novelraw Chapter 167 : Extra Chapter - Bombing
Chapter 167 : Extra Chapter - Bombing
"Who's going to the main residence? Who's handling the interception?"
The starship transferred at the Sixth Star Ring, with the military students choosing a direct route to the Soloro Star Cluster in the First Star Ring. Everything went smoothly, but there was a slight disagreement on task allocation.
The Gu family's main residence needed to be bombed. Gu Pingyang and Gu Haichuan's two groups were currently in the Soloro Star Cluster, while the Gu family patriarch was on the Main Star. Because of this, the Gu family's current power was focused on mediating between the Main Star and the military court, making the guards around the two Gu members in Soloro Star much easier to handle.
"I'm not going to bomb houses. Bombing houses isn't as satisfying as beating people up."
Zhou Chen raised his hand, the first to express an opinion. He had just put on silver fingerless gloves and, to celebrate this activity, specially dyed his hair fiery red, looking particularly festive. Worth mentioning, Chi Buyu and Noya were encouraged by Zhou Chen's actions during the transfer and followed his lead in getting new hairstyles.
Chi Buyu was fine since he already had short hair; dyeing it red just meant a slightly reddish stubble. Noya, however, had terrible luck.
Facts proved that an interstellar Tony's skill level doesn't improve with technological advancement. Noya's head of brilliant golden curls, under the hands of a Tony at Thoroughfare Star, the transportation hub of the Sixth Star Ring, was successfully flattened. He looked like he was wearing a walking dragon fruit on his head. When people first saw him, everyone burst into hearty laughter. The thin-skinned Saint Laurent Commander, unable to bear the harassment, directly flattened the dragon fruit. Now he sported a shiny bald head, his expression blank, looking completely detached from desire.
Seeing Zhou Chen speak, the bald head lifted his eyes, his gaze like a dead pond. Chen Sui sat across from him, the corners of her mouth impossible to suppress even with an AK.
"Is it that funny?"
Xie Chunshi watched her reach under the table several times to pinch her thigh, trying not to laugh out loud to preserve Noya's dignity. The curly-haired boy endured once, then again, and finally, when Chen Sui lowered her head with shaking shoulders and reached down, his slender fingers grabbed her wrist.
"Stop pinching. Just laugh. Commander Noya is so magnanimous, he definitely won't mind."
He didn't lower his voice when saying this, causing Noya to turn his gaze toward them, looking at the concerned Xie Chunshi, then at Chen Sui who raised her heterochromatic eyes with some bewilderment, and finally couldn't hold back.
"Waah! Wuwuwu!"
"Zhou Chen, I hate you!"
"I'll never get my hair done again!"
Not only Chen Sui couldn't hold back; even Zhang Yingjie, who was rigorously planning the interception route, laughed. But Captain Zhang, mindful of friendship, turned his back to laugh.
"I don't care, you have to compensate me!"
After much persuasion, Zhou Chen finally placated the bald Noya: "Fine, fine, I'll compensate you. I'll do all the hard work; you just need to extend your fist and hit people, okay?"
Noya sniffled a few times: "That's more like it."
Seeing the two settle their agreement, Chi Buyu felt a chill. There were only three lightning attribute awakened individuals. If Zhou Chen and Noya were together, then he would have to be responsible for one alone. Zhou Chen specifically wanted to ambush people, so he would have to go bomb houses!
"What about me!" Chi Buyu's eyes widened.
Song Yuan's gaze cut over like a knife, reminding him that if these two hadn't encouraged Noya to cut and style his hair, he wouldn't have been so devastated: "You'll come with us to the main residence."
Suppressed by the Commander, Chi Buyu could only grit his teeth, missing a good opportunity to beat people up.
Zhang Yingjie simply divided the tasks: "Gu Haichuan and Gu Pingyang don't get along well, so they probably won't run into each other. However, their routes will overlap for a part near the Gu family's main residence. I've looked at the city district security system of this part of Soloro Star in advance. The surveillance has no blind spots, but that's okay, we'll create one."
"Even this can be created, really refreshing my understanding," Zhao Jingzhi quietly remarked.
Initially, he thought these people were just joking, but once aboard the starship, he believed it—such a meticulous plan arrangement, even more dedicated than preparing for a match.
Zhang Yingjie nodded: "Signal interference." He glanced at Xin Ming. The gentle girl smiled, her finger hooking a strand of her hanging hair as she continued: "And internal coordination!"
