The leader of the rescue team kindly comforted the surviving guides.

He claimed that he was negligent and had caused them unnecessary fright. He called the incident a terrible accident.

He also reported that thanks to his effective and timely rescue, the guides were well protected inside the airship, and at least most of them did not suffer fatal injuries.

The rescue officer asked everyone what they were going to do next. He said that they had originally arranged vehicles to continue to take them to various outposts, but considering that everyone had suffered such serious injuries, it would be understandable if some people wanted to go back to recuperate.

In his mind, this group of frightened guides would definitely not have the heart to rush to the sentry post.

They would definitely be trembling, crying and begging to go back. In this way, he could just take advantage of the situation and bring all of them back to the White Tower to report. He wouldn't have to travel a long way to send these people one by one to those dangerous and poor places.

As for the soldiers on the sentry post, whether they need guides or are waiting for treatment from the guides is not something that he, an official high up in the White Tower, needs to worry about.

After all, it's just a formality, right?

"I, I am willing to continue to the sentry post. The sentry over there is still waiting for us." The one who spoke was a young man. He had overdrawn his mental strength, making his face look very ugly. He looked like he couldn't even stand up, but he sat on the ground and raised his pale arms.

Oh, is it the top student in the grade? The top student, Shu Jingtong. The rescue officer recognized this person. He pouted in his heart, good students are rigid, there is really nothing you can do about him.

But on the surface, you still have to put on a smile and praise him for his loyalty, selflessness and consideration for the overall situation.

"Me too. I'm going too." The girl who spoke this time had a big afro and her face was covered with snot and tears.

Oh, the young lady from the Marquis's family who was corrupted. The rescue officer thought, it is normal for the young lady to be ignorant of the ways of the world.

"I'll go too." Soon another person raised his hand.

"Yes, I want to go too."

"Although I'm a little scared...but I'm still going."

"Count me in."

One after another, they raised their hands to the guide. Although not all of them did, the number was enough to surprise the rescue officer.

The guides who used to live a refined life in the White Tower were now covered in dirt and looked miserable. They sat around with no energy or strength. But every hand they raised was so firm.

There was a spark in his eyes that the official in a high position could not understand.

The rescue officer had no choice but to complain in his heart while taking out a notebook to record the destination of each guide and began to arrange the escort vehicles and personnel.

Some went to Luolong, some went to Zidian, and there was a strange guide wearing a dark sportswear, who said she was from the Special Research Department and was at the Dongbin sentry post.

Ni Ji, who had already left with the team and walked a long distance, suddenly stopped in the wilderness.

"Dongbin." He seemed to have heard something and softly read out a place name.

"What's wrong, Brother Ji?" Song Siyuan, who was walking beside him, asked, "You remembered it wrongly. We didn't go to Dongbin Sentry Post. We went to Zidian, although the two sentry posts are quite close."

…

The morning light is rising in the sea. Fishermen returning from the sea are dragging their fresh seafood onto the seawall.

Crowds of people gathered at the dock, forming a small seafood trading market.

The fishmonger cut off the huge fish head with her knife. Blood mixed with fish scales gathered on the ground into thin streams, flowing down along both sides of the road.

Passersby walked on the muddy ground.

The market was noisy and chaotic, with the sounds of bargaining, shouting and the smell of fish all over the floor.

Sentinel Shen Fei stood in the mud of the city, adjusting the silk scarf around his neck somewhat uncomfortably.

He was really not used to wearing the imperial capital's formal attire in a place like this, and he hadn't worn it for many years.

Behind him, some standing or leaning on the jeep, several sentries laughed at him.

"Look at what you are wearing, Sergeant? You look like a colorful peacock. Hahahaha, it's so funny. Don't you see that everyone passing by is looking at you?"

"Captain, you may be able to wear this attire to attend the ball at the White Tower, but it's really funny to see you standing here in the market."

"Shut your dog mouths." Shen Fei scolded them, "People from the capital dress like this. This is a formal dress, which shows that we value her."

Shen Fei was born in the imperial capital, and grew up in a family of collateral descendants of a noble family. Compared with the native sentinels, he knew the etiquette that was observed in the White Tower better.

I feel that I used to be a very elegant man, but now I have been hanging out with these veteran soldiers at the Dongbin outpost for too long and have started to swear a lot. I can hardly remember the etiquette and rules I learned since childhood.

"Stop making fun of the sentry commander." A female sentry with a shaved head sitting on the roof of the jeep said, "This is the sentry commander's last dress. Before we set off, my sister-in-law found it overnight, washed it, and ironed it all night before letting the sentry commander wear it."

The sentries didn't laugh.

Most of them still remember that when the sentry first came here, he had many colorful clothes like this. Most of them have been sold over the years, leaving only this one, which he only takes out to show off when he needs to entertain.

They really shouldn't laugh.

"Boss, is the guide you mentioned coming? We have been waiting since yesterday, but we haven't seen even the shadow of a guide. Could it be that she is not coming at all?" The speaker was a big sentry with thick eyebrows, thick hair and beard, over two meters tall, and he was already very impatient of waiting.

