Then let them offer their loyalty!

Upon hearing Qin Shuman's probing question, Qiu Tu's heart skipped a beat.

This is exactly what I feared!

The three women hadn't even met yet when the first wave of probing began.

Thinking this way, Qiu Tu's mind raced as he considered how to deal with this small test before the big exam.

He felt that directly denying his relationship with Tang Feifei was definitely unrealistic.

After all, you can say that Qin Shuman's methods are not shrewd enough and her actions are not thorough enough, but you can't say that she lacks ability.

Especially in terms of intelligence gathering, this woman is one of the two strongest people Qiu Tu has ever met.

Otherwise, when Tai Yuk-hong was promoted to deputy speaker, he wouldn't have given her such an important position as the head of the New Territories City Security Department.

Therefore... I can't lie. I can only make slight changes to the details!

Thinking this, Qiu Tu quickly forced a smile and said, "How could that be?"

He said with a serious expression, "Director Tang is my closest superior. I've always had a very good relationship with her."

Qin Shuman glanced at Qiu Tu with a smile in her eyes, "Just a boss?"

Qiu Tu felt that Qin Shuman was a bit too aggressive today!

She was even more aggressive than Tan Huimin was during the day – that woman was probably afraid she wouldn't be able to come back, so she was very direct!

Qiu Tu wasn't given a single chance to catch his breath.

Qiu Tu still feels some pain in his lower back.

Now, Qin Shuman gives Qiu Tu the same feeling, launching wave after wave of attacks that keep him busy.

Just as Qiu Tu was thinking this, Qin Shuman made another move. She looked at Qiu Tu curiously and asked, "I heard... you often go to Director Tang's office? And sometimes you even stay overnight at her house?"

Qiu Tu: .....

Qiu Tu coughed. "Subjectively, no. Objectively, perhaps it exists."

Qin Shuman let out an "Oh~" and looked at Qiu Tu with a smile. The smile on her lips was almost overflowing.

Qiu Tu felt as if he were sitting on pins and needles, as if he had thorns in his back, and as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.

He took a deep breath, thinking that rather than being slowly and pained by this insidious knife, it would be better to just be honest!

Just then, Qin Shuman suddenly changed the subject.

Her expression turned serious, and she said earnestly, "I don't know why Director Tang came. She didn't tell me."

"But... I came here this time because I was worried about you."

"This operation was far too dangerous."

"The decision made by the higher-ups is simply playing with your lives."

"So... I actually have two purposes for coming here this time."

"One of them is a cataclysmic artifact I brought you, called 'Spirit Escape.'"

As she spoke, Qin Shuman reached out and handed Qiu Tu a small pendant.

Qiu Tu curiously reached out and took it.

Qin Shuman explained, "This cataclysmic artifact has no other function but one: to preserve consciousness."

"If you are in the boundless sea of ​​your mind, and your soul has suffered a fatal blow, it can retain a sliver of your consciousness!"

"At least you still have a sliver of hope of survival."

"If it can be found by the subsequent rescue team and returned to the body."

"Although the path to catastrophe is cut off, at least we can still survive. And... we are stronger than ordinary people."

In the end, Qin Shuman even cracked a joke.

Qiu Tu glanced at her, took the pendant, and his gaze was somewhat moved.

He felt that... two hours of love was the best. A night of love was also acceptable. Love that lasted too long... would leave one feeling anxious and uneasy.

Qin Shuman, such an independent and self-reliant woman, still managed to amass gold coins for herself.

If this were in my past life, I could already be slowly pulling in the net now...

Qin Shuman had no idea what Qiu Tu was thinking. She continued,

"As for the second one, it is to gather first-hand intelligence on the invasion of the evil god."

"This invasion by the evil god will definitely bring about a huge change in the landscape of the New Territories."

"For the security department, which is specifically responsible for handling supernatural matters, our intelligence work still needs to be done ahead of time."

