Chapter 182: Must Succeed
Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Must Succeed
"Yes!"
Lu Shaoyu immediately ran out to assemble his people.
At that moment, everyone on S12 Planet was in a complete panic. They scrambled chaotically to the spaceport, only to be told no tickets were for sale.
No starship could leave S12 Star.
The citizens who heard this news were plunged into despair.
An agitated person slammed their hands on the glass, demanding answers.
"How is this possible? Everything was running fine yesterday! Why not today?!"
"Did you hoard all the tickets for yourselves?!"
"Is that why you’re feeding us this bullshit to get rid of us?!"
"Exactly! It’s not like we don’t have Star Coins! We’re leaving S12 Star today!"
With everyone shouting at once, the ticket agent inside didn’t know how to handle the situation.
She quickly switched on the loudspeaker and explained, "All the starship engines have been sabotaged! Even if we sold you tickets, there are no ships that can fly!"
No matter how many times she explained, no one believed her.
’How could perfectly good starship engines just break like that?’
In the end, the ticket agent had no choice but to contact the station master to come and explain things himself.
’These people are insane.’
’After hearing the news, of course everyone wants to leave S12 Star. If the ships could fly, I would’ve sold them all tickets ages ago.’
But the starship engines had all been maliciously sabotaged. It wasn’t just the ships at their spaceport; it was the same everywhere else.
So the entire S12 Star was now in a state of lockdown: you could get in, but you couldn’t get out. All they could do was wait for a military rescue.
’Who is this Lin Daxiao that was mentioned?’
’Can they please hurry up and get to S12 Star to deal with this bomb?’
The thought that a nuclear bomb had been planted on the very planet she’d lived on for so long made the ticket agent’s stomach clench.
After the station master came out to explain, everyone was forced to accept the reality of the situation.
So, were they really going to die here?
Everyone on S12 Star began a countdown. If the bomb was defused in the next two days, this would all be over. If not, they would all die here, taking the entire planet with them.
Heh heh...
The people here began to find joy amidst their suffering, using the limited time they had left to fulfill their final wishes.
Even if it was just for the moments before their death, they would live them to the fullest!
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The moment Lin Jingjing and her team arrived, they disembarked from their starship and immediately began searching for the nuclear bomb.
The other half of her team began evacuating civilians. Before coming, Lin Jingjing had also contacted the nearby Sixth Corps.
Lin Jingjing had requested the Commander of the Sixth Corps to send over every available warship to save as many people as possible.
Within half a day, countless warships descended majestically upon S12 Planet.
The citizens, who had been trying to find joy in their grim situation, were suddenly filled with hope.
"It’s warships!"
"Warships from the Sixth Corps!"
"We’re saved!"
"And the Monster Investigation Bureau! They’re here too!"
Seeing the faces of Lin Jingjing and her team, many people silently began to weep.
It was them.
Only they would respond so quickly to save them when disaster struck.
"Captain Lin, you’re here."
"Captain Lin, you’ll find the bomb, right?"
"Captain Lin..."
As the team walked down the street, crowds of people stood on the sidewalks, shouting to them.
Call after call was directed at Lin Jingjing.
With every shout, the pressure on Lin Jingjing and her team mounted.
"Sister Lin, what if we don’t find the bomb?" Shi Feng asked, his eyes scanning their surroundings.
"What else? We die here together," Gu Kaiwen cut in.
’It’s not like we’re going to search for a while, realize time is running out, and then just hop on a warship and leave, right?’
They weren’t capable of doing something like that.
The people from the Sixth Corps, on the other hand, probably were. On their way here, when Lin Jingjing asked for warships, they had hemmed and hawed.
In the end, Lin Jingjing had to bring up Yun Yiyou’s name, and only then did the Commander of the Sixth Corps reluctantly order his men to send the warships.
"Are we going to die again?" Mo Xuan mused, stroking his chin. "The five of us, dying together... It’s almost romantic."
As he spoke, he glanced at Feng He and broke into a grin. "Feng He, we get to die together again."
Feng He pushed him on the head. "Get lost. What kind of nonsense is that?"
"Our time isn’t up yet. Keep talking like that and I’ll beat you."
After being pushed away, Mo Xuan leaned his head back in. "Feng He, do it again."
The three walking ahead couldn’t help but roll their eyes. ’He’s been trained like a dog.’
Officials from S12 Star came to receive them: three female leaders and two pot-bellied men.
"Lin Daxiao, we’ve already dispatched people to search for the bomb. We’ll be relying on you for what comes next."
Standing before Lin Jingjing was a woman in a black suit. She wore her hair in an ear-length bob and had the clean, sharp look of a decisive, no-nonsense person.
Lin Jingjing also had short hair, but since she’d been so busy lately, it had grown out to her shoulders.
She had it tied back with a hair tie, giving her a similarly neat and efficient appearance.
"Leader Muxing, we will give it our all," Lin Jingjing nodded.
After a brief exchange, they got down to business. The city center had already been thoroughly searched. No bomb.
Now they were expanding the search outward, checking all kinds of other locations.
Every soldier and police officer on the planet had been mobilized. They were prepared to tear the place apart to find that bomb.
After hearing the update, Lin Jingjing nodded. "Understood."
"Leave the rest to me."
"Of course. We’re counting on you, Lin Daxiao."
Leader Muxing agreed. Though Lin Jingjing was only a Daxiao, the person backing her was the King of the entire Empire.
The King had granted her supreme authority; there was nothing she couldn’t accomplish.
After the officials left, Lin Jingjing ordered her team to continue the search. Once the arrangements were made, she called Mo Xuan over.
"What’s up, Sister Lin?" Mo Xuan asked as he walked over.
"Your eyes and ears are exceptionally sharp. I want you to lead the team."
Lin Jingjing decided to put Mo Xuan in charge of the operation. She couldn’t defuse the bomb even if she found it, but Mo Xuan could.
Entrusting this to him was the right call.
"You’re giving me full command?" Mo Xuan cut in. "You’re not taking part?"
"Nope. It’s all you," Lin Jingjing said with a smile, patting Mo Xuan’s shoulder. "If you run into anything you can’t handle, I’ll back you up. You’ve got this."
Mo Xuan gave a firm nod. "Understood."
Taking charge of the mission, Mo Xuan immediately grew serious. He finally understood the true weight of the burden Lin Jingjing carried.
The hopes of every person, the lives of every person... success or failure all hinged on this one operation.
Failure was not an option.