Chapter 251: It’s a Trap? [Part 1] (1/2)
Chapter 251: It’s a Trap? [Part 1]
Frankly, the gray cat was the best choice here. Right now Cillin couldn’t leave and acquire a sample himself, and it would be best if the action was kept secret. Guan Feng had told him about a couple of things, and among them was that tact was necessary even in the RAS. After all, there was nowhere in the whole world that was completely free of corruption.
So again, this fat cat was the best choice to send out to collect the samples, especially since it was bored stiff anyway. However, Cillin didn’t have an accurate estimate of a Sea King’s strength, so he wasn’t sure if Wheeze was up to the task.
The gray cat felt like exploding into a ball of fur when Cillin questioned its abilities with extreme skepticism.
“Do you seriously think that buncha fishes can threaten me?!”
Cillin thought for a moment before smiling in response. He still couldn’t be sure if Wheeze could collect the samples smoothly, but there was at least no way for these creatures to threaten the gray cat’s life. After being together with the gray cat for so long, he had almost forgotten that it was a half-cyborg.
“Do what you can, but no more than that!” Cillin emphasized.
Wheeze flicked its ears before replying impatiently, “I know!” Then, Cillin let it out of the window.
“Eh? Cillin, why did you let Wheeze out of the room at such a sensitive time?!” Daduo asked in astonishment when she saw the gray cat jumping out.
“It said it needed to get out. It was bored to death apparently.”
“Well it’s not the only one who’s bored. I’m feeling stifled myself,” Walley said lazily while lying on the table.
Although the room was regulated by a life support system, none of them felt particularly comfortable probably because of the way the building was designed. They couldn’t help but feel choked inside this place.
Meanwhile, sea beasts had landed on the shores and made contact with the defense forces, even though they couldn’t hear any cannon fire because the shoreline was quite far away. But judging from the blurry images they were watching on the network, they knew that the battle was ensuing intensely.
The thick blue fog that enveloped the city and the sky also blocked some cameras’ vision. Unlike the normal fog, this blue fog contained some metal ions and other disruptive elements. That was why it was able to disrupt the humans’ scan systems. Right now the scanners’ functional range had shortened to just their nearby areas.
Demand for scanners immediately rose like a rocket every time a situation like this popped up, although the people of this planet were used to fighting inside the sea fog. They hadn’t been able to invent a scanner that could penetrate this particular type of sea fog, but they could still respond swiftly to the changes on the battlefield.
A few people followed behind the honorary scholar and went to the other room. The people who remained all happened to be familiar faces.
York continued to hack into global networks so they could keep up to date with the battle situation. He also brought up local scanner footages for the group to check out.
“The RAS actually has better scanners that should work even in this unusual sea fog environment.” Eros said, “Do you think they would try supplying some equipment and softening up that minor noble?
“I don’t think so.” Vino snorted. “Assuming that that minor noble would even appreciate the gesture, do you really think those old fellows of the RAS would be so kind? On the contrary, they want this battle to go south for the people on this planet and for the sea beasts to reach us as quickly as possible. Once the planetary government suffers a blow, the minor noble would be forced to ask for reinforcements from us. This way, the trade would speed up and their reputation would grow.”