It wasn't the first time such a sudden loss of communication had happened before.
However, when it happened, the consequences were usually not good.
Yin Shixiong grew even more anxious as he sat alone in his bedroom until dawn.
Gu Nianzhi woke up in the morning to shower and quickly ate breakfast before heading off to class.
Yin Shixiong waited until ten in the morning for Zhao Liangze's reply.
In addition to encryption, the email had been written using the Special Ops' special password.
This was serious.
Yin Shixiong rubbed his chin as he stared at Zhao Liangze's email for a long time.
…
At that moment, Gu Nianzhi was sitting in He Zhichu's office at Harvard Law School.
He Zhichu had read the homework she had written yesterday and carefully corrected it before asking her to rewrite it.
It was merely a draft law regarding funding principles for public schools, but he was asking her to rewrite it.
Gu Nianzhi didn't think much of it, but didn't argue with He Zhichu directly. She nodded silently and returned to her seat. She turned on her computer and received the revised email from He Zhichu.
He Zhichu's office was large, and the bright, transparent windows took up half the wall. His desk was by the window in the deepest part of the room.
On the opposite side of his desk was a small, exquisite desk with Gu Nianzhi's laptop on it.
This was where she had been spending most of her time for the past two months.
He Zhichu finished his email and picked up his briefcase and iPad. He said to Gu Nianzhi, who was immersed in rewriting the bill, "I'm going out for a meeting. I'll be back in two hours."
Gu Nianzhi replied with an "oh" and saw He Zhichu's slender fingers close the office door from the corner of her eye. She sighed in relief and bit the end of her pen as she stared blankly at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.
Her thoughts involuntarily drifted to Huo Shaoheng and wondered what Uncle Huo and the others were doing right now.
…
Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze, whom Gu Nianzhi and Yin Shixiong were worried about, were running through the Black Forest on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria.
It was the height of summer, and the forest was a mixture of trees and grasslands. It was so green that it was almost black, and stretched as far as the eye could see.
Large trees stood in the depths of the forest, isolating it from the heat and sunlight of the outside world.
Because the forest was too dense and flourishing, the depths of the forest were gloomy even in broad daylight.
Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze were both wearing army green camouflage uniforms. Their faces were also smeared with green and yellow paint, and they wore dark sunglasses that could filter light. They quickly jumped over small streams, crossed hills, and arrived at a towering tree deep in the forest.
"Did Team A disappear here?" Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze stood back to back as they scanned the forest.
"The signal shows that it's here." Zhao Liangze only moved his lips. His voice was so soft that no one could hear him.
Even Huo Shaoheng, who was back to back with him, could only hear what he was saying through the earpiece.
Huo Shaoheng wore a pair of military leather gloves that exposed his fingers. He pushed the sunglasses up his nose and looked around.
His sunglasses had a location-recognition function and the ability to see through hidden objects.
But when he looked around, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
The marks on the ground showed that someone had been here before, but two days had passed and there were no new marks.
"… Where did they go? Could they really fly? "Zhao Liangze muttered Gu Nianzhi's catchphrase to himself." … Why didn't they go to the sky? "
"Go to the sky?" Huo Shaoheng froze and suddenly looked up at the top of the tree.
The dense foliage of the tree looked no different from other trees, but Huo Shaoheng felt that there was something wrong with the top of the branches.
He wanted to turn on the communicator, but as soon as his fingers touched it, he suddenly felt a sense of unease.
It was this sense of danger that had helped him avoid traps countless times.
"You stay here, I'll go up and take a look." Huo Shaoheng decided not to turn on the communicator and go up to take a look.
He hugged the thick tree trunk and moved quickly to the top of the tree.
Actually, he was only halfway up when he sighed in relief.
A head poked out from the nest at the top of the tree and squawked at him like a partridge.
Huo Shaoheng faced the sunlight peeking through the gaps in the tree and made a few hand gestures.
Soon, two figures poked out from the nest at the top of the tree.
It was the members of Team A who had been missing for two days.
"Huo Shao!" When they saw Huo Shao, they were so excited that they almost fell down.
Huo Shaoheng nodded at them and pointed under the tree.
The two understood and slowly climbed down with Huo Shaoheng.
Zhao Liangze saw that the two missing teammates had been found and sighed deeply. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and punched one of the teammates on the shoulder. "You brat! Why were you hiding up there and not coming down? You scared us to death … "
Although casualties were inevitable during missions, it didn't mean they were used to the sadness and grief of losing their teammates.
The two missing teammates supported each other and smiled bitterly at Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze. "Huo Shao, we didn't complete the mission, and our legs were injured by the enemy."
Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze finally saw the two limping over and saluting.
"We'll talk when we get back." Huo Shaoheng patted their shoulders. "Let's take care of the wounds first."
Zhao Liangze opened his backpack and took out a temporary first aid kit. He tore open his partner's trouser leg and carefully examined it.
"He was shot, we need to remove the bullet. It's been a long time, and there might be pus inside. We need to operate immediately. "Zhao Liangze only did a simple cleaning.
Huo Shaoheng took the scalpel. "I'll do it."
They couldn't delay any longer. Gunshot wounds couldn't be treated at the medical center here because the doctors would be obligated to call the police.
Although the Hua Xia Imperial Embassy in Austria had doctors who could perform this kind of surgery, the rules and discipline of the Special Operations Forces dictated that once they left the country, they couldn't treat themselves as citizens of the Hua Xia Empire. They had to cut off all ties with the Hua Xia Empire, so of course they couldn't go to the Hua Xia Imperial Embassy.
Under these circumstances, they could only perform the surgery themselves.
Zhao Liangze carefully anesthetized their legs.
Huo Shaoheng pursed his lips and put on sterile medical gloves expressionlessly. He held the scalpel in his hand and calmly opened the first teammate's wound. He scraped away the rotten flesh on the outside, and the bright knife light flashed as it rotated inside. It probed the hard shell of the bullet, and then rotated around the bullet's position. With a skillful push, the bullet popped out with a thud.
Zhao Liangze hurriedly covered the wound with an alcohol gauze and bandaged it tightly to prevent the smell of blood from leaking out.
"It's your turn." Huo Shaoheng waved to the other person.
Since the first surgery had gone smoothly, the second one went even faster.
The entire process took less than five minutes, and the bullet and shrapnel from the leg had been gouged out.
Zhao Liangze also cleaned and bandaged the wound with great skill.
This kind of field treatment was also a frequent practice for them. It was part of their job.
The entire process took less than 15 minutes, but Huo Shaoheng already felt that they had been here for too long.
"Let's get out of here immediately." He stood up and took the backpacks of the two members of Team A and carried them in his hands. Together with Zhao Liangze, they each supported a wounded person and walked to the other side.
They had already studied the entire direction and route of the forest before they came.
Fortunately, the forest was too large and the leaves were dense, blocking out the sun. Electronic signals weren't very good, so they were able to avoid the enemy's pursuit and successfully leave this place. They returned to the SUV parked at the edge of the forest.
As soon as the two team members entered, they relaxed and quickly began to snore.
Zhao Liangze quickly started the car and sped to the place where they were staying.
Huo Shaoheng rested one elbow on the side of the car window, the back of his hand pressed against his chin. His gaze was deep and heavy as he looked at the rapidly passing scenery outside the car. His mind raced. Where exactly did it go wrong?
The mission that went well in the Czech Republic was now difficult in Austria.
It was as if their every move had been seen through, and they were always one step ahead of them to set up a trap.
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This was the second monthly pass of 2,200 plus one.
The third night pass was at six in the evening.
As for the fourth night pass at eight in the evening, I can't guarantee it today …
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