From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 353 The Hanged Man

The forced intervention of the special operations team of the teaching team was indeed a coincidence.

No matter how powerful Amber was, she could not have predicted that a suicide bombing would occur in the town of Portia, nor did she deploy the special operations team near the headquarters of the federal army's combined battalion in advance.

The reason why they were able to complete this "quick order" was because they had just completed a task assigned by Amber, and they chose the fastest route back to the camp, which happened to bypass the headquarters of this combined battalion.

So when Amber saw their position, she came up with the idea of ​​having Baninger lead his men in a "decapitation" operation.
Now that I think about it, the timing was indeed very coincidental.

The mission that Amber asked the teaching team to complete in advance was an armed reconnaissance search. The target was the signal of a portable "quantum entanglement communication node".

According to Lilith's analysis of the signal characteristics, this was one of the batch of portable nodes provided by Atlas to the Federation.

After Atlas and the Federation began cooperating on communications, it was normal for the command of the front-line ground forces to give priority to the use of this technology.

However, they often use vehicle-mounted terminals with more complete functions, rather than this "portable version" with limited communication range and information transmission and reception volume.

Moreover, the signal of this "portable version" still appeared in the area controlled by the remaining imperial forces, and remained closed for a long time, only occasionally turned on for use.

This unusual sign soon attracted Amber's attention, and made him suspect that the user of this portable device might be a federal spy lurking in Pella IV.

As for this equipment, it is also very likely that it was sent down along with the federal army's large-scale airdrop.

It is perfectly normal to have federal agents in a war zone.

Amber sent out a special operations team to conduct reconnaissance, the main purpose of which was just to roughly understand the situation and find a way to grasp the opponent's movements.

And the special operations team led by Baninger did exactly that.

Although they were eventually thrown off by the enemy during the secret chase in the Empire-occupied area, Banninger still managed to successfully implant the 'virus' into the portable device at the maximum distance.

Of course, "virus" was just Amber's term. What was actually implanted was a compressed "clone" of Lilith - this thing is much more useful than the electronic warfare virus.

Although it will take some time for this clone to "decompress" on its own, at least the seed has been planted.
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Pella IV, early morning in the mountains and forests 50 kilometers away from the town of Portia.

A herbivore that looked like a cross between a deer and a goat stopped its excited steps and was about to lower its head to eat some tender leaves covered with morning dew.

When it was about to lower its head to enjoy the food, a slight noise suddenly came from the side. The sound made the herbivore immediately raise its head and look around alertly.

However, after patrolling several times, it found nothing, and the subtle sound just now did not appear again.

After a moment, the creature confirmed that the surroundings were safe, and once again slightly bent its front legs, while eagerly lowering its head.

But this time, a big hand slowly appeared from the air and pressed down from behind its neck.

"Click."

Before it could even let out a cry, the herbivore suddenly went limp and fell to the ground.

Next to its corpse, a figure suddenly appeared from thin air. Under the refraction of light, a gray cloak with a faint honeycomb pattern flashed a faint blue light. After looking around and confirming that there was nothing unusual around, the suddenly appearing figure carried the not-so-light deer-shaped creature on his shoulders and walked towards the depths of the forest.

It was unknown how long it had passed before the figure carrying the corpse came to an abandoned ranger's hut in the mountains. After looking at the hut, he did not go straight there, but followed some pattern and walked in another direction.

Soon, he came to a completely inconspicuous bush. After waiting for a while, this bush that seemed to have nothing unusual suddenly opened to both sides, eventually revealing a narrow path leading underground.

The neat internal passages and the soundproof and anti-detection materials on all sides prove that this is not some 'secret base' dug out by civilians on a whim.

It is a proper 'hiding place' in the mountains and forests.

"It looks like there will be meat for tonight."

A man in the hiding place quietly turned off the safety of his weapon after seeing the figure coming in and the body being gently placed on the ground.

"Has 'Aurora' not come back yet?"

"Not yet, sir. But according to the planned time, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be back here in a few hours." The man in the hiding place answered with a hint of panic in his tone.

"Is there anything abnormal with the hostage?" The tall figure who had returned from outside asked as he took off his cloak, revealing a lightweight exoskeleton and a psychic energy suppression combat visor similar to the 'Boiled Egg'.

"Everything is fine, sir. I just checked it."

"Very good, you come and deal with the deer."

After saying that, the tall figure walked straight to a room deeper in the underground hiding place without waiting for the other person to answer.

Although he had some complaints about the tricky job of handling the deer, the terrified man did not dare to express any resistance.

After all, the man in front of him, code-named "The Hanged Man", was a psychic agent who secretly infiltrated the planet when the Federation launched an attack on the planet some time ago.

Not to mention that as a small hidden spy, it is my duty to cooperate with the psychic agent who goes deep behind the enemy lines. Just considering the identity of the other party's psychic, I dare not resist at all.
On the other side, as the door of the room was unlocked and opened, what was reflected on the mirrored combat visor were faces filled with only fear.

The tall figure - or rather, the psychic, released a psychic pressure, and everyone in the room suddenly froze in place uncontrollably, unable to move.

Then, he slowly walked behind the four of them and said in a low voice:

"Your husband completed the task as I asked, but unfortunately I cannot agree to their request and let you go. I am very sorry for not being able to keep my promise."

The deep voice paused, then continued:
"But I will give you a quick death. Don't worry, there will be no pain at all."

"Click."

As soon as he finished speaking, the psychic immediately twisted the neck of the first woman in front of him with his hands.

Then came a second boy, and then another mother and daughter.
(End of this chapter)