Han Meng stood there quietly, as if he hadn't felt the doubtful and scorching gazes around him, his expression not having the slightest change.
A five-stripe Enforcer, leapfrogging ranks to serve as the Vice Captain of such an important mission, itself was a matter very easy to invoke people's jealousy. If it was a "sensible" Enforcer with a bit of experience, at this time they should start to be modest. It would be best to also praise the other few high-level Enforcers a bit, to pull in a wave of people's hearts, and slightly ease the internal relations...
But under the gazes of the crowd, Han Meng instead only answered indifferently:
"I will handle this matter."
The two six-stripe Enforcers instantly clenched their teeth tightly, their gazes looking towards Han Meng becoming increasingly ice-cold.
Just as the crowd was speaking, a large green-canopy truck slowly stopped at the headquarters' doorway. This was the vehicle receiving them to head towards the Aurora Base. Seeing the vehicle had arrived, Qiong Xuan also didn't say any more nonsense, after all the effect he wanted had already been achieved... He waved his hand,
"Let's get on the vehicle first."
The crowd of Enforcers immediately got on the vehicle. Chen Ling lowered his head and trailed at the very back of the team. During the mission process it was best for him to maintain a distance from the other people, avoiding deep conversations, to not reveal any flaws;
And similarly left behind by the crowd, there was also Han Meng.
"Your name is Chen Xin?" Han Meng looked at him, speaking calmly.
"...Yes."
"When did you Advance to an Enforcer?"
"Roughly three years ago."
"And the Path?"
"[Asura]."
Hearing the two words [Asura], Han Meng was slightly stunned. A figure instantly flashed across his mind.
He began to re-evaluate the young Enforcer in front of him. "Why were you late?"
"...Bidding farewell to family members. My younger sister kept pestering me not letting me leave, so I delayed a little bit of time..."
Han Meng nodded his head,
"Your salary for this month is gone, not to be repeated as an example."
After speaking, Han Meng then closed his eyes, as if starting to rest and nourish his spirit, no longer paying attention to Chen Ling.
Chen Ling: ...
Although to say it wasn't Chen Ling's salary being deducted, but having been a corporate slave for so long in his past life, what he couldn't bear to hear the most was words like deducting salary. Yet under these circumstances, he also couldn't do anything about Han Meng...
But speaking of which, Han Meng had just been released from the court on his front foot, and on his back foot he was arranged into the Aurora Base by Tan Xin. Within this, Chen Ling sniffed out a trace of a different aura.
He understood Han Meng too well. Han Meng was fundamentally not a fellow willing to act as security for people. If he really did so, then his objective definitely wouldn't be money or status... Then for him to enter the Aurora Base, exactly what was his objective?
Chen Ling similarly closed his eyes, calculating everything in his heart. Perhaps after entering the Aurora Base, he could properly utilize Han Meng, this variable.
Regarding utilizing Han Meng, Chen Ling didn't have much sense of guilt. After all a few days ago Han Meng was still personally fished out from the court by his own hands... Now conveniently demanding a bit of interest, isn't excessive right?
The two people each harboring their own sinister designs closed their eyes. Following the vehicle's bumpiness, they slowly approached the Aurora Base amidst the color of the night...
...
"This is my third day of the stakeout surrounding the Aurora Base."
In the rustling cold wind, Wen Shilin's entire person shrunk into a corner, constantly breathing hot air towards his two hands blown icy cold by the wind.
Following his low voice murmuring, the fountain pen on the Notebook by his feet wrote at flying speed.
"Having staked out for so long, I still haven't found a method to sneak into the Aurora Base... The security measures here are too strict, wanting to go in is as hard as ascending the heavens."
"Right now the only thing I can do, is guard nearby, recording down the personnel or vehicles entering and exiting daily. Under the circumstances of being unable to enter the base's interior, I can only pray to have a breakthrough in this aspect."
"Today during the daytime a total of three vehicles entered, and three vehicles also left, consistent with the previous two days. It should be the base's daily operation and maintenance. In short, up until now no abnormalities have been discovered."
"Also not knowing whether all of this is futile... but what I can do, seems to only be these."
As Wen Shilin spoke, a burst of slight humming buzz then approached from afar. His eyes slightly lit up. Borrowing the surrounding cover, he carefully raised his head out, looking towards the direction the sound transmitted from.
"Right now it is 1:20 AM, a vehicle has come."
"Looking from the exterior appearance, that is a large green-canopy truck carrying people. Visually estimating the load capacity is roughly below thirty people, coming from the southeast direction..." He picked up a Telescope. "There are curtains blocking, unable to see the specific circumstances inside clearly, however it seems to all be Enforcers wearing black windbreakers."
"Looking at it like this, this vehicle should have come over from the Law Enforcer Headquarters' side. Could it be the Aurora Base's security is going to conduct a rotation?"
Under Wen Shilin's gaze, the vehicle stopped in front of the base's main doors. A few Enforcers walked out from the base. Holding name lists they walked to the side of the vehicle and began verifying one by one, as if confirming the number of people and identities. This process lasted for about ten minutes, before the vehicle slowly drove into the base.
Wen Shilin could basically confirm the security inside the base was going to rotate. However he still didn't have the slightest opportunity to enter within it... He could only helplessly sit back onto the ground. It seemed tonight still had no harvest.
Buzz buzz buzz——
Just when Wen Shilin was disappointed, yet another vehicle drove over from the darkness.
He was slightly stunned. He immediately climbed up and raised the Telescope, his brows unconsciously frowning...
"It's not a large green-canopy truck, it's a tightly sealed unknown vehicle. Its specific usage cannot be seen from its exterior appearance, however it also looks like it's loading some things... The vehicle came from the due north direction, due north... due north seems to not have anything other than the public hospital right?"
Wen Shilin was deep in thought,
"That vehicle is carrying, could it be..."
...
"How come there's still a vehicle at the back?"
Chen Ling had just gotten off the vehicle, when he saw a mysterious vehicle closely following to enter the base. An Enforcer beside him spoke in doubt,
"Could it be besides us, there are other Enforcers coming to rotate? It shouldn't be ah..."
"That one doesn't look like it's delivering people. Could it be a supplies vehicle?"
"If it's a supplies vehicle, it seems to again be a bit too small right?"
"..."
Just as the crowd of Enforcers were whispering to each other, Qiong Xuan swept a glance over here, and spoke with a deep voice, "Don't be curious about what you shouldn't be curious about."
The moment this sentence came out, the crowd instantly quieted down. After lining up neatly, they were led walking towards the interior of the Aurora Base.
After passing through three or four neither big nor small Warehouses, the crowd arrived in front of a short and small dirt mound. They looked around blankly, seeming to still be looking for where the main body of the base was. Right at this time, Qiong Xuan's voice rang out again:
"What are you blanking out for? Go in ah."
"Go in where?"
Qiong Xuan stretched out his hand, pointing at that dirt mound in the darkness.
The crowd focused their eyes to look over. Only then did they discover that it was a hemispherical artificial building. Its exterior shape was like a bunker, and at this moment in the center of the bunker, an elevator going deep underground, was currently quietly waiting for them.
"The Aurora Base, is down below."