The Captain of Celestial Punishment fell silent.
His emotions were suppressed by his chip, and he eventually gave a slow nod.
"Understood, Young Master. It was my mistake!"
After their extensive modifications, the entire Celestial Punishment squad retained only the most basic human responses. Even their emotions were controlled by chips.
This ensured they wouldn't make mistakes by acting on emotion. Of course, there were downsides too.
Just a moment ago, for instance, the Captain of Celestial Punishment had used the combat chip implanted in his brain to run a detailed analysis of the situation. He discovered that capturing their target alive and unharmed was virtually impossible. It might even put Sun Lingchen in danger.
And in his command hierarchy, protecting Sun Lingchen's safety was the top priority.
That was why he had directly issued the launch command through the combat network.
But he hadn't expected Wu Liangchen's strength to exceed his calculations.
