Chapter 26
Therefore, a special rescue operation team was temporarily established just for this emergency.
Li Zhou led the team, and the team members included Xia Meng, a guide who had been on the job for less than half a day, and Ou Xu, who was temporarily drafted into the army.
Ou Xu originally had no intention of getting involved in this matter.
Perhaps the leader of the Black Tower was not very confident in Xia Meng, a newcomer, so he took the initiative to send him along.
I thought that if Xia Meng was not useful, at least there was a backup option.
Ou Xu: “…”
He kind of wanted to say that the newcomer you are talking about is much more reliable than him.
But since the leader had spoken, he couldn't refuse, so he could only nod in agreement.
Xia Meng smiled and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, I'll do my best to protect you."
Ou Xu forced a wry smile and said, "Thank you."
Zhou Qi quickly brought back good news: "An A-rank Sentinel from the Alpha Special Forces has just returned from a mission and has expressed his willingness to participate in this operation. He should be here soon. Once you've reunited, you can prepare to depart."
Xia Meng: "Alpha Special Forces?"
"This name sounds very domineering."
Ou Xu knew a little more than she did and explained, "There are seven special forces in China. The one stationed at the Peking Tower is Alpha, the strongest one."
Xia Meng nodded: "I see, it's worthy of being the capital."
Ou Xu made a bitter face and muttered, "Please don't let it be Su Fangxiao."
Xia Meng tilted her head: "Su Fangxiao? Who is that?"
Ou Xu: "Deputy Captain of Alpha Team."
Xia Meng: "And then?"
Ou Xu: "...It's nothing, actually. It's just that I have a problem with this guy."
Ou Xu clearly didn't want to face reality.
Xia Meng's curiosity piqued, and she asked, "Why are you not getting along? Did you two fight? Or do you have any grudges?"
Ou Xu sighed.
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of brisk footsteps approaching from afar.
Then the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.
Xia Meng looked up and saw a tall woman with neatly short hair appearing at the door.
The woman was very tall and had an upright posture. She wore the black military uniform representing the Black Tower Alpha Special Forces and specially made high-top leather shoes, looking very heroic.
As soon as he appeared on the stage, he gave people an awesome feeling.
Xia Meng's eyes suddenly lit up.
This young lady is quite cool!
After she stood still, she quickly saluted the leaders of the Black Tower and said in a clear, magnetic voice, "Su Fangxiao of the Alpha Special Forces, reporting in."
Then she walked up to Li Zhou, with a businesslike demeanor, and offered her hand, saying, "Nice to meet you. I've long heard of you. I'm A-rank Sentinel Su Fangxiao. I will fully cooperate with you in today's operation."
Ou Xu covered his face and wailed.
Xia Meng found it a little funny, nudged him with her elbow, and asked softly, "What's there to be bothered about with such a beautiful woman?"
Just as he was about to say that, he saw a heroic long-haired dog walking out from behind the beautiful sister.
The dog has long arms and legs and well-developed limbs.
The fur on its body is black and white, and the left and right sides of its head from the eyes to the ears are all black.
You can tell he's very smart at first glance.
Xia Meng understood it at a glance.
Oh, a Border Collie.
Looking at Ou Xu again, the Valais Blacknose sheep that was originally lying beside him trembled and shrank silently behind him.
A sheep and a sheepdog.
No wonder these two don't get along.
Su Fangxiao greeted Li Zhou briefly, then quickly turned his head and looked in their direction.
As soon as she saw Ou Xu's expression, she immediately laughed.
She walked over and first extended her hand to Xia Meng: "Hello, Miss Xia Meng."
Xia Meng reached out and shook her hand: "Do you know me?"
Su Fangxiao smiled. "I know him. The Fan Xue case has become known throughout the country, and I'm sure everyone on the internet knows you now. Thanks to you, an innocent person was not wrongly accused."
Speaking of this, Xia Meng felt very embarrassed.
Her half-baked nonsense was so embarrassing that it became known to the whole country.
Xia Meng: "Thank you so much."
Su Fangxiao then turned his gaze to Ou Xu.
She raised her eyebrows and greeted him, smiling and saying, "Long time no see, Xiao Xuxu."
Little Xuxu.
This name sounds quite intimate at first glance.
Unfortunately, when Ou Xu heard it, it sounded like a provocation.
Ou Xu glared at her fiercely and was about to speak when he looked down to find that her naughty Border Collie had come over and was sniffing at his Mee Mee's butt.
