It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

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 325: The Mantis Stalking the Cicada!
Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr

The survivors of the mainship obtained the chance to rest at the Swift Dragon base. Given that the Jinglong mainship had no way to travel long distances, they could only wait for the Federation army to send a new military vessel to pick them up.

After resting peacefully for three days and two nights, when the new mainship members heard that a new military vessel was about to arrive for them in two days, they were ecstatic. Even though they had been treated pretty well overall in the Swift Dragon base, they had still felt significantly restrained. The mainship members had been restricted to a small living area; for many other places on the base, they simply could not even get close. This made the fleet soldiers who were accustomed to being able to freely move around to feel extremely inconvenienced.

On this night, in a highly-defended area within the Swift Dragon base, several figures appeared silently not too far from the entrance. They lurked at the blind spot in the distance …

“You’re sure this is the spot?” Someone who appeared to be the commanding officer gestured as he asked the person beside him.

This group of people were wearing advanced induction combat clothing of the Federation military, which could buffer the human body from the outside air and perfectly camouflage the soldiers according to their surrounding environment. Once the soldiers laid down and stopped moving, it would be nigh impossible for even the most advanced radar detectors, thermal monitors, and the human eye to discover them.

The only reason we say ‘nigh’ is because there is nothing which can be guaranteed to be foolproof — there would always be the possibility of what if.

“Only this spot is most closely defended.” The person beside the apparent commander returned a confident hand gesture.

“Have all the surveillance devices been blocked?” The commander turned to look towards another side, his gaze indicating that he wanted to confirm whether his men had completed the most critical step.

There were actually three people on his other side. One of them, who seemed to be their head, saw the question in the commander’s eyes and nodded, signalling that it had been done.

It could be seen from their faces that it had not been easy to complete this step. Other than the one who had nodded, whose condition still seemed fine, the other two people had faint tracks of sweat on their foreheads and their faces were extremely grim. It looked like the two of them had already put forth all their energy to completely block off all the surveillance equipment and create false images.

“How long can it last?” After seeing the other’s response, the commander then asked in a low voice.

“At most for only one hour and a quarter more. If possible, please try to come out within an hour,” said the head grimly. He had not expected the defences of the Swift Dragon base to be so tight — in particular, there was an abnormal number of all kinds of advanced surveillance equipment. This had exceeded their estimation. If they had known earlier, they would have brought along the other two members of their team as well.

“One hour, is it? There should be enough time.” The commander mused a little and felt that it was not a huge problem. Honestly, even if the problem was huge, he still had to go inside and investigate. Hadn’t they already spent so much effort all for the sake of finding out what the hell was happening in the Swift Dragon base?

“Hollow Ground, I’ll leave this to you,” said the commander decisively to one of the others. His attitude was obviously much gentler than before with the others. In the virtual world, he truly did not dare to offend this Hollow Ground.