Chapter 95 Meeting an Old Friend in a Foreign Land
The next morning, as dawn broke.
Lake Lake, a restricted area on Planet A.
A streamlined warship sped across the lake, skimming the surface and kicking up a large amount of water mist.
Inside the cabin, Ning Shuyin and Luo Lan sat at a small bar in the corner.
Ning Shuyin was looking down at the optical computer.
The message Situ Linchen sent contained only four words: Be extremely careful.
Zhou Zhiheng also sent a message.
"Let me remind you of your five trillion yuan debt. Protect yourself. Your value lies in generating profits for me, not in becoming cannon fodder."
The author exudes an air of arrogance between the lines.
She silently turned off the screen, looked up, and saw Loran calmly watching her, not knowing how long he had been watching her.
Seeing that she was looking over, Lorraine tilted her chin in another direction.
Loran and Ning Shuyin were recruited privately by Situ Linchen, and there was an invisible distance between them and the regular army of the alliance.
The main force of this expedition was in the center of the command cabin, talking to a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was the commander of this expedition—Dean Sanger of the Alliance Ancient Civilization Research Center, an SS-level powerhouse whose special ability was calculation.
"An F-class navigator? Does Situ's fleet have no one else?"
A sarcastic voice approached.
The man who spoke had brown hair, a sharp demeanor, and his S-class combat suit gleamed with gold.
Ning Shuyin recognized him as soon as she saw his similar face.
You Lingyu.
He was surrounded by several skilled fighters who looked disdainful.
Ning Shuyin ignored his provocation.
She hadn't reached her destination yet and didn't want to cause trouble.
Just then, another gentle, smiling voice sounded beside her.
"Hello, Ms. Ning."
Ning Shuyin turned her head.
Another unfamiliar man, with flaxen hair, wearing a gray combat uniform with multiple functions, had a handsome and sunny face.
"I am Su Zhe," he introduced himself.
"It's you!" Ning Shuyin's face lit up with surprise upon hearing the name.
A feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land welled up within me.
Su Zhe is Su Qianqian's older brother.
In the original work, he was a freelance engineer, an SSS-level powerhouse, who spent most of his time exploring outside the realm with Su Qianqian and rarely set foot in the Alliance Center.
Unexpectedly, he joined the operation.
Ning Shuyin immediately thought of Su Qianqian's current situation.
The two exchanged a glance.
The team members all knew that the purpose of this trip was to find an antidote for the navigator.
However, Su Qianqian is a free navigator, and her identity is anonymous.
The two tacitly refrained from bringing it up.
"This trip will definitely go smoothly," Ning Shuyin said firmly.
"Yes, I will." Su Zhe smiled and nodded at her.
Feeling ignored and left out, You Lingyu snorted angrily and turned to walk away.
Seeing that the person had walked away, Su Zhe's eyes flickered. He glanced at Luo Lan opposite him, then moved closer to Ning Shuyin and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Before setting off, Marshal Situ asked me to pass on a message to you."
Situ Linchen?
Ning Shuyin was surprised.
“He said, safety first, be careful of the people in the group,” Su Zhe said.
This short sentence contains a lot of information.
Ning Shuyin subconsciously looked around.
This team is indeed far more complex than it appears on the surface.
The current parliamentary structure is turbulent.
Each faction has its own agenda. It's perfectly normal for them to place their own people within the ranks.
Su Zhe must be one of Situ Linchen's men.
But wait, how could Situ Linchen know Su Zhe? And at this particular time?
It's not in the original story at all.
Terrified of being punished for plot deviations, Ning Shuyin quickly summoned the system and asked worriedly, "System, Situ Linchen knows Su Zhe, is that a problem?"
[Host, don't worry. Situ Linchen and Su Zhe are both male supporting characters in the story. As long as the interactions between supporting characters don't interfere with the main plot, it's perfectly fine.]
"Really?"
Ning Shuyin carefully confirmed.
[Of course, aren't you, host, the female supporting character in the novel? Your entanglements with the four male supporting characters have deviated drastically from the original story, and nothing's happened, has it?]
Ning Shuyin thought about it and realized that it made sense.
She was about to say something more to Su Zhe when a cold voice came from the other side.