It is sheep's nature to be afraid of sheepdogs. At this moment, the lamb was shrinking its head, sticking out its butt, hiding and trembling.
You can tell at first glance that he is terrified.
Ou Xu stepped aside, standing between the Border Collie and the Black-faced Sheep. The eldest brother said unhappily, "Take your dog away!"
It really is killing me.
What you fear will come to you.
Ou Xu asked rudely, "There are so many people in Team Alpha, why did they send you here?"
Su Fangxiao: "They're all on missions, and I'm the only one who has some free time. Besides, when you're on a mission with a guide, the match rate between the guide and the sentinel must be higher than 50%. There aren't many people in the Alpha team who can match you. Don't be picky."
Ou Xu: “…”
Zhou Qi: "Since everyone is here, let's not delay any longer."
Zhou Qi: "The plane is ready for you."
Su Fangxiao turned around at this time and asked doubtfully, "Don't you need to do a compatibility test between me and Miss Xia Meng first?"
This is the fixed procedure before the Black Tower Special Service performs field work.
Within the same action team, try to ensure that the guide can provide guidance to every sentry in the team.
Unless the guide is the exclusive guide of a certain sentinel.
Su Fangxiao had heard that S-level Li Zhou did not have a dedicated guide and would not accept guidance from any guide, so Xia Meng naturally could not be Li Zhou's guide.
In that case, it's understandable to do a compatibility test between her and Xia Meng, right?
Zhou Qixin said, maybe there is no need for this.
He sent her here mainly because he wanted them to work in pairs, so she could just bring Ou Xu along.
But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly changed his mind.
Zhou Qi: "Alright, let's do it. Let's all try it. Let Li Zhou and Xia Meng try it too."
Xia Meng didn't care about this.
Just do it, it won’t cost you anything.
So Director Bai urgently brought in the testing equipment.
This is the equipment used to test Xia Meng's mental strength before.
Xia Meng placed her hand on the sensor panel.
The mental power was under her control, and the rich mental power slowly flowed in her palm.
Wang Xiangyi was watching the richness of her mental power and felt a little frightened.
She had just awakened less than two days ago.
Why does the color of mental power look so dark?
Speaking of which, after she awakened this time, everything about her seemed unusual.
Her spiritual body was also condensed on the first day.
Incredibly fast.
Director Bai personally operated the testing equipment.
While Xia Meng was releasing his mental power, he retrieved the data of Li Zhou and Su Fangxiao from the Black Tower's database for matching.
On the data panel, Li Zhou and Xia Meng's mental power data were matched first.
The information of two people appears on both sides of the panel.
[Name: Li Zhou]
[Note: S-level Sentinel]
[Name: Xia Meng]
【Note: B-level wizard】
[Matching value testing in progress...]
After a few seconds, the results came out.
【After testing, the matching value between the two parties is 80%. 】
The moment the numbers were clearly seen, there was an uproar in the conference room.
I didn’t expect that Xia Meng and Li Zhou are so compatible!
Even Zhou Qi and Bai Yizhu were shocked.
You should know that the greater the level difference between the Sentinel and the Guide, the lower the compatibility will generally be.
In the case of Li Zhou and Xia Meng, no one would be surprised even if one of them tested 30%.
Li Zhou had done tests before.
S-level sentinels were too valuable, so the Black Tower would usually proactively provide him with information about S-level guides, attempting to match the two parties.
As a result, his compatibility with several S-level guides did not exceed 40%, and he did not even meet the minimum guidance standard.
Not to mention the A-level guides, their percentages basically hover between 20% and 30%.
He was a poor match for almost any guide.
This situation generally only occurs in one type of people - the Sentinels who have already been combined with Guides.
After having a combined guide, the sentry can no longer accept guidance from other guides.
The body will automatically and spontaneously resist and reject the spiritual power of other guides.
This is why Li Zhou never received guidance from any guide again.
Fortunately, S-class Sentinels naturally have a higher resistance threshold to negative energy.
Other sentinels may need grooming once every ten days or half a month, but S-level sentins do not need it so frequently, and only once every three months at most is enough.
And Li Zhou is more convenient.
He didn't even look for a guide. He directly bought a special guide injection from the Black Tower and injected it himself.
Guide element is a high-purity pheromone extracted from the guide's spiritual power.
The functions of the guide element are mainly in two aspects. One is to identify the identity of the guide. The guide element of each guide is different, so the Black Tower often uses the guide element to track the guide.
