Chapter 208
"..."
Everyone was speechless. What a question Qin Su asked! Did it make any difference whether he saw it clearly or not? In the end, he still saw things he shouldn't have seen and knew things he shouldn't have known.
There's no need to ask again; it's creepy. To them, it sounds like you're asking, "Have you washed your neck clean and are you ready to get it cut?"
Did you not hear me clearly or didn't understand?
Seeing the people opposite him looking at each other with evasive eyes, Qin Su frowned in confusion, realizing that his question was simply 1+1+2, with no difficulty at all.
Seeing Qin Su frown and his slightly raised tone full of threat, many people awkwardly forced a smile and quickly responded.
"I heard you clearly, I heard you clearly."
"Yes, yes, we understand, we all understand."
"Haha, yes, that's right."
"So, does anyone have anything to say about this?" Qin Su looked at Jeramied, who was standing at the front of the crowd opposite him, and decided directly, "You can start."
Suddenly called upon, Jeramied looked around and found himself completely alone; those who had been hiding behind him had moved even further away.
"..."
Jeramied mentally cursed the group of people who abandoned each other in the face of disaster, but he couldn't help but meet Qin Su's gaze.
'What does this mean...? Qin Su's treatment of them depends on their attitude? So if he makes a good statement, he should be able to get away with it?'
Jeramied's mind raced, and he tentatively said, "Although my eyes can see clearly, my heart is blind, and my memory is worse than a fish's. After today... no, from this moment on, I, Jeramied, will remember absolutely nothing?"
Qin Su was satisfied with Jeramied's answer and looked past Jeramied to the crowd behind him.
"!"
'So this is the password to pass the level.'
Those who had been listening intently behind Jeramied suddenly realized what was going on. Having learned the tricks for passing the test from Jeramied, they rushed to express their opinions the moment Qin Su looked in their direction, afraid that someone else would steal their words.
"Chief Commander Qin, I have a secret to confess to you. Although I am standing here in front of you perfectly fine, my mind has been blank for a long time, and I know nothing about anything."
"I assure you, from this moment on, I have lost a memory that will never be regained."
"Whatever you say, if you tell me to go east, I'll gallop away on horseback."
"I know nothing and have no idea what's going on."
"From this moment on, I will follow your lead without question Chief Commander Qin."
"Huh? Who am I? Where am I? What just happened? Why are you all here?"
Although everyone's words were largely the same, Qin Su listened attentively to the last person in order to wait for the ghosts that Hyperspace Jump with the acquired Spaceship.
Once he was certain that none of them intended to go back and report, and seeing that everyone was living the same comfortable life as Norian and the others, with three ghosts around, there was no need to listen to them pretend to be stupid any longer Qin Su was satisfied. He frowned and scanned them with his gaze. "What was that noise just now?"
Qin Su didn't care what they thought. At least from their outward attitude, he had personally confirmed that they feared him. In terms of their actions, he and the three ghosts would live a good life in the future, which was better than anything else. They didn't need him, an outsider, to interfere.
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"!"
After a short while, Jeramied and the others, having recovered, immediately understood that Qin Su meant he hadn't even considered them, implying he was letting them go.
Without hesitation, the group steered the Warship to retreat in a flash.
Even though Qin Su expressed satisfaction with their answer, they dared not expose their backs to him when they left, causing the Warship, which was originally in a 'returning' posture, to retreat rapidly towards Qin Su.
With a calm exterior but utterly dumbfounded interior, Qin Su watched as Jeramied and the others departed, each with one person and three ghosts, all facing him in a bizarre scene. He was speechless.
Nightmare material +1.
Then I realized I was constantly shuttling between my two worlds... laughing and crying, I barely had any time to sleep.
Qin Su: "..."
'Phew... relieved... my foot!'
'Whether I'm standing or lying down, it seems like my life has become even more miserable.'
The soldiers and students below, who were working together to pack up weapons and transport them to their own Warships to sell, saw the strange scene above and many of them craned their necks in disbelief.
"If you don't understand, just ask. What are they doing?"
"Never mind what they're doing. All I know is that the sight of them retreating en masse towards Qin Su was truly ridiculous. I never imagined that our superiors could turn the tables and embarrass us like this. It's an eye-opener."
"Haha, yes, Qi Gong, look at your Major!"
"Heh, you have the nerve to laugh at me? Look at your superior, he's no better than you!"
