Chapter 231 Dispatching a Special Operations Team to Prepare for Harvesting Mothwing Grass
It had already darkened in the jungle.
It will soon be pitch black.
The two decided to find out what exactly was targeting them.
So he laid out some weeds and leaves on the ground, then lay down and pretended to be asleep.
The surroundings were completely silent, with no chirping of insects or birds, and the only faint sound was the occasional splashing of water from the distant swamp.
Ning Jinli and Xiao Qidi lay face to face.
In the dim and hazy light, the two looked into each other's eyes, gazing tenderly into each other's eyes, and unconsciously their fingers were already intertwined.
A rustling sound suddenly rang out.
Something is slowly approaching this way.
Not only in the grass, but it seems to be on the trees too.
“I saw it,” Ning Jinli’s gaze swept past Xiao Qidi’s face. “There are several dark figures behind you, getting closer and closer to us. They seem to be people, and they are very agile.”
Xiao Qidi said in a low voice, "There are also some behind you, about four or five in the bushes, and I can't see how many are in the trees."
Ning Jinli said, "Could it be true, as the rumors say, that there are river pirates here, and that we've run into them?"
“It seems there’s no other possibility,” Xiao Qidi said, staring at the shadows getting closer and closer behind her. “That’s about it. I’ll count to three, and we’ll catch two of them first.”
"Um."
"one two three!"
Whoosh—
Ning Jinli and Xiao Qidi locked onto their targets, simultaneously flipped themselves up, and swiftly attacked each other from behind, grabbing one in the blink of an eye.
The shadows that had surrounded them from all directions suddenly leaped up and down, letting out strange cries.
"Huh? Why is it so furry?" Ning Jinli noticed the strange texture and exclaimed, "Wait... what is this...?"
Xiao Qidi saw a wrinkled, grotesque face baring its teeth and lunging at his face. Startled, he quickly let go and threw the other person away.
The shadow was extremely agile; after being thrown to the ground, it quickly bounced up and darted up into the tree.
Ning Jinli held onto the one she had grabbed and swung it around several times, while simultaneously pulling out a powerful flashlight from her pocket and quickly turning it on.
The bright light instantly illuminated the surroundings.
The darting and leaping shadows were now exposed.
Xiao Qidi was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "So...it was a group of strange-looking monkeys?"
Ning Jinli was also surprised. She looked around and then picked up the monkey that she had been shaking so hard it was almost unconscious, and examined it carefully.
This thing looks more like a baboon, with a blue face and fangs. It is larger than a normal monkey and slightly shorter than an average adult when standing upright. Because its body is covered in long, dark brown hair, it looks almost the same size as a human in dim light, but it is actually much thinner.
There were about a dozen monkeys around them, baring their teeth and howling at Xiao Qidi and Ning Jinli. They neither dared to approach nor ran away.
Ning Jinli shone her flashlight over, and the monkeys, blinded by the bright light, covered their eyes like humans.
"So it turns out it was them who were watching us all along..." Ning Jinli was both amused and exasperated, and put the monkey she was holding back on the ground.
The monkey had just been swung around in the air several times, and when it landed, it swayed like it was drunk. After taking only a couple of steps, it tripped over its own feet and almost fell over.
The other monkeys swarmed around it, pulling and dragging it away in a human-like manner, until it gradually disappeared into the dense forest.
Ning Jinli was finally able to put her mind at ease and open a portal to another dimension.
“Let’s go,” she said, taking Xiao Qidi’s hand. “I’ve moved the passageway to my factory. Let’s get some rest tonight.”
Xiao Qidi glanced back at the dark forest and walked into the fluorescent vortex with Ning Jinli.
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Late at night, the monkey troop, after passing through dense forests, arrived at a very secluded shallow bay.
The area around Repulse Bay is covered with towering trees, the lower half of which are submerged in water. The branches are also covered with dense aquatic vines, along with various unidentified plants, forming a natural barrier.
In the very center of Repulse Bay stands a strange building made up of countless broken boats.
The dilapidated ships of all sizes and shapes are stacked on top of each other, interwoven like a huge, irregular triangular fortress, which is spectacular, rugged and unique.
Many of the wrecked ships had torches stuck in them, and the flickering eerie flames added to the mysterious and dangerous atmosphere of the fortress.
