Fei Tong felt a sense of foreboding. He tried his best to twist and adjust his body in mid-air, but before he could fully control himself, a figure flashed in front of him, and another fist smashed towards him.

With a bang, he flew backward even faster, crashing into the wall of the open passage behind him, creating a huge dent. Pieces of plaster and brick fell down.

Relying on his body, which was now strengthened by the limb tendrils, he straightened up and roared, wanting to counterattack. However, Chen Chuan's next kick landed on his cheek.

This kick was still full of strength and carried an upward surge of internal energy. His body involuntarily flew into the air.

At this moment, he saw Chen Chuan looking up at him, his eyes deep and still. Then, Chen Chuan's figure suddenly magnified in his eyes. Every hair on his body stood on end, and he hurriedly folded his arms in front of him to block the attack.

A fist then came crashing down, and with two cracking sounds, both of his arms fractured. Then, his entire body was embedded into the ceiling behind him by the force of the blow.

After delivering all of his strength, Chen Chuan's figure fell from above. His feet touched the ground, and he pressed his center of gravity down. A moment later, he leaped up again, and a knee strike slammed into Fei Tong's chest and abdomen. The latter's eyes bulged, and he spat out liquid and blood.

While in the air, Chen Chuan grabbed the limb tendrils on Fei Tong's body, then swung him fiercely upon landing. As Fei Tong landed, Chen Chuan followed up with a punch.

With a thunderous crash, a large hole was directly blasted through Fei Tong's chest. The outer layer of limb tendrils and the inner bones and organs burst apart. The limb tendrils, which had absorbed undigested blood, scattered outwards, splattering the ground.

This punch directly punched a hole in his body. Although the injury was slowly repairing itself under the effect of the wriggling limb tendrils, he was temporarily unable to move.

Chen Chuan , seeing that his eyes had already rolled back, retracted his fist, which was steaming with white mist. He went from crouching to standing straight, then tapped his Boundary Token to notify Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que , "Come back, I've found the mastermind."

At this moment, he glanced around, seemingly noticed something, then squatted down and groped around Fei Tong's ear, pulling something off of his Boundary Token.

It was a worm with two slender antennae. When pinched in his hand, it seemed to be able to deform at will.

He immediately recognized it as a Mimic Insect, a unique creature from the Convergence Zone. As long as one establishes a spiritual connection with this insect, it can mimic any sound the insect has come into contact with.

It seemed that the sounds that appeared yesterday were created using this insect. No wonder the Second Self showed no signs of fading from beginning to end. At this moment, his gaze shifted, and he reached out to grab the short sword that Fei Tong was holding. However, when he picked it up, the latter seemed unwilling to let go, and he had to tug it to get it free.

Then, he took down the silver-white scabbard, stood up, sheathed the sword, and hung it on his waist.

Five or six minutes later, Yuan Qiu Yuan and Qin Qing Que appeared in the passage. They were both shocked when they saw Fei Tong on the ground because his skin and the limb tendrils on his body were very similar to the corpse of the Iron Demon at the time.

Chen Chuan said, "This is Fei Tong , the garrison commander of Fortress No. 285. He's the one who caused all this trouble."

Yuan Qiu Yuan stared wide-eyed at Fei Tong . "So it was this guy causing trouble. I was wondering, an internal saboteur is hard to guard against."

Chen Chuan asked, "Did you find anything outside just now?"

Qin Qing Que saluted and said, "Report, Captain , nothing was found."

Chen Chuan nodded. He had previously asked the two of them to check outside to prevent this person from having any accomplices. Now it seemed that he was alone.

Although there were still some questions about this matter, now that the mastermind had been caught, the rest could be figured out.

He said, "Send a message to the Base."

Two days later, a transport airship arrived above the fortress. More than a hundred soldiers came down from it, and they quickly took over the entire fortress.

The leading officer shook hands with Chen Chuan and said, "Captain Chen , Director Qiao received your telegram. He heard that you captured Fei Tong alive. He attaches great importance to this matter and hopes you will escort him back as soon as possible. So, this time, we're letting you return by airship."

Chen Chuan indicated that he understood. He turned around and called out. Half an hour later, he led all his team members onto the airship.

Soon, with the airship pilot's maneuvering, the airship lifted off the ground and gradually ascended into the sky.

Yuan Qiu Yuan was riding on this for the first time, and found it quite novel. He had always been on the ground before, but now, looking down from the sky, everything had become a different perspective. This was an unprecedented experience.

Many team members, like him, were crowding around the slanting porthole, looking down and discussing things.

They were all very happy at this moment because they originally thought they would have to spend the New Year outside, but the Captain was strong enough to quickly resolve the matter. This meant that after returning, they would no longer have to carry out missions. Not only would they have a period of vacation, but after signing the Non-disclosure Agreement, there was a high probability that they could go home for the New Year.