Qiu Tu nodded slightly upon hearing this, and then made a judgment in his mind about Qin Shuman's second reason: an excuse.

There's absolutely no need to take risks yourself if you want to gather intelligence.

It should be understood that the boundless sea of ​​the mind is a world of the spirit. Qin Shuman's consciousness possessed and came to this world.

If the Rabbit (卯兔) gets injured, she won't be unaffected like in the real world. She'll likely get injured as well.

If the evil god acts quickly, Qin Shuman's consciousness may be scattered along with that of the rabbit!

Therefore, there is not much difference between a spirit possessing another body and the original body coming to the boundless sea of ​​the mind.

Ah... indeed, the kindness of a beautiful woman is truly profound.

And so, as Qiu Tu was thinking this, the two of them soon arrived at the "pilot base".

This was Qiu Tu's first time seeing the shelter's pioneering base.

This pioneering base was not large; its outer perimeter was built of blocks of bluestone, and inside were several fortified villages. Under the sunlight, they reflected a cold, ancient blue light.

Upon arriving at the base, Qiu Tu took out a small blue stone. The next second, the blue stone on the base wall moved upward and outward little by little, and soon a fan-shaped archway appeared.

Qiu Tu and Qin Shuman went inside. There were already six or seven "suicide squad" members nearby chatting casually with serious expressions.

Upon seeing Qiu Tu, they all stood up and saluted him in greeting.

Qiu Tu's gaze swept across them, trying to figure out who Tang Feifei was. But... he found nothing.

He nodded to the group, indicating that they should rest first. He then went to the fortified village to retrieve his equipment, based on the information Tang Feifei had provided that afternoon.

Because the Boundless Sea of ​​the Mind is a spiritual world, firearms are ineffective. While melee weapons may have some effect, they are not very useful in the hands of these newly promoted Cataclysmics.

When encountering an enemy, running fast is more important than anything else.

Therefore, Qiu Tu prepared to take only four types of equipment: "escape", "record", "reconnaissance" and "communication".

Because there is no electricity or signal in the boundless sea of ​​the mind. These four pieces of equipment are all catastrophic artifacts, and are extremely valuable.

Aside from the "Escape" Noble Phantasm, there are only four "Record", "Communication", and "Exploration" Noble Phantasms.

Therefore, Qiu Tu decided to divide the suicide squad into four teams of six people each, and then carry out the mission.

Although Qiu Tu's main purpose in coming to the "Boundless Heart Sea" was to refine the regional central hub, he still had to carry out the "suicide squad's" mission.

After all, he still needs to rely on the suicide squad missions to be promoted to deputy director, advance to the third rank, and then become the regional lord to advance to the fourth rank!

Therefore, he had a very clear plan for the mission of these 7 days: to fight a guerrilla war by relying on unlimited vision and a sense of crisis!

While conducting guerrilla warfare, they simultaneously refined the regional central hub and investigated the situation and weaknesses of the two evil gods.

In order to wage war against the evil god, we will drive it out of the New Territories and gather intelligence!

With that thought in mind, Qiu Tu, carrying the prepared Cataclysmic Artifact, returned to the open space of the base.

At this moment, seven or eight more suicide squad members appeared in the open space of the base, who must have just arrived one after another.

Qiu Tu activated the infinite range mode for a few seconds to check the current situation in the New Territories.

Two evil gods are still searching the area center and the Lariro Temple. Meanwhile, seven or eight other agents are almost at the base.

Qiu Tu felt somewhat relieved: the most dangerous phase of the rendezvous was over.

Next, as long as the four squads have their communication equipment and they have their own commanders, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu sat down on a bluestone bench and chatted casually with his suicide squad members, trying to build up their goodwill.

After another six or seven minutes, the last few members of the suicide squad arrived one after another.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Qiu Tu did not delay any longer.

He stood up and said to the suicide squad members who were already lined up, with a serious expression, "Brothers, whether you became Cataclysms before or in the last two days..."

