Chapter 1306.
For the survivors on the planet Tampax, there was no greater wish than to leave this planet that had been occupied by the Phantoms and had been completely destroyed in the war.
To return to the safety of the Empire’s boundaries.
The five people present were no exception, they had held on to the planet Tampas for three years, losing their homes, their previous lives, and unable to get even the most basic supplies in place.
Not only that, they also faced the threat of the Phantoms all the time, and they didn’t dare to sleep too much at night.
They were afraid of losing their lives in their dreams.
How torturous and painful such days were!
Now that Wang Chen said that he could take them away from Tampax Star, it sounded almost like a dream.
The middle-aged man asked in a trembling voice, “You, you didn’t lie to us, did you?”
Wang Dust laughed coldly, “What are you, worth the effort of coaxing me?”
His words were unceremonious, no different from a direct slap in the face, but the middle-aged man’s eyes glowed instead as he hissed, “Then I’ll sell my life to you!”
Although the other four didn’t say anything, their expressions and eyes said it all.
Wang Dust said indifferently, “What’s the use of me wanting your life, as long as you honestly cooperate and don’t play tricks.”
“You can rest assured!”
The middle-aged man clenched his fists hard, “I’ll do whatever you say!”
Wang Dust was tempted to suggest that the other party restore the appearance settings, but there was no need for such bantering words anymore.
He withdrew his psychic energy and said, “Let’s eat something first.”
The other four got off free, and after looking at each other in disbelief, they actually couldn’t help but let out a cheer.
It was also considered a blessing due to the disaster!
There were still some ingredients that Wang Chen hadn’t finished eating, and there was plenty of fuel in the gas stove, so the five people gathered around to eat his leftover soup, and actually ate until their eyes came down.
The middle-aged man, who was considered to have strong self-control, said after eating a bit of food, “My lord, this place is very unsafe, we have to leave as soon as possible.”
Wang Chen asked, “You are the survivors of Base B00785, right?”
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, “Was.”
It turned out that just half a year ago, Base B00785 suffered a surprise attack from the Phantoms, and although they fought to the death, they lost their main technological weapons and were no match for the alien alien race, and the casualties were extremely heavy.
A handful of survivors retreated to Base B00785’s backup base, which was an underground material reserve point.
Only then did they manage to survive until now.
Originally, there were more than seventy thousand people in the B00785 base, while there were currently less than five thousand survivors in the backup base!
Hearing this, Wang Dust couldn’t help but ask, ”Did you few come here to gather supplies? Aren’t there enough reserves in the reserve base?”
The middle-aged man revealed a look of grief and indignation, “We opened the reserve base only to realize that the supplies stocked in it were less than one percent of the standard, not even one percent!”
He introduced himself as Zhang Zhiyi, originally a security captain of a local enterprise in Delai City, a D-class Battle-Jobber.
Since the supplies in the backup base were simply unable to fulfill the long-term living needs of more than 4,000 people, there was no choice but to send out a squad to venture out and collect them.
Luckily, the Psi Clan had disappeared a lot during this recent period, including the B00785 base that was occupied by them.
Zhang Zhiyi and the others had also grasped the activity pattern of the Underworld Race, and now that it was time for them to go out hunting, it would be relatively safe to come over and collect supplies.
However, no one knew if these terrifying alien aliens would suddenly return, so they could not stay for a long time.
Wang Dust was silent.
The situation at Base B00785 was obviously the same as Base D01359, and even grudgingly more ruthless.
The fact that such a thing had occurred was not surprising at all.
It was just that the bottom line of certain people was just too low, to the point of being outrageous.
Is it because the sky is high and the emperor is far away?
Wang Dust had no intention of continuing this topic and pointed to Xu Chengzhi’s picture and said, “Tell me about him.”
Zhang Zhiyi hesitated for a moment and replied, “Three months ago, I saw him and a few others in the photo in the reserve base, and they were all wearing the combat uniforms of the Imperial Army’s Special Forces, so I remember them clearly.”
Wang Dust pursued, “And now?”
Zhang Zhiyi was silent for a few more moments, then said, “I haven’t seen them since then, and I suspect that they were imprisoned by Officer Mu.”
Wang Chen’s eyes flickered, “Officer Mu?”
Zhang Zhiyi nodded, “Yes.”
Mu Haitao, Major Staff Officer of the Tampax Star Garrison Corps, A-class war jobber.
After the fall of Base B00785, it was this Major who led all the survivors to retreat to the reserve base and organized a production self-rescue operation, holding on until now.
He was the well-deserved leader of the reserve base!
Zhang Zhiyi’s feelings towards this leader were quite complicated, on the one hand, without Mu Haitao, even if these thousands of people in the reserve base didn’t perish at the hands of the Underworld Race, there was a high probability that they would have been defeated due to civil unrest.
On the other hand, Mu Haitao was enforcing harsh and unparalleled military control measures in the reserve base, forcing civilians like them to venture out to gather supplies in exchange for life-sustaining food and water.
Wang Chen asked in a deep voice, “Then you guys don’t know that the Tampas Star Cluster has been recaptured by the Empire?”
“The Tampas star cluster has been recaptured by the Empire?”
Zhang Zhiyi’s five people spoke in unison, looking shocked beyond belief!
This was not right.
Wang Chen immediately realized the problem.
According to the other party, Xu Chengzhi and the others were imprisoned by Mu Haitao, so this chief must know the current situation and actually hid the secret from the people in the base.
What does Mu Haitao intend to do?
Although his heart was full of doubts, Wang Dust remained motionless on the surface, “Yes, I am the one who just landed airborne, and the spaceship that will receive me will come back after a while, so I can give you the promise to leave.”
He fished out a can of drink and handed it to the other party, “Take a look at the production date.”
Zhang Zhiyi and the others were all dumbfounded.
It was only at this moment that they were fully convinced that Wang Chen really hadn’t deceived them!
Wang Dust continued, “These people were the first to be parachuted down, but because the situation on Tampax Star is very special right now, the technological equipment all failed, causing the Empire to be unable to carry out a large-scale rescue, and only able to send a handful of people to carry out reconnaissance.”
“I came here to bring these imperial heroes back!”
Zhang Zhiyi’s five men looked at each other in dismay, then Wu Xiaotian suddenly said, “My lord, Mu, Officer Mu should be a sympathizer of the rebel forces, he is not loyal to the Empire!”
Several people were all startled, Zhang Zhiyi quickly said, “Wu Xiaotian, you can’t say this nonsense!”
“I didn’t say anything nonsense!”
Wu Xiaotian was a bit anxious, “When the base fell, I saw him open the cell where the rebel force personnel were being held!”
Zhang Zhiyi was dumbfounded.
Wang Dust smiled and said, “I see, thank you for the information.”
By this point in the matter, the basic situation was clear.
Wang Dust had already made a decision – to cut the Gordian knot and end this mission as quickly as possible!