445: What do you need me for? Suspected human blood? (Two in one)

“He seems very certain that I can survive the Stone Statue this time!”

Lin Yang frowned and explained, “Although he told me to consider how to survive, before he completely disappeared, he said he was looking forward to our next meeting.”

“Isn't that strange?”

Que Tian paused slightly, then said, “Well, that's a good thing, it proves that we will definitely be safe and sound in the end this time!”

“...That's very true!” Lin Yang was speechless.

“Hehe, I think it's actually easy to explain. The Stone Statue was very careful when capturing you, afraid of hurting you. Using this point to successfully escape the Stone Statue's threat is actually normal,” Que Tian added.

“Perhaps, but I still feel like something is a bit off.”

Lin Yang replied, then stopped thinking about it and changed the subject, saying,

“The Life from the High-Dimensional Universe just now called himself 'this Lord'. Judging from this title, this High-Dimensional Universe Life should have a certain status.”

Lord is a title that symbolizes considerable status and position.

Although he couldn't discern the physical form of the High-Dimensional Universe Life from the projection, he did glean some information from the title.

This High-Dimensional Universe Life must be an existence of relatively high status within the High-Dimensional Universe.

“That's normal. If he didn't have status, he probably wouldn't be able to support the Mingye Clan in doing something so major,” Que Tian said calmly.

“Indeed.” Lin Yang nodded.

The system had previously mentioned that human genetic modification and recombination technology had been destroyed in the High-Dimensional Universe.

Since this guy was able to recreate this technology and even perfect it, it was enough to prove his extraordinary status in the High-Dimensional Universe.

Now, this possibility was confirmed again from another angle.

And this made Lin Yang feel even more pressure.

A mysterious, powerful High-Dimensional Universe Life with extremely high status; it was impossible to know what terrifying power this guy held.

Being targeted by such an existence made it hard not to feel pressure.

Moreover, this guy clearly harbored ill intentions towards all of humanity, and now he was specifically targeting Lin Yang.

Immense pressure!

However, Lin Yang quickly dismissed these distracting thoughts.

Now was not the time to consider these things; there were more urgent matters at hand.

This High-Dimensional Life was summoned, did nothing, and then left, which amounted to declaring the demise of this base.

If the High-Dimensional Life didn't stop him, then the Mingye Clan people had even less hope of stopping him from destroying this base!

Boom boom boom!

Lin Yang fired shot after shot.

As he said before, if these Mingye Clan guys dared not attack him proactively, then he would attack them proactively, and destroy the base in the process.

He didn't believe these guys could truly endure being unilaterally suppressed, slaughtered, and destroyed by him.

And it was true.

Soon, the base commander couldn't take it anymore and roared, “Fight this damned Human boy to the death! We can't escape anyway, so let's die together!”

His biggest reliance was that High-Dimensional Life.

But that High-Dimensional Life completely disregarded their lives and the base's survival.

Without the help of the High-Dimensional Universe Life, the base commander knew very well that they would all die today!

To resist was to die, not to resist was also to die.

Since they were all going to die, he hardened his heart and prepared to perish with Lin Yang.

“Perish together?”

Lin Yang couldn't help but chuckle, looking at the Mingye Clan base commander, whose face was already contorted with madness, and said leisurely,

“You're thinking a bit too much!”

It was impossible to perish with him.

Even though there were still many Mingye Clan members left in the base, and their power was strong, as long as they attacked him, they would die under the power of the Stone Statue. They had no chance of perishing with him.

But the base commander was clearly insane now.

He recklessly ordered everyone to charge at Lin Yang.

The indifference displayed by the High-Dimensional Universe Life upon its arrival, its disregard for them, deeply provoked the base commander at this moment.

He had no other choice!

He couldn't just let Lin Yang unilaterally slaughter them.

Even though he knew there was little chance of perishing with Lin Yang, he still gave such an order.

What if it succeeded?

The Mingye Clan base commander's eyes flickered with madness, and a hint of unrealistic hope remained in his heart.

However, reality quickly extinguished any such 'what if' thoughts of luck in the base commander's heart.

No matter how many attacks, as long as the power was directed at Lin Yang, it was without exception annihilated by the power of the Stone Statue.

