Chapter 329: Chapter 329: Return from the Perilous Otherworld Quickly (6)
Ye Nai continued driving and half an hour later, found a patch of grass by a stream.
Not only was there enough space to park their three off-road vehicles, but there was also ample room to set up bathroom facilities and kitchen equipment. Ye Nai’s two-story prefab building could also be accommodated. She placed folding beds in the two vacant rooms downstairs, so the Smoke Formation Team didn’t need to pitch tents.
The group took turns bathing and cooking. To save time, Ye Nai decided to cook a large pot of clay pot rice with abundant ingredients.
The injured had a bowl of noodle soup that Ye Nai made using a concentrated homemade soup packet as the base. The side dish was tender and delicious Secret Realm shrimp sprinkled with a hint of energy.
When it was time to eat, the clay pot rice was obviously more than enough, but it wasn’t a problem. They could finish it in the morning and save the trouble of cooking anew.
After a hearty meal and washing the dishes, more than an hour had passed by. They set an alarm and the whole team rested for four hours.
Ye Nai didn’t need them to stand guard.
Four hours later, the group woke up to the sound of an alarm, heated the leftover clay pot rice that they had deliberately saved, and the injured had a bowl of large wonton.
After the meal, they continued on their journey.
Ye Nai said they would reach the buffer zone by evening. True to her word, as the sun set, three vehicles burst out of a dense forest that had blocked their view, opening up to a clear view ahead.
An expansive open field appeared before them, covered in grass but devoid of trees and shrubs.
“Woah, we’ve reached the buffer zone?”
“This is divine. Where did we emerge from?”
“Not only is the boss great at paving the way, her navigational skills and route-finding are exceptional!”
“I remember when we snuck in, it was stop and go, and it was quite difficult to walk.”
“Hey, being bad means more practice.”
Listening to the chattering voices on the car radio, Ye Nai turned on the tail lights and stopped the vehicle.
“Rest for half an hour. Then let’s make a dash past the midfield.”
“Alright, boss.”
The other two vehicles stopped in succession. Everyone gradually got out to stretch their legs.
They had been traveling on bumpy roads since noon and just stepping on the ground felt unstable, giving them a dizzy feeling as if landing on solid ground for the first time.
“Boss, boss, we need to head straight towards the camp. Any other direction leads to a minefield.”
Shi Lin stomped her feet to ease the discomfort and then hurried over to Ye Nai to explain.
“A minefield? Why would there be a minefield on our side? Did enemy soldiers come close before?