"Guo Yougui wants to join the National Defense Bureau?"
Hearing Nalan Li’s new intelligence, Duge’s expression was somewhat astonished.
"Indeed, they want to join. They say there’s no need for conflict since we’re all on the same side, but it’s hard to say if there’s any deceit." Nalan Li said. The National Strategic Defense Bureau monitored every Alien Warrior’s combat network mailbox, and they usually didn’t miss any critical information; Guo Yougui’s message to Xu Wan was intercepted by her as soon as it was sent.
Guo Yougui had a charlatan on his side, and after failing to divine a favorable result, they tried divination from all angles out of sheer stubbornness.
Not a single divination was in their favor.
The Alien Warriors’ skill effects have left a deep impression, and the morale of Guo Yougui’s group had been thoroughly shaken even before the battle began by Yuan Xiaoyan’s divination results.
After discussing among themselves, they decided to try to see if they could collaborate with Xu Wan.
If Xu Wan had been from another planet, faced with such divinations, they might have indeed taken a gamble or retreated to avoid the immediate threat. But considering that it was their own people in charge, coming together could be seen as an option.
Even if the divination showed illusions and women acting beyond their authority, it wouldn’t matter anymore.
After all, the Alien Battlefield demands victory in the end. For an individual Alien Warrior to survive until the end is the greatest success...
Maybe the divination would change after they surrendered to Xu Wan!
"Brother Lin, should we accept them?" Xu Wan asked, holding a sliver of hope.
"It’s not a matter of whether I accept them or not," Duge replied. "Guo Yougui has gathered more than a dozen people, and their strength is not much less than yours. They haven’t even investigated whether you control the National Defense Bureau and have offered to surrender. What makes you think they will follow your commands?"
"..." Xu Wan was stunned for a moment. "Brother Lin, how should I reply to them?"
"Accept their surrender, tell them to come over for a meeting, and then, we will join forces to attack the 16th Group Army. Tell them that you will be the one calling the shots." Duge said. The Marta Kingdom’s territory was not small; once Guo Yougui and others used Marta Country to deal with them, they could easily be dragged into a stalemate here.
Deceive them and then kill them.
This could save him a lot of time. Bringing Xu Wan here was indeed the right decision.
...
Marta Country.
Spiritual Pond City.
The 7th Group Army was at a standoff with Guo Yougui’s forces.
"Senior Guo, if I can’t make it back, you must avenge me!" A young man in his twenties named Yu Bo said with a bitter face as he bid farewell to Guo Yougui and the others.
His keyword was mutual witness, and the awakened skill was called shared vision and hearing. He could share what he saw and heard with everyone in the team.
In the end, Guo Yougui was still not confident about Xu Wan and decided to send someone to check out the real situation first. Yu Bo’s shared vision and hearing was a rather useless skill normally, but here, it could come in handy, allowing them to understand the real situation on Xu Wan’s side without going through the combat network and videos.
"If something is wrong, just join them. What, do they dare kill you?" Guo Yougui said with a laugh. "The National Defense Bureau needs talent; Xu Wan still has to return to Lanchen Star, she probably does not want to face military court when she gets back."
"Yu Bo, I’ve divined for you," Yuan Xiaoyan said, looking at Yu Bo with encouragement. "Your hexagram is rain entering the lotus pond; there will be no danger."
"En, thank you, Sister Yan."
Comforted by Yuan Xiaoyan’s words, Yu Bo turned and entered the helicopter, making a beeline for the 7th Group Army’s mothership.
This time his randomly assigned keyword was rather lousy, the awakened skill also not strong. If he hadn’t come to Marta Country, maybe he could have survived until the end without anyone saying anything.
Since he joined Marta Country and enjoyed the protection of the team, he had to contribute his strength to the team.
If he deserted at the critical moment, even if he was lucky enough to survive and return, he would still be judged.
"Senior Guo, what if Xu Wan has been controlled by someone else?"
Jing Aizhen asked with a glint of ferocity in her eyes.
Her keyword was massacre, and she was responsible for the incident of slaughtering civilians in the Marta Kingdom.
"Then we’ll fight our way through," Guo Yougui turned to look at Yuan Xiaoyan and said. "Women acting beyond their authority doesn’t necessarily refer to Xu Wan; it could also be you. After all, you are female in this Alien Battlefield too. I’ll hand over command of the Marta Kingdom’s forces to you. Massacre is a top-tier keyword; we might not lose."
"En." Jing Aizhen nodded her head, then turned to look at her Mecha.
She had slaughtered thirty thousand in that Mecha, hoping to temper it into a derived item, but the Mecha did not show any sign of transformation. Compared to allying with Xu Wan,
She preferred to launch a war against the 7th Group Army; perhaps the derived item would awaken if she wiped them out.
...
"So, it’s just you coming over?" Xu Wan’s eyes flickered with disappointment as she saw Yu Bo descend from the helicopter; evidently, these people still had their guard up against her.
"They sent me to take a look at the situation," Yu Bo said honestly, surveying Xu Wan and the others behind her, which included Xiang Jiaojiao and Hong Xin.
Before he finished speaking,
The scenery in front of Yu Bo changed.
The ship was the same, but now, all he could see was Xu Wan, Xiang Jiaojiao, Xin Tianyang, Duge, and Hong Xin, a total of five people.
Yu Bo was startled.
"Don’t be afraid; this is Tianyang’s reflective space," Xu Wan said with a slight smile. "This is a separate space that can block all external information. No matter what we say here, no one else will hear."