"Have you finished talking?"
She turned her head and was met with Loran's icy face.
He had already stood up and was looking down at her and Su Zhe with impatience in his eyes.
“The warship is hovering,” Loran glanced at the clouds outside the porthole, “ready to land, my… date.”
He emphasized the last four words.
It's like a declaration of sovereignty.
But Su Zhe completely ignored Luo Lan. He gave Ning Shuyin a bright smile, patted her shoulder lightly, and then turned and ran back to the main group.
It seemed that no matter what kind of provocation he faced, it was like hitting cotton.
Ning Shuyin thought to herself, "Is this the legendary warm-hearted man?"
At least that's how the characters were designed in the original work.
The warship's hatch opened.
A foul odor of rotting plants wafted towards us.
We've arrived at the K99 ruins.
The group landed in a landing vehicle on a swamp covered with strange vegetation.
Ning Shuyin was studying her surroundings when her personal computer suddenly lit up.
A line of blue text appeared in front of Ning Shuyin:
[Dating Status: Pending confirmation from the woman.]
[Date Location: Ruins of K99]
Loran gave her a "let's begin" look.
Ning Shuyin sighed inwardly, forcibly suppressing the immense sense of unease.
At such a tense moment, they actually started "dating".
Those who don't know the situation might think they're doing some kind of sophisticated pre-war data synchronization.
"Don't die." Loran uttered three words, then put away his personal terminal.
Everyone took out their weapons and began to advance.
The taste, the ambiance.
Ning Shuyin has experienced tens of thousands of times in Loran's hellish simulation training.
However, I still couldn't help feeling nervous when faced with the actual scene.
"call!"
A deep red particle blade slashes.
The swamp killer's scythe severed under her blade.
The mangled body was splattered with black blood.
Ning Shuyin's palms were sweaty after her first real killing.
The S-class combat suit material provides excellent breathability, preventing the knife from slipping due to sweat and making it difficult to grip.
Are you alright?
Su Zhe arrived at her side and dealt with the three more monsters that pounced on him with two slashes.
"It's normal to feel nervous during actual combat; just don't disrupt your breathing rhythm."
Before he could finish speaking, a mocking remark came from ahead, without him even turning his head.
"Tsk, you're not applying the right amount of force. I taught you step by step in the simulator, and you forgot everything when you got nervous?"
Despite saying that, Loran suddenly quickened his pace.
With his final sweeping attack, he annihilated all the assassins in the surrounding swamp before stopping and saying to Ning Shuyin, "Did you understand? It should be like this."
Before Ning Shuyin could answer, Luo Lan glanced at Su Zhe out of the corner of her eye.
"Mr. Su is so kind. However, she is my student, and there is no need for outsiders to worry about her."
Su Zhe calmly sheathed his sword and smiled gently at Ning Shuyin: "You've done very well, no need to rush."
He completely ignored Lorraine's advances.
Ning Shuyin felt strange caught between the two people's invisible auras, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.
The group overcame numerous obstacles.
Finally, as dusk was falling, we arrived at the center of the lake.
The scene before me was both magnificent and bizarre.
Beneath my feet lies a soft, elastic, luminous fungal carpet. Mushrooms emitting various fluorescent colors stand overhead like canopies.
A translucent little bird soared in mid-air. The bird trailed long, shimmering feathers.
Through this spectacular view, one can see a magnificent complex of buildings covered in vines in the center of the jungle.
“This is the heart of K99,” Sanger said.
The group approached cautiously.
But upon arriving at the gate, they discovered that the massive stone gate of this ruin, which the Alliance had classified as "high-risk," was wide open.
There are no mechanisms or locks.
You can see directly into the interior corridor.
Everyone turned their attention to the mechanical mastermind in the team—Su Zhe.
Su Zhe stepped forward and glanced at the structure of the porch. He then activated the analyzer on his combat suit.
Numerous numbers flashed on the screen.
"Mr. Suzhe, have you noticed anything unusual?" Dean Sanger couldn't help but ask.
Su-cheol shook his head.
“It’s not an illusion, there really is no door,” he looked at the crowd, frowning. “But the problem is… there is no door.”
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