God said, let there be light

When it was dawn, Van Roy still fell asleep because of the alcohol. Byrne carried him upstairs and lay down. He went into the room on the other side of the apartment and set aside a call for his old boss, Lieutenant General Fordman. call request.

Byrne didn't know where Lieutenant General Fordman was now, and he couldn't calculate the time difference. He really couldn't wait until the morning to go to the Special Warfare Department to connect to the internal line.

"Desmond?" Lieutenant General Fordman quickly connected to the video, and the background should be a shuttle ship.

"Lieutenant General, I have something urgent to confirm with the Lieutenant General, sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, don't be polite to me, just talk."

"It involves confidentiality, please connect me with another encrypted line."

Lieutenant General Fordman frowned slightly, and immediately agreed: "Okay. You wait."

After a while, Lieutenant General Fordman called Byrne back and asked directly without any nonsense: "What's the matter?"

"Lieutenant General, I know Locke is there."

"Locke? You know?"

"Yes. Lieutenant General, is he on a mission? Leaving the team privately is an illusion, isn't it?"

Lieutenant General Fordman was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Who else have you told about this?"

"No."

"How did you find him?"

"Lieutenant General, I request to participate in the mission."

"..." Lieutenant General Fordman sighed, followed by another moment of silence, and finally let go, "Wait."

The video topic was cut off for the second time. Byrne leaned on the back of his chair and sighed heavily. His guess should be correct. Locke didn't leave the team without authorization, but accepted a confidential mission. It should be the mission of the undercover Bai Yue, so he disappeared suddenly of.

The storm team issued an internal arrest warrant, but Locke's information was pitifully scarce, and the formality was full of flaws, but no one dared to question it. Byrne submitted several applications for re-opening the case for investigation, but all of them were dismissed with justifications. Insufficiently dismissed.Until Byrne left the storm team, he didn't know what happened, but now he seems to understand it all of a sudden.

Byrne sat and waited, and the seconds seemed like years.He is no longer in the storm group, and according to the regulations, he cannot apply to join the storm group for any action, but Lieutenant General Fordman did not immediately reject his request, but asked him to wait, which is very unusual.

After waiting for more than 40 minutes, Byrne finally received Lieutenant General Fordman's communication application.

"Lieutenant General."

"Hey..." Lieutenant General Fordman opened his mouth and sighed before saying, "You have adapted well in Rensa. I also saw the spaceship hijacking incident two days ago. There must be a group first-class merit. Seeing you You can get promoted in the military, so why not come to meddle in the task of the storm team? And you are going to get married? The Omega at home is not taking good care of it, messing with me here."

Lieutenant General Fordman's meaning is very clear. He wants to persuade Byrne to leave Locke alone. He now has his own team in the special operations team and has just made meritorious service. The two projects he participated in are both highly classified military projects, and his future is bright. , At this time, it is simply stupid to go back to the Storm Group to be a cow and a horse.

"Lieutenant General, please let me participate in the operation."

Of course Byrne is not stupid, of course he wants to make contributions, but comrades in arms are more important, he can't know that Locke is in danger and let it go, not to mention Locke is still with Lan, he doesn't allow Van Roy to take risks, then he has to go, Bring people back in person.

"You don't even know what the action is, and you still want to participate, hey..." Lieutenant General Fordman saw that he couldn't move Byrne, so he could only give up his long-winded words, "Lock is missing, how did you get that video?"

Byrne frowned: "What do you mean?"

"You guessed it right, Locke didn't leave the team privately but accepted the task of undercover Baiyue. But after Giselle's accident, I gradually lost contact with Locke," Lieutenant General Fordman couldn't help but sigh again, "I I thought he was sacrificed for a while. Fortunately, fortunately."

According to the information Fan Roy got from Gray Eagle, Lan was taken away from Siris, and the shuttle went directly to Hesis without stopping elsewhere, so Locke was either on the shuttle on Sires, or It was on the shuttle ship early in the morning.

Lieutenant General Fordeman continued: "After Giselle's accident, I received two communications from Locke. One said he was on the shuttle that evacuated Giselle, and the second was a distress signal. The ship was attacked and forced to land on MU4. However, when the alliance's search and rescue team arrived, they did not find Locke. After that, Locke lost contact completely."

MU4 is an uninhabited star. Although there is fresh water and air on the planet, it has not been developed for the time being due to too many poisonous vegetation and alien creatures, and no valuable mineral deposits.

Byrne asked, "When did that happen?"

"Two and a half months ago."

