Chapter 122: The Infiltrating Story (2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Only in that way could he protect everyone.
The leader rubbed his stiff wrist and stood up to relax.
Suddenly, he heard the entire ‘Leader’s Mansion’ shake as if something unexpected had happened.
However, when he listened carefully, there was no sound.
The leader frowned and quickly took out the weapon he carried with him. Turning on the communication device, he aimed the weapon at the door.
“…What happened?” He used the communication channel used by the guards to find out what had just happened.
However, a ‘rustling’ sound of electricity came from inside. Then, someone answered the call.
“…Leader, there was an explosion in the pipeline below the ‘Leader’s Mansion’ just now. The engineering team is already repairing it urgently, but we can’t rule out the possibility of a second explosion. For your safety, please leave this place first.”
“…” The leader did not reply. Instead, he stared at the door and glanced at the surveillance camera on the wall.
The scene in the camera was calm, but people were rushing past from time to time. It seemed that they had all received the notice to evacuate. There were also guards there to maintain order, which seemed like what they said.
However, after a moment of silence, when the other end of the communication device did not hear the leader’s reply, it seemed anxious.
“…Leader? Leader? Have you left? This place is becoming dangerous. You need to hurry up….”
The leader still did not answer, but his gaze had already shifted from the surveillance camera. He sat back on the chair, threw the weapon in his hand to the side, and took out a button from his pocket.
After that, he said calmly, “Who are you? Or rather, who are all of you? There’s no need to pretend anymore. I’m familiar with everyone here. You imitated them very well, but perhaps you haven’t adapted to life here. Some of the details aren’t done well enough, and I saw through them.”
However, the other end of the device did not seem to change because of that behavior. It still said anxiously, “Leader? What are you talking about? If you don’t leave now, it’ll be too late….”
Hearing that, the leader shook his head and said indifferently, “You need my complete body, right? That’s why you want to lure me out….”
“I didn’t expect you to infiltrate even such a heavily guarded place so deeply. You even know clearly that explosives are buried here.”
“I don’t know what kind of lifeforms you are, but I think it’s one of your techniques to read the memories of others by devouring their bodies and replicating an identical person.”
“Are you trying to control the leaders of every civilization to do something? What a terrifying fellow. If you want my body, then come and take it yourself.”
“…” The person on the other end of the device did not expect such an outcome. After a long while, he replied in an unpleasant voice, “…I did not expect that this dimension is not filled only with good-for-nothings. But don’t worry, it’ll be your turn soon.”
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded outside the door. The leader was still calmly holding the button to activate the explosives there. He kept transmitting the secrets he had discovered through the transmitter in the room.
He didn’t know how much the outside world had been infiltrated, but he believed that someone would eventually notice those abnormalities. He would try his best to pass on all the information he had obtained.
When the door was opened, he looked up and saw something that made his pupils constricted.
It wasn’t some strange lifeform, nor was it some kind of disgusting scene. It was an ‘acquaintance’ who had entered. It was even one of the closest people to the leader.
It was a person who had died on the resort planet in the disaster.
His assistant, who had been influenced by his thoughts since birth and quickly accepted his ‘pro-foreigner’ doctrine, was actually his son.
He originally wanted to groom his son to be his successor, but after he issued a ‘leave order,’ that relative of his was sent to hell by him.
That was the deepest regret buried in his heart. He wanted to apologize countless times, but in his dreams, he only saw the blood-stained sky and crazy questioning.
“You…”
“Father, no, you taught me to call you ‘leader’ in formal situations. So leader, what do you think of my work?”
Every expression and every tone of the person in front of him was so vivid that it was as if he was alive.
That situation also caused the leader to fall into a momentary daze.
He was thinking if he should continue like that. Even if he were devoured or copied, his memories would still be passed on to those lifeforms.
In that case, he might be able to do something that he had never been able to do before, even in the memories of others.
His hand holding the button loosened a little as if his heart had already wavered and was no longer firm.
“…Yes, Father, come and join me, join us, join the higher worlds. You will live with me forever, even if it’s just a string of memories….”
The voice of the person in front of him guided them patiently. That group of lifeforms from another dimension seemed to have gotten used to the world and could hence imitate vividly.
The leader’s voice wavered, and his entire person became erratic.
“…You…Are you still alive? Where did you go? I couldn’t find you, not even in my dreams….”
Seeing that the imitation was effective, the person before him continued to tempt him.
“…Yes, I’m still alive. I’ve come to a high-dimensional world….This is an eternal zone. There are no enemies or hatred. Everything is peaceful and stable….”
“…Is that so? Then are you here to find me now? You didn’t come to see me for so long. I thought you were gone….”
“Of course, I, we are here for this. After joining us, we will open the teleportation gate to the other dimension and return to our hometown, back to that happy area….”
The voice of the imitating lifeform was becoming more divine, and he was getting closer to the leader. He was just a little away from melting that stubborn fellow into the light of the other dimension.
However, just as his hand was about to touch the leader, the expression of the Seculus’ supreme leader suddenly turned cold. Everything that had happened before seemed to be an illusion.
“…From another dimension? A higher dimension? And…teleportation gate?” He muttered to himself and pressed the button in his hand.
The flames of the explosion flashed, and the entire building shook. The lifeform before him was stunned at first, then its entire expression became distorted, revealing the glowing hollow body hidden under its shell.
The bomb in the ‘Leader’s Mansion’ was originally meant to be the last device to be used after the failure of the battle with the Keen Empire.
Although they had won, the bombs here had not been removed under his orders. He wanted to remember that moment.
They had thought that would become a memorial to their glorious victory and never be activated, but now it had unexpectedly worked.
There was finally a hint of relief in the leader’s calm expression.
He was also very tired. It was time to reunite with his family.
A few days later, the entire Milky Way was in an uproar.
Almost every civilization had a large-scale rebellion, and countless special lifeforms of unknown origin controlled everything.
They began to attack the entire Milky Way, but that was only on the surface. They seemed to be planning something bigger and then leaving that universe.
However, some civilizations did not have any problems.
It was needless to say for the lost empire. The other artificial intelligence and beehive civilizations were not infiltrated either.
The First Turbulence Empire and the Second Turbulence Empire also had their methods to check for infiltrators. They had long forged themselves into an iron bucket.
Aside from those civilizations, there were also Seculus and a few others. With the help of some of the sacrifices, they managed to minimize the impact of the infiltration and were the first to sound the horn of war..