Chapter 336 Small Base

"What?" Yan Zijin refused to budge. "Are you doubting me?"

Yan Zijin snorted coldly, "The 475th Regiment is under the command of Commander Feng of the Western Military Region. Why don't you just arrest me and bring me before Commander Feng to have a talk?"

Seeing Yan Zijin's unfriendly expression, the mercenaries showed some hesitation. One of the mercenaries grabbed the leader and whispered, "Captain, what Captain Yan said must be true. The patrolmen around the black market didn't see anyone coming out..."

Yan Zijin listened to their conversation calmly, and a hint of contemplation flashed in his eyes when he heard the words.

No one has ever come out of the black market?

How did Qiao Yu and the others get out?

Upon hearing this, the leading mercenary softened his attitude. "Captain Yan, don't be angry. We are just following orders... It's okay. It was just a misunderstanding. You can leave with your men now."

Yan Zijin also knew the principle of knowing when to quit, so he put on a smile again, "I understand. Thank you very much, brother."

After Yan Zijin finished speaking, he returned to the car under the watchful eyes of several mercenaries and told the team members to drive away.

Several mercenaries behind them looked at the huge convoy and continued their patrol while muttering to themselves, "Such a big scene, has Captain Yan accepted another big mission?"

"Hush. Are you trying to save your life? Captain Yan is working for the higher-ups. Do you think we can discuss his affairs?"

Yan Zijin did not let the convoy return to the base, but instead took a detour to an abandoned car factory.

"Go tell them to park the car, change into our car, and go back to the base later." After the car stopped, Yan Zijin patted the shoulder of the team member who was driving next to him and whispered.

"good."

The team member responded and quickly got out of the car, leaving only Qiao Yu and Yan Zijin sitting in the car without moving.

"Is this... Lao Hei?" After the team members left, Yan Zijin turned his head slightly, looked at Chen Wanning in the back seat of the car, and asked hesitantly.

"Hello." Chen Wanning didn't hide anything. She nodded and admitted openly, "My name is Chen Wanning, and I'm also what you call 'Old Black'."

"...Hello, I'm Yan Zijin."

Yan Zijin's expression was somewhat mysterious.

The intelligence received by the base clearly showed that the legendary "Old Black" was an old woman in her eighties. How could she be such a young woman?

Who got this information? It's too unreliable, isn't it?

Seeing Yan Zijin's indescribable expression, Qiao Yu guessed that he must know something, so he asked softly, "Captain Yan, does the base have any information about 'Old Black'?"

Yan Zijin nodded. "Captain Qiao is very wise. However, the intelligence from the base may be wrong, because it says... 'Lao Hei' is an old woman."

Qiao Yu and Chen Wanning looked at each other and smiled slightly, "It's not really a mistake."

Seeing the tacit understanding between the two, Yan Zijin's eyes flashed with thought.

However, Qiao Yu didn't explain much. He glanced out the window and asked, "Captain Yan, is this where you were going to take us to pick up the car?"

"Yes." Yan Zijin nodded. "This is an abandoned car factory that I stumbled upon. I have people guarding it. When I was on a mission and it was inconvenient to go back to the base, I would come here. It's like a small base of mine."

As Yan Zijin was speaking, someone knocked on the car window.

The person who came was a tall, dark-skinned young man whom Qiao Yu had never seen before.

Yan Zijin rolled down the car window, and the man immediately grinned, "Boss, why don't you get out of the car?"

Yan Zijin seemed to be very familiar with the man. Upon hearing this, he reached out and tapped the man on the forehead, then scolded him with a smile, "How can I get off the bus if you're blocking the way?"

The man was not angry. He smiled and took two steps back to make way for Yan Zijin.

"Get out of the car first." Yan Zijin turned around and said something to Qiao Yu and the others, then opened the car door and got out first.

Seeing this, Qiao Yu pulled Jiang Zhan, Chen Wanning and the other two out of the car.

"Da Yang, come here, let me introduce you." Yan Zijin pulled the man over to Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan and introduced him, "This is Captain Qiao Yu of the Pendulum and her lover, Mr. Jiang."

"The person next to you is Chen Wanning, Ms. Chen."

"Captain Qiao, Mr. Jiang, Ms. Chen, hello."

After Yan Zijin and the other men greeted each other one by one, he introduced him to Qiao Yu and the others: "This is my man, Yang Tong, who manages this factory. You can just call him Big Yang."

"Hello." Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu and the others nodded politely at him.

After greeting, Yang Tong said to Yan Zijin, "Boss, it's been a while since you've been here. Do you want to have a meal before you leave?"

"You happen to have friends here too, so we should act like hosts!"

Yan Zijin glanced at Qiao Yu, who immediately shook his head. "No need to be so polite, Captain Yan. We have something else to do later, so we won't have dinner."

Seeing this, Yan Zijin didn't force it and nodded, "Okay, then do you want to go back to the base with us?"

Although Yan Zijin was asking Qiao Yu, his eyes glanced at Chen Wanning lightly.

Qiao Yu understood Yan Zijin's hint - he meant that given Chen Wanning's identity, it would be inconvenient to bring her back to the base.

How could Qiao Yu not know this?

Chen Wanning has a special identity and is an illegal resident at the base.

If you want to bring Chen Wanning and the Mu sisters back to the base, you will have to do an ability assessment.

The base is now extremely sensitive to plant mutations. If any problems arise again, the consequences will be more than worth the effort.

However, Qiao Yu had no intention of bringing Chen Wanning and the other two back to the base.

Qiao Yu smiled and shook his head. "No, we won't be going back to base for now. Thank you so much, Captain Yan. But Captain Yan, I'm afraid we still need to trouble you with something. If you don't mind, could you please lend us a car? We need to go somewhere quite far away, and a car would be more convenient."

"That's no big deal." Yan Zijin patted Yang Tong, who was standing beside him, and said, "Big Yang, go pick a better car, fill it up with gas, and drive over here."

"Okay." After receiving Yan Zijin's instructions, Yang Tong left happily again.

Yang Tong was very efficient and drove over in a Hummer in a short while.

Qiao Yu asked Chen Wanning to take Mu Yan and Mu Yuan to the car first. Then, he, Jiang Zhan, and Yan Zijin walked aside and whispered, "Captain Yan, let's be frank. You helped us so much today, I owe you a favor. If there's anything you need us to do, just let me know."

A smart man like Yan Zijin was not only willing to help them at the risk of offending the military, but also exposed his small base outside to them... Qiao Yu would never believe it if he said that he had no plans at all.