Courtyard House: Home Alone

Lin Yifan shook his head, his tone resolute: "It's precisely because it's dangerous that I have to go. My skills speak for themselves, so even if the Japanese find out, they won't suspect too much."

Focus on personnel training. It won't be long before I send you all out; I'll be back in ten days to two weeks.

Seeing that he had made up his mind and knowing his temperament, Chen Gongshu stopped trying to persuade him and nodded, saying, "Alright, I'll go back and contact the Northeast right away, and I'll send you the detailed address in a bit."

Lin Yifan nodded in agreement, saw Chen Gongshu out the door, and then turned back to tell Yu Wenxiu about his departure. Although Yu Wenxiu was worried, she knew that once he made a decision, he would not change it, so she could only hurry up and help him pack his luggage.

That night, Lin Yifan changed into ordinary shorts and a casual outfit, slung a canvas bag over his shoulder, gave Yu Wenxiu, Tian Xinyi, and Xia Yan a few words of advice, and then left the east courtyard. Under the cover of darkness, he teleported away, heading straight northeast.

The most urgent task now is to get medicine, supplies, and weapons and ammunition to the Third Detachment and save the lives of the surviving soldiers as much as possible.

Despite the strain on his mental energy, he arrived at a settlement of a pioneering group at the foot of Changbai Mountain at two in the morning. These so-called pioneering groups were yet another means by which the Japanese invaders plundered China.

They relocated the local poor to this area, seized our land, drove away the locals, and settled here. Many of these settlement groups also secretly helped the Japanese train soldiers and gather intelligence, making them like spies planted by the Japanese in Northeast China.

Lin Yifan concealed his presence and silently slipped inside. There happened to be a Japanese checkpoint there, guarding the only road into the mountains.

He used his mental power to investigate and found that there were more than 30 people in the checkpoint, including a squad of Japanese soldiers. Apart from the four Japanese soldiers still on duty at the intersection, the others were fast asleep in the courtyard next to the checkpoint.

The room outside where the second lieutenant platoon leader slept was a conference room-like room. On the conference table made of logs, there was a map marked with checkpoints, points, and troop deployments.

Lin Yifan did not act immediately, but instead flashed into the space, drank a few mouthfuls of spiritual spring water, and then rested on the Luohan bed.

He closed his eyes to rest, but his ears clearly caught the sounds coming from the checkpoint yard outside, waiting for the right moment to make his move.

Before long, the sound of footsteps and greetings during the changing of the guard could be heard at the courtyard gate. Lin Yifan slowly opened his eyes, and with a thought, silently left the space. At the same time, eight bullets in the still warehouse accurately pierced the heads of the eight Japanese soldiers who were changing guards.

He then slipped to the door of the second lieutenant's room, gently pushed it open a crack, and found the Japanese soldier inside fast asleep, completely unaware that someone had broken in.

Lin Yifan moved as swiftly as the wind, and before the Japanese soldier could react, a bayonet from a Type 38 rifle pierced his throat.

Lin Yifan searched the lieutenant's bedside table, took the holster and identification, then turned and left the room, went to the outer room, and put the blueprints on the conference table into his spatial storage.

Then they entered the four rooms where the Japanese soldiers were sleeping, and gave each of them a bullet. These usually arrogant and domineering invaders didn't even have time to utter a sound before they all became confused.

Lin Yifan eliminated all thirty-six Japanese soldiers at the checkpoint in just a few minutes. Apart from the occasional rustling of branches in the wind, there was no other sound in the courtyard.

Lin Yifan stored all the guns, ammunition, and supplies into his spatial storage, set fire to the barracks, and then silently teleported to a place called Black Bear Ridge.

Heixiazi Ridge was a hidden encampment of the Third Detachment in the dense forest, about 20 kilometers away from the mountain pass as the crow flies. However, the actual distance to the pass was probably around 40 kilometers.

He had already determined the direction when he collected the map, and with just three teleportations, he arrived near Heixiazi Ridge.

He first used his mental power to check the surroundings and found a relatively large cave. The black bear couple and a little bear inside were still asleep when Lin Yifan took them into his space.

He looked at the rather large cave, used his spatial abilities to clean it up, removed the fishy smell, and then used bushes to make simple cover at the entrance.

Then they began transferring supplies out of the space, and soon the entire cave was filled with all kinds of medicines, food, clothing, bedding, canned goods, and weapons and ammunition.

After tidying up, seeing that it was still early, he went back into his spatial dimension, took out a braised pig's trotter from the static warehouse, and started gnawing on it. After eating, he quickly washed up and lay down on the daybed to sleep.

When Lin Yifan woke up, he took out his watch and saw that it was already past nine o'clock the next morning. He did not leave the space immediately, but instead exchanged one hundred attribute points and added them to his mental power.

After adding points to his mental energy, Lin Yifan felt his mind clear up instantly. His previously confused thoughts became clear, and even his perception spread outward, allowing him to clearly hear the subtle sounds of water flowing in the spiritual spring in the space.

These two long-distance teleportations made him realize the insufficiency of his mental energy. He clenched his fist, feeling the refreshing sensation brought about by the increase in his mental energy.

He quickly washed up, ate something, and then turned and stepped out of the system space.

He arrived at the cave entrance, lifted the bushes at the entrance, stepped out of the cave, and released his mental energy. He then discovered that the increase of 100 points in his mental energy had expanded his mental energy detection range to ten kilometers, which was almost two kilometers more than before.

Soon, he discovered several caves in the nearby canyon, where a group of ragged anti-Japanese guerrilla fighters were located. His own intelligence team was among them, led by Lü Wei.

At each end of the canyon, there were four sentries, two visible and two concealed. Judging from their weapons, they were likely Liaoning Type 13 rifles from the Northeast Army. However, it looked like the rifling in the barrels was almost worn down.

Looking at the canyon less than a kilometer away, Lin Yifan started walking towards it, deliberately making some noise along the way. Soon, he was stopped by two anti-Japanese guerrilla fighters holding Liaoning Type 13 rifles.

Looking at the boy, who appeared to be around ten years old, the two anti-Japanese soldiers could hardly believe their eyes. How could this child have ventured into the deep mountains, some twenty or thirty kilometers away? Judging by the time, he must have entered the mountains last night.

One of the older anti-Japanese guerrilla fighters asked, "Whose child are you? How did you end up in this deep mountain forest all by yourself? Did you get separated from your family?"

Lin Yifan looked at the soldiers in front of him, who were holding guns and looking wary, and smiled. He said, "My surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Yifan. I'm from Beiping, here to see Lü Wei and Team Leader Lü. Chen Gongshu should have already sent you a telegram yesterday."

Upon hearing this, the sentries relaxed their guard a bit. One of them winked at the other, leaving his companion to keep an eye on Lin Yifan, while he quickly ran towards the cave in the canyon to report.