third rebirth

Major Zhao asked Ling Chen and the others to "wait a moment", and wait until it was dark.

Jiang Cancan took the nutrient in his mouth, scratched his skin, sat on the armrest of the chair, and said in a voice, "Who the hell wants to see us? Wait any longer, Master Can, I'm already sleepy." !"

Jia Lan yawned three times in a row, "It's likely that the big guy is not in the fifth district. After knowing that we are here, he is rushing over here temporarily. Maybe the big guy from the first district is here."

Not sure if there is surveillance in the room, Jialan and Jiang Cancan didn't say much, they muttered a few words, and then stopped.

Half an hour later, probably around ten o'clock in the evening, the door of the room opened.

Four guards with guns came in first, two by two.Then came in an old man who was nearly fifty years old.Wearing a dark formal suit, he has a burly figure, sharp eyes, slightly wrinkled brows, and obvious nasolabial folds that make him look serious and unapproachable.

Ling Chen saw who was coming, got up and said, "Boss."

Jialan didn't expect her guess to be correct. It was indeed a big boss from the first district who came. She was also surprised and called out "Uncle Xia."

Xia Yunfeng nodded, and beckoned the guards at the door to go out first. After the door was closed, he sat on the chair behind the desk, resting his elbows on the table, "You guys sit too."

The four of Ling Chen sat down.

Xia Yunfeng didn't make any detours, "Sorry, it's a bit late." He pinched his brows, his voice was dry, "I had an impromptu meeting before, and the few of us who lived a long time patted the table Even if you quarrel, you still can’t win.”

Ling Chen followed the other party's words and asked, "Is it with Zhang Lieutenant General? Lieutenant General Zhang has a bad temper, and he will get angry at any moment."

Xia Yunfeng looked at Ling Chen and the others with deep eyes, and sighed, "Lieutenant General Zhang has already died."

Ling Chen's face changed slightly.Lieutenant General Zhang and Liang Ling, the former commander of the Second Department, are good friends, and their behavior styles and opinions are very similar.Liang Ling once said that Lieutenant General Zhang has a stubborn personality, and he will not change easily if he is identified, and the chance of betrayal is almost zero.

But now it is sacrificed.

Jia Lan noticed Ling Chen's silence, and asked tacitly, "Uncle Zhang... what happened to him?"

Since she was a child, she grew up under the eyes of these people of the older generation, and the title "uncle" is very smooth.

Xia Yunfeng didn't answer, but asked, "How much do you know about the current situation inside the military region?"

Ling Chen is very bachelor, "I don't know anything." He tapped his finger on the armrest of the seat, "Oh, by the way, Major Zhao who came to pick us up told me that my parents have defected."

Unexpectedly, Ling Chen said it so directly, Xia Yunfeng thought about it, "It's been rumored outside, but the above is not yet definitive."

If Ling Chen hadn't received the message from his mother Bai Hengyun, and hadn't found the list of defectors with a security level of S+ from the intranet, he might have believed Xia Yunfeng's words.

Xia Yunfeng pondered, "I know you don't trust me now, and I really want to give you an explanation. There are traitors in the command center, and the information provided to you about the Holy Order is wrong, and the location of the coordinate points and the details of your tasks have been leaked." Progress, so that you were intercepted by mercenaries."

Ling Chen raised his eyes and looked directly at Xia Yunfeng, "Who is behind?"

Xia Yunfeng shook his head, "I don't know yet."

Ling Chen leaned against the back of the chair, smiling casually like usual, "I don't know, or there are too many traitors, so I can't move? Or, is this what the command center means?"

"Ling Chen!" Xia Yunfeng's voice carried a warning.

Ling Chen didn't budge, "Am I wrong? Then I'll take care of them one by one. On May 25th, I led the team into Zone D, and then I received the news that the Holy Tribunal had also entered Zone D. Afterwards, the command center sent Youlong came to reinforce.

But the actual number of people who came in was more than several times higher than the number in the information given by the command center.Because of the traitors, You Long dismissed a member of the action team at once, which is equivalent to no reinforcements.

Blind people know there is a problem with the command center.If it weren't for our fate, it's hard to say whether we can sit here. "

Xia Yunfeng looked tired, and his tone weakened, "I know you have resentment—"

"It's not resentment." Ling Chen interrupted him with a strong voice, "When we encountered two mercenaries lying in ambush waiting for us at the seventh coordinate point, we were shocked. I don't know what happened outside , but I know the command center is gone."

