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Chapter 329 - 248: Yes, Sergeant!

Chapter 329: Chapter 248: Yes, Sergeant!

"Do any of you feel like we’re being followed?"

The Specter member at the front suddenly stopped and asked.

Up to now, everything had been going according to the captain’s plan, and the intelligence officer had reported that all the people from D47 detention area had been attracted to the district where the captain was, leaving only the few of them here.

Just ahead lay Eisenberg’s lab, but he couldn’t shake off a sense of unease.

"Everything is normal."

Someone said.

The reconnaissance drones hadn’t scanned any figures other than themselves, not to mention that even if a prisoner happened to pass by, they would absolutely fail to detect them under the Invisible Stance.

"Remember, once we get the target, signal the captain immediately."

The Specter member said, fully aware that their current smooth progress was all thanks to the captain, who had made himself bait to attract the attention of everyone in the D47 detention area.

It was highly possible that this would result in a meeting with that Blue Star person.

The pace had to be quickened.

With that thought, the six members of Team B deactivated their Invisible Stance. In front of them lay an abandoned elevator shaft, its depths shrouded in darkness; no prisoner passing by would think to leap down from there.

The Eisenberg-Adler detention area was located just beneath the elevator shaft. According to the intelligence they had, the entrance of the shaft was nearly a hundred meters away from here and was rigged with more than a dozen trigger-activated traps; a reckless descent would likely end in crushed bones.

Although the Judge had gone offline, the trigger-activated traps were still operational.

As a result, the gazes of the other five team members converged on the last person to deactivate the Invisible Stance.

He was the only one among them not dressed in a black tight-fitting combat uniform, nor equipped with half-mechanized enhancements, but not a single Specter member underestimated the man dressed in casual attire, appearing as though he was on vacation.

His laid-back outfit precisely reflected his unruffled demeanor.

Even in the most strictly guarded prison on earth, even with the threat of Universe Company’s destruction looming over the planet at any moment, there wasn’t a hint of panic on his face.

He truly deserved to be the advisor specially assigned to them by Specters’ highest commander for this mission.

This advisor was no small name, having attended Blue Star Cloud Cage City’s most renowned military academy, and later pursued further studies on Mechanical Star. He had deep research in both strategic coordination and trap mechanisms.

Less than a year into service, he had been called back to headquarters by the commander, becoming his most trusted aide.

This was Sergeant Law-Duan.

As long as he was here, the Specters felt much more at ease.

Of course, the scene looked completely different in the eyes of the Owl and Norton in the control room.

Just minutes before, they had watched Duan Mingyuan and the Specters squad come face to face. Just as they thought a major battle was inevitable, both sides, having left the Invisible Stance, instead saluted each other tacitly. Then, the Specter member closest to him even embraced him warmly, as if reuniting with an old comrade-in-arms after many years of battling side by side.

"Norton, that’s Duan Mingyuan, right?"

The Owl pointed at the screen, the man was the spitting image of Duan Mingyuan, even the clothes on him matched perfectly.

Norton nodded hesitantly, too many things had happened today, leaving his thoughts somewhat chaotic.

"Then where did Sergeant Law-Duan come from? Why do they seem like they’ve known each other for many years?"

Norton couldn’t answer the Owl’s question, as his own head was also filled with question marks.

Could it be...

Duan was the real mole?

In the midst of their conversation, Duan Mingyuan on the screen took the lighting helmet handed to him by a Specter member and, tied to a rope, slid down into the abyss first.

The remaining Specters closely followed, clearly treating Duan Mingyuan as the core pillar of the team.

"Stay close to me, and don’t lose your lives."

Duan Mingyuan illuminated the darkness below, inspiring everyone, "Also, if you’re injured, don’t tough it out—report to me immediately. Tell me, what is the purpose of the Specters?"

"To bring everyone home!"

The inspired Specters replied in unison. Sergeant Duan always managed to bring them strength, which was why he was respected by everyone—that he would never abandon any team member who fell behind. The tactical policy of pursuing zero casualties had been proposed and widely implemented by the sergeant himself.

"That’s right, everyone has to make it back alive."

As he spoke, a fiery tongue spat out from the darkness but was deflected to one side by the shield in the sergeant’s hand.

The descent was far from smooth, but the sergeant paved a path for them all to the lower levels, and the drone lighting their way, Sergeant Duan’s most faithful companion—the Honeycomb IV combat drone named He Ya—followed close by.

This was also the only combat drone that had a name.

The drone was equipped with artificial intelligence hand-crafted by the sergeant.

When the members of the Specters finally set foot on the ground again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

He Ya was the first to fly towards the closed gate ahead. After scanning the crack for a moment, what responded to them was a teeth-gritting thud.

An object on the other side of the gate seemed to have detected their arrival, and Sharp Blade pierced through the elevator gate, tearing it apart like a spider-like mechanical arm, blocking their way with its massive body.

During the system crash, Judge adjusted the mechanical guard squad in Dr. Eisenberg’s detention area, switching their operational mode to extermination mode.

Until Judge’s system was restored, the detention area’s mechanical guard squad would execute every living creature they encountered.

"Leave this to me."

"But, Sergeant!"

"Do your jobs!"

Duan Mingyuan cut the Specters off as he faced the nearly three-meter-tall spider combat robot, each of its legs equipped with sharp laser cutting blades, "We’ll meet up on the other side."

"Roger that!"

Invisible Stance activated once more, and the Specters returned to the shadows, while the spider robot ignored all the Specters and lunged straight for Duan Mingyuan.

And then...

Suddenly, it rolled over on the ground like a pet dog seeking its owner’s affection, the cutting blades extinguished, and it affectionately rubbed its head against Duan Mingyuan.

Its crescent-shaped electronic eyes conveyed its happiness.

Because, after a long disconnect from Judge, a Mechanical Pioneer had returned here.

They had a core pillar once again.

Duan Mingyuan gently stroked the spider robot’s head, which then emitted a series of joyful electronic sounds.

"I want some too~"

The floating drone came closer, whining.

"Five meters away."

Duan Mingyuan reminded the other.

"Tsk."

But this wasn’t enough to deter He Ya’s enthusiasm, "You rewrote the mechanical guards’ recognition in an instant. It seems you’re getting more and more adept at using your Ability... No, it should be said that you no longer have any psychological burdens."