Chapter 43 Mission Flow
Listening to the others' almost gloating discussion about another team's mission failure, Lin Guantang couldn't help but speak up:
"Since the fleeing target is heading our way, shouldn't we help apprehend him?"
Lin Guantang felt that he had asked a very normal question. After a brief silence, he heard bursts of laughter, as if he had asked a stupid question.
Fortunately, his performance in the mission was quite good. After making these cadets laugh, they still responded to his questions patiently:
"Lingchen, is this your first time on a group mission? Didn't anyone tell you not to interfere with other people's missions?"
"That's right, little brother, you better stay out of other people's business. Just complete your own tasks. If you interfere with other people's tasks, you may not get credits if you succeed, but you will definitely be scolded if you fail. You might even be punished for your mistakes. Earning credits is not easy."
"As expected, you're still a freshman, so you'll have these kinds of worries. Once you get used to it, you won't have to worry about these unnecessary issues anymore."
…
Liang Wei, who was sitting on the floor downstairs to rest, also looked up at the figure standing on the second floor and raised his voice to him:
"Young Master Lingchen, don't worry so much. Even if they fail, there are backup plans to deal with the aftermath. We don't need to worry about it. Although we are all on the same big mission, each person's tasks must not interfere with each other. You can call it a day after completing your own tasks, without worrying about how others are doing."
As if to prove this point, the other people in the headphones began to say goodbye one after another, and then really left the group. The noisy sound in the headphones became almost completely quiet after just a few minutes.
Lin Guantang didn't notice the departure of others. All his attention was on the words he heard.
This really refreshed Lin Guantang's cognition. He thought that since they were in the same group, the mission should be considered completed only after the entire mission was completed. If there were any mistakes during the mission, others should have been able to respond flexibly and provide support.
How could it be like this? They are so cold and decisive to each other as if they have no connection at all.
Lin Guantang turned his head to look at Ding Ruize with some disbelief. Before he could speak, Ding Ruize nodded as if he understood and said:
"Didn't I tell you in advance that every mission has a finishing staff and backup plan, and there are waiting personnel to remedy the situation at any time. There's no need for people outside of the mission to worry about it."
"Just like now, if you kill this mad dog, your mission is complete and we can call it a day and go home. Don't worry about what to do with the dog's body. That's a matter for the other people assigned to clean up the scene. This kind of finishing work is usually the job of the execution department, which is why I told you that the execution department is very good at finishing work."
Well, Lin Guantang was indeed a little confused about how to deal with such a large dog corpse.
Wait, if that's the case—
When he went on his first mission, Senior Sikong said that since Senior Huo had appeared, there was no need to worry about being caught and he could go back without worrying about it.
Maybe it was because he had already completed the task of collecting blood, so the finishing work of blocking the trackers was not something he needed to worry about, as other people who were assigned the finishing task would handle it.
However, it happened to be Senior Huo who was in charge of the cleanup work at that time.
Moreover, at that time, Senior Huo had no intention of meeting with me to communicate, and left directly, which was completely in line with the characteristic of mission personnel not disturbing each other.
But is it really a coincidence?
Although Ding Ruize said that most of the finishing work was handled by the executive department staff, and Senior Huo used to be the head of the executive department who was good at finishing work, it was obvious that he should have been very familiar with this kind of finishing work. But with his ability, it was a waste of his talent to come and help a newbie like him to finish the work.
So, was it possible that Senior Huo had specifically taken on this task to help me finish it?
Lin Guantang felt that this speculation was somewhat self-satisfied, but he could not think of any other reason to explain Senior Huo's behavior. So no matter how much he told himself that it was too narcissistic to think so, he still couldn't help but think that this was the truth of the matter.
Ah—now is not the time to reminisce about the past, and there is nothing much to recall about that mission.
Lin Guantang reached out and pressed his head—to be precise, he stretched out his fingers wearing black gloves and pressed the same black combat cap on his head.
Then force yourself to pull your mind away from the memories and think about the current situation.
Liang Wei downstairs had completed his task and had nothing to do, so he had almost rested enough, so he patted his butt and got up. When he was about to leave, he stopped and looked up at his junior on the second floor who was pressing his fingers on his eyebrows.
The tight-fitting combat uniform makes the junior student look slimmer and longer-legged. His slender fingers in black gloves are resting on his brow, giving him a look of deep thought. Besides being pleasing to the eye, he also has a rather imposing aura.
Wearing a mask and goggles, people can't see what their real appearance is, which makes people feel regretful and curious.
