The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 353 Remember
There were only three people there. Hillman went outside to make a call and then disappeared.

Excluding Jiang Hui, whom we already know, and Zhou Xiuwen, whose identity can be confirmed, the remaining person should be the special reserve cadre of the military.

The moment the other party glanced at him, even a veteran like August felt a little uncomfortable. It wasn't because of his so-called imposing manner... No matter how strong the imposing manner of a teenager is, it's not that he's unique in the entire empire.

This person also has a complicated background... In such a powerful and advanced interstellar era, shouldn't enjoying family happiness and stability be the norm? Why is it that in recent years, there have always been so many outstanding individuals from such families... It's lamentable and makes one sigh at the cruel twists of fate.

However, those things happened much earlier, many years ago, long before August joined the army, so he had only heard a little about them and didn't know the details.

Putting aside his complicated background, what is even more remarkable is his talent; otherwise, the military would not have made an exception to promote a teenager who is not yet of advanced school age.

It should be noted that before him, the military's "reserve cadres" only existed in the mouths of high-ranking officers, and would not have been openly circulated in the military or become a clearly defined title.

But in his case, it was precisely this: someone not fully awakened joining the army, being assigned a top-level mission beyond their rank, being proposed for a military rank, and having a clearly defined reserve cadre title… all of these things happened to one person. Each one had its own logic and was reasonable, but when put together and all of them happened to the same person, it was indeed quite striking.

Moreover, since he was brought back to the military, within just a few years, many strange things about him have been reported in the military, and he has indeed accomplished a lot of great things.

That's why August thought the other person was a very scary person.

Before meeting this person, he and some colleagues had made many guesses, thinking that even if the other person was not as imposing as his direct elders, he should at least look like a promising young man. No one expected that the other person was actually a young man not much older than his younger brother. Although he could be described as having a calm temperament, he still had obvious immaturity in his features.

As they were talking, another student who had gone outside to connect the quantum computer returned, and the atmosphere immediately became lively when the four of them got together.

If you didn't know their identities, at first glance it would look like a scene of a few ordinary teenagers meeting.

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The escape, which lasted only a few weeks, was not a long time, but it was extremely dangerous for the two who were unarmed and even injured.

Upon hearing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief for Jiang Hui and Clarence. They finally understood that the best they could achieve was for Clarence to be safely lying in the emergency room receiving treatment, a result of Jiang Hui's desperate efforts. A slight mishap could have easily led to a much worse situation.

Especially after hearing that the two had almost been dragged down by someone with ulterior motives, everyone, including Huan Xian who had been silent since they first met, showed an indescribable look of disgust. Of course, the object of their disgust was the guy who had probably already died in the chaos, reaping what he sowed.

Jiang Hui didn't think it was a big deal, since the person was already dead. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. He had paid the price for the choices he had made, so naturally he wouldn't waste time remembering that old grudge. In doing so, he narrowed his own mind as well.

Instead, the group was particularly angry about what Jiang Hui and the others had gone through.

"...So there really are people in this world who harm others for no reason." Hillman was still indignant.

Although he was the first to meet up with Jiang Hui and Clarence, he hadn't heard about this matter from Jiang Hui either. Just hearing about it now made him angry, let alone running into such awful people as Jiang Hui and Clarence.

Zhou Xiuwen and Huan Xian finally understood how the two had gradually fallen into such a terrible and helpless situation. It was nothing but bad luck and coincidence, but fortunately, they weren't unlucky to the end. "...It's good that you're alright." Zhou Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows didn't relax much, and he still looked very serious.

God knows how close his heart nearly jumped out of his chest when he spotted Jiang Hui and the other person in the screenshot. Especially when he was nervously tracking them from behind, and finally watched helplessly as the two were caught in the vortex and locked onto by the falling mechs, his soul almost left his body.

Seeing his friend in danger, he could only stay in the command post and couldn't go anywhere.

Even though he had so many people at his disposal and seemed to have the power of life and death, he still couldn't actually mobilize these forces at will.

In the end, these people weren't doing this because they valued him, but because they were helping him out of respect for his father, something Zhou Xiuwen was well aware of.

So at one point, he truly hated his own powerlessness.

This made him question the meaning of what he was doing for the first time.

—If someone possesses power but cannot protect the people or things they care about, what is the point of having that power?

He used these powers to achieve the results desired by countless people, yet they were ineffective when he tried to do what he wanted. Could the power he possessed truly be called 'his power'? Or was he merely a tool, a meaningless puppet used to inherit power?
Zhou Xiuwen felt he needed to think things through again, to think about the mission he had always believed in, and to think about the future he had taken for granted... Perhaps things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Jiang Hui thought Zhou Xiuwen had simply finished dealing with the matters inside and was just turning back, but in fact he insisted on going to the hospital to see his two injured friends, which is why Zong Ting and the others came along.

This was also Zhou Xiuwen's personal wish, and it was the first time he realized that the power of his own will was truly great, far exceeding his own expectations.

When he saw Jiang Hui again, he had so many things he wanted to say and so many emotions he wanted to express. But when he actually saw her and saw her standing there in front of him, perfectly fine... he didn't know where to begin. In the end, he could only say a simple, "It's good that you're alright."

A thousand words can be summed up in one sentence, yet only he knows the complexity of his emotions.

Huan Xian wasn't talkative, or rather, he was mostly silent and unpretentious when he was with Jiang Hui and the others. He rarely joined in the conversation, but he never let his companions forget his presence.

He didn't say much during their conversation, only slightly raising his eyes when Jiang Hui looked over.

He glanced at Jiang Hui's exposed hands and feet and asked softly, "Have the wounds been treated?"

"Hmm, it's nothing serious. I already treated it at the treatment center." Jiang Hui followed his gaze and then slightly moved her joints over the large scrapes on her left hand and ankle to show that she had only suffered superficial injuries.

But as she moved her hands and feet, her belongings inevitably moved as well, especially an item in her pocket that made a slight noise as she shook it.

(End of this chapter)