Lu Xin's answer was beyond everyone's expectations. For a moment, the channel and the high walls alike fell utterly silent.
They couldn't understand why Lu Xin had suddenly asked them to withdraw from the mission.
The reason they wanted Lu Xin to withdraw was that if they had to carry out a certain unavoidable order later, it might affect Lu Xin, whose risk of losing control was already extremely high. After all, at headquarters, preventing an individual soldier from losing control took priority over many missions.
Then why had Lu Xin asked them to withdraw?
After a deathly silence, Tie Cui's voice came through the channel: "We need to report to our superiors first."
Lu Xin's voice came out with difficulty, yet remained calm. "All right. As soon as possible."
"Reporting the latest developments in the mass Crying Wall incident beneath the southern high wall of Satellite City No. 2."
"An ultra-large Mental Monster has appeared."
"Growth rate: extremely fast."
"Threat level: C-class. Supplement: There is a possibility that it may rise to B-class, or even higher, within a short period."
"Solution: The Research Institute's super-scale plasma bomb is ready, and the A-class Special Task Force has assembled."
"Three ministers from the Special Pollution Processing Center have signed off and confirmed that large-scale extermination measures may be used at any time to eliminate the Mental Monster."
"Cost: ..."
"An individual soldier from the Special Action Group stationed in Satellite City No. 2, an unofficial member, has proposed the following: All Special Action Group members at the scene and the soldiers stationed on southern-wall patrol duty are to withdraw from the mission collectively, leaving him to handle it alone. Requirements: no observing, no approaching, and no recording."
"Awaiting instructions!"
"..."
Through Qinggang City's radio network, Tie Cui's