Chapter 163: Something to Say
Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Something to Say
After the investiture ceremony, they had become Colonels of the Empire. From now on, anyone with a lower rank would have to salute them.
HAHAHAHA, the fastest-promoted five-person group!
Awesome!
They were ecstatic after the assembly. A promotion today, a trip to the Capital Star tomorrow.
All the good things were happening at once.
"Come on, let’s go get a nice meal." Lin Jingjing rubbed her hands together, feeling exceptionally happy.
"Alright, a feast it is!" Feng He agreed.
Captain Li appeared beside Shi Feng as if out of nowhere. He looked at the group and then said, "Happy about the promotion?"
"Happy," Shi Feng nodded in response.
After replying, Shi Feng whipped his head around, only then realizing the person standing next to him was Captain Li. The broad smile on Shi Feng’s face instantly vanished.
"Captain Li, what are you doing?" Shi Feng asked irritably. "Are you trying to scare me to death?"
"You little pretty boy, this easily scared?" Captain Li reached out and ruffled his hair.
His gaze then shifted to Lin Jingjing. "Are your things packed? The plan has changed. You’re returning to the Capital Star with the King tonight."
"They’re packed," Lin Jingjing nodded.
"Good."
After delivering the news, Captain Li left again, arriving and departing in a hurry.
’Looks like Captain Li really is busy.’
On their last day in the First Corps, they took one last look at the dorm they had stayed in the longest, but they didn’t feel particularly reluctant to leave.
They were perfectly fine with leaving.
However, before they left, they figured they should tell Chief Bei about this unstable element.
To avoid being accused of withholding information later.
After a brief discussion, the group decided to go to Beisang together to report the matter.
Arriving at Beisang’s office, the group shuffled and pushed each other, none of them daring to go forward and ring the doorbell.
In the end, it was Mo Xuan who stepped up and pressed it.
Beisang’s voice came from inside. "Enter."
Mo Xuan opened the door and walked in. The other four followed behind him, each looking a little sheepish.
"What brings you all here?" Beisang asked, a little surprised to see them.
This group was leaving B6 Star for the Capital Star tonight. They had only been in the military camp for a short time, yet they had achieved so much.
It was, admittedly, very impressive.
"There’s something we need to tell you," Mo Xuan said, looking at her seriously.
The four behind him nodded vigorously. ’Leave it to Mo Xuan to take the lead.’
The moment Beisang heard they had something to tell her, she sat up straight.
Adopting an expression of rapt attention, she said to them, "Go on."
"I’m listening."
’I have a feeling whatever they have to say right now isn’t going to be good news.’
’It’s also possible they discovered it a while ago but never said anything, and now that they’re leaving, they’re just dumping it all out.’
"We’ve discovered that someone in the First Corps is secretly raising a mutant beast," Mo Xuan said coldly, his voice icy.
Beisang: ...
’Great, just great. Dropping a huge bomb right off the bat.’
Secretly raising a mutant beast within the First Corps... that was practically a capital offense.
"When did you discover this?" Beisang asked.
"A while ago."
"If you discovered it, why didn’t you report it to us?" Beisang continued to ask.
"Because we didn’t want to get involved in trouble," Mo Xuan replied.
’So they really didn’t want to get involved. No wonder they waited until they were about to leave to say anything.’
’If they weren’t going to the Capital Star, would they have planned to keep this a secret forever?’
’Just let the other party keep raising it?’
"Heh..." Beisang let out a soft, cold laugh. "What a fine excuse, ’not wanting to get involved in trouble.’"
"Then why not continue to hide it?" Beisang’s eyes were icy as she swept her gaze over them.
"Because we’re going to the Capital Star." Mo Xuan was certainly a straightforward person. ’For him to have reached that position in his past life, his superiors must have had their hands full cleaning up after him.’
Seeing him act this way, the four behind him were all a little afraid his mouth would offend Chief Bei and get them all punished.
Lin Jingjing hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "We’re about to take on a new mission. We didn’t tell you immediately because we weren’t certain at the time."
"But we couldn’t just ignore it, so we had to come and explain it to you."
After speaking, Lin Jingjing looked at her nervously, but in the end, Beisang just waved her hand and said, "I understand. I’ll have someone investigate it thoroughly."
Outside the office, Feng He poked Mo Xuan’s shoulder and said listlessly, "Next time, don’t be so blunt. Be a little more tactful."
"These big leaders all like to be flattered."
Mo Xuan nodded. "I know."
That evening, they boarded the warship with Yun Yiyou and the others and left B6 Star.
They were also leaving the place they had stayed in the longest since they transmigrated. They were going to see the world outside.
And see just what kind of world it was.
The warship broke through the atmosphere and began to travel through the dark expanse of the universe. It was the first time the five of them had ever seen space.
One after another, they pressed themselves against the window to watch, seeing the pitch-black void outside, where meteors occasionally streaked past, crashing into nearby asteroids.
"A shooting star!" Gu Kaiwen exclaimed excitedly as the meteor shot past, leaving a trail. "Quick, make a wish."
"Let’s all get rich!"
Getting rich—that was indeed a good wish.
As they traveled, gazing at the pitch-black universe through the glass, their hands were also busy.
They were on the Star Network, looking up posts about the Capital Star. These posts said that the people of the Capital Star were particularly arrogant and looked down on others.
They considered themselves superior and looked down on people who came from Other Stars.
This was true even for the lower-class people who had come from Other Stars and put down roots on the Capital Star, because they proudly felt that the Capital Star was a place for the elite.
Most of the residents were either rich or noble, and some were even at the center of power.
Being able to live on the same planet as these people made them very proud and arrogant.
After reading everything in the posts, the group’s faces fell. Then, one of them said, "Is it really that ridiculous?"
’People are still divided into different classes?’
Yes. In a nation with an emperor, such a hierarchy is inevitable.
"I miss our instructor," Gu Kaiwen lamented. ’I can’t believe civilization would regress in the future. The Empire can’t even achieve equality for all.’
"Sigh..." They were apprehensive about the future. After all, this was the Capital Star.
’We’re not going to be looked down upon from head to toe the moment we get off the warship, are we?’
"What’s there to be afraid of? We’re Colonels," Shi Feng said, trying to comfort the others.
"We hold military rank!"
Worrying wouldn’t accomplish anything right now, so they got up and went to the dining hall to see what there was to eat.
This warship was enormous. They heard it could accommodate a million people at once.
A million people. That was a huge number.
There weren’t many people in the dining hall at the moment, as it was past lunchtime.
They ordered a few bowls of rice and some dishes from the robot at the counter and then found a place to sit down.