The Mechanic [BL]

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Chapter 32 - The Fruit of Wisdom (10)

Zhang Xun hurried to the Headquarters with Adam and was immediately taken into the war room.

The light in the deep underground war room was dim and the computers showed expressionless faces. The huge screen hanging in mid-air constantly displayed the shield monitoring system and radar system in different areas of Lost Paradise and there were countless cameras on all sides of the high wall to observe for enemies who could approach from any angle.

At a long wooden table illuminated by a huge chandelier overhead, a group of senior officers, headed by Zhang Shuo, lined up in turn. In addition, Zhang Xun saw Jabari and two others from James' group sitting on the outer chairs. They were in a sorry state, their faces were muddy and there was blood on Jabari's head.

Zhang Xun's whole heart seemed to sink into a deep trench.

Adam stood quietly behind Zhang Xun, his eyes calmly taking in the gestures and expressions of everyone in the war room into his mind.

Sitting next to Zhang Shuo was General Wilson. He was the first to speak and said in a cold voice, "Mechanic Zhang, you must have heard about the return of the hunting group."

Zhang Xun even forgot about etiquette and he asked urgently, "Where's James? What happened? Was it the robot soldiers? Have you...have you activated..."

"Zhang Xun, calm down." Zhang Shuo's deep voice sounded, not in a hurry or slow, but still calm, "We called you here today hoping to learn more from Adam."

"Adam has been with me the whole time and knows nothing more than we do. If you think it's Adam..."

"Mechanic!" Zhang Shuo's voice became more severe and Zhang Xun had to stop talking.

General Wilson spoke slowly, "The hunting group indeed successfully avoided the robot soldiers' searches by relying on the technology provided by you and Adam. So we do not suspect that the disappearance of Captain James Kugel is related to Adam."

Disappearance?

That is to say, he wasn't neutralised?

General Wilson looked at the three hunting regiment members. Jabari opened his mouth and said, "We broke through the robot soldiers' line of defence, arrived at Reindeer Bay and connected with the arms dealer, Red Lady, as planned. Her goods were ready, but we didn't expect that there would be other people who wanted to buy them."

"Other people?" a Major General asked in confusion. "People from the ordinary world?"

Jabari shook his head, "No, they were men, and they came in very advanced military aircraft...all of them were well-equipped, well-trained soldiers, but not Lost Paradise men."

Not Lost Paradise men, but soldiers... Could there be other refugee settlements near Lost Paradise that they didn't know about?

Moreover, an aircraft would very easily be discovered by Eden, but they dared to swagger in with this, which showed that their aircraft must have extremely advanced stealth technology. Not only was it undetectable to radars, but even the naked eye couldn't easily detect it and the ear couldn't hear noise from it, so it was possible to avoid Eden's ubiquitous eyes and ears.

Jabari continued, "The Red Lady raised the prices and whoever paid the highest price could take the goods away. The other party was very generous and the universal currency we brought wasn't enough. With the military on our backs we tried to negotiate to bring back some of the goods, but they didn't agree. In a moment of desperation, a young man in our team fired a shot in anger. The other party's weapons were far more advanced than ours and apparently they have Eden's bullet tracking technology. Three of us were seriously injured and everyone else was wounded to some degree, so the Captain led those people away alone in order to cover our escape. We tried to go back to find him afterward but the robot soldiers had already blocked the area."