Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 598 Expedition Plan
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Meeting Room No. 1, core area of ​​Tian Shu Tower.

“I think we can put the sail issue aside for now. The first thing we need to solve is the problem of the giant sand worms,” said an elderly man in a suit with two medals on his chest that only high-ranking military officers could possibly receive. His short, thick fingers tapped forcefully on the table. “The people involved in the operation are all infected. Not everyone can have the stealth ability of Sun Hang. What will you do if we attract the giant sand worms to hunt us?”

“General Liao, the solution to this problem has always been there, sealed away in the archives of the Tian Shu Tower. It’s just that no one ever thought that these things would ever come in handy.” An old man wearing a dirty white coat and with short, gray hair that looked like a bird’s nest chuckled. “Although we didn’t have to face this problem back then, the allied forces in the Egyptian theater couldn’t avoid it… After all, if the Hunter Force, as an elite mobile force, were to be preemptively surrounded and annihilated by the giant sand worms every time they were deployed, then the time when the entire Egypt fell would probably have been much earlier.”

"Oh? So, according to you, they had already figured out a solution back then?"

“The shielding device ‘Nephthys’ is a piece of equipment developed by the Cairo Mystery Research Institute specifically for the memes of the Sand Giant Worm. It’s about the size of a smartphone, but it can block the Sand Giant Worm’s perception of the mystery memes from a range of 500 meters.” The old man in the white coat smiled without fading. “Moreover, I’m confident I can improve this device, reducing its effective range from 500 meters to 300 meters, ensuring you can move freely in that sea of ​​sand.”

"If the distance between the giant sand worm and the device holder is reduced to within 300 meters, will the device become useless?" Wang Xiyi suddenly asked.

"Haha, young lady, don't you think your question is funny?" The old man in the white coat suddenly burst into laughter.

"Humor? What do you mean?"

"Given the size of the giant sand worm, if you're less than 300 meters away from it, it won't even need to spot you; it can crush you into a pulp with a simple roll. You should be thinking about how to quickly create distance between yourself and it, instead of continuing to squat in the same spot like a mouse."

"Okay, forget I asked." Wang Xiyi crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair.

"And General Liao, do you have any other questions?"

“No.” The old man, referred to as General Liao, shook his head. “I’m just a little curious why Elder Pei suddenly requested that an elite squad be organized to carry out a mission so far away. Doesn’t he know how tense the situation is in the border region of the Federation right now?”

"That's why I mainly relied on civilian resources to form this expedition team. Apart from Zhulong, I didn't select any elite hunters from the rankings, did I?" Sun Hang said.

“That’s true… but don’t you think the appearance of that ghost subway is a bit too coincidental?” General Liao continued, “Just when Professor Ouyang and his team encountered a bottleneck in their research, this ghost subway inexplicably appeared, and it just so happened to fundamentally solve the problem of how to send people from Xiazhou to Egypt… Doesn’t any of you find it suspicious?”

“Suspicious, very suspicious, extremely suspicious.” The old man in the white coat put away his smile. “But even if I knew it was a trap, if I were in Pei Zongjun’s position, I would jump in without hesitation.”

"Professor Cao, you and Elder Pei are old acquaintances, didn't he ever tell you... his purpose in doing this?" another middle-aged man asked.

Sun Hang didn't recognize the man, but judging from the badge pinned to his chest, he was one of the high-ranking members of the Tian Shu Tower, even higher in status than the unkempt Professor Cao sitting opposite him.

"I don't know, Lao Pei didn't tell me." Professor Cao suddenly sat up straight, his previous cheerful tone completely changed, and said very seriously, "But I trust Lao Pei's judgment." "Then should we inform the council about this... Although the Tian Shu Tower has a very high degree of autonomy, but..." Before General Liao could finish speaking, he realized that almost everyone in the meeting room was looking at him. He was shocked to find that, apart from him, everyone else attending the meeting wore the Tian Shu Tower's badge.

To put it another way—he could be considered the only “outsider” at this meeting.

He was qualified to attend this meeting solely because he was the leader of the radical faction within the current federal army.

The military leadership of the Xia State Federation is divided into two factions: one is the conservative faction, which advocates building up defense facilities and defending the existing territory of the Federation; the other is the radical faction, which advocates marching into the occupied areas and recovering lost territory.

Without a doubt, those with a better relationship with the Tian Shu Tower were the radicals led by General Liao.

However, even General Liao, the leader of the radical faction, felt that the "expedition to the occupied Egyptian territories," an action plan that had been proposed an hour earlier, was a bit too radical.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. Even if you want to march into the occupied areas, you should first find out about the areas around the Federation. Why did you suddenly jump to the African continent, which spans almost half of the earth?
"I want to confirm something." Professor Cao suddenly turned to look at the holographic projection floating in the center of the conference table.

This is a dignified young woman, an anthropomorphic image of the AI ​​mainframe. In this impromptu meeting, the mainframe represents the voice that belongs to Pei Zongjun himself.

"Professor Cao, please speak." The holographic projection nodded slightly to Professor Cao.

"Has Old Pei found some connections?" Professor Cao asked in a deep voice, "Something that can change the status quo, prevent the second monster war from breaking out... or even allow us to reclaim our lost territory?"

“Theoretically speaking, that’s a valid view,” the holographic projection of the mainframe nodded.

Not only Professor Cao, but almost everyone present had a look of excitement mixed with astonishment in their eyes.

Professor Cao took a deep breath and asked again, "How confident is Old Pei?"

The holographic projection of the mainframe shook its head and said, "Unknown."

"Unknown... In other words, we're only at the clue stage right now, right?" Professor Cao looked slightly dejected. "That's true. If something like that really exists, we'd bet everything, even abandoning our current borders... Since Old Pei hasn't done that, it means he's not entirely sure about this either..."

Actually, Old Man Pei had already gone all in... Sun Hang thought to himself, except that the one who was unsure was not Pei Zongjun, but Sun Hang himself.

(End of this chapter)