"Your superior, your superior!"
"Yours! Yours!"
Did you take the picture?
"Huh? Do I have to film this too? They're not Class Monitors, why are they taking up my memory?" The newcomers to Class 6) looked bewildered.
"Hey, it's just a matter of categorizing things. Our (Class 6's motto is 'Who cares about the consequences?' As long as the Class Monitor hasn't forbidden it, we'll film it if we want to."
"I understand now, I'll definitely do it next time!"
"I took the picture, but I don't know if it will be allowed to be posted?"
"Whatever, I'll save it for later, just in case I need it."
"Yeah, they've really caught a good era. Even their embarrassing history is in high definition, hahaha. I wonder if they would even buy it?"
"Anthony, stop with your dangerous ideas! This is extortion. If you don't want to work hard in Class 6 and want to jump straight in with free room and board for life, just say so."
While soldiers from different planetary Military Districts were busy passing their superiors around like balls, the content of the discussion among Class 6) stood out conspicuously.
'Shoot?'
'Could they be filming some weird scene of Jeramied and his group walking backwards?'
'Is it true that these days, a good Military Academy isn't one who doesn't take photos all the time?'
Soldiers: "..."
'When they were Military Academy students, no one told them they would also have to work as paparazzi! Could this be the main reason they missed out on Class 6)?'
Hearing the chorus of "Your superior, your superior" rejections around him, and having just tasted the bitterness his life had inadvertently brought, Qin Su felt much better. Without lingering any longer, he left behind the words, "Meet at the Quarantine Zone in five hours," and disappeared from everyone's sight.
The departure of Qin Su and his superiors, who might have intercepted the goods before they could be sold, finally put the soldiers at ease and relieved much of their psychological pressure.
Remembering the meeting time Qin Su mentioned, the team members hurriedly carried their team's rewards onto the Warship and headed one after another to the trading location obtained after communicating with 'Jiang Cheng'.
--
Under Qin Su's icy gaze, Gerald and his men felt a chill run down their spines, temporarily losing their freedom to turn around. They could only retreat in a single thought, forgetting all their emotions once they started to retreat. It wasn't until someone among them shouted, "Stop! Stop! Don't retreat any further! If you retreat any further, you'll leave Lechakan and join the Osotalia Empire!" that the fleeing warships finally stopped.
"It's gone, it's gone!" Phew... finally!
"From today onwards, we're practically brothers in arms."
"Who says otherwise... hiss..." Jeramied shivered, glancing around at the people whose lips were as white as his own, and whispered, "Speaking of which, haven't you guys noticed that although Qin Su seemed satisfied with our answers and let us go, the way he looked at us was chilling? Even now, from this distance, we still feel a chill, no different from when we were standing right under Qin Su's nose. It's kind of creepy."
"Perhaps... this is the legendary fear of being dominated by Qin Su?"
"It's clearly terrifying that they're being targeted by Qin Su. Haven't you heard the rumors? Apparently, after Greyliff others were targeted by Qin Su, they've become incredibly neurotic, constantly feeling like Qin Su is watching them all the time. Their mental state has deteriorated. I used to think the rumors were exaggerated, but now..." The speaker glanced around, feeling a chill creep down his spine, and murmured, "I feel like there are pairs of eyes watching me all around me, every pore on my body screams 'something's wrong...'"
The others agreed wholeheartedly. They had thought that even outside of Qin Su's sight, they could still do whatever they wanted. They wanted to reveal that Qin Su still had no say in their affairs, and they could even exaggerate to their superiors how dictatorial, autocratic, and cruel Qin Su was, so that they, who were working under Qin Su, would have no choice but to obey, thus reducing the punishment from their superiors for the 'loss' of a large amount of supplies.
Now it seems...
Everyone rubbed the goosebumps on their arms, which had been raised by Qin Su's fright.
'We mustn't cause chaos... no, even if it's the truth, we can't say it!'
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Several hours later, the soldiers from various War Zones saw a string of extra numbers in their accounts, and their goodwill towards Qin Su increased steadily. They looked at the Class 6 huddled together, whispering and not knowing what to do. For the sake of money, they did not think that the soldiers were being ostracized because of Qin Su, nor did they have any intention of forcibly integrating themselves. They went to the Quarantine Zone with great enthusiasm.
