Hongfeng was caught. After a moment of panic, she quickly calmed down and looked at him stubbornly, "What does this have to do with you?"
Chen Zhe was furious. "Stop messing around and come with me!"
As he spoke, he grabbed Hongfeng and quickly walked towards a nearby abandoned dilapidated house. Chen Zhe's idea was to hide her there temporarily and find a way to get her away after dawn. However, when he stuffed her into the deserted dilapidated house, his arm was grabbed instead.
"Chen Zhe, if you dare to leave, I dare to scream!"
Chen Zhe never expected that the usually calm girl would be so unreasonable. He wanted to pry her hands off, but he was afraid of hurting her, so he had no choice but to jump out of the mecha.
At dawn, Chen Zhe acquired a new mech and, with V's help, changed his identity code. He successfully infiltrated the patrol team, and with only half an hour left before his shift, he would be able to successfully infiltrate the Po Executor team. Of course, this Executor identity was not chosen randomly; 00887's next mission was at a secret settlement in Zone T.
Everything was going according to plan, but he never expected such an unexpected turn of events.
The dilapidated house was drafty at night, and more than half of the roof was broken. Fortunately, the Executor Mech could barely hide its body by crouching down against the wall.
However, if they stay here for an extended period, nearby patrol cars may spot them.
He doesn't have much time left.
Chen Zhe was both angry and anxious, and tried to persuade her, "Hongfeng, this is not something you can get involved in. Even if it's for Xia's sake, you can't keep making a scene like this. Let go quickly and go to the new resettlement point after dawn."
He thought Hongfeng was just being childish, angry because he left without saying goodbye or concealed his plans. He grabbed her slender wrist, but to his surprise, she gripped his hand back. "I've been to the resettlement point, Chen Zhe. You never intended to get away unscathed, did you?"
Eight hours earlier, Hongfeng only learned after Li Rui led her to the new resettlement site that she and Li Rui were not looking for a safer place to communicate than the county town, but rather to hide even deeper.
Furthermore, Li Rui was even more determined than last night to reject Hong Feng's idea of contacting Xia Yixin, and showed Hong Feng the contents of the USB flash drive amidst her confusion and anger.
That was something that could completely overturn her worldview.
Inside were footage of the Eden Ship taken at an unknown time. It showed Qian Dahai, Lu Yuan, and R-level gene users that she only knew about from books, but the video revealed a dirty deal.
It turns out that the Allied Powers had long been controlled by Qian Dahai and his group. What's even more frightening is that Lu Yuan, like all the previous leaders, ignored or even personally turned the Eden into a den of iniquity.
They thought that R-class gene users were protected on the Eden, but in reality, it was hell.
Most importantly, some R-level gene individuals and some girls who were later sent to the war zone by Qian Dahai and his group during the riot two years ago are still alive. They, along with some people who were previously placed in the special PO area by Lu Yuan, were placed in the secret settlement T area under the pretext of "safety".
V's mission for Li Rui and her team was to release the contents of the USB drive after Chen Zhe entered the T zone, using the video to shake the Allied regime and ignite conflict.
However, there have also been problems and crises in recent years.
“There are at least a hundred executors in Sector T. You can't possibly send so many people out by yourself. Even if V can control the system to stop the defense, you can't save so many people single-handedly, unless your plan isn't to bring them all out at all, but to turn Sector T into an iron box. Perhaps V will even use you to send false orders, stage a live-streamed drama inside, incite public sentiment, and force Lu Yuan to admit the truth.” Hong Feng blurted out her guess. She caught the fleeting look of astonishment on Chen Zhe's face and knew she was right. “Chen Zhe, have you thought about it? Once V abandons you, you won't be able to handle Sector T at all. You'll just be going to your death! We can go to Xia and tell her the truth. She will definitely help us.”
Hongfeng clutched his collar tightly, looking at him anxiously. However, the man's eyes behind his glasses remained calm and composed. Her heart sank, but she still added, unwilling to give up, "Chen Zhe, Lu Yuan has now lifted the ban on third-category relationships. He did make mistakes, and he may not have been righteous, but we can leave and not participate in this chaos. As long as Xia knows we're still alive, isn't that enough?"
“It’s no use.” Chen Zhe interrupted her, his eyes resolute. “Although Lu Yuan lifted the ban on the third type of emotions and even gave some rights to the people in Block B, he concealed everything about V, the mechs, the truth about the Eden’s explosion, and those destroyed fighter jets. If it weren’t for V’s intervention, Qian Dahai and the others wouldn’t have fallen so quickly. Of course, I’m not asking him to give up his credit, but rather that he turned himself into a hero. He concealed the things in the combat system and the mechs. As long as V is alive, do you think those who know about V will be merciful to us? He may have genuine feelings for Xia, but in fact, when we left the PO building before, our plan didn’t include any sacrifices. The three of them didn’t have any weapons in their backpacks, including poison and Red Phoenix. That’s why I insisted on going.”
Chen Zhe paused, looking intently at her. "I'm not doing this for justice, I'm doing this for us."
Although Hongfeng and Chen Zhe had been somewhat ambiguous before, and she had some feelings for him, when he actually said those words, her mind went completely blank, and she didn't even react when he took her hand away.
The lifting of the third type of emotional ban seems to have removed the last shackle between the two.
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