"I've processed the security department system of the First Star Ring and can create a half-hour blind spot in their vision."
Xin Ming's father was a retired Border Army member who, after leaving Zone Eleven, transferred to the security department, supervising the Second Star Ring's security work. Xin Ming grew up in this environment, very familiar with security systems, and had once assisted the First Star Ring department in handling security system malfunctions.
Zhang Yingjie repeated all the arrangements, confirmed everyone's tasks, and then asked: "Any problems?"
Chen Sui shook her head. She and Gu Qinxue were definitely going to the main residence. Jiang Zhongyu, handling biometric information, definitely needed to go to the main residence. Chi Buyu had to follow along, laying a layer of lightning net outside the main residence to stun the perimeter guards.
Noya and Zhou Chen would ambush Gu Haichuan, with Zhou Chen planning the route based on his practical experience.
Xie You and Xie Chunshi would ambush Gu Pingyang—this guy who tampered with the artificial eye would get a few extra punches.
Zhang Yingjie made a final check of the tools. Xie Chunshi showed him his light brain. When the two Commanders saw the unnamed email, they both displayed speechless expressions.
"It must be Director Song."
Special material electric shock sacks—perfect.
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The perimeter guards were attracted by the electric light that burst in the darkness. The photon rods in their hands shot out a crimson light beam. Several people walked in a team toward the direction where the electric light appeared.
"If the energy field were a bit larger, I might be able to bring you directly in."
Chen Sui watched Lu Ting approach the group near the side door. The electric light directly knocked them down. Chen Sui put away the micro energy field and began decoding the mechanical lock.
Hearing her words, Gu Qinxue smiled: "But the micro energy field's coverage is too small."
Although it left no energy signal, the disadvantage was obvious.
Chen Sui felt somewhat regretful. Her hands moved quickly; interstellar mechanical locks were easy to open, similar to those in her original world. Back when she worked odd jobs at Peter's Repair Shop in the Seventh Star Ring, Chen Sui had repaired countless such locks.
"Click!"
A white line flashed on the mechanical lock, wavering on the screen for a few times before immediately making a sound.
Gu Qinxue pushed the door open, and the group quickly slipped inside.
With Gu Qinxue as a living map, the group quickly dispersed, beginning to place heat bombs and set up automatic throwing machines at the positions determined by Zhang Yingjie.
The biochemical weapons and dung balls would maximize their effect when flying together with the heat bombs.
Chen Sui led Gu Qinxue, probing along the way to find the location of the dark room in the Gu family's main residence.
After authenticating biometric information at a small door on the ground, the main door opened to reveal a very long black corridor without a single light, where one couldn't see their fingers before their eyes.
As soon as they entered, Gu Qinxue felt for Chen Sui's hand in the darkness. Her voice was clear and cold, her usual cool tone, but Chen Sui knew this was concern.
"Don't be afraid, hold onto me."
Chen Sui felt her fingers trembling slightly, so she gripped her hand tightly as they held each other.
"Mm, I'm not afraid."
The dark room was a very large empty room at the end of the corridor. The walls were made of special energy material that could simulate chaotic energy fields and stimulating energy signals, and not just one.
"There's usually no one guarding here, except during certain punishments."
Entering the corridor, Gu Qinxue silently counted her steps. At a certain number, she stopped. The corridor turned, and looking to the right, there was a row of red light points.
Gu Qinxue seemed to tug her lips into a smile: "Looks like I've really grown taller; the steps are fewer than before."
Chen Sui didn't speak. She silently took something out from her spatial button.
"Before, I thought the dark room was a mountain I couldn't climb. It pressed on me so I couldn't breathe. Just thinking about it would give me nightmares."
Gu Qinxue's voice was very calm, her gaze flickering eerily in the dark environment.
Chen Sui pursed her lips, her palm extending something toward her: "But now, for you, this place can be leveled with just a piece of paper. If you can't climb that mountain, then flatten it."
Gu Qinxue suddenly felt an unusual texture in her palm. She paused, not knowing if it was because of Chen Sui's words or the thing in her hand.
The object felt like paper, seemingly ordinary, resembling old-fashioned sticky notes, about three to five sheets. But on the surface of each sheet was a special fluorescent symbol.
Gu Qinxue raised her hand to look, all emotional feelings lodged in her chest.
