Atlas of Heaven and Man

Airships, unconstrained by terrain and able to travel in straight lines, are much faster than off-road vehicles. Of course, they still land to rest at night, as the anomalies of the Convergence Zone at night cannot be avoided from the sky.

Even so, it only took them two days to return to the No. 4 Fortress base.

As soon as the airship landed, Garrison Commander Lai arrived with soldiers and said to Chen Chuan, "Captain Chen, I am ordered to take custody of Fei Tong. He is now in my hands."

Chen Chuan nodded, and Yuan Qiuyuan brought Fei Tong out from the back and handed him over to Lai Wu. As Yuan Qiuyuan handed him over, he said, "Take good care of him. We worked hard to catch him and bring him here. Don't let him die."

Lai Wu was expressionless. He signaled the fighters behind him to take the still seriously injured Fei Tong away.

Chen Chuan led his team down, gave a few instructions, and then dismissed them on the spot. The team members saluted him and then went in twos and threes to the base's recreation area to relax and drink.

Chen Chuan went alone to the operations room, met with Staff Officer Ding Mou, who was waiting there, and handed over a report he had written on the way.

Ding Mou already knew the situation from the telegram, so he took it, glanced at it quickly, and put it aside. He said, "Captain Chen, you completed the mission quickly and in a timely manner, averting a large number of potential casualties and losses. More importantly, you caught the traitor. I thank you on behalf of the base."

Chen Chuan said, "It's my duty." He paused and then said, "Has the base confirmed that Fei Tong is the traitor?"

"He's not the only one, but we can confirm that he was one of the participants at the time."

Chen Chuan nodded.

After handing in the mission and report and going through the procedures, he left the operations room. At this time, a message came from Councilor Pei, informing him that because it was almost the end of the year, his special medicine would be distributed in the next few days, and he should wait a little longer.

He knew that according to the rules, it wouldn't be this fast. It must be Councilor Pei's faction pulling strings behind the scenes, so he sent a message back to thank him.

After returning to his dormitory, he rested for two consecutive days. On the 21st, Councilor Pei contacted him and said that he had brought the medicine and asked him to come to the conference room.

Chen Chuan came to the conference room where they had met the previous two times. Councilor Pei shook his hand, invited him to sit down, personally poured him a cup of tea, and sat down on the sofa opposite him.

"Now that this mission is over, the base will not arrange any missions for Captain Chen's team before or after the New Year. Captain Chen, you can return to Central City. Once you get there, your main task will be to make contact with Chen Bitong.

Since he invited you to his training and guidance class, don't miss this opportunity. Try to build a good relationship with him."

Chen Chuan said, "What are the arrangements for my team members?"

Councilor Pei said, "If they want to participate in missions after the New Year, I will find a way to arrange them. When you return to the team, they will still be your teammates. If they don't want to, they can stand by for the time being, but all of this is based on Captain Chen's opinion. You can make any suggestions."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "That arrangement will work."

Councilor Pei picked up the metal box at his feet, placed it on the table, "This time's special medicine, Captain Chen can distribute it himself. Oh, right, there's also something being sent to you. Remember to check it after you get back."

Chen Chuan said, "What is it?"

Councilor Pei smiled.

Chen Chuan saw that he didn't say anything, so he didn't press him. After drinking a few cups of tea there and chatting about some things about the base, he took the special medicine and left.

After Chen Chuan left, Councilor Pei's expression became serious. He returned to his room, took out a key to open a cabinet, took out a radio with a special number, and began to send a message.

"Executive Chen is returning before the end of the year, preparing to approach the target. Time: December 21st, 2:10 PM. Sender: Hornet."

Chen Chuan returned to his dormitory, called two team members over, and distributed the special medicine and bonuses sent to him. As for the other team members, the bonuses were distributed by the base.

After receiving the medicine, Yuan Qiuyuan said happily, "I knew it was good to follow the captain. I haven't heard of anyone else distributing medicine so generously."

Qin Qingque nodded seriously. As someone from the military, she knew that special medicine was rarely distributed so promptly.

Chen Chuan smiled and said, "It's the end of the year, and the superiors are showing consideration for our hardships. Besides this, I called you two here to talk about one more thing."

He paused slightly, "After the New Year, I may have to stay in Central City for a while, which may affect my participation in base missions. What arrangements would you like to make?"

