Abnormal crossing

Chapter 190 The Truth (Part 6)

be honest.

Jin's volume wasn't actually that high.

But in the hall where the shaking had just stopped, the sound was remarkably clear and...
unexpected.

Even Joe Cowen, an ally, was taken aback.

He turned around, somewhat bewildered, only to find that Jin had somehow moved from behind him to stand shoulder to shoulder with him at the very front.

The crew member 'Rachel's' disguise was broken. She crossed her arms firmly in front of her chest, raised her chin, and looked indifferently at Samantha and the other two on the platform.

This was the first time Qiao Kewen had ever seen Jin with this expression.

Due to the handover between the Khan and the Fluttering Fluttering ships during this period, he inevitably came into contact with Jin several times, and thus gained a general understanding of the girl's personality:

He doesn't show his emotions and is full of witty remarks, but he's not the kind of person who looks down on others from a high position. His expressionless demeanor is more like a sign of his lack of interest in things.

If someone really needs her help, she will generally not refuse unless it involves borrowing money. For example, Qiao Kewen has seen the crew member named Gu Wei frequently asking Jin for help with his notebook. Some of the content is quite basic or even childish, but Jin patiently answers his questions after rolling her eyes a few times.

But this time is different.

This time, Jin's "coldness" came from within, and behind this posture were some stronger emotions.

For example, contempt, and for example...
anger.

"?!"

Samantha, standing on the platform, was momentarily stunned, but she quickly regained her composure and turned to Mellen Dort, asking, "Mellen, what's going on? — You didn't tell me there was a second mimic among those Molds."

Obviously.

More than the contents of the document, one of the masterminds was concerned that an imposter, whom Myron Dort had not informed him of, had infiltrated the scene.

"strangeness."

Standing beside her, Myron Dott also frowned, his gaze sweeping over Jin repeatedly: "Her recorded identity is Rachel Garcia, her position is a clerk handling written matters on the Khan, and her resume is quite clear. Moreover, I have already scanned her and other crew members' biometric samples, and there should be no abnormalities."

As he spoke, Myron Dort rapidly tapped his fingers around his temples, seemingly checking if some modules were functioning correctly, but after clicking for a while, he still looked puzzled.

He quickly lowered his finger, looked at Jin, and asked, "Who exactly are you? And how did you sneak in?"

"Me?" Jin's lips curled into a mocking smile: "You scum don't deserve to know my name."

Qiao Kewen, who was standing to the side, was instantly stunned: "?!"

Holy crap, when did this girl become so domineering?

Myron Dort was clearly taken aback by Jin's words. After a two-second pause, a hint of anger flashed across his face: "How interesting, little girl. It seems you lack a clear understanding of your situation—I don't know what tricks you used to sneak in, but this game ends here."

Before Myron Dort could finish his sentence, Jin scoffed again, interrupting him: "A petty trick? If someone at the sixth level said that, it might be somewhat believable, but you few so-called guardians banished to this remote corner by the Kingdom of Bhikkhu? — Hmm, that doesn't seem quite right either. Strictly speaking, you should be called…" Jin paused, her gaze sweeping over the shocked Myron Dort and Samantha, before coldly uttering a few words:

"A traitor among the guards."

"traitor?"

Milo, who had also walked to the front row while Jin was speaking, was taken aback upon hearing this. He turned around and stared at Jin: "It seems you've figured everything out?"

“Yes, it’s basically clear now,” Jin nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on the large black sphere in front of Samantha. “When you see it, everything will become clear.”

Even though the situation was somewhat critical, Joe Cowen and Sheena couldn't help but prick up their gossipy ears.

Then Jin sighed and said to Qiao Kewen, "Qiao Kewen, do you remember the origin of the name of the Maze Path?"

"The name of the Maze Belt?" Jokowen blinked quickly. Although he didn't know why Jin asked this question, he still answered honestly, "Of course I remember—after the defeat in the War of the Betrayer, a remnant of Aurora's army fled to the Maze Belt and used the special celestial environment of the Maze Belt to establish an exiled regime called New Aurora."

"Although New Aurora only lasted for a little over three hundred years before being wiped out, in consideration of the relationship between them, this labyrinth was eventually named the Aurora Labyrinth."

“Yes, that’s right,” Jin nodded again. “Although that remnant army was one of the main forces among the fleeing troops after the war, the word ‘main force’ should actually be put in quotes—because the real main force was wiped out in the war against the traitors.”

"Given that the New Aurora regime only lasted for a little over three hundred years, the Starsea generally has a low opinion of that remnant army. Strictly speaking, it should just be a relatively large number of deserters."

Milo, who was standing next to him, also hummed in agreement.

The War of the Betrayer had a far-reaching impact on the Star Sea. Various civilizations, academies, and even academic schools of thought have analyzed the entire event from different perspectives, with the fate and whereabouts of the remnants of the various armies at the end of the war being a major focus of attention.

According to the prevailing opinion in Xinghai.

After the war, the Aurora Federation still had about 40,000 remnants of its army that maintained a basic organizational structure. Some of these were fully combat-ready units, while others carried some supplies or personnel.

Of these 40,000+ stocks, approximately 700 teams can be defined as major players. The specific judgment logic involves many aspects, but can be summarized into roughly three points:

They possessed considerable combat capabilities, had charismatic leaders within their ranks, and carried resources capable of establishing a stable postwar regime or a resistance organization.

The remnant army that escaped into the Aurora Maze ranked around a hundredth among the main forces. The leader was Xu Jinyan, who was the head of a research base before the war. In the Aurora Federation, he was a high-ranking figure hovering on the periphery of the core. The core decision-making level of the Aurora Federation was called the Hundred-Man Group. Xu Jinyan was one of those who failed to enter the Hundred-Man Group, but should be able to get a seat after a few decades.

Xu Jinyan led this remnant army to establish New Aurora, but the exiled regime only lasted for a little over 320 years before it collapsed. There were also hundreds of similar Aurora exiled regimes in the Star Sea, with 41 of them lasting longer than New Aurora.

The team that destroyed New Aurora was certainly not weak, but it could not be considered a core force in the Kingdom of Bichuli, yet its efficiency in sweeping through was quite astonishing.

Therefore, at the Star Sea level, various organizations generally do not have a particularly high opinion of the New Aurora regime.

Even on the Starry Sea Literature website, New Aurora is a rather popular meme—many Starry Sea rebirth novelists choose to have their protagonists reborn in New Aurora, relying on the celestial conditions of the Labyrinth Zone to start from scratch and ultimately achieve a miraculous comeback.
It's clear that even the novelists felt that New Aurora died too early; despite its excellent conditions, it couldn't have lasted more than three hundred years.

But now it seems.

There seems to be more to this seemingly dying regime in exile than meets the eye.
(End of this chapter)