"Yes!" Liu Zhihao saluted, then controlled the armored vehicle to open its cargo bay and load the iron-headed brute inside. Without another word, he turned around and left.
Shi Tie Zhu also strode away like a dragon and tiger. Behind him, the Indian base commander was still completely bewildered. Ten days later, he would die of fright because "he had a guilty conscience and couldn't withstand the investigation and interrogation."
With Limitless Tribulation Power, Shi Tie Zhu truly could run rampant through the ordinary world. So long as they understood the rules of human society, Ultimate Humans truly could do as one pleases.
Across the endless brick-red earth, the armored vehicle sped onward.
This vehicle could have traveled through the vacuum tube lines between bases at tremendous speed, just as Liu Zhihao had when he arrived. Yet in the end, it still chose to weave through the wilderness.
Massive tires over 1.8 meters in diameter rolled across the ground, while thick armor blocked the unceasing winds and cold. Pebbles the size of finger joints carpeted the entire Gobi Desert. Such a sight truly could not be seen on Earth.
Mars was humanity's first, and currently only, relatively mature extraterrestrial colony planet on this Worldline. Although this so-called colonization was limited to scientific research and military garrisons, with civilian and commercial use exceedingly scarce, it could still be considered a good beginning.
The military vehicle raced across the great Gobi. Shi Tie Zhu lounged in the front passenger seat. The company commander personally drove for him, yet he felt no discomfort whatsoever, resting his head on his crossed arms in complete ease.
In public, Liu Zhihao was the company commander.
But in private—
"Uncle, that was fucking incredible! Just what I'd expect from East Wind Company's standard-bearer!" Liu Zhihao said excitedly