Testing the Waters, Part Two

Wei He suddenly frowned.

He looked at his custom signal receiver. The signal belonging to Di Bang had somehow already broken out of the encirclement and was speeding toward the outskirts.

"Looks like there was another team. They really did manage to break through. Interesting. They actually slipped out of this heaven-spanning net surrounded by force-field walls."

And the three majors in midair could clearly see Di Bang's moving light dot, yet they acted as though nothing had happened, pretending not to notice.

Wei He stood and opened the communications channel from the command vehicle.

"Three Majors, Di Bang has already escaped the encirclement and is rapidly moving away. Please join me in apprehending him."

The channel fell silent for a moment.

"Alright!" Jayne replied.

By rank and superior orders, Wei He was actually the highest-ranking officer in command here.

So regardless of what Jayne thought, he had to obey military orders on the surface.

Very soon, the police force participating in the siege split off a team. Under Jayne's personal leadership, they prepared to pursue Di Bang.

Beep.

Jayne's personal terminal suddenly rang in full view of everyone.

He took it out and answered. After listening carefully to the other side for a while, Jayne's face showed difficulty as he looked toward Wei He, who was waiting nearby.

"Deputy Minister Wei, Minister Ollastin of the Intelligence Department has ordered us to remain where we are and protect the Great Knight colony's corpse, to ensure that more important intelligence is not destroyed."

Minister Ollastin?

Wei He's expression remained calm, but his heart tightened.

Within the Silver Belt District Security Department, the Defense Department ranked first, followed by the Intelligence Department, while the Inspection Department came third.

Among all departments, every priority had to follow this ranking.

No matter the nature