Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Xiao Jing walked back to the dormitory, put down her backpack, took off her already soaked combat boots, and just collapsed on the floor, looking up at the ceiling, feeling as comfortable as a deflated ball.
“Dong, dong, dong.” The footsteps came closer and closer.
Xiao Jing sat up with a somersault, staring at the door of her dormitory with her eyes sparkling. After making sure that the people outside the corridor had gone far away, she lay back down and loosened her wet coat.
“Knock, knock, knock.” The door of the room rang softly, and the next moment, the person pushed the door open and walked in.
Xiao Jing hurriedly buttoned up her clothes, pretending to be calm and staring at the uninvited figure.
Shen Chengfeng got straight to the point and said, “Pack up and leave with me.”
Xiao Jing stared blankly, not understanding, “Leave? What do you mean?”
“There is a mission.” Shen Chengfeng replied concisely.
Although Xiao Jing didn’t know what the mission was, she still quickly changed into clean clothes.
Shen Chengfeng stood in front of the off-road vehicle, looking indescribably serious.
Xiao Jing stepped forward, stood up straight, and replied: “Captain, I’m ready.”
“This mission requires writing a suicide note.” Shen Chengfeng directly handed over the paper and pen that he had prepared early in the morning.
Xiao Jing’s face was stern. Looking at the clean A4 paper, she felt a little heavy when she picked up the pen. She asked: “Is it dangerous?”
“No one can guarantee getting out of it unscathed.”
Xiao Jing lowered her head and looked at the spotless white paper with a serious look, but it was difficult to write. What should she write? Or what could she write?
In the Xiao family, her identity was a bit embarrassing. All of her father’s wives were married in a formal way, except for her mother, who met her father after he had just lost his second wife and was drinking to relieve his sorrow.
The old lady did not recognize them mother and daughter from the beginning, but due to the dignity and honor of the soldiers, she half-heartedly welcomed her mother into the Xiao family, but she had been living in the Cangshan Villa far away from the family.
That’s why she couldn’t see her father for the entire year round.
She never thought that one day she would return with glory. With her own abilities and the secret that could not be seen by others, she had always known how to hide her shortcomings and hide herself in the smallest dust, so that she and her mother could continue to stay in the Xiao family without worries.
But since she came to the special forces, she felt that the spirit of not admitting defeat in her body was ignited. She would rather die in battle than live in humiliation.
Maybe this was the spirit of the Xiao family that her eldest brother often talked about.
She wrote a line of words, only a line of words, folded it, put it flat in the envelope, and then handed it to Shen Chengfeng.
Shen Chengfeng looked at him and said, “You can apply for not to go on a mission. After all, you are still a new recruit in Iron Eagle and need time to train. I’ll allow you to withdraw.”
“No.” Xiao Jing looked at Shen Chengfeng with a resolute look, as if a fire was burning in her pupils, gradually destroying all fears.
Shen Chengfeng opened the car door and said, “Get in the car.”
Xiao Jing walked around the front of the car, sat in the passenger seat, and asked, “Where are we going?”
“Xue-E border.”
Xiao Jing’s heart skipped a beat and she asked in surprise, “Xue-E?
“Are you scared now?” Shen Chengfeng stepped on the accelerator, obviously not wanting to give him any chance to regret.
Xiao Jing buckled her seat belt and felt scared. In the years she had been in the army, the most common thing she heard Captain Lian Qing say was that you should not go to Xu-E for fun. It was a no-man’s land, where some desperate criminals who walked on the edge of a knife had been stationed for many years, especially the mercenary group Viper, which was rumored to be one of the three major mercenary groups in the world.
The Viper had a total of hundreds of armed men, each of whom was brave and good at fighting, and was one more bloodthirsty than the other. No matter who it was, once they set foot on their territory, they would fight to the death.
“This time, the instructions issued by the higher-ups are to rescue Professor Zhao Ziyi who was on an investigation, but I didn’t expect Jiang Si to be discovered on the way back. Now that we have lost contact, I’m afraid he is in danger.” Shen Chengfeng handed the information to Xiao Jing.
Xiao Jing was surprised to hear the familiar name, “Jiang Si?”
