Chapter 9

Wang Ye, the "Wang" with three horizontal strokes and one vertical stroke, and the "Ye" from "wild animal."

As he watched the young man chatting and laughing in front of him, Feng Yin couldn't help but recall scenes from the Sirius War. At that time, he was just a newcomer among the super soldiers who had recently advanced to the second rank, unknown on the meat grinder battlefield of Sirius.

It was a battlefield where two superpowers were in full-scale conflict, with over dozens of super soldiers being deployed and injured or killed every day. Above the dark clouds, the sixth-rank super soldiers of Huaxia and Ge Kai faced off in their kilometers-long motherships, every move affecting the lives of millions.

That was the Sirius battlefield, a place of darkness and despair, a hellish realm.

It was also the place where Feng Yin first met Wang Ye. If Feng Yin was just a newcomer on Sirius at the second rank, Wang Ye, when they first met, looked like a typical cannon fodder. He wore a Huaxia Space Army uniform that was clearly a size too big, making him appear somewhat thin and small. A silver rifle hung lazily on his shoulder, but the energy magazine was nowhere to be seen. Coupled with a carefree smile, he seemed out of place on the battlefield of iron and blood.

He had quite remarkable skills, with astonishing strength hidden in his unremarkable body. He could probably become an elite soldier, a king of soldiers, in most military districts. However, on the Sirius battlefield, the number of king-of-soldiers who died in a year exceeded four digits. Below the rank of super soldier, everyone was just cannon fodder.

Yet it was this young man, who seemed like cannon fodder, who helped Feng Yin achieve remarkable feats on Sirius, even determining the outcome of the entire war. To outsiders, Feng Yin, in the third year of the war, seemed to have undergone a transformation, becoming a miracle child on the battlefield. The Ge Kai Black Army was at his mercy, and those elite assassins seemed exposed from the start, with every move under his control. Feng Yin appeared and struck at unexpected times, often taking the initiative.

But only Feng Yin himself knew that the true creator of that miracle was the young man in front of him. Without his continuous provision of the Black Army's top-secret intelligence, Feng Yin would have found it impossible to protect General Gu Nanxi until the end.

As an intelligence merchant, Wang Ye was a genuine legend. No one knew how he had infiltrated the Black Army's upper echelons, delivering top-level secrets in bulk, like wholesale photocopies. Even after the war, when Huaxia captured a large number of defeated Black Army soldiers, they couldn't extract the truth from them.

"We had a rough idea that there was a mole leaking information, but several internal purges failed to find the culprit. How could he not be from Huaxia?"

The interrogation results made Feng Yin shudder. A person who could freely infiltrate the Black Army's upper echelons and move about unseen would find it no harder to infiltrate Huaxia. In terms of system rigor, the Ge Kai Black Army was superior to Huaxia.

Unfortunately, after the war, Wang Ye disappeared from Feng Yin's sight, and they lost contact. Feng Yin was busy with post-war commendations and had no time to think about Wang Ye, considering it a wonderful coincidence in life.

Until recently, someone told him that the young man who had fought alongside him on Sirius had come to Tianjing City. Soon after, he received a communication request. Surprised, he connected the call and finally spoke to him. After years of separation, the old friend had changed his face, but his charm remained, though he seemed more distant.

He never imagined that Wang Ye would come to see him on his own initiative.

"Do you have something to talk about?"

Wang Shuai Bo— or Wang Ye— nodded: "I need your help with something."

"Right now?" Feng Yin frowned. As Wang Ye said, he was currently in a lot of trouble and had no time to spare. Even a day earlier, he might have been able to find the time and funds to treat his old friend to a business meal.

Wang Ye said, "It doesn't conflict with what you're doing now. I want you to help me kill Franklin."

"Franklin?" Feng Yin's face darkened at the name. "You want to kill him?"

"How about it, are you interested?"

"Of course, I'm interested." Feng Yin didn't ask for reasons because he immediately realized that he and Wang Ye were now on the same side, making the reasons less important. But he soon had a question, "Can't you do it yourself?"

Although Wang Ye wasn't a super soldier, his near-human limits, versatile form, and terrifying intelligence capabilities meant that few could survive under his hand.

Franklin, despite being a high-ranking member of the Galactic Association and having committed numerous heinous crimes, was just a regular human in the records. With the strength Wang Ye displayed on Sirius, once Franklin was exposed, his end would be near.

However, Wang Ye shrugged, "He's a national super soldier of Dioro. What can I, a weak and handsome man, do? Size matters, you know?"

"A national super soldier, are you sure?!"

Anything involving super soldiers immediately entered a different realm. Feng Yin was shocked and sought confirmation from Wang Ye.