Liang Wei admired him for a moment before asking him if he wanted to leave together - in the past, of course, everyone would go home after completing the mission, and it was impossible for them to ask others about their next itinerary. However, the junior was still a freshman who knew nothing, and he was very powerful. He was also someone that Huo Shizhen valued. No matter how you looked at it, he had a bright future, so of course they had to build a good relationship with him.
Even if we take a step back and just want to know what the junior student really looks like and make friends with him, there is nothing wrong with stopping and waiting.
Unfortunately, the wish is doomed to fail.
"Young Master Lingchen, do you want to go back to school now? We can walk all the way."
Liang Wei's sudden voice interrupted Lin Guantang's contemplation. Lin Guantang looked down at him and spoke, but instead of answering this question, he raised another question:
"Senior, you just said that we're on the same big mission... Does that mean that Team B's mission of tracking the suspect is related to ours?"
Liang Wei exclaimed, not expecting him to pay attention to this. After thinking for a moment, he said uncertainly, "It seems so. I've heard others say before that the military academy sent three task forces here to carry out missions. This place isn't that big, so they should all be related. But why would I bother with so much? The missions of the other teams have nothing to do with us."
How could it not be related?
After receiving a positive answer, Lin Guantang linked this task with the second option in the three-choice task that Huo Shizhen told him.
If these two tasks are actually the same series of tasks, then can we also infer that these three options are actually different branches of the same large task?
If the three options are placed in the same situation, Lin Guantang feels that he can almost guess the general outline of the entire task.
In that case, he didn't want to leave just like that.
He told Liang Wei that he had other things to do and couldn't leave with him. After letting him go first, he turned to look at Ding Ruize standing beside him and said excitedly:
"Since we are all on the same mission, we are companions. If there is a mistake in the companion's mission, we can go and help intercept it. It shouldn't be a big problem."
"That's hard to say."
Ding Ruize sighed when he heard the eager tone in Lin Guantang's voice - although he guessed that killing prey with a gun in actual combat for the first time would make Lin Guantang nervous and emotional - just like he couldn't control his hand shaking after firing the gun just now.
But he didn't guess that after that moment of fear, Lin Guantang would be so excited that he wanted to participate in other tasks.
It seems that successfully completing a task does have its drawbacks. It will foster inexplicable self-confidence and lead to meddling in other people's affairs.
But it would be too disappointing to say it directly. Ding Ruize couldn't say it, so he could only explain it in a roundabout way:
"Leaving aside other departments for now, the mission arrangements of the Executive Department—after Huo Shizhen took over, they became completely systematic. No private exchanges or substitutions are allowed. Otherwise, the consequences will be borne by the individual. If the mission fails, all parties involved will be punished equally—of course, since you're not a military academy student, you don't have to consider this."
"What I want to tell you is that the entire mission process is like a complete machine made up of precisely assembled parts. Everyone only needs to focus on successfully completing their own portion of the task. As for what to do if something goes wrong, it's like a machine part rusting or jamming. Of course, there are corresponding alternative solutions. If you don't have the necessary confidence and rashly participate in someone else's mission, it's like forcing one part into another. It might even cause the entire machine to fail."
The implication was to warn him that if he acted on his own and disrupted other people's task arrangements, the entire task might fail - this was of course an exaggeration, but since the intention was to persuade him to quit, of course the consequences would be as dire as possible.
Sure enough, after listening to his persuasion, Lin Guantang's mood dropped a lot, and his voice became a little low:
"Senior, are you trying to persuade me to submit the task now and go back, instead of interfering with other people's tasks and causing any trouble?"
Ding Ruize nodded, ignoring the disappointment in his words, and said cruelly:
"That's it."
Whether from the standpoint of a teacher or from the standpoint of a worker hired to ensure Lin Guantang's safety, he did not want Lin Guantang to encounter any unnecessary twists and turns.
However, Lin Guantang was obviously excited and didn't seem to want to leave just like that.
He walked back and forth two or three steps, muttering to himself:
"But if I go and help, it shouldn't be considered interference with the mission. After all, their mission has already gone awry, and they're definitely going to activate the backup plan and have the standby personnel carry out the mission. While being assigned to a mission should free up time, being forced to carry out a mission because of someone else's mistake is definitely not something I'd be happy about."
"In that case, if I help them intercept their target ahead of time, allowing them to complete their mission early, it would definitely be a good thing. If the interception fails, it won't hinder their mission, nor will it cause them any more trouble. After all, no one knows where the target will go, and all sorts of unexpected events could happen along the way. My involvement would just be one of those unexpected events."
After all, I still want to participate in the second task.
Ding Ruize said quietly:
"Tang, why do I feel like you've developed some dark side? Aren't you admitting that you're going to make the mission more difficult for them?"