The monkeys swiftly climbed the vines, which were thicker than a human arm, swaying and hanging as they passed through the barrier and leaped onto the wrecked ship fortress.
Then, with practiced ease, he slipped through a gap and entered a room converted from a ship's cabin.
The room was lit by an oil lamp, but the light was dim.
The scene was a jumble of miscellaneous items and a variety of tools that resembled both fishing gear and weapons. On a bed in the corner lay a man whose features were obscured.
The old wooden floorboards emitted an unpleasant odor and creaked as the monkeys entered.
"Have you tracked down those two people I spotted during the day?" a sinister voice rang out.
The monkeys chattered and scurried toward the direction of the sound, jumping and gesturing wildly around the bed.
After the monkeys finished gesturing, the man got up, limped to the corner of the wall, picked up the bamboo basket, and dumped it on the ground.
Scattered inside were some wild fruits and unknown plant stems, mixed with a small amount of dried fish and meat.
The monkeys immediately rushed over, scrambling to pick up the food and eat it, then left after they had devoured it all.
The man returned to the bedside and sat down, muttering to himself in thought:
"Two young men and women of unknown origin, carrying no food, no money, and no weapons... how did they end up in a place like this?"
"People from the government?"
"It seems impossible... The government wouldn't send someone so young, let alone a woman."
"Could it be that he committed a crime and wandered here aimlessly to escape capture?"
"Judging from the monkey's description, the woman had a glowing object on her body, so bright that it could illuminate the night as if it were daytime. It must be some kind of rare treasure in the world."
After some thought, the man had a rough idea of what was going on.
The man and woman were either notorious thieves who had stolen a priceless treasure and fled here to avoid the authorities, or they were wealthy family members who had run away with a family heirloom.
Other possibilities certainly exist, but these two are the most likely.
However, regardless of the possibility, the mysterious treasure carried by that woman must be seized.
Why wouldn't you eat the fatty meat that's offered to you?
He then went to see the leader and reported all his findings and speculations.
The bandit leader was a burly, rough man. Hearing about this extraordinary treasure, he became particularly interested and immediately wanted to gather his men to seize it that very night, and also capture the young woman to be his wife.
"Chief, don't be too hasty," the cripple advised. "The origins of these two are only my preliminary speculation. It's better to be cautious. The reason our Blackwater Stronghold has grown to have eight hundred brothers and occupies a territory of a hundred miles around Blackwater Bay is because we have always acted carefully. We must not make a mistake because of a momentary impulse for that rare treasure."
The leader is exceptionally brave and is the number one fighter in Blackwater Stronghold, but when it comes to intelligence, he is certainly no match for the cripple who is the strategist of Blackwater Stronghold.
Since the strategist had said so, the leader had no choice but to be patient. Following the strategist's instructions, he selected some quick-witted and agile subordinates and ordered them to secretly keep an eye on the couple.
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The next morning, Ning Jinli called Shangguan Ying.
Because in all actions and projects involving the connection between the two worlds, the personnel arrangements on this side are led by Shangguan Ying.
For example, the researchers sent to Falling Eagle Gorge, including Professor Hua, were all carefully selected by Shangguan Ying.
According to Shangguan Ying, all participants were members of the organization, but the level of secrecy varied depending on their rank.
Just like Professor Hua, although he went to Eagle Falling Gorge, he didn't know about time travel, let alone that Eagle Falling Gorge was in another world.
Therefore, Ning Jinli directly told Shangguan Ying about finding the moth-wing grass.
Shangguan Ying decisively stated that she would send a special operations team as quickly as possible to assist Ning Jinli in conducting a detailed survey, and that all actions would be under Ning Jinli's command.
As long as there are enough mothwing grasses there, no matter how bad the environmental conditions are, we have to build a harvesting plant there.
Once the problem of not being able to produce Bismuth-Extended Releasing Agent domestically can be solved, then my country will have one less vulnerability that the United States can exploit.
This matter is of great importance, and the highest levels of the government will provide strong support.
After saying all that, Shangguan Ying's tone suddenly became somewhat serious on the other end of the phone, "Jinli, there's something else I wanted to tell you. Since you've called, I'll tell you now."
Hearing this tone, Ning Jinli immediately felt uneasy. "Sister Ying, please speak."
Shangguan Ying hesitated for a moment before speaking, "We have a clue about your uncle Ning Hai."
