"Cousin, I used to think that you're a female Bao who's full of light and upright. I didn't expect you to be so … so …" In the midst of the tall woman's nagging, a short-haired girl wearing a white coat dressed like a researcher walked out with a pout and whispered in a strange tone.
"Don't be childish, Caiying. Nobody lives in a 'vacuum' in this world. If you don't have the corresponding 'aptitude', I'll persuade uncle to give up the idea of sending you here.
However, since you've already gone through several years of professional study in the Department of Natural Sciences at Stanford University, of course, I have no reason not to give this opportunity to someone close to me, right? This is society.
Besides, even if I object, second uncle will definitely bring you here. Why should I be a disgusting hypocrite for nothing? "The tall woman said with a blank expression.
"But the problem is that I can't do anything even if you give me this opportunity. I can only eat sand here every day.
If it wasn't for the sake of giving Chuhe a chance to see that bastard Wang Zhaosheng, I wouldn't have come to this damn place at all! "The short-haired girl opened her mouth and said angrily.
A gust of wind blew the yellow sand away, filling the entire camp. The tall woman, who had always been calm, was finally annoyed by her cousin's unreasonable behavior. With a slight frown, she turned her head and said, "I think uncle has really spoiled you.
You know, just to transfer that little friend of yours into the research group … "To her surprise, her cousin, who was still unreasonable just now, had her eyes wide open. Ignoring the wind and sand, she stared into the distance with her mouth agape as though she had seen a ghost.
"Caiying, what's wrong, Caiying?" Looking at the direction the short-haired girl was looking at, the tall woman saw hundreds and thousands of people in casual clothes who had just entered the camp walking to the corner of the camp in a loose manner. Without warning, she recalled the identity of that group of people in the rumors and shuddered, causing her to lose her composure as she shouted.
"N-Nothing," The short-haired girl came back to her senses and stammered, "It's just that when the wind blew, I-I-I feel a little headache. Cousin, I want to go back to the house to rest for a while, can I?"
Her cousin, who was just arguing that she did not want to idle, suddenly wanted to continue to rest, causing the tall woman to feel suspicious.
However, she looked at the girl and did not say anything. Instead, she nodded, "Is that so? In that case, go back to the house first. Have a good rest and drink more water."
"Then I'll go back to the house." The short-haired girl turned around. Before she returned to the tent, she pretended to ask casually, "Oh yeah, cousin, I heard Brother Song saying that the camp is already full a few days ago. Why are there so many people again today? Not only that, they're all dressed casually. What are they doing?"
"Those people are the civilian students of some researchers from the Academy of Social Sciences," The tall woman hesitated for a while and finally exhorted with a solemn expression, "It's said that they're people with supernatural powers. There's also a rumor that they're the successors of a witchcraft sect that has been passed down for thousands of years in the border provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Qiong.
I know it's absurd, but now that the foreign world has appeared, there are too many things that science can't explain. In short, it's better to believe it than not. Don't go and have any contact with those guys, do you understand? "
The short-haired girl widened her eyes and shouted in surprise, "A witchcraft sect? Cousin, are you sure?"
"I'm not sure, but this matter is by no means groundless." As the tall woman was speaking, an anxious call resonated from the wireless headset in her ear. "Director Liu, the latest sound wave analysis of the beast's roar has been released. When can you come over?"
"Right away." She waved her hand at the short-haired girl and said, "I'm going to work. You should go back and rest." Then, she strode away.
The short-haired girl watched her cousin's silhouette disappear in the slowly subsiding sandstorm and turned her head towards the direction where the large group of wizards had disappeared from the campsite just now. With disbelief written all over her face, she muttered, "A person with supernatural powers, a successor of the ancient witchcraft sect in the frontier … How could Zhang Lisheng possibly be mixed in this group of people? Don't tell me that I'm mistaken …"
While Guo Caiying was puzzled, the elders and young Deacons of the Three Gates of Witchcraft of Life, Death, and Sacrifice had already been introduced by the bald Director Guo to the chief officer of the military camp.
"The sandstorm in Gannan is really deadly. No wonder my brother-in-law said that only you, General Wang, can stand firm in this place." The moment they entered the headquarters, they could feel the solemn atmosphere created by the owner of the house. Scratching his bald head, Director Guo chuckled. "Come, General Wang, let me introduce a few helpers to you.
These are Inspector Li, Inspector Wang, and Researcher Chen from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. They're all old experts and scholars. These few are the young experts specially hired by our Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. They can be said to be the rising stars. Haha, rising stars … "
Upon hearing Director Guo mentioning the word 'brother-in-law', the short and sturdy officer in the headquarters, who was watching the projection of the giant beast on the white screen like a science fiction movie poster and analyzing the data without turning his head back, froze slightly. His back seemed to have softened a little as he slowly turned around.
