Chapter 37 (1/2)

Lucia leaned her head on Qin Hao’s shoulder and whispered a few words. At last, after Lucia left, Qin Hao reluctantly returned to his room.

Lying on the bed and switching channels mindlessly, he had no idea what he was looking for. He simply could not rest his mind.

Right then, someone knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” Qin Hao asked.

“I am looking for Qin Hao,” a man replied outside.

“Just a moment!” Qin Hao got out of bed. As he opened the door, he saw a young military officer standing outside. At twenty-something, not much older than Qin Hao, this young military officer was already a captain.

“Are you Qin Hao?” The captain was polite.

“Yes, Sir!” Qin Hao immediately replied with a salute, since the military officer was higher ranked than he was.

“General Rice is asking for you. Come with me.” That captain was courteous and smiling. But his haughty attitude was plain to see, judging by the fact that he did not bother to introduce himself.

“Yes, Sir!” Qin Hao knew that the captain looked down on him, but what could he do? The military officer was a captain, multiple ranks higher than he was.

He followed the young captain, walking past a long corridor and taking a twenty-minute ride on a hovercar to come to the bridge of the Federal Honor.

As the hatch hissed open, the captain stepped into the bridge of the Federal Honor with Qin Hao followed closely behind.

“Wow!” Qin Hao was coming to the bridge of a flagship for the first time. Looking through the giant pane of windows, he could see the stars outside. Giant monitors were displaying various information that a private like Qin Hao had no idea what that data meant.

The captain came in front of the command station and saluted a few middle-aged men in white military uniform. “General, Qin Hao is here!”

One officer, blond-haired, nodded. He then turned to look at Qin Hao. “So, you are Qin Hao?”

“That’s right, General!” Qin Hao stepped out and saluted. He had never met this middle-aged man before, but he knew from the insignia that this man was a Major General.

“Very good, kid!” That blond-haired general smiled. “My name is Rice, captain of the Federal Honor, interim commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Federal Navy,” he self-introduced.

“Good to see you, Sir!” Qin Hao saluted for the second time.

“Please be at ease. I need to find out something from you,” Rice said with a smile.

“Yes, Sir!” Qin Hao nodded.

“Professor Palmer said you have special intel about the mystery of the missing soldiers in the Coales Valley, right?” Rice’s question had also attracted the other high-ranking officers’ attention.

“That’s right, Sir!” Qin Hao turned on his battlefield recorder and projected the footage.