“Yes, Jiang Si.” Shen Chengfeng repeated the name.
Lin Qi stood in front of the dormitory building, watching the off-road vehicle speeding out of the camp, lowered his head to look at the things in his hand, and couldn’t help knocking his head in self-mockery.
He seemed to be in a trance lately and was always absent-minded.
“Lin Qi, why are you standing here in a daze?” Jiang Xin came from the end of the corridor with a basin after taking a shower.
Lin Qi shook his head, “I saw the captain leading Lieutenant Xiao away. I just heard that the 118th Army is here. Is there a mission?”
Jiang Xin gently poked Lin Qi’s chest with his crutch, and said with a smile: “Do you want to go with him too?”
“I just wonder if Lieutenant Xiao has the physical strength to go on a mission right after returning?”
“Why do I feel that the captain deliberately took our little eighteen.” Jiang Xin raised his eyebrows meaningfully.
Lin Qi didn’t understand his implication, “What do you mean?”
“I just heard Cheng Chen say that the captain was very close to him in the forest.”
“…”
“Ahem, I’m only telling you this, don’t say anything to anyone.” Jiang Xin looked around and made sure there were no strangers. Then he stepped forward and whispered, “Did you see the red mark on the captain’s neck?”
Lin Qi carefully recalled the captain’s neck that was exposed. There was indeed a barely perceptible red mark.
Jiang Xin smiled and said, “I heard that it was where Xiao Shiba kissed him.”
“Impossible.” Lin Qi blurted out in surprise.
Jiang Xin smacked his lips, “How can it be impossible? Cheng Chen and Xichi saw it together, and they both told me so.”
“Anyway, it’s impossible. The captain, the captain, and Lieutenant Xiao are all, all-“
“In a place like the military camp where there are only men, nothing is impossible. Who knows if our captain’s lucky star is moving this time? When did the captain care about you and me so much? Not only did he train Xiao Jing personally, but he even accompanied him on missions. This is different.”
“…”
“What I said is not impossible. The captain used to go on missions frequently, but his missions were all SSS-level. Now he even needs to go on an S-level mission himself, just because he gave this mission to Xiao Jing.”
Lin Qi secretly clenched his fists, not knowing what was wrong with him. Anyway, he was very angry at this moment and wanted to smash things.
Jiang Xin patted him on the shoulder and joked, “I know you are the best recruit this year, but there are plenty of opportunities. Let’s wait for the next time. Who knows, you may have a solo mission tomorrow.”
“I’m a little tired, I’ll go back first.” Lin Qi turned around and ran towards his dormitory without looking back.
Jiang Xin looked at his gradually disappearing back and sighed, “Captain, this is obviously being partial to one over the other. Look at our comrade Lin Qi, he is a little unbalanced, but thinking about the captain’s Sima Zhao’s heart[1], forget it, wait, why do I feel like I’ve been a wife for ten years and finally become a mother-in-law?”
Sure enough, I am more worried about our captain’s life than anyone else.
It’s just that Lieutenant Xiao has worked hard.
No, Jiang Xin was suddenly startled, and finally understood why Lin Qi looked like he had seen a ghost. Aren’t his captain and Lieutenant Xiao both men?
He seemed to have discovered some shocking secrets.
“Deputy Captain Pei Yi, I have something to tell you, you must not tell anyone else.” Jiang Xin saw Pei Yi coming from the direction of the bathhouse and ran over in a hurry.
In a corner that no one noticed, there was a person flashing strange light spots under the sun.
The man’s hand couldn’t help but clench into a fist, it seemed that he was very angry, and the veins on his fist were particularly visible.
He casually threw the fully packaged roast duck into the trash can and walked quickly outside the camp.
The sun was scorching, and suddenly a strong wind blew up, dark clouds covered the sun, and the whole camp was filled with a bleak and desolate feeling.
The off-road vehicle stopped in front of the apron. The huge wind force caused by the wings wantonly stirred everything around. Xiao Jing walked down from the co-pilot seat with a serious look.
In front of the cabin, Xu Fu stood in a military posture facing Shen Chengfeng, and his voice was sonorous and powerful. He said: “Sir, are you going in person?”