There was silence in the air, Ling Chen was able to sit still, with a loose sitting posture, as if he had no bones, but when confronted with Xia Yunfeng, his aura was not lost by half.

Jialan glanced at Ling Chen covertly, coordinated with flirting, and deliberately softened his voice, "Uncle Xia, although I left a suicide note before I left the mission, saying that if I fail to come back, the pension will be paid directly." It’s burning, don’t let my dad and grandpa look sad. But I’m still very afraid of death, my dad and grandpa are old.”

It was rare for her to be emotional once, and she was about to stutter when she continued, so she stopped quickly, "So, what happened to the command center? Where are my dad and grandpa?"

Xia Yunfeng spoke after a while, "Because there was a disagreement on an issue, your grandfather and your father stayed behind closed doors and never saw any visitors. After two days, I came to visit and found that they had disappeared. No one knew they were there." Where. I thought you'd know."

Jialan shook his head, "They didn't contact me."

Ling Chen half-closed his eyes and asked directly, "What's the problem?"

Xia Yunfeng didn't speak.

Ling Chen directly threw down a heavy cannon, "Is there a problem with gene fusion?"

Xia Yunfeng's slightly cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp, and his voice was low, "How much do you know?"

"Not too much, but not too little." In contrast, Ling Chen's attitude was extremely casual, and he twirled his fingers, "Since you won't tell me, chief, then I can only guess. The Holy Inquisitor has the gene fusion technology in his hands." , can fuse and graft the genes of humans and plants or animals, and for some reason, the higher-ups want to get this technology."

Xia Yunfeng crossed his fingers, propped his elbows on the table, his eyes were serious, and the wrinkles between his brows deepened.

"And the terms of exchange given by the Holy Tribunal are the regional core of District D, right? And because they don't fully trust their partners, they made two-handed preparations. On the one hand, they negotiated deals with you, and on the other hand, they sent people into District D. Grab the core of the region."

Xia Yunfeng didn't answer.

Ling Chen raised his lips and smiled, "It seems that I guessed it right." The next second, the smile on his face subsided, and sharp lines formed on his face, "How dare you? You can do things like seeking skins from tigers?"

Xia Yunfeng pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes, and said for a long time, "We have no other choice."

Jialan and Jiang Cancan couldn't help showing surprised expressions on their faces, "But Uncle Xia, once the Holy Inquisitor gets the core of the area, once he cracks it, he will be able to control the entire Noah system..."

Ling Chen laughed sarcastically, "It seems that the chiefs are determined that before the Holy Tribunal's research is thorough, the core of the area can be snatched back, and a white wolf with empty gloves will be staged." How many people are there who are not holy orders?"

Xia Yunfeng stood up and slapped the table heavily, "It's nonsense!"

Ling Chen's expression remained unchanged, "Whether I'm talking nonsense, you should know better than me."

With a "bang", the door closed, and Xia Yunfeng slammed it and left.

Jiang Cancan listened to the whole process, but was still a little confused, "Brother Chen, what you just said is true? Isn't it irritating?"

Ling Chen asked him, "You also think I'm talking nonsense?"

"No, no." Jiang Cancan shook his head hastily, "There is indeed a problem with the information in the command center. Master Can cleaned up Youlong's nameplate myself. I was just surprised and didn't quite understand it."

Jiang Mu said, "There should be something that cannot be made public, forcing the high-level officials to cooperate with the Holy Order to obtain gene fusion technology. And he did not hesitate to allow the Holy Order to infiltrate into the military area and eliminate dissidents."

The "dissidents" include Jialan's elders, including experts from the Academy of Engineering headed by Ling Dingnan and Bai Hengyun, Erbu, Youlong, and even more people.

Ling Chen nodded, "Indeed, otherwise I can't explain why the higher-ups are in such a hurry to cooperate with the Holy Order." He stared at the pattern on the floor, and said slowly, as if talking to himself, "So what happened? , so that the high-level executives want to get the gene fusion technology so urgently?"

Jiang Cancan patted himself on the head, "But," he felt that his brain was not enough, "but why didn't Chief Xia ask Brother Chen to take out the core of the area immediately?"

Jiang Mu explained to him, "The higher-ups want to cooperate with the Holy Order, but they are afraid of the Holy Order, so they will send people to surround us along the border. Controlling us is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also protection, preventing the Holy Order from taking advantage of it. , take the core of the region from us first."

"So we just came out of D area, and they brought us back and locked us up?"

