What Lei Jianguo didn't expect was that Huang Feiying and his team arrived at the Military General Hospital even earlier than Chu Ran and Edwood.
Huang Feiying's expression was dark, his gaze venomous. Seeing Lei Jianguo, he strode over and demanded, "Where is she?"
The guards beside him quickly formed a line, blocking Lei Jianguo. Lei Jianguo frowned slightly, stepped forward, patted a guard on the shoulder, and stood before Huang Feiying, looking him in the eye. "Who are you talking about?"
"Chu Ran!" Huang Feiying was like a volcano about to erupt, barely containing his rage.
"She hasn't arrived yet," Lei Jianguo said calmly. "Fighting the Soul Butterfly is extremely dangerous. She was forcibly ejected, and her Spiritual Power may have been damaged."
"Damaged?" Huang Feiying sneered, his voice cold. "Someone with damaged Spiritual Power wouldn't be able to use a new network account so quickly, would they?"
"What's so strange about that? Damaged Spiritual Power and logging into a StarNet account is much easier than implanting your own tracking program into the Spiritist Association system." Charlie An, leaning on a crutch, shuffled to the door and taunted Huang Feiying.
Generally speaking, while researchers had high Spiritual Power, they rarely went to the battlefield, so their combat ability was generally low. Charlie An was no exception.
The first time Huang Tianying punched him to the ground, his rational mind told him to stay quietly in the back and let Lei Jianguo and the others fight the battles.
But he couldn't help it.
After Edwood subdued Huang Feiying for the second time, he charged in to slap Huang Feiying, but the other Special Squad members, regardless of whether they agreed with Huang Feiying's actions, had to protect their own at such a time.
So Charlie An was sent flying for the second time.
This time, the result was even more tragic—not only did he break his right hand, but his internal organs were also slightly bleeding.
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have chosen to complain to Charlie Jing. Whenever this kind of thing happened, he was always the first to get scolded.
Thinking of his sister's first words when she answered the call, Charlie An felt a murderous hatred toward Huang Feiying and his crew.
Huang Feiying looked at Charlie An and sneered, "Seems like you weren't hurt badly enough."
Charlie An's expression didn't change, but his grip on the crutch tightened. Squinting at Huang Feiying and the others, he said, "I hope you can still be so tough when Andrew and Yu Mei arrive."
Huang Feiying's expression shifted slightly.
He knew that after this incident, Central Star would send people from other systems, but he never expected Andrew and Yu Mei themselves to come.
If Andrew was powerful but still considered peace between the great families, Yu Mei was like an uncontrollable hungry wolf. Once provoked, she would tear a piece of flesh from anyone, no matter who they were.
As the youngest Master of Creations in Human Federation history, Yu Mei naturally had the strength to match her reputation, and Andrew stood unconditionally by her side.
Yu Mei lacked neither strength nor influence.
For Huang Feiying and his men, they would rather offend Andrew than Yu Mei.
Thinking of the relationship between Chu Ran and Chang He revealed in the previous files, Huang Feiying felt a surge of irritation. He wasn't foolish enough to believe that Yu Mei had come to uphold justice for an unrelated person.
From the day the Divine Fruit was used, Yu Mei's protection of Chu Ran had been obvious. Although some members of the Andrew Family had tried to cause trouble, their outcomes were all tragic.
"All our arrangements ensured that Chu Ran's life would not be threatened," Huang Feiying said, barely suppressing his anger.
"Life-threatening?" Charlie An was like a venomous villain, unwilling to let Huang Feiying offer any excuses. "The Spiritist Tournament held on StarNet could never pose a life threat—unless someone reached the third training stage and injected a fatal agent into Chu Ran's body."
Speaking up to here, Charlie An cast a cold glance at Huang Feiying.
Being able to send He Qishen to the hospital for treatment in such a short time meant someone must have been monitoring his physical body offline.
They had watched him go to his death!
Charlie An didn't mention He Qishen's matter.
After serving his sentence, He Qishen should have enjoyed all the rights of a Human Federation citizen, but the mark of the God Summoning Society made the higher-ups strip him of those rights without hesitation.
"Chu Ran has SS-level Spiritual Power potential and can invoke an unknown SS-level deity. If she develops steadily, she will become the strongest of this generation in the Human Federation. What she needs isn't a guarantee of life—she needs a guarantee of coming out unscathed!"
"Did you get approval from the military high command and the government high command when you used her as bait? Do you want me to forward the high command's emphasis on Chu Ran's importance to the Human Federation when they sent researchers from Central Star?"
"Don't you know what the unknown SS-level deity represents?"
Huang Feiying grew darker with each of Charlie An's accusations.
"This is for the Divine Ruins Key!"
"Whether the unknown SS-level deity can resist the Zerg is unknown, but obtaining the Divine Ruins Key is a sure way to find a means to fight the Zerg!"
Charlie An laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke. "What good is getting the Divine Ruins Key? The Divine Ruins Key is important to the Human Federation because it was discovered that humans have never truly possessed divine power."
"The Zerg's power comes from themselves, while human power comes from the deities. So even if a human invokes an SSS-level deity, they can't easily kill an SS-level Zerg."
"Even if we enter the Divine Ruins, how can we guarantee that humans will find a way to obtain divine power? Even if we find a way, how can we be sure that humans can achieve it?"
Charlie An's words were sharp. "The SS-level deity Chu Ran invoked can actually fight against the special S-level Zerg Life Cicada—that is the real hope of the Human Federation."
"Finding the Divine Ruins Key came from the top two leaders!" Huang Feiying growled.
"But they didn't know you planned to use Chu Ran as bait to find it!" Charlie An roared back without flinching. "Now they know. That's why Andrew and Yu Mei are here."
Lei Jianguo seized the opportunity to add, "If the situation gets more serious, the Explorer Association will also get involved."
Maria's recognition was never just empty words.
"We want to inspect everything He Yi left for Chu Ran. If there's no problem, we won't interfere with Chu Ran's study and training any further," said another Special Squad member behind Huang Feiying.
"Fine."
A sudden voice came from behind the crowd.
Everyone turned sharply and saw Chu Ran and Edwood approaching.