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The warehouse lights went out one by one behind the four people, and the metal door closed silently.

They walked through the passageway and returned to the main hall where the elevator was located.

The indicator lights on the central circular platform were lit, and a helicopter was quietly parked on the platform.

Two people were sitting on a bench against the wall in the main hall.

The one on the left was a size bigger, with a prominent beard, and his right arm was wrapped in bandages and slinged across his chest.

Uluru leaned back in his chair and turned his head when he heard footsteps. His gaze swept over the four people before finally settling on Zhang Zhao.

"Oh, you're back? I thought you were going to be out of contact until the end of your vacation."

Zhang Zhao stopped a step in front of him. "How are your injuries?"

"It's nothing, no bones are broken, it'll be fine in a few days."

Uluru moved the shoulder that was still movable.

He spoke nonchalantly, but Zhang Zhao noticed that the corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he spoke.

At the other end of the bench, another figure was thinner than Uluru, with fair skin, and was wrapped in a loose gray sweatshirt.

His left arm was also wrapped in bandages, with the gauze extending all the way to the middle of his forearm.

Rashid Rahar sat there,

He was holding a palm-sized square device in his arms, and was looking down, slowly drawing something on it with his right thumb.

Upon hearing Zhang Zhao's voice, he looked up, his gaze somewhat surprised.

They clearly didn't expect Zhang Zhao to appear at this time.

He opened his mouth, but only managed to utter, "...Shadow."

Zhang Zhao knew that Rashid had officially joined the GTI reserve operator roster and had given himself the codename "Bit".

He nodded. "Bitt, how's your hand?"

"It's alright." Rashid looked down at his left arm. "The doctor said the bone was broken, but it will heal with some rest."

Uluru scoffed from the side, "You call that okay? Your whole arm was almost ripped off by a crocodile. If it weren't for the bee doctor—"

"The bee doctor isn't here," Rashid interrupted him, his tone flat. "But he left me two vials of medicine before he left."

Uluru pursed his lips and didn't continue.

Zhang Zhao looked away and said to Rashid, "Get some rest."

Rashid paused for a moment, then nodded, "...Okay."

The two didn't say anything more.

Gu walked back from the edge of the elevator, carrying a black tactical bag, which he casually tossed into the cabin. Then he glanced at the two people on the bench.

"Are you two here to see them off?"

"What else?" Uluru shrugged. "I can't be here to show off my new bandage, can I?"

Gu didn't laugh, but her gaze lingered on each of them for half a second. "Until your injuries heal, it's best not to run around."

Uluru wanted to say something more, but Gu had already turned and walked towards the helicopter without looking back.

The rotor speed suddenly increased, the air was stirred up, and the dust on the ground swirled and flew in all directions.

Zhang Zhao closed the cabin door and, through the side window, saw Uluru grinning and waving at them.

The helicopter began to ascend from the edge of the platform, and the field of vision narrowed immediately. The figures of the two people were quickly cut off by the edge of the platform.

The ceiling of the main hall narrowed into a long, thin line of light in the field of vision, before being completely sealed off by the metal plate on top of the lifting platform.

The cabin lights came on, and Gu's voice came through the earpiece.

"Communication test, each of you report back."

"Ghost Claw, normal."

"Luna, it's normal."

"Shadow, normal."

Gu nodded, reached out and tapped the screen in the cockpit a few times, and a flight path map unfolded on the navigation panel.

"The estimated flight time is forty minutes. Chang Gong Valley is to our northwest, close to the Gobi Desert."

"The terrain is open with very few shelters, so after landing, we need to find a suitable observation point first."

Luna sat by the window, glancing at the night view outside. "I remember there are a few high points over Longbow Valley."

“That’s right,” Gu said. “But Hamk’s army is looting the surrounding towns, so we won’t stay in Longbow Valley forever after we land.”

The helicopter flew smoothly at low altitude, with the gray-yellow landscape of Assara's northern border visible outside the window, the night swallowing up every detail of the ground.

Zhang Zhao leaned back in his seat, observing the outline outside the window through his night vision goggles.

"Hamke's move this time is quite significant," Luna began. "When did his army begin its attack?"

"This afternoon," Gu said, "according to current intelligence, at least four towns were attacked simultaneously."

"What is the purpose?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"It's hard to say," Gu shook his head.

"Resources, territory, or simply revenge—it could be anything. But whatever the purpose, civilians are the first victims."

The cabin was quiet for a moment.

Zhang Zhao turned his gaze back to the window; he was already very familiar with the terrain of Chang Gong Valley.

Last time I went, I entered through the Soul Separation Technique, but this time I came by helicopter.

A few minutes later, the helicopter began to descend, and the outline of the ground became clearer and clearer.

The sandy land was grayish-yellow, with dried-up streams and gullies along its edges, and a few low earthen walls were barely discernible in the darkness.

"Prepare for landing," Gu said.

Zhang Zhao gripped the metal buckle of the seatbelt, pressed it with his thumb, and the belt loosened.

He stretched his shoulders and checked the location of the dragon-slaying sword at his waist again.

The helicopter hovered at low altitude, the cabin door opened, and the night wind rushed into the cabin.

Luna was the first to jump, her boots landing almost silently.

She immediately crouched down after landing and scanned her surroundings.

Zhang Zhao followed closely behind, stepping onto the soft sand and slightly bending his knees to absorb the impact.

Next came the terrifying claw, and finally the Gu.

The helicopter climbed back up behind them, and the sound of its rotors gradually faded into the distance.

The night was even darker around Longbow Valley than in Zadeh City. This area had no municipal power supply, except for a faint light in the distance, towards the center, which was the direction of the Diamond Hotel.

Gu crouched down on the sand, opened the tactical tablet in her hand, and the faint light from the screen lingered on her face for a moment.

"We are now at the very edge of Longbow Valley, the closest destination to us—Utan City."

She looked up and gazed in that direction.

Luna had already removed the composite bow, her right hand resting on the bowstring.

"Should we go straight there? Or find a higher vantage point to observe first?"

Gu glanced at the tablet screen, then put it away.

"Advance to the outskirts of town first, and then act according to the situation."