Chapter 164: A Candidate
Chapter 164: Chapter 164: A Candidate
The food on the warship was bland and tasteless, even though it was just simple noodle soup.
It left them feeling distinctly underwhelmed.
The group hurriedly took out their chili sauce, adding it to their bowls one spoonful after another.
Only after it was spicy and fragrant were they satisfied.
After several consecutive space jumps, they finally arrived at the Capital Star on their third day of space travel.
Captain Li came to inform them that they had arrived. Hearing this, the group immediately scrambled out of bed, grabbed their bags, and headed out.
Stepping off the warship, the five of them witnessed the prosperity of the Capital Star for the first time.
The skyscrapers seemed to have no end, and the sense of technology here was on another level.
Robots were everywhere; everything here was a product of technology.
The five of them looked around in every direction, like country bumpkins in the big city.
The warship was docked in a royal parking area. It was surrounded by soldiers in black uniforms, their faces expressionless, all of a uniform height, and strikingly handsome.
The two women stared at this uniform row of handsome men. They tried to hold back, but in the end, they couldn’t help but openly admire the view.
As they walked, their eyes never left these handsome men.
’What a feast for the eyes today.’
"Still looking?" Mo Xuan couldn’t help but ask Feng He. "Are they really that good-looking?"
"Ahem, you have to look your fill at handsome men. You won’t get to see them later," Feng He said with a light cough.
Mo Xuan replied gloomily, "Is that because you’ll be married to me, so you won’t be able to look?"
Feng He just smiled shyly and didn’t respond.
Mo Xuan was furious. ’That damned woman!’
After leaving the area, Captain Li led them onto a hovercar to head to their destination.
Along the way, they all wondered to themselves what kind of mission this could possibly be.
After an unknown amount of time, they arrived in front of the Cabinet Building. They stepped out of the hovercar and stared at the structure before them.
Everyone’s jaw dropped, their faces filled with disbelief.
The building’s exterior was made of bomb-proof glass. Not only that, but the outer layer also had an attack mode.
Upon detecting an attack, hidden weapons would emerge to take down the enemy.
Moreover, the defenses here were the strongest. Soldiers and Single Pilot Mechas patrolled twenty-four hours a day.
No suspicious person would be spared.
"Where is this?" Lin Jingjing looked around. The security was tight; those laser guns were loaded, and the robots maintained a heightened state of alert.
"A meeting," Captain Li replied.
He then led them inside. Before they could enter, two soldiers in black uniforms and black masks stepped forward, signaling for them to show their identification.
The five of them looked bewildered. What identification? They didn’t have any.
Captain Li, who was beside them, took out the prepared identification cards from his Space Ring and handed them to the two soldiers. Only after inspecting the IDs did the soldiers let them pass.
Once inside, Captain Li handed their IDs to Shi Feng. "Your identification. Remember to bring it next time you come here for a meeting."
The conference room was on the top floor. After getting out of the elevator, they walked down a corridor for quite a while before stopping in front of a door.
Pushing the door open and stepping inside, the five of them were somewhat surprised as they looked at the vast assembly hall.
Moreover, some leaders who couldn’t come to the Capital Star for the meeting were present as holographic projections.
Yun Yiyou and the others had arrived early. He was seated in the center position on the stage. The hall was filled with the sound of people chatting in low voices.
The individual conversations weren’t loud, but with so many people in the large hall, the combined chatter was quite noisy.
’Another meeting...’
The five of them pressed their lips together. A meeting before leaving the First Corps, and now another meeting upon arriving at the Capital Star.
’So annoying.’
’I don’t want to do this.’
Captain Li led them to their seats and then plopped down right beside them.
Seeing him sit down, a confused Gu Kaiwen asked, "Why are you sitting here with us?"
"I’m your superior officer, of course I’m sitting here," Captain Li replied, then took some snacks out of his Space Ring and handed them over.
"Here, have some. This meeting is going to be long. Eat something to fill your stomachs now before it starts, otherwise you’ll be miserable if you get hungry halfway through."
With Captain Li taking the lead, there was no reason not to eat.
The group sat in their seats, slowly eating their snacks. Halfway through, someone announced the start of the meeting.
As soon as they heard the meeting was starting, they all hurriedly stuffed the food into their mouths. The crackers were dry, and by stuffing another mouthful in, their cheeks bulged, nearly choking them.
The topic of the meeting was: why weren’t the various planetary police departments searching for the missing ordinary people?
The chiefs of the planetary police departments stood up one by one to speak. They admitted that they had indeed been in the wrong.
Each one of them engaged in self-criticism and then made promises.
The five "enthusiastic citizens" curled their lips in disdain. ’Is this some kind of political accountability show?’
’If it’s about accountability, then why isn’t it being live-streamed?’
’Why aren’t reporters allowed to interview them?’
’What’s the use of making promises here?’
"What are you all up to now?" Captain Li asked in a low voice, seeing their disdainful expressions.
"An accountability show should be broadcast to the whole nation," Lin Jingjing, sitting next to Captain Li, whispered back.
Captain Li: ...
’What are these kids, not even 24, thinking about all day long?’
’Their heads are always full of strange ideas.’
"Pay attention," Captain Li said, lightly tapping Lin Jingjing on the head.
’What’s there to listen to? They were wrong, so they were wrong. Just punish them and be done with it.’
If Captain Li knew what she was thinking, he would just shake his head and think she was too naive.
The situation was far more complicated than that; it wasn’t something that could be resolved with a simple punishment.
After the self-criticisms were over, Yun Yiyou issued a directive: they must implement reforms.
That concluded the first topic of the day. The second topic was about the identity of the mastermind behind the human experiments.
Investigating the mastermind would be an extremely difficult task. Who to assign it to required discussion.
And the reason everyone was gathered here today was to discuss who was the right person to investigate this matter.
At this moment, Captain Li looked at the five of them and chuckled, a particularly smug look on his face.
Seeing his expression, Lin Jingjing was suddenly overcome with a bad feeling.
’When Captain Li smiles like that, something bad is definitely about to happen.’
"I already have someone in mind." Yun Yiyou’s voice echoed throughout the assembly hall.
His gaze cut through the crowd and landed directly on Lin Jingjing’s position. Yun Yiyou looked at the five of them and said, "I will be assigning the task of investigating the mastermind to Lin Daxiao and these four individuals."
"From now on, if they require any assistance in their work, you are all to cooperate fully to help them conclude this investigation as quickly as possible."
With this statement from Yun Yiyou, no one present dared to underestimate these five newly promoted Daxiao.
To have the King speak on their behalf like this meant their futures were boundless.