Chapter 19 S-Rank Guide Joins
Xie Tu leaned back in his seat with an air of nonchalance, ignoring the eager looks in his teammates' eyes.
Minister Duan is a very capable and skillful leader.
She knew very well that an S-class guide could improve the overall combat level of Team Zero several times over.
Keeping that guide at the base and only providing him with psychological counseling is a huge waste of his talent.
As for whether other leaders at the base will agree.
Having convinced Minister Duan, she would naturally argue with them.
However, is the guide willing to give up his comfortable life and venture out of the base into danger...?
Xie Tu lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then pulled his chair closer and operated Minister Duan's computer, quickly bringing up Yun Zhao's identity information and residential address.
He needs to go there in person.
Unexpectedly, Minister Duan acted even faster.
*
The next day, it was just getting light.
Yun Zhao had just gotten up when Minister Duan personally sent a car to pick him up.
Thinking she needed to speak to someone urgently, she had no choice but to return to the inner city operations building.
But this time is different.
Instead of going to the upstairs office area, they took the elevator directly to the depths of the underground.
After exiting the elevator, you pass through two metal doors that require a password.
Yun Zhao followed the staff member who was leading the way to a huge underground space.
Dim lights flickered overhead, illuminating rows of massive metal control consoles.
On the control panel, various complex instruments and screens flashed lights. Some screens displayed real-time external monitoring images, while others showed densely packed data and charts that kept changing.
Minister Duan stood ramrod straight, still wearing his crisp dark blue military uniform, in front of the giant screen, gazing at the data charts.
Seeing her come in, Minister Duan turned around and waved to her, "Come and take a look."
Yun Zhao nodded slightly and walked towards her.
Several staff members sat in front of computers, their fingers flying across the keyboards, their eyes glued to the screens as they worked.
All I could hear was the sound of keyboards clicking and various instruments.
Minister Duan said to her in a normal tone, "This is the base's operations command center, which includes intelligence processing and contaminated area analysis teams."
"In these end times, danger lurks everywhere."
Minister Duan said, "The base can provide temporary shelter, but to truly change the situation and achieve stability, the only way is to eliminate the contaminated area."
Yun Zhao looked up at Minister Duan.
He seemed to understand what she wanted to say.
Minister Duan didn't rush to the main topic. Instead, he pointed to the huge display screen and explained, "The red dots on it represent the polluted areas within our monitoring range."
"The shaded area represents the region that has spread in the last three months, while the small green dots are the monitoring towers set up by the four bases in various locations, also known as sentry posts."
Minister Duan: "You can also see this data in the command centers of the other three major bases."
Signal monitoring is jointly established by four bases, with information sharing and each responsible for its own area being updated synchronously.
Yun Zhao listened attentively and asked the question he most wanted to know, "So how many contaminated areas are there outside right now?"
Minister Duan didn't hide anything from her: "There are changes every day. Some polluted areas are eliminated, some are merged, and some new polluted areas are created. Currently, there are more than 300 such areas within the monitoring range."
"Merge?" Yun Zhao had never heard of this before.
Minister Duan: "Yes, two relatively close polluted areas will intersect after a period of time and gradually merge into a larger polluted area."
“This contaminated area is very dangerous because there is no magnetic field nearby, so we cannot know what is inside and dare not send anyone in to check.”
The four bases are divided into five danger levels, from 1 to 5 stars.
All merged regions are marked with a five-star danger rating.
Yun Zhao understood, "There are two gatekeepers inside..."
Two tigers cannot share one mountain; the rules have changed, and the internal world is no longer stable.
"That's right."
Minister Duan said with a deep look in his eyes, "The Dawn Base Operations Department currently has a total of thirteen high-level sentry teams on missions."
"No one has ever been to a five-star contaminated zone, and only three four-star contaminated zones have been eliminated in the more than ten years since the end of the Dark Ages."
The elimination of the three four-star contaminated zones was accomplished by a team led by three S-class Sentinels.
Xie Tu, an S-class sentinel at Dawn Base.
Jiang Mu, an S-class sentinel at Dawn Base.
Fu Heng, an S-class sentinel at Dawn Base.
Minister Duan's tone was very heavy: "Initially, the casualty rate of the sentries was very high, reaching an alarming 60%. Currently, apart from Team Zero, all other teams are carrying out missions in pairs."
Training an outstanding A-level sentry is not easy.
Every time a soldier sacrifices his life, it is an unbearable pain for the base.
"But we had to go to the contaminated areas. The Dark Ages had only ended for two years, and we knew nothing about the outside world."
Minister Duan: "Back then, we even had to look up information on how to generate electricity. There was a shortage of scientific research talent, resources were scarce, civilization was regressing, and everything had to be built from scratch..."
Most of the facilities and equipment currently owned by the base were acquired within the contaminated area.
For example, we hope to bring eggs and plant seeds from the base.
Satellite launchers for monitoring contaminated areas.
Including the materials used in the combat uniforms worn by the sentries, the instruments in the command center, and the genetically modified sweet potatoes that were recently cultivated at the base.
Without these sentinels risking their lives to enter the contaminated area and bring back these technologies and techniques, we would not have been able to achieve anything.
The four major bases could not have developed to their current scale in just over a decade.
"Everyone shares a belief that one day, we will eliminate the polluted areas and restore peace and prosperity!"
Minister Duan's gaze fell on her face, and his expression became extremely serious. "So Yun Zhao... humanity needs you."
"On behalf of Dawn Base, I cordially invite you to join the Zero Team of the Operations Department."
Xie Tu's attitude of avoiding people and being unscrupulous was such that he was lucky if he didn't offend them to death.
Minister Duan had no choice but to go in person.
With S-class guides, perhaps in the future, we can integrate three S-class sentinel teams and attempt to enter the five-star contaminated zone.
Uncover the truth behind the disaster.
Yun Zhao's expression faltered slightly. "Join the Operations Department?"
Hearing this news suddenly deeply moved her, as if a huge boulder had been thrown into her heart, creating ripples in her mind.
In this world, there are always some people who silently bear heavy burdens and move forward. They are fearless of death and bravely rush into the polluted areas full of unknowns and dangers.
Every era has its own heroes.
Whether it's the statue of a young girl symbolizing hope and courage in the square, or the brave and fearless sentries at various bases today.
The contaminated areas are like a huge shadow, shrouding humanity's future.
As long as it persists, humanity will never have peace.
No one can remain unaffected.
When Minister Duan saw that she hadn't given a reply for a long time, he assumed she was thinking of an excuse to refuse.
"Joining the operations department means your life will be in danger at any time. Don't worry, we won't force you and will respect your personal wishes."
The guide was unable to protect himself.
Guides enjoy high welfare benefits and can stay in the safe base indefinitely, so why would they be willing to go out and take risks?
Minister Duan already had a plan in mind.
Yun Zhao shook her head; that wasn't what she meant.
She remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "Could I first learn about the sixth contaminated zone...?"
*
"How's it going? Has the person come out yet?"
Will she agree?
"Minister Duan is quick; the captain rushed over but missed."
A circle of heads gathered on the first floor, peering towards the elevator entrance leading to the command center.
Tao Haohao said, "I bet the captain three hundred points that the guide will definitely refuse."
The rabbit blinked. "I also placed a bet of 300 points."
Duan Xi said smugly, "I have five hundred."
Song Liang was somewhat uncertain, "but judging from the captain's attitude, he seemed certain that the guide would agree."
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