The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

“Aiya, I didn’t mean to cause such a big mess. These soldiers are really terrifying; I almost got swallowed by that guy’s gaze.” Dennis closed the door to the control room, shutting out the terrifying figure. He leaned against the door, still shaken by the encounter.

Thinking about the scary man he had just sent off, Dennis was still a little unsettled.

He hadn’t expected things to escalate this much. He had only been casually messing around with the kids, never intending to cause any harm. But before he knew it, he’d stepped on a landmine and had the kids’ supervisor knocking on his door.

And what a tough one to deal with. Although they were from different systems, and Stark couldn’t really do much to him, that guy was seriously frightening when he got angry.

Fortunately, just as the tension reached its peak, the screen displayed that the trio of kids had been safely moved. Once the other side saw the result they wanted, they didn’t want to delay further and quickly withdrew. Dennis finally let out a sigh of relief.

After sending the troublemaker away, Dennis felt a little wronged. “I didn’t do anything wrong, so why did this have to happen…?”

But, honestly, wasn’t this for the best? Although the process had been a bit painful, he had also prepared a surprise gift for the kids. If they used those things properly, their upcoming matches would be a breeze, and they’d have an easy win.

Really, no one understands his good intentions.

What was this called? Hmm, using a term from the past era of the China Dynasty, it could be described as “overprotection.” Yes, that’s it—overprotection. The kids really should experience some hardship to grow into strong individuals.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was right. Dennis, somewhat helplessly, shook his head and returned to the control room. Before long, he was immersed back in monitoring the entire arena, quickly forgetting about the earlier incident. After all, this was his main job.

Just as Dennis was about to start preparations for the next round of the competition, a light brain communication suddenly came through.

The person who had just appeared calm and collected instantly wiped the indifference from his face and became serious and focused.

He no longer paid attention to the people and events on the monitoring screen and quickly activated his light brain. “Hello, this is Dennis. How can I help you?”

“Is this Dennis Sullivan…?” A very unfamiliar voice came through from the other end of the light brain.

Dennis looked a bit confused, as he couldn’t quite place the voice.

While working, he usually closed the light brain to stay focused and avoid outside distractions.

However, due to his special position, he couldn’t afford to completely cut off communication with the outside world. So, he had set up a few special contacts who could reach him even when the light brain was turned off.

Generally, these special contacts were limited to a few people from whom Dennis couldn’t refuse communication. If someone contacted him at this time, it was bound to be something important.

Considering the recent chaos in this region, Dennis automatically assumed that the military side must be giving him some orders, as he was considered an “outsider” in these matters.

But to his surprise, when he answered the call, the voice was entirely unfamiliar. This was highly unusual, because these special contacts always had fixed personnel for communication.

Even if there had been a change, he would have been informed immediately—there was no way this situation should have happened.

So, who exactly was this unknown voice?

Dennis glanced at the light brain’s contact display: Military Industrial Contact Center C-end – 45853. That’s right, this was indeed the connection point through which the center usually reached him.

“Who are you?” Dennis asked cautiously.

There was a brief pause on the other end, as if the person hadn’t expected this reaction, before they responded, “It’s not important who I am.”

A riddle? The way the voice spoke was completely different from how the contact center usually communicated. Dennis was sure of that.

“I’ll tell you who I am later,” the voice continued. “But right now, I want to discuss something with you… The resource box at the supply point earlier—were you the one operating it?”

Dennis felt a jolt of unease. Something about this didn’t feel right.

“Y-yes…” He suddenly realized that he may have made a rather irrational decision earlier.

“Good, you’re being honest. What happened earlier was quite interesting, and my children have been well taken care of by you…”

At this point, even Dennis, as clueless as he might be, understood why the other person had contacted him. His heart began to race uncontrollably. No way—

The contact center was a special military intelligence and communication organization that was under military supervision. Only soldiers who were serving the military and had been certified could use this system. It was designed to help military superiors quickly and accurately transmit orders and conduct real-time communication.

Of course, not just anyone or any matter could use this system to get in touch. The contact center was usually reserved for urgent military documents, specific conscription orders, and messages directly from senior officers with sufficient rank to bypass regular channels and contact the center directly.

So, unless something unexpected had happened, the person on the other end of the light brain…

It was game over!

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Back in the instructor’s seats, Stark pressed his lips together, calmed himself, and returned to watching the game.

The other instructors remained seated, paying close attention to the students’ every move. They had been aware of the situation’s development even before Stark, and regardless of their private thoughts, at least on the surface, everyone was relieved that the situation had turned out to be less dangerous than expected.

Instructor Tan let out a sigh of relief, finally able to relax the tension that had been hanging over him. With some irritation, he said, “That Dennis really doesn’t know his place. This isn’t a playground for him. What if something had happened? There were still—” That person’s son! Truly reckless!

“Everything’s fine now, it’s fine,” Captain Lin Qi said, trying to calm Tan down. “If I’m not mistaken, someone is definitely handling the situation on that side. Let’s just continue watching. But I don’t know… it still feels off to me.” He looked at the three figures in the darkness on the screen, still a bit puzzled.

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What does “turning a corner” or “bouncing back from rock bottom” really mean? Today, Jiang Hui had a deep, firsthand experience of both.

After their “rollercoaster” journey, Jiang Hui and her team had drastically lowered their expectations. At this point, all they hoped for was to leave the supply point safely. That was really all they wanted.

They never expected that the resource vehicle would take them to such a place in the end.

Looking at the large and small boxes, their shadows cast in the dim light, the three of them hesitated for a moment, then instinctively moved closer and opened the nearest one.

Surrounding the box, they all peered inside, and the moment they saw what was in it, they were instantly overwhelmed, as if the whole world tilted for a second.

They were suffocating.

Could this… could this all be supplies?!

Huan Xian was the first to walk over to the other side, choosing another box. With a “click,” he opened the lid, and as he gazed at the contents, he was momentarily dazed.

“Ding ding, friendly reminder: You have 15 star minutes remaining before you are teleported out of the supply point~~” By the end of the announcement, even the mechanical voice couldn’t hold back, and a slight human-like emotion leaked through.