Wang Ye touched his right hand, "Yes, I confirmed it myself. The unique texture is Dioro's exclusive patent: the Black Star Arm Blade. Following this lead, I investigated further and confirmed that he has been hiding under an alias in the Galactic Association for years. Of course, both Dioro and the Galactic Association's top brass are well aware of this, a mutual exploitation relationship... Franklin isn't a powerful type in direct combat, roughly a second-rank lower in Huaxia's standards, but he is meticulous and cautious, making it very difficult to find a weakness."

Feng Yin nodded.

A second-rank lower super soldier, while not extremely strong, had already firmly entered the realm of the extraordinary. This meant he could single-handedly slaughter a hundred-person army. Such a formidable opponent, if cautious, would be hard to kill even by a super soldier one rank higher, let alone an ordinary person like Wang Ye.

"You always manage to get into trouble wherever you go. I clearly warned you to be careful recently... How did you get involved with him?"

Wang Ye didn't tell Feng Yin about Tao Hong but feigned indignation, "I don't want to have anything to do with that asexual freak. He came to me first! I just sold you some information, and he treated me like a small-time merchant, even sending people to kidnap me! This is worse than the business administration! If I don't kill this scum, I can't rest easy."

"Wait, you sold my information!?" Feng Yin immediately pieced together the entire event, "You were the old driver? Damn, you were right under my nose... You sold my information!?"

"What, did you expect me to share the profits with you? Don't even think about it, you rich woman's toy boy!"

Feng Yin's anger was deflected by Wang Ye's words, "I'm not that kind of relationship with Wen Yin."

Wang Ye was surprised, "What? Are you trying to tell me that your meeting with Wen Yin on Xin Hua Star was truly a matter of fate? That it was a gift from the god of love, not a result of your deliberate planning?"

Feng Yin sighed, "You know a lot."

"Love your job, and you'll do it well. I'm a professional intelligence merchant, thank you."

"Then, please answer a professional intelligence merchant's question," Feng Yin said solemnly, "What the hell is Wang Shuai Bo?"

Thinking of Wen Yin's haggard face from the past two days, Feng Yin was furious. Their meeting and acquaintance were not the result of romance and love, but that didn't mean he had no feelings for Wen Yin!

Although he recognized Wang Ye as a rare and despicable friend and a galactic-level scoundrel from their time on Sirius, experiencing it again made him even angrier.

Wang Ye said, "Wang Shuai Bo? A pawn to sow discord in your sincere relationship. I'm working under Franklin now, and to gain his trust, I need to show some results."

Mentioning Franklin, Feng Yin immediately suppressed his anger and thought for a moment, understanding Wang Ye's intentions.

Getting close to Franklin, deepening his trust, and influencing him in his own way to control his actions until finally pushing him into the abyss. In a way, their relationship on the Sirius battlefield was similar. Fortunately, Wang Ye was on Feng Yin's side then, and he ultimately pushed the Ge Kai Black Army into the abyss.

This time, the unfortunate one was Franklin.

"The situation isn't as simple as you think," Wang Ye sighed. "If you want to protect your little beauty, it's still quite troublesome. The Galactic Association is serious this time. Besides Franklin, the hired mercenaries are all S-level. If you hadn't received a warning, how confident are you that you could have thwarted the Dark Wolf's assassination plan?"

Feng Yin said, "More than 90%."

"So there's still a less than 10% chance that Miss Wen could be at risk, right?"

Feng Yin nodded solemnly.

As a legendary bodyguard, despite his achievements on Sirius largely due to Wang Ye's assistance, he was indeed a true expert in his field. He knew how much damage even ordinary mercenaries could cause when they went all out.

If it were against him, it would be manageable, but if it were against a defenseless girl, a stubborn young lady who insisted on staying at her post despite knowing the risks... even Feng Yin would find it challenging to protect her.

"But now I've helped you control the situation. I exaggerated your achievements on Sirius, convincing them that any violent action would be suicide. They've been deceived."

"...Thank you."

"You're welcome, but the problem is that I need a replacement plan. For the sake of peace, I proposed the 'Breakup Battle' strategy, which has been fully accepted."

"You..." Hearing the name, Feng Yin immediately imagined the full scope of the strategy, and the thought of the past two days made his head ache.

"So, I hope you'll cooperate with my work."

Despite his extreme frustration, after weighing the pros and cons, the situation Wang Ye had created was very advantageous—S-level mercenaries were intimidated by his reputation and abandoned their most threatening actions. As a super soldier, Franklin was closely monitored by Wang Ye, with every move under control. Although killing Franklin was mutually beneficial, in a sense, he truly owed Wang Ye a debt of gratitude.

Despite the truly hateful "Breakup Battle" strategy!