With the money issue resolved, He Muzhi inquired about the video editing and image editing progress in the 999 Group, confirming that everyone had produced something. They exchanged and reviewed each other's work to ensure there were no problems, and then uploaded it together to any available platform, working together to complete Qin Su's task and reach as many people as possible.
The soldiers had expected to see Qin Su in the Quarantine Zone, but to their surprise, apart from their respective superiors and people from Leichakan's side, Qin Su was nowhere to be seen.
(Class 6) After returning to the Quarantine Zone with the soldiers, the students of Class 6 received a task from Qin Su to check and reconcile the Vaccine usage records and collect them. They immediately went to the operation location according to the specific tasks assigned to them.
The soldiers, who were searching for Qin Su's figure, seized upon the Fourth Military Academy student who appeared to have received no instructions and was with them.
"It seems that the other Class 6 of your Fourth Military Academy didn't receive Qin Su's message either. Do you know what those people from Class 6 went to do?"
"It sounds like Vaccine."
"You heard me right, they went to check the Vaccine usage records. See Sophia and the others? They're the ones responsible for taking away the unused Vaccines."
"No, aren't you leaving nothing for Leichakan? Aren't you afraid of what will happen later...?"
"Why don't you go online? Come on, take a look." The speaker flipped to a page he had been browsing. "News has broken from the Ossotalia Empire: all the data from the Doom473 Virus has been completely wiped clean. It won't appear again..."
Before they could finish speaking, they suddenly saw a horrifying image of someone injected with the Doom473 Virus, and the two people huddled together looked on in surprise.
The sound stopped for a few seconds. Someone who had been listening nearby for a while but couldn't hear anything more came up. After a while, they leaned closer, looked clearly, and then quickly withdrew their head and turned on their personal Optical Brain.
Once the familiar StarNet page is opened, you can see countless videos recommended in the "You May Like" section without even having to think about searching for keywords. They are either about the Living Dead or bloody videos of the Ossotalia Empire's Living Dead army being beaten into mincemeat.
"Holy crap... You guys need to go StarNet! The Moderation Bot doesn't seem to be working today; how could they release a video like this?! Are they crazy?"
Under every video and image on StarNet related to the Doom473 Virus, netizens who were caught off guard left comments expressing shock, confusion, anger, doubt, and resistance...
[Has the StarNet now developed to such an extent that it can reach the heavens and the earth? Even the King of Hell can share his roll call and the destruction of evil spirits online?]
[When I first saw that familiar (Class 6 ID, I immediately slid in and became the first person to finish watching. Now, after watching it, all I want to do is go back to the past and slap myself a few times and curse myself, 'Is this something you should have watched? You watched it and now you're getting your comeuppance!' (From a person who was so scared that they even tucked their feet into my mighty Omega) Those warmongers of the Ossotalia Empire deserve to die, for doing such inhumane experiments! (vomiting)]
[Waaaaah, I understand you now, I really understand you. When I clicked on it, I thought the beginning was just to scare me, and there must be something good waiting for me later, like a cool and edgy close-up HD photo of King Su. I'm willing to pay a price to see it, after all, I have plenty of guts to outlast the people in Class 6. Who knew that I stared wide-eyed until my pupils were shaking until the very end, and I didn't even see a single hair of Su Bao's (frustrated)]
[Qin Su is a devil... Sorry, I didn't make a mistake (scratching head)]
[@Reviewer, are you out of your mind? Why did you release this? Regardless of the reason, I still think it shouldn't have been released. This seriously harms the mental and physical health of teenagers. Federation, I suggest deleting it as soon as possible. I hope everyone who sees this will report it like I did (frowning)]
[Qin Su, do you know how many people lost their lives because of your hacking and deleting of Virus data? Do you know how many sleepless days and nights my grandfather and his colleagues worked tirelessly to achieve that result? Are you happy now?]
[The StarNet is too lenient; it can see all kinds of species (I'm disgusted)]
[Optical Brain children under 14 have built-in protection systems and cannot see them, so there's no need to worry.]
[I don't care, based on the fact that Qin Su deleted the doom473 Virus data and provided the Vaccine, he can't possibly be wrong.]
[This is so inhumane, my goodness! My eyes, my eyes (pulls out eyeballs and rinses them under water. jpg) The scariest movies I've ever seen haven't been this gory. It chilled me to the bone. When will these old Dengs, who are always thinking about 'using Virus to create great deaths and start a new chapter,' all die? It's disgusting! Can't we just live in peace? Luckily, Qin Su had Vaccine and ended all this as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I can't imagine how many speechless people would have died from this damned Doom473 Virus.]