"Well, yes." Jiang Mu was very patient, "At the same time, although the Holy Tribunal cooperates with high-level officials, it does not completely trust them. That's why they constantly eliminate dissidents while discussing cooperation with high-level officials. People entered the D area and came to us to grab the core of the area. After we ran away, they also issued a reward."

Ling Chen said "hmm", "That's why the other party has what they want, so they cooperate. But both parties don't trust each other, maintaining a delicate balance."

"Thinking makes me bald." Jiang Cancan didn't plan to embarrass himself anymore, "Brother Chen, what are we doing now?"

Ling Chen closed his eyes and rested his mind, "Wait for the opportunity and make trouble."

It's just this waiting, another three days.

Ye Xiao has been doing odd jobs in Qiu Guanghan's research institute for the past few days, helping to move things, arrange specimens and so on.Because a new batch of specimens and extracts were brought back, Qiu Guanghan took Yu Feile and basically stayed in the laboratory.

Speaking of this during lunch, Dong Lingling winked at Ye Xiao, "Fortunately, the teaching assistant is busy, otherwise I would definitely not be able to grab the chance to have dinner with you."

Ye Xiao clumsily held the chopsticks, "Are you avoiding him?"

"It's not that I'm avoiding him," Dong Lingling lowered her voice, "Assistant Yu wants to chase you."

"Huh?" Ye Xiao was a little confused, "Chasing me?"

After these two days of contact, Dong Lingling has discovered that Ye Xiao has no common sense in many aspects, so she explained it clearly, "I just want to fall in love with you."

Ye Xiao understood. He put down his chopsticks and shook his head seriously, "No, I won't fall in love with him."

Seeing his serious face, Dong Lingling smiled and said, "I know, I know, you and your captain are a couple, right? You are dating him."

Ye Xiao: "Well, the captain is teaching me how to fall in love."

Dong Lingling was surprised, "Wow, are you guys so interesting?" She took a sip of the soup, "Assistant Yu is good-looking, has a pretty good personality, and has a high IQ, which is actually not bad, but knowing that you have a romantic partner, Still flirting. The junior brother in our institute is also hanging around, playful."

Ye Xiao picked up the chopsticks again, "If I don't fall in love with him, he can't beat me."

Dong Lingling laughed and gossiped, "Then can your captain beat you?"

Ye Xiao shook his head, "Shouldn't be able to beat him, I'm not sure. But the captain is different."

Dong Lingling understood, "Oh, so, even if the captain can't beat you, you will fall in love with him. Others don't have this treatment, right?"

"Ah."

"Tsk tsk, this double mark is too strong!" Dong Lingling propped her chin with one hand and sighed, "So why do I ask this question? I'm already full of dog food, what else do I want to eat!"

After lunch, go back to the dormitory for a lunch break.After Ye Xiao closed the door, he heard a mechanical electronic sound, "Ye Xiao, good afternoon."

Without stopping, he replied naturally, "Noah, good afternoon."

Three days ago, Noah told him not to leave the research institute. Looking at it now, it should be to tell him the reason.

"You need to kill someone."

Ye Xiao sat on the single bed, pinching the small wooden rabbit hanging on the long knife with his fingers, "Who?"

"Xia Yunfeng."

At night, Ye Xiao locked the door, and then quietly opened the window.

The night is the best cover. After 10 minutes, Ye Xiao's figure was like a ghost, easily dodged all the patrolling guards, and lay on the branch of a big tree in the courtyard, quietly and without existence. Feeling, even breathing seemed to melt into the night wind.

Three minutes later, he saw a burly middle-aged man walking under the tree and talking on the phone.

Noah: "The target person appears."

Ye Xiao asked in his heart, "What are Xia Yunfeng talking about?" He seemed to have faintly heard Ling Chen's name.

Noah: "He was talking to a man named Harrison. He planned to lead someone to break in tonight and take Ling Chen and the others away. He will cooperate."

"Xia Yunfeng is a traitor? He wants to kill the captain?" Ye Xiao still remembers Harrison, a member of the Holy Order, who he met in the Red Lion Casino.Of course, what impressed him the most was that Harrison was accompanied by two people with vertical pupils.

Noah: "Yes."

Ye Xiao tightened his five fingers holding the scabbard: "I see."

Xia Yunfeng hung up the phone and pinched his brows.The meeting was held for three consecutive days, arguing endlessly about whether to hand over the regional core to the Holy Tribunal.He cannot clearly support the handing over of the regional core, but can only neutralize it and try to persuade some centrists.