After watching for a while, Chen Chuan came to the cabin where Fei Tong was being held. Although he had beaten him into serious injury, he had also interrupted the process of being swallowed and absorbed by the Mutated Tissue.

Now that his Essence Blood was exhausted, he was almost impossible to recover, but the strong vitality of the Third Limit still allowed him to survive tenaciously.

When he walked in, Fei Tong was staring at the ceiling, wondering what he was thinking.

He asked the guards here to leave. The two soldiers saluted him and then retreated, closing the cabin door before leaving.

Chen Chuan came to the side and sat down, asking, "Why did you do this?"

After a while, Fei Tong turned his gaze sideways and said, "Because I had no choice."

"No choice?"

Fei Tong scoffed, "I'm thirty-nine years old this year, but I, like Captain Chen , achieved the Third Limit at this age. At that time, I was a highly anticipated young hero. Many people fawned over me. I had only been here for half a year when I was promoted to Second-Class Executive Officer and became the garrison commander of a fortress Base.

But as you can see, I'm still the garrison commander to this day.

Heh, twenty years.

Leaving aside the rank, I still haven't been able to obtain a path to advancement. There's really no chance at all.

Do you want to ask why?

I was young and vigorous at that time, complacent and thought that Strength alone was enough. I didn't need to care about anything else. It was also at that time that I inadvertently offended someone.

I only learned later that this person had a very deep background in the Ministry of Defense. Since then, I have been constantly suppressed and ostracized by this person.

Every time I carried out a mission, it took a long time for them to issue me Special drugs, and then every time I was about to prepare for Cultivation, I had to go out on a mission again, which lasted a long time. For two years, I was dragged down like that."

Speaking of this, he gritted his teeth, "These two years were supposed to be the time when I could grow the most. My Strength should have improved by leaps and bounds at this time, but they dragged me down. Moreover, this person used his power from above, and I couldn't even retreat.

After missing this period of time, no matter how hard I tried later, my Strength didn't increase as quickly as before, and I was always assigned to the front line of the pioneering area.

The pioneering area has always been the most difficult, tiring, and dangerous job, but I was always the one chosen."

He sneered and said, "I know this person hasn't forgotten me. He just wants to suppress me, suppress me to death, not give me any chance to get ahead and retaliate against him. It would be best if I died in a pioneering action!"

His eyes burst out with endless hatred. "I hate those who participated in suppressing me, so I want to retaliate against them, but I am powerless alone. Moreover, twenty years have passed, and this person's position has risen higher and higher. I have no connections, no relationships, and there's no way I can do anything to him."

He chuckled twice, "What they didn't expect was that I have always been at the forefront of pioneering, often dealing with people from the Old Imperial Family. After I repeatedly conveyed my intention to contact them, I finally made contact with the Iron Demon . He was willing to point out a clear path for me."

Chen Chuan said, "It seems that my guess was correct."

Fei Tong snorted and said in a mocking tone, "Seeing you, I thought of myself back then, the same high spirits, the same unlimited future, but so what?

The path to advancement is in the hands of certain people. If they value you, then you may still have a chance, but once you don't follow their wishes and offend them, then you simply can't go on."

Chen Chuan could hear that he was now full of resentment and hatred. He looked at Fei Tong and said calmly, "You say they let you down and don't value you, but what about those more than a hundred colleagues who were killed by you? Have you ever valued them?

When you mention this, you don't even think of them, as if they were just weeds by the roadside, meant to be trampled under your feet, because in your heart, they are all people who can be sacrificed and abandoned at will. In that case, what difference is there between you and the human phase you hate?"

Fei Tong's expression changed slightly, and then his face became contorted, "What do you know? What do you know? How can they compare to me? I am a person with innate talent, a Martial Artist ! I should have gone further! And what about them?

They are just a bunch of mediocre people. There are so many people like that, but me, Fei Tong , the achievements I have made in the past twenty years, can they compare? Can they compare!"

Chen Chuan said, "You naturally think that your colleagues are useless and can be abandoned at will. But in the eyes of those who suppress you, it is also natural to suppress you because you are also worthless in their eyes.

You all have a condescending attitude towards those who are weaker than you. In fact, you are essentially the same as the people you hate. It's just that you don't like being the one being suppressed, but prefer to be the oppressor."

Fei Tong seemed to be stung by his words. His whole body trembled, his face flushed, and he roared, "What do you know? What do you know!"

Chen Chuan did not argue with him but stared at him calmly, saying, "If you went to deal with those who you say persecuted you, then I would think highly of you, but you chose to draw your knife and wave it at the weaker. In the end, you have always been just a failure."

After saying these words, he had no interest in staying here any longer. He stood up directly and walked out of here amidst Fei Tong's unwilling and venting roars.

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