Chapter 1606 - Welcome Back, Mates! (2/2)

Rollie’s eyes brightened up. “Meow, meow, meow!”

A few hours later.

After sizing up the guys in front of him, Salaman turned to Hao Ren and asked curiously, “Are they all of your subordinates?”

“Not subordinates; they are my friends who have been with me through ups and downs.” Hao Ren smiled as he introduced them one by one. “You do not have to doubt their ability. The weakest among them have also gotten the divine blessing, and most importantly, they have been following me to various bizarre, mysterious realms and alien worlds. Their experience in special ops is more than what your regular soldiers have had.”

Hao Ren’s voice was full of confidence. His little buddies might have their individual, quirky problems, but he had not the slightest doubt of their ability. Even Nangong Sanba was not that bad in terms of combat strength; he was only comparatively weak among the bunch of demons and monsters in the house. It might not be the case during the early days when everyone was a rookie. But over the years, after eating and drinking at the straight goddess’ place and sharing with Hao Ren his “year-end bonus”, they were now strong like a bull.

They ate those divine things, for which people could go to war, for lunch.

Of course, Hao Ren knew that he must not be overconfident as his opponent was no less powerful. Although the goddess of creation did not have a diploma, she was a true god. Her bodyguards—the guardian giants, were superior to most mortal races. Now, the Mad Lord had infected some of these guardians, turning them into terrible killing machines.

Hao Ren and his little buddies might have no problem dealing with a small group of festered monsters, but when it came to combating the defense forces of Amantir, it was like kicking against the pricks. Keeping in mind that this book had still a long way to go before ending, Hao Ren decided to discuss with Salaman to find a better way to send them to Amantir discreetly.

“Multi-racial and multi abilities; I am more and more curious about you, the Observer. You seem to have a badass team,” Salaman said, coming back to the topic of Amantir. “It is tough to send even people as inconspicuous as you guys to Amantir. Those freaks have surveillance stations and defense firepower in the orbit to compensate for the lack of combat power after the loss of the doomsday weapons. What’s more, there are many anti-air guns on the surface. Those things will shoot down anything that does not belong to the festered army coming closer to Amantir.”

“How about infiltration by disguising as returning festered forces?” Y’zaks asked. He membered the successful infiltration of the lunar base of the Executors not long ago. At that time, they seized an Executor spacecraft and faked an ID to pass through the checkpoints. “We have many corpses of the festered, by which we can piece together to form a damage-looking hybrid spacecraft. The enemy might not be able to tell the difference.”

“We have thought of that earlier, but the idea has been rejected.” Salaman shook his head. “The festered still retain their mind network. The lower-ranked individuals among them might have lost most of their thinking ability, but their superiors can still monitor the lower-level units through the mind network. I am afraid that the mind network would detect all of you who disguise as ones of them.”

Nangong Sanba thought for a moment. “Can we hack this mind network?”

“It is challenging, if not impossible. I advise you not to even try because it is not just a matter of how difficult it is.” Salaman still shook his head. “After the power of the Mad Lord infected those freaks, their mind network has also mutated and is filled with elements of madness, blasphemy, and dangers. No rational creatures can decipher the mind in the network. All you got would be garbled data, and possibly causing the spread of the festered contaminant and alerting the superior units of the mind network.”

Hao Ren’s original idea was to sneak into Amantir using a disguise. But now, it seemed that things were not that easy.

They brainstormed for almost two hours and came out fruitless. There were over a dozen suggestions, many of which they had discussed in detail but were later discarded because the plans were full of fatal flaws.

There might be only one chance to sneak into Amantir. Once the festered knew that the enemy was targeting the Amantir crystal, they would never give the enemy a second chance. So, they must come up with a program that worked and was safe, where it might not be flawless but at least controllable. Even if their action failed, it must not alert the festered too much.

They also had to consider their evacuation plan.

Lily was the first to lose patience in the extended discussion. She slammed her tail against the back of the chair on which Nangong Wuyue sat. “Argh! It looks like there is no way to get into Amantir without getting caught. We might as well crash Agodal into Amantir. Maybe we can find the crystal from the debris after that.”

Vivian instantly sneered at the husky. “Your idea is no better—”

“Wait a minute!” Hao Ren’s heart skipped a beat. Before Vivian finished, he interrupted. “Lily’s idea is a wakeup call.”