Chapter 21 - 21 21 Emergency

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21: Chapter 21: Emergency 21: Chapter 21: Emergency “Yes, agent 325 is the most meticulous person. When he transmitted the picture yesterday, he promised to report the latest situation at nine tonight. He definitely wouldn’t forget. If there’s no message, there’s only one explanation: something happened to him.” “That place can’t be located.” Chang Ye said, “Finding him is like looking for a needle in a haystack.” “That’s why I wanted to ask this genius detective to try and see if he can perform a miracle in Lao Mountain, that cursed place.” Both sets of eyes turned towards Lin Xiaosu. Lin Xiaosu’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed... Agent 88 said, “The main mission of this operation is to find agent 325. If you can achieve that, you’ll be rewarded with 300 points. The side mission is to discover the major finding he mentioned. If achieved, you’ll be rewarded additional points based on your contributions.” Lin Xiaosu shook his head: “Facing the life and death of a comrade, how can we talk about points? The key is... why can information be transmitted from that place, but it can’t be located?” Agent 88 explained the reason. Lao Mountain is on the border of Chuannan Province, extremely mysterious, with abnormal magnetic fields. Once you enter the interior of Lao Mountain, all signals cannot be transmitted and can’t be located. To send out signals, someone inside must actively find a special area with satellite signals, like the top of a high mountain, and actively send out the information. It’s harder for people outside to send signals in because when you send a signal, the people inside are most likely in a signal dead zone, completely unreachable. “He sent some pictures? Where are the pictures...” Lin Xiaosu asked. Agent 88 smiled slightly, “Take on this mission, and you’ll see the pictures!” “Okay, I accept!” Lin Xiaosu agreed without hesitation. “Let’s go!” The three of them stood up at the same time, stepped out of the library, and just as they walked to the flying car, a huge monkey, oh no, Xinyue, suddenly dropped from a tree. As soon as Xinyue landed, she bounced to Chang Ye’s side and grabbed her hand: “Sister Changye, I’m coming too, I am...” “You don’t even know what the mission is, yet you want to go?” Chang Ye said. “Who cares what the mission is, as long as it can increase my points!” Xinyue said, “Respectable instructor, this mission has points, right?” This was directed at Agent 88. In front of Agent 88, she always gets points deducted, but now she has learned a lot and her address has become more flattering. Agent 88 said sternly, “The points are substantial, but you need to contribute to earn them.” Xinyue jumped with excitement and climbed straight onto the flying car, “Great, on one hand I gather points to soar high, and on the other hand, I snatch this guy’s points and push him into the mud, killing two birds with one stone, oh instructor, even if I have to face your stern face all the time, I’ll try to imagine it as a pop star’s face...” Lin Xiaosu had a pained expression, looking here and there: “Targeting me so explicitly, might we end up fighting in the wilderness?” “Don’t worry, I’ve equipped you with a gun!” Agent 88 responded coldly. Entering the interior of the flying car, they could see a sky full of stars outside. This was still area 101, where revealing secrets is not allowed; hence, everything from the outside world is blocked. Agent 88 handed Lin Xiaosu and Xinyue each a set of equipment. This equipment seemed light, but Lin Xiaosu was excited when he opened it. It was the standard Qianlong gear. A suit that looked like a bodysuit, but the material was very special, bug-proof, moisture-proof, yet breathable, tear-resistant, stretch-resistant, excellent elasticity. Wearing it, although it couldn’t block heavy machine guns or assault rifles, it could stop a few rounds of handgun bullets, not to mention the thorns and tree spikes in the forest. A dagger with a dragon pattern on the shiny blade. A handgun, his most familiar training gun. Unlike the training guns, this was a real gun. Also hundreds of bullets. All the equipment was connected to this suit in the most rational way. Wearing it, Lin Xiaosu felt elevated. Xinyue had also put hers on, and after dressing, she also swelled with confidence, patting Lin Xiaosu’s shoulder: “Lin Xiaose, don’t get too cocky. You might be skilled with your gun, but my Dragon Armor is bulletproof!” “Lin Xiao...se? How am I provocative?” Lin Xiaosu glared at her. “Aiming the gun not at other places but at grandma’s... boobs, aren’t you being risqué?” Lin Xiaosu was completely speechless. Chang Ye and Agent 88 were probably used to her unrestrained behavior, unsurprised. Agent 88 lightly tapped the screen, and a few pictures appeared among the surrounding stars. These pictures were sent by agent 325... This was a strange orchid. The plant was unusually tall, measured to be 1.89 meters. Its eighteen petals were like those of the Other Shore Flower. The whole plant’s color was very strange, not the usual vibrant hue of flowers, but a deep green, similar to tree leaves. In a primitive jungle of green, it was practically impossible to spot from a distance. Agent 325 discovered it only when he got close. Discovering this previously unseen species, he used the high-precision camera he carried to take pictures and send them back to the base for analysis. Chang Ye stared at the bouquet: “The major discovery agent 325 mentioned, was it really