Chapter 52 Recruiting Reinforcements

The convoy on the other side stopped 50 meters away and didn't move for several minutes.

The two sides remained silent and locked in a standoff. Qi An patted Zhuang Xiao on the shoulder.

Zhuang Xiao understood and leaned out of the car window to call out, "Are the guys on the other side also from the base?"

The rain was pattering, but Zhuang Xiao's voice was as loud as a suona horn. After a half-minute pause, a clear male voice answered, "Yes."

Hearing a pure human voice on this dark, rainy night is incredibly exciting!

"Since we've met by chance here, let's make way, brothers, please go ahead," Zhuang Xiao said.

The male voice seemed to chuckle: "Thanks!" After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Are you brothers heading west?"

"yes."

The tone on the other end became a bit serious: "Brothers, there are Fallen Insects to the west, be careful."

Zhuang Xiao immediately asked, "Did you come from the road to the south? Where did you see the Fallen Insects? How many were there?"

"About 60 kilometers to the west, there is a fork in the road. We saw hundreds of insects on the mountain at the fork in the road. They went to the road to the north."

"If you want to leave, take the southern route. The northern route is impassable, and you might be able to avoid those insects there."

The clear male voice explained in great detail, with obvious goodwill.

The information about "hundreds" of animals, coupled with the apprentice priests clearly seen by Qi'an's drone, intensified the anxiety among the four people in the car!

The oncoming convoy didn't intend to stop and started their cars.

"I wish you all a successful mission and a safe return home!" a clear male voice shouted.

The two parties passed each other, and although they both expressed goodwill, they were still wary of each other, leaving a 1-meter distance between them as they passed.

But by the light of the car headlights, in that fleeting moment when they passed each other, Qi An caught a glimpse of the man's profile in the passenger seat of the SUV.

She was stunned!

Dove?

God of War, Dove?!

Qi An was incredulous, then overjoyed!

She hesitated for only half a second, then rolled down the car window before the car drove past and called out, "Jiu? Chen Xi?"

The second "Chen Xi" was spoken very softly, and Qi An was unsure whether Jiu was a secret intelligence agent or whether his name was kept secret.

The car didn't stop, but the man in the passenger seat turned his head.

The two cars had already passed each other. Qi An leaned out of the car window, and the man's face turned towards her, looking at her.

Their gazes met through the night and rain; the man raised an eyebrow slightly, while Qi An frowned.

Not Chen Xi?

Eighty percent similar, two-tenths dissimilar?

The night was too dark and the rain was too heavy. Qi An thought he hadn't seen clearly, so he stuck his head out even further, but Su Qingran pulled him back!

"Don't get wet in the rain!"

But during that brief moment, the car on the other side stopped.

The two cars were less than half a meter apart at the rear. The man in the passenger seat opened the door, held up a black umbrella through the rain, and looked down at Qi An: "Were you calling me just now? Do you know me?"

This time, Qi An was certain that he was not Chen Xi.

His voice was deep and magnetic, the timbre of a grown man.

He was tall and wore a pure black windbreaker that, for some reason, fit him very well, making him appear even more robust and muscular than the young Chen Xi.

However, their faces are still too similar, with sharp, angular contours and three-dimensional features that are almost identical.

The man before her had deeper eyes, but his gaze lacked the intense chilling murderous intent.

"Sorry, I might have called the wrong person. I know someone who looks a lot like you," Qi An said.

Her gaze swept over the man's upright posture and the bulging pistol shape at his waist, and she asked, "Excuse me, are you comrades from the freshman base?"

The man asked, "The person you know who looks a lot like me is named 'Dove'? How do you know him?"

“We did missions with him; he was very strong, and I remember him well,” Qi An said. She then asked, “You two look so alike. Is he your younger brother?”

The man lowered his gaze slightly, a faint smile playing on his lips: "...Yes, we are indeed from the freshman base. And you are?"

"I'm from Central Plains Base No. 3, and we're carrying out a transport mission that started from North 1."

Our vehicle became separated from the main force due to unforeseen circumstances. The main force is currently under attack, and we must return to provide reinforcements.

Qi An kept looking into the eyes of the man holding the umbrella; she had a gut feeling that he was very strong.

Jiu is a war god. If this person is his brother, then he is at least no less capable than the captain or Li Yi.

The man seemed somewhat interested, and looked down at Qi An.

Qi An felt that he had seen through her intentions and seemed to be waiting for her to say them.

She pleaded earnestly and said softly, "There are many enemies, and our comrades are in great danger. Comrade, would you like to come with us to rescue them?"

She lowered herself considerably, the rain curtain stretching to the sky and the earth. She clung to the car window, her snow-white face slightly tilted back, her large, star-like eyes gazing expectantly at the man outside.

The man seemed to smile, raised the umbrella slightly, and nodded, saying, "Okay."

"Thank you! My name is Qi An. These are my companions Yang Yuning, Zhuang Xiao, and Su Qingran. May I ask your names?"

"Chen Yuezhou," the man said.

He returned to his car, and the young man in the driver's seat with a clear voice called out, "My name is Xu Le!"

He turned his head, his smile turning into surprise: "Boss, are you really going to help them kill the bugs?"

We just met them on the road, strangers, and we're expected to help them kill insects?

That was so sudden!

Chen Yuezhou didn't explain anything; he rarely did. He simply ordered, "Turn around."

We're all human, so it's okay to lend a hand if we meet; he doesn't mind taking up a little time.

Moreover, it was quite a coincidence that the group of people they encountered by chance in the wilderness had actually crossed paths with 'Jiu'.

He was quite interested.

Xu Le obeyed the order and turned around, but said with some concern, "Boss, your spirits..."

Chen Yuezhou glanced at him, his gaze indifferent.

Xu Le kept his head down and drove, remaining silent.

The three people in Qi An's car were still a little dazed.

So reinforcements have arrived?

I clearly saw hundreds of fallen insects, so why did they agree so readily?

Xu Le turned the car around, and the two cars drove side by side. Qi An switched to a radio channel and exchanged Starlink communication codes with the other party.

She briefly explained the difficulties of the two routes, and Chen Yuezhou said, "Let's take the tunnel."

Qi An couldn't figure out how the other party got through the tunnel until the two cars had already reached the tunnel entrance.

Because of the rain, more water flowed out of this end of the tunnel, and the water volume of the small waterfall on the side of the cliff increased sharply.

A short, stocky middle-aged man got out of a light truck, carrying a plastic jug, and entered the tunnel.

He came out a moment later and said, "Wait 3 to 5 minutes, and all the living things in the water will die. You can wear filter masks and swim across."

Qi An stared in disbelief.

Is this even possible?

Is this the biopharmaceutical strength of the newborn base?