Chapter 260

Before the incident, everyone's attention was drawn to the group sent to the Fourth Military Academy. Aiseboer did not release the list, and many people were busy inquiring, trying to rescue the people, and watching the commotion from the sidelines.

To everyone's surprise, many Military District woke up to find that not only had their "valuable items" been stolen, but also that much of the crucial information about how those items were made had been deleted, leaving them incomplete.

"Who did it? Who did it? Tell me!"

"What exactly happened last night? Where are they? There are so many of them!"

"Why didn't you report it? What are you all doing here? Useless, all of you are useless!"

Within the 26th Military District of Saint Parknia Planet, a series of out-of-control shouts echoed through the vast room. The targets of their questions were the Modified Humans had chosen to 'stay' in the vote on their willingness to leave, initiated by Qin Su.

The countless data accumulated over the years regarding the reformation project were deleted and scattered, and the remaining Modified Humans were much more valuable in their respective Military District than before. Anger and calls for accountability rose up everywhere, and not a single Modified Humans was killed.

Although they were unfamiliar with the group, their imposing presence and the attitude of the project leader made it clear that they were important figures who had rushed over. Even in their fury, the way they were treated was very different from before. Some of the Modified Humans felt that they were about to have a good day of being valued, while others realized that they had missed their chance to leave the cage and were filled with regret.

Regardless of their true intentions, whether to please those who left or to drag them down, the Modified Humans remained faced accountability and did not hesitate to tell everything they knew.

"I don't know exactly what happened last night. My cubicle went completely dark on all sides, and I couldn't see anything outside. The first thing I wanted to do when I noticed something was wrong was to report it, but I found that my Optical Brain was unusable and couldn't connect to any network."

"Me too. Before this, we all received a link that led to a poll asking if we wanted to leave. If we didn't vote, we couldn't close the poll, and after voting, we could no longer contact the outside world."

"Yes, yes, that's it."

These words were meaningless and of no value. The person in charge of taking notes glanced at the group of gloomy-faced leaders beside him, and fearing that they would be blamed, he lowered his head and breathed softly, trying to minimize his presence to avoid being reprimanded.

Who do you think it is?

"Who else could it be but him? I now strongly suspect that Qin Su deliberately selected those children with special identities from the exercise class and sent them to the Fourth Military Academy with great fanfare, using Aiseboer's propaganda to divert our attention so that he could take advantage of our unpreparedness to attack the Military District's reformation experimental base. He said we're all on the same planet, how could Qin Su even target us? He has no sense of martial ethics at all!"

Considering Qin Su's previous actions, although no evidence was found at the scene, all the Military District where the theft occurred unanimously believed that Qin Su was responsible.

"That's what you say, but do you have any evidence?"

"An investigation has been conducted, but no evidence has been found related to Qin Su and Class 6. However, there are still a lot of people left."

The 26th Military District personnel, who had rushed to the scene due to heavy losses, turned their attention to the remaining Modified Humans.

"Is there anyone willing to testify?"

What? You want to stand in front of Qin Su and accuse Qin Su?

The Modified Humans had been listening intently, immediately lowered their heads without hesitation, and not a single one uttered a sound.

Accusing Qin Su without any evidence and based solely on hearsay is unacceptable. Even if Qin Su is too lazy to take action against them, Qin Su supporters will not let them off the hook; they don't want to die.

Besides, they know how the Military District has treated them in the past. They would never do something so foolish as to risk their lives to give false testimony for the Military District in exchange for its benefits.

After a few seconds, no one was willing to step forward, and the atmosphere became tense.

Feeling the increasingly low air pressure around them, Valky, the head of the 26th Military District's experimental reformation base, eager to atone for his mistakes, hurriedly hinted to the remaining Modified Humans, "Don't worry, as long as any of you are willing to testify, you won't see Qin Su from beginning to end, and Qin Su won't know anything about this."

The others remained silent, tacitly accepting Valky's advice.

Body Modification is a gray area for Federation citizens, but since Military Districts can carry it out privately, they can also have private confrontations with each other.

If they can't force Qin Su, can't they at least force Patrick to give them an explanation? The best outcome would be to use these witnesses to force Patrick, in his capacity as president, to have the other 'surviving' Military Districts 'help' them with reforms.

The Modified Humans remained silent with their heads bowed; no one stepped forward.

Valky waited for more than ten seconds, but no one paid any attention. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but he didn't dare to do anything recklessly to the few remaining Modified Humans as he used to.

Qin Su had completely deleted all the data about this group in the system, making it impossible to find any "handle" against them. Before this incident, none of these Modified Humans were familiar faces, and they were not taken seriously. They were not even thought of once every few years, so they couldn't be threatened in the short term.

"Valky, this is all your fault."

Unable to find a useful solution, many leaders of the 26th Army Military District turned their anger towards the person in charge of the reform experiment base.

"If you can't come up with a solution within a day, you know the consequences."

