Chapter 168: Extra Chapter for Alliance Leader Xiaoshi (10/10)

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Watching the two special ops soldiers suddenly collapse as well after coming into contact with the squad leader, Bai Yucheng wore an innocent, wide-eyed expression. "The awakening rate among our soldiers is pretty high, isn't it?"

What the hell!

Are you guys monkeys sent here to tear down my stage?

The forward command staff officer, nearly flipping the table in frustration, simply put on a stern face and ordered the special ops soldiers who were frantically helping up their comrades, "Take them all back to the rear headquarters medical office for a thorough checkup!"

Huh?

What is that supposed to mean?

Having already passed through the initial awakening phase where one's own abilities were difficult to control, his powers had begun transitioning into a deeply concealed state.

To be honest, Bai Yucheng wasn't all that worried about being dragged away for dissection anymore. The only reason he kept it hidden was out of habit, preferring to maintain a low profile.

So, what was up with this forward command staff officer's attitude?

"Hey?"

"What's your deal?"

Before the frowning Bai Yucheng could act, the comic duo of the Seventh Squad jumped straight into the fray.

"We answered the call to arms and came here to help wipe out extraordinary creatures!"

Wiley rolled his contrasting black-and-white eyes and said in a weird, mocking tone, "We didn't travel all the way here just to be your lab rats. What do you think you're doing?"

"Exactly!"

"You're just a desk jockey, what do you know?"

Spicy little pepper Xia Youyou had an even sharper tongue, looking the staff officer up and down with utter contempt. "You don't know a damn thing, yet here you are running your mouth?"

"Huh?"

The forward command staff officer looked at the comedic duo with some surprise.

He hadn't expected this F-class transcendent squad to dare defy his orders—or to be precise, to defy the orders of the Transcendent Management Department standing behind him.

"I expect you to follow orders!"

Furious to the core, the staff officer put on a stern and serious face. "Cooperate with our inspection..."

"Cooperate my ass!"

"Inspect your ass!"

"Inspect what, exactly?"

"Who gave you the right to inspect us?"

"Did we commit treason? Or turn against humanity?"

"What gives you the right to inspect us? Who issued this order?"

"If you're going to arrest people, there ought to be an arrest warrant at least! Where's the paperwork? Pull it out and let's see it!"

It would have been better if he hadn't put on a stern face, but the moment he did, the little lady instantly blew her top. "You're supposed to knock on the door even when checking the water meter, but you just want to march us off directly? Who's your commanding officer? I'm going to file a complaint against you!"

The forward command staff officer was momentarily dumbfounded.

In all his years, he had never encountered such a fiery, sharp-tongued young woman.

Every time he opened his mouth, he was cut off and bombarded by Xia Youyou's rapid-fire onslaught.

With all that breath blocked in his chest—neither able to go up nor down—he grew flustered out of embarrassment and roared, "Are you planning to defy military orders?"

"Military orders?"

"Whose military orders?"

Xia Youyou glanced at him with utter disdain. "Is your last name 'Military'?"

"Mandatory conscription enforces military control, and summoned personnel are deemed to hold active-duty soldier status!"

"Failure to obey orders or fleeing from battle is considered mutiny or desertion, and will be dealt with according to military law!" the forward command staff officer roared, his face turning livid. "Right now, I suspect you are harboring critical strategic intelligence, and I expect you to cooperate with our investigation!"

"I am harboring a secret, and you want to know what it is?"

The young woman looked at him with even greater scorn. "My menstrual cramps are acting up—do I need to report that to you too?"

"Personnel stationed at Combat Platform F14 are implicated in wartime mutiny!"

The staff officer's face turned green; he no longer wanted to talk to this sharp-tongued little shrew.

He directly ordered the special ops soldiers standing nearby, who were watching in utter shock, "Take them away! Send them to the disciplinary department for interrogation!"

"You think you can just take us because you said so? Try taking even one of us!"

"Hey guys, considering how well we cooperated earlier, let me do you a favor and warn you: don't listen to this idiot's bullshit!"

She was even more aggressive than he was. Sidling up to the hesitant special ops soldiers, she looked at them with contempt and warned, "Otherwise, when I go crazy, even I get scared!"

The special ops soldiers broke out in cold sweat. Though they all came from special forces backgrounds, isn't it asking a bit too much to have them arrest these inhuman transcendent warriors?

Yet military orders were as heavy as mountains, and who told the staff officer to outrank them?

They could only cry out in their hearts, *"Your subordinates are truly powerless to accomplish this!"* while shuffling closer to the members of the Seventh Squad, praying that these humanoid monsters would spare them a heavy beating in light of having fought side-by-side just moments ago...

"Hey! Hey!"

"I say, Staff Officer brother!"

"Isn't this going a bit too far?"

A few D-class warriors, who had been standing on the sidelines acting as spectators and thoroughly enjoying the show, finally decided to step in.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, one of them hastily threw an arm around the forward command staff officer's shoulder, dragged him off to the side, and tried to persuade him in a friendly tone, "You must be new to the Special Logistics Department, aren't you?"

As a desk jockey, how could the forward command staff officer possibly resist the freakish strength of a D-class warrior? He was swept away tucked under an arm like a helpless chick.

Hearing the D-class warrior's words, he was momentarily stunned. "How did you know?"

"Just looking at you, I can tell you're a rookie who never experienced the 'Chaos Era', otherwise you wouldn't handle things this way!"

The D-class warrior laughed involuntarily. "When dealing with transcendent warriors like us, you can't use the same methods you use on ordinary civilians or those rank-and-file grunts down below!"

"So what if transcendent warriors have special exemptions?"

"Does that mean transcendent warriors can just ignore military law and orders?" the forward command staff officer demanded indignantly. "With zero sense of obedience, where is your sense of patriotism and national honor? And—"

"To be honest, back in the 'Chaos Era', someone with a 'collective honor' as rigid as yours probably would have been killed off long ago!"

The D-class warrior, who had only intended to smooth things over and play the peacemaker, was actually amused to anger by this stubborn blockhead of a staff officer.

"Regardless of your premise, you still have to care about methods and approaches when getting things done, right?"

Giving the staff officer's shoulder a "firm yet gentle" pat, the D-class warrior's tone also turned cold. "Which military law did these young men and young ladies break that makes you want to arrest them?"

Staggering from the impact of the D-class warrior's slap, the staff officer ignored the sharp pain in his shoulder and roared, "They are harboring—"

"Secrets, right?"

"I've got secrets on me too, you know."

The D-class warrior crossed his arms and sneered, "Why don't you arrest the rest of us brothers as well?"

"Oh, wait! Actually, every extraordinary individual harbors secrets!"

"Why don't you give the order, Changguan, and arrest all of us transcendent warriors here?"

"Though I'm guessing everyone won't be too willing to just surrender without a fight, and you guys can't beat us anyway..."

"How about this? Why don't you notify the Transcendent Management Department first and summon the LDH Transcendent Task Force over?"

"Or, since old brother here still carries a bit of weight, I can help you persuade everyone to stop making a fuss here for now."

He said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "How about we all head to the rear together to clear up the misunderstanding first, before we come back to kill those little snakes?" *(To be continued.)*