"According to my people, he brought a group of high-level mutants with him. I suspect that he will send those mutants to track you down. You should be careful," Wen Hanli said.
"The news about my death should have reached my father. He won’t use his resources to confirm my death," Pei Yijun said with a sneer.
After a moment of pause, he continued, "Vice mander Wen, I think his goal is your base. The news about your base growing crops has spread far and wide.
"Even though the facility is backed by the Light of Dawn Organization, they won’t be able to last much longer if they don’t find another way to get supplies. Their priority right now is not me but your base’s supplies."
Hearing this, Wen Hanli thought for a moment and said, "I will investigate this matter. For now, you should keep your guard up. It’s better to be safe than sorry."
"I know. Thank you for informing me."
"If you need any help, contact me immediately."
"Okay."
After the call was hung up, Pei Yijun thought about his sister and made another phone call. The call rang for a long time before it was picked up.
As soon as the call was connected, he heard his sister’s annoyed voice. "Why did you call me?"
"Yixie, where are you now?"
"I’m still at Lunar City. Why are you asking this?"
"Pei Gan has returned to Jiangning Base. You should be more careful," Pei Yijun reminded her.
Hearing this, Pei Yixie said, "My team just destroyed one of the facility’s hidden laboratories here. That old man shouldn’t have time to bother us for the time being."
After hesitating for a moment, she still added, "Even if you fake your death, Father won’t give up easily. You don’t have to worry about me, just watch out for yourself."
Noticing her worry, Pei Yijun smiled and said, "Okay. If you have free time, e visit your brother."
"I’m super busy and might not have time to visit you." Before Pei Yijun could say anything more, she added, "I need to go now. Talk to you later."
As soon as she finished speaking, the call was hung up.
Looking at the phone, Pei Yijun let out a sigh. Although his sister no longer treated him like an enemy, their relationship was not much better than that of strangers. He didn’t know when their relationship would improve.
Meanwhile, in the Tsyk Kingdom, a secret meeting was held in the castle where the Duke resided.
At this moment, a group of people wearing masks sat around a large, oval-shaped table in an underground dungeon. Although it was called a dungeon, this place was clean and decorated with luxurious furniture.
Sitting at the head of the table was the First Elder. Unlike usual, this time, the Elders attended the meeting personally. Except for Pei Gan, who was busy with his experiments, and Jiang Ziyi, whose whereabouts were unknown, all of the Elders were present.
"I believe that everyone has learned about the matter in Lunar City. Today, we are going to discuss the countermeasures and also ask the Eighth Elder for his explanation," the First Elder said.
After he finished his words, everyone turned to look at Borislav Morozov. Although he wore a mask, everyone could sense his anger and annoyance.
"This matter can’t be blamed on me alone. Although Lunar City is under my jurisdiction, the one who arranged the mutants and contacted the travelers was the Fifth Elder."
When they heard this, the Elders exchanged glances. It was true that, besides the First Elder, only the Fifth Elder had made contact with those aliens. But even so, the Eighth Elder couldn’t shirk his responsibility.
"Eighth Elder, in this matter, you should thank the Fifth Elder instead of blaming him. After all, if not for his mutants, how could we find out the location of the crystal energy?" the Seventh Elder said.
"The Seventh Elder is right. Eighth Elder, don’t forget that your troops were wiped out in just one move. Not to mention taking over the Lunar Base, I don’t think you could even enter the city without the Fifth Elder’s help," the Fourth Elder said with a chuckle.
The moment Borislav Morozov heard this, he clenched his fists tightly. Recalling the situation during the battle, he couldn’t help but curse that old bastard, Pei Gan, hundreds of times.
He promised to help him, but in the end, he used his men as bait to open a shortcut and gain merit. Even if the attack failed, Pei Gan gained all the benefits and left him to bear the punishment.
Although his stomach was full of anger, Borislav Morozov had no way to vent. After all, their cooperation was a secret, and no one knew their plan besides the two of them.
Even if he told everything to the other Elders, they might not believe his words. In the worst-case scenario, they might even use this matter to step on him and remove him permanently from the Elder position.
Right now was a crucial moment, and he couldn’t afford to lose his position, not until he firmly controlled the entire Tsardom Empire.
Reaching this conclusion, he took a deep breath to suppress his anger and said, "Since it was my mistake, I’m willing to bear the punishment. I will send my people to mine the crystals."
Hearing this, the Elders smiled. Although the crystals contained abundant energy, they were not easy to mine. Not only did they need to spend a lot of manpower, but they also needed to use advanced containers to transport the crystals.
After the crystals were mined, they would be taken by the aliens, leaving them with nothing. This was basically a thankless job no one wanted to take.
Seeing that all of the Elders had no objections, the First Elder nodded and said, "Very well. The matter of the crystal mine will be left to the Eighth Elder. I hope you won’t disappoint us this time."
"I know what to do," Borislav Morozov replied gloomily.
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