Chapter 555 - - 483 Duge About to Capsize_1

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Duge followed a group of staff members from the headquarters of the National Defense Bureau and grandly walked through the gates of the Defense Bureau. The mecha pilots on duty didn’t even give him a second glance.

Hide as if null, as long as Duge did not expose himself, no one could detect his presence and abilities.

When he was still, he was invisible to others; when he moved, he blended into the crowd so well that as long as he kept quiet, he seemed like the most unassuming presence.

The National Defense Bureau was bustling, with a post every three steps and a guard every five, all dressed in light mechas.

Walking within the National Defense Bureau gave Duge a feeling akin to being in the Science Academy.

Here, cut off entirely from the outside world, one couldn’t even sense what was occurring in the rooms along the corridor, effectively preventing the alien warriors from spying on and harming each other.

Luo Yan would not allow the incident with Mo Shengmin to happen again.

But in such an environment, Duge felt a profound sense of insecurity.

In the Science Academy, he was accompanied by a large group of Green Star’s top scientists, who acted as his hostages, so there was hardly any danger to speak of.

But here, it was akin to being stationed among a group of terrorists, with the escort ships overhead capable of locking onto this place and executing a fire strike in an instant.

How could a technologically advanced planet possibly be dominated by a mere few hundred alien warriors…

While Duge was using the President, the President was surely scheming against him as well.

However, Duge was confident he would have the last laugh, as he truly had Green Star’s best interests at heart, and sincerity was the most top-level charm, the highest level of emotional intelligence…

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Duge leisurely took a tour around the National Defense Bureau, gathering information about the personnel arrangement from the staff.

Luo Yan had adopted a strategy of regional isolation, essentially achieving quarantine by planet, grouping people from the same planet together.

The group from Lanchen Star was the largest.

Xu Wan was the first person Duge recruited to the National Defense Bureau. After Mo Shengmin’s death, she rose to prominence, so it was only natural that the most people from her home planet would come, although even the largest group had only four people.

Time was short, and the situation had been quickly stirred up by Duge, and Xu Wan’s own appeal wasn’t strong enough, so it was quite impressive that three others had come to side with her.

Xu Wan owed her advantage completely to convenient transportation.

When Duge initially launched his call to arms on that alien battlefield at Luo Shuang, there were also only a cooperative Zhang Yizhi and Yun Yao descending the mountain from Qiyuan Star…

Apart from the four from Lanchen Star, there were another twelve alien warriors from various other planets in the National Defense Bureau. There was no one from Nine Dragon Star, Bell Star, or Qiyuan Star. The next significant presence was from Purple Hero Star, with three individuals.

The other stars had one or two representatives, and there was also one person from Sirius belonging to the same star as Ying Fei, and one from Midday Star, the same star as Fan Lie.

After considering for a moment, Duge found a set of staff clothes to change into and first headed to the area of Sirius. With everyone’s keywords and abilities unknown, it was of course preferable to first look for an isolated person to band with.

Most critically, the person from Sirius was also a woman named Yan Shan, registered in the National Defense Bureau with the keyword “turning point,” with no awakened abilities.

Previously, the keyword Zhu Qinqin had used to deceive Nalan Li was also “turning point.”

With these two points of convergence, Duge felt that he had a certain destiny with her.

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Upon finding Yan Shan’s room, Duge rang the doorbell.

“Who is it?”

A wary voice came from inside the room.

“Mecha pilot Lin Hong. I’ve been sent by Luo Yan,” Duge took out his credentials and showed them to the visible window.

This was an official National Defense Bureau ID, and he also possessed IDs unique to the Shadow Department.

Under the guise of Hide as if Null, Duge’s demeanor seemed entirely ordinary, with no suspicion from Yan Shan, who opened the door. She scrutinized Duge from head to toe, her face cold as she said, “Scram.”

“…” Duge was taken aback.

Immediately after, Yan Shan’s face broke into a smile, “Just kidding, come on in, handsome guy, let’s talk.”

Was the turning point this abrupt?

Your attribute for hitting keywords is on a par with mine!

“Yan Shan, now that we’re in the National Defense Bureau, we are comrades in the same trench, and we will fight side by side in the future. I don’t want to hear this kind of joke again,” Duge said in earnest, while giving himself a mental buff.

“Little brother, men shouldn’t be so petty. Not being open-minded can make you unpopular with women,” said Yan Shan, who looked to be just over twenty years old and had rather delicate features. She giggled, touching Duge’s chest with her finger, “But sister here likes your personality.”

Duge looked suspiciously at Yan Shan, then glanced at the arrangement of her room.

In her room, the table was cluttered with many bent wires, and the floor bore many footprints that seemed quite awkward…

This style?

Duge hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, “Feng Zhong? Stewed chicken with mushrooms…”

Yan Shan jolted sharply, “You are… Brother Du?”

“Mm,” Duge nodded.

“Damn, it really is you!” Yan Shan exclaimed with elation, “I knew behind the National Defense Bureau had to be you. I came all this way just to bet on a chance to work with you, but after two days, I couldn’t find any trace of you anywhere. I thought I was going to get stuck here and never get out. Brother Du, we didn’t even match the secret code, how did you guess it was me?”

Duge motioned with his mouth toward the bent wires arranged on her table, “Your keyword for the first match was manipulation, and you developed the habit of manipulating chopsticks. All those chopsticks you’ve fiddled with would eventually be arranged with their heads slightly interlocked. The way those wires are laid out looks exactly like how you arrange the chopsticks…”

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