Durin's Diary

Chapter 892 Like a Shooting Star

The Navy's trip went quite well. Although Dulin still had some complaints about the Navy, their air force was really good. They learned by analogy. When Dulin left yesterday, they had already moved the working range of the goggle seeker from the sky to the ground. The Marine Corps could use the 300mm rocket launcher they got from the Army. Originally, this thing was used to cover the ground, and whether it could hit anything was all up to fate.

However, once reconnaissance drones are equipped with this, ground operators can remotely designate areas for bombing directly through the drone's goggles.

The accuracy of the rockets immediately increased dramatically.

Dulin was overjoyed, even thinking that if the embodiment of rationality could delay things for a few more days, it would be perfect.

He had asked the Rational Avatar about this, but before Dulin could even speak, the Rational Avatar said irritably that the current divination only deduced that the target was on the four islands, and had not even determined which island. It seemed that the kind grandmother also understood that someone was targeting her Great Demon.

"But it's alright, that soul is in our hands, we'll find him in no more than a month."

One month left?

That's great! Soldiers will be able to enjoy the new equipment, and more young people will be able to come back alive.

With this in mind, Dulin returned to the Candle Dragon Pavilion, feeling a little tired. He had dinner with Lina and Melinda, and then went to bed early.

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Then, early the next morning, Melinda rushed into the room with a stack of newspapers and shook Dulin awake.

"Come and see what these are saying," the rabbit spirit asked Dulin, pointing to the front page headline.

Seeing her panting heavily, Dulin took the newspaper and read it.

The first newspaper was the Beijing Military News.

The front page headline read in huge letters: "A series of explosions were heard at the naval base yesterday. Our reporter risked his life to take photos and discovered several new pieces of equipment inside the naval base! A mysterious dwarf demon, the Candle Dragon, was spotted at the scene! Candle Dragon analysis experts cannot confirm its identity!"
Then there are photos, three in total. The first photo focuses on Dulin's goggles. Judging from the content of the photo, it should have been taken after 3 p.m., because by then the Navy's development department had already produced three goggles on its own, and the effect was good, with no difference from Dulin's prototype goggles.

The second photo shows Lin Xiangguo and a large group of naval officers observing the three celestial masters attacking the target again.

The third photo shows Dulin happily eating a bowl of snacks.

"Wow, are the reporters from Beijing Military News really that good?" Lina leaned over and said, "Judging from the clarity of the footage, this guy seems to be less than 200 meters away from the scene. Where could he be hiding? Didn't you even notice him?"

Dulin shook his head: "The base was packed with people at the time. Even if this guy showed up, to me it would just be one more person in the crowd. It would be nothing unusual. Would you find it strange just because there's one more person in the crowd?"

"Yeah, right... Hey! You're sneaking a bite!" Lina noticed Dulin eating the snack.

Dulin rolled his eyes and slapped Lina's tail: "You talk as if you've never stolen a bite."

"Huh, is that so?" Lina looked at Dulin with her innocent big eyes.

"Think about it again. Last night you said you wanted to eat some snacks, so I flew out to buy them for you." Du Lin coaxed gently, "But after I bought them, you said you wanted to eat me. So, did you get to eat any of them, you little glutton?"

"I remember now, I ate it, so it's alright now." The little female dragon giggled and hugged Dulin's waist.

Dulin rolled his eyes and looked at the second newspaper.

This document is from the Beijing Reference, and it's also featured on the front page with a huge headline.

In just three days, the three armed forces have acquired a variety of new and advanced equipment! Our reporter takes you behind the scenes to uncover the truth, and the mastermind behind it may be him!
The newspaper also had three photos, all of Dulin. The first photo was taken when Dulin was at the Army firing range, as many Army personnel could be seen in the photo. The second photo was taken at the Air Force base, and even an elderly man who came with him was there. The third photo was a group photo of Dulin and the Navy developers.

“Wow, these photos seem clearer. What kind of monster camera do those people from Changtang have?” Melinda exclaimed, sitting on Dulin’s other side. “How’s his writing?”

"The analysis is still very logical. It's either that I have no connections in high places, or that I have connections but no one has mentioned who I am. And the reporters still haven't been able to figure out where I came from." After saying that, Dulin switched to the third newspaper.

This time, it's Beijing Sports.

Seriously?! You sports newspapers can even squeeze in here?!

With this question in mind, Dulin looked at the headline.

Then I saw a line of huge characters: "Someone actually climbed over the wall and went out of the Candle Dragon Pavilion in the middle of the night!"

You know what, the photos are actually pretty good. They capture Dulin looking both handsome and cute as he climbs over the wall in his thick fleece pajamas.

Damn it, I'm going to throw up. Can't you have any shame?

Big Orange and Eleven roared in unison, denouncing the attack.

So what if I'm cute? If you're not happy, then be cute too!

Dulin retorted dismissively.

Then he looked at the content and found that the author didn't recognize him either. He thought it was some little gluttonous dragon from the Candle Dragon Pavilion who couldn't stay up late and went out to buy snacks. This reporter even followed Du Lin and secretly took pictures all the way until he saw Du Lin carrying bags and bags of various takeout food and climbed back over the wall.

The article concludes by praising Du Lin's skills, stating that Du Lin's ability to scale the wall twice without triggering the Candle Dragon Pavilion's restrictions must be impressive. It also notes that the younger generation is truly formidable, while Chief Ping is getting old.

"You know what, it's not wrong. You're a sports student now too." Melinda laughed after hearing Dulin's explanation.

Dulin smiled as well, and prepared to look at the next document.

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Meanwhile, in the editor-in-chief's office of the Beijing Times.

The old rabbit sat at his desk, looking at the photos cut out from various newspapers and magazines.

Dulin appears in everything, including a photo of him coming down from the sky to the second floor, where the chief secretary next to the turtle spirit is smiling happily.

The old rabbit looked at the photo, eventually put it back in the drawer, and then rang the bell on the table.

The newspaper's best pair of reporters walked in: "Editor-in-chief, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Take a look at these photos, do you have anything to say?" He pushed the photos over.

After reading it, the duo looked up at their editor-in-chief: "We've never seen a silver-haired Candle Dragon cub like this before. Could he be from the South?" someone said.

"I don't care what you do, find out his identity within three days."

"We will certainly live up to our mission!"

After seeing off the two geniuses from the newspaper, Old Rabbit took out the photo again. He looked at the chief secretary behind the turtle spirit and finally picked up the phone.

"This is the Shangjing Shiyi (Shangjing Current Affairs). Please connect me to Elm Tree 262, codename Chief Secretary. Who am I to him? I'm his father!"

(End of this chapter)