Around 8 PM, the person Mr. Xie sent to Hong Kong to pick up the blueprints arrived.

Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi arrived at the Xiangjiang pier early in the morning and waited. So, as soon as they saw the ship enter the pier, the two of them quickly walked towards the pier.

Both of them were disguised, and Du Sheng couldn't recognize them at all.

However, Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi recognized him.

Looking at the person walking out of the cabin, a look of surprise flashed in Lu Lingxiao's eyes, followed by understanding.

That makes sense. For something this important, the old leader would definitely send the most trustworthy person to Hong Kong. The members of the special team are selected through layers of screening and repeated tests, and they meet all the requirements before they can be chosen.

Even if one of them fails to meet the standard, the candidate will be eliminated.

As the captain of the special team, Du Sheng is exceptionally capable and skilled. Sending him to bring these blueprints back to Beijing and hand them over to the leadership is the most suitable and reliable option.

Just as Du Chen was about to walk past them, Lu Lingxiao quickly called out to him softly, "Old Du, where are you going?"

Du Sheng paused for a moment upon hearing the voice, then turned around.

He looked at the two strangers in front of him and quickly sized them up. He couldn't see anything familiar about them. If it weren't for the fact that the voice was indeed familiar to him, he would have suspected that someone had leaked the information and was deliberately waiting for him at the dock.

"Old Lu?"

Du Sheng tried to call out softly, while his inner alarm bells went off, and he became highly alert.

Lu Lingxiao's lips twitched slightly, and he said in a low voice, "No doubt, it's me. Let's go, let's talk in the car."

Upon hearing the voice, Du Sheng was certain it was Lu Lingxiao.

He exhaled a long breath, his wariness dissipated, and he followed Lu Lingxiao and Feng Zhiyi toward the shore.

Once inside the car, he immediately started complaining, "I was almost scared to death by your outfit! I knew it! The fact that the old chief sent me to Hong Kong was clearly a secret. Besides the three old chiefs, only I knew about it. There was no way anyone else could have known my whereabouts..."

Lu Lingxiao explained, "We're just being cautious. Hong Kong is in complete chaos today, with foreigners everywhere on the streets. Their things are gone, and their research base is gone too. Those people have completely gone mad by now."

"No, what exactly did you two do?"

Du Sheng was full of doubts. The old commander only told him to come to Hong Kong to find Lu Lingxiao to get the blueprints. After getting the blueprints, he should take the ship back to the mainland that night and then take a military plane from the Huashi military base back to Beijing.

They said there was no time to lose.

Apart from that, the old commander didn't say anything to him, nor did he tell him what the situation was or where those blueprints came from.

"Actually, it's nothing much. My wife and I accidentally touched the automatic detonation switch when we were getting the blueprints at that base. The research base that the Y country spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build was completely gone overnight."

Lu Lingxiao spoke so casually, with a smile in his eyes, but Du Sheng, sitting in the back seat, was stunned when he heard these words.

His eyes were wide open, staring intently at Lu Lingxiao's face, speechless.

Should we listen to what this guy is saying?

He spoke of hundreds of millions of dollars as casually as if they were mere cents or dimes, without a trace of pressure.

If he were one of those foreigners, upon learning that his research base, built at great expense, had been destroyed, he would search to the ends of the earth to find the culprit.

"You two are really..."

Du Sheng pinched the bridge of his nose, momentarily at a loss for how to present them.

They were incredibly audacious to go to the territory of the Y country and steal things on their own.

Not only did they take away the hard work of those foreigners, they also blew up their research base...

Lu Lingxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, we weren't discovered by anyone when we went there. Besides, my wife and I both changed our appearances before we went."

After he finished speaking, he looked at his own Zhizhi.

Feng Zhiyi instantly understood.

She picked up the black briefcase from under her seat, turned around, and handed it to Du Sheng. "Everything is in here, Team Leader Du. There are over a hundred blueprints in the bag, so please make sure to keep them safe and don't lose them."

Upon hearing this, Du Sheng immediately promised, "Don't worry, I will definitely bring it safely back to Beijing and hand it over to the old chief."

Feng Zhiyi nodded and turned around.

"Should we leave tonight, or rest for the night and leave tomorrow?" Lu Lingxiao asked, glancing at the time again. It was 8:40 PM, and a ship was scheduled to pass through the flower market at 9:00 PM.

Du Sheng replied, "I'll be leaving soon. I found out before I came that there's a ferry from Hong Kong to the Flower Market at nine o'clock. I'll take the nine o'clock ferry back."

These blueprints are so important that every extra night he stays in Hong Kong increases the uncertainty. So he should hurry back to hand them over to his superior and complete the mission.

"Okay, then I won't keep you."

Lu Lingxiao nodded, then handed him several insulated containers containing food, "Hurry up and eat your dinner, otherwise you won't have any to eat once you get on the ship."

"Thank you!"

Du Sheng was hungry, so he thanked him, opened his lunchbox, took out his chopsticks, and quickly started eating.

The meal was plentiful, including crispy duck, braised prawns, crystal shrimp dumplings, and green vegetables—four dishes in total.

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