "To actually die in such an obvious trap. Her hope of being exploited had completely swallowed her intellect."
Using Ming Qi's life to confirm that the Holy Progenitors intended to murder them to silence them, he immediately shed his benevolent facade.
"Kill!"
"Attack the World-Crossing Gate!"
A blade faster than sound sliced the young driver in half before he could even hear the word "kill."
"It was just a robot?!"
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