Five minutes later, the two emerged from the space and entered the room through the ceiling. The smoke in the room had completely cleared, leaving only five large men lying on the floor.
The two of them worked together to tie up the five people, threw them into the space, and then began searching for their belongings.
They couldn't take the tables, chairs, or benches from the house; they'd be discovered, and Xu Lin didn't want them either. The two started looking for the secret room. It was easy to guess that this kind of single-story house was underground.
The two eventually discovered a clue under the private base chief's chair and successfully entered the secret room.
This was a basement of about 10 square meters, filled with weapons and medicine. Xu Lin took half of the firearms, leaving the rest untouched. There was no other way; taking everything would surely be discovered by the base. She left the other items untouched, as she had already agreed with the base to divide them equally.
Zhou Pin found the bomb that the private base chief was threatening at the base and carefully dismantled it. Xu Lin kept an eye on things the whole time, so that if anything went wrong, she could pull Zhou Pin to the space, even though it might be too late.
Just as the bombs were being defused, Sun Wei sent a message saying that the area outside was under control. Xu Lin replied, "Defused." The rest was left for Sun Wei to explain to the base.
Another half hour passed, the danger was over, and Zhou Pin was covered in sweat. The two came out of the secret room, released the five people in the space, and then asked Sun Wei to contact the base to come and pick up the people.
Seeing how tired Zhou Pin was and how injured Sun Wei was, Xu Lin told them to go home and rest, and that she would take care of the rest. The two of them didn't stand on ceremony and went home together.
After that, Xu Lin didn't need to do anything. The bomb issue that the base had been worried about was defused, and the interrogation was carried out without any mercy. Xu Lin was only responsible for keeping an eye on the spoils so that they wouldn't be divided up too little.
The base kept its word and gave Xu Lin everything she needed. They even tried to persuade her to serve them, but she refused.
Some people tried to find out how they got close to the private base chief, but Xu Lin vaguely brushed it off with the word "secret." Only I can use this method; if you all knew, you'd probably dissect me for research.
After the items were distributed, Xie Yao's father kindly arranged for someone to deliver them to Xu Lin's door, which deeply moved Xu Lin. Before saying goodbye, Xie Yao's father still kept Xu Lin behind for a private talk.
"You really don't intend to serve the base?"
"No, we don't have any ambitions." We've only worked at the base a few times to gather intelligence, and now that we've established relationships with the base leaders, there's no need for us to force ourselves to join again.
"Alright, we won't force you, but you should also be prepared that there might be another disaster. We need to prepare to evacuate," Xie Yao's father kindly reminded him.
"Relocate the entire base? That's a massive operation." Xu Lin exclaimed in surprise.
“There’s no other way. People need to live to have hope. A new disaster is about to break out in this place,” Xie Yao’s father said, looking at the workers carrying things.
"Where else can we go?" Xu Lin followed Xie Yao's father's gaze and muttered to herself.
“We have been sending people to explore in all directions for the past few months, hoping to find a suitable place to live, and we have just made some progress in the last few days.”
Xu Lin chatted with Xie Yao's father for a while longer, then said goodbye and left after the goods were delivered.
Back home, Zhou Pin and Sun Wei had already taken care of everything and had given Minister Sun and the others a general overview of the operation. Everyone was very excited to see Xu Lin return with so many spoils of war.
"There's food, clothes, and supplies inside. We can live for two years even if we just sit around waiting to die!" Minister Sun said after taking inventory of the supplies.
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