Valky, pale and cold-blooded, continued to plead with the Modified Humans in front of the leaders, pressuring them on all fronts from honor to the future and personal development. At the same time, he mobilized all his connections to gather information, attempting to unite with other Military District that had also been "stolen" and have them provide witnesses to unify their story and pin the blame on Qin Su, forcing the Federation to take a stand and try to minimize the losses.

In the Military District on various planets that Qin Su had 'visited,' situations similar to the impotent rage of the 26th Military District continued to unfold.

Among the Military District not included in Qin Su's "care list" this time, Military District remained silent, feigning ignorance of any inquiries from other Military District, and secretly strengthened the protection of the Modification Base; some Military Academies, not wanting to attract attention, pretended to be included in Qin Su's "harm".

Because Body Modification is a gray area, no matter how much commotion there was, the news was always kept inside, and no Military District brought the matter to the public eye.

Qin Su controlled all communication between Balenman and the outside world. After the Modified Humans in each Military District were settled, he selectively released video clips from the Military District they had 'escaped' from.

In different bases, as soon as the Modified Humans were settled in their new places, they saw the Electronic Eye footage being broadcast from the center of the base.

Seeing the Modified Humans trembling with fear as they faced accountability in the video, and hearing those words, more and more people gathered from all directions of the base to the aerial projection, and discussions arose among the crowd.

"There are actually people willing to stay..."

"Whatever, I'm so glad I chose to 'leave' back then, otherwise I'd be one of them now. It turns out I won the gamble, and this is the only lucky thing that's happened to me after all these years of bad luck."

"Holy crap, they mean... Qin Su deleted a lot of records of Body Modification? What's the difference between that and taking their lives! I'm so happy."

"My only regret is that the world is still unaware of the filth and depravity involved."

"You'll find out soon." Hearing many similar expressions of regret, Qin Su, who was eavesdropping, didn't have time to look at them, but silently replied in his heart, and then announced the organized, unusually gruesome experimental records.

The first step of building momentum has ended; he needs to use this incident to get the Military District Modified Humans who haven't been "visited" to "join" him.

Upon seeing the message "sent successfully," Qin Su rubbed his sore and red eyes, then focused his attention on the first batch of Modified Humans brought back from the 26th Military District by Group 16, who had already undergone a brief rest.

After confirming that everyone was in good condition from rest, Qin Su took a sip of water to clear his dry throat, and after making sure his voice was okay, he reopened the Communication Channel for Group 16: "Sophia, take them all into the previous Spaceship. Someone will meet them when we reach our destination."

He had already pre-set the Hyperspace Jump destination to send them away from the Federation.

He would feel more at ease if they were sent further away; being away from the Federation would also make them safer and more convenient to travel around.

Thanks to his classmates, while they were Assassination people everywhere, he took advantage of the chaos to gain considerable wealth and territory, even on planets outside the Federation, by using his position to acquire power. This was enough to accommodate and settle the Modified Humans and their families.

"Understood." Sophia instructed her team members to quickly bring the Modified Humans had rested for a while, back into the Spaceship.

The Modified Humans from the 26th Military District did not understand where their next destination was. However, judging from the difference between Qin Su's treatment of them and that of other Modified Humans from the Military District, coupled with the fact that their weapons had not yet been taken back and that there were people from Class 6, including Sophia, on the Spaceship, their curiosity outweighed their anxiety.

Inside the cabin, Sophia was not there, and the members of Group 16 did not answer their questions. The Modified Humans from 26th Military District could not get answers and could only huddle together and guess.

"They haven't even confiscated our weapons, are we going to start a mission?"

"Whatever, the fact that we've been given such important responsibilities from the start must be Qin Su's favoritism towards us; it's a treatment they've never received before."

"Nonsense, do you think Qin Su treats us the same way he treats them? But how come you're accepting it so quickly now? Didn't you used to think it was shameful to call crickets 'second-rate'?"

"Hehe, compared to the 'second-best' level, I now think 'second-best' is pretty good."

"I don't have the same ambitions as you guys. But just thinking about the unlimited hot and cold food we had just enjoyed makes me decide to work for Qin Su for the rest of my life."

Sophia didn't want to be unable to give a coherent answer when asked, so she feigned aloofness and slipped into the cockpit.

Within seconds of entering the cockpit, Sophia stared in astonishment at the unfamiliar Hyperspace Jump site displayed on the cockpit screen, a place far removed from any planet in the Federation.

The rumor she often heard immediately came to mind. "You never know whether Qin Su will side with the Federation or another planet or empire until the very last moment." Her eyes showed hesitation, unsure whether to tell the 998 people in the group who were frantically tagging her about this.

[Where did you guys go?! Was it the Fourth Military Academy? Sophia]

[Sophia, are you secretly making progress behind our backs by not saying anything?]

[I secretly took all the photos, don't try to deny it Sophia]