Chapter 214: Patience Exhausted

After hanging up the communication, Yingzhou saw that Mother Ying and Huang Xi were both looking at him with puzzled eyes, while Vulkan had already stepped toward him, step by step, and reached out his hands.

"Sorry, something might have happened over at the Military District, it should be nothing major. Mom, you don't need to worry."

Yingzhou scooped Vulkan up; after these few months of learning, Yingzhou could be considered an entry-level dad, at least when it came to holding a child.

Mother Ying said to Yingzhou with some worry, "Xiaozhou, no matter what you do, you must be careful. Mom doesn't want to lose you again!"

Yingzhou held Vulkan and half-squatted in front of Mother Ying, soothing his mother, "Mom, don't worry, I will be fine."

After soothing his mother's emotions and chatting briefly with Huang Xi, Yingzhou put Vulkan down and said to Tan Xiaotong, who was standing at the door at a loss, "Since someone wants to silence you, then you should stay here. I cannot let a key person be silenced, especially by those Alien Races!"

Upon hearing Yingzhou's words, Tan Xiaotong was visibly startled, then nodded, "Thank you, thank you so much."

Yingzhou signaled for the medical Xiunu nearby to take Tan Xiaotong to find an empty room; fortunately, this house of Hu Jie's was quite large, as five Catachan Jungle Fighters were also living here.

After arranging the defensive forces at his home, the communication device in the house rang again, and Yingzhou walked quickly to the device to answer the call.

"Yingzhou, the Military District wants you to find clues in the Outer City regarding who tampered with the Alien Race material supplies, and the Chief has already given you a heads-up. Every Legion is now starting to check their own material supplies for any issues. According to my deduction, this situation must have happened recently; if the material supplies had issues when we were at war with the Zerg, it would have been a devastating blow to us. Clearly, that situation did not happen at the time; you didn't discover it too late, everything is still salvageable."

Hu Jie said calmly to Yingzhou over the communication.

After listening to Hu Jie's analysis, Yingzhou nodded and said, "Understood, I will go to the Production Zone now to start looking for clues."

After hanging up the communication, Yingzhou arrived at the door of the room where Tan Xiaotong was staying, knocked on the door, and said, "Tan Xiaotong, there is a new Task now. You are the one who can sense the wrongness in the material supplies, come with me."

A burst of hurried footsteps approached the door, and Tan Xiaotong opened a crack in the door, her voice trembling slightly as she said, "Okay, can you give me time to change my clothes?"

"Yes."

Soon, Tan Xiaotong walked out of the room wearing casual clothes borrowed from Huang Xi. Seeing Yingzhou in his military uniform, Tan Xiaotong asked in a low voice.

"Um, is there anything I need to do?"

Seeing that Tan Xiaotong was ready, Yingzhou nodded, "Let's go, we'll talk on the way."

After the two left the house, Mother Ying played with Vulkan while saying to Huang Xi, "Xiaozhou, will the Task he is carrying out this time be very dangerous?"

Seeing Mother Ying's worried expression, Huang Xi comforted her, "Mom, don't worry, Xiaozhou's strength is already very strong, he will be fine."

The medical Xiunu nearby looked at Vulkan playing with Mother Ying and said to Mother Ying in a soft voice, "Don't worry, that is the God-Emperor; no one can threaten him. The ones who should be afraid are those Aliens!"

Ninth Defense Zone Military Region.

Ji Bu watched as the soldiers in front of him were unpacking the latest batch of material supplies to conduct tests. However, they did not find any traces of the Alien Race tampering with the material supplies.

"Report to the Chief, no traces of the Alien Race were found on the material supplies!"

"Report to the Chief, none here either!"

After a full round, there were no traces of the Alien Race having touched the material supplies, nor was there any so-called Alien Race Spiritual Power Fluctuation.

"That shouldn't be, could that kid Yingzhou have sensed it wrong?"

Just as Ji Bu was bowing his head in deep thought, that evil voice in his mind appeared again.

"Hehehe, my friend, you seem to have encountered some difficulties, do you need help?"

Upon hearing this evil voice appear, Ji Bu's body stiffened. He then ordered the soldiers to stand by and found an officer's office for himself; the officer inside was currently outside searching for clues of Alien Race Spiritual Power Fluctuation in the material supplies.

Ji Bu sat heavily onto a chair and said with an impatient tone, "Is it true that the Alien Race tampered with the material supplies?"

"My friend, of course it is true. However, your deduction is also correct; it has not spread. Although I don't know how that Yingzhou found out, I came here today originally to remind you of this matter."

The evil voice sounded unhurried and calm, not caring about Ji Bu's emotional changes.

"How can I find the Spiritual Power Fluctuation left by the Alien Race?"

Ji Bu took a deep breath, trying his best to make his voice sound more relaxed.

"Very simple. After this incident with Yingzhou ends, we must start our move; we cannot delay any longer! You need to give me an answer now, agree or refuse?"

This time, the tone of the evil voice became solemn, making Ji Bu feel a trace of pressure.

"Can't we wait until this matter is over before talking about it? Yingzhou can't run away anyway."

Ji Bu was still trying to avoid answering the evil voice's question, but unfortunately, his idea was destined to fall through.

"My friend, we have already given you enough time to consider this matter, but you have never given us an answer. Now, this is the last time I will ask for your opinion."

Seeing that the other party was serious this time, Ji Bu was silent for a moment before finally nodding, "Fine, I promise you. After this matter is over, I will prepare to eliminate the threat to the Human Alliance."

The tone of the evil voice softened this time, and it said to Ji Bu in a relaxed manner, "This time, the Alien Race hid a type of energy that corrodes the spirit beneath the Spirit Pattern protecting your material supplies. Only by destroying the Spirit Pattern above can that corrosive energy Spiritual Power Fluctuation appear. Of course, if a collision occurs, it will also emit a bit of energy fluctuation, but you wouldn't be able to perceive it. Only their own kind or Humans who have been injured by them would be able to perceive it slightly."

"Then how did Yingzhou perceive it? Could he have been injured by the Alien Race?"

Ji Bu voiced his question, and the evil voice did not hide it, answering directly.

"There is a female soldier by his side who was attacked by the Zerg. She seems to have been targeted by a Zerg parasite, which is probably why she could perceive a trace of energy fluctuation."

"You mean, the mastermind behind this material contamination is the Zerg?"

Ji Bu rubbed the corners of his eyes with a headache and said in a low voice.

"Is this strange? This Zerg that has been causing destruction within your ranks is not the same Zerg you are fighting on the front lines; it can also be considered one of the Zerg brood mothers."