CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50: COMMAND TOWER

Sun Hang’s words were actually full of scheming—if analyzed word by word, every sentence he uttered was indeed the truth, perfectly avoiding any situation of "deception."

Since he didn’t lie, if there were accountability afterward, there would be ample room for maneuver, perhaps even allowing him to completely shed responsibility.

But these few sentences together inevitably led the officer to misunderstand: it seemed like the captor had been infected with the Deceit Virus, leading them to commit such a shocking hostage situation with the base commander...

And these two Mysterious Creature Hunters were here precisely because of this incident.

The officer showed a hint of hesitation on his face.

"Think about it carefully." Sun Hang said, "When dealing with mysterious creatures, things like rifles and artillery might not be of much use. It’s best to rely on professionals... If you keep us here and something happens inside, do you, a little sergeant, think you can bear the consequences?"

After hesitating for a moment, the officer said, "Please wait a moment, I’ll make a call to report this."

After a while, the officer trotted back, nodded to Sun Hang, and said, "You can go in, but you need someone to accompany you throughout. The accompanying personnel will wait for you at the entrance of the base."

"Okay, thank you, soldier brother, love you~" Sun Hang flashed a bright smile at the officer, retrieved the licenses for himself and Wang Xiyi, floored the accelerator, and slipped under the raised barrier.

"Uh... to be honest, what you just did was a bit disgusting." Yang Lian showed a hint of disgust on his face. "I always feel that your mental state seems a bit abnormal..."

"Disgusting? Hehe, disgusting is just right." Sun Hang maintained his smile, "To be honest, that officer was quite nice—dutiful, not backing down even after knowing there were two guys in the car who could kill him instantly, and handled everything according to regulations. I like people like that... If only the higher-ups of the Xiazhou Federation were all like that."

"Being dutiful is a good thing, but being rigid and inflexible might not be." Wang Xiyi criticized, "If the captor was really infected, by the time the whole application process was complete, the inside would have become a bloody mess."

"I’d rather there be no flexibility, too much flexibility breeds privilege, and privilege brings corruption, making management agencies bloated and inefficient... If everyone could strictly follow the rules and perform their duties, the survival space of humans should be much larger than it is now?" Sun Hang couldn’t help but lament.

"What you’re talking about is computer programs, not human society. Humans have desires, all kinds of desires... Besides, even computer programs have bugs sometimes... Your ideal society is too perfect, it’s impossible to achieve." Wang Xiyi continued.

"Too perfect... like a utopia?" Sun Hang laughed at himself and didn’t continue further.

Perhaps, it is because this world is too awful... that those mysterious creatures appear?

If humans were really to be wiped out by mysterious creatures, it would only prove that humans are no longer suited for this world... In nature, survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle... these are absolutely reasonable things.

Civilized society holds no significance in the face of absolute power.

...

After entering the base, Sun Hang and his companions transferred to an open-top off-road vehicle brought by the accompanying personnel. Besides this off-road vehicle, there was a wheeled light armored vehicle both in front and behind, and Sun Hang squinted at the shining black iron color of the machine gun barrels under the sun.

"Tsk, this escort force is still lavish. The Management Committee people might not even have two armored vehicles escorting them when they go out, right?" Sun Hang muttered.

"These two armored vehicles aren’t for escorting us, they’re for guarding against us." Wang Xiyi yawned and said slowly, "Don’t forget, we’re the most dangerous creatures here."

"Hmm, makes sense... By the way, how long would it take you to take out those two armored vehicles?"

"It’s a bit tricky if I don’t transform, but if I transform..." Wang Xiyi thought for a moment and said, "It would take just a few seconds to tear them up by hand, and even faster with a flame breath."

Sun Hang glanced at the pale-faced soldier in the driver’s seat, smiled, and patted the soldier’s shoulder: "Don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous, we’re just joking... But seriously, you guys really pulled out all the stops."

The open space inside the air force base was already filled with armored vehicles, tanks, and self-propelled artillery, countless gun barrels pointing at the distant command tower, and around the command tower, numerous military drones and helicopters hovered, a dense array of auxiliary targeting lasers pierced through the windows of the command tower, locking onto a certain target inside.

"This setup doesn’t seem like you’re capturing that captor, but rather like you want to blow up the captor along with your commander and this command tower." Sun Hang said.

"We... we’re here."

The open-top off-road vehicle stopped in front of the command tower, and an officer jumped down from the leading armored vehicle, walked up to the guard at the command tower entrance, said a few words, and then opened the cordon, gesturing to Sun Hang and his companions: "Follow me in."

The inside of the command tower was already packed with soldiers—these were all regular troops of the Federation, not a single sheriff or city guard, each with their weapon loaded, and the corridor was filled with an extremely tense atmosphere.

Compared to this, the ill-fitting clothes of Wang Xiyi and the casual wear of Sun Hang seemed incredibly conspicuous, with almost every soldier passing by taking an extra look at them—in such times, the presence of non-military personnel in this building was indeed something that couldn’t be understood.

"The captor and the commander are on the fourth floor of the command tower; let’s take the elevator up," the accompanying officer said to Sun Hang.

Although it’s the fourth floor, it’s over seventy meters above the ground, and the elevator took nearly half a minute to bring them to the fourth floor.

"I know the captor is the leader of the special operations team, but what about the other members of the special operations team? Did they get involved?" Sun Hang asked casually.

"They’re all there... Previously they even had a violent conflict with the officers at the base, with one injured, and five officers injured."

"It seems their combat power isn’t bad. By the way, is there anyone dead?" Sun Hang asked again.

If anyone had died, the nature of the situation would be completely different.

"No one died." The officer shook his head, "But the standoff has continued till now... And because of the captor’s special identity, we don’t dare to recklessly use snipers to kill him..."