"Really? I clearly wanted to go and help so that everyone could finish the mission sooner."
Lin Guantang tried very hard to sound innocent, but Ding Ruize had already seen through his true thoughts and understood that he had said such a long paragraph just to him, hoping that he would agree with his expectations.
However, Ding Ruize had long been accustomed to the mission habits of the Execution Department, and for a moment he could not empathize with Lin Guantang's desire to support other groups' missions, and -
"We don't know the full mission picture. Do you know how to support us?"
This is the most important issue. Lin Guantang doesn't even understand the full picture of his own group's mission, and knows nothing about Group B's mission. Even if he wants to go to support, he is completely in the dark.
But it doesn’t matter. Even though the two of them don’t know the full story of the mission, someone else does.
After Lin Guantang packed up his things, he walked towards the stairs on the side, jumped down two steps, and reached the first floor in a few steps. Liang Wei saw that Ling Chen didn't intend to pay much attention to him and was talking enthusiastically with the people around him, so he left regretfully.
So now all that was left was a large, cold dog corpse.
Lin Guantang opened the terminal, took a photo of the dog's body, submitted the report on the completion of the mission, and then clicked on Huo Shizhen's private message.
[Haitang]: The experimental dog escaped uncontrollably. The experimenters knew that the experimental base would be discovered, so they moved everything away before it was discovered. Only an empty building was left at the site. However, during the search, they found that there were still experimenters staying here. So in addition to catching the escaped mad dog, they also had to send people to search for the experimenters who stayed here, and whether there were any useful clues left in the experimental base. Regarding the overall picture of today's mission where three teams acted simultaneously, am I right?
Three minutes later, Huo Shizhen's reply slowly came.
[Senior Huo]: Is imagining things that have nothing to do with you your hobby to pass the time?
[Haitang]: How can it have nothing to do with me? I also participated in this task, and of course I hope that the entire task can be completed successfully. Since the senior asked me to choose one of the three before, it means that the senior thinks I have the ability to complete all three tasks. Now that other people have made mistakes in the second task, it should not be considered as overestimating my ability if I go to support. It's just that I don't understand it now, so I would like to ask the senior to send me a copy of the complete task plan. I think you can send it to me.
[Senior Huo]: I don’t think I ever said there would be a reward if you guessed correctly.
What this means is…there is hope!
Lin Guantang's eyes lit up, and his depressed mood was instantly lifted.
[Haitang]: You can have it now!
[Haitang]: Just consider this as a reward for my correct guess. Senior, please send me a copy of all the information about this mission so that I can see if I can help. If I really can't find any place to intervene, I will retreat and won't delay the progress of others' missions.
[Senior Huo]: People who say this kind of thing usually end up making a mess.
【Begonia】：QAQ
[Haitang]: That was someone else. You can't deny my attempt just because of someone else's mistake. I completed my first task very well this time. Look at the photo, I was very accurate.
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[Haitang]: So please give me this chance. If I really make a mistake, don’t make such a request again. Please, senior, just let me try this once!
Huo Shizhen looked at the messages that kept coming in from Lin Guantang, which seemed to indicate that he disagreed and would continue to waste time, so he had a rare feeling that he would make mistakes too - he hadn't expected that Lin Guantang liked to meddle in other people's affairs so much.
but--
That's it.
Originally, it was an exception to allow Lin Guantang to participate in the mission. It doesn't make any difference whether it's an exception once or twice.
The failure of the mission was not a big problem for Huo Shizhen. In comparison, he didn't want Lin Guantang to continue sending these boring nonsense messages to disturb him.
Of course, another reason is that he is not the overall person in charge of this task, so even if it fails completely, it has nothing to do with him.
It was not difficult for him to find a reason to excuse Lin Guantang's involvement.
Rather, as the head of the Discipline Department, Huo Shizhen was happy to punish everyone involved in the mission, especially the person in charge, after the mission failed.
So in the end Huo Shizhen still fulfilled Lin Guantang's wish.
[Senior Huo]: Agree to the system's connection request, and it will send you all the information you want. If you really can't control your curiosity, then give it a try.
[Senior Huo]: Also, if the mission fails because of you and others blame and question you, don’t mention that you are someone I inserted with connections.
Lin Guantang: ...
That was it. The first thing he said to others was to use Huo Shizhen as an excuse to stop other people's doubts.
Lin Guantang felt a little guilty and couldn't think of a good reason to respond for a moment. After all, Lin Guantang was not very good at lying.
After three seconds of thinking, Lin Guantang decided to ignore what he said and pretend that he saw nothing.
