Liang Lu's bewilderment was very normal. This was because on-the-spot review work was not within the scope of Field Officer Sheng Zhan's responsibilities.
Sheng Zhan was the supervisor of Two Honeycomb. At the same time, he was also the actual person in charge of the logistics department of the relay station. However, the scope of his authority was mainly in the maintenance of infrastructure and equipment, as well as the wartime production, assembly, and maintenance of the Dynamo Core and other high precision equipment.
Even if it happened within his jurisdiction, there would still be a specialized department that would come over to handle such a highly specialized business like the handling of evil poison.
He shouldn't have overstepped his authority to command related work.
However, after Liang Lu's initial astonishment, he was unable to pay attention to the deeper reasoning. After receiving Field Officer Sheng Zhan's order to personally review the work, Luo Nan couldn't remain calm and collected. This came from the pressure of his profession.
"Hurry hurry hurry. Organize the work records again. They have to be especially concise. The key points should be highlighted. The context should be clear. We absolutely can't waste his time."
Luo Nan was a bit stupefied.
Liang Lu explained very seriously. Field Officer Sheng Zhan was a famous busy man in the relay station. The consequences of wasting his time... Did you see his fist the size of his head?
All right, Luo Nan had heard that Field Officer Sheng Zhan's professional standards were on the same level as his violent temper.
It was under the deterrence of Liang Lu's iron fist that Liang Lu was the one who did the streamlining work, even though he had given the order. These words were more like Liang Lu cheering for himself.
Luo Nan was idle the entire way, but it was actually only a hundred seconds of time. The high-speed maintenance vehicle had already returned to the place where they were previously stationed.
There were a few more people here compared to before they left.
The professionals who were responsible for identifying them had now become receptionists. They were pointing out the true coordinates of the incident to the newcomers.
However, Field Officer Sheng Zhan wasn't among them.
The arrival of the specialized maintenance vehicle drew everyone's attention. Luo Nan's eyes were sharp. He saw that there was a person among the group of people who was probably familiar with Liang Lu. He smiled in their direction.
The vehicle stopped, and Liang Lu kept his head lowered as he struggled with his work records. He only woke up with a start when Luo Nan poked him. He raised his eyes and saw an old acquaintance in the crowd. He was a bit shocked. He immediately jumped out of the vehicle and greeted the person:
"Senior, how come you're here?"
Luo Nan still carried out the military bearing and attitude of an outstanding recruit. He got off the car at practically the same time as Liang Lu and stood ramrod straight to the side.
That person was still smiling. Even though he couldn't see the work area on the virtual interface, he accurately evaluated Liang Lu's previous work. "You came quite quickly, but I still remember that promotion officers hate meaningless, perfect formalism."
Liang Lu rolled his eyes and drawled, "That's why I'm getting out of the car now and having a meaningful chat with Senior!"
It was obvious that they had a good relationship.
Liang Lu didn't forget that this was the first soldier he had ever led in his life. He turned his head and reminded Luo Nan, "Come. Meet our base's assault spearhead, the Empire's war hero, my senior, Lieutenant Lou Ande."
On the other side, Loande added in a timely manner, "Group."
Luo Nan understood his meaning. Luo Nan was referring to the Empire's War Hero, which was a collective honor. It was different from individual merits.
Luo Nan's honor had dropped by a notch, but Luo Nan's modest conduct naturally gave rise to a favorable impression. Luo Nan puffed out his chest and stood straight:
"Hello, Lieutenant."
Liang Lu even specifically introduced Luo Nan to Lieutenant Lou Ande. He imitated the tone of a seasoned veteran: "Luo Nan, my soldier. He's an elite seed of the hundred year sequence. He's a great lad who can accurately control the division structure within two thousandths of a breath!"
Luo Nan felt that there was a more appropriate evaluation, but he forcefully swallowed it back down: A freak who sacrificed his common sense!
Luo Nan laughed again: "You speak as if you could have done it long ago."
Liang Lu's white face turned a bit red when he was exposed in an instant. But he had already mentally prepared himself on the road, so he wasn't really angry.
Luo Nan was a bit embarrassed, but soon Luo Nan returned the greeting: "Hello, private."
Luo Nan knew that Luo Nan was a middle-aged man with a normal physique. Actually, Luo Nan wasn't too clear on the average lifespan and age of the citizens of the Heavenly Yuan Empire. He just felt that this Lieutenant Lu had a bit of vicissitudes of life.
In fact, the first impression was more blunt and direct. This was because one could see that there was an obvious thick scar on Lou Ande's neck that extended from the collar of his military uniform. It extended from the left side of his neck all the way below the root of his ear on the same side, and then radiated to the area behind his head.
The scar was ash gray in color, seeming to be an old wound. Luo Nan was able to sense that there was a rather dense distribution of metal beneath the scar. At least a third of this person's chest cavity and skull structure was an artificial creation that was implanted after birth. Whether it was visual perception or perception, it was a bit sinister.
However, this Lieutenant Lu loved to smile. The corners of his mouth would always curve upwards regardless of whether he was talking or not. There were some fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes that were highly compatible with his smile. It was precisely this sort of expression and habit that offset the visual impact of his external appearance. It made people feel very naturally that he was an amiable and friendly person. It was just that the originally harmonious and harmonious structure of his body and mind had been partially destroyed by external injuries.
Luo Nan believed that this was a senior with a story behind him.
What's more, Luo Nan also saw that this lieutenant's pitch-black uniform had an eye-catching silver armband that didn't conform to the norm: It was a spiral representing the Heaven Ladder. There was also an even more abstract symbol of three nested rings in the middle.