On the other hand, the guide element is the main component that stabilizes the sentinel's emotions and purifies negative energy when the guide guides the sentinel.
The special guide element used by Li Zhou, after being purified through a special extraction process, no longer carries the guide's personal hormone components, leaving only a high-intensity purification effect.
Li Zhou gets a shot once every three months.
However, the guide injection is very expensive and ordinary sentinels cannot afford it.
For them, coming to the guide center for counseling is the most cost-effective option.
At this moment, everyone in the conference room had different thoughts.
Several Black Tower leaders finally looked at Xia Meng for the first time.
They whispered to each other, their first reaction being to question what was wrong with the situation.
"Is there something wrong with the equipment?"
"Didn't this Xia Meng just awaken?"
"How could a B-rank guide have an 80% match rate with Li Zhou?"
No wonder these leaders were so surprised.
The level difference between the two is too big.
The gap between S-level and B-level is a huge chasm.
If S-level mental power is compared to the ocean, then B-level mental power is like a trickling stream.
It's not even an order of magnitude.
How does B-level provide guidance to S-level?
It's like pouring a glass of water on dry land.
It can't even quench my thirst.
But 80% is indeed shocking enough.
This is the highest value that can be achieved between non-combined sentinel directions.
Above 80%, the level can generally be achieved by combining the sentry direction.
Lian Lizhou was stunned for a moment when he saw the number.
Of all the guides over the years, she is the only one.
He looked straight at Xia Meng, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
But he suddenly felt that this was how it should be.
…
At this time, Xia Meng still looked calm and composed.
She didn't even raise an eyebrow.
Seeing that the results for herself and Li Zhou were out, and Director Bai hadn't made any move for a long time, she took the initiative to urge him, "Director Bai? What are you standing there for? Test Miss Su and me too."
Director Bai came back to his senses: "Oh oh oh."
Not far away, Ou Xu admired Xia Meng's calmness.
He was standing next to Wang Xiangyi and couldn't help but praise him, "Professor Wang! Xia Meng is so calm and composed! If it were me, I'd be 80%! Even with an S-rank sentinel, I'd be scared to death!"
Wang Xiangyi had a complicated expression.
"She is not easily affected by praise or criticism."
"She has no idea what 80% means."
Ou Xu: “…”
That’s right, Xia Meng didn’t know.
She even felt that the number was a bit low.
80%, doesn’t this still leave a lot of room for improvement?
Next time I will try to get it up to 90%.
Then the test results of her and Su Fangxiao came out.
It’s 80% again.
When this number came out, everyone became a little restless.
Even Su Fangxiao looked surprised.
There are not many guides who can match with her, generally only about 60%, only Ou Xu has a slightly higher rate of 67%.
She thought she and Ou Xu were tall enough.
Unexpectedly, there is still 80%.
Her eyes were fixed intently on Xia Meng who was standing in front of the equipment.
This was the first time she looked at Xia Meng so seriously since she came here.
…
Director Bai was a little surprised.
At this moment, even he couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with the instrument.
He quickly retrieved the data he had collected on Huo Qingyu, muttering, "Is this true?... Let me try again—"
His ten fingers moved quickly on the keyboard, and just as he was about to start another round of testing, Li Zhou suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.
Li Zhou pressed the cancel button on the keyboard with one hand and looked down at Director Bai: "We're running out of time. Let's leave it like this for now."
Director Bai reacted and nodded quickly: "Oh, right. I won't keep you any longer. You can leave as soon as possible."
There is no time to lose.
Every minute of delay increases the danger for those trapped.
Then they set off on the plane arranged by Zhou Qi.
In addition to the four of them, Wang Xiangyi also went.
The plane was Alpha's exclusive special forces plane. The waiting pilot swept his eyes over them and was almost startled when his eyes fell on the last one, Wang Xiangyi.
“Brother Wang…”
Wang Xiangyi raised his hand imperceptibly to interrupt him.
Xia Meng has been paying attention to Wang Xiangyi. She is afraid that Wang Xiangyi will do something extreme because he is too worried about his master's wife.
Fortunately, Wang Xiangyi has remained calm so far.
Seeing this, she casually asked, "Do you know each other?"
The pilot glanced at Wang Xiangyi and said nothing.
Wang Xiangyi didn't even look at him, and nodded casually: "I have counseled him before."
I see.
Xia Meng nodded.
