Chapter 41: Dad's Going on a Mission?
The winds in the Gobi Desert have been blowing rather strangely lately.
It's not winter yet, but the wind carries a bone-chilling cold that makes people uneasy.
Lin Jianguo has been extremely busy these past few days.
Even the time to tell Zhaodi bedtime stories has been squeezed out.
That night, the moon was completely obscured by dark clouds.
The lamp in the house—the one Zhaodi modified from a nuclear battery—emitting a soft light.
Lin Jianguo sat at the table, holding a rag in his hand, carefully wiping the Type 54 pistol that had been with him for many years.
The movements were slow and gentle.
It's like stroking the face of an old friend.
Zhao Di was already in bed, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter how much she tossed and turned.
Children's intuition is sometimes more accurate than radar.
She felt that her father was a little different tonight.
That figure looked a bit stiff and a bit lonely.
"father……"
Zhao Di crawled out of bed, barefoot, and rubbed against Lin Jianguo like a kitten.
Lin Jianguo paused, quickly put the gun back into its holster, and put on a smiling face.
"What's wrong, honey? Did you have a nightmare?"
He picked Zhao Di up, placed her on his lap, and gently rubbed her cheek with his stubble.
Zhao Di shook her head, her small hands gripping Lin Jianguo's collar tightly.
"Dad, you're cleaning the gun."
Are we going to fight bad guys?
Lin Jianguo was stunned for a moment.
This kid is too clever.
He sighed and pulled Zhao Di closer to his chest.
"Yes, I have a small task."
"It wasn't about fighting bad guys, it was just about picking up something."
"What are you calling?" Zhao Di blinked her big eyes, determined to get to the bottom of it.
Lin Jianguo hesitated for a moment.
Although this mission is confidential, there's no need to hide too much from the children.
"There is a batch of very important equipment that needs to be transported back from the border."
"Those are parts for building large aircraft for our base."
"But the road is a bit dangerous; there might be bad guys trying to rob us."
“Dad is the head of the security department, he has to go and bring them back.”
The situation is actually much more serious than that.
Intelligence indicates that an unidentified armed force is operating on the other side of the border, specifically targeting this transport route.
The higher-ups originally wanted to send another unit, but that batch of equipment was too precious and could not afford the slightest mistake.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianguo volunteered.
He was a former reconnaissance soldier, and he knew that terrain like the back of his hand.
No one is more suitable than him.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Di's lips immediately trembled.
Tears welled up in her eyes, but stubbornly refused to fall.
She frantically called for the system in her mind.
"Uncle! Uncle, come out quickly!"
"Dad's going to fight!"
Is that place very dangerous?
The system was in hibernation mode, running an upgrade, when it was woken up by these incessant calls.
【Oh my little darling, what are you doing up so late at night instead of sleeping?】
Wait a minute... a border mission?
The system instantly retrieved satellite maps and intelligence data for that area.
Although it's a database from 2050, some key battles from historical moments are recorded.
The data stream flashed by rapidly.
Finally, it stopped at a bright red warning sign.
[WARNING! High-risk area!]
Based on historical data, large-scale armed conflict is expected in this region in the near future.
[Ambush probability: 99%]
[Danger Level: S]
When Zhao Di heard "S-level," she didn't understand what it meant, but she could recognize the bright red warning sign.
That means someone is going to die!
"Wow--!!!"
Zhao Di finally couldn't hold back anymore, and tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string.
She clung tightly to Lin Jianguo's neck, hanging on him like a koala.
"You're not allowed to go! You're not allowed to go!"
"Father, you're not allowed to go!"
"There are big bad wolves there! Lots and lots of big bad wolves!"
"Zhao Di doesn't want her father to die! Waaaaah..."
Lin Jianguo was heartbroken.
His greatest fear in life is his daughter crying.
Each tear, falling on his heart, hurt more than a bullet.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Father be dead?"
"Dad is really tough. Look at that Liu the Cripple and Old Zhang, didn't Dad take care of them?"
Lin Jianguo patted Zhao Di on the back, forcing a smile as he tried to comfort her.
"Besides, this is an order."
"Dad's a soldier. Soldiers don't have the right to be picky."
"If that batch of equipment is lost, we won't be able to build our large aircraft."
"We'll still be bullied in the future."
Zhao Di didn't care whether the plane was big or small.
In her little world, her father was everything.
What will she do if the sky falls?
"I don't care! You're not allowed to go!"
"I can build big airplanes! Uncle System will teach me!"
"How about Dad doesn't go?"
Zhao Di cried so hard she kept hiccuping, her little face turning bright red.
Lin Jianguo's eyes reddened when he saw his daughter like this.
He hardened his heart and pulled Zhao Di away from his arms.
He held her small shoulders with both hands, his eyes more serious than ever before.
"Zhaodi! Watch your father!"
What did your father teach you?
"We, the Lin family, will shed blood and sweat, but not tears!"
"Dad went to protect more little children like Zhaodi."
"If we don't go, the bad guys will come to our doorstep."
"Who will protect Zhao Di then?"
Zhao Di looked into her father's determined eyes.
That was the look in the eyes of the heroic uncles she had seen in magazines.
She sniffled and slowly stopped crying.
"Then...then Father must come back."
"We need to bring candied hawthorns for Zhaodi."
"And bring back... bring back the wheels of that big airplane for me to play with."
Lin Jianguo smiled.
She smiled so brightly that the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes disappeared.
"Okay! I'll definitely bring it!"
"Pinky promise!"
The father and daughter hooked their little fingers together.
"Pinky promise, a hundred years from now!"
Although Lin Jianguo readily agreed.
But he knew it in his heart.
This trip was truly a life-or-death situation.
After he coaxed Zhao Di to sleep, he took out the suicide note he had written long ago and looked at it again.
The above contains only a few sentences:
"If I am unfortunately killed, please make sure the organization takes good care of my daughter, Lin Zhaodi."
"She is a good child and the hope of the country."
"Please tell her that Daddy went to pick stars from the sky and will always love her."
Lin Jianguo put the suicide note under his pillow.
Then, he gently kissed Zhao Di on the forehead.
I turned around and walked into the vast night.
At this moment, Zhao Di, who seemed to be fast asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.
Those big eyes held no sleepiness, only a resolute determination beyond their years.
She said to the system in her mind:
"Uncle, I need to save my father."
"No matter how many points it costs, I will save my father!"
The system remained silent for a second.
That usually carefree voice had become unusually serious at that moment.
【good. 】
[How could the host of this system be a child without a father?]
[Host, get up and get to work!]
Let's make a talisman for your dad!
[A talisman that can stop an atomic bomb!]
Zhao Di jumped up in a flash.
By the light of the moon shining through the window.
She started drawing on paper.
That's not graffiti.
That was a line of defense against death.
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