"This mission is the same as before. Before leaving the orange line, everyone's location will be shared with Bai Ze. If your team's progress is too fast or too slow, Bai Ze will remind you. Unless there are special circumstances, I hope everyone can try to move forward according to the schedule."

Ji Lan paused at this point. "Since there are newcomers here, I'd like to give you a friendly reminder that walking too fast or too slow outside the wall is not a good idea. Also, most of the time, Bai Ze in your communicator is more trustworthy than your teammates."

Hearing this, Chongming curled his lips.

"According to the Meteorological Bureau's forecast, this year's snow season will arrive earlier than usual. At a normal travel speed, if we turn back before reaching the red line, we can still get back inside the wall before the snow season begins. In the most extreme case, even if we complete the fifth collection mission and turn back, we can still get back before the rainy season begins next year."

Ji Lan's gaze lingered on Xie Xuan and the others for a moment. "I hope you all remember that the Development Department's primary goal is to save our lives. Our primary goal is to collect samples. We don't need to hunt for bacteria. After entering the domain, the first thing you need to consider is not how to find bacteria and dispose of the domain, but how to leave the domain alive and continue on."

Ji Lan smiled at this point and said, "I hope that this time no one will successfully collect a sample but fail to bring it back alive."

Ji Lan said a few more simple words, "Don't delay everyone's meal time. If you still have any questions, you can ask me now."

After saying that, Ji Lan jumped off the dining table. The people in the restaurant cheered and began to eat and drink.

This could be said to be the most unusual combat meeting Xie Xuan had ever attended. Just as Ji Lan announced the end of the meeting, they received their mission route and collection tasks on their terminals.

As expected, Xie Xuan's team was assigned to the southernmost route, which means that within the orange line, only the team in the north can rescue them.

Although Xie Xuan felt that if she was within the orange line and needed rescue, she probably shouldn't think of herself as a savior and should just go back and find a factory job.

But Xie Xuan thought again that even the tightening of screws in factories is now fully automated and they are not hiring anyone at all. She felt that it would be better for her to work hard and strive to be a good savior.

After zooming in on their route, you can see that the route goes around a fairly large lake, which is located at the third collection point. The corresponding collection items are the organisms and fungi in the lake, with a parenthesis at the end saying: "If any."

Xie Xuan didn't know for a moment whether "Ruyou" referred to a living organism or a bacterial species.

Except for this slightly special third collection point, the first collection point is in the wilderness, the second is the ruins of a village, the fourth is the ruins of a city, and the fifth is directly marked with three "?".

While Xie Xuan and the others were still studying the map, Ji Lan came over again, pushed Xiao Yao in very familiarly, and sat on the corner of the stool.

"Did you see your route?" Ji Lan asked knowingly.

"I see." Xie Xuan said, "It's the same as you said before."

Ji Lan curled his lips and smiled, "This can be considered as recognition of your team's strength from above. However, the greatest difficulty faced by being assigned to the most marginal route is not the so-called one-hour rescue, but the unknown dangers."

Xie Xuan frowned slightly, not understanding.

"Every year, the routes of the Development Department expand a little bit. The route we will take this year is actually further out than the route taken by the Development Department last year. Except for the two routes at the edge, the other routes have been taken by people in the Development Department before."

It was Chongming who spoke. Ji Lan glanced at him and nodded, saying, "That's right. Although a lot of changes will happen outside the wall after the rainy season, other teams have an additional map with clearly marked danger points. They can use this map to avoid known dangers, but we don't have that."

Xie Xuan was silent for a few seconds, "I think this requires extra salary."

Ji Lan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "When you come back, you will get an extra allowance."

Xie Xuan felt that allowances had become a common way for all team leaders and ministers to make empty promises.

"Anyway, just keep it in mind." Ji Lan stood up and said, "Enjoy tonight."

After Xie Xuan and the others finished what seemed to be their last dinner, the next day was the day they went to do a final check on their equipment for going outside the wall.

The equipment used to go out of the wall was much better than that used by the containment department. Each team was equipped with an RV with solar panels on the roof. The RV was equipped with boxes of thermal weapons, therapeutic agents, tranquilizers, three tents and three protective shield devices.

The energy in the RV is enough to travel 800 kilometers, and the distance between the temporary camps outside the wall is about 500 kilometers. If you don't run around, it is completely sufficient to replenish the energy in time.

Xie Xuan originally thought that the protective suits outside the wall would be more solid, but unexpectedly they looked lighter than those in the containment area. In fact, the communicator was even bigger than the one in the containment area, like a grown-up white mushroom.

The logistics department took Xie Xuan and the others through each item, and finally said, "Try the communicator. This is the most critical."

Xie Xuan placed the white mushroom next to her head. After a familiar slight tingling sensation, Bai Ze's voice rang in her ears.

"Hello, Xie Xuan, I'm Bai Ze."

Although his tone still sounded a bit flat, he was like two completely different people compared to the Bai Ze in the previous communicator.

Xie Xuan turned around in surprise and saw Ding Qiaoyun looking obsessed. Yang Jiayue and Xiao Yao had similar expressions, but Chongming looked very strange.

"What's wrong?" Xie Xuan asked Chongming.

Yang Jiayue may not have worn a communicator before, but she came from Noah Technology, which developed Bai Ze, so it is impossible for her not to be aware of this key project of Noah Technology.

On the contrary, it is Chongming, the guy who claims to be a simulated human. Could it be that his built-in program conflicts with Bai Ze, the artificial intelligence?

Thinking of this, Xie Xuan was suddenly stunned. To be able to create a simulated human who looked so much like Chongming, the technology of this company must be quite remarkable. And in District 6, Xie Xuan couldn't think of a second company with such advanced technology besides Noah Technology.

"You and Bai Ze are from the same hometown. Are you tearful when you meet each other?" Xie Xuan asked.

Chongming glanced over, took off the communicator with a forced smile and said, "Don't lump me in with this low-end guy, okay?"

Xie Xuan was silent for a moment, then heard someone from the logistics department say weakly, "The development department's communicator has further expanded Bai Ze's capabilities based on the containment department's communicator. Its functionality is already significantly improved."