The attackers also exploded and died instantly.

The entire base was completely overrun!

None were spared!

Seeing the dwindling number of his kinsmen in front of him, the base commander became utterly terrified, and then suddenly pleaded with Lin Yang:

“Don't kill me, I'm the commander of this base, I know many secrets, I can tell you everything, I can trade my Life for secrets!!”

Hearing this, Lin Yang paused, looking at this guy with a half-smile, “You're really afraid of death.”

To be honest, Lin Yang was very surprised by this person's plea for mercy.

As the general commander of this base, this guy was certainly not incompetent.

Even if he was currently blinded by anger and fear, he shouldn't be begging for mercy.

After all, the two clans were already mortal enemies; his plea for mercy might not guarantee his survival.

Even if Lin Yang let him go, once he returned to the Mingye Clan, the Mingye Clan would definitely not spare him.

But he actually begged for mercy... At this moment, Lin Yang couldn't help but think of Qing Ti.

Qing Ti chose suicide rather than betraying more secrets of her clan.

Yet this guy in front of him, to save his Life, was willing to actively trade secrets.

“Among the Mingye Clan, the difference is not just ordinary large.”

Lin Yang sighed, then asked,

“You want to trade secrets for your Life. What kind of secrets can you offer? Do you know the exact locations of other bases?”

“This... I don't know. Each base operates independently. Even a base commander doesn't know the specific location information of other bases.”

The base commander shook his head.

“Then can you provide more specific information about that High-Dimensional Universe Life?”

Lin Yang asked again,

“For example, how to contact him, and what kind of power or technical assistance he provided to your entire clan?”

“This... I also don't know. Information about the High-Dimensional Universe Life adult is only known by a few truly core elders within the clan. Everyone else has no right to know.”

The base commander shook his head again.

“Then what use are you to me?”

Lin Yang glared.

“I know all the highest-permission information and experimental data in this base!”

This guy hurriedly said,

“If you let me go, I can provide it all to you.”

“That's it?”

Lin Yang scoffed.

“What do you mean 'that's it'? Isn't that enough?”

This guy's face instantly turned red with anger:

“Those confidential data, even if you destroy the entire base, you won't be able to obtain them without authorization!”

“Are you done talking?”

Lin Yang looked at him.

“Done... what do you mean?” The base commander instinctively responded, but then his expression changed. “Since you're done talking, you can now rest in peace.”

Lin Yang smiled slightly at him.

“Damn Human, don't you want those confidential data?”

The base commander was both anxious and angry:

“If you kill me, you'll never get those confidential data!”

“Of course I want them, but I can get them without you.”

Lin Yang smiled indifferently, then directly sprayed him with bullets!

“Damn Human, you'll regret this!!”

The base commander cursed in despair.

Lin Yang, however, didn't bother to respond to him, sending him on his way directly.

Confidential data?

A joke.

The moment he entered this planet, all the data in this base had already been invaded and recorded by the system.

To this day, in front of the system, any data recorded and stored by equipment is completely exposed.

For the system, there is no such thing as 'confidential'.

The word 'confidential' doesn't even exist in the system's dictionary!

If this guy knew the locations of other bases, he would have had a little bit of value.

But since he didn't know, he had no value at all.

There wasn't even a need to take him back for interrogation.

For the Human Alliance, the most valuable information and intelligence was the location of the bases.

Besides that, information and intelligence about that High-Dimensional Universe Life also had value.

But this guy also knew nothing about that, so there was even less need to spare his Life.

And as Lin Yang eliminated the base commander, the remaining Mingye Clan members lost their last pillar of support and became completely vulnerable.

It didn't take long for the massive base to completely collapse.

Yes, collapse.

Lin Yang cleverly used a bit of the Stone Statue's power to completely destroy the entire base.

The Nether Night Dirge mission awarded rewards based on the degree of base destruction.

Therefore, Lin Yang held nothing back, using the power of the Stone Statue to utterly obliterate the base.

“What a pity, team leader. All those various precision instruments and equipment in this base were also quite valuable. Now they're all gone, it's a bit heartbreaking!”

Que Tian watched from the side, feeling a pang of regret for the destroyed instruments and equipment.

