You were told to search and attack, but you're supporting Asara?

The four of them exchanged a serious glance.

Wang Yuhao broke the silence first, and after learning about the evacuation situation from Chen Xiaolina and the other person, he extended an invitation to Chen Xiaolina: "Since most of the local residents have been evacuated to the air-raid shelters, the next priority is to go to Red Rat's Nest."

"Wheat has always been responsible for providing information support from the rear. I request that Agent Chen Xiao be assigned to the temporary operations team, forming a three-person squad with us to storm the Red Rat's Den and capture Reis!"

Deep Blue nodded silently, and the commander's brief reply came through their headsets: "Application approved."

Chen Xiao nodded indifferently. He knew that Reese had long since left the Red Rat's Den, and what remained there now was only the corpse of an informant and a time bomb.

He mentally reviewed the plot, making sure nothing was overlooked, then turned to Lina and said, "Although you're the doctor, I still have one more thing to say."

"Take care of your health; you are a patient too."

After saying that, he waved and followed Wang Yuhao and Shen Lan, leaving Lina standing there in a daze.

Unbeknownst to them, an elderly man with a resolute expression sat quietly watching them from inside the car.

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Under the cover of night, the three men crept to the door of the Red Rat's Den, where they heard the hurried footsteps of patrolling soldiers.

"Officer Chen, the instructor and I belong to the engineering and assault branches respectively." Wang Yuhao turned to look at Chen Xiao and said in a deep voice, "I need to know which branch you belong to in order to facilitate our subsequent operations."

Chen Xiao already had a plan in mind: "Reconnaissance."

Wang Yuhao nodded: "Stand behind me, you'll be in position three."

Mai Xiaowen's original voice came through the three people's earphones:

"The signal indicates that Reese is inside. I'll guard the exit; you must be careful."

"receive."

Deep Blue replied in a low voice, then gestured to the two people beside him.

Wang Yuhao understood and kicked open the two rickety doors in front of him.

The heavy, deep blue shield instantly expanded, forming an impenetrable wall in front of the two, and charged forward into the hail of bullets.

"Who goes there!"

A cacophony of shouts could be heard coming from inside.

Wei Long and Chen Xiao followed closely behind, using Shen Lan's cover to clear out the stationed enemies from the left and right sides respectively.

With dark blue riot shields in front of them, the three of them advanced with overwhelming force.

Suddenly, several soldiers armed with rifles appeared on the high platform. Wei Long made a decisive move, drew the Tiger Crouching Cannon from his back, and fired a shot at the platform.

Immediately following was a loud bang of compressed air, and the soldier on the high platform was knocked down, crashing heavily to the ground with a wail.

"They're here!" Chen Xiao counted silently in his mind, his eyes darting around as he pointed his MP5 at the high platform on the other side.

A figure carrying a rocket launcher appeared on time, the dark rocket launcher aimed at Wang Yuhao, who was slightly out of position.

"Watch out!" Deep Blue was the first to notice, raised his shield and rushed over, knocking down the Mighty Dragon who had already cleared out the garrison.

Chen Xiao had already pulled the trigger; the 9mm bullet pierced the rocket soldier's forehead, splattering blood everywhere.

Perhaps it was because he had played too much Delta Force, but Chen Xiao felt no psychological burden at all about shooting down soldiers dressed like this.

The sight of blood everywhere made me feel nauseous.

Wang Yuhao grabbed Shen Lan's outstretched right hand and stood up, muttering under his breath, "'Prophet' , huh..."

After confirming there were no more enemies nearby, Deep Blue connected to the team call: "No Reiss spotted. What's the situation on your end?"

Are you looking for me?

Suddenly, the large screen behind the three men lit up, and a bearded black man with a full set of gold teeth and wearing a military uniform appeared on the screen:

"Or are you looking for him?"

A person, suspended upside down by a rope, was thrown down from a height and appeared swaying in front of the group.

"He's the one who informed you, right?"

