Delta: I have a 1-Haf Coin instant kill system!

Late at night, the wind carried sand and dust as it swept across the mountain ridge.

Deep in the riverbed northeast of the aerospace base, hundreds of figures are silently gathering.

They were all dressed in Asara-style grey and red combat uniforms, and their weapons were a mixed bag, ranging from old AKs to heavy machine guns.

At first glance, they looked like a local armed force, but they cooperated well with each other and were obviously well-trained.

Deep in the riverbed, next to an off-road vehicle covered by camouflage netting, two figures squatted in front of a tablet map.

Reese crouched on the left, a cigar dangling from his mouth, his elbows resting on his knees.

He tapped on the map with his finger and looked up at the other side.

The person opposite was wearing a scarlet mask with the hood hanging low, covering most of their face.

It was Said!

Reese spat out the cigar from his mouth, his voice extremely low.

"That woman's office is right above the garden."

"The goal is simple—to place something under the base of the garden fountain, enough to send her flying."

Saeed did not respond immediately.

He looked away from the map and gazed at the outline of the space base in the distance, and it took him several seconds to speak.

"Didn't Boss Hamk say that all we needed to do was injure her?"

His voice was also very low, and you couldn't tell what emotion he was saying.

Reese grinned.

"Old Sai, are you stupid?"

"The boss said to just seriously injure Demulan... but what if we did better, just take her out, or even take down this entire space base? Wouldn't that be exceeding our mission expectations?"

Saeed remained silent, his eyes slightly narrowed beneath his mask.

Seeing this, Reis walked up to him and continued in a low voice.

"Don't you want us Asara people to have a better place to live?"

"This space base originally belonged to our Asara."

Said's thumb gently rubbed the hilt of the Crimson Cloud Blade.

"The people of Hafk will not give up easily."

"Let them come!" Reese moved his face closer.

"Who have I ever been afraid of? Besides—that woman's only good shot; we can't even beat her between the two of us?"

Saeed was silent for a few seconds before finally speaking.

"......good."

Reese grinned and turned to make a gesture behind him.

Meanwhile, inside the base.

After reviewing the process sheet one last time, Demoulins folded it up and stuffed it into his inner bag, preparing to go to the side room to rest.

Claire and Zhang Zhao had already gone back to their dormitories to sleep.

She had just stood up when she suddenly stopped.

wrong!

She slowly raised her right hand, pressed it on the communication headset, and spoke softly.

"People are coming! Didn't you all notice? Everyone, be on high alert and protect the company's property!"

But... there was no answer!

There was complete silence in my headset!

Demulan's pupils contracted sharply—communication had been cut off!

The next second, a muffled thud came from the northeast.

The flames exploded in the night sky, illuminating most of the base's skyline!

The loud bang shattered the silence of the space base!

Zhang Zhao had been lying down for less than half an hour when he heard the noise and jumped out of bed.

The Relink brain-computer interface rapidly deployed, and at the same time, hurried footsteps echoed down the corridor as the door was pushed open from the outside.

"Zhang Zhao! Don't come out!"

Claire's voice was unusually tense.

She had changed into that dark gray tactical uniform, with the creed tucked into her waistband and a gun in her hand.

"Sister Lan sent me to tell you to stay in your dorm and lock the door! No matter what, don't show your face!"

"What's the situation outside?"

Zhang Zhao stood by the bed, his gaze fixed on her shoulder.

"Communications have been cut off, the outer watchtowers have been attacked, and at least two places are on fire! Sister Lan has already led her people over there."

She spoke very quickly, and after finishing, she glanced at him from head to toe.

"Sister Lan said... your identity is special, being photographed would cause big trouble, so you'd better stay hidden!"

Zhang Zhao opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back down.

Claire is right. His identity is out in the open, and once his face is photographed, it will be impossible to explain back to GTI.

He was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Fine, I won't go out!"

Claire glanced at him.

"Lock the door and don't turn on the lights."

After saying that, she turned around and closed the door. Her footsteps quickly faded away towards the stairwell and were soon out of earshot.

The room fell silent again, but the distant explosions continued.

Another muffled thud, even closer than before, caused the floor to tremble slightly.

Zhang Zhao walked to the window, stood behind the curtains, and looked out through the gap. At the far end of his vision, a large ball of fire was burning, and thick smoke billowed into the night sky.

Several points of light were moving rapidly near the fire, and their location suggested they were in the direction of an industrial area.

He looked away and unconsciously tapped his fingers twice on the windowsill.

Claire is right, he shouldn't show up, but that doesn't mean he can't do anything!

Claire has taken us all over the space base in the past three days, and we can reach almost any corner instantly with the Shadow Suit!

Zhang Zhao did not hesitate.

He turned around, drew the curtains, locked the door from the inside, and after confirming that both curtains were drawn tightly, he focused his attention on the system panel.

Black mist began to spread upwards from his feet, and in an instant, darkness engulfed him.

The hood fell down, covering the hairline, its edges trembling slightly in the shadows, and the cape fell on the shoulders, fitting perfectly.

He raised his right hand and glanced at the back of it.

[Shadow Special Equipment Set - Already Worn]

[Soul Separation - Usable!]

[Location marked: Space Base...]

Zhang Zhao's consciousness probed into that star map, and the brightest point of light emerged—the helipad on the roof of the control building!

It is closest to the fire and is located on higher ground, offering a panoramic view of most of the aerospace base!

His consciousness locked onto the point of light, and his body turned into a shadow in the next second, disappearing from the spot.

The ground shook violently, and the explosion occurred at the other end of the corridor.

Demulan knelt on one knee behind the rock bunker, the only sound coming through his earpiece.

She pulled back the bolt of the M700 in her hand, loaded a red-headed bullet, pressed her fingertips against the bottom of the cartridge case and gently pushed it forward, and the bolt returned to its original position!

"How many are still able to move?"

She turned her head to the side, without raising her voice.

"I brought seven out, and there are five more on the east slope."

The person who answered her was a security team leader in a gray uniform, the one who had previously picked up Zhang Zhao by helicopter.

Half of his face was blackened by ashes, and his right sleeve was torn open and tied with a tourniquet.

"We've lost contact with our brothers in the industrial zone, and for some reason, we can't get in touch with the docks either."

Demulan nodded, rested his gun on the edge of the cover, and scanned ahead through the scope.

In the area illuminated by the firelight,

She noticed that all of them were wearing gray-red combat uniforms in the style of the Asara local armed forces, and their weapons were a mixed bag.

But they were clearly not flustered; in fact, they were quite well-trained.

This is a rabble!

Demoulin lowered his gun, turned his head, and asked,

"Where is Claire?"

"They should be heading over from the dormitory area. Shall I take some people to meet her?"