Chapter 119
Zhang Hezhi walked out of the base director's office with a look of despair on his face, followed by the Eagle Squad and others.
"Why...why should I follow..."
Xu Manwen, who was eavesdropping outside the door, gloated and said, "Oh, maybe it's because you are good at work. The base commander sent you out because he trusts you. Why are you still not happy?"
Zhang Hezhi gritted his teeth and said, "Did you give them the idea?"
Xu Manwen spread his hands and said innocently, "How is that possible? We are in the same group. How could I possibly cheat you?"
"And this is the base commander's decision. We subordinates just need to complete our duties. Don't try to guess what the base commander is thinking. If you make any mistakes again, you'll really be working under me."
Zhang Hezhi thought about how he and Xu Manwen had been severely punished for acting on their own initiative two days ago. Now was the time for them to perform well and make amends for their crimes. If he insisted on shirking this mission, the base commander would probably think that he didn't want to do his job well. In the future, when there would be a chance, he would only look for Xu Manwen, and there would be no chance for him.
After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Hezhi accepted it with a pinch of his nose. Even though he heard Xu Manwen laughing behind him, he was too lazy to care.
Zhang Hezhi led the Flying Eagle Squad out of the General Affairs Office, turned around and looked at the others, sighed and said, "Forget it, I can't persuade the base commander to make a decision, but you should at least tell me your plan in advance."
"certainly."
Tang Zeyu took out a map, pointed out the location of the meteorite crater, and said, "Actually, our mission is very simple. Find the meteorite crater, then send a signal so that the people at Dawn Base can find the precise location and send a helicopter to hoist the meteorite back. That's it. The rest is up to the staff."
"Wait," Zhang Hezhi interrupted. "Helicopter? Meteorite hoist? How much oil would that use?"
There wasn't much helicopter oil in the Dawn Base, and there was no way to get it. Every liter used was one less. Now, not only did they have to fly out, but they also had to lift a heavy object back. The amount of oil consumed made Zhang Hezhi feel distressed just thinking about it.
"It's okay," Yan Hong looked at Chen Yunliang and said, "There's a super-rich young man on our team. Once this is resolved, we can ask him to contribute all the engine oil he has. It should be enough to cover the losses at Dawn Base."
Chen Yunliang had a blank expression on his face. He wanted to repeat once again that it was none of his business whether his family was rich or not, but he guessed these people wouldn't listen.
But the engine oil can be fooled... Oh no, please ask his silly brother to get some from home. The helicopter at home is broken down anyway, and the engine oil is just sitting there, so why not give it to him?
Hearing that the other party would provide engine oil, Zhang Hezhi finally felt relieved. At least he didn't use the things from his base for nothing.
"Okay, I understand the general situation. When do we set off?"
"Now."
"Now?!"
Zhang Hezhi's eyes widened, and he spoke incoherently, "Why did you tell me so late if you were leaving now? Yesterday! The day before yesterday!"
Tang Zeyu's eyes wandered: "It's not that there's not enough time."
"Your base commander has already fallen out with Dawn Base. It won't be long before the other side realizes that Dawn Base has fallen out with them. Then they'll be on the same side again and send people to seize the meteorite. However, we have an advantage here. We're close to the meteorite. It will take them at least a day to get there. If we set out now, we can find it before lunch."
"Once we get the meteorite, all other problems will be no problem."
Upon hearing about the breakup with the Dawn Base, Zhang Hezhi's mouth corners subconsciously rose, although he quickly suppressed them.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go!"
Several people came to the apron together. Someone was already waiting there and invited them to board the plane after they arrived.
Because of the limited carrying capacity, there was only one pilot on the helicopter besides the six of them. The helicopter's propeller began to rotate gradually faster and faster, slowly leaving the ground and flying towards the target direction.
…
Yan Ning looked at the black stuff in the pot in front of him with an embarrassed expression. He turned around and saw Professor Chen's expectant eyes, and couldn't help swallowing.
"Eat quickly, this is something I carefully prepared," Professor Chen pushed the bowl, and the black thing came closer to Yan Ning. "I strictly followed Lu Yatou's recipe and made sure nothing was added randomly."
Yan Ning: “…”
He definitely put things in a random place.
After hesitating for a moment, Yan Ning finally picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of the black stuff.
The dark brown soup with black specks floating in it and a piece of charcoal-black object were fished out. Yan Ning paused noticeably and asked, "Master, what is this?"
"Red-braised pork," Professor Chen urged impatiently, "Eat it quickly! It's been stewed for hours. Eat it while it's hot."
Yan Ning opened his mouth, but finally took a bite and was instantly irritated by the strong sour taste, causing his scalp to numb.
"What kind of meat is this!"
The piece of meat in Yan Ning's mouth kept rolling back and forth. He didn't even have the courage to continue chewing. Finally, he ran to the cave entrance and spit it out.
Professor Chen scratched his head in confusion when he saw Yan Ning’s big reaction.
"No, I followed the recipe."
Professor Chen took out the tutorial that he had left behind when he left, and checked it several times to make sure that he had not made any mistakes.
Yan Ning wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and asked, "Is it because of the wrong ingredients?"
"Ingredients?"
