Ma Ran's Leave Slip

"Alertness and hostility."

The body language expert wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "To show friendliness and sincerity, it would be best if everyone put down their weapons."

The young men in uniform ignored him.

But a voice came through the earpiece.

"Listen to him."

Semi-automatic rifles were placed on the ground.

At almost the same time, the alien invaders pulled their triggers.

Decisive! Resolute!

Without the slightest hesitation or wavering!

It was as if they had performed this synchronized shooting hundreds or thousands of times!

Clean and efficient, without any lingering mess, their swift and decisive actions instilled fear.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Streaks of scorching red lasers landed among the communication team in the blink of an eye.

The aliens' marksmanship was poor, their shooting accuracy lacking.

But their weapons compensated for this deficiency.

The scorching red laser merely grazed the back of the negotiation expert's left hand. Within a mere second, his entire arm was completely scalded, emitting a nauseating smell of cooked flesh.

Not only that!

Two seconds later, the negotiation expert's body was blackened all over, and he had turned into a charred husk.

"Open fire! Open fire! Open fire!"

An enraged voice boomed through the command channel. "You have authorization for free counterattack!"

"Eliminate these aliens immediately!"

Ma Ran had stayed up all night, constantly sketching out the You script in his mind until dawn.

Around 10:40 AM, an urgent video conference invitation arrived through the Dajiang app.

Ma Ran finally received the results: under the firepower coverage, all the alien invaders were annihilated, with no survivors.

However, during this process...

Some soldiers had indeed made the ultimate sacrifice.

The only fortunate thing was that civilian casualties were zero.

The final casualty count, when compared to the number Ma Ran had predicted, seemed much better.

But...

No one felt joy.

They only felt lingering fear.

Ma Ran didn't look at Director Huang Weiguo beside him, only lowering his head and staring at his phone camera.

After a long pause, he sighed and said, "It's my ability that's too weak; the content I can predict is limited."

"If only my Limited Precognition were stronger..."

Before this, Ma Ran had only mentioned the arrival time, location, and casualty numbers for Earth humans during the descent of the alien invaders' vanguard.

After all, Ma Ran hadn't personally experienced this incident in his previous life and didn't know all the details.

In the final years of his past life, there was a consensus among all Earthlings: upon seeing any alien life, do not attempt to communicate, do not harbor any wishful thinking, and charge forward together!

Whether it was a sneak attack or a frontal assault, all means necessary had to be used to eliminate the enemy!

This was the experience gained at the cost of many Earth defenders' lives and blood!

Thinking of this, Ma Ran's expression turned grim, and he clenched his fists.

He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with gloom. "I hope similar incidents won't happen again in the future..."

Ma Ran had considered the possibility of such developments.

It was impossible for everyone to trust him 100%, like Old Huang.

After this incident, Ma Ran's identity as a Prophet would be thoroughly solidified, and those in power would trust and value him even more!

But the thought of those who shouldn't have perished made Ma Ran feel extremely displeased and unable to accept it.

Hearing this, Director Huang's heart sank. He opened his mouth, deliberated for a long while, and finally said, "This was our failing."

"You've already done an excellent job."

"Without your prophecy, we wouldn't dare to imagine how tragic the outcome would have been!"

While the aliens' shooting accuracy was somewhat lacking, their military discipline was very high.

They opened fire without hesitation, slaughtering Earthlings as easily as an online gaming addict shooting NPCs, devoid of any empathy.

Based on Ma Ran's precognitive findings, combined with factors such as Jinshui Town's defense configuration, traffic conditions, and the training level of local garrisons, the leaders of various academic societies had already overestimated the enemy's combat capabilities as much as possible when inferring the aliens' fighting strength.

But the reality proved that Earthlings' overestimation was still an underestimation for the alien invaders.

The alien invaders' equipment and weapons were extremely advanced.

Compared to them, Earth's weapons had a significant gap.

To give an example, it was like the difference between a flintlock musket with paper wads and lead balls and an M4A1.

That pure white, full-coverage protective suit looked ordinary, but every time bullets or shells hit it, a faint ripple would appear, canceling out the impact of the shockwave and shrapnel.

After the evacuation of a few members of the negotiation team, the battlefield commander decisively activated the saturation firepower strike mode.

As bullets and artillery shells exploded, the alien invaders' protective suits were finally breached.

The fifty alien vanguard team members were wiped out!

At this point, Huang Weiguo paused, his hands trembling slightly. "You already gave us prophecies and warnings, yet we thought 'more friends mean more paths,' even fantasizing about forming an alliance with the aliens to seek common development."

"We were too wishful."

"Even among Earth's indigenous civilizations, not all countries are as peace-loving as ours. How can we expect aliens to share our values?"

"If someone must be held responsible for this, that person must be chosen from among us old guys!"

These were Director Huang's true feelings!

He felt nothing but self-reproach now.

If he had been more decisive and firm on the encrypted communication channel a few hours ago...

Perhaps no one would have had to sacrifice their lives this time!

After all, with Ma Ran's prophecies, the various academic societies had also contacted their counterparts and made complete preparations.

The discrepancy in casualties did not indicate any problem with Ma Ran's precognition.

On the contrary, it precisely showed that Ma Ran had made a great contribution this time!

"Ma Ran! I'm sorry!"

"Kid, you are our country's supernova and our future hope. Don't put too much pressure on yourself!"

"It's my fault, all my fault! At my age, I'm still so naive... After today, I will voluntarily submit my resignation. That way, I'll feel a little better."

"Alas, you meant well but did wrong..."

"In the future... we can't harbor any more wishful thinking!"

"Can you bear the responsibility? You want to run away after messing things up? Where do you think you're going? The next time aliens invade, you'll just hide your head, and if you can't see it, it's as if it never happened?"

"Remember the mistakes we made, and make up for them with all your might for the rest of your lives..."

Ma Ran didn't have much time to grieve.

Starting this year, Earth was like a novice in an online game who had just exited the beginner protection period, facing one alien invasion force after another in a state of bewildered helplessness.

The enemies came one after another, appearing more frequently than discarded paper scraps in a shut-in's trash can.

After remembering the appearances and names of the fallen, Ma Ran silently exited the online conference hall.

He took a deep breath, looked at Old Huang, and said in a deep voice, "I'd like to request leave to go to Area A3."

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