At the Heroes' Memorial in Warship City, headquarters of the Balchik Warlord Alliance.
Dile, a savage scar across his face, gazed blankly at the names on the memorial.
They were the names of the comrades he had recruited for the special forces after returning to Kashi Star on Bennett's orders.
Over the past six months, Dile had led three batches of recruits into battle. Without exception, only three people in the special unit had survived.
Dile, Ning Qing, and Tang Lan.
Dile also knew that this was Cheng Yu's warning to him, as well as a special favor.
Though Dile's true fantasy ability had some exploits, Cheng Yu knew how it worked. The Conductor and the other Wisdoms soon found a weakness in those exploits: if observation was what triggered his ability...
Then couldn't they simply avoid observing him?
They could use the Regulator 0-9 to constantly gather all the information in the universe he occupied, then rely on the Legion's powerful computing network to flag every point of abnormal change in that universe, before having the Binders launch dimensional strikes.
As a result, under Cheng Yu's orders, the Legion's strikes had narrowly missed Dile and his companions several times, reducing everyone else to nothingness.
Dile had witnessed that scene three times, and the scar on his face was self-inflicted.
He did not hate Cheng Yu. He hated himself for bringing those people out there, and after the final mission failed, he had left that scar on his face.
With Dile's partial retirement, Balchik's special forces operation plan was officially declared a failure.
Even after suffering such a blow, Dile still did not think Cheng Yu or Bennett was to blame. He knew that the two were now enemies, and each spoke for an entire faction.
Choosing Bennett did not