The next day, President Derrick Bridges once again expressed his gratitude to General Carter Williams and General Lewis Swift in front of reporters for their great contributions to the Federation. He also said that after careful consideration, he would commend all the tens of thousands of soldiers who participated in the rescue operation and hold a unique banquet to celebrate their success. All media friends are welcome to attend.
Soon after, General Williams and his family received a dinner invitation, personally delivered by Aiden. The dinner would be held three days later on a beautiful resource planet, not far from the capital, and easily accessible by spaceship. But was Derek really so kind as to celebrate their victory? And even commend the entire army? If they hadn't already known Derek and Aiden's true identities, they might have mistaken the Führer's appreciation for them. However, they knew deep down that the Führer was eager to eliminate them. This banquet was a complete disaster.
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Three days later, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Second and Fourth Armies gathered at the Capital Planet's starport, preparing to board spacecraft for the Resource Planet. In addition to the soldiers receiving their awards, a large number of media reporters also gathered, unwilling to miss such a grand event. Various spacecraft filled the starport. The Capital Planet's starport was always bustling, but this was the first time such a large crowd had gathered there.
Since the Federation Head of State and the generals would be in attendance, no one was allowed to enter the venue without weapons or mechas. General Aiden Gladstone personally led the First Army to oversee security for the evening, conducting full-body scans of everyone to ensure they were not carrying any dangerous goods.
After learning the news, General Williams calmly asked all the soldiers to hand over the mecha storage boxes to him before getting off the spaceship, and then collected all these things with the storage ring. The scanner used by Aiden might be able to find their mecha storage boxes, but it would definitely not be able to find the storage rings constructed by Hall and Oakland with their spiritual consciousness.
General Lewis also had a storage ring, which was given to him by General Williams as a gift. So he did the same thing and collected the weapons and mecha storage boxes carried by the soldiers. Then he swaggered through the inspection and entered the dinner venue.
They are going to the Hongmen Banquet, and they will not feel at ease if they don't bring some weapons.
The banquet venue was clearly meticulously decorated, not only stunningly beautiful but also adorned with unusually beautiful flowers. Many reporters whipped out their cameras and began frantically filming, reposting the footage to Star Online, eagerly anticipating the banquet.
However, Carter and Lewis were not excited at all. Behind such an exquisite banquet, there was a sinister conspiracy.
Gradually, more and more people entered the venue and sat in the seats arranged at the beginning.
Hall and Oakland sat with their eyes closed, seemingly just resting their minds, but in fact they had spread their consciousness to the maximum extent, carefully observing everything around them.
"Found it." Hall suddenly lowered his voice, his spiritual sense had followed a person like a shadow.
"I found one too." Oakland whispered.
Both of them felt a sinking feeling in their hearts at the same time, and after leaving a mark on the person they found, they continued searching.
When they found all five people, they were already sweating profusely. Fortunately, their hard work was not in vain, and they found all the "nails" that Aiden had deliberately buried.
They had long known that Aiden and Derek would not give up. On the day they returned to the capital planet, Hall took advantage of a brief brush with Aiden and released a wisp of his consciousness onto Aiden's body. This wisp of consciousness was equivalent to a fragment of Hall's soul, but it was completely different from a spiritual imprint. With a simple thought, he could hear and see Aiden's every move through that wisp of consciousness. Therefore, Aiden and Derek's so-called "secret conversation" and their flawless plan were all known to Hall and his men.
Five parasite-filled jars were hidden on these five individuals. Some of them were disguised as reporters, some as waiters, and some were wearing military uniforms, hiding in the crowd. Their hands were pressed tightly against the edges of their trouser pockets. It was obvious that at Aiden's command, they would open the jars and turn the celebration banquet into a hellish hell.
Hall informed Chris, Ignatz, and the other late-stage Qi Refiners of the five individuals' physical characteristics and locations, instructing them to quietly keep a close eye on them. If they made any movement, they were to immediately subdue them and incinerate the parasites with spiritual fire to prevent their spread. They nodded solemnly, then quietly used their still-unskilled spiritual sense to focus on the individuals they were responsible for.
At this time, Derek and Aiden were discussing the timing of action. Finally, they decided to commend and reward them first. When the banquet began, they would definitely relax their vigilance while eating and drinking. Then they would release the virus and catch them all in one fell swoop.
Aiden and the First Army had been vaccinated beforehand because they had originally planned to go to the 42nd Star Region. They could have stayed at the banquet, and if the virus had spread, their lack of infection would have been a reasonable explanation. However, as the head of state, Derek didn't need to go on a campaign. Without widespread vaccination, getting vaccinated beforehand would have made him appear cowardly, potentially damaging his reputation. Therefore, it would be best to wait until he had rested before taking action.
After the two of them reached an agreement, they appeared together, which also meant that the celebration dinner had officially begun.
Headmaster Derrick Bridges took the stage, a genial smile on his face, and delivered a passionate speech, his formidable accomplishment. He lauded General Williams for his bravery in battle and General Lewis for his courage in accepting the mission. He also commended Hall Williams and Scott Swift for their outstanding performance in battle, promoting them two ranks higher. Scott, already twenty-seven years old and a Lieutenant Colonel, had originally been significantly higher than Hall's rank. However, before departing for the 42nd Sector, Hall had been promoted three ranks, becoming Major, just one rank below Scott. Now, both had been promoted two ranks at the same time: Hall became Colonel and Scott became Senior Colonel. Their careers had been meteoric.
However, no one had any objection to this. The two were promoted based on their real military achievements, not to mention Hall's amazing strength.
Reporters on the scene live-streamed the entire event to StarNet via cameras. Almost all citizens of the Federation were watching today's celebration dinner, with tens of billions of people online. However, because there were so many reporters and the interview subjects varied, they set up separate channels so that the public could switch freely between them.
After Derek finished his speech, he announced the official start of the banquet. He went to the back under the pretext of changing clothes and winked at Aiden before leaving the stage.
Now it was time to take action. Aiden quietly walked to the side, took out the communicator, and said in a cold voice, "Do it."
What he didn't know was that there was a person standing not far behind him, holding a camera and broadcasting every word he said.
The people watching the reporter's live stream were completely bewildered. The reporter had just said he was going to interview General Eden, so how could he suddenly resort to violence? What was he doing? And who was he targeting?
The cold and murderous expression on Aiden's face didn't seem like he was going to give a surprise, but rather as if he was going to kill someone.
Everyone's heart was hanging in the balance at this moment.
The author has something to say: [A small theater on the stupid road]
Aiden: Get out of the way! I'm about to cause trouble again!
The big tiger said with disdain: You are courting death again. →_→
Aiden: Shut up! This time I'm going to wipe out your entire family!
Hall's indifferent face: You're so fat! Come on! If I lose even a hair, I lose! →_→
Aiden: You just wait! Today it's either you or me!
Lanlan: Haha! I'm the protagonist, I have cute pets, I have cheats, what do you have? To be honest, your previous attempts at self-destruction weren't very good, so I hope you can give me a surprise this time.
Aiden: Can I...can I apply to quit this crew? My heart aches!
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