At that mont, he almost felt the urge to slap Charles across the face.
This idiot had sworn loyalty to him countless tis. Yet in the end, he still betrayed humanity for another race.
And now he even had the audacity to look innocent.
As that thought crossed Carter’s mind, he coldly turned toward Silas.
"If you want to execute him, then execute him. I will not interfere."
The mont those words fell, Charles’s eyes widened in disbelief. "What are you saying?!"
His voice nearly cracked from panic. "It was you who instructed to free the superior being!"
The accusation instantly caused Carter to laugh coldly.
His expression beca unbelievably mocking. "I did?"
"Yes, you had sent a ssage!"
Carter slowly narrowed his eyes. "Are you out of your mind? I never sent you any ssage."
Then his expression darkened sharply. "Wait... are you trying to fra now?"
Imdiately, Carter turned toward Silas. "Trust . I am not behind this."
His voice beca heavy and sincere.
"I may be greedy. I may even be selfish sotis. But I would never gamble with humanity’s survival."
The mont Carter spoke those words, almost everyone present instinctively believed him.
After all, throughout this entire disaster, Carter had visibly risked himself countless tis alongside Silas in order to protect humanity.
Whether people liked his personality or not, nobody could deny the fact that he had always stood on the front lines whenever danger appeared.
anwhile, Charles’s eyes widened in complete disbelief.
"It was you!"
His voice trembled violently as panic surged through him.
"You were the one who sent that ssage!"
The desperation in his expression looked so genuine that, for a brief mont, even Silas felt uncertain.
However, the uncertainty did not last long.
Jay imdiately confiscated Charles’s phone before ordering several experts to inspect it thoroughly.
The mont the investigation began, everyone quietly waited.
Charles himself looked anxious yet hopeful, repeatedly swallowing nervously as sweat dripped down the side of his face.
But very soon... the truth surfaced. There was no ssage.
The experts checked every folder, every deleted file, every hidden section, and even the tistamps themselves.
The discovery instantly shattered the remaining sympathy people held toward Charles.
"It was all a lie..."
One of the team mbers muttered under his breath while staring at Charles with disgust.
Another person let out a cold laugh.
"Who would have thought that soone as innocent-looking as Charles was secretly the reason we struggled this entire ti?"
People started looking at Charles as though he were so venomous snake disguised in human skin.
anwhile, Lina desperately tried to defend her brother.
Tears already stread down her face as she rushed toward Carter before suddenly dropping to her knees.
The sound of her knees hitting the hard floor echoed sharply.
"It is not my brother!"
Her voice cracked painfully. "He is too innocent to do sothing like this! Please trust ! Soone must be framing us!"
Her trembling hands grabbed onto Carter’s sleeve tightly as if she were holding onto the final strand of hope left in her life.
However, Carter rely looked down at her coldly before pulling his sleeve away.
At this point, suspicion had already started festering inside his mind toward everyone connected to Charles.
Even Lina.
’Could she also be involved in this from the very beginning?’
That thought caused his gaze to grow colder.
anwhile, amidst the growing chaos and distrust, Benny quietly observed everything from the corner of the room.
A faint smirk slowly appeared on his lips.
This was exactly what he wanted. The less they trusted one another, the safer he would beco.
After all, once people started doubting everyone around them, there would naturally be far too many suspects to investigate. By the ti they finally traced everything back to him, it would already be too late.
As that thought crossed his mind, Benny calmly moved onto the next phase of his plan.
That very night, a massive amount of gold was secretly hidden inside Lina’s basent.
Once everything was arranged properly, Benny personally went to inspect the gold himself.
The mont he confird it was genuine, his breathing slightly quickened.
A dangerous thought imdiately surfaced inside his mind.
This was an incredible opportunity for the superior beings.
Even if this was so kind of trap, the amount of gold hidden here was simply too enormous. As long as the superior beings used the right thod, they could definitely steal all of it successfully.
At that mont, Benny desperately wanted to contact the ssenger connected to the superior beings.
The only issue was... until now, he had only helped them secretly.
He did not even know whether they were aware of his existence at all.
As those thoughts swirled inside his mind, Benny finally returned ho late at night.
Once he entered his study, he sat down quietly and began reviewing docunts under the dim yellow desk lamp.
Hours slowly passed.
Then suddenly... Benny felt his entire body relax strangely.
Without realizing it, he slowly closed his eyes.
The very next second, a calm and unfamiliar voice echoed directly inside his head.
"Are you interested in joining us?"
The mont Benny heard that voice, his heart nearly stopped. He recognized it imdiately. This was his chance.
Excitent surged violently through his chest as he hurriedly responded.
"Yes! I want to join you!"
For several seconds, silence followed. Then the mysterious voice spoke again.
"We need your help. Complete tasks for us faithfully. Once we fully trust you, we will reward you accordingly."
Hearing those words, Benny beca overwhelmingly excited.
"Of course! I will do anything required!"
The very first task given to him turned out to be rather strange.
Even so, Benny completed it carefully without hesitation.
The mission assigned by the superior beings was simple on the surface.
Plant chips throughout the entire Silvy base.
To accomplish this, Benny secretly hired nurous beggars, workers, and wandering civilians.
Using his connections, he arranged ways for these people to temporarily enter different sections of the Silvy Base unnoticed.
At first, Carter noticed Benny’s suspicious activities and imdiately beca wary.
He initially suspected Benny was secretly preparing for so sort of rebellion.
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