Although they hadn't been here for long, they had learned about some of the situations. Some captains used their team members to death and then tried to suppress the medicine quotas afterward, simply not treating them as human beings. With these comparisons, being able to follow Chen Chuan was simply a blessing, and they would never go to other teams.

Chen Chuan looked at them and saw that both of them were very determined, so he said, "Since you both say so, then that's the arrangement. When I come back, we'll continue the mission."

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque stood up together and saluted him.

"Yes, Captain."

After Chen Chuan handled the affairs at the base, he boarded the train the next day with his team members seeing him off, and returned to Central City from the Convergence Zone.

Because he was an executive captain, he could sit in a private compartment alone this time, even without Councilor Pei accompanying him. Moreover, a flight attendant was there to serve him, and he could ask for anything he needed.

No wonder so many people tried so hard to get promoted. The treatment was indeed different.

After the train left the base, it traveled for a day and entered the tunnel back to Central City. However, this time, he saw another train passing through the tunnel intersection, heading in another direction.

In a glance, he noticed that there were many people inside, like an armed force, as well as some well-dressed people in imported formal wear.

It seemed like people from the Company, but he didn't know where they were going.

The two trains headed in different directions, quickly passing each other.

Before long, the train entered the platform and slowly stopped.

He carried his suitcase and walked down. When passing through the security checkpoint, the boundary pass made a sound, and then a female voice sounded in his ear:

"Convergence Zone return personnel detected.

Name: Chen Chuan.

Identity: Executive Captain.

Activation Index: Zero.

This member is allowed to pass."

The voice became a little more human at this time: "Captain Chen, welcome back."

Chen Chuan straightened his peaked cap, tidied up his clothes slightly, and walked out of the checkpoint, heading up the passage.

He had come down from here last time, but he understood that in fact, the stations in Central City all had special passages that were not usually open leading to the Convergence Zone. There were people on duty there 24 hours a day, and under the monitoring of the Fumu's field, only personnel who had been to the Convergence Zone were allowed to pass.

This was actually so that in an emergency, the combat personnel scattered throughout Central City could return to the Convergence Zone more quickly to participate in the defense.

He arrived at the parking plaza. The various noises of Central City and the advertisements on the giant screens flooded his senses, but this kind of scene inexplicably made him relax a lot.

In the Convergence Zone, entry and exit were all military areas, and at night, they could only try not to move around. Even staying in the fortress was dangerous. The whole atmosphere did not allow people to truly let down their guard.

However, as the two worlds got closer and closer, the Convergence Zone became larger and larger, and he didn't know where this place and that place would eventually lead.

After finding the Gader car, he reached out and opened the door, sat in, and while starting it, he sent a voice message to a familiar person, telling them that he had returned from his mission.

This time, he didn't go directly back to the Xuangong Building, but first went to the mansion the Company had given him, preparing to put away the spoils and souvenirs he had brought back this time.

When driving into the mansion, a mansion maintenance worker informed him that something had been sent here a few days ago and had been placed in the garage.

Chen Chuan thought for a while, remembering that Councilor Pei had said that he would send him something. Could this be it? He was a little curious.

After driving into the garage, he saw a large wooden box placed there at a glance, about two meters long and wide.

He parked the car, got out of the car, came to the wooden box, pulled out the fixed wooden bolt, and the box fell to all sides. As dust rose, he saw an object covered with a dust cloth inside. He reached out and lifted the cloth, and found that it was a set of iron armor in a sitting position.

He recognized it at a glance as the iron armor of an Iron Demon.

The entire set of armor was supported by a movable human model, complete with an iron mask, helmet, shoulder armor, body armor, arm guards, belt, skirt armor, leg armor, crotch armor, leather boots, and so on. It could be seen that it had been carefully restored. The armor plates were not only bright, but also covered with a robe on the outside.

He noticed that the entire iron armor was sitting there, with one hand raised to the side in a gripping position, but now it was empty, and what was missing was undoubtedly the long spear.

Very good, they knew that he liked to collect weapons, so they sent a whole set of "weapon racks."

It could be said that they wrapped this dumpling for the sake of this vinegar.

But he liked this gift very much.

This thing couldn't be placed here, but had to be placed in the weapon collection room, so he lifted it with one hand, supporting the lower support frame, and went out of the garage and into the house.

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