The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 274 Falling out
Lin Maowu frowned and said to Nancy, "Please keep an eye on the line over R117. They're rushing in too aggressively and exposing too much of their position."

Nancy seemed to have heard him, yet also seemed not to, continuing to aim at a point ahead. But Lin Maowu could clearly see that she hadn't taken his words to heart at all, and even seemed to be subtly helping him.

Lin Maowu's brows furrowed more and more as he looked at the scene.

"..." Nancy frowned, glaring unfriendly at the person who had blocked her path. The other person's hand then brazenly gripped the barrel of her gun, forcibly deflecting her firing trajectory.

"...Captain Lin, I think I only joined your team as a temporary member, but our agreement doesn't say I need to obey you completely. My squad doesn't have that requirement for members transferred to other squads either. Aren't you going a bit too far?" By this point, Nancy was already losing her temper.

She was never a weak person; in fact, one could say she was strong-willed and extremely opinionated. Unless she changed herself, no one could sway her mind.

Her cooperation and obedience to Lin Maowu throughout this journey stemmed from her understanding of the necessity of her transfer here, and her recognition that Lin Maowu's command was beneficial to the entire team. However, this did not mean she would blindly follow his instructions.

Nancy hadn't forgotten that she was placed in this team as a hostage to ensure and strengthen the connection between the three teams. But her roots and the team she truly should protect were still Team R117.

She and Captain Tader had a great understanding; while they weren't exactly complementary, they were often unconsciously in sync since they started working together. Even now, when she had to leave her original team for another unfamiliar group for the sake of the plan, she knew Tader's decision at a glance.

If the other party has a request, she will naturally help them succeed.

As for Lin Maowu's ideas, they were not within her consideration, and their cooperation only went this far.

Unexpectedly, when she didn't want to say anything that would damage the relationship between the two teams, the other party rudely interfered, forcing her to directly break off relations.

Lin Maowu didn't care about the other party's rudeness at all. In fact, he didn't consider the other party as his team member either; they were just temporary needs, so naturally they wouldn't truly sacrifice for his side's interests.

But it doesn't matter who he uses, even if the other party has their own selfish motives and the group they want to serve, it doesn't prevent Lin Maowu from using them to achieve his goals.

So he became a little more patient and said, "Nancy, you need to understand that I don't mean to harm you. It's just that your reckless rushing around will further expose your team's position. And those guys from R186 aren't ordinary marksmen. You're taking too much risks."

Putting that aside, Nancy was immediately enraged by Lin Maowu's words: "But it's been more than half a week and we still haven't taken it down. Is there any point in continuing like this? Don't forget that our initial plan was to make them panic and expose their weaknesses."

"But after so much time, we're the ones who're worried about being exposed. Is it really necessary for us to continue like this? We might as well change our approach or strategy as soon as possible. Continuing like this will only lead us into an endless state of passivity," the girl said coldly.

Because this chaotic battle was completely different from what she had imagined, she was joining a completely unfamiliar team, facing strangers, and confronting a group of enemies whose backgrounds she didn't know. She also had to be constantly wary of her temporary teammates... All of this put a lot of pressure on Nancy.

Lin Maowu's unfathomable nature only deepened her fear and wariness.

Lin Maowu's lips curled into a straight line; he no longer wanted to associate with this member of the incompatible team. Thinking that it was almost time to replace members anyway, he was about to say something when... "Boom!"

Suddenly, Nancy's face turned pale, her body stiffened, and her hands, feet, and entire body were locked, rendering her unable to move. Her back slumped against the rocks, and she finally slid down and collapsed to the ground.

Her consciousness was somewhat hazy. She heard a chaotic sound coming from afar, which seemed to include the roar of Tader, which had abruptly stopped halfway through.

Then Lin Maowu appeared in her low line of sight, and said coldly, "I'm sorry, my men are still on the other side, so this is the only way."

At the same time, Tadel, struck by a bullet from an unknown location, froze and lost her ability to move. She only had time to glance at Pafra, who seemed equally shocked by the scene before her, and a terrifying thought suddenly occurred to her.

Please don't let it be...

However, it was too late. Pavla did not make a move, but Lin Maowu, who was hundreds of meters away, did.

It wasn't until the moment before she lost consciousness that she realized the so-called three-team alliance was likely a complete scam from beginning to end, a lie fabricated by Lin Maowu to make the other two teams work for him.

A triangle may seem like a stable structure, but ultimately, different sides can lead to different outcomes. Even if one side is missing, the remaining two sides can still form a relatively stable structure, and may even be more secure, with the sides parallel and not intersecting.

They were abandoned.

Lin Maowu was worried that R87 would take the opportunity to break the contract and make a move, so he took the initiative to kill Nancy, ruining R117's last chance. After eliminating the unstable factor, he seized the opportunity to rush to Pavla's side when he saw that something was wrong.

Aris and the others were already a bit far away, so they were too slow to react and lost the initiative. They could only watch helplessly as Lin Maowu tore up the contract and put Pavla back into his team, forcibly creating a "new contract"—although the other party was completely unprepared, Lin Maowu had obviously succeeded.

Such a series of events occurred in just half a minute, changing in an instant, and some of the teams didn't even have time to react.

By the time Aris realized what was wrong, it was too late; his sister had already rejoined Lin Maowu's group.

That's not the problem. The problem is that the other side recently eliminated Tader's squad using such ruthless tactics, and then preemptively detained Pavla. This made Aris realize the other side's fickleness and unscrupulousness.

Ares even had a feeling that his group might also be part of their scheme, and that if necessary, the other party would not hesitate to eliminate them.

Thus, Pavla's capture becomes a form of leverage for the opposing side. They will undoubtedly use this to strengthen the bond between the two teams until they no longer need them.

(End of this chapter)