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

On the other side, in the president's office of the aerospace base.

Demoulin stood alone in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window

Outside the window, the open flames in the industrial area had been mostly extinguished, with only a few wisps of smoke slowly dissipating in the night wind.

Workers and the remaining Hafk soldiers are working urgently to repair the damage.

Although the explosions were terrifying, the damage they caused was not as severe as expected.

One night of emergency repairs is enough to ensure that tomorrow's completion ceremony can proceed as scheduled.

Tonight's battle has saved the space base.

The price was that more than a dozen of her soldiers were killed in action, and the rest were wounded to varying degrees.

Those young faces, who were reporting to her just hours ago, are now some of them lying there forever.

Demoulins remained silent by the window for a long time.

She has always been confident in her abilities.

Over the years, she has experienced countless life-or-death battles, and she has won every single one.

She believed that while her skills might not be invincible, they were more than enough to protect the area.

But in tonight's battle, with Reese and Said joining forces to attack her, amidst the clash of blades, she felt her limits for the first time.

If it weren't for that fatal shot fired by the cat-eared man who suddenly appeared—she would probably have really suffered a great loss tonight!

Cat-eared people!

She lied to Claire, saying it might be a visual effect caused by special equipment!

Claire believed it because she hadn't seen it with her own eyes!

But Demulan has 30 points in spirit attribute, so he can see it clearly!

Every slight tremor of those ears is a living muscle response, a perception of wind, sound, and temperature!

That's real!

That was... an orc?

She had traveled all over the country and seen countless strange people and events, but this was truly the first time she had ever seen anything like it.

Besides that, she was also very concerned about the destructive power of that bullet!

Reis's bunker was a sandstone block nearly two meters in diameter!

Logically speaking, even if a Magnum bullet were to hit it, at most a few fragments would be ejected.

But that bullet was enough to make Newton turn in his grave!

It pierced straight through the sandstone, leaving the sandstone completely intact, without even leaving a bullet hole.

What kind of weapon is that?

What kind of organization possesses this level of technology?

The faction that orc belongs to made a move at this time means that they have also been keeping an eye on the space base!

Asara is the overt threat, but the mysterious force represented by the cat-eared man is the real undercurrent that she cannot ignore!

She needs to become stronger!

It wasn't to prove her strength; she just wanted to be able to protect those behind her without needing anyone's help the next time she encountered a similar situation!

But how easy is it for someone at her level to take another step forward in a short period of time?

Every millimeter of improvement requires years of refinement!

At this thought, she suddenly remembered something, and her eyes lit up slightly.

She turned and walked back behind her desk, sitting down with her gaze falling on the document on the table.

The pages gleamed a cold white under the light, and the cover bore the emblem of the Hafk Group.

She reached out and opened it, staring at it in silence for a long time.

Then, she picked up the pen and signed her name in the signature column at the end without hesitation.

She always felt that relying on external aids to improve one's strength was a shortcut and not a solid foundation.

But tonight, that thought has wavered!

If the ReLink brain-computer interface can really make her stronger quickly, then why can't she get it implanted?

She gently closed the file, glanced out the window, and saw that the moonlight was still there.

......

dormitory area

Just as Zhang Zhao had wiped the last trace of equipment off his body, there was a knock at the door.

"Knock knock knock—"

He lay on his side on the bed, the blanket pulled up to his chest, his breathing steady, as if he had never woken up.

The Relink brain-computer interface was deployed silently first, and Claire was outside the door.

"Zhang Zhao! Open the door!"

He stopped pretending, got out of bed, put on his slippers, walked to the door, and opened it.

Claire stood in the corridor, her training clothes covered in dust and her hair a little messy.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhao's sleepy-eyed face, she paused for a moment, then took half a step forward and said mysteriously,

"You have no idea what I just encountered!"

Zhang Zhao rubbed his eyes, his voice hoarse from just waking up, "What?"

Claire didn't wait for him to invite her; she squeezed past him into the room, closed the door behind her, turned around, and made an exaggerated arc with her hands.

"An orc! Alive!"

Zhang Zhao twitched the corners of his mouth, his face still sleepy, his expression revealing a sense of bewilderment.

No?

What do you mean by that gesture?

Am I that big?

"real!"

Seeing that he didn't react, Claire took another half step forward.

"Right on the roof of the control building! Holding a silver sniper rifle, he shot that dark-skinned guy through the skin with one shot!"

"...Dark-skinned?"

"Rhys! That's the Hellfire Black Shark! The Elbow King!"

Claire spoke very quickly, gesturing wildly in the air.

"That person was crouching on the edge of the rooftop, at least a kilometer away, right? One shot!"

"The bullet pierced right through a large rock, leaving a fist-sized hole in the dark-skinned man's shoulder!"

As she spoke, she took a deep breath.

"Sister Lan was there at the time; she saw it with her own eyes!"

After listening, Zhang Zhao turned his head and glanced at the night view outside the window.

"You...were sleepwalking?"

"I'm perfectly awake!" Claire slapped the edge of the bed.

"At first, I also thought it was special equipment—Sister Lan said so too!"

"But the more I think about it, the more something seems off! Those ears moved! They looked so real! They were definitely not fake!"

She spoke with such certainty, as if she had discovered a new continent.

"Orcs?" Zhang Zhao raised an eyebrow. "You've seen orcs?"

"I'd never seen it before, but now I have!"

Claire spread her hands.

"I saw it with my own eyes, and it's definitely not special equipment; it's clearly just attached to that person's head!"

Zhang Zhao was silent for a moment, thought about it carefully, and then asked a question.

"Is it possible... it's cosplay?"

Claire's expression instantly turned strange.

"Your family has such a skilled fighter who fights while dressed in cosplay? Are there really people with this kind of weird fetish?"

Zhang Zhao didn't reply, glanced at her, and after a moment spoke, changing the subject. "How was Sister Lan's evening?"

Claire paused for a moment, then her excitement subsided somewhat, and her tone became slightly somber.

"She's alright... Although she fought two against one, she wasn't injured."

"Well... she was standing by the window the whole time before I arrived, without saying a word..."

Zhang Zhao nodded and did not ask any further questions.

"Alright, don't think about it too much."

He yawned.

"The completion ceremony is tomorrow, so let's deal with the immediate issues first."

"That cat ear... if we're meant to meet again, we will."

Claire opened her mouth as if she wanted to argue, but in the end she just stood up and dusted off her trousers.

"Alright, you're right. Let's get this under control first."

She walked to the door, then suddenly turned back.

"By the way—you didn't go out tonight, did you?"

Zhang Zhao shrugged matter-of-factly, his expression nonchalant.

"Of course not!"

In truth, he thought to himself,

It was the shadow that went out.

The one who fired the shot was Baili Shouyue.

I, Zhang Zhao, really didn't go out!

Claire stared at him for two seconds, then finally waved her hand helplessly.

"Alright, alright, it's good that you didn't go out! Sister Lan said that because of your special status, you can't show your face."

"I know~"

Claire pushed open the door and walked out, her footsteps fading into the distance down the corridor.