Chapter 1818 - 571: The Radiant Federation Spy’s Curious Adventure (6k)_3

Chapter 1818: Chapter 571: The Radiant Federation Spy’s Curious Adventure (6k)_3

"Act separately, conduct the search as planned!"

After disembarking from the spaceship, Xi Bai immediately put on a serious demeanor, gestured to his subordinates, and was the first to step into the interior of the space station, leaving his team behind.

Although he had never been here before, being a professional spy, he had gathered intelligence on this place and memorized its map thoroughly.

Following the map in his mind, Xi Bai headed directly towards the direction of the main control room where the data was stored within the space station.

"It’s very quiet... No special magic power reactions detected...

But I can’t let my guard down; it’s said that those Insect Swarms have the ability to conceal themselves, otherwise, they wouldn’t be so elusive."

Muttering under his breath, Xi Bai activated his superpower and advanced slowly.

Observing the various traces along the way, Xi Bai was somewhat on edge.

He was indeed a transcendent, having undergone special training as a spy, but that didn’t mean he was beyond normal human limits.

Seeing the battle scars around still made him feel tense.

Especially since along this path, besides structural damage, not even a whiff of blood could be detected.

Everything was too counterintuitive.

The traces around were a reminder of the intense fighting here, from the deep scratches on the floor to the ceiling, to the huge holes blasted open by superpowers, still bearing remnants of magic power and even supernatural effects.

Yet, there were no signs of casualties...

Xi Bai stopped at a humanoid mark on a wall, where a piercing mark was clearly visible at its center.

He could almost imagine a transcendent being embedded here, pierced through the abdomen by the limbs of the Insect Clan.

Reaching out to touch it, yet feeling no trace of blood, it was as clean as if it were purposefully made that way.

"Was it the Insect Swarm that cleaned it up? It’s too clean...

Is this to erase their own tracks?

No, it’s only everything related to Life that’s missing, whereas the more important traces of magic power haven’t been wiped out...

I hadn’t seen a similar description in the ’Shadow of the Hermit’ reports before, was it deemed unimportant and discarded..."

Extracting and sealing the residual magic power with his own methods, Xi Bai continued cautiously forward.

He had done this many times along the way, it was a habit of his spy profession.

Who knows if it was because the State Preceptor swept the Insect Swarm earlier, attracting all of them out of here.

Gingerly making his way to the main control room, Xi Bai found no trace of the Insect Swarm.

Sighing in relief, Xi Bai looked up and focused his gaze on the large computer in the most conspicuous position in the main control room.

Merging three steps into two, Xi Bai quickly exhibited the expertise of a spy, starting up the computer terminal that was still operational but temporarily shutdown.

Connecting an external special data storage device, the original passwords were swiftly cracked open.

The hacking function acted like the most exquisite fingers, easily bypassing all defenses, infiltrating the computer’s internals, targeting the core weakness, striking the mark.

The computer buzzed, and all defenses dissipated completely, exposing all data to Xi Bai, open for extraction.

"Space Station records... Mother Star observation records... Defense equipment retrieval records..."

Xi Bai didn’t appear to have the shadow projections of those legendary hackers, he simply pressed buttons, yet the virtual screen’s data flashed rapidly, transferring bit by bit into the data storage device.

"Strange, did I guess wrong...

Everything seems normal, even the Mother Star observation records have no significant issues.

Everything corresponds with what I know, weapon mobilization records match the time of today’s attack, observation records show the Insect Swarm sweeping through outer space, damaging satellites and space stations...

But something feels off..."

Xi Bai vaguely sensed something strange, a sense of discord.

But the data flashing before him proved everything normal...

"Normal... No, the issue is, it’s too normal..."

Xi Bai slowly lifted his head, a look of realization flashing in his eyes.

But suddenly, an unusual sound flashed past Xi Bai’s ear.

Hiss—

What else could be making sounds here...

Besides our own men, it could only be...

The Insect Swarm!

Xi Bai’s eyes widened abruptly, magic power surged throughout his body, and he immediately lunged to the side, not forgetting to pull the data storage device from the computer.

The next moment, in his original position, a jet-black limb wrapped in multicolored magic, bearing more than a dozen enchantment effects, sliced through the air and stabbed into the virtual screen of the computer.

And following the direction of the limb, a pitch-black beetle standing a human’s height appeared in his sight.

The wings flapping behind it seemed to glint with a metallic sheen, combined with its jet-black shell and towering figure, Xi Bai couldn’t help but gasp, feeling a tremor in his bloodline.

He had learned at the Spy Academy that this was the aura suppression of an Advanced Life over a Low-level Life!

Typically appearing when ordinary people or Low-tier transcendents encounter powerful Extraordinary Giant Beasts, the Academy had once captured a Giant Beast to let them experience a similar feeling.

Having secretly become a 5th Rank Extraordinary for so long, it had been ages since he experienced such a thing.

Simultaneously, being a spy, he had learned how to suppress his own instincts.

The fear in his body was instantly dismissed, magic power flowed along his physiological instincts, gathering in front of him to form a blasting array, the crimson flames swirling and spiraling as if constrained by an invisible force, bursting into a fierce blaze.