I put you in charge of those rebellious female soldiers, how come they all became top special forces

At this moment, the courtyard was a mess. The animal hides that were drying were torn to shreds, the rack for curing meat was lying on the snow, and even the old yellow guard dog had its throat slit and was frozen into a stiff corpse.

Meng Yi's eyes instantly turned red, and she suddenly drew the bone knife from her waist, about to rush towards the village chief's house.

"Don't act impulsively."

Chen Zheng grabbed Meng Yi's shoulder.

From behind a haystack not far away, an old hunter wearing a tattered cotton-padded coat emerged timidly.

The old hunter looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, then quickly approached Meng Yi, slipped a crumpled piece of paper into her hand, and whispered:

"Girl, let's go!"

"Your grandfather has been placed under house arrest by your uncle in the ancestral hall at the west end of the village, and your sister was taken away three days ago with a sack over her head, deep into the Changbai Mountains."

"A group of outsiders came to the village, all looking fierce and menacing, with iron lumps on their waists. They boasted that anyone who dared to say a word would have their legs broken!"

After saying that, he scrambled back into the haystack and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Meng Yi gripped the note tightly, taking deep breaths to calm herself down.

As the leader, Chen Zheng remained absolutely calm.

Instead of rushing to the ancestral hall, he found a small inn at the entrance of the village and settled down.

……

Inside the hotel, Anran sat on the edge of the bed, patting Mengyi's back with her left hand while comforting her with words.

As the team leader, when Chen Zheng was in charge, her job was to ensure that the team members did not hold him back as much as possible.

Ram took off his jacket, revealing a tight-fitting tactical vest, and casually leaned against the stove to warm himself.

Chen Zheng pulled over a wooden chair, sat down, placed his thermos on the table, and took out a laptop from his backpack.

He opened the screen and his ten fingers instantly began typing on the keyboard.

Skynet Core Data Database, launched!

With the computing power provided by the system, comparable to a 9080ti-level graphics card, his brain transformed into a supercomputer at that moment.

Within just ten minutes, the local public security system's encrypted firewall was sliced ​​open like butter.

Without notifying anyone, he forcibly took over the signals of the surrounding communication base stations, and Chen Zheng also gained control of all the surveillance cameras within a radius of fifty kilometers.

Ram leaned closer and bent down to look at the screen.

"Wow, instructor, your hand speed is incredible..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the image on Chen Zheng's computer screen.

"Holy crap, are you going to put the entire county under surveillance?"

Chen Zheng remained silent, his fingers, which were typing on the keyboard, suddenly stopped, and he pressed the Enter key.

The surveillance footage on the screen instantly shrank, transforming into a complex network diagram of interpersonal relationships.

In the center of the room, Meng Hu's photo was prominently displayed.

Next to Meng Hu, a mysterious figure was marked with a striking red skull, with a line of small text below.

The leader of the armed smuggling operation in the Northern Cold.

Chen Zheng picked up his thermos and slowly took a sip of goji berry water.

"This isn't surveillance, it's control."

"If I wanted to, I would know exactly how many bowls of rice these bastards ate tonight and how many times they went to the toilet."

Ram gasped and silently gave a thumbs up.

These local thugs are still using the same old kidnapping and extortion tactics from the cold weapon era, while their own instructors have already gained a god-like perspective.

When the authorities don't want to get involved, this tactic is practically akin to divine intervention.

Just as Chen Zheng was preparing to continue digging deeper into the identity of the leader of Beihan.

Tap, tap, tap.

There was a sudden, gentle knock on the door.

Meng Yi suddenly sprang up from the bed, her bone knife drawing an arc in the air as she entered battle mode.

An Ran quickly drew her pistol with one hand and released the safety.

Chen Zheng raised his hand, signaling the two to put away their weapons, then slowly walked to the door and pulled it open.

There was no fully armed assassin standing outside the door as expected.

Instead, he was an old man with a full head of white hair, wearing an old-fashioned green military coat.

The old man had deep wrinkles on his face, and although his body was somewhat hunched, his legs stood straight.

This was the life-and-death friendship between An Yuanchao and his old comrade-in-arms, Grandpa Meng Yi…

When the old man saw Meng Yi inside the house, his cloudy eyes instantly welled up with tears, and his lips trembled slightly.

But he quickly suppressed his emotions, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Chen Zheng.

Those eyes looked Chen Zheng up and down, then nodded in satisfaction.

"You're the young man Old Meng mentioned, the one his old comrade-in-arms called over, right?"

"Good, you didn't bring a large force, that's prudent. You didn't bring a large force, just three little girls, that's bold."

The old man closed the door behind him, walked directly to the table, and reached into the inside pocket of his military overcoat.

Meng Yi was clearly not very familiar with this person and continued to watch his movements warily.

The old man pulled out not a gun, but a palm-sized, yellowish-brown animal bone.

The surface of the animal bone was polished to an exceptionally smooth finish, and it was covered with dense, strange runes inscribed with an unknown red pigment.

"I risked my life to escape just to send you a message."

With that, the old man slammed the animal bones heavily onto the table.

"The disappearance of that little girl from the Meng family is not an accident at all, nor is it as simple as Meng Hu trying to seize the family fortune."

"Someone wants to use that girl's life to force Old Man Meng to hand over this thing."

He pointed to the animal bones on the table and said, "These are the ancestral Mountain God Tokens of Changbai Mountain. Legend has it that there are four of them. Once you collect them all, they can guide you to the forbidden area deep within Changbai Mountain."

"Those foreign militants are after what's inside the restricted area!"

The moment the words left his mouth.

The old man suddenly clutched his chest and let out a heart-wrenching, violent cough.

As he coughed, the old man suddenly bent over, and a shocking trickle of black blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, emitting a pungent, fishy stench.

An Ran's expression changed drastically, and she was about to step forward to help him up.

Chen Zheng narrowed his eyes and stopped An Ran.

"Don't touch that black blood; it's probably a slow-acting poison!"

The old man waved his hand painfully and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, which was covered in black blood.

"My old bones are no good anymore. If possible, you should go to the ancestral hall to rescue Old Man Meng first. That old man is very old; I'm afraid he won't last much longer..."

Chen Zheng's eyes sharpened, and without the slightest hesitation, he put his fingers together and pressed several acupoints on the old man's chest.

Divine-level acupoint control is activated instantly.

An invisible force instantly severed the meridians through which the toxins were spreading.

The old man's ashen complexion softened slightly, and his violent coughing stopped.

He leaned back in his chair, panting heavily, his cloudy gaze passing over Chen Zheng and landing directly on Meng Yi's aloof face.

"The little girl from back then has grown up so much."

Meng Yi's grip on the bone knife tightened slightly, her brows furrowing deeply: "Who exactly are you? I don't recall ever seeing you before."

The old man gave a bitter smile and slowly shook his head.

"Just a useless old man."