A2 Main City.
Inside one of the city's factories.
Large numbers of Subspecies were doing hard labor. They carried various materials past a machine that emitted radiation.
The factory's equipment had recently developed problems. For now, manual labor was the only way to keep things running.
So they had rounded up a large group of Subspecies and made them carry the materials past it.
First, Subspecies lives were considered cheap. Second, they could endure the exposure longer; Superior Humans could not withstand it at all.
And the Subspecies were doing it just to earn enough to eat.
About a kilometer away, inside an underground base.
Fu Junting stood silently with his hands behind his back, watching a surveillance feed. It showed the Subspecies at work.
Fu Xiaoya and Liu Meili stood beside him.
Liu Meili could not hold back any longer.
"That factory owner is a monster. Are you going to punish him? We could act right now. I want to kill him myself."
"Now isn't the time."
Fu Junting spoke calmly.
Nearby, Kong Yifan had assembled a team of hackers. The Dark Court had recruited people skilled with precision machinery and even intelligent AI. Every one of them was an exceptional talent.
"If we don't act now, when will we? Keep this up and someone will die."
Liu Meili could not help protesting.
"That's what I'm waiting for. A death."
Fu Junting's expression darkened.
"What?"
Liu Meili did not understand.
"My brother has already run into trouble at the front. I need to prepare a safeguard for him here.
"When the time comes to rescue Luo Fengshan, my brother will be out in the open. We have to stay in the shadows, or we won't be able to help him when it matters.
"Only after we rescue Luo Fengshan