[Is this something we can see without a VPN? P. S. Your IP address is from Osotaria Planet, you'd better delete this if you don't want to get arrested.]
[Correction: You didn't blur it out, and you immediately exposed the fact that you often use VPNs (facepalm). Seriously, such a large-scale and unified action by Class 6) must have been instructed by Qin Su. To round it up, is this what Qin Su deliberately showed us? (thinking) Qin Su is not afraid at all that people will think he is a tyrant.]
[Wait a minute, doesn't anyone think it's strange that Qin Su knew the name of the Virus developed by the Ossotalia Empire so quickly?]
[Blind student, you've spotted the blind spot. You don't actually think Qin Su is a traitor, do you? What kind of traitor would provide Vaccine, have the Osotaria invading Garrison collectively injected with the Virus, then kill them all, and even release the Class 6 members without any attempt to hide it? This shows that Qin Su is using this as a deterrent against those who still attempt to use Doom473 Virus, expressing to the world that no matter what kind of anti-human Virus is used, Qin Su can quickly produce a corresponding Vaccine to stop the spread of the Virus, and will ruthlessly exterminate all users involved in the Virus (clutches chest). From this angle, it's really ruthless. I was indeed deterred (nods)]
[Support is needed. Saying things like "handle it lightly" will only encourage evil. Brutal suppression is necessary. I believe that from now on, any initiator or participant who wants to repeat such an event will think twice and back down when they see such a terrible outcome.]
[Fun fact: The Ossotalia Empire never developed Vaccine for the Doom473 Virus. Qin Su was not a traitor; it was entirely his own work, developed in collaboration with the forces behind him.]
[That's terrifying speed! I heard the people the Federation sent are still in the blood analysis stage. Qin Su's backing is even more powerful than the Federation!]
[Your IP address is so convincing, you even know this, you must be an insider, right? Won't you get bombed with black shot if you post like this?]
[It doesn't matter, I don't have many days left to live anyway. Maybe this is divine retribution for what I've done in the past.]
[Help! Are the people in Class 6 crazy? I thought they were deliberately using the bloody images to scare us away, and that there must be a video of Qin Su hidden behind it, but there wasn't one! (From a poor soul who watched several videos and pictures at high intensity)]
[Um... Doesn't anyone think those soldiers from Osotaria are really pitiful? Qin Su could have easily spared them.]
[The Ossotalia Empire is unforgivable (outrageous) Kill! Kill! Kill!]
[Um... doesn't anyone think Qin Su's behavior is also inhumane? Doesn't anyone think the soldiers are innocent? They just have different stances, what wrong could they have done? Qin Su is a complete demon, using killing to satisfy his perverted desires.]
[What the hell? There's a saint here? They're not attacking your planet, so what are you saying? You'll be quiet when they attack your planet in this terrifying way (eye roll)]
[Many people with the Ossotalia Empire IP address are self-deprecating in this thread (just watching the drama)]
[Although, using killing to stop killing is really too much... Well done! Qin Su is awesome! Blindly compromising and being weak will only make the other side think we are easy to bully. We must use a terrifying price to deter those who are restless! Let's see who dares to do it again.]
[I've already clicked, so when will Osotaria be destroyed? Strongly condemn this!]
[You're overthinking it. Don't you Federation feel guilty about this kind of human experimentation? Don't act like you're innocent. You're just not as open about it as we are; you're just hiding it. Big Brother won't say anything, Second Brother, okay?]
[No doubt about it. All crows are black. Don't be fooled by Qin Su's respectable appearance; his entire body has been modified. What right does he have to stop others from becoming stronger using the Doom473 Virus? He's just feeling threatened and afraid that others will become as strong as him, huh? If the Federation has the guts, let them release Qin Su's physical examination information.]
[So what? Where there is darkness, there is light. Sooner or later, we'll wipe out these inhumane Virus. Trying to get the King Su information for nothing? Dream on.]
[Holy crap, I admit I was too loud just now. You guys go look next door, someone from the Ossotalia Empire has self-destructed. They said that as part of the Doom473 Virus research project, every soldier who went to Leichakan was somehow infected with a mutated strain. They weren't going to live long anyway; if they died, they would become Living Dead. The injection just accelerated their Living Dead transformation.]
