Chapter 352 Xia Lili, do you dare to accept this task?
Commander Gu explained to Xia Lili, "Li Qihan is our top criminal investigation expert and sniper in the southeast. He is particularly skilled in jungle tracking and stealth reconnaissance."
"The Ministry is organizing this cross-regional joint operation, and we need to draw the most elite professionals from all regions to form a special operations team."
"Their core mission," Commander Gu continued, his tone growing more serious, "is to penetrate the heart of Sanbianpo and secretly collect evidence of the core crimes of these major drug lords."
"Including their drug trafficking network, cash flow, lists of armed personnel, and evidence of collusion with foreign forces."
"This evidence must be conclusive and complete, forming a solid chain of evidence. The ultimate goal is to bring these heinous criminals to justice and bring them to justice through our country's judicial system."
"Once a chain of evidence is formed, we will launch a crackdown operation, bring them to justice in China, and impose the most severe punishment to deter criminal forces abroad."
After discussing Li Qihan's situation, Commander Gu looked at Xia Lili gravely and changed the subject:
“But the situation on Sanbianpo is far more complicated than what is written in the report.”
"It's a tropical rainforest with complex terrain, a harsh climate, and poisonous insects and miasma everywhere. Every step is filled with the murderous intent of nature."
"Not to mention the man-made dangers. The drug lords' armed patrols, the mines and booby traps they plant, and the profit-seeking private armies..."
Commander Gu leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice, "And now, my old friend in the southwest has encountered a difficult problem."
"They had a crucial undercover agent who successfully obtained a key piece of evidence that directly identified one of the major drug lords."
"But the return route is tightly blocked by the enemy, and the conventional evacuation plan is extremely risky."
"They have sent us a request, hoping to use your special abilities to help escort this undercover agent through the death rainforest and return safely to the country with the evidence."
Xia Lili immediately perked up and escorted the extremely important undercover agent!
Commander Gu saw a glimmer of light in Xia Lili's eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he said in a serious tone:
"This is an extremely dangerous mission. Not only do we need to deal with ferocious pursuers, but we must also be constantly vigilant against the various deadly traps in the jungle."
"I believe that allowing you to participate is not only the highest recognition of your ability, but also perhaps a way for you to get out of your current mood."
"How about it, Xia Lili, do you dare to take this mission?"
Xia Lili's eyes lit up with eagerness at this moment, excited but also nervous: "Take it!"
After Xia Lili took on the task, she did not delay at all.
That night, under the personal arrangement of Commander Gu, she boarded a flight to Southwest Province.
When the plane landed, a vehicle was already waiting at the airport and took her directly to the Southwest Provincial Department.
To her surprise, a deputy commander in charge of border defense work in the Southwest Provincial Department actually received her in person.
In a simple but heavily guarded conference room, the deputy commander, without much greeting, pointed directly to the huge electronic map on the wall, which clearly marked the intricate contour lines, rivers and border lines of the "Three Slopes" area.
"Comrade Xia Lili, welcome. Time is short, so let's be brief."
The deputy commander's voice was steady and powerful. "Your mission is clear. First, we'll send you to a secret outpost on the border. There, you'll meet up with Captain Li Qihan and his elite operations team."
His finger drew a zigzag dotted line on the map: "After the reunion, you must finalize the infiltration route based on the real-time situation. Then-"
He pointed his finger heavily at the green area representing the border, "You need to cross this tropical rainforest and meet up with the undercover comrades who carry crucial evidence!"
Finally, he firmly drew his finger back across the red line representing the national border: "The ultimate goal is to bring him and the evidence back to the country safely and intact, without missing a single one!"
For the next five days, Xia Lili underwent a highly concentrated and intense secret adaptive training.
Every minute of every day is packed with training content that is highly targeted.
Inside the training ground, the atmosphere was so tense that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it.
Xia Lili was fully focused, feeling that every minute was challenging her cognitive limits.
The instructor in charge of rainforest stealth is a veteran with dark skin and eyes as sharp as an eagle.
He was in a dense forest, demonstrating how to make his steps as light as a cat's, while naturally covering up the tracks he had just made with broken ferns and mosses.
The instructor's voice was cold: "Remember, in the forest, every branch you break and every fallen leaf you step on is no small matter."
"That will become the clearest signpost in the eyes of the enemy, pointing directly to your hiding place."
"This principle was won with the blood of those who came before us. Don't take it lightly."
On the second day, the explosives identification course was even more chilling.
The training ground was dotted with various carefully disguised simulations of explosive devices.
These dangerous explosives might be hidden in the hollow of a rotting tree, triggered by a nearly invisible fishing line, or placed next to a box of seemingly precious medicine, tempting you to touch it.
The instructor pointed at the unbearable accident scene photos on the wall, his tone heavy as a mountain:
"Those vicious criminals in Sanbianpo are capable of any trick they can throw at you."
"Every detail we teach you now, every step we ask you to take, comes at a painful price, earned by many of our frontline comrades at the cost of their lives. Engraved in your mind!"
In the navigation training area, another instructor was sternly stressing how to survive without modern technology. "Don't count on your gadgets! In those woods, they'll turn into scrap metal at any moment."
He forced the team members to use the compass repeatedly, learn to rely on the stars at night, and even observe the density of tree moss to determine the direction.
"Once you get lost in there, your chances of survival will slip away like sand in your hands."
"This life-saving skill was forcibly pushed to its current importance through countless painful lessons and sacrifices!"
In the medical first aid class, the instructor quickly demonstrated how to bandage the upper part of a limb bitten by a venomous snake and how to clean wounds caused by crude traps that are highly susceptible to infection.
"The bacteria in the rainforest are completely different from your common sense! An infection from a small wound could completely disable you within a few hours, or even kill you."
During these five days, everyone was learning an extremely complex set of sign languages.
The instructor's requirements are almost harsh; every gesture must be precise, quick, and unambiguous.
"Remember, once you enter silence, the secret gesture is your only tongue."
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