Shen Chengfeng took the handover documents, wrote down his name with a big stroke of the pen, and then handed it to Xiao Jing, saying, “Sign.”
Xiao Jing picked up the pen and wrote down her name without much time to read the words on it.
Xu Fu looked nervous, looking at the plane soaring into the sky, he held his head high and saluted.
In the cabin, Xiao Jing couldn’t help but break the heavy and stuffy atmosphere and asked, “How are we going to sneak in next?”
“Someone will take us in.” Shen Chengfeng replied without raising his head.
Xiao Jing opened the sunshade, looked at the majestic white clouds rolling outside the glass window, and said, “Captain, this mission is very dangerous, right?”
“More dangerous than the internal rebels we encountered last time.”
“Then why did you assign this mission to me?” Xiao Jing asked hesitantly. Logically speaking, she was not as good as the others in the special operations team in terms of qualifications and abilities. Even if he wanted to train new recruits, Lin Qi should be more qualified than her to participate in this mission.
Shen Chengfeng closed his notebook and looked at Xiao Jing with a narrow and deep gaze, as if he saw something unreal in the depths of his pupils, like a dream.
“Captain, did you deliberately open the backdoor for me?” Xiao Jing lowered her head and couldn’t help but shyly hook her two fingers. Apart from this, she couldn’t think of any other reason. The captain gave her chances again and again, which was nothing more than placing high hopes on her.
“I know the comprehensive quality of everyone in the special operations team. I will make good use of their respective abilities, rather than blindly sending a strong man who thinks he has powerful abilities to attend the mission. Every mission is not a joke, and I will never deliberately open a back door for anyone.”
Xiao Jing touched her head awkwardly, raised her eyes, and said with confidence: “So the captain means that he thinks I can do this mission?”
“There has never been a waste in the special operations team.”
Xiao Jing pursed her lips and smiled, “The captain didn’t deliberately open a back door for me?”
“I treat everyone equally.” Shen Chengfeng reopened the notebook, “Go to sleep, it’s still four hours from here to the Xu-E border.”
Xiao Jing stared at his side.
Shen Chengfeng noticed his sharp eye attack, glanced at his eyes that seemed to have some special intentions, put one hand on the notebook, and asked again: “Anything else you want to say?”
“No, I just think the captain is pretty.” Xiao Jing smiled.
Shen Chengfeng did not express his opinion and stared at him without blinking. The two of them stared at each other in silence for an unknown amount of time.
Xiao Jing’s eyes felt sore, and she couldn’t help but rub her eyes tiredly.
Shen Chengfeng threw the eye mask over silently.
Xiao Jing stroked the lines on the eye mask, lowered her head and seemed to be talking to herself, “Captain, I think you are not bad looking, have a good family background, and are very capable. You will definitely find a beautiful wife in the future, so you should try to get out of the camp and don’t stay here all day long. It’s easy to get swayed.”
“Snap!” Shen Chengfeng slammed the notebook down, and the entire cabin suddenly became silent, as if the temperature had dropped a few degrees.
Xiao Jing shuddered instinctively, covered her mouth and coughed lightly, “I think I said too much.”
“No, you didn’t say too much, and you didn’t say anything wrong. It’s true that places like military camps can easily lead to cripples and swayed people, especially turning a normal person into a psychotic patient with mental delusions.”
“…” Was he scolding her in a roundabout way for thinking too much?
“I don’t know how Xiao Ye got to know that I’m abnormal, but I can be sure that he must not be calm recently.” Shen Chengfeng looked straight at Xiao Jing.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird. It felt like she was being stared at by something, and she always felt like there was a knife stabbing her spine.
Xiao Jing quickly looked away, looking at the cabin with an erratic look. She said, “I’m suddenly very sleepy. I’m going to sleep first.”
Shen Chengfeng didn’t say anything else, but still stared at him with a sharp gaze.
Xiao Jing turned sideways, facing the outside of the cabin, and carefully glanced at the big Buddha behind her. After feeling the powerful attack power of his dead fish eyes, she closed her eyes angrily and pretended to be dead.
At dusk, the sun set, and a piece of red frost dyed the entire sky crimson.
