Chapter 294 Deployment Meeting
The pre-battle deployment meeting was held as scheduled the following morning.
This is the first orange four-star mission of the new year.
The base attaches great importance to this.
Inside the meeting room.
A huge tactical map spreads out at the top of the screen, marking the detailed terrain of the mission area, the distribution of supplies, and possible routes of action.
The base's leaders sat at the lower end of the table, each with a serious and focused expression on their face.
Yun Zhao sat next to Xie Tu and Rabbit in the first row.
She had studied the data on contaminated zone 111 countless times and knew it by heart.
The polluted area is located in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, and was discovered fifty years ago.
According to the data provided by the assessment team, the polluted area is about 5,000 square kilometers, including 35 towns, covering almost the entire former prefecture-level city, including the port and some sea areas.
That place is the origin of ancient solar culture.
There has always been a custom of worshipping the sun.
According to research, the Tang Valley and the Ten Suns Kingdom, where Xihe worshipped the sun as recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, were located in the Rizhao region.
On Tiantai Mountain in Taoluo Town, Donggang District, there are still relics related to sun worship, such as the Sun God Stone, the Sun God Mausoleum, the Dayi Mausoleum, and a sundial.
The ancient artifacts unearthed show a large number of sun patterns, almost all of which are related to the sun.
The latest data provided by the measurement team is not much different from the previous data.
After winter ends.
The spread of the contaminated area also appears to have stopped.
Qi Ling sat alone in another row of seats, staring at the various data on the screen, her confusion and unease almost overflowing.
Just like when Yun Zhao first attended the meeting, he couldn't understand the data at all, and had only a vague understanding of the various arrangements made by Minister Duan.
The surrounding managers were engaged in lively discussions.
For him, it was like an invisible pressure; all sorts of technical terms and analyses were like bullets flying at high speed, and he couldn't catch a single one.
Those people would glance at him from time to time, their curious and scrutinizing gazes falling on him.
It made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, like he had thorns in his back.
Fortunately, this 'torture' ended quickly.
Xie Tu stood up first. "Song Liang and Tao Haohao, go and hand over the supplies to the logistics department. The rest of you, get on the bus first." He had something to say to Minister Duan.
"receive!"
The two jogged out of the conference room to retrieve their guns and ammunition.
Yun Zhao, carrying her small crossbody bag, turned to Qi Ling and said, "Let's go."
Holding this kind of meeting is very unfriendly to Qi Ling.
He occupied an entire row of seats by himself, sitting there all alone, very conspicuous.
People looked at him as if he were a monkey in a zoo.
The staff in the calculation team, intelligence team, and logistics department seemed very curious about the mutants who retained their consciousness and normal functions.
Some people couldn't understand why Minister Duan would dare to let such a creature, neither human nor ghost, roam freely, and even invite him to join the operations department.
It's important to know that each combat squad has a maximum of seven members.
If there are too many people, there won't be enough task points to distribute.
It can also easily expose the target during operations, increasing unnecessary risks.
Team Zero is the only double S-level team in the base, the sharpest blade that carries out the most difficult and dangerous missions, and its members are selected with extremely strict criteria.
Minister Duan actually allowed a mutant to join the team.
This is a ticking time bomb, and it could very well get out of control in the contaminated area and be brought under control by the gatekeepers.
Qi Ling obediently followed Yun Zhao out and climbed onto the roof of the armored vehicle.
The surrounding barriers rose up.
The height of one meter was just enough to completely obscure his figure when he sat down.
Only then did Qi Ling finally feel a sense of security.
The skylight next to me suddenly opened.
The view inside the car was revealed.
“You were wearing protective clothing, so you could have sat with us just now,” Yun Zhao said to Qi Ling, who was sitting on the skylight.
During the meeting just now, Qi Ling took the initiative to sit on the other side.
He couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.
During the training, he learned that the dark matter would erode the sentinels' mental realm, and he was always afraid that the black aura and slime on his body would come out and harm everyone.
Qi Ling's eyes held a hint of confusion and struggle. Only when no one else was around did she dare to tell the truth: "But I can always feel them stirring inside me, as if they could get out of control at any moment."
"That's just your imagination."
Rabbit sat up, clutching her sniper rifle. "Sister Yun Zhao is very strong. Don't worry, with her here, the dark matter on your body won't get out of control."
Duan Xi sat in the driver's seat, touching the modified car with great affection. Hearing this, he turned his head and said, "You're worrying too early. If you're going to worry about anything, you should be worried about what will happen after we enter the contaminated area."
The gatekeeper can control dark matter.
Qi Ling just happened to be made entirely of dark matter.
On their first mission, even the captain was unsure what would happen to Qi Ling.
Don't get controlled as soon as you enter; stay in the group and be ready to backstab them at any time...
Qi Ling: "..."
The rabbit said disapprovingly, "Don't scare him."
Duan Xi: "How did telling the truth scare him?"
The rabbit stared straight at Duan Xi: "Can't you say something nice? We haven't even entered the contaminated area yet, and you're already making us feel uncomfortable!"
Duan Xi took a deep breath, "Wang Jiayu, do you want to start a fight?!"
Rabbit: "Who wants to argue with you? You're just looking for trouble..."
Yun Zhao was already used to it and paid no attention to the dispute between the two, instead focusing on examining her military backpack.
Ever since she learned that the gatekeeper could use objects around her to confuse her, Yun Zhao would always keep the necklace with photos of her uncles at home before going out on missions.
I didn't bring my diary either.
She took out the snacks and combat uniform from her small shoulder bag and stuffed them into her military backpack.
It's only been a short time since the beginning of spring, and the weather is still quite cold.
We'll save our combat uniforms for the front lines.
Inside the car, Rabbit and Duan Xi were still bickering.
Qi Ling felt somewhat helpless and wanted to mediate the fight. The incident had started because of him, but he seemed unable to get a word in edgewise...
It didn't take long.
The arrival of the logistics department's supply truck finally stopped the two from arguing.
Duan Xi went down to help, and together with Tao Haohao and Song Liang, they loaded all the ammunition onto the vehicle.
This time, we were well prepared.
The thirty barrels of gasoline issued by the logistics department were neatly stacked on the roof of the vehicle. Qi Ling alone occupied only a small portion of the space and was almost surrounded by the sealed oil barrels.
"There's nothing we can do, just make do for now. We need to make sure we bring enough supplies," Song Liang comforted him.
Qi Ling didn't care; he couldn't smell the gasoline anyway.
Even with so much food in the car, he had absolutely no appetite; apart from meat, he couldn't eat anything else.
When Xie Tu came out, everything was ready.
The reinforcements on the other side had already assembled.
Xie Tu did a final check as usual, and got into the passenger seat after confirming that everything was in order.
"Set off!"
The doors to the special mission passage slowly opened.
Team Zero's first mission of the new year began in this solemn yet expectant atmosphere.
*
The pollution zone No. 111 is about 1,700 kilometers away.
Leaving the base.
Yun Zhao removed the mental barrier for everyone.
She looked through the observation window and saw the changes brought about by the entire winter.
The snow had not yet completely melted, and many of the withered and mutated trees that had been barely standing by the roadside had now been broken in half, with jagged breaks revealing gaping wounds.
The already desolate world appears even more dilapidated and bleak at the turn of winter and spring.
As soon as the team stepped off the mountain road, a group of Level 5 mutants came towards them.
It hurtled toward the vehicle at breakneck speed.
The rabbit went up to the second floor, set up a sniper rifle, and began firing.
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