Earth Base.
On their way to eat after logging off, the three men found that Lao Da, who had just closed a deal guaranteed to turn a profit, looked anything but happy. Instead, he let out a deep sigh. "Ah..."
"Lao Da, you just made a fortune. Why are you sighing?" Lao San asked, puzzled.
"Only now do I understand. Sure enough... you can never have too many prisoners... If we'd brought back all those terrorists on our last mission...
"Tsk, tsk! No wonder the boss never kills anyone he can capture... Turns out they're all money..." Enlightenment dawned on Lao Da's face.
Lao San: "..."
Er Mao: "..."
With a new batch of researchers at the base who had practically zero ability to handle their own daily needs, Nie Yun had finally set up a cafeteria before anyone starved to death.
After taking a serving of seafood fried rice from the robot chef, Lao Da turned and spotted Elder Yu and several others eating there as well.
The three greeted them and sat down beside Elder Yu's group. They had met Elder Yu a few times, but had only seen the people with him once, when they had picked them up.
"You must be the famous Ghost Knights of legend, right?" Zhou Dong, who was sitting beside Lao San, suddenly asked.
As a biologist, he was fascinated by the Ghost Knights, whom outsiders rumored to be biologically modified humans. They seemed only a little more muscular, with no obvious differences from normal people.
"Heh! Famous is a bit much! As for being legends... ahem! Yes, that's us!" Lao San puffed out his chest with great modesty.
"Oh, then do your eyes ever turn bloodshot before you suddenly go berserk? Or do you give off an icy aura during combat?