61: The mysterious man behind the scenes

"There are no Heaven And Earth Treasure, no rare metal Materials."

"This is not a Secret Realm, but a conspiracy against us."

The afterglow of the setting sun slanted through the window, casting long shadows on the surface of the conference table.

Grandmaster Ye stood before the holographic projection, helplessly announcing this fact.

A heavy silence filled the conference room.

Amidst the subtle hum of the projector, the heavy breathing of the attendees could be faintly heard.

Although the matter was completely over, many doubts remained.

Why did a space-time rift appear?

Why was he teleported thousands of kilometers away to the western desert... Su Lei seemed a bit distracted; he was silently sorting through the unfamiliar memories that had appeared in his mind.

He didn't know how long had passed when the sound of chairs moving around him pulled his thoughts back.

Only then did he realize the meeting had ended.

Everyone stood up and walked out, and Grandmaster Ye also put away the projector, preparing to leave.

Su Lei waited until the last person walked out the door, then went to his side.

Grandmaster Ye glanced at him and nodded.

"Zhang Shan has given me the intelligence your team searched for, and I've read it."

"I will report the matter of the Seventh Research Institute to the military, so they can send troops to guard it."

Su Lei pointed to his temple and said in a deep voice, "That black-robed man is called Experiment Subject PX-01."

"Three days ago, someone gave him orders."

Grandmaster Ye was startled, his expression immediately becoming serious.

"Who?"

Su Lei slowly recounted the scene that appeared in his memory fragments.

The dimly lit basement of the research institute.

Experiment Subject PX-01 was covered in bruises from being beaten.

He lowered his head and prostrated himself on the ground, his body trembling violently, as if in extreme fear.

A tall figure in a crisp military uniform stood in the shadows, his gleaming military boots grinding fiercely on PX-01's head again and again.

Despite possessing terrifying power capable of suppressing a Grandmaster, he couldn't muster any thought of resistance in front of this man.

Similar scenes had appeared no less than five times.

Each time left Experiment Subject PX-01 with a deep impression.

This fear seemed deeply etched into his Soul, difficult to erase.

And the most recent time was three days ago.

The other party pressed Experiment Subject PX-01's head and coldly issued two orders.

— To command the beast tide to attack the military base and wipe out the Martial Master of the Southwest two Military Regions.

After listening to Su Lei's account, Grandmaster Ye's face instantly turned ashen.

He had thought that the mastermind behind everything was merely the product of a mad experiment.

That he had done such a thing to vent the hatred in his heart and to seek revenge on humanity.

He never expected such hidden circumstances behind it!

Grandmaster Ye's gaze was cold, and he gritted his teeth, asking word by word, "That person... who exactly is he?"

"I couldn't see his face." Su Lei gently shook his head, "But his military rank is very high; he should be a general."

"...Come with me."

The two came to the security door at the end of the corridor, unlocked it with a fingerprint, and entered a secret room.

Grandmaster Ye's fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, pulling up an S-class encrypted file from the military database.

As the identity verification passed, a frontal photo of a military officer slowly appeared on the screen.

A middle-aged military officer with a resolute face, sharp eyebrows, and eyes that commanded respect without anger.

Su Lei couldn't help but frown.

He had seen this face before, in Lin Qianqian's wallet photo.

This person was her father, the famous General Lin.

"Could there be a mistake?"

"Lin Xiaotian, the current Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region."

Grandmaster Ye said, while pulling up the other party's resume from the database.

Five years ago, he joined the army as a Third-Order Martial Master, becoming a member of the newly formed Southern Theater Command.

He participated in multiple battles within a few years.

He not only cleared the Yangtze River basin but also pushed the Southern Theater Command's front line all the way into the Southern Wilderness Jungle.

His outstanding performance and distinguished military achievements even made Su Lei look at him with admiration.

For unknown development areas like the Misty Mountains, Lin Xiaotian alone managed to conquer five!

Grandmaster Ye pointed to the screen.

"Last year, he was awarded the rank of brigadier general and transferred to the Western Theater Command, becoming the person in charge of a certain base."

"In just one year, he annihilated ten large nests."

"He not only captured one hundred and fifty Vicious Beast but also killed two hundred and thirty-one Vicious Beast, and even dealt with a Yao Beast."

"Under his command, the Western Theater Command's safe zone expanded by a full three thousand square kilometers."

Grandmaster Ye sighed secretly, casting a solemn gaze.

"Lin Xiaotian is the highest person in charge of the Western Theater Command; he naturally knows about the Seventh Research Institute and Experiment Subject PX-01."

"If he really released this space-time rift and orchestrated this incident..."

Grandmaster Ye closed the projection, and the secret room immediately plunged into darkness.

"Then things are not that simple."

After a long silence, Grandmaster Ye suddenly stood up.

"I will go to the capital tomorrow to meet the supreme leader."

He walked to the door, then looked back at Su Lei, the wrinkles on his face suddenly smoothing out, "And I'll put in a good word for you to receive credit."

...When Su Lei walked out of the command building, the night wind, wrapped in the coolness of early autumn, blew over him. In the distance, the crisp slogans of new recruits echoed from the training ground, their vibrant voices reverberating in the night.

His mood suddenly became complicated.

Not just because Lin Xiaotian was the father of his friend.

This General Lin had also made indelible contributions to humanity.

He was an idol worshipped by countless people, an undisputed hero.

Su Lei sincerely hoped that the mastermind was not this man.

But reason told him that this matter was absolutely inseparable from this General Lin... "Forget it, let the military worry about these things."

Su Lei sighed secretly.

The power of Experiment Subject PX-01 had sounded an alarm for him.

If Grandmaster Ye hadn't shared most of the pressure with him at that time, this battle would have been without suspense.

Now, thinking back carefully, he still felt a lingering fear.

No matter who the mastermind was, no matter how cruel the truth, the most important thing for him was to become familiar with this newly acquired power.

Only by becoming stronger could he protect everything he wanted to protect.

"Su Lei!"

A familiar voice suddenly pulled his thoughts back.

Wang Kai leaned against a jeep, with Zhang Shan and Li Shi standing on either side.

A dozen cigarette butts were scattered on the ground around them; the three seemed to have been waiting there for a long time.

Wang Kai slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

"We heard about what happened later."

"I never expected such a terrifying thing to occur..."

Zhang Shan and Li Shi also cast complex gazes.

Ambushed by ten Fourth-Order Martial Master,

He not only survived but also broke through the siege to find the culprit,

He resolved an enemy that even a Grandmaster couldn't defeat... saving the day.

Zhang Shan and Li Shi secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva; they couldn't even imagine such a legendary feat.

If it weren't for Su Lei, Grandmaster Ye and the elites of the two Southwest Military Regions would have been wiped out.

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