The door of the secret service plane was a bit high, and there was no ladder for easy access. Perhaps they never thought that a guide would ride on it one day.
Unfortunately, today was an exception. Not only did we have guides, but there were three of them.
The pilot reacted and said quickly: "Wait a moment——"
Xia Meng waved her hand, "No, no."
She climbs through windows more often than she walks, and she has to use a foot pedal to climb through a hatch. If she tells anyone about this, she'll be laughed to death by her friends.
"Hey? Let me help you!" Su Fangxiao had already gone up, turned around with a smile, and reached out to hold Xia Meng's hand.
Xia Meng was about to reach out her hand, but as soon as she raised her hand, it was held by Li Zhou beside her.
Xia Meng turned her head in confusion: "?"
Li Zhou remained calm and helped her up with a little force on his hands.
When Xia Meng came to her senses, she found that she had already gone up.
On the other side, Ou Xu also came up with Wang Xiangyi.
There is quite a lot of space inside the special forces aircraft.
There are seats on both sides of the bulkhead that can face each other.
Xia Meng sat down next to Wang Xiangyi, and the next second the seat on the other side was occupied by Su Fangxiao.
Ou Xu originally wanted to sit there, but seeing this, he glared at her unhappily and reluctantly sat opposite her. He chose an empty seat across from Li Zhou.
His black-faced sheep lay obediently at his feet.
Su Fangxiao's sheepdog came over familiarly, lay down with it, and wagged its tail happily.
Every time the tail is swung, the baby's butt is spanked.
The boy was beaten so hard that he held his head in his hands in despair.
The special forces plane took off smoothly and the pilot announced that it would arrive at the scene in 7 minutes.
7 minutes, not too much.
It was just enough for Ou Xu to prepare himself mentally for his first visit to the scene.
It was just enough for Su Fangxiao to start a topic.
Su Fangxiao was obviously very interested in her, smiling, a bit like her spirit form.
Su Fangxiao came closer, holding his chin with one hand, and looking up at Xia Meng at a 30-degree angle. His eyes were clear and bright. "I heard that you just joined the Black Tower today. Perhaps we will have many opportunities to meet in the future. If there is a chance in the future, can I ask you to help me with my work?"
Xia Meng blinked.
Why is there another person who wants her to vent?
There was Huo Qingyu, and now there is Su Fangxiao.
Ou Xu must be pissed off, right? She had snatched away both clients in one day.
As a result, she glanced at Ou Xu. Comrade Ou Xu was looking at her expectantly, wishing she would take Su Fangxiao away quickly.
How can this be?
She also wanted to see more of the scene where Ou Xu and Su Fangxiao competed against each other. It was so interesting.
Xia Meng shrugged calmly: "I haven't done any proper counseling for anyone yet."
Su Fangxiao blinked: "I heard that you counseled a sentry as soon as you started working today."
Xia Meng laughed: "Does that count? I just stabbed him with my mental power."
Su Fangxiao smiled meaningfully, his tone gentle and coaxing: "Don't you know? The higher the matching degree between the whistle directions, the more comfortable the drainage will be. I haven't experienced what 80% drainage is like yet. Don't you want to try it?"
On the opposite side, Ou Xu remembered what happened when he was counseling Su Fangxiao before, and his body subconsciously shook.
This woman, Su Fangxiao, is really popular with both men and women.
It's so scary.
Xia Meng looked at her with amusement.
"It's not impossible. But," she said, "I'm afraid my relaxation won't be as comfortable as Ou Xu's 'Spring Grass'. Are you sure you want to try it?"
How could Su Fangxiao be scared away by just one word from her?
She was about to nod when the secret service plane suddenly shook, as if it encountered some air turbulence.
Su Fangxiao was not paying attention for a moment and her body hit the cabin wall behind her heavily. In an instant, she felt as if an invisible hand was strangling her neck, making it difficult for her to breathe.
The feeling was fleeting.
Out of the corner of her eye, Su Fangxiao saw a golden kitten meowing "Mimi" and slapping her sheepdog mercilessly.
The dog was beaten so hard that it ran away whimpering.
The pilot in front was stunned. He looked at the normal dashboard in front of him and had no idea where the vibration came from.
Su Fangxiao suppressed his smile and sat up straighter.
Her eyes turned to Li Zhou who was sitting diagonally opposite her.
Among so many people present, only Li Zhou could do it.
This was the warning Li Zhou gave her.
OK, she got it.
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