By the time Thora returned to the base, everyone was already waiting. "Boss." Tristan was the first to emerge from the shadows. He looked at Thora with undisguised intensity. At the same time, everyone else stepped out. Over the past few months, each person had undergone earth-shattering changes. But without exception, everyone looked more battle-hardened. This was especially evident in Harvey, Ashton, and Luke. Six months ago, these three were still students, but now they'd completely shed that student vibe and were no different from veterans with years of service. Even Luke, who had been physically weaker before, had grown significantly stronger. His wolf spirit was increasingly refined and powerful, fully capable of keeping up with high-intensity operations. "Look, Thora just won a ton of money again. That'll last us a good while." Shirley tossed the pile of cash onto a nearby table. Instantly, the bills scattered into a heap. Ashton rushed forward with excited whoops. "Boss, you're amazing! When are you gonna teach me how to do that?" Luke pushed up his glasses, pondering seriously. "Why do I feel like the boss is bankrolling us?" Dominic nodded. "If I could choose how long this lasts, I'd say forever." Harvey cleared his throat to interrupt them. "Boss, what's the mission this time?" Harvey's question immediately brought them back on topic, and everyone's joking demeanor turned serious. "This time, our mission is to sabotage the Ciphers' arms dealers' partnerships with other forces and secure a partnership between the Astralis Empire and the Ciphers." As Thora spoke, she glanced at Luke. Luke immediately opened his laptop and began typing in a string of commands. "Boss, shouldn't this kind of thing be handled by the Astralis Empire's specialized diplomatic teams?" Tristan had spent a long time in the military, so he understood these things well. Thora nodded. She knew that across Blue Star's Chaules, there were three major top-tier arms dealers, and the Ciphers was one of them. In the early days, when primitive werewolf tribes shed their savage nature and entered modern civilization, firearms replaced cold weapons. These three arms dealers had established themselves by controlling core mineral resources and forging techniques, passing down their trade for hundreds of years. Now every empire had its own military factories, but the core special alloys and energy weapon components all had to come from these three arms dealers. They'd long had an alliance not to undercut each other while also being kept in check by various nations. No one dared let a single arms dealer become dominant, because if they cut off supply, an empire's entire weapons system would collapse. "You're right, but this time, the situation is more complicated," Thora said gravely, relaying Hugo's intel. "Besides forces from various empires, there are also irregular forces involved. Mercenaries, thief syndicates, and others." After a pause, Thora looked at Ashton and Harvey. "If the intel is correct, Greywolf will also show up." At the mention of Greywolf, the expressions of those who'd been at Astralis College all changed. Those two words were like an old nightmare for them. Luke's typing fingers paused.He still remembered that man's face staring at him through the surveillance feed, as if gripping his heart in a suffocating, terrifying hold. Thora's heart quickened, and she looked forward to encountering her old adversary. And she had a premonition that during this mission, she might encounter ability users. These past months, she'd continuously increased training intensity precisely to push Harvey and the others closer to awakening abilities. In the apocalypse, ordinary werewolves could evolve abilities through brutal combat with mutant werewolves. There was no reason it couldn't work in this timeline. As long as they broke through their physical limits, they'd have the potential to awaken abilities. Whether it was the ability enhancement substance her grandfather had given her or the bullets imbued with abilities that Mirage Corsairs used, everything indicated there were more ability users in this timeline than she'd expected. Their future opponents would most likely all be ability users with awakened wolf spirits like Lance. She had to prepare early ...