Liang Lu had once taught Luo Nan similar points of knowledge: This represented the holder of the armband. Even though this armband didn't fully reach the level of being able to lead an army and be bestowed nobility, or be promoted to the Seat Developing Technique, he had innovated in a certain field, bravely climbed the Heaven Ladder, and made some breakthroughs. Only then would he obtain this sort of honor.
The three nested rings referred to the three crucial steps of "Furnace Formation, Technique Deployment, and Internal Refinement" after the completion of the basic internal cultivation. It was also known as the "Life Furnace". It was the most crucial stage in breaking the inherent logic of the genetic inheritance of a race. It was the most crucial stage in breaking free from the innate shackles.
This was quite amazing.
While Luo Nan was secretly evaluating this person, Liang Lu was exchanging information with Lu Ande: "Senior. Did your Frontline Fierce Man come here to steal credit?"
"I obey orders to assist in the investigation."
Aside from the open scars, not a single edge could be seen on Lu Ande from top to bottom, from inside to outside. Even though he was speaking seriously, he didn't have too much of an air of doing official business.
This sort of appearance really didn't match the title of "Assault Vanguard".
Liang Lu didn't react in time. He laughed in spite of himself: "It's not easy. You guys finally discovered the hardships of us worker bees?"
Lu Ande maintained his smile: "Are you going to let Colonel Sheng see you chatting meaningfully in a bit?"
"Uh … …"
Lu Ande didn't say anything more. He gestured with his hand, indicating that they could head towards the true location of the incident.
Liang Lu finally came to his senses. His expression turned serious, and he gave a salute in sync with Luo Nan. He tossed the specialized maintenance vehicle to the side and turned into the much narrower Guan B542 secondary passageway.
Luo Nan never thought that he would be able to approach the evil and poisonous environment that he was extremely interested in so quickly. He was quite excited, and his footsteps were light and quick. However, Liang Lu, who was beside Luo Nan, had a load on his mind. He walked more and more sluggish, unconsciously falling behind by more than half a body's length. He muttered to himself:
"A lot of people are coming."
Luo Nan turned his face in confusion. He didn't understand what Liang Lu meant.
"I'm saying that it's not just Colonel Sheng who's coming to review the situation. Senior is currently the captain of Sir Shi Yuan's personal guard. If he comes, Sir Shi will most likely come as well. Even if Sir Tang doesn't come, Sir Hui will come as well … … It won't be easy for Zhan Xiao to pass. "
During this time, Luo Nan more or less understood the basic division of the ranks of nobles, sergeants, and illustrious nobles in the army. He also roughly understood who the high-level commanders of the relay station were.
Right now, he was able to match every name that Liang Lu said. Sir Shi Yuan was a third-class noble, and he served as the commander of the relay station's mobility unit. Although he had less than a thousand people under his command, and his responsibility was singular, being only responsible for charging and killing on the battlefield, the lowest rank of his subordinates was a third-class sergeant major. All of them were elites picked out of a hundred.
Sir Tang Tong was a second-class Star-Lord. She had the highest rank among the twelve illustrious nobles of the relay station. The highest officer of the base was only on par with her. She served as the person in charge of the logistics department. But the concept of logistics was big logistics. In short, she was in charge of everything that had nothing to do with direct combat command.
Sir Chang Yihui was a third-class noble, and he served as Sir Tang Tong's assistant. He was also Colonel Sheng's immediate superior. However, Sheng Zhan was in charge of almost all the technical matters. Most of the specific matters were handled by him. But the department in charge was directly related to today's matter.
"Jingming Agency."
This was a rather awkward name, and it seemed to involve allusions to the Heaven Abyss Civilization. Luo Nan had to expend quite a bit of effort to achieve a more accurate translation. From the meaning of the words alone, this was a tranquil and serene administrative organization. To be more precise, it was a central department that wanted to achieve the goal of tranquil and serene.
It was aimed at the environment of evil poison, and it was also an organization that specialized in dealing with evil poison.
Luo Nan properly straightened out the positions and authority of these big shots, and he finally understood Liang Lu's meaning. "They came over to deal with Colonel Xiao …. Just like how they dealt with the source of the infection?"
"Deal with the person or deal with the matter? This is the question."
Liang Lu's brows were locked tight. Luo Nan's understanding of the situation was far too little. He was unable to make a further analysis. At this moment, they were already very close to the "contaminated area" that had been patched.
Luo Nan had long since seen that there were quite a few people standing in this relatively narrow space. Most of them were operating instruments and equipment. They were busy, but there weren't any big shot level characters among them. Presumably, they hadn't arrived yet.
The one with the highest rank was a young colonel. At the same time, he was also the one with the most leisure time. He leaned against the curved inner wall of the passageway. His back was arched inwardly, looking a bit casual. His face was lowered, making it hard to see his expression clearly. But even so, Luo Nan's first impression of him was that his body was slender and coordinated. He was quite handsome. He was an extremely eye-catching character.
However, Luo Nan felt that the silver armband on his upper left arm was even more eye-catching. It was a circle of abstract spirals that represented the Stairway to Heaven. There was also a pattern of a half-closed eye in the middle.
Just as Luo Nan was guessing who it was, Liang Lu stopped in his tracks. "Zhan Xiao!"
The sound waves transmitted through the secondary passageway had quite a few refractions and overlaps. It was muffled and not too clear, but the young colonel was still able to sense it in an instant. He raised his head, and the corner of his lips curled up.
"Officer Liang Lu, your random detection frequency is a bit high."
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