"Didn't you say at the beginning that there would be two people appearing? Lin Beiyue is over, but you're not even paying attention to Guan Nianshan?" Helmod could tell from Shi Yin's expression that Shi Yin had forgotten about Guan Nianshan.
“When they returned to Shelter No. 8, I knew they had failed the moment I saw Guan Nianshan, and I didn’t pay any more attention to it after that,” Shi Yin answered truthfully.
"It failed too. Did this person have an imprint?" Helmod was a little incredulous. "I really can't believe that such a... glib-tongued person would be recognized by the world?"
Helmod thought for a long time, and could only come up with this one adjective. In fact, what he was thinking was much more serious than this word.
Over the centuries, Helmod and Guan Nianshan had dealt with each other quite a bit, and Helmod knew Guan Nianshan's temperament well. This guy's moral standards were quite low for a normal person, and the only thing that could bind him was self-interest.
However, this person's credibility is not high. It's not that he doesn't keep his word, but he always finds loopholes in Guan Nianshan's language. When Guan Nianshan is deceived by Guan Nianshan's indifferent attitude, he is unknowingly swindled out of a sum of money.
Helmod was once tricked.
Then, by "persuading people with reason," one patiently uses strength to "explain the reasons and appeal to emotions," thus ensuring that one does not suffer a loss.
However, Helmod, who wasn't so cunning, certainly didn't have a good impression of Guan Nianshan.
"Who told you he has a positive mark?" Shi Yin glanced at Helmod: "Do you think I kept Changning by his side because he's a good dad?"
“Aren’t you afraid that Guan Nianshan will betray you and take your Changning with him?” Helmod immediately understood Shi Yin’s words and said with a hint of helplessness, “Just how much preparation have you made?”
“Changning won’t be taken away.” Shi Yin looked out the window and whispered, “I’ve influenced her brain; she can only depend on me.”
"Really?" Helmod paused slightly. "Then, since you have a little free time now, why don't you go home and visit your family?"
"It's perfect that you haven't been exposed to the public eye yet, and it's your leisure time. You also have a family, right?"
Shi Yin: "..."
"No need." Shi Yin took a deep breath. Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, she could see the city below the high-rise buildings.
It was peaceful and warm, and occasionally you could see someone pulling back the curtains to look outside. But the sky was now murky, and you could no longer see blue sky and white clouds. Gray clouds shrouded the sun with a faint dark red glow.
There is no end in sight.
"There'll be plenty of time after the apocalypse ends," Shi Yin murmured to herself. "It will end."
Helmod sighed softly, remained silent for a while, and then changed the subject.
“Changning is still asleep. Do you want to go and check if it’s been fed too much crystal?” Helmod said. “Also, the detector did detect an unidentified object, but the data was abnormal for only 2 seconds, and then it returned to normal. It hasn’t appeared again since.”
"Find out the location first before giving it to me." Shi Yin coughed twice, waved her hand, and turned the chair towards the window.
“Hey… just throw it away after you’re done using it.” Helmod sighed, “I…”
"Buzz buzz buzz—"
Before Helmod could finish speaking, his phone started vibrating incessantly in his pocket. He initially thought it was another urgent call from a subordinate reporting on a mission and wasn't planning to answer, but the phone in his pocket persisted.
Helmod frowned slightly, picked up his phone to answer, and his expression changed drastically after only a few words.
"What's wrong?" Shi Yin asked, turning her head to see Helmod's pale face.
“My exploration team has discovered a large laboratory.” Helmod stood up, looking somewhat anxious. “The two exploration teams that were close to it were completely wiped out. Now, my exploration team has focused all its attention on that place.”
Discovering laboratories is not actually a rare occurrence; they are frequently encountered by exploration teams abroad, as well as by regular military forces from various countries.
However, most of them are just smoke and mirrors; even if they are destroyed, they are useless, and the data inside is fragmented.
However, a laboratory like this, which could wipe out two exploration teams, is very rare. After all, ordinary troops may have ordinary people, but those who can be called exploration teams, especially the exploration teams established by Helmod, are definitely the elite of the elite.
Unlike exploration teams from other countries, Helmod is the embodiment of exploration.
“I’ll take you there first, then Ishtar will come find you right afterward.” Shi Yin stood up from her seat.
"Do we still need Ishtar?" Helmod wondered, as his strength was already sufficient.
"Yeah, you're pretty good at dying." Shi Yin nodded seriously: "We should try to avoid having you alone in dangerous situations."
Helmod: "..."
That cannot be refuted.
Shi Yin arrived at the open space in front of the office, pressed down on her katana, held her breath and slashed out. Instantly, a dark crack appeared in front of her, the surrounding air distorted, and then quickly healed itself after the crack opened.
The cracked space was extremely sharp, but Helmod's left and right hands glowed with a silver light, covered with a strange metallic color, directly supporting the edge of the crack and tearing the small crack open.
Without exchanging many words, Helmod disappeared into the rift.
A laboratory...?
Shi Yin looked in the direction where Helmod had disappeared, lifted the desktop to bring up the computer, and casually operated a few things to bring up the map.
When Helmod mentioned that there was a problem with the information gathering area, Shi Yin had a vague feeling about it, but the strange feeling flashed by too quickly for Shi Yin to grasp.
They later said the signal was detected for two seconds, which seemed to be more noticeable than the time she felt it.
Shi Yin spun around in her chair; the snow outside the window had stopped.
Recently, there has been less and less snow, but the weather is getting colder and colder. The air is terribly dry, and a thick layer of snow has piled up everywhere without any sign of melting, making it difficult to breathe.
Now that the snow has stopped, the country has organized people with fire or heat control abilities to release their powers in various places to try to raise the temperature slightly. This is partly to minimize resource consumption and partly to train their abilities.
Supernatural abilities are most easily developed in adversity.
"Sigh." Shi Yin sighed softly, opened the door and walked outside.
The best approach would actually be to investigate externally, find the key, and take the initiative into our own hands. However, this is clearly unrealistic. No matter how hard we try, we can't change the fact that the enemy is in the shadows while we are in the open.
The vast empire established by the mastermind behind it was clearly built up over generations. Even though this operation eliminated many people, Shi Yin believed that they still had informants even in the Yanlong Kingdom.
And as time goes on, it may continue to increase.
Spies and undercover agents don't actually need to be completely eliminated. As long as they are detected in time, they might even be used to achieve unexpected results.
However, those who break the deadlock always expend more energy than those who set the course.
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