Xiao Jing followed closely behind Shen Chengfeng, and along the way were the garrison troops on the border of Xu and E.
The 105th Regiment garrison was currently the largest border patrol force in the country. The regiment commander, Sun Qi, stood at attention and saluted, “Sir.”
“What’s the situation now?” Shen Chengfeng took off his military cap and asked directly.
Sun Qi led the two into the camp, saying as they walked, “We have sent three elite teams out to search, but unfortunately there has been no news so far.”
“Where was the last place we lost contact?”
“Here.” Sun Qi pointed to a city on the map, “This is Yin City, which has been occupied by a group of desperate criminals for years. Almost every resident here is equipped with a gun, and even has artillery shells with powerful explosive power.”
“I understand.” Shen Chengfeng turned and looked at Xiao Jing who was listening to the news attentively behind him, and said, “Get ready to go.”
Sun Qi’s heart was hanging high, “At present, the life and death of Professor Zhao Ziyi and his party are unknown, and his family asks that even the corpses be brought back.”
Shen Chengfeng checked the weapons and said coldly, “You have to know that in that kind of place, the casualties cannot be brought out at all.”
“…” Sun Qi hesitated. Of course, he knew that in that situation, let alone carrying the corpse out, it would be extremely difficult to retreat unscathed.
Shen Chengfeng sorted out the guns, deliberately threw a bulletproof vest on Xiao Jing, and said, “Put it on.”
Xiao Jing put on the bulletproof vest obediently, holding the AK tightly in her hand, she followed her captain out of the camp.
“We have prepared enough ammunition in the car, put it under your seats, if there is a surprise attack-“
“Any mission has uncertain factors, I know this better than you, so don’t say those unnecessary words, fasten your seat belts, and we’ll be off.” Shen Chengfeng closed the car door directly.
Sun Qi raised his hand and saluted the car that was driving away, “Please make sure to get out of there safely, sir.”
Yin City was a city where day and night were reversed. Here, the noise at night lit up the entire night sky, and there were groups of people playing everywhere, but there was no doubt that everyone had one thing in common, that was, there was a gun on their waist, hand or back!
It seemed that here, guns were more common than cigarettes, and almost everyone must have one.
Xiao Jing sat in the car, always paying attention to the movements outside the car, and asked in a low voice: “Captain, what should we do next? Look around?”
“I came here to carry out a mission last year and I know a big boss here.” Shen Chengfeng drove into a dimly lit alley.
“Big boss?”
“Here, local bosses are divided among big bosses and small bosses. Each small boss governs a certain area. Behind every ten small bosses, there is a big boss supporting them. It’s like trapping a snake. What we need to do now is to lure the snake out of its hole.” Shen Chengfeng stepped on the brakes and stopped the car in front of a bar.
A woman in a sexy and enchanting dance dress came over with her slender waist twisting.
“Uncle is coming, do you want to come in and sit down?” The woman raised her hand and touched Shen Chengfeng’s chest charmingly.
“Tell Master Qin that the troublemakers are here.” After saying that, Shen Chengfeng led Xiao Jing straight in.
The man called Master Qin saw the big shot sitting in the private room staring at him without blinking, and he slammed the door behind him with a hypocritical smile on his face. He said, “How come Master Shen has the leisure to come to my place as a guest?”
“Do you think I came as a guest?” Shen Chengfeng asked back.
Master Qin opened a bottle of red wine himself and smacked his lips, “A guest is always welcome, Master Shen, don’t be polite to me.”
“This Yin City has been in chaos recently, with a bunch of well-trained and well-equipped mercenaries coming. I’m afraid Master Qin’s business must be difficult.”
Master Qin’s hands trembled, and he hurriedly said, “Why don’t I understand what Master Shen means?”
Shen Chengfeng pressed the bottle without saying a word. In silence, the bottle mouth slowly dissolved, and finally mixed with the wine and spilled all over the table.
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[1] A Chinese idiom involving and inspired by Sima Zhao states that “Everyone on the street knows what’s in Sima Zhao’s mind” meaning that a person’s supposed hidden intention (in this case, usurping the throne) is so well known that it is not really hidden.