The little star from the Gobi Desert, handed over to the state, is hailed as a national treasure.

The sand swirled around, and a huge, crocodile-like head emerged, its body covered in keratinous scales, its large yellow eyes coldly staring at the crowd.

Then a second, a third... a total of five or six enormous desert monitor lizards crawled out of the sand pit one after another, sticking out their long tongues and hissing threateningly at the crowd.

Everyone present was stunned by this terrifying scene.

"Oh no! This isn't a sweet potato field, it's a lizard's den!" someone exclaimed in alarm.

The soldiers were on high alert and immediately raised their guns to aim.

Liang Zhe's heart sank to the bottom; he never expected such an accident. Had Tian Tian's ability malfunctioned? Led the warriors to the lair of dangerous animals?

He wanted to wake his daughter to ask her what was going on, but Tian Tian was fast asleep in his arms. Her little face looked peaceful and innocent in the moonlight, and the low temperature of the desert at night made her unconsciously shrink into her father's arms.

"Brigade Commander, what should we do?" Liang Zhe looked anxiously at Brigade Commander Bai.

Brigade Commander Bai's face turned pale, but his voice remained calm: "Don't fire! Gunfire might provoke them. Use tools to make noise and drive them away!"

Upon receiving the order, the soldiers immediately began pounding the ground with their shovels, shouting and urging the lizards to drive them away. The desert monitor lizards had clearly never seen so many people before. After a brief standoff, under the weight of the shouts, the lizards slowly turned and disappeared into the darkness of the deep desert.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Oh my god, that scared me to death." Song Dazhuang was already sweating profusely.

"Commander... Shall we... Shall we continue digging?" The squad leader who asked the question was still shaken.

Brigade Commander Bai was also undecided and looked at Liang Zhe.

"What if we dig up some poisonous snakes or scorpions?" the soldiers whispered among themselves.

"Don't say that, lest the bad things come true instead of the good ones."

Looking at his sleeping daughter in his arms, Liang Zhe couldn't bear to wake her. He gritted his teeth and said, "Brigadier, Tian Tian might have been mistaken this time. Why don't we go back first and talk about it again tomorrow when the child wakes up?"

"Alright, I already said we allow for trial and error." Looking at Tian Tian's tired sleeping face, Commander Bai couldn't bear to be harsh. "Fall back, return..."

Before she could finish saying the word "camp," Tian Tian in her arms suddenly rubbed her eyes with her little hands and mumbled sleepily, "Daddy..."

Liang Zhe was overjoyed: "Sweetie, you're awake? Quickly help Daddy check again, see if there are any sweet potatoes under the sand!"

Sweetie didn't seem fully awake yet, her eyes still glazed over as she followed the direction her father pointed.

Moonlight spilled onto the messy sand. After looking at it for a few seconds, Tian Tian said softly, "Yes, Daddy. Right here, lots and lots."

"Are you sure, Sweetie? It's one of those edible sweet potatoes from Grandpa Qian's room?" Liang Zhe was skeptical, and thinking about the monitor lizard that had appeared earlier, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. "Could it be something else?"

"It's sweet potato," Tian Tian nodded confidently. "Dad said that eating it will keep you from being hungry."

Brigade Commander Bai and Liang Zhe exchanged a glance, and both took a deep breath.

"Squad One, Squad Two," Commander Bai made up his mind, "you continue digging! Squad Three and Squad Four are responsible for perimeter security. If any unusual animals are spotted, fire a warning shot immediately, and if necessary, fire in self-defense!"

"Yes."

"let me!"

Song Dazhuang led two squads of soldiers forward, carrying tools, and began to dig carefully.

The first few shovelfuls were just ordinary yellow sand. As the sandpit went deeper, black soil gradually appeared on the shovel. After a few more digs, suddenly there was a "plop" sound as something was disturbed by the shovel. The soldier picked it up and exclaimed, "Vine! It's a sweet potato vine!"

Everyone's spirits lifted, and more shovels joined in. Before long, the sand was cleared away, and an unbelievable sight appeared before them under the beam of flashlights.

A little over a meter above the ground was a patch of fertile, dark soil covered with sweet potato vines. Countless sweet potatoes hung from the vines, swaying gently in the night breeze.

The entire excavation site fell silent instantly.

Everyone stopped what they were doing. The soldiers looked at each other, and one of them pinched his arm hard, wondering if he had just woken up in the desert.

Could those monitor lizards have chosen this land as their ideal nesting spot?

Brigade Commander Bai stepped forward, gently brushed away the soil with his hand, and picked up a heavy sweet potato, still covered with the unique fragrance of the soil.

He looked up at Tian Tian, ​​who was being held by Liang Zhe. The little girl yawned and rubbed her eyes sleepily with her soft, white hands.

"Comrades," he turned his gaze back to each face, which could hardly contain its excitement, and announced in a voice that was as calm as possible, but was actually filled with jubilation:

"The food rations for our entire base..."

"Solve it!"

Inside the research institute at the base, Professor Qian was explaining the proposed plan to Commander Liu and several experts, holding the latest calculated ballistic trajectory data. Commander Liu sat to the side, occasionally picking up his enamel mug and taking a sip, his mouth filled with a refreshing sweetness.

Just then, a police officer came in to report that Comrade Liang Tiantian had discovered the sweet potato field.

Commander Liu's hand paused, almost splashing the water out of the tank.

"Mr. Qian, what do you mean by this little girl..." He was both astonished and wanting to laugh, "Isn't she amazing?"

Professor Qian closed his notebook. "Scientifically speaking, this doesn't make sense. But," he chuckled, "Commander, for us scientists, the most important thing is to respect the facts, isn't it?"

"Hahaha, what a fine example of respecting the facts!" Commander Liu stood up and put on his military overcoat. "Let's go take a look."

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the joy of discovering the land—

Base document room.

The door lock landed silently, and a figure swiftly slipped inside, moving as fast as a phantom in the night.

He carefully avoided the rows of file racks, his gaze precisely locking onto the safe in the corner.

He crouched down, took out a stethoscope from his pocket, placed it on the combination lock of the safe, and carefully turned the lock disc with his fingertips, patiently listening to the faint sounds made by the interlocking springs.

One minute, two minutes... five minutes...

A soft "click" sounded, so faint it was almost an illusion, yet it instantly brought a look of wild joy to the person's face.

The safe door was opened, and inside lay a fuel formula sheet marked "Top Secret".

The visitor quickly pulled out a pen from his pocket, skimmed through the report, and finally made a light mark next to the number "Oxidizer to fuel mixture ratio: 2.05".

A completely indistinguishable "2.08" has replaced the original number.

After doing all this, he carefully checked everything to ensure there were no errors, and then quickly reset everything. He closed the safe and scrambled the combination lock.

Then, his entire figure disappeared into the document room.