Chapter 1660: Chapter 644: Ma Xiaoling’s Secret Operation

But Ren Zhong still comforted Ng Wai-u a little, "Don’t worry, I have a backup plan. Everything is under control."

Ng Wai-u: "Huh?"

Ren Zhong: "Anyway, thank you for your loyalty. You can go back now."

"Pfft!" Ng Wai-u finally couldn’t hold back and spat out some biochemical saliva, "I’m not loyal to you. Since you let me take this position, and the Hundred Emperors handed me to you, I just want to do my job well!"

"Alright, alright, you’re not loyal to me, just to your position, is that okay?" Ren Zhong laughed.

Ng Wai-u: "That’s more like it."

"If you want your people to escape first, you can send them away now, but you can only use the secondary channel, not the primary one. I’m not forcing you to live and die with me, I have to make that clear." Ren Zhong said again with a very impatient tone, "Alright, I’m busy, you go back."

Then he waved his hand, indicating that Ng Wai-u could leave.

If it were the previous Ng Wai-u, Ren Zhong would have dared to adopt this attitude, and he would have been scolded on the spot, thoroughly and without hesitation.

But now, the clothes belonging to humans seemed to have put a seal on Ng Wai-u.

It surprisingly did not erupt immediately but held back a little, then angrily pointed at Ren Zhong, "Chasing me away without making things clear? Are you questioning the courage of the Rongxu people? How can you be like this? Even ignoring my own people, you are betraying the trust your people have in you! Why are you so stubborn, I can’t understand it!"

Ren Zhong became serious, "Since you already know I’m very stubborn. Then you should unconditionally follow my orders. What? Are you, the Acting Marshal, going to disobey? What’s the first rule of the Red Blade Army?"

Ng Wai-u: "The subordinate absolutely obeys the superior."

"Very good, since you remember this, you naturally know what to do. Go out." Ren Zhong waved his hand again, "This is an order."

Not long after Ng Wai-u left, Ma Xiaoling, fully dressed, slipped out from the side room of Ren Zhong’s office.

Usually, Ma Xiaoling is in cold sleep and only wakes up on very rare occasions.

Now was the time when Ren Zhong needed her.

Ma Xiaoling had always had a secret team with her for many years.

Among the core members of this team were even "elders" from Starfire Town on Source Star. Even the new generation were mostly direct descendants of families passed down from Starfire Town.

There was a time when Ma Xiaoling’s team represented the pinnacle combat strength within the Red Blade Army.

But over time, just like Ma Xiaoling’s status in the clan’s combat ranks declined, the overall combat power of this more purely structured secret team gradually became mediocre.

Ma Xiaoling once considered changing the selection criteria to enhance the team’s overall capability.

But Ren Zhong did not want Ma Xiaoling to charge into the battlefield as before.

The times have changed, the opponents are different, and so are the battles.

The Red Blade Army can now kill a first-class Mother Empress, and annihilate space organisms by the billions.

But artillery and explosions are fair; it’s easy to kill the enemy, and it’s also easy for one’s own to die. The Red Blade Army’s casualties are also in the billions.

In battles of this scale, saying people are like grasshoppers is an exaggeration; a human life is not even worth a grain of sand in the desert.

Moreover, the battlefield scope is enormous, with many factors that Ren Zhong needs to consider. It’s hard for him to focus on Ma Xiaoling’s situation on a large battlefield and still be able to provide assistance.

Knowing Ma Xiaoling’s personality, sending her into a massive battle means Ren Zhong feels it’s hard for her to come back alive.

It’s not that her abilities have declined to the point where she doesn’t qualify as an elite soldier; her personality flaws are inevitable. In the past, Ma Xiaoling’s recklessness was an asset that solved many problems. But now, this asset has turned into a liability. She can’t always be so lucky.

Therefore, the reason Ren Zhong gave Ma Xiaoling at that time was that he did not expect the secret team to have very strong combat power. Its significance was primarily for internal supervision, in line with the Moral Judgement Committee that Ma Xiaoling once led.

Ma Xiaoling believed him and stopped insisting on enhancing the secret team’s prowess. Sister Ma is so easy to fool, still sticking to her original intention, which is quite rare.

Her secret team ended up in a stagnant state, just creating a fake number, attached to a relatively average special combat team in the Eighth Army, and joining several major battles as ordinary characters, with mediocre results and no presence.

But precisely because of the nature of this team, now it had a role to play, and Ma Xiaoling was awakened from the frozen hibernation chamber by Ren Zhong to serve as the chief commander of this secret operation.

Of course, as normal humans, Ren Zhong and Ma Xiaoling each had their own needs. It’s rare for them to meet, so they inevitably engage in a free sparring match between a legal couple.

The two went through seven full rounds, with the contestant Ren Zhong winning on points, then showering first and returning to the outer office to receive Ng Wai-u, who came with doubts, and allowing Ma Xiaoling, who was about to go on a long journey, to hear that peculiar conversation in the side room.

Ma Xiaoling muttered, "This person is really peculiar, I see it genuinely planning for the Red Blade Clan. Actually, even if you want to hide things from it, you could be a little gentler in your approach. I went through Ng Wai-u and the Rongxu people’s evolution report; it’s quite inspiring. From a human perspective, it could even be considered a good person."

Ren Zhong shook his head, "You’ve underestimated it. This guy’s thinking is extremely sharp, and if I don’t use a strategy to provoke it and disrupt its focus, it would be challenging to fool it."

Ma Xiaoling asked, "Are you worried it would leak information to the Hundred Emperors?"

Ren Zhong shook his head again, "No. I don’t think it would. But knowing these things might force it into a corner."

"Huh?"

"Let’s not talk about this for now. You should get your team on the road early. There won’t be any combat, so you can enter cold sleep on the way without staying awake. I hope you can conserve your lifespan as much as possible."

Ma Xiaoling nodded, indicating she understood.

Soon after, she boarded a giant transport ship that appeared ordinary and nondescript with dozens of others, heading to the outermost layer of the army corps’ control zone at the rear.

Agent Marshal Ng Wai-u did not detect any unusual movements of this special combat team under the Eighth Army.

Because this number was fictitious, and the secret team had no official organization.

The actual unit of the Eighth Army remained stationed at the front line without any actions.

After nearly half a year, the transport ship reached the outermost layer of the army corps’ garrison, stayed briefly, then underwent some modifications by the planet fortress ships there, transforming into a comprehensive research center ship.

It received a regular task from a command system allocation, continuing to fly further, with the destination being some region three light years away.

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