Unable to come up with an explanation, Lin Yuan simply went to sleep, intending to rest and conserve his energy. When the time was right, the truth would naturally reveal itself.
There was no passionate embrace tonight; both were exhausted and fell asleep the moment they hit the bed.
Only Peiqi and another cat were curled up in the nest Lin Yuan had made for them, occasionally lifting their heads to look around.
After all, this was another new home.
Everything felt unfamiliar, except for the people.
...
As dawn broke the next day, Lin Yuan and Wu Tian awoke. It wasn't just them; all the other team members were also awake. Their biological clocks couldn't adjust overnight.
They brushed their teeth and washed their faces.
After tidying themselves up, they headed out to face a brand new day and a new beginning. As they went downstairs, the teammates they encountered still called him Captain.
Once downstairs, the team members seemed to gather habitually and began their training. Then, everyone suddenly realized they were already within the safe zone. The team had been disbanded, and they were surrounded by the safe zone's army. The canyon at the entrance had been blocked by 89
The bag he was carrying contained the intelligence data given to him by Carol Anna. He had kept it in a secure box since the last time he sent a message to the safe zone and was only now taking it out.
Fortunately, it hadn't gotten infested.
"Mengyue, do you want to come with me?"
Wu Tian shook his head, pulling Wu Mengyao and a group of children along. "Not now. I still need to go with Sister Qin Xia and the others to handle the children's school enrollment."
This must have been approved by the Work Department. After all, children were the future, and ensuring their education was a top priority.
"Okay, then we'll split up. We'll meet at the cafeteria in the South Second District at noon." Lin Yuan also understood the importance of this matter and didn't insist further.
He picked up his briefcase and boarded a commuter vehicle that took a different route, heading towards the Intelligence Department.
The driver of this vehicle wasn't as talkative as the commuter vehicle captain from yesterday. They traveled in silence. When the vehicle reached the designated location, he got off.
Just as he was about to enter, Lin Yuan spotted three monks in robes riding a tricycle on the street not far away, transporting food ingredients. Judging by their direction, they were likely heading towards the cafeteria.
These three monks noticed Lin Yuan looking at them and slowed down. They clasped their hands together and bowed with a smile.
One should not strike a smiling face. Although Lin Yuan detested most fake monks who disguised themselves poorly, he still clasped his hands into fists and stepped forward.
Perhaps these three were genuine monks.
"They treat me with courtesy, so I should return the favor."
Watching the tricycle disappear into the distance, Lin Yuan shook his head and walked into the Intelligence Department office building.
"Comrade, please show your identification." Just a few steps inside, he was stopped by the sentry on duty.
This put him in a difficult spot. He had only just arrived, and Ying Tianlong hadn't issued him any identification.
He could only say, "Comrade, I've just arrived at the safe zone and don't have my ID. Minister Ying Tianlong of the Ying Department called me here. My name is Lin Yuan. You can verify this."
The sentry was not unreasonable. Upon hearing this, he immediately made a call upstairs.
"Yes!"
"I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, the sentry saluted Lin Yuan. "Comrade Lin Yuan, our minister is waiting for you on the sixth floor. The stairwell is in the passage to the right of the lobby, and there are signs indicating the way."
The Intelligence Department's office building wasn't very large, and Lin Yuan found his way to the sixth floor without much difficulty.
Ying Tianlong had been waiting for a long time. As soon as he saw Lin Yuan, he led him towards a dead-end corridor.
What was going on?
Shouldn't we be entering an office? I'd hand over the documents, have some professionals verify their authenticity, and then the deserved military merits would be awarded, making everyone happy and heading home?
Lin Yuan didn't ask, and Ying Tianlong didn't speak. He led him to the wall at the end of the corridor and kicked a nearby vase.
A miraculous thing happened. The wall in front of them slowly opened, revealing a space, and an old-fashioned elevator stopped before them.
"Holy crap?" Lin Yuan was speechless, his mouth agape at the scene that he usually only saw on television.
Playing this kind of trick, impressive, Intelligence Department.
Seeing Lin Yuan's disbelief, Ying Tianlong smiled slightly, glanced at him, and said, "Follow me." He then stepped into the elevator.
"Hey, okay," Lin Yuan quickly reacted and followed him in.
As the two entered, the wall slowly closed. Ying Tianlong pressed the green button inside the elevator, and Lin Yuan felt a slight sense of weightlessness.
The elevator moved.
It went all the way down.
Lin Yuan didn't count how many floors they went down, mainly because there were only two buttons in the elevator, red and green, and no floor numbers were indicated.
"Creak." A faint sound echoed as the elevator doors slowly opened to the sides. Before them was another wall, with a scanner emitting a blue light in the center.
Ying Tianlong placed his eye against it.
"Detection passed. Please proceed with fingerprint scanning."
A small box popped out below the retinal scanner. Ying Tianlong placed his palm on it.
"Fingerprint passed."
"Beep."
The wall, just like the one upstairs, slowly opened.
The moment the door had closed, there hadn't been any sound. As it opened now, Lin Yuan heard the noisy sounds from inside.
Everyone inside was busy. They only greeted Ying Tianlong and Lin Yuan in passing, and some didn't even bother to greet them, simply brushing past. Clearly, they were engrossed in their work.
Lin Yuan roughly counted, and the number of people here wouldn't exceed a hundred.
Ying Tianlong was long accustomed to this.
He led Lin Yuan to a small office area and clapped his hands, interrupting the nine busy staff members.
"Comrades, this is Comrade Lin Yuan, who provided us with the intelligence data from the HSAC company and protected Comrade Jiang Ziqi along the way. Please get acquainted."
"Hello, Comrade Lin Yuan. My name is Zheng Mengmeng. I'm responsible for intelligence analysis and external tracking."
"Hello, Comrade Lin Yuan. My name is Zhang Jianguo. I'm responsible for satellite image calculation and weather forecasting."
"Hello, Comrade Lin Yuan. My name is..."
"..."
The nine individuals took turns standing up and shaking hands with Lin Yuan, showing no sign of shyness.
"I brought him here today for two reasons: first, to translate the documents he has, and second, to discuss whether you should form a team. After all, this Captain's combat effectiveness is formidable."
What kind of nonsense is this?
Form a team?
Then how would I go about searching for my own secrets? Moreover, if my group activities were discovered, wouldn't Ziqi be in danger? What if that woman wanted to go down in flames together?
The moment Lin Yuan thought of his identity as a special test subject, he felt incredibly annoyed. He was restricted everywhere. Moreover, if you're going to play rough, fine, Lin Yuan would play along, but if you're going to play dirty, he couldn't guard against it!
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