Chapter 1108 - Done Playing With Fire (hold (1/2)

“Fei, thank you very much, for what you have done today. As you can see, things had been hectic. I am sorry for not being able to tend to you. May I suggest that you stay here for a few days. Please allow us to repay your kindness. I do wish to extend my apologies to the Martial Artists Alliance for our wrongdoing,” said Yang Xiao. Their intent, although was not obvious, was to have Jiang Fei be in close proximity for a few days. The entire base was severely lacking in manpower. They were afraid that if the Androids returned, Jiang Fei would not be there to deal with them.

“Hmm. Might as well,” said Jiang Fei, agreeing nonchalantly. 0542 was offline for the time being and without its guidance, Jiang Fei would not be able to move forward. Isabella was not feeling at her best. Her weakened state was not suitable for any means of travel.

“Get Jiang Fei a room, please,” Yang Xiao ordered the service personnel.

All Level 5 and Level 4 Androids in the base were already taken care of. Those that remained were Androids with only core programming. When the rebellion was closed, they were still able to control them. Now, these Androids were just empty shells, slaves to their original programming.

At the current point, there were more humans than Androids in the base. A good number of them were completely oblivious to the Android rebellion since only the top brass were the ones being held against their will. These men were startled by the self-destruct sequence but once the danger was averted, they returned to their posts like all military men.

The base was not operating at an optimal level since the main generator was rendered inoperative. It took several hours before the engineers managed to get everything back to work.

Yang Xiao and the other top brass had learned their lesson. They had enough of playing with fire and issued a decree to stop all research and developments regarding the Supreme Android Project. All the remaining Androids in the base were decommissioned and were hastily replaced with humans. There was a plan. After everything was fixed, all Androids, even not operating ones would be destroyed. They, much like the Namekians, had learned their lesson. Once they had a taste of how the Androids rebelled, they would always be on the alert, never to repeat the same mistake again.

“Fei, I have something that I need to ask of you,” said Yang Xiao, when Jiang Fei, Ariel, and Isabella were resting in their room.

“What’s the matter?”

“We had a discussion and we had concluded that the threat of the Androids was still imminent. Even though their new leader was not interested in humans, as leaders of China, we cannot hope to live on the mercy of those machines and if we believe there’s a one percent chance that they pose a threat, we have to take it as an absolute certainty.”

“I’m not hearing a question,” said Jiang Fei with a straight face. Jiang Fei had never liked to deal with politicians. General Yang might not be one but his demeanor reeks of their kind—the kind which would twist and turn their words, beating around the bush.

“Alright. I’ll be frank-”

“You should have,” Jiang Fei interrupted.

“Fine. We would like you to contact the martial artists. We want to come clean and apologize for our past mistakes. Secondly, we would like to work together with them.”

Whether was it Yang Xiao or the other important high brass, they knew that Jiang Fei alone would not serve as a deterrent to Androids threats. They needed someone else to chip in as well. Jiang Fei might be playing along for now but what’s to say he would be there when the Androids return?