100: Codename Shadow Blade, Reversal of the Situation

"Could it be... a product of an alien civilization?"

Inside the dim ice cave, the mysterious dark silver metal gleamed with a faint, cold light under the emergency lamp.

Everyone held their breath in unison, and the sound of swallowing was exceptionally clear in the silent cave as their Adam's apples bobbed.

The strange patterns flowing on the metal's surface seemed alive, pulsating with changes in the light.

Liu Hongyan looked up, her gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Su Lei.

"If we were to forge it into a weapon..."

"It would be indestructible," Su Lei finished her sentence in a low voice.

Su Lei stared intently at the metal; in a trance, the outline of a battle saber gradually formed in his mind.

The saber's blade was dark silver, its patterns flowing like Bloodline, and its hilt was inlaid with star marrow.

Wang Kai whistled, "Boss, that look in your eyes..."

"You wouldn't already be fantasizing about what kind of weapon to forge it into, would you?"

Su Lei's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, not denying it.

He carefully wrapped the metal in an insulating cloth.

"The resonance frequency of the star marrow and this metal is very close."

"Perhaps we could forge a weapon... beyond comprehension."

Chen Xuan looked towards the cave entrance, frowning slightly.

"Let's talk about this later... I suddenly have a bad premonition."

Su Lei put the metal into his embrace, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice:

"Let's get out of here first."

"Lei Qianjue won't give up, and the white light just now might have exposed our position."

As if to confirm his words, a faint rumbling sound came from outside the ice cave—like the vibration of heavy machinery rolling over snow.

Everyone rushed out of the ice cave, met by a biting cold wind and dazzling snow light.

Dozens of elite Martial Masters from the Western Military Region were arrayed in a circular formation, their dark black standard combat boots deeply embedded in the snow.

They had the entire exit completely surrounded.

Behind them was a dense military formation, several hundred strong.

Each was clad in standard combat armor, holding high-energy pulse weapons, their cold muzzles uniformly pointed at Su Lei and his group.

The military formation parted like a tide, and a middle-aged man in a dark green military overcoat slowly emerged.

Zhao Tianhe stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze as sharp as an eagle's, sweeping over them.

Looking at the bags on everyone's backs, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

"How was your trip to the snowy mountains? What did you gain?"

Su Lei's gaze swept around, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes.

Wang Kai had a vague sense of foreboding, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Lin Qianqian was about to step forward when dozens of dark muzzles instantly aimed at her.

The air solidified to the extreme in that instant.

"If I were you, I wouldn't make any moves that could be misunderstood."

Zhao Tianhe scrutinized everyone one by one, then slowly raised his hand.

"Throw all your bags over here, then hold your heads and kneel."

"This is your only chance to live."

"What a joke!" Wang Kai suddenly stepped forward, his voice like a clap of thunder.

"All of you, put your damn guns down!"

This roar of anger actually made the fingers of the soldiers in the front row tremble, and several young Martial Masters even instinctively took a few steps back.

Zhao Tianhe frowned, about to reprimand him, but Wang Kai had already torn open his combat uniform, revealing a hideous scar on his chest.

"Do you recognize this?!"

He pointed at the scar and roared, "Back in the Primordial Wilds, it was Su Lei who led us through the mutated beast tide and saved you scoundrels!"

There was a stir in the army, some people started whispering, and several muzzles gradually lowered.

The Martial Masters at the front of the soldiers trembled, their expressions constantly changing.

A Martial Master with a knife scar on his face murmured, "Brother Wang is right, I also participated in that operation."

"The beast tide was about to break through the defenses, and the entire base was in jeopardy. If Su Lei hadn't led people to rescue us in time..." Another tall Martial Master silently sheathed his saber, his face becoming complex.

"In the subsequent pioneering operation into the Pyramid, I was mentally controlled by experimental subject PX-1. If not for..."

These words were like opening a floodgate, and more and more Martial Masters put down their weapons.

"That's right, I was also in Elder Ye's team at the time."

"The ten of us set up an ambush near the oasis and tried to kill him..."

"Captain Su withstood our siege, found the culprit, and saved us."

"I fell into a coma in the cave at that time..."

Listening to the rising and falling discussions, and seeing his subordinates constantly putting down their weapons, Zhao Tianhe's face became extremely grim.

He had only recently been transferred here from the Northern Military Region and knew nothing of these past events, nor did he expect his orders to be openly defied on the spot.

He couldn't help but yell angrily, but he couldn't hide the hint of panic in his voice.

"Are you rebelling?!"

"Dare to incite the army again, and you'll be executed on the spot!"

Click.

Two blades silently pressed against his back.

Zhao Tianhe's body stiffened, his pupils contracted sharply, and he glanced out of the corner of his eye—

The commanders of Western Military Region Base No. 2 and Base No. 3, his most trusted Fourth-Order Martial Masters.

Now their blades glinted coldly, pointed directly at his vital points!

"Zhao Yue! Chen Feng!"

His voice was hoarse, filled with incredulous rage.

"What do you want?!"

Zhao Yue's eyes were as hard as iron, his blade unmoving, "Commander Zhao, you might not know."

Chen Feng slowly spoke, his voice deep but chillingly cold.

"In the Western Theater Command, the name Su Lei... is greater than military orders."

The wind and snow howled, and the world was filled with a killing aura.

The scene instantly froze, leaving only the rustling sound of the cold wind swirling snow particles.

Fine cold sweat beaded on Zhao Tianhe's forehead.

He had never imagined that the army he brought would defect in an instant!

"You... this is treason!"

He shouted sternly, but the confidence in his voice had long since crumbled.

Su Lei watched him coldly, his eyes as unfathomable as an abyss.

He slowly raised his hand and took out a dark silver badge from his embrace—

On the surface of the badge, a menacing short blade entwined with shadows emerged, gleaming with a faint, cold light in the snow.

"Do you recognize this?"

In an instant, the entire scene fell silent.

—Shadow Blade!

The Federation's highest secret agency, directly under the President's Office, possessing terrifying authority to execute first and report later.

In wartime, Shadow Blade members even had the right to take over military command!

Su Lei stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

"This is inside the Kunlun Secret Realm. According to Article 17 of the 'Federal Special Zone Control Regulations,' this area has automatically entered a Level 1 combat state."

"I, a full member of Shadow Blade, code 0713..."

"Now, by special wartime authorization, officially declare to represent the Federation and take over command of the Western Military Region."

Su Lei's voice was very soft, yet it struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.

In that instant, even the howling wind and snow paused.

"Bang!"

A squadron leader suddenly stood at attention, his muzzle unhesitatingly turning towards Zhao Tianhe.

Then came the second, the third... In the blink of an eye, a hundred muzzles all turned!

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