The first time Gray Eagle came to Lan's information was that he had found a maintenance ship, and there were bloodstains belonging to Lan in the cabin. According to the situation in the cabin, Gray Eagle judged that someone was taking care of Lan.Fan Roy said that Lan is a "princess" and should have no outer space survival skills. The possibility of him escaping from the MU4 desolate star is almost zero.

According to the video, Leland leaned on Locke and was supported to walk, so he should have some trust in Locke.Is it possible that Locke has been with Lan the whole time?

Locke undercover Bai Yue, and Bai Yue wants to catch Lan, which seems reasonable.

Lieutenant General Fordman interrupted Byrne's contemplation and asked, "Okay, can you tell me now, where is Locke?"

"Hesses."

"Hesses...is really a good place." Fordman showed a sneer. Hesses and the Alliance have always been in a hostile position, and none of the surrounding neighboring stars have established diplomatic relations with the Alliance. Even Ananke banned the Alliance Army. It is a big problem if you want to send troops to Hesis.

"Since we know that Locke is in Hesses, is there a way for our people to get in touch?" Thinking that there is also a storm team with technological talents like Zhou Yi. If Zhou Yi can hack into the port records of Hesses, so can the storm team.

Lieutenant General Fordman nodded: "Of course."

"One more thing."

"Say."

"Bai Yue hijacked Lan and stayed with Locke."

"Lan? That Lan from the Lan family? Which one?"

Lieutenant General Fordman was not very clear about Lan, and Byrne could not mention personnel related to the Nyx project. Searle is missing.

"...It's even more troublesome when it comes to hostage rescue. This matter can't be rushed. You first sort out the information you have and send it to me. Wait for the order."

"Yes."

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Van Roy didn't sleep for a long time, and woke up in two or three hours. Byrne came back after talking with Lieutenant General Fordman and hugged him to catch up on sleep. As soon as Fan Roy moved, he woke up immediately.

"Huh? Don't sleep for a while?" Byrne closed his eyes. According to his current sleepiness, he knew that he would definitely sleep for about two hours.

Fan Roy turned over and leaned into Byrne's arms, and said sullenly, "I have a headache... my stomach hurts too."

It was rare for Fan Roy to be coquettish with him, and Byrne couldn't help laughing, rubbed his forehead, kissed him, got up and took a bottle of hangover drink from the bedside: "Just drink it."

Fan Roy half-opened his eyes and took the drink. Feeling his mouth was dry, he raised his head and gulped down the whole bottle.

"Sleep for a while, and you will feel better soon."

The two of them lay down and were about to catch up on sleep when Fan Luoyi's cell phone rang, Zhou Yi again.

Van Loy cut the audio call and answered: "Hello?"

"Mr. Fan, the data processing of Tengyue is finished, and I will send you the list."

Byrne sighed silently, and couldn't help but say, "Zhou Yi, don't you need to sleep?"

"...I slept pretty well. It's the computer that processes the data, and I don't have to stare at it all the time." Zhou Yi didn't know that Fan Luoyi was restless and stayed up all night drinking. He didn't understand Byrne's inexplicable question What.

Fan Roy glanced at Byrne and said to Zhou Yi, "Thank you."

"Mr. Fan, let me just say more. I think the list is incomplete, so I did another search and analysis. It may take another day to get the results."

"Okay, then we'll contact you after the results come out."

"Well. That's it for now, hang up."

Byrne snatched Fan Luoyi's cell phone and threw it aside, pulled him back to lie down, rolled him up with a quilt and hugged him in his arms, trying to prevent him from reading the list sent by Zhou Yi as if losing his temper.

"..." Fan Roy was bound so tightly by Byrne that he was almost out of breath, "Loosen up, it's too tight."

Byrne relaxed his arm slightly upon hearing this.

Fan Roy reached out and touched Byrne's cheek and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"..." Byrne took a deep breath and did not speak.Lan, Baiyue, and the genetic modification experiment, none of them should be Fan Luoyi's business, but they made him very busy and exhausted.The genetic modification experiment was barely a part of Fan Roy's work, and Lan was his good friend, so it was impossible for him to ignore death.Byrne was worried about him and felt sorry for him, but he couldn't say anything to make him let go.

Fan Roy could understand Byrne's eyes, and slowly leaned forward to kiss him, gently, wanting to tell him not to worry, but needless to say, it's useless to say it, just use a kiss instead.

Byrne rubbed Fan Roy's soft hair with his fingers, and sighed, "Go to sleep."

The affairs of Locke and the storm team are all military secrets. He can't tell Fan Roy. To prevent Fan Roy from taking risks, he has to think about how to persuade him.

Fan Roy closed his eyes gently, smelling the scent of agarwood on Byrne's body, and soon fell asleep again.