"I believe that when you became Cataclysmic Ones, learned about the Cataclysmic Era, and learned about the spiritual world, you must have been incredibly shocked!"

"After all... it turns out that the suffering we humans have endured over the years was brought about by another world, by another species!"

"And beyond the real world, there exists another world that has never been set foot in by us humans!"

Qiu Tu glanced at everyone, then said with great enthusiasm, "And now, we have set foot on this magical land!"

"Compared to the billions of years of history of the two worlds, we humans seem insignificant and not worth mentioning."

"After all, the world's cards are constantly being reshuffled! New species rise up every ten thousand years!"

"But what I want to say is... we humans will never lack the courage and wisdom to return to the poker table!"

"It's just a new world! I came! I saw! I conquered!"

"This time, we've come to conquer the new realm of the Boundless Heart Sea!"

"We came to this land with the New Territories, with Tung Yip Chau, and with the hopes of a sanctuary! To do all the preliminary intelligence work for conquering this land!"

"And as long as we successfully complete our mission, we will reap what everyone dreams of! Power! Money! Beautiful women! Everything!"

Listening to Qiu Tu's impassioned speech, the morale of all the suicide squad members was immediately boosted!

Seeing that morale was high, Qiu Tu continued, "Next, in order to carry out the mission, I will divide us into four teams!"

"Three teams will conduct peripheral reconnaissance, while I will personally lead one team to penetrate deep into the area of ​​the evil god and record information."

"Is there anyone who wants to do the most dangerous job with me?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qin Shuman, Chen Feng, and Ding Xiaoliu all stepped forward without hesitation.

Along with them were two members of the suicide squad: "Chenlong" from the military and "Nanfeng" from the investigation department.

Immediately afterwards, several more members of the suicide squad stepped forward. Although they hesitated for a moment, they were full of courage.

Then, group after group of members stepped forward. In less than three or four seconds, all 23 members of the suicide squad had stepped forward.

Qiu Tu didn't doubt whether they were just following the crowd.

After all, these suicide squad members had all "died" once before. Choosing to enter the "Boundless Sea of ​​the Heart" and take another gamble already showed that they had disregarded life and death.

But... sometimes, a person's fate can change because of just one or two seconds.

So Qiu Tu called out, "Chen Feng, Xiao Liu, and Chen Long, you three will be the captains of the other three teams."

Then, Qiu Tu continued to call out names, "Nanfeng, Maotu, Hongzhong, Dongbei, Zishu. The five of you will be in my team."

"Northwest, Southeast... you'll be in Chen Feng's team."

"Wu Ma, Shen Hou... you two are in team 6."

"Pig, North Wind...you're in the same team as Dragon!"

After assigning the teams, Qiu Tu began distributing equipment to each team. Each person received an escape item called "Half-Life Grass".

The effect is that if life is in danger, the "Half-Life Grass" will immediately break, and then the person carrying it will be randomly teleported to an area 4000 meters away.

It's very effective and quite valuable. Even in the "Pioneer Base," there's only one. It's generally only equipped on Tier 3 Cataclysms.

But Qiu Tu didn't care about all that. He was determined to give his men the best pay they could get!

As for communication artifacts, long-range reconnaissance artifacts, and recording artifacts, there is one in each set. This facilitates recording information and communication between individuals.

It must be said that Qin Shuman is indeed a very good partner.

While Qiu Tu was distributing equipment to everyone, Qin Shuman kept exclaiming in amazement.

One minute they're talking about the value of "Half-Life Grass," and the next they're talking about the level requirements for "Communication Stone."

Basically, he introduced all the equipment that Qiu Tu had brought out.

When they learned that a single "Half-Life Grass" required 50 small goldfish and that only officials of the rank of section chief or above were qualified to use it, the way the suicide squad members looked at Qiu Tu changed...

A bunch of notifications about increased loyalty also appeared in front of Qiu Tu.