Anyway, Huo Shizhen often stopped replying to messages while chatting, so his sudden lack of response should be understandable, right?
And if he succeeds in the rescue, then of course there is nothing to worry about.
After Lin Guantang exited the private chat, a message popped up on the terminal screen within a few seconds.
[Hello, Lingchen. The system [hehe] requests to connect to the terminal. Please choose whether to agree.]
Lin Guantang clicked to agree, and then a lot of system settings popped up, such as display format, voice pack selection, etc. Lin Guantang was anxious to check the task information and selected the default options for all.
[Hello, Lingchen, it's nice to meet you. All your past mission records have been transferred to the Central Military Academy's mission database. A mission support layer has been added to your terminal. From now on, you can conduct relevant handovers for all future missions through this system.]
[Hello, Lingchen. With authorization, all relevant information for the mission number [GH-YY-000023] has been sent to you. The mission map has been opened for your access and updated to the current required version. Please check it carefully.]
Lin Guantang opened the detailed mission information——
It was pretty much the same as what he had guessed. The whole incident was that the large mad dog he had killed suddenly appeared and harmed people. After inspection, it was found that it was carrying excessive amounts of Class A pheromones. After some exploration, it was discovered that a villa in the nearby mountains was actually an illegal pheromone research base. However, when it was discovered, it was deserted and the building was filled with excessive amounts of unknown pheromones. It was also noticed that someone was watching nearby.
After obtaining sufficient clues, we split into three groups and decided to launch a comprehensive cleanup mission today.
Lin Guantang opened the task map sent by the system. The map showed each task point and the moving task personnel marked with dots of different colors.
Generally speaking, important mission points are marked with green five-pointed stars, mission personnel in normal progress are marked with green dots, standby mission points are marked with orange five-pointed stars, and standby mission personnel are marked with orange dots.
As for the marked task objects, they are marked with red patterns.
Just like the mission map in front of us, the red dot representing the suspicious person is fleeing towards the mission direction where Lin Guantang is located. There are also two other dark red dots stopped in the other two directions without moving. They should be the captured substitutes.
As for the other dark green dots, they are the marks indicating that our mission has been completed.
Lin Guantang zoomed in and out of the map, thinking about the distance between several orange mission points and where he should appear in order to find the best shooting location without disrupting the actions of others.
Finally, he pointed his finger at an inconspicuous street-facing floor and said:
"This bend... If it were me, I would definitely stop and test the waters. Assuming the target chooses to run through this path, which he does, then this should be quite concealed. I can shoot him before he reacts. What do you think, Senior?"
Lin Guantang's finger switched between a bend on the map and an inconspicuous building near the bend, and he spoke out his guess - he was 80% sure that this was his best insertion point, but he lacked experience and needed a more experienced person to confirm it again.
At this point, there's no point in saying anything against it, and besides—
Ding Ruize was really impressed by Lin Guantang's positive and active attitude, which reminded him of some scenes of his past missions at school.
Ding Ruize glanced at the map, scrolled back and forth, and thought for a moment before offering his opinion:
"Actually, it's not the best shooting or capture point, so we've arranged for relevant personnel to be on standby at another more suitable location. However, with your level, it shouldn't be difficult to hit the target, but what you have to consider is—"
"Given our current position, we need to run over here immediately, otherwise we may not be able to catch up."
"Also, there's another thing. If you really shoot him and there's no one to promptly apprehend him, he might commit suicide if he knows he can't escape—if he has any important information."
Lin Guantang is not worried about this.
After confirming that the shooting point he had chosen was correct, Lin Guantang raised his head and looked at Ding Ruize. To express his sincere invitation, he even pulled down his goggles, then looked directly at the person in front of him and extended the invitation:
"Isn't the teacher my best partner?"
"Preventing the target from committing suicide shouldn't be a problem for a skilled executive officer like you, with extensive mission experience."
Ding Ruize: ...
Although it was a happy thing to be praised and trusted by a student and employer, and it was the first time I heard someone call me teacher, and it was a student with great potential, I felt even happier. I had a sense of joy that the seeds I had planted after so much hardship had finally borne fruit.
But when I think about the fact that the other party called me teacher so obediently, but actually wanted to trick me into participating in the task and doing more things, I couldn't be happy at all.
However, facing the students' expectant eyes, I couldn't say anything to refuse.
The power of the sugar-coated bullet should not be underestimated - Ding Ruize sighed in his heart and nodded.
After receiving a positive answer—although it was a helpless nod, since it was a nod of agreement, Lin Guantang's eyes immediately narrowed, and then he said confidently:
"Then let's set off now to provide support at the destination."
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