She looked at Chen Sui: "Little Sui."
"What is this?"
Gu Qinxue's tone was somewhat vacant.
Chen Sui blinked her innocent large eyes. "Annihilation bombs."
Annihilation bombs, as the name suggests, contrary to the description of heat bombs that look scary but actually have no lethal power, these things appear ordinary but are actually made of special compression materials. When ignited, they can release enormous energy, instantly pulverizing a mountain into dust. The material for rail gun shells was designed with reference to them.
"Where did you get these?" Throughout the journey, Gu Qinxue hadn't heard Chen Sui mention these things. Even when Zhang Yingjie was taking inventory, she hadn't mentioned them!
Chen Sui's finger scratched her other palm, her tone sounding particularly obedient: "I made them secretly."
As an analyst and material storage master, although the annihilation bomb process was complex, it didn't matter. In the plan to bomb the dark room, it was the most time and effort-saving, and could vent anger.
Gu Qinxue took a breath. She thought if Song Yuan knew Chen Sui was hiding annihilation bombs, she could directly tear up the forearm-thick law book.
But Chen Sui had obviously thought of this point. "I checked. If there's no one around the dark room, it's okay to bomb it."
The annihilation bombs she made had a very small range and wouldn't harm anything.
Gu Qinxue was shocked by her arrangement for a moment, but after calming down, she felt Chen Sui was truly a genius.
"Three hundred meters outside the dark room exit, there will be guards, usually two people per group, four people total."
Chen Sui nodded, staring at the corridor and thinking for a few seconds: "Knock them down and drag them away, that's all."
Hearing this, Gu Qinxue tore off an annihilation bomb sticker and turned to her: "Then? Shall we begin?"
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Chen Sui's footsteps landed on the protruding bay window of the building. Following the height, she climbed to the second floor of the watchtower, her steps landing lightly.
On the second floor, one of the two people monitoring the surroundings was slumped in a chair, while the other stood by the door looking at his light brain. The two seemed to be discussing something, but Chen Sui didn't pay attention. She crouched by the second-floor railing, slowly poking her head out, her gaze like a wolf spotting prey, instantly locking onto the target.
The standing man said something, laughed a couple of times, and when he lowered his head, he seemed about to turn around. Chen Sui's position was right behind him; a slight movement would expose her.
So she jumped, her figure flashing out. Before the standing guard could react, his mouth was covered by the intruder holding something. His eyes widened, and when his vocal cords tried to produce sound, he realized what was stuffed into his mouth was the hat he had casually hung on the railing.
But Chen Sui moved quickly. The moment she covered his mouth, she pulled out a syringe from her waist, jabbing it into his neck with a "prick." The drug was pushed in, and before the guard could make a sound, his eyes rolled back, and he completely collapsed.
Chen Sui carefully placed his body on the ground, her footsteps making almost no sound as she approached the other person.
She didn't even cover his mouth. As she approached from behind, before her shadow could be reflected on the screen—
'Prick—'
The guard flashed "not good" in his mind before completely losing consciousness.
Grabbing each person's collar with one hand, Chen Sui looked down from the second floor. Gu Qinxue poked her head out, making a gesture indicating she had resolved her part.
The two dragged the four guards, avoiding the main residence surveillance, and took them out of the dark room area.
Meanwhile, in the still unsuspecting Gu family main residence.
The moment white smoke rose into the sky, it erupted with a thunderous boom like a mountain exploding.
The entire main residence shook as if the earth was turning over. With the dark room as the center, a huge crater was directly blasted open!
On the other side, Chen Sui, who had left the main residence, activated the throwing program.
Fire, along with a layer of greenish gas, exploded. Dung balls plopped down around the Gu family's main gate, even directly into the courtyard interior.
"Oh my," Chi Buyu gagged a few times, his hands nimbly removing the throwing device. "I can't take it anymore. What biological weapon is this? It's too stinky. I feel like I'm completely covered in stink."
Chen Sui watched the green gas spread and urged him: "Are you done?"
Chi Buyu quickly stood up, following the others as they began to run toward the distance. As they prepared to retreat, he heard Chen Sui's sharp comment from behind: "The highest grade of biological bombs not only has enough smell but also leaves a lasting fragrance."
Chi Buyu recalled that smell and almost passed out.
But thinking that this social death was for an enemy, Chi Buyu felt satisfied again.