“What's there to feel bad about? We can't take them with us anyway. It's better to destroy them all, lest other Mingye Clan members come here to clean up the battlefield and take those instruments and equipment. Now that they're all destroyed, it will actually make them pay more.”

Lin Yang said softly.

Those instruments and equipment were indeed valuable, but the two of them currently had no way to take them away.

It wasn't like in fantasy cultivation novels where you have some kind of space ring or similar item, where you can put as many things as you want inside and take them wherever you please.

As for temporarily preserving them and having the Human Alliance send people to retrieve them later, that was also unrealistic.

First and foremost, not being able to leave after entering the ruins was the biggest problem!

Not to mention, the Mingye Clan would surely send people to investigate after learning of the base's destruction.

If they were to be taken, the Mingye Clan would certainly take those instruments and equipment first.

Lin Yang didn't want to benefit the Mingye Clan.

If he could make them pay a little more, he would try to make them pay more.

So, he simply used the power of the Stone Statue to destroy everything.

Hearing this, Que Tian said no more, glancing at the enormous palm that was once again descending, and slowly said,

“Now that the base is destroyed, do you have any further instructions, team leader?”

“Let's go check the other nearby planets to see if there are any hidden underground bases or similar things,” Lin Yang said, his eyes flickering.

Although only Mingye Clan warships had appeared on this planet from the beginning, the adjacent planets had shown no activity.

But this didn't mean there were no bases on the other planets.

Lin Yang didn't know much about the High-Dimensional Universe Life, but he did know a little about the Mingye Clan members.

With the help of that High-Dimensional Universe Life, they were able to survive and build bases within these ruins.

Given the cautious and cunning nature of the Mingye Clan, they might have built some underground bases on the other planets as well.

“Good point!” Que Tian nodded.

Then, the two headed straight for the other adjacent reddish-brown planets.

Upon entering another reddish-brown planet, Lin Yang's nose twitched slightly, then he said to Que Tian,

“Do you smell a faint scent of blood on this planet?”

On the previous planet, he was so focused on fighting the Mingye Clan members that he didn't notice other details, but on this planet, as soon as he landed, he smelled a faint scent of blood.

“Blood scent?”

Que Tian frowned, immediately sniffing a few times: “It seems there really is, but it's very faint. If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed.”

“Then it seems it's not my imagination.” Lin Yang also frowned.

The appearance of these planets themselves was very strange; from outside, the entire planet was reddish-brown.

And the land inside the planet was also entirely reddish-brown, even looking up at the sky, the sky was reddish-brown.

Now, he could even smell blood, which made Lin Yang increasingly feel that these planets might contain some very special secrets.

“Could it be that before we came in, the Mingye Clan people fought with other creatures on these planets?”

Que Tian speculated:

“Or, were there originally other creatures on these planets, but in order for the Mingye Clan to establish a base, that High-Dimensional Universe Life took action and killed all the native creatures on the planet? Is this bloody smell left by the original native creatures on this planet?”

“Both are possible, but if that's the case, how many native creatures must have been on this planet to leave a bloody smell for so long after being killed?”

Lin Yang was very puzzled.

The Mingye Clan's base should have been built a long time ago, and to still smell blood after such a long time, it was hard to imagine how many native creatures must have been killed.

Suddenly—

“Team leader, look down!”

Que Tian stomped hard on the ground. From the soil beneath their feet, an even stronger bloody smell emerged, and red liquid seeped out.

“This is...”

Lin Yang looked closely, then was startled, and then he and Que Tian met each other's eyes.

Both of their throats moved a few times, and they both saw deep shock in each other's eyes.

Then, with a tacit understanding, they both blurted out at the same time:

“This couldn't be blood, could it?!”

As the words left his mouth, Lin Yang felt his scalp tingle.

Que Tian felt the same.

Blood.

Red blood!

The familiar smell of gore.

This seemed to be... “Human blood?!”

“Team leader, could this all be human blood?”

Que Tian's mouth felt dry.

Lin Yang, on the other hand, felt a chill down his spine.

From the soil beneath their feet, blood continued to seep out, staining the reddish-brown earth blood-red.

In an instant, the reddish-brown land turned completely blood-red.