But the meeting just ended made Xia Yunfeng realize that something might go wrong with this matter, so he decided to act first.

He cleared the record of the call and was about to walk back, but just as he turned around, he heard the sound of "噗嗤", and then a stabbing pain in his chest spread.Lowering his head, he saw a cold knife tip sticking out, still stained with blood.

Xia Yunfeng turned his head with difficulty, and saw a young man in black standing behind him, holding the handle of a knife in his hand.

His lips moved, but before he could say anything, he disappeared in place.

Ye Xiao quickly put away the knife, and hid behind a tree, "Noah, where are Ling Chen and the others locked up?"

Jiang Cancan was sitting on the ground, playing backgammon blindly with Jialan, but he made a mistake and overturned it again.

"According to the frequency of delivering nutritional supplements three times a day, this is the night of the third day, right? I don't know if I remember correctly, Master Can."

Jialan lay down on the spot, side by side with Jiang Cancan, like two dried salted fish, "You counted right." She was also weak.

Jiang Cancan lowered his eyelids, "We still haven't let us go out, the group of old men haven't decided whether we should be sent to the Holy Inquisitor together with the regional core? This efficiency is too fucking slow!"

At this time, Ling Chen, who had been keeping his eyes closed for a while, suddenly opened his eyes, "There is movement."

Jiang Cancan and Jialan turned over and sat up, "Damn it, it's not time to deliver the nutritional supplements yet, does anyone finally think of us?"

Jialan touched her nose, "Why do I have a bad feeling?"

While holding his breath, the door lock moved, perhaps because he found that he couldn't open it, the movement of the door lock stopped again.

Ling Chen's eyelids twitched, and he ordered quickly, "Back up!" While speaking, his heartbeat continued to accelerate.

Could it be...

A few seconds later, there was a "bang" sound, and the door panel hit the floor.Ye Xiao who was standing at the door retracted his legs and saw Ling Chen at a glance.

He just watched intently, standing still.Ling Chen reacted first and opened his arms.

The body reacted faster than the brain, Ye Xiao stepped on the door panel, like a tired bird returning to its nest, it directly threw itself into Ling Chen's arms.

Ling Chen picked him up, put Ye Xiao's legs on his waist, and kissed Ye Xiao's lips fiercely, "Why are you here?"

Ye Xiao wrapped his hands around Ling Chen's neck, and replied honestly, "I'm here to kill people, and I'll take you out by the way."

Ling Chen laughed, "Thank you, little Maomao, for coming to take us out." As he spoke, he touched Ye Xiao's body everywhere to make sure that he was not injured, then he rubbed the tip of Ye Xiao's nose affectionately, and asked softly, " who to kill?"

"A man named Xia Yunfeng."

Jiang Cancan wondered if he had auditory hallucinations, "Xia... Xia Yunfeng?"

Ye Xiao nodded, "Well, that's the name."

Ling Chen held Ye Xiao's butt with his right hand, lifted him up a little higher, and kissed the tip of his chin, "Why did you kill him?"

"I don't know either." Ye Xiao really didn't know why Noah asked him to kill Xia Yunfeng, but there must be a reason, and he said instead, "But before killing him, I heard that he contacted Harrison and asked Harrison to kill Xia Yunfeng tonight. Bring people in to attack and rob you, and he will cooperate."

The news of these explosions made Jiang Cancan's mind completely stuck, "Damn it, this development...so Xia Yunfeng is the internal response of the Holy Order? The Holy Order is going to attack at night? The goal is to catch us?"

Ye Xiao nodded, "Well, it's already night."

Ling Chen cleared his mind and made a quick decision, "Let's go!"

After leaving the room, Ling Chen saw a row of people down in the corridor.

Ye Xiao explained again, "I knocked them all out, I didn't kill them."

Ling Chen kissed Ye Xiao again, "This is a reward, our little Maomao is great."

But before they ran out of the corridor, there was a "Boom—" and the ground trembled.After the explosion, there was a series of warning sounds, "Level [-] alarm, level [-] alarm, the defense system in the southwest corner has been destroyed, repeat..."

There were gunshots and artillery fire from far and near outside, as well as chaotic human voices. Ling Chen asked Jiang Mu, "Do you know where the nearest armory is?"

The distribution of buildings in the command center is very fixed, and only a few blueprints are used in turn as they are built and built.

Jiang Mu nodded, "Yes, come with me."