Chapter Twelve Mysterious Guest

While waiting, Qi An drifted off to sleep.

She was exhausted that day, but the experience made her realize that there was still much room for improvement in her survival skills, so she dreamed of running with a heavy load.

In my dream, there were also those pale walls that appeared countless times, the screams of despair, and my father's disappointed and accusing face.

But the dream left no trace, and the night passed in silence.

Qi Anshou was able to sleep for four hours straight on his last night. When he was woken up, he was already very energetic and chatted with Yu Shuang around the campfire about all sorts of military gossip.

As dawn broke, Tang Long got up and happily went out to gather firewood and hunt, preparing to stew a pot of hot chicken soup for everyone to warm them up.

The morning mist in the forest was between dark blue and dark green. Yu Shuang poked the fire and yawned, while Qi An stood up and stretched gently.

She froze halfway through her stretch because she suddenly felt that there seemed to be something behind the trunk of a poplar tree in the distance!

Is there anything there?

Qi An wasn't quite sure; it was too quiet all around. The only two sounds were Tang Long's receding footsteps and the crackling of the fire.

Qi An blinked repeatedly, as if he could only see his own breath and the silent morning scenery in the forest.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but as she was about to sit down again, she saw a figure seemingly appear out of thin air behind the poplar tree!

Qi An was startled!

Yu Shuang noticed and immediately stood up to ask, "What's wrong?"

She saw the figure the next second, raised her gun, and asked, "Who goes there?"

The shout woke everyone up, and the figure in the woods landed completely silently, like a gray shadow, and arrived at the campsite in just a few steps.

He spotted the invisible nanowires in the camp from the direction of the "door"!

Yu Shuang's expression became even more serious.

The team worked together seamlessly. The awakened team members, along with Tang Long, pointed guns at him from different directions.

The atmosphere was silent and tense, but it was only then that Qi An saw the person clearly.

He was very tall, his dark gray camouflage jacket was open, revealing a black, tight-fitting combat suit underneath. The hood and tactical mask almost completely covered his face, leaving only a pair of long, slender eyebrows and beautiful, dark eyes visible.

Qi An was momentarily stunned; her eyes were like a frozen lake—it was the first time she had ever seen eyes and brows more beautiful than the vice-captain's!

As dawn broke and the forest brightened, the man's tall and handsome figure gradually became clear in the morning light. In this light, the chilling aura that had come with the frost was somewhat diluted.

The mysterious man spoke up: "I am codenamed 'Dove,' here to coordinate a mission with the Wind Riding Team 2 at the Central Plains Base No. 3."

Everyone was taken aback; it was the boy's voice!

Yu Shuang realized what was happening and said, "Say the command, take off your mask!"

Last night, after Wei Fengduo finished his meeting, he did indeed give her new task instructions.

The mission has been changed to: infiltrate behind enemy lines to search for the mother nest location, but the actual search work will be taken over by someone else; their job is to provide support for this person.

The man removed his hood and mask, saying, "We shall never meet again."

What a young man! His black hair was soft and thick, and his face was fair. However, his features were sharp, and his eyes were too stern, making him appear both youthful and mature, with a unique temperament.

“Moving like the stars Shen and Shang,” Yu Shuang added.

With the password correct, she took out her tablet and carefully compared the photo in the mission message with the person's face, confirming that they were exactly the same. She then had him verify his fingerprints before everyone put down their guns.

Then this person is a teammate.

The mission to search for the mother nest deep behind enemy lines was carried out by a young boy, and he was all alone! The rest of the team were very curious about him.

He spoke very little, only exchanging mission-related information with the two captains.

After the conversation, I invited him to have breakfast together. The boy initially refused, but couldn't resist Yu Shuang's enthusiasm and sat down in silence.

Time was limited, so they couldn't cook meat. Tang Long simply used a small bag of compressed vegetables he had brought to make soup, which was just as delicious as Qi An's.

"Dove" sat on a dead tree stump in the corner, creating a distinct and separate small space from the other two teams.

His posture remained habitually straight, but he held the bowl with both hands. When his dark eyebrows were blurred by the steam, he revealed a touch of youthful softness and naivety.

After a hot breakfast, everyone was full of energy. The convoy expanded to three vehicles, bypassed the service station checkpoint, and headed north.

This is heading towards Hualin County.

Since the mission continues, going deep behind enemy lines is inevitable, but only Jiu is truly going deep. Team 2 is tasked with getting him to a closer and relatively safer drop-off point.

The drone replenished its battery from the dove and flew in the sky to scout ahead, while the team members chatted animatedly on their walkie-talkies.

"Who on earth is this guy? He was practically touching our faces this morning, and I, with my excellent hearing, didn't even notice! Does our base not have such a person?" Zhuang Xiao asked impatiently.

Yu Shuang was a little dejected, because she had experienced what true elites were like, which somewhat damaged her confidence.

"From the new student base, enhanced rating SA, that's all I know, even the name is kept secret," she said.

"Holy crap!" Zhuang Xiao's reaction was intense. "The freshman base! Is that the freshman base?!"

Qi An completely understood Zhuang Xiao's surprise and mentally exclaimed the same "Holy crap!"

All bases are designated according to their geographical location, and the North 1 base is no exception.

However, the new student base is called the new student base because, although it is one of the base groups under the leadership of the North 1 Base, it was privately established.

The new base is located in the cold northeastern region and consists of a main base with a population of one million and seven satellite bases.

The harsh climate and vast areas of ice and snow severely weaken the combat power of the Fallen Insects. The new base is built in a frigid region. Although there are difficulties, the defensive pressure is very small. Over the years, it has been able to develop rapidly and can be said to be far ahead in the field of biotechnology.

Currently, the most effective drugs for suppressing pollution, such as "Gan Ning" tablets and blocking agents, are mostly produced by the New Life Base. It is said that the New Life Base also performs two enhancement surgeries, which can effectively induce secondary mutations in human genes and increase the enhancement value.

However, it was also said that the surgical mortality rate was very high and the research process might not be so humane.

Qi An thought that if this person was from the new student base, his base was thousands of miles away from here, so he must have been carrying out a mission nearby before being sent to liaise with them.

That is to say, when Wei Fengduo from the General Team went to the meeting, he not only met with the base's senior management, but this matter also attracted the attention of the North 1 Base!

Otherwise, how could we coordinate manpower across bases so quickly?

She gained a new understanding of their mission—it might actually be a big one!