this mutated flower?” “It shouldn’t be the case. When he mentioned it, he had already collected specimens of the flower. If the discovery he referred to was this, he would have specifically said so. The fact that he didn’t suggest that although he found a clue, he hadn’t truly pinpointed it yet.” Xinyue’s eyes flickered: “Sister Changye, do you think the flower itself is a major discovery?” “Yes! Just looking at the plant structure, it appears like a typical orchid. However, the size has mysteriously grown so large, and the color of the flowers has also evolved into a camouflage. Such evolution is rare even in the animal kingdom, and even less so in the plant world.” When it comes to understanding plants, Sister Changye is second to none. Because she is a poison woman. Her entire mission is to study the various genes in plants. In Qianlong Botanical Garden, she is one of the few authorities. There are very few plants she is unfamiliar with. Most plants bloom, and their flowers are usually bright and fragrant. Why? Plants don’t have an aesthetic sense; they don’t bloom for self-admiration. Their blooming carries the responsibility of life’s continuation. The flowers are conspicuous and fragrant, or stinky, but the fundamental goal is to attract those little insects that detect via smell or sight, which help pollinate the flowers, thus ensuring the continuation of the plant’s life. The orchid is no exception. Small size, bright flowers, and fragrance are the results of millions of years of natural selection because these traits best suit the survival of the orchid species. But this particular orchid before us has abandoned its ancestral decisions... The plant stands as tall as a tree. The color of its flowers blends with the surrounding environment. And according to the information relayed by No. 325, the flower emits no peculiar smell, neither fragrant nor stinky. This is strange... It avoids all the critical points in the life continuity chain; it seems to intend to bloom quietly alone... Lin Xiaosu stared at the differently angled pictures inside the speeding vehicle, his thoughts silently diverging. Botany was not only a field Sister Changye excelled in; he was also proficient and he too thought this was suspicious. “Currently, No. 325 cannot be located, so what about the place where he sent these pictures? Can it be located?” His Reverse Time can currently only trace back to scenes from five days ago. As long as he finds any point in No. 325’s path within those five days, he can follow that point and trace his steps. The process should as closely reflect science as another aspect. Key is, if this point is located, the mission is bound to be completed. Logically speaking, his remarks are also correct. No. 325 sent out pictures last night, and sending pictures involves location tracking by various high technologies, which can precisely pinpoint where the signal was emitted from. However, No. 88 shook his head: “It seems you don’t know the peculiarities of Lao Mountain. Lao Mountain is called that because, in some way, it’s like a prison between heaven and earth. Maybe a signal could sporadically be sent from its summit, but the location of the signal’s origin is impossible to pinpoint.” If it can’t be located, what can be done? No. 88 laid out the strategy that had already been prepared. A month ago, No. 325 entered Lao Mountain inn, and 29 days ago, he entered Lao Mountain, following the place he entered, re-traverse it, and perhaps you could find his traces of entry. After all, members of Qianlong are essentially trained on the same material—surviving in the jungle also follows a usual routine. These routines, members of Qianlong recognize at a glance, such as spots suitable for camping, spots suitable for climbing, their inner judgments are quite similar. Just by finding his camping site and judging the next steps from the traces, it could be possible to locate him in the primitive jungle. This method is foolish, and the results are unpredictable, but when high technology is unable to intervene, the most primitive methods become the only methods... Sister Changye and Xinyue exchanged looks, slightly bewildered. Indeed, from their respective positions, having long relied on Qianlong’s high technology, for the people of the world, using “Dragon Eye” to search, worldly affairs, search the internet, but in places where Dragon Eye can’t reach, the internet can’t access, in the vast primitive jungle, to find someone who entered the mountains a month ago, they all felt overwhelmed. Lin Xiaosu exhaled softly: “It seems we can only resort to the most primitive method, but I don’t recommend your method since it’s too uncontrollable.” No. 88 frowned: “Although my method is uncontrollable, it is the only one!” “No, it’s not the only one!” Lin Xiaosu replied. Xinyue’s eyes widened: “You’re contradicting the instructor, as stipulated in Article 135, Clause 1 of the ‘Reserve Chapter’, deduct 20 points! Instructor, go ahead and deduct...” No. 88 shot her a look, then turned to Lin Xiaosu: “Let’s hear what you have to say.” Lin Xiaosu pointed: “For instance, these four pictures, they have conveyed some information.” No. 88’s gaze flickered: “Are you talking about this small river?” Sister Changye’s eyes sparkled... In the jungle, finding a person is hard, but finding a river is relatively much easier—was that what Lin Xiaosu was suggesting? As long as the river is found, it will significantly narrow down the search area.

Chapter 21 - 21 21 Emergency

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