For Li Wei, tonight was another sleepless night.
Only after clearing out every strange thing in the cave and making sure nothing remained did Li Wei return to Steel City to check on Dr. Franco and Kia.
Fortunately, Dr. Franco had survived. Unfortunately... his right leg had been severely damaged, and he probably would never be able to run around freely again.
Li Wei looked ready to cry on the outside, but inside, he was grinning.
He had already learned the whole story from the surviving soldiers, and he had discovered that Dr. Franco was one hell of a troublemaker. Worse still, he was so famous that when he decided to get himself killed, no one could stop him. Well, now he would probably spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. It served him right!
Yes, served him right!
Li Wei was inwardly gritting his teeth in anger. You discovered mysterious signal readings, and instead of reporting them to Military Intelligence Section Seven immediately, you assembled your own expedition to investigate?
What was that about? Did you think you were some incredible fighter? If the governor of Steel City hadn't insisted on assigning you a platoon of bodyguards, you would have died out there ages ago!
At least Kia had some sense and knew to ask him for help. Otherwise, Li Wei probably wouldn't have heard about any of this until their bodies had gone cold!
Senile old fool!
What Li Wei hated most was that sort of thing in science fiction movies: a scientist or capitalist discovered some secret alien base, knew something was wrong, but refused to report it to the government. Instead, they secretly investigated, hoping to keep all the benefits for themselves, only to unleash some disaster and drag the whole world down with