Xu Lin looked down through the hole and saw five people sitting in the room. The person in the main seat was probably the private base manager, who was listening to a report from someone below.
"The base has recently increased patrols, but there have been no other actions."
"Are you sure? Could it be a smokescreen?"
"Si Peng, what do you mean by this?!"
"It doesn't mean anything, it's just reasonable suspicion."
"you!"
"Alright, stop arguing. We're a team, don't let baseless accusations ruin our unity," the private base leader interrupted their argument.
"Isn't this Minister Sui, who took over security from Minister Sun? Has he defected to the enemy?" Xu Lin gestured to Zhou Pin.
“It should have been arranged at the base long ago,” Zhou Pin indicated.
The reason the base hadn't taken any action was because they discovered someone had betrayed them. They hadn't been able to find the traitor, but they never expected the traitor to be such a high-ranking official, possibly second only to the four people in Xie Yao's study.
“Now we need to know if they have any new plans for that day. You too, you always let us down at crucial moments,” the private base manager said to Minister Sui.
“The meeting was held on short notice that day, and I happened to have something to do so I couldn’t make it back. I’ll go and inquire about it when I get back today,” Minister Sui said.
What a coincidence! Minister Sui wasn't there the day Xu Lin went to Xie Yao's house, otherwise today's operation would have been exposed. It's truly fate.
"Boss, we've probably hidden our stuff well. We can't let them find it," someone nearby said.
"Of course, it's a lifesaver. Without it, we would have been wiped out long ago," the private base leader said irritably.
After listening to them talk for a while, the two felt that the time was right and they should hurry up and take them all down before they dispersed.
Zhou Pin took out a screen-equipped electronic device similar to a mobile phone and pressed a few buttons. Sun Wei, who had the same device in his hand, immediately vibrated. Sun Wei opened it and saw a message from Zhou Pin.
This is a communication device that Xu Lin collected at the science museum. It had been stored in her spatial storage for a while. She found it while organizing things in her spatial storage to deal with the private base chief, and it came in handy.
This small communicator has ten units in total. It is solar-powered and requires a satellite TV-like setup to transmit signals wirelessly.
Zhou Pin had already set up the equipment on the third-floor roof. As long as the communicator was not higher than the signal tower, it could be used. Each of them had one, making it easy to communicate.
After receiving the message, Sun Wei took out a signal flare from his backpack and fired it, then quickly moved to avoid being detected.
Actually, this signal flare was just a signal flare and had no practical significance. However, at this moment, every little thing counts.
Everyone inside stood up when they heard the noise.
"What's going on? Are they taking action today?"
"No, I have all the base security under my control. I would know if there were any operations," Minister Sui said.
"Go check what's going on outside, come back and report immediately. Go gather the men and bring them together," the private base manager said to the two guards outside as he opened the door.
One of them ran towards the location where the signal flare was launched, while the other went in the opposite direction, presumably to gather reinforcements.
"Go back and check what's going on right now," the private base manager said to Minister Sui.
Before Minister Sui could reply, Xu Lin threw a smoke bomb into the room through a small hole, then quickly blocked the hole and took Zhou Pin to hide in the space for a while.
This smoke grenade is effective for five minutes, after which it will completely dissipate.
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