"Have you found him?" Ning Jinli asked hurriedly. "Where is he now? Can we bring him back?"
Ning Jinli was a little puzzled. Having a clue about Ning Hai should be a good thing, so why was Sister Ying's tone so strange?
Shangguan Ying sighed and said, "Alas... it wasn't our people who found him; he contacted us on his own initiative. He has now acquired citizenship in the United States and has become a top-level scientific research expert in the United States, receiving dual protection from the US government and military."
"Wh...what?!" Ning Jinli stared in disbelief.
She knew that Ning Hai had studied in the United States when he was young, majoring in science and engineering research, and had obtained a high degree.
But she never imagined that Ning Hai, who had fled overseas with a murder charge in China, would transform himself into a citizen of the United States in just a few months and acquire such a powerful identity there.
"Sister Ying...this...this is too outrageous," Ning Jinli asked, completely baffled. "If he hadn't gone into business, he certainly would have been capable of becoming a scientific research expert, but...a top-level expert in the United States? Double-protected? This doesn't match his abilities at all. How did he manage that?"
Shangguan Ying said, "We have no way of knowing about this. Neither he nor the M country officials would disclose it. In short, he is currently highly valued by the M country officials. The M country is even willing to make significant concessions to certain important industries that have suppressed our country internationally, as a condition for negotiation, in order to obtain a pardon for Ning Hai and his wife Lin Lina."
Shangguan Ying paused for a few seconds before continuing, "After careful consideration, our senior management is inclined to accept the conditions from Country M. I've also spoken with your parents, and they are willing to accept them. However, I still hope to obtain your consent as well. If you do not agree, our negotiators will reject Country M's terms."
Ning Jinli replied without hesitation, "I agree! Although I will never forgive him and Lin Lina for what they did, my family has already taken back what they took from my parents. Besides, we can use them to exchange for important national interests. Only a fool would agree!"
“Okay, I’m relieved to hear that,” Shangguan Ying smiled helplessly. “I really hope that one day, our country will not only surpass the United States in every aspect, but also leave the United States far behind. At that time… we won’t have to be controlled by it anymore.”
Ning Jinli clenched her fist silently. "I believe that this day will come soon."
That morning.
Shangguan Ying's special operations team arrived at Ning Jinli's factory.
The members have an average age of thirty and there are only twenty of them, but they are all elites among special forces, and each one of them is worth an entire army.
In addition to the personnel, several truckloads of various instruments and equipment were also delivered, many of which Ning Jinli had never seen before.
What Ning Jinli didn't expect was that they were also provided with an armed helicopter.
Special operations team members told her that the armed helicopter was a new model that had not yet been made public and could adapt to a variety of harsh and complex weather and environments.
Of course, since its main purpose was to use its powerful flight performance for reconnaissance rather than for combat, no firearms were installed on this armed helicopter.
It was the first time Xiao Qidi had ever seen something like this, and he was immediately attracted by its unique and imposing design.
Especially after learning about the combat capabilities of armed helicopters from Ning Jinli, his eyes became incredibly fervent, and he kept muttering that he wished the Great Xuan Army could also use such weapons.
Ning Jinli smiled and said, "Let alone military aircraft, even the most basic civilian small planes are not easy to fly. It's much more difficult than learning to drive a car, and it also requires supporting equipment and take-off and landing sites. Take it slow, you can't rush things."
Just as Ning Jinli was preparing to teleport the special operations team members and all their equipment.
A call came into her phone from an unknown number.
Without thinking much of it, she answered the phone, "Hello, who is this?"
A familiar voice came through the phone receiver, "Cousin, do you have time to meet up?"
Ning Jinli frowned. "Ning Yao?"
"What, are you surprised?" Ning Yao's tone carried a hint of sneer. "Or are you just forgetful? It hasn't been long, and you've already forgotten your cousin's voice?"
Ning Jinli said calmly, "Is there something you need?"
Ning Yao said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to see you one last time before I go abroad. We're family, after all, and we might never see each other again."
"It would be best if we didn't meet; I'd be more than happy with that." Ning Jinli said coldly. "I'm very busy. Bye."
On the other end of the phone, Ning Yao's face darkened, and she immediately said, "You probably already know that my parents have been pardoned. Don't you want to know how my father managed to get the US to protect him at all costs?"
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