"No, Dahu. The one who came is a guide from the Special Research Department. She came for Contaminated Area No. 5." Shen Fei shook his head and said, "She is going to do a research mission for Contaminated Area No. 5. She should not not come."

She said this, but in her heart she was actually worried and couldn't help looking into the distance. "Strange, we should have arrived earlier. The guide usually wears that white silk skirt, which is very conspicuous and everyone is paying attention to it."

What is closer to the No. 5 contaminated area is actually another sentry post next door.

Originally, the guide was not going to come here, but he specifically asked a cousin of his distant cousin to come here. The cousin named Roy had some influence in the Special Research Department. Shen Fei spent a lot of effort and repeatedly assured Roy that he would take good care of their guide. Only then did he agree to let the guide stay at their Dongbin outpost during the research period.

As long as the guide comes and lives with them, then maybe there is still hope.

The sentry nicknamed Da Hu snorted, "Even if they come, so what? The White Tower has sent guides to our place over the years, but after they come, they either complain about the poor accommodation or the food, and every time they come, they make a fuss about leaving. Is there anyone who has ever helped us sincerely?"

Someone immediately responded, "Yes, the one who came two years ago, just arrived at the sentry post, he accidentally saw Da Hu's half-beast form, and was frightened to death on the spot. After waking up, he refused to stay any longer, and ran back with his luggage packed as it was. Hahahaha."

"So you better behave yourself this time." Shen Fei scolded unhappily, "You are not allowed to say dirty words. You are not allowed to show your half-beast form. Keep your spirit form away and no one is allowed to let it run around."

"On what basis?"

"Then you will suffocate to death."

"That's right, a guide is great. Who cares?"

"I don't want to serve tea and water to those guys and carry gifts, and still not get a good face in return. I just want to be treated coldly by others."

"Those guys in the White Tower never treated us as human beings."

The veteran soldiers started talking noisily.

"So what do you want?" Shen Fei turned around and yelled, "Rachel's life is not worth it?"

When the sentries heard these words, they fell silent instantly.

Shen Fei's angry eyes swept across the faces of every sentry, and every sentry he saw lowered his head.

"Do you know what condition Xiao Lei is in now or not?" Shen Fei's gaze finally fell on Da Hu, who was the one who started the trouble, and said in a cold voice, "Da Hu, you tell me. If you say one word, your deputy captain's life will be gone. I won't say a word more now, I will turn around and leave. Who has the patience to wait for a guide here?"

"Boss, that's not what I meant," the tall and strong sentry shrank his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."

"Listen to me, everyone. When the guide comes, put away your bad habits one by one." Shen Fei pointed at everyone with his finger, "I'm telling you this, those who should bow their heads should bow their heads, those who should bend their waists should bend their waists, and those who should serve tea and water should do their jobs. If anyone messes up, I will never forgive him."

"Boss, don't say anything," Da Hu pounded the carriage and swore, "If that guy can really save Captain Lei, I'd be willing to kneel down and lick his shoes, not to mention serving tea and water."

"What shoes?" a girl's voice interrupted at this time.

Shen Fei turned around and saw a girl standing in front of him.

The girl was wearing a dark, loose outdoor outfit with her sleeves folded to her elbows, a gun on her waist, and a not-too-big backpack on her back. Except for her pale face and thin hands, she looked nothing like the guide I had in mind.

"Excuse me, are you the sentry from Dongbin?" she asked.

"Yes, I am Shen Fei, the sentry chief of Dongbin." Although he had seen the photo, Shen Fei still didn't dare to believe it. "You...you are?"

"Lin Yuan from the Special Research Institute." Lin Yuan showed his work badge, "Something happened to the airship on the way. I got here by car."

Her tone was very flat, neither reserved nor enthusiastic.

But Shen Fei was very happy, as if he had obtained a treasure, and he was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands.

He took Lin Yuan's backpack attentively, handed it to the group of guys who were looking around behind him, and personally opened the car door for Lin Yuan.

"I heard it, I heard it. You are trapped in the contaminated area." Shen Fei said warmly, "It's really not easy. I have been worried that you will not come."

The guide who came the year before last brought seven or eight large suitcases with him, and the back of the car could hardly hold them all, so this time Shen Fei specially asked several brothers to help carry the things.

Who knew that this person who came this time had a different style and only brought a backpack.

The sentries all got into the jeep. Shen Fei drove the car himself and asked Lin Yuan to sit in the passenger seat.

This jeep is the only motor vehicle in the sentry post. It is very old and has been repaired and patched up. Although its performance is still acceptable, its interior is really not very good. Although Shen Fei organized people to clean it carefully before coming, it still looks a bit shabby.

There is a long bumpy dirt road from the pier to the sentry post.

In order to leave a good impression on the new guide, Shen Fei dismantled his daughter's only rag doll before he came, and asked his wife to sew a soft velvet cushion with the down inside overnight. He placed it specifically on the seat for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan sat on the cushion, and Shen Fei, who was sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but look at her secretly.

The young guide got on the bus, casually adjusted the seat cushion to make himself comfortable, and then stopped moving. He didn't say anything, but had an expressionless face, supported his chin with his wrist, tilted his head and looked out the window at the muddy road receding all the way, looking bored.