On the screen, Reis, wearing sunglasses, was incredibly arrogant: "It's a good thing you guys came, otherwise, he would have taken that beating for nothing."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Bastard!" Wang Yuhao gritted his teeth and took a step forward as he listened to Reis's unrestrained mockery.

Chen Xiao and Shen Lan simultaneously reached out to block him.

"Get out of here first," Chen Xiao said in a deep voice. "Be careful, it might be a trap."

The person hanging there had a look of terror in their eyes, their mouth tightly sealed with tape, desperately trying to hint at something.

"But!" Wang Yuhao wanted to save the informant who was hanging, but Shen Lan grabbed him and slowly retreated to the door with Chen Xiao.

"Look, what is this?"

Reese muttered to himself, oblivious to everything else. Suddenly, the screen changed to show a rocket rising amidst a roaring burst of light.

"It can destroy Skynet and give Asara true freedom!"

"It's a pity you won't be able to see it!"

"So, I've prepared something else for you~"

Reese reappeared on the screen, slowly pressing the button in his hand: "Enjoy it at your leisure!"

Suddenly, a rapid "beep beep" sound rang out from the suddenly quiet red rat's nest!

"Take cover!" Chen Xiao shouted, pulling Wei Long towards the cover outside the door. At the same time, Shen Lan deployed his shield to block the door, directly withstanding the shockwave from the military explosives, like a reef standing firm in the sea.

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"Huff...huff..."

After a violent explosion, only the deep blue, bellows-like breathing could be heard in the arena. Although Chen Xiao and Wang Yuhao were dizzy from the fall, they narrowly escaped into the bunker and were actually unharmed.

Shen Lan caught his breath and was the first to stand up. He reached out and helped Wang Yuhao and Chen Xiao up from the ground. After observing their condition, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Is this even human?" Chen Xiao thought to himself, speechless.

"Let's go." A deep, dark voice rang out: "The mission has failed."

Chen Xiao and Wang Yuhao exchanged a glance, nodded helplessly, and returned the way they came.

At the exit, a masked girl stood facing the sunlight, her scarf around her neck and her short silver hair fluttering in the wind.

Behind her, rockets launched into the sky collided with the Tianwang satellite, and dazzling fireworks burst in the sky from time to time.

The three of them walked to her side and stood still, silently gazing at the magnificent sight in the sky.

"The stars..."

"They've fallen..."

Shen Lan spoke in a low voice, his tone filled with self-reproach.

As Chen Xiao listened to Alexei's words, his mind inexplicably drifted to his evaluation report:

"Operator 'Deep Blue' is loved by everyone, but he is always overly demanding of himself."

"After he came of age, he was constantly caught up in war and turmoil, but his innate protective instincts prevented him from selfishly avoiding the battlefield."

Chen Xiao opened her mouth, wanting to comfort him, but didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Mai Xiaowen looked up at the fireworks in the sky and said, "These exploding rockets are quite like the fireworks from my hometown."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Wang Yuhao and said, "Hey, you've played with fireworks before, right?"

"Who hasn't played with fireworks?" Wang Yuhao looked up at the sky, a smile in his voice. "These are just large-scale fireworks."

"Let's go check out Hafk's aircraft cabin; I've heard there are a lot of good things inside."

"The fireworks are spectacular, but don't get too mesmerized!" Mai Xiaowen proudly raised her chin. "Be careful not to get hit on the head by falling satellite debris."

Watching the two flirting, Chen Xiao secretly spat and took the lead in going to the nearby crashed return capsule to eat.

The group split up to search, and Chen Xiao rummaged through the messy things inside.

A few playing cards, two electronic jammers, and Chen Xiao's fingers suddenly touched a slightly heavy cylindrical object.

"A miniature reactor?!"

Chen Xiao laboriously pulled the big guy out of the return capsule and stroked its cool outer shell with great affection.

A series of heavy footsteps came from behind Chen Xiao.