Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 764 - 757: Returning to Base

Chapter 764: Chapter 757: Returning to Base

After clearing out the residual rebel forces on the Asirens, the air fleet promptly turned and headed back to the outskirts of Yazhi City. During this time, Reimer interrogated the mutinous crew members and ultimately confirmed the fact of Mu Lansi’s defection.

According to their testimonies, Mu Lansi planned to hijack the Asirens and move it to the nation of the Zhuyan People, Baales, under the pretext of being kidnapped by the Zhuyan People himself. For the Zhuyan People, the Asirens would be an exceptional gift, so they would be quite inclined to take the blame as well.

Reimer had difficulty accepting the interrogation results because no matter how much Mu Lansi had done for the country, the act of betraying the country by handing the Asirens to the Zhuyan People was utterly disgraceful. Reimer had repeatedly claimed in front of Cheng Ziang that Mu Lansi was merely abandoned; however, the results of the interrogation strongly contradicted his stance.

Regardless, since Mu Lansi is now dead, all blame could only be piled onto him. Hence, during the course of the interrogation, Reimer intentionally guided the crew members’ testimonies to put all the blame for the hijacking of the Asirens on Mu Lansi’s betrayal.

On its return journey, the air fleet continued to rendezvous with subsequent warships. After approximately three days of flight, the fully formed air fleet finally returned to the outskirts of Yazhi city.

The air fleet won’t stay here for long; after dropping off the Advance Team, making some handovers, and restocking, the air fleet will set course to return to Ronisca, to report to the commander of the air fleet, Mooer.

After the Advance Team returned to their base, they were summoned to Wang Xu’s office. Inside the office, Luoer admitted to the dangers he had encountered during this time, and as expected, was immediately scolded by Wang Xu. Not only that, but all the other members of the Advance Team were also severely reprimanded by Wang Xu. It was quite dire.

However, despite the scolding, Luoer knew that Wang Xu was actually on his side. If his guess was correct, once Wang Xu cooled down after the scolding, the next step would be figuring out how to hide Luoer’s mistake.

Wang Xu was very clear that Luoer couldn’t afford any more accidents right now, otherwise, if the higher-ups at headquarters were upset again, the Murong Squad would definitely be recalled back to Earth.

The reason he didn’t want the Murong Squad to return to Earth was twofold; one, he was loath to let go of Luoer, and two, at present, the Murong Squad were some of his most elite advance forces - there was no denying it.

Although the Murong Squad was also growing, without three to five years of development, they would likely struggle to reach the level of the Luoer Squad. Not to mention the powerful assistance the Luoer Squad had gained by chance from Fulajie’er and Feng.

The emergence of Fulajie’er directly increased Luoer Squad’s combat abilities, making the gap significantly noticeable compared to the other squads. If it were not for the fortunate circumstances, subsequent Advance Teams might never be able to reach the same level as the Luoer Squad.

The arrival of Feng directly doubled the combat power of the Advance Team, a tremendous improvement. When the Luoer Squad first arrived in the Otherworld, attackers sent them fleeing. Now, if they were to encounter such a danger, Feng could resolve all the issues simply by lifting a finger.

If the emergence of Fulajie’er had created a significant gap in the combat abilities of the Luoer Squad compared to the other squads, then the addition of Feng elevated the Luoer Squad’s combat prowess to an unbeatable level.

It was precisely because the Luoer Squad’s combat power continued to rise exponentially, that Wang Xu dared to develop some bold plans to help advance the power structure of the headquarters in the Otherworld.

That being said, as of now, if a vacancy were to emerge in the Luoer Squad, Wang Xu would struggle to find any squad capable of filling their role. Having grown accustomed to the powerful Luoer Squad, he found it hard to trust a newly arrived Advance Team in the Otherworld.

This was precisely why Wang Xu and Li Si had argued so vehemently at the previous high-level headquarters meeting, opposing the recall of the Luoer Squad.

When Luoer and the others returned to their base, Yalunte, who was not on a mission, was still exploring how to use his super mobility device.

Li Si stated that he planned to wait for the return of the Murong Squad and let Yalunte teach them how to use the super mobility device, thus sparing them the need to train another instructor.

The Super Mobility Device relied on the magical energy of the magic crystals, which flowed through the Rune lines. Even though the flow of magic only occurred within the Rune lines, leakage of magic was still an inevitable issue.

However, such leakage would not cause a significant disruption of magic. As stated before, the disruption caused by the release of magic was far less than that caused by the absorption of magic.

However, that’s not the crux of the problem. The key issue is that the leakage of magic can also affect Earthlings. In principle, Earthlings are not allowed to use Super Mobile Devices. Since the birth of these magic technology devices, only Otherworlders or sub-species have been allowed to use them.

This is why Headquarters arranged for Yalunte to learn the use of Super Mobility. Because, from Headquarters’ perspective, they trusted only a handful of core Otherworlders. Nightingale was one of them, but she was a research-oriented individual and wasn’t about to risk herself. After some consideration, Yalunte, the top swordsman of the continent, seemed to be the only one capable of testing these magical technological instruments.

In personnel matters, Headquarters always adhered to a prudent attitude of distrust towards those untested and trust towards the tried ones. There were not many Otherworlders they could trust, and the publicly known Otherworlders who could actually touch the core secrets of Headquarters were only two—Nightingale and Yalunte.

The two had distinct identities, but one thing in common was that they had both served Headquarters for over twenty years. Their long-standing loyalty had largely dispelled any doubts Headquarters had about them.

After returning to their station, Tangmo and Baiyue tentatively approached Zhuyan Yu and Nightingale with the idea of a Super Mobile Airborne mode. However, Zhuyan Yu felt that while their idea was good, it was largely theoretical at this point and lacked concrete examples from practical operation.

At this, Tangmo and Baiyue were somewhat frustrated because they indeed had actual examples, but they dared not make them public. They knew that Zhuyan Yu was not Wang Xu. If she and Nightingale reported Luoer’s lone risk-taking to the higher-ups at Headquarters, Luoer would undoubtedly face inevitable punishment.

Helplessly, they decided to visit Yalunte at his manor in the Masya mountains and shared their idea with him.

"Super Mobile Airborne, interesting!" Once hearing their explanation, Yalunte stroked his chin, showing great interest.

Though he had learned a fair amount about Earth, he had never experienced an airborne drop himself, only read about Earth’s airborne troops in books.

"Who among you two tried it?" In his excitement, Yalunte couldn’t help but ask the confidently-looking pair.

"Er..." Hearing Yalunte’s question, the two became hesitant again.

"No worries, I can keep it a secret for you!", noticing their hesitation, Yalunte confidently responded.

"Really?" They asked excitedly.

"Of course, can’t you even trust me? I’ve been through life and death with you guys many times." Yalunte patted his chest, assuring them.

"That’s great..." The two excitedly looked at each other, then described Luoer’s airborne drop from the airboat in great detail to Yalunte.

"So, you’re saying that the little elf jumped from the sky using Super Mobile Device and landed safely, only twisting her foot?" Listening to their description, Yalunte furrowed his brow and asked.

"Yes," Tangmo nodded and honestly said, "At the time, it was late at night, and Luoer couldn’t see the ground, that’s why she twisted her ankle."

"You didn’t tell Wang Xu and the others about this?" Yalunte looked at them and asked.

"Er..." Hearing his words, the two girls looked at each other, then said worriedly, "If the higher-ups knew Luoer was messing around, we’d all be sent back to Earth."

"I see," Yalunte nodded slightly, then smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I’ll keep this a secret for you."

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