Is he a person with a cold personality?

Shen Fei began to feel a little nervous.

He knew that the seven or eight guys sitting or standing in the rear carriage were definitely listening attentively to what was happening in the car, waiting for him to speak.

Those sentinels have better hearing than anyone else.

"It must be tiring to travel by airship and car all the way, right?" Shen Fei finally mustered up the courage, but said something useless first.

The guide did not answer, but simply retracted his gaze from the window and turned to him, with a cold look on his face, as if he didn't want to talk.

Shen Fei couldn't continue speaking, but he had to continue.

I could only hold back my embarrassment and continue.

"Originally, I had to let you rest for two days and adjust your condition. Only then did I have the nerve to ask you for help." Shen Fei's smile was a little stiff. He hadn't begged others in a low voice for a long time, and he was quite uncomfortable with it.

"Just a few days ago," he said dryly, "as you may know, the nearby Contaminated Area No. 5 suddenly expanded. One of our sentries was trapped inside."

"By the time everyone rescued him, he had been tortured by those deformed monsters for several days. His spirit was almost broken."

Lin Yuan interrupted, "Do you want me to give him some spiritual counseling?"

"Yes, yes, that's it." Shen Fei's eyes lit up, and he pleaded earnestly, "I hope you can help with this. The sentinel is on the verge of collapse and can't hold on any longer. We gave him several injections of guidance element, but it didn't work at all."

"But my level of mental organization is not high, and I may not be able to help the sentinels on the brink of collapse." Lin Yuan answered calmly.

She was just stating a fact.

Mental grooming is a delicate job. In the imperial capital, all the sentinels who received her mental counseling in the grooming room showed painful expressions, and few people dared to come to her again. It seems that she is not very qualified in this aspect.

But these words coupled with her expressionless face seemed a little too cold.

Da Hu, who was fighting in the back of the car, stood up suddenly, was held by seven or eight hands around him, and was pushed back into his seat.

The short-haired female sentry glared at him fiercely, trying not to let him act rashly and make mistakes.

Although everyone's expression was as angry and sad as his.

Shen Fei, who was driving in the car, felt anxious. He didn't know where to start explaining to Lin Yuan, so he spoke quickly.

"He sacrificed himself to save others. When the edge of the contaminated area began to spread, he had enough time to run out with his speed."

"It just so happens that there is a temporary village there, with old people and many children."

"The kids came out, but he couldn't run away. He was obviously the fastest sentry in the entire post."

"I saw it with my own eyes. I saw him being grabbed by the ankles by that thing and dragged all the way into the black fog."

"By the time we finally rescued him, three days had passed and he couldn't even speak..."

Shen Fei knew that he was too excited and his words were incoherent.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the boiling emotions in his chest. He forced himself to squeeze out an awkward smile.

"Look at me, I'm getting anxious. Let's go back first and talk about it later."

This is not good, he said to himself in his heart, the guide's mood must be stable, and spiritual counseling cannot be forced. If she is not willing, it will not be done.

When we get to a place, settle the people there first, then slowly beg her for help. There will always be a way.

Don't mess it up.

I’m afraid that Xiao Lei can’t wait any longer.

Rachel was his best soldier. He had joined the army at the age of 15, and he had watched him grow from a teenager to a trusted deputy captain.

She watched helplessly as he became half-dead, but was powerless to do anything.

There are clearly a large number of guides in the tower who can heal the sentinels, but they are never willing to come to the sentry post easily.

It was not easy, it was not easy to get a spot. I must not mess it up.

How could the carefree guide, who grew up in the White Tower, know the hardships faced by the soldiers on sentry post? How could he possibly understand the anxiety and pain that was frying in his heart at that moment?

It's not incomprehensible, Shen Fei said to himself, in the past, when he was still a child, he lived in the city protected by the white tower, living in that dreamland of peace and prosperity. He was the same at that time, and never thought that there were many people in the world who lived such a hard life, living on the edge of a knife, living in such a poor place, and not having enough food to eat.

At that time, what was he thinking about every day?

Wondering whether there will be cream or fruit on the cake, wondering whether there will be a decent dress at the party.

I guess this young female guide who came from the White Tower is the same as I was back then.

You can't blame her. After all, it's impossible for people to understand other people's pain without seeing it with their own eyes and experiencing it personally.

The car stopped and the gate of the sentry post was right in front of us.

Shen Fei found that his eyes were a little wet. He gathered his emotions, got out of the car, opened the door for Lin Yuan, and smiled at Lin Yuan, "Come on, I'll take you to see where you're staying. You can take a rest and see if there's anything missing."

"Shouldn't we go see the sentry first?" Lin Yuan said curiously.

Shen Fei was stunned.

"I thought you were in a hurry." Lin Yuan gestured to lead the way. "Since the situation is urgent and there are no other guides, I have no choice but to try."

【This person is really strange】

[You're almost crying, why are you still talking about taking a break?]

[It's just that I don't understand. Humans are the hardest to understand.]

[The big fish has run away, there are no fish to catch, how boring. ]

【Boring】