"Open it," Leder said, filled with anticipation. Hu Ling stepped forward boldly, knelt before the seal to examine it, then drew his military saber and violently tore the entire seal off.
He gripped the handle of the case, glanced at the people around him, and then forcefully lifted it.
CLATTER—the case opened, and everyone leaned over to look inside. The case was empty. Everyone was greatly disappointed.
Chen Gu, however, walked around the case, knocked on its bottom with his hand, and asked, "Why is this so thick?"
Without hesitation, Hu Ling violently dismantled the entire case.
The lid and sides were fine, but the steel plate at the bottom was indeed three times thicker in comparison. Dora stepped forward from behind, raised her hand, and a laser knife extended with a CLICK.
With her long ears standing erect, she cut carefully. After a full two hours, she finally separated what appeared to be a skeletal mask from the steel plate!
"I knew it!" everyone exclaimed, thrilled. Remains hidden so covertly had to be extraordinary; they might even be used to create a generator.
"It seems the pilot suddenly lost contact with headquarters but strictly followed his duty, hiding these precious remains in the hope that the military would find them later."
The pilot had also been very clever, directly embedding the remains into the steel, making them part of the steel plate. If someone else had knocked and found no hidden compartment, they probably would have given up.
Leder picked up the remains and smiled. "Now, however, it’s our spoil of war."
He was very excited. "Everyone present has contributed. The boss won’t let your efforts go unrewarded." He gave a particular nod to Chen Gu. "Although young Chen isn’t a professional, he has made significant contributions along the way, especially with the earlier human-grenade tactics and this time, identifying the anomaly with the case."
Chen Gu smiled "sheepishly," while Boluo was full of resentment.
Leder secured the remains. "I’ll check the data stored here..." Liu Shichan approached him, and Leder pulled her aside. "Rest assured, if there are skeletal remains of the Guilo species, we will honor our agreement and hand them all over to you. However, as you have seen, this is clearly from an animal-type super-life form..."
Liu Shichan was greatly disappointed, but Leder added, "However, you needn’t lose hope. Our data indicates that during that battle, more than one super-life form appeared, and there’s a seventy percent chance that one of them was from the Guilo species. We’ll continue our search, and we will satisfy our allies." The most update n0vels are published on novèlfire.net
Liu Shichan sighed. "That’s all we can hope for now."
Leder comforted Liu Shichan and then went to search for the data interface inside the [VSG-47]. This "ancient" device was very different from current ones and would take some effort to operate.
Chen Gu, having overheard the conversation between Leder and Liu Shichan, came over quietly and asked, "Does the Liu Family need Guilo species remains? Are there any special requirements?"
If it were just ordinary Guilo species remains, they could simply buy them on the market; the Liu Family wasn’t short of money.
Liu Shichan, her mood low, sat hugging her knees and slowly said, "Grandfather is sick. We need the most vital part of a Guilo super-life form—the part that can be used to create a generator... You might not understand what a generator is, but it’s the most precious part of all the remains, possibly more precious than supermatter itself!
"Such treasures can’t be bought; no one would sell them.
"The Yingudusi Devil’s Pit is our only chance.
"This time, of course, I didn’t have to come. But since I was little, Grandfather has always been the one who doted on me the most. My parents were busy with business and rarely paid much attention to me. It was Grandfather who would tell me stories to put me to sleep at night...
"In my generation, I’m the only one left in the Liu Family. I couldn’t be at ease otherwise, so I had to come myself."
Chen Gu understood. From this perspective, the Liu Family probably had no idea about Leder’s and his boss’s illegal human body modification business. They were only entangled in this operation because of the super-life remains.
Chen Gu sighed inwardly. I’ll help if I can, he resolved.
However, he also knew the chances were slim. With Qing Ruyan involved in this operation, no matter what treasure was found—like the mask-shaped remains they had just discovered—it would ultimately be confiscated by the Bureau of Mystic Security.
A piece of Guilo species remains capable of crafting a generator—the Confederation would not hand such a thing over to the Liu Family, even if an old man’s life depended on it.
Leder busied himself for a while, finding a bunch of interfaces, but he couldn’t identify the data port.
"Let’s camp here for tonight," Leder announced as the sky began to darken. The location of the Burning Tyrannosaur’s nest was suitable, with the warship wreckage providing protection against the nighttime electromagnetic storms.
Hu Ling went over and tidied up a heavy Mecha. He picked through some parts, found a suitable energy pack, installed it, and pressed the start button. After a moment, it successfully started up with a BEEP!
Hu Ling chuckled. "This baby is mine now."
Anyway, no one was competing with him for it.
The interior of the heavy Mecha was comfortable. Hu Ling climbed inside, using it as "pajamas," and decided to sleep in it for the night.
The rest of the group entered the [VSG-47], where there was enough space for everyone to rest.
Lao Mo forcefully pulled the hatch open and locked it. Liu Shichan’s subordinates distributed some high-nutrition synthetic food. After a simple meal and arranging the night watch shifts, everyone prepared to rest.
Only Leder remained awake, using his handheld computer, trying to extract data from the [VSG-47].
Before entering the Yingudusi Devil’s Pit, he had prepared some highly anti-interference equipment, and this computer was one such device.
However, the performance of such equipment was quite average, so its processing speed was slow.
Chen Gu saw Liu Shichan sitting alone on a platform, staring blankly into space. He knew she was worried about her grandfather, and he felt a twinge of distress. Subconsciously, he began to project Chen Qingyu onto Liu Shichan.
Perhaps because the lingering power of the Burning Tyrannosaur was still present, no strange creatures disturbed them that night. At dawn, Leder clapped his hands vigorously, gathering everyone. "We’re in luck!"
"Most of the data inside this thing is damaged," he announced. "But after I repaired some of it, I extracted the two coordinates that appeared most frequently."
Boluo, who wasn’t good at anything other than making things explode, asked in a daze, "Two coordinates? Are there two super-life forms to be mined separately?"
Chen Gu said quietly, "One site should be for the super-life remains, and the other is likely a camp. The remains would be mined, transported to the camp, and then collectively moved out of the Yingudusi Devil’s Pit."
Boluo suddenly felt his intelligence was inferior to that of a high school student—especially that scheming high school student who was always coming up with slimy tactics to outsmart him!
He felt completely out of sorts and suddenly understood why this kid always managed to trick him.
Leder gave a dry laugh, careful not to bruise Boluo’s ego. "Of course, both guesses are possible. We’ll head for this coordinate today."
He opened the holographic map again. "This coordinate is located between the sixth and eighth designated sites. It’s most likely the place where a super-life form fell."
So, you still agree more with Chen Gu’s guess—one location for the remains and the other for a camp, Boluo thought silently.