Chapter 639 The Time Has Come
Beneath the snow-capped mountains ravaged by a blizzard, an atmosphere of tension and anxiety permeated the camp of the Special Management Bureau.
The tent rustled in the strong wind, as if it would be torn apart at any moment.
People huddled in their assigned tents, looking terrified and talking in low voices.
Deputy Director Yue Qing walked through the camp, her figure looking particularly tired and lonely in the strong wind and heavy snow.
Every time she entered a tent, she would stop, trying her best to suppress her inner anxiety and try to convey a bit of calmness and hope to the team members.
Her voice was almost drowned out by the snowstorm, and she tried to sound firm. "We must remain calm. I know everyone is worried, but we need to trust the Special Management Bureau. We will be safe."
Yet, despite her attempts to project leadership, her words paled in the incessant whistling of the wind.
Although the instructors respected her efforts and tried their best to comfort the students, it could be seen from their melancholy and anxious eyes that Yue Qing's comfort did not achieve the desired effect.
Every time she walked into a tent, she could feel the thick uneasiness and fear in the air. These emotions almost formed an invisible resistance, making every step she took feel extremely heavy.
After repeatedly trying to calm the students without success, Deputy Director Yueqing felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.
The wind and snow around were like fierce beasts, constantly gnawing away every bit of warmth and hope.
She stood alone in the center of the camp, with a thick layer of snow covering her shoulders and the cold wind whipping the corners of her clothes mercilessly, as if it would sweep her into the endless white at any time.
Looking up at the sky covered with dark clouds, countless dense snowflakes hit her face madly, and the biting cold feeling made her almost unable to help but retreat.
But at this moment, she forced herself to stay strong, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath of cold air.
The icy air seemed to carry the endless chill of the mountains, piercing her lungs and making her feel a stinging pain, so she slowly closed her eyes.
"...Leqing, you are no longer that little girl. Uncle Lu is gone. You must stand up now...There is no one else except you."
When he opened his eyes again, Deputy Director Yue Qing's gaze became more determined.
She wiped the snow off her face, adjusted her hair that was messed up by the wind and snow, and then walked towards the next tent with determination.
In a tent at the Special Management Bureau camp, Zhou Yichen showed anxiety that was difficult to hide.
He kept pacing back and forth in the tent, and every few steps he would involuntarily turn and walk towards the tent door, lift the heavy curtain, and look towards the top of the mountain which was covered by clouds, wind and snow.
Every time he looked at the top of the mountain, his brows would become more furrowed, and his eyes would be full of worry about Li Muhan.
His hands clenched into fists from time to time, and he was obviously struggling with his fear and powerlessness deep down.
"No, I can't wait any longer. If I leave the boss alone and run away, I'm not a fucking human!"
The three Liu sisters were even more anxious in the other corner of the tent.
They sat in a circle, talking in low voices, and occasionally running their fingers across the map, as if looking for the fastest route up the mountain.
One of them said anxiously with a trembling voice: "The little teacher hasn't come back yet, hasn't come back yet...hasn't come back yet..."
"We can go up the mountain from here... here, and, and here..."
"Little teacher, little teacher is gone... gone..."
There was obvious anxiety and uneasiness in their voices, and tears were flashing in their eyes as if they were about to collapse.
Although Chen Yiming tried to calm them down, Zhou Yichen and the three Liu sisters were gradually breaking down.
At this moment, Baihu appeared in time and stopped them with his calm and firm voice: "Impulsiveness will not solve the problem. Stay still. You can't help at all."
Baihu's figure was like an immovable mountain, and his voice was enough to suppress the tense atmosphere in the tent, giving people an irresistible sense of majesty.
When the tense atmosphere in the tent reached its boiling point, Baihu suddenly felt a strange breath breaking the dullness of the continuous snow and wind.
His intuition told him that something was happening outside.
The white tiger's eyes instantly became extremely sharp, like a hunter who had caught the trace of its prey.
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Baihu quickly stood up and pushed open the tent curtain with firm steps.
The cold wind and dense snowflakes rushed towards him, almost completely blocking his vision.
However, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the wind and snow and directly lock onto the situation in the distance.
He took firm steps and walked towards the camp's barrier.
As he approached, the wind and snow outside the barrier seemed to become more violent, but this did not stop him from moving forward.
A few seconds later, in the direction that Baihu was looking at, two blurry figures gradually emerged from the drifting snow.
The figures of the two men were vague in the wind and snow, and as they approached the barrier, their outlines gradually became clearer. The moment they passed through the barrier, Baihu's expression changed from vigilance to relief.
It was obviously a familiar face to him.
Two girls entered from the barrier outside the snow-capped mountains.
Both of them were wearing gray-black cloaks. The girl walking in front stopped and raised her head slightly. Snowflakes condensed into small ice beads on her eyebrows and eyelashes.
She looked at the white tiger, a unique light flashing in her eyes.
Then the girl's lips curled up into a smile, as if she could convey warmth even in the cold wind: "You really came, I thought you wouldn't agree to help."
Baihu nodded slightly at the girl, with a wry smile on his face: "It's just a clone, it can't be of much help."
His voice was slightly muffled in the wind, but it carried an imperceptible sense of ease and relief, as if there was an unspoken understanding between the two of them.
Then, his gaze turned to the girl walking behind him.
Her figure was identical to the girl before her, and she was also wearing a gray-black cloak, the hood of which was pulled deep over her forehead, covering half of her face.
Only a strand of long hair escaped from under the hood, and as the wind and snow blew, they swayed wildly in the air, adding a bit of mystery and unruly temperament to this mysterious girl.
Bai Hu was obviously a little surprised by the appearance of this girl. His voice was filled with dissatisfaction and doubt: "...Is this necessary, Lin Ze?"
The girl standing in front of Baihu was none other than Lin Ze, the deputy director of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau.
Lin Ze seemed to have anticipated Baihu's reaction. Her expression was calm, and there was a hint of helplessness in her voice.
"The Rule of Trinity has been broken, broken by my own hands. So if I want to clean up the mess, I alone cannot do it."
There was determination and a sense of responsibility in her eyes, and it was obvious that this action meant a lot to her.
Baihu's gaze turned to the girl behind Lin Ze again.
At this moment, the girl raised her head slightly, and the cold wind lifted a corner of her hood, revealing her eyes hidden in the shadows.
These eyes were cold and deep, revealing a transcendental light.
"...your time has not yet come."
Her voice was low and calm, like a call from another world.
Baihu frowned unconsciously, feeling an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Seeing this, Lin Ze quickly tried to smooth things over and try to ease the sudden awkwardness: "Ah, she meant, hello."
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However, Baihu still took a step back, subconsciously keeping a distance from the girl.
Cut off the past, break the present, and break the future.
She is the calamity of the day. Once the time is ripe, no bird, beast, flower, bird, insect or snake in the world can escape her sword.
"So Li Muhan and Xia Yue are still on the mountain now?"
After arriving at the tent, Lin Ze asked Baihu about the situation.
Deputy Director Yue Qing was also present, and she followed Lin Ze into the tent.
Seeing that everyone in the tent was looking at her, she nodded slightly to confirm Lin Ze's question: "Yes." Then she continued with a slightly helpless voice.
"But we can't understand the specific situation on the mountain. The thing on the top of the mountain has reinforced the barrier. Now even Lord Baihu can't enter Qinqiu Snow Mountain again."
At this moment, although the atmosphere in the entire tent has improved a lot because of Lin Ze's arrival, it is still shrouded in a layer of tension and anxiety.
When Yue Qing saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
As the deputy director of the General Administration, she should bring a sense of security and confidence to people, but facing the current situation, she found that her influence was far less than that of Lin Ze, the deputy director of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The Tianhai City Special Management Bureau had always been a unique entity among the various special management bureaus in China, with extremely strong resources, personnel, and execution capabilities.
Yue Qing knew this very well, and therefore had a certain respect and expectation for Lin Ze.
After learning the general situation, Lin Ze nodded, and then looked at the girl who had been standing at the door of the tent.
"We go up the mountain"
"The time has come."
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