Professor Chen thought for a moment and said, "I used the four-clawed deformed creature I caught a few days ago. It's still quite fresh. It shouldn't have gone bad so quickly."
"Is it possible that its flesh is naturally sour?"
Professor Chen slammed the table and said, "That's right! I didn't think of that. You young people really have quick minds."
Yan Ning sighed helplessly and walked forward to put away the food that he had not even taken two bites of.
"This is no longer edible, Master. If you want to learn how to cook, you can experiment with normal ingredients. Why do you always have to pick on distorted creatures?"
Professor Chen tutted his words and said, "You don't understand. If I used normal food, I wouldn't even set foot in the kitchen."
As Yan Ning cleaned up, she said, "It's really great that you didn't go into the kitchen."
"How can you talk like that, you rascal?"
After saying that, Professor Chen couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know what happened to Lu Yatou and the others. How could those people at the Dawn Base be so conscienceless as to let them go like this?"
"Perhaps they have already successfully taken root in the Dawn Base. With your recommendation, even if they don't succeed in what they wanted to do, they can continue to live like ordinary people in the Dawn Base in the future," Yan Ning asked. "But I'm still very curious, what exactly did you write in the letter? Even the base commander of the Dawn Base had to give you face."
Professor Chen kowtowed twice, feeling guilty: "Don't meddle in other people's business."
Yan Ning dumped the blackened vegetables into the trash can and said to himself, "I remember hearing a rumor before that the head of Dawn Base has been replaced. The new one is a young woman. She must be the one related to you."
Professor Chen: "Why are you youngsters so gossipy? You don't usually pay attention to your research, but you are so well-informed about this."
Yan Ning: "But I heard that the means by which she rose to power were unconventional. There are many things that she couldn't have accomplished alone, so some people speculate that she has other supporters behind her."
Yan Ning suddenly looked at Professor Chen: "Master, did you also interfere?"
Professor Chen sighed and said, "She and I are not from the same base. We have never met each other. How could it be possible..."
"She hasn't even met you, but she's using you as a guarantee to gain her trust?" Yan Ning continued, "If I remember correctly, Master, there was a period of time when you went out without allowing anyone to accompany you. You were away for a long time each time, but you didn't bring back much research results. You were actually secretly meeting with her people and doing things for her, right?"
Seeing that Yan Ning was about to have his pants stripped off, Professor Chen waved his hands randomly to tell Yan Ning to shut up.
"Come on, come on, stop guessing. What does this have to do with you? Have you finished the lab assignments I assigned? What was your score on the last test? And your school teacher sent me a message saying that you're seriously biased in your studies..."
"Master!" Yan Ning paused and said, "I know I was wrong."
"That's right, the kid even asked about me, huh."
Yan Ning was completely defeated in this confrontation and ran off to wash the dishes in shame.
Professor Chen sat down at the desk and chair in his office, put the recipe given by Lu Shiyu back into the book, then put on his glasses, picked up a pen and began to take notes.
"Long nose, short hair, mammal, long limbs, meat... very sour..."
Professor Chen was halfway through writing when he suddenly heard what seemed to be the roar of an engine in the distance. Both Professor Chen and Yan Ning were stunned.
"Could it be that someone from the Dawn Base has arrived?"
Professor Chen suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly stood up to go out to check, but was stopped by Yan Ning.
"Master, please don't go out yet. I'll go take a look. If they are from the Dawn Base, don't go out."
After saying that, Yan Ning opened the curtain and walked out of the cave without looking back. After leaving the cave, the sound became more and more obvious. Yan Ning listened carefully, trying to find the source of the sound. Then he saw a helicopter flying slowly to the right in the sky in the distance, where the meteorite crater was located.
Yan Ning narrowed his eyes, trying to see more carefully. Helicopter Mountain did not seem to have the marking pattern of Dawn Base, and the style was also somewhat different from that of Dawn Base. The most important thing was that it did not come from the direction of Dawn Base, but flew from Dawn Base.
Did the Eagle Squad succeed?
Yan Ning returned to the cave and told Professor Chen about the helicopter.
"I'm going to follow and see what's going on."
"Okay, okay, then go quickly. Don't be too late or you'll miss the chance."
"Um."
Yan Ning walked to the foot of the mountain, fumbled for the mechanism, and opened the tunnel again. It was several times faster than climbing a mountain. In a short while, he passed through the most difficult mountain. Then he walked towards the direction of the meteorite crater according to his memory. He soon saw the target of his trip and several acquaintances.
Tang Zeyu and several others stood on the edge of the crater, discussing how to tie it up and bring it back.
"Use a rope. It's simple and crude."
"Rope? It's a problem how to tie it up."
"Haven't you seen that kind of stone pendant? Just tie it like that."
As they were chatting, Lu Shiyu suddenly saw Yan Ning running towards him breathlessly from a distance, and waved to greet him.
"Yan Ning! Let's come back..."
Before Lu Shiyu finished speaking, Yan Ning rushed over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint and grabbed Lu Shiyu's hand. Just when Lu Shiyu felt at a loss, Yan Ning finally couldn't help but shout:
"Finally back, go tell my chef to stop cooking!!!"
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