Even so, Qin Su has the Vaccine; just give them the injections.
[I'm so angry, Holy Father, can you please stop going online? You're about to be hacked to death and you're still worried about people giving you money for medical treatment? Have you taken any medication?]
[Am I the only one who thinks that Qin Su dares to so openly allow Class 6) to release these things simply because Qin Su doesn't care about what others think?]
Qin Su, afraid of being scolded but unable to resist peeking at the screen, "..."
He cares a lot.
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"!"
"Who did this? Aren't they afraid of being publicly criticized?"
"Hey, do you want to check the uploader's ID? Does it look familiar?"
"These are from Class 6, and these are all from Class 6... How come they're all from Class 6? They... It's come to this, the case is solved. They wouldn't have dared to do this without Qin Su's permission. And, although it is indeed terrifying, I think it was well shown. Why should we cover up for the people of the Ossotalia Empire when they've done something so heinous? Even for the sake of the innocent residents of the Visana Town who died and their sacrificed and infected companions, they should be released so everyone can judge."
The soldiers, engrossed in reading the comments from netizens, silently nodded in agreement.
A moment later, someone whispered a guess, "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen something like this on the StarNet. I suspect that no one has deleted the post or censored it yet. It seems like the Federation department in charge of internet supervision is playing dead, but in reality, the Federation is at its wits' end with Qin Su and this Class 6)."
"That's absolutely true, no doubt about it."
"I admire the Class 6 members; they quietly accomplish great things."
"Who says otherwise... Shh, Jeramied and the others are coming."
"Why should we be afraid of them? In Qin Su's heart, we are higher than them. For example, we reward them but they don't. Qin Su didn't let those geniuses from Class 6 release the bizarre videos they were filmed. They can be secretly happy. They don't have time to bother us."
Jeramied and the others found out from Gallagher that Qin Su had not appeared in the Quarantine Zone and had come to the Quarantine Zone to pick up their Military District personnel.
Along the way, everyone they encountered, whether from their own Military District or not, instinctively avoided their gaze, acting as if they didn't want to know them. This gave them a headache and fueled their anger.
But he couldn't vent his anger on the soldiers who had been commended by Qin Su. He was seething with resentment and just wanted to take his men away from his Military District before Qin Su returned.
Gallagher was too busy looking for Xuan Jingcheng to attend to them.
Xuan Jingcheng had won the favor of many people in Leichakan. After his return, many people had asked about him. Only then did Gallagher realize that he had not seen Xuan Jingcheng for a long time and found it hard to believe that the other party could die on the battlefield with such luck.
Based on Xuan Jingcheng's previous memories of being by He Muzhi's side, Gallagher inquired about He Muzhi's whereabouts.
After searching all the way, Gallagher finally found He Muzhi, who was counting the remaining Vaccines.
Seeing Gallagher walking towards him, He Muzhi temporarily put down his work, strode up to Gallagher, and asked with a puzzled look, "Excuse me, what do you want with me?"
Regardless of whether He Muzhi was sincere or not, Gallagher's polite and unyielding attitude, unaffected by Qin Su, put him at ease. He cut to the chase and asked, "Nothing else, I just wanted to ask if you've seen where Xuan Jingcheng went? Everyone else has returned, but he's missing. We haven't been able to contact him via the Optical Brain, so we were thinking of looking for him."
"..."
He Muzhi suddenly realized that Xuan Jingcheng, whom he had killed, was a student at the Leichakan 299th Military Academy. Apart from reporting to Qin Su, he had not told any other person except Raymond, who was present.
Is this... something I can say?
Gallagher noticed He Muzhi's hesitation and asked in a low voice, "Has something happened to Xuan Jingcheng?"
He Muzhi nodded. "... Yes."
"Could it be that he unfortunately died at the hands of the Living Dead?" Gallagher's voice was filled with disbelief.
"No, that's not it." He Muzhi shook his head.
He Muzhi's denial relieved Gallagher: "That's good. You must be injured, right? Where? I knew it, that kid's always so lucky. Even if I died, he wouldn't be able to..."
Before Gallagher could finish speaking, He Muzhi, too embarrassed to listen any longer, said, "He didn't die at the hands of the Living Dead."
Gallagher's expression froze. "?"
What does this mean?
He Muzhi: "... but to die by my hand."