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The mission has changed to blowing up the ship.
Whether Xue An agrees or not, things have already been set in motion.
For them, the organization’s orders are paramount, and personal emotions can be considered last.
“We may become the greatest sinners in human history.”
Xue An stared at the computer screen displaying the ship’s structure, muttering to himself.
As the deputy captain, Liu Jing was resolute: “The mission has been set; we just need to execute it. Whatever regrets we have later will be useless. Let’s just focus on completing the mission, Captain.”
“I know, but… sigh.”
Xue An knew the organization must have its own reasons, but he couldn’t accept that they were supposed to be protecting the world, yet they had to harm some people.
Although the organization might have its own justification, his inner turmoil was intense.
What were they protecting, anyway?
As the initiator, Fan Jingxian tightly pursed her lips, remaining silent.
She had already made up her mind.
According to the organization’s investigation, the Black Troop Organization had been planning to attack the World Enemy a few days ago. If they couldn’t stop the Black Troop Organization with drastic measures, then it would be pointless to do anything later.
…
Perhaps their superiors understood their thoughts, which was why they agreed to Fan Jingxian’s suggestion.
In the absence of any desire to speak from Xue An and Fan Jingxian, Liu Jing temporarily took over the explanation.
“Before the organization’s explosives arrive, we need to study the ship’s structure carefully. According to the organization’s calculations, we need to set explosives at twenty-three locations to destroy the entire ship. Specifically…”
The computer screen displayed the structure graph, which was now more clearly laid out before everyone.
There were twenty-three red dots on the graph, indicating where the explosives needed to be placed.
“… If we use explosives to destroy these twenty-three locations, the entire ship will experience a chain reaction of explosions, and each deck will collapse and disintegrate.”
Xue An forced down his sorrow, asking stiffly, “When will the explosives arrive?”
“They’ll probably arrive the day after tomorrow to avoid raising suspicions.”
“That means the ship will have sailed far from Jiang City by then. The organization wants us to decide when to set up and detonate the explosives.”
“What about after we detonate the explosives? How do we leave?”
“The organization has already prepared an escape plan. We just need to notify them of the detonation time, and they’ll make the necessary arrangements.”
Xue An let out a long sigh.
The room fell silent.
易柔 broke the silence: “Before that, we need to screen out the useful talents, right?”
Her soft voice was barely audible, but in the silent room, it was piercing.
“The Black Troop Organization has already co-opted Zhu Ge, so it’s highly likely they’ve also taken control of other people on the ship. In other words, there are unknown numbers of Black Troop Organization members on this ship.”
柳菁 also hinted at the implications of易柔’s words, trying to alleviate her own guilt.
That is, as long as they treated everyone on the ship as Black Troop Organization members, they could feel a little better.
“But… how do we do it?”
“…”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Everyone turned to face the door.
“静静 and柔柔, please go back to the bedroom.”
柳菁 reached for her gun at her waist.
Xue An stopped her, whispering, “It’s probably Zhu Ge. We just got on the ship yesterday, and the only person we’ve contacted is him. Besides him, no one would come looking for us.”
Although that was what he said, Xue An still opened the safety catch on his gun and covered it with his clothes as he approached the door.
“I’ll go take a look.”
柳菁 nodded: “Be careful.”
Then she, along with Fan Jingxian and易柔, gathered their things and retreated to the bedroom, closing the door behind them.
This timing was really unfortunate. Just as they were discussing the mission to blow up the ship, someone knocked on the door. It was as if fate was playing a trick on them.
Xue An cautiously opened the door.
To his surprise, he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face.
Wang Professor, a renowned physicist and a first-class professor at the National Physics Academy. This was the information that automatically came to mind.
“Professor Wang?”
He wasn’t someone Xue An had remembered perfectly, but he had investigated him briefly yesterday after seeing him chatting with Zhu Shi Jiu, so he still recalled.
“Ah? Who are you?”
Wang Professor seemed just as bewildered, not expecting to see someone he had never met before instead of Zhu Shi Jiu.
Xue An was both puzzled and on guard: “… What brings you here, Professor Wang?”
Wang Professor looked around the room: “I didn’t come to the wrong place, did I? You know Zhu Ge, right? He invited me to a small academic seminar, and I assumed you were also invited.”
Zhu Ge? Academic seminar? Invited?
What was going on?! This was our room!
Xue An and the others were stumped, but they still welcomed Wang Professor into the room.
“He… we’ll contact him later,” Xue An replied vaguely, then asked, “Where is he now?”
“He left after dinner, and I thought he would be waiting for us here.”
“I see.”
“…”
Then, another person walked in – Wang Professor’s companion, Xie Professor from the Biology Academy.
As it turned out, Xie Professor was holding a letter.
“Ah? Professor Wang, did you arrive first?”
“I came with Professor Wang,” Xie Professor replied.
Xue An raised his hand: “I’m Xue Ning.”
Xie Professor nodded: “Ah, that’s right. Zhu Ge asked me to deliver this letter to you.”
Xue An took the letter, still dazed. From opening the door to now, he had been completely bewildered.
After arranging for Wang Professor and Xie Professor to sit down, he opened the letter.
The letter only had one sentence: “They haven’t been co-opted by the Black Troop Organization yet. You should know what to do.”
Xue An’s pupils constricted.
Talents… were being delivered to our doorstep? What kind of service was this?
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