I started with a portal, then turned around and handed it over to the nation.

【7】

【6】

The chilling countdown was precisely delivered to the ears of everyone present via tactical headsets.

Lin Mo felt his heart pounding with the numbers, as if being gripped tighter and tighter by an invisible hand.

He subconsciously adjusted his breathing rhythm, imitating the veterans around him, slightly lowering his center of gravity and tensing his leg muscles, ready to sprint at any moment.

The Eagles team members in front of him remained motionless, each of their backs resembling a mountain.

【5】

【4】

Long Fei raised his hand and made a "ready" gesture.

The Snow Wolf Special Forces team at the very front of the line, with its five front-row members, instantly lowered their bodies even further, adopting an aggressive posture.

【3】

【2】

【1】

[Portal Open]

As the last cold syllable fell, the air in the empty space in the center of the training field began to distort.

It wasn't a violent fluctuation, but a silent and eerie fold.

Immediately afterwards, a white dot the size of a pinhead appeared out of nowhere.

The white dot had no temperature, but it expanded and stretched in an instant, forming a light curtain perpendicular to the ground.

The light curtain is about two meters high and one meter wide, with clear edges. The inside is a pure, opaque milky white, making it impossible to see what's behind the door.

It stood there quietly, without sound or energy radiation, yet it possessed an invisible pressure that seemed to devour everything.

"alert!"

The moment the portal appeared, the security personnel on the perimeter all raised their weapons, the dark muzzles of their guns aimed at the mysterious white area.

Almost simultaneously, two quadrupedal mechanical dogs, codenamed "Hellhound No. 1" and "Hellhound No. 2," which had been waiting in advance, began to move their mechanical legs.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

Two metallic black figures, one after the other, dragging the thick optical fibers connecting to the terminal behind them, rushed into the light screen without hesitation and disappeared instantly.

Following closely behind was a tiny drone, about the size of a palm, which emitted a soft buzzing sound and plunged in as well.

The optical fiber was dragged at high speed, leaving clear marks on the ground before disappearing into the pure white expanse.

Inside the command center, everyone held their breath, staring intently at the main screen.

On the screen, the signal dots representing the mechanical dog and the drone pass through an interface and instantly enter a brand new map model.

The data stream was being refreshed rapidly.

The announcer's voice, delayed by 0.1 seconds, immediately came through the public channel, speaking rapidly and clearly:

"Report! Clear ahead! No vital signs within the thermal imaging scan area!"

Atmospheric composition analysis: Oxygen content 23%, nitrogen content 75%, trace elements unknown, sufficient to sustain human respiration!

"Electromagnetic spectrum normal, no high-intensity radiation sources!"

"Air unit safe! Reached an altitude of 30 meters above the ground. Below is swampy terrain with no obvious signs of activity!"

Long Fei clenched his fist and swung it down suddenly.

"Snow Wolf! Go!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it was full of unquestionable authority.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!!"

At the forefront of the queue, the first squad of snow wolves, with its five members, charged toward the light gate in a triangular formation, like arrows released from a bow.

Their heavy, hurried footsteps echoed across the empty training ground.

The team members at the forefront stepped into the portal and disappeared into the milky white light without pausing.

The second one, the third one...

"First squad in position! Establish initial safe zone!" came the Snow Wolf captain's voice through the headset.

"Second squad, advance!"

Another five-person team rushed out.

The entire process was seamless; the last person in the first team had just disappeared when the first member of the second team had already rushed to the door.

This is the execution power of elite soldiers. They spent a month of extreme training to choreograph a set of killing gymnastics for fifty people.

Lin Mo stood at the back of the line, watching his comrades disappear one by one into the portal of light, his heart pounding wildly.

He saw the Tigers members catch up.

They carried heavy equipment, including folding defensive modules, parts for heavy machine guns, and large quantities of ammunition boxes.

They weren't as fast as the Snow Wolves, but every step they took was extremely steady.

One of the Tiger team members, because the equipment module he was carrying was too wide, had to squeeze through the door frame at an extremely tricky angle, and the whole action was done in one go without any hesitation.

Lin Mo's breathing became somewhat rapid.

He watched helplessly as fewer and fewer people appeared in front of him, and the eerie gate of light drew ever closer.

"Eagle Team, prepare!"

Long Fei's voice came through.

Lin Mo was jolted, immediately clearing his mind of all distractions, gripping the rifle tightly, and placing his finger on the trigger guard.

The teammate in front of him started to move.

ten meters.

five meters.

You can feel the strange suction force emanating from the light gate; it's not physical, but mental.

You can even smell a faint, unfamiliar scent coming from behind the door, a mixture of soil and humus.

"Heavenly Gate, enter!"

Long Fei's voice rang out for the last time, carrying a hint of barely perceptible solemnity, as he stepped inside first.

Without further hesitation, Lin Mo strode forward and plunged headfirst into that pure, milky white expanse.

Suddenly everything went white, and a dizzying, weightless sensation washed over me.

The next second, the feeling of being grounded returned.

Lin Mo's figure disappeared from the training ground.

The moment he stepped through the portal, the mysterious light screen standing in the center of the training field went out without warning, like a television screen that had been turned off, and vanished without a trace.

It was as if it had never existed.

In the empty training field, only a section of fiber optic cable, neatly severed, lay on the ground, proving that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.

......

Great Wall Base, Central Command Center.

On the giant main screen, the image froze one second before Lin Mo rushed into the light gate.

The light gate disappeared, all real-time monitoring signals on the screen were interrupted, and the entire command room fell into dead silence.

The room, which was just moments ago noisy and bustling with various data streams, is now so quiet that you can hear each other breathing.

General Zhao Zhenguo stood in front of the command platform, his body ramrod straight, but his knuckles were white from gripping the microphone so tightly.

Professor Sun Dehai, standing beside him, had his reading glasses slipped down to the tip of his nose. He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

Weapons expert Chen Yan was practically lying on the data analysis table, his eyes glued to the last blurry frame of the swamp that was transmitted back on the screen, his gaze both fervent and obsessed.

Psychological counselor Ye Qing stood with her arms crossed, her signature gentle smile long gone, replaced by an undisguised tension.

Everyone present was a top-notch brain of China, a pillar of the nation who had witnessed countless grand occasions.

But in just sixty seconds, they witnessed a scene that overturned thousands of years of human understanding.

No one would believe it.

That "door," which only exists in science fiction novels and myths, actually appeared out of thin air.

Those fifty vibrant soldiers and their heavy steel equipment simply vanished before everyone's eyes.

Everything was actually true.

*Gulp.*

Someone swallowed hard.

This tiny sound broke the tense atmosphere in the command room.

Zhao Zhenguo was the first to react.

His chest heaved violently as he slowly loosened his grip on the microphone.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the still shocked faces.

His voice was slightly hoarse from the shock he had just experienced, but every word was crystal clear and filled with unquestionable authority.

"Deputy Commander!"

"Here!" A middle-aged officer with the rank of senior colonel suddenly straightened up.

"Pass on my orders!"

Zhao Zhenguo took a deep breath, his tone becoming extremely serious:

"From this moment forward, the base is entering the highest level of silence!"

"Everything that happened here today, everything seen, everything heard—not a single word is to be divulged!"

"Double the number of personnel at all perimeter guard posts, with 24-hour shifts!"

He paused, then turned his gaze back to the giant screen that had been restored to the base's structural diagram, his eyes filled with anticipation and determination.

"We await the triumphant return of our heroes!!"