Following this line of thought, there are only two options.

One option is to get Bao'er out, then find a way to bypass the guards' inspection and registration, and bring her back to the base.

Another option is to keep Bao'er at the base and create a fake record of Bao'er leaving the base.

Before Xia Chuhe could make up her mind, her wristwatch received a message from Wang Yan: "Sister Xia, my guild has a mission to collect core information about dungeons. The reward is quite generous. Can I write about the roulette core we encountered in the dungeon last time?"

Last time, Xia Chuhe only got a copy of the dungeon core. She replied: Whatever.

After processing the messages, Xia Chuhe went to the school to ask Xia Bao'er for leave.

The teacher who received Xia Chuhe asked in surprise, "Didn't you already send someone to pick up Bao'er?"

"What?" A bad feeling rose in Xia Chuhe's heart.

The teacher holding up her wristwatch showed Xia Chuhe the chat history.

In the chat log between the teacher and Xia Chuhe, Xia Chuhe asked Bao'er for leave around noon and told her that a man would come to pick her up.

Because Xia Chuhe had connections in higher positions, he frequently asked for leave for Bao'er. Therefore, the teacher didn't think much of it and simply had Bao'er taken away.

However, Xia Chuhe never sent these messages to her teacher, and there were no such chat records on her wristwatch.

Xia Chuhe gritted his teeth and looked around the school. There were no surveillance cameras like those found everywhere in civilized society.

Children in the wasteland are like weeds; if they're lost, few people care.

"What are the characteristics of the person who picks up Bao'er?" Xia Chuhe asked.

“A man, short in stature, nothing special.” The teacher thought for a moment, “Oh, he was very clean.”

clean……

Xia Chuhe subconsciously associated it with the upper class.

What is the relationship between Ke Bao'er and the upper class?

Xia Chuhe suddenly remembered the message Wang Yan had just sent her—a mission to collect dungeon cores with generous rewards…

Only those in high positions would expend great effort on things that yield no short-term benefits.

Xia Chuhe immediately contacted Wang Yan: "Dungeon Core, have you written a Snow Ape Man dungeon?"

Wang Yan: Written

Wang Yan casually forwarded the report he had written to Xia Chuhe. Xia Chuhe opened it and saw a sentence in the report—

Dungeon Core: Unknown (possibly a girl)

Xia Chuhe: "..."

Without her knowledge, Wang Yan betrayed her completely.

No, it wasn't just Wang Yan; several members of the Holy Flame Meow Meow Legion may have done the same thing.

Xia Chuhe looked at the follower's handbook and saw that Wang Yan was far ahead with a loyalty score of 85, and sighed.

Fortunately, Wang Yan now informs her before doing anything, otherwise she wouldn't even know how Bao'er got lost.

Xia Chuhe: Who issued the task?

Wang Yan: This is an anonymous mission; I estimate only the corps commander knows about it.

Xia Chuhe: I want to see your regimental commander.

Wang Yan replied to Xia Chuhe after a long time: It's okay, Sister Xia, I'm waiting for you in the reception hall.

Xia Chuhe headed straight for the reception hall of the Sacred Flame Meow Meow Legion.

Wang Yan has already received his first injection of serum, and the recovery is progressing well. If you ignore his wobbly little ears, mustache, and tail, he looks almost like a normal person.

Upon seeing her, Wang Yan asked, "Sister Xia, is there a problem with this mission?"

“Bao’er is missing. Your report mentioned her.” Xia Chuhe said calmly.

Wang Yan observed her expression but could not tell whether she was angry.

When that report was written, the two weren't close; at most, they were acquaintances who had run dungeons together. Wang Yan hadn't thought that far ahead.

Now, he can only try his best to make amends.

Wang Yan led Xia Chuhe through a maze of turns until they reached the door of a separate room, where they knocked.

An old acquaintance emerged from the room: Du Zhen.

"If you want to see the regimental commander, come with me." Du Zhen turned around. "By the way, Xiao Wang, think carefully about whether you want to continue working in the corps."

After the two turned the first corner, Xia Chuhe asked Du Zhen, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

“You’re taking Xiao Wang to the dungeon, and our team is short-handed, which is a waste of time,” Du Zhen laughed. “He has to choose between the Legion and you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Zhen glanced down at his watch and raised an eyebrow: "You made your choice pretty quickly."

Xia Chuhe glanced at his watch, but there was no news.

“He chose you,” Du Zhen said calmly. “If Wang Yan hadn’t pleaded for you, the commander wouldn’t have seen you.”

Du Zhen led Xia Chuhe to a small room. She fiddled with the wall for a while, and the wall opened, revealing a hidden world inside.

This is a large, wild room with natural-looking lighting on the top floor. Half of the room is covered with lawn, while the other half is supported by large trees and has jagged rocks. A man-made stream flows around the rocks.

In the center of the room was a stone table and stone benches. The benches were large and covered with soft yellow and black fur.

Du Zhen saw Xia Chuhe to the door and then went out.

Xia Chuhe turned his head and saw that the path he had come from was gradually fading away as Du Zhen moved, as if only certain people could open it.

There seemed to be no one in the room.

Xia Chuhe calmly stepped onto the grass. It felt hard underfoot and made an unnatural rustling sound, indicating that it was artificial turf.

Then, following the direction of the water flow to find its source, the water flowed along the base of the wall, but there was no hole in the wall at the base.

Upon closer inspection, Xia Chuhe noticed a light-colored, long faucet extending from the base of the wall…

"You didn't come to see me just to study the faucet, did you?"

A figure appeared on the jagged rocks; it was a girl wearing half a mask.

"Are you the regimental commander?" Xia Chuhe pursed his lips.

Contrary to her expectations, she thought that the commanders of the legions were all relatively old people, especially in a large legion like the Holy Fire Meow Meow.

"Hmm, doesn't it look like it?"

"Who issued the core quest for collecting dungeons?" Xia Chuhe didn't waste time with pleasantries and went straight to the point, "Name your price."

Since he's willing to meet her, it means there's room for negotiation.

"Boring, you and A-Zhen describe each other completely differently." The girl muttered. "No, I only saw you because Wang Yan pleaded for you. He's an idiot, don't make things difficult for him."

At this point, the girl seemed a little angry: "I finally managed to train a protector, and before he even achieved anything, you poached him."

Xia Chuhe suppressed his eagerness and softened his tone: "I just need a name. Whatever you need, we can talk about it."

Just as the girl was about to speak, a soft voice came from the stone bench: "Alright, alright, don't make things difficult for me."

Xia Chuhe immediately became alert. There was clearly no one on the stone bench, so where did the sound come from?

A small tuft of fur rose up on the stone bench, and a fluffy ball of fur jumped off the bench.

It's a calico dog with messy fur; no wonder it blends in perfectly with the fur on the stone bench.

Sanhua is very small, not even as big as Xia Chuhe's palm.

It's hard to imagine that the sacred beasts of the Sacred Flame Meow Meow Legion actually look like this.

Can the people in the army resist petting the sacred beast?

The appearance of the little floret briefly soothed Xia Chuhe's anxiety.

Meanwhile, the sacred beast was also sizing up Xia Chuhe.