Courtyard House: A System Connecting Two Worlds, Resources for the Nation

"Then I'll send these precious things away first. They're too valuable; leaving them here makes my heart pound and I feel uneasy!"

Zhou Feng nodded, then yawned: "Okay, then I'll trouble you to make the trip. I'll just take a break and catch my breath."

Bai Ling responded, then carefully wrapped up the equipment and blueprints that Zhou Feng had brought back, and then hugged them to her arms.

After seeing her to the door, Zhou Feng closed the door, turned around and went back into the house, sprawling back onto the bed.

His trip back to the modern world kept him very busy, running around setting up an office and procuring equipment—it was quite a hassle.

This courtyard house is still the most comfortable place in the world!

If you want to rest, just ask Li Huaide for a note, and you can stay home and rest for a few days.

Once we've rested enough, we'll return to the steel rolling mill, and our status will still be unique!

Bai Ling, clutching her package, dodged the neighbors at the door and walked out of the courtyard gate. The gentleness on her face vanished instantly, and she quickly made a gesture.

The next second, the expressions of the colleagues who had been keeping watch around them changed instantly.

At the same time, several idlers who were still strolling in the alley tacitly adjusted their pace and gathered together without leaving a trace, protecting Bai Ling in the middle.

The group walked steadily toward the alley entrance, where a military green jeep was already parked.

The car door was already open, and Bai Ling went straight in, while the comrades following behind scattered.

The jeep started quickly. Throughout the entire process, Bai Ling held the equipment Zhou Feng brought back in her arms, afraid that something might go wrong.

When they arrived at the Special Operations Division, several comrades were already waiting in front of the building. As soon as Bai Ling got out of the car, they quickly came to greet her and escorted her to the door of Sun Yue's office.

Immediately afterwards, two of them stood on either side of the doorway, while the others tacitly retreated to both ends of the corridor, maintaining a safe distance.

"What did Zhou Feng bring back? Is it worth activating Contingency Plan Two immediately?"

Sun Yue stared curiously at the thing wrapped in dark blue cloth in Bai Ling's arms.

Contingency Plan No. 2 is of utmost importance, meaning that she obtained from Zhou Feng an item or intelligence that is "extremely important and must be returned to the office safely and immediately."

Even the agricultural technology and blueprints we received last time didn't receive this kind of treatment!

Bai Ling took a deep breath, carefully placed the package on the desk, and untied it, revealing a handheld spectrometer and a rolled-up map of the national mineral distribution.

"What is this thing? A weapon?"

Sun Yue bent down and examined the spectrometer closely; the outer casing did not appear to be made of metal.

"No, Director Sun, this is... an exploration instrument, for prospecting for minerals."

Bai Ling's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement as she recounted Zhou Feng's demonstration and explanation as clearly and completely as possible.

How to turn on the machine, select the mode, aim at the target, pull the trigger, the screen display, and quickly analyze the mineral element content... every detail is explained, especially the last sentence.

"Comrade Zhou Feng said that this machine is worth 63,000 US dollars!"

"How many?"

Sun Yue's hand, which was about to unfold the map, suddenly stopped in mid-air, and his eyes shifted to Bai Ling, as if he wanted to confirm whether he had heard correctly.

"Sixty-three thousand US dollars."

Bai Ling repeated it again, and Sun Yue finally took a deep breath.

No wonder they had to activate contingency plan number two!

The previous documents were all in paper form and could be copied, so Bai Ling dared to bring them back directly.

But this instrument is too valuable, and it will probably be very difficult for Zhou Feng to obtain it in the future. He cannot afford to make any mistakes!

After a moment's hesitation, Sun Yue sighed softly, his eyes hardening with determination: "This stuff, and this diagram, is beyond our department's capabilities. We need to find real experts!"

As he spoke, he suddenly stood up: "Bai Ling, take these with you and immediately arrange for top-secret escort to take them directly to the core research laboratory of the Geological Bureau."

The first sentence was an instruction to Bai Ling, while the second sentence, spoken in a raised voice, was an order to the guards outside the door. A crisp reply and the sound of footsteps quickly receding from outside the door immediately followed.

"You will oversee this entire process and be responsible for liaison and explanation. Remember, these are precious supplies donated back to China by patriotic overseas Chinese. Do not mention a single detail about their origin; this is a matter of discipline!"

"Understood! Mission accomplished!"

Shortly after, two unmarked jeeps drove out of the Special Operations Unit's gate.

Sun Yue and Bai Ling sat in the front car, followed by several capable guards in the back car. They drove through half of Beiping City and into a heavily guarded compound.

In the courtyard were several unremarkable, even somewhat old, gray-brick Soviet-style buildings.

However, these buildings housed a group of China's top geologists and exploration experts.