This time, I led the team myself.
I just didn't bring Ye Jinghong and Qianqian with me. I only brought Ying Gou, Jiang Xiaohui, Yang Jian, and the Monkey.
Yang Jian and the Monkey had strongly insisted on coming along. They didn't like the restrictive life at the base either.
As for the remaining personnel, each of the Three Great Ancient Clans had selected ten people to accompany us, and one of those ten was someone planted by the Administration Bureau.
Dian Ling and Haman weren't coming with us this time. That was precisely why I decided to leave Ye Jinghong behind. With her at the base, nothing should go wrong.
This was already Jiang Xiaohui's second mission. The first time, he had led the team himself.
Yet he was still excited. He craved battle and always wanted to create opportunities for himself to fight.
It wasn't because he was especially strong, but because he had an unyielding heart. He seemed to have realized that only through real combat could his strength improve dramatically.
"According to intelligence, these outsiders aren't from the same group as last time. Most of the previous outsiders were ancient humans who had migrated from Earth long ago, but this time, we may be facing some kind of unknown lifeform." On the way there, an Administration Bureau intelligence officer traveling with us briefed us.
As he spoke, he took out several photographs.
In the photographs, we saw the unknown lifeforms he had mentioned. They looked somewhat human, yet not quite. They had no hair, and not even distinct facial features—only a pair of large eyes and a huge mouth. They did have ears, and they were quite large.
Judging from their appearance, they looked more like the alien creatures designed for science fiction films.
It seemed