A golden bean was shining brightly on his shoulder. In China, if the owner carrying this bean was working in a high-level military academy, he might only be a department head or the person in charge of the research office.
However, if he was working in the frontline field force, he would at least be a general with tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. To a certain extent, he would be able to influence the fate of the country and the nation. The two could not be mentioned in the same breath. Naturally, their spirit, majesty, and demeanor were completely different.
"Old Guo, you …" After Hua Chaowu, the commander of the 7875th Army, a fully-mechanized force known as the First Iron Army in the Ganzhou Military Region of the seven major military regions in China, and the commander of the temporary defense zone of China stationed in Oasis World, turned around, he reached out to point at Director Guo. Even though his imposing manner had eased a lot, it still made Guo Huaihai's movement of scratching his head stiffen a lot.
Without a glib tone, Guo Huaihai smiled wryly and said, "Chaowu, this is also an order issued by the Central Committee and the Military Commission. I-As the executive deputy director of the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, I'm really sitting on both ends …"
To his surprise, his sincere attitude had ignited Hua Chaowu's anger instead. "It's an order issued by the Military Commission! How can I not see the message? I think you're using a chicken feather as a token of authority!
Song Nanxing, you're in charge of logistics. Tell me, how many people have you sent to us this time? "
"Reporting, Commander. There are 21 fully-staffed buses with 65 people in each bus, totaling 1,365 people.
There are 22 SUVs and 21 of them are fully staffed. Each SUV has four people so there's a total of 109 people, totaling 1,474 people.
According to Inspector Li, there's still a second batch of students who will arrive one after another. The number will be two to three times that of the first batch. End of report! " The colonel by the side stood straight and saluted as he shouted loudly. With just a quick glance, he had actually calculated the number of people who came from the Gate of Witchcraft clearly.
"One thousand four hundred and seventy-four people! One thousand four hundred and seventy-four people! It's going to be two to three times more! This means that the entire family, old and young, are coming to eat …" When Hua Chaowu heard the number, he was stunned for a moment before he shouted out in anger.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of hand, the door of the headquarters was suddenly pushed open. A tall and thin senior officer who was also carrying a golden bean on his shoulder walked in with a smile on his face. Taking over Hua Chaowu's words, he turned the situation around seamlessly. "The leaders of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have brought their students and the entire family, old and young, to support us. Our 7875th Army is very grateful.
This is the military and we're all family. Commander, no matter what, we must entertain our comrades from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences tonight, especially the old leaders from the academy. "
"Old Yao, y-you haven't slept for three days and two nights already. You've only rested for a few minutes so why are you up already? Sigh, can your body take it?" Upon seeing the extremely exhausted look of the person who came, Hua Chaowu could not be bothered to lose his temper anymore. Instead, he asked in concern.
"I'm the political commissar of the 7875th Army. How can I close my door and sleep when the leaders from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have arrived? It's a necessary courtesy for me to come and meet them.
We've been working together for more than 20 years so don't you know my body, Commander Hua? Even though I'm skinny, I'm still full of muscles. " The tall and thin general's joke made the almost stagnant atmosphere in the room relax right away.
Guo Huaihai seized the opportunity and hurriedly introduced with a chuckle, "This is General Yao Biwu, the political commissar of the Oasis World's temporary defense zone that our Military Commission has stationed here. He's also the political commissar of the 7875th Army and has been working together with Commander Hua for 27 years. They're a perfect match and are invincible. They're known as the Two Great Generals of the Iron Army.
Political Commissar Yao, this is Inspector Li, Inspector Wang, and Director Chen of our Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. There are also some young experts specially hired by the academy, the rising stars. "
"Oh, Inspector Li, welcome! Welcome …" Yao Biwu shook hands with the Grand Wizards that Guo Huaihai named one by one and nodded to the other Gate of Witchcraft's people with a smile. In the end, he sighed and said, "We've been looking forward to all of you coming to support the 7875th Army and we welcome you with both hands raised.
However, the passage of this Oasis World is located in an extremely remote desert area. The transportation is inconvenient and the environment is harsh. All of us, including the scientific researchers, can't even guarantee drinking water sometimes.
Just yesterday, the thousands of meters deep sweet water well that the engineers had just drilled started to flow backwards, so it can't be used right away. The terrain structure here is complicated, especially the water source … Sigh … That's right, Nanxing.
We still have a few usable wells in our camp. If there's only a few, we'll reduce the water consumption of the officers today and let the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences take a hot bath to relieve their fatigue. "
Song Nanxing had been a soldier in the 7875th Army for 20 years so he had long been used to the working style of the commander and the political commissar. Holding back his laughter, he stood straight and said, "Reporting to the political commissar, there are still 27 usable wells. I've already ordered the logistics department to fully guarantee the water consumption of the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences today."
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