Chapter 532: Abundant Harvest

Yue Zhenhong’s expression was odd as he spoke truthfully, “According to the feedback from the hacker team, the self-destruct system here should have been discovered and erased by Tan Shanzhong a long time ago. I guess he was also worried that his life would be threatened by the Rebel Base.”

Oh? Lu Chao was a little surprised, but then he felt it made sense. Tan Shanzhong was an old fox, so he naturally wouldn’t allow his life to be threatened by others. The self-destruct system was indeed hidden, but the other party had controlled this place for quite a while and had top hackers under his command. If he had set his mind to it, he naturally could have found it.

“That’s fine,” Lu Chao nodded.

Up until this moment, the war was over. However, both the casualties and the captured loot were better than expected. They could even hold their ground here, further consolidating the fruits of battle, and deterring the Northern Territory wasteland.

Thinking of this, Lu Chao looked up at the Superpower Level commanders present. Meeting their bright gazes, he felt their awe and their desire for merits.

“The credit for this time belongs to everyone,” Lu Chao looked around at everyone, his gaze sweeping across each person’s face. “Without you pinning down the enemy’s firepower from the front, and without the intelligence Old Yan detected in advance, no matter how strong I am alone, I wouldn’t be able to win this battle.

“Including Special Envoy Chu, without you guarding the central command and deterring the scoundrels, I wouldn’t have been able to focus on breaking through and fighting my way deep into the base.”

His echoing words made the entire command cabin quiet down. Even Special Envoy Chu’s eyes flashed, feeling surprised while at the same time a brighter glint appeared in his gaze.

“Therefore…” Lu Chao smiled. There is strength in numbers; he had always understood this principle. He clearly remembered everyone’s contributions, so it was impossible for him to hoard all the credit for himself.

“In a moment, I will send a truthful telegraph to Yao Capital to request merits on your behalf.” He looked around, stood up, and smiled. “Everyone, thank you for your hard work!”

As his words fell, the atmosphere inside the command vehicle instantly became much livelier. Some exchanged smiles, while others let out a long breath. Risking the journey north to participate in the war naturally carried a lot of motivation for earning merits. Thinking of this, everyone looked at Lu Chao with even more respect and conviction, smiling and cupping their fists in response.

“Then that settles it.” Lu Chao looked at the map of the Northern Territory wasteland marked on the holographic sand table and waved his hand at everyone. “The army will temporarily rest and reorganize here. We will wait for Yao Capital’s orders before making our next move.

“Everyone, please continue to consolidate the results of the battle and do not slack off.”

“Yes, sir!” Everyone answered in unison, their faces full of smiles as they looked at each other.

A short while later.

With slight movements, figures stepped out of the cabin one after another to clean up the remnants of the battlefield in various areas. Lu Chao also took the opportunity to return to his independent cabin, looking at Ghost Element, who was lying on the bed. Its beastly eyes were tightly shut, and its breathing was steady. After regrouping with him at the Rebel Base, Ghost Element had fallen into a deep sleep. He had deliberately sent it back first.

“This guy…” Lu Chao smiled and shook his head, not worried at all.

Through his intuition, he sensed that Ghost Element’s Life Energy aura was gradually climbing. He knew that it had gained significant benefits and was digesting Spiritual Power. After all, in the previous battle, Ghost Element took the opportunity to devour the residual spirits of at least five Superpower Level experts. Among them was the Spiritual Power of Tan Shanzhong, an expert at the Peak Transcendence Level.

Needless to say, the harvest was enormous. He estimated that after it woke up, its Life Energy would probably jump up another notch.

Nodding secretly, Lu Chao felt genuinely happy about it. After all, Ghost Element was under his control and had long become one of his trump cards; naturally, the stronger it was, the better.

Not to mention, there were several metal boxes placed in the room. Lu Chao looked at them—they contained Superpower Resources from the base’s treasury, of which he had undoubtedly taken the lion’s share.

Moreover, thinking of the poison gas and Superpower Potion formulas he had seen earlier in the base’s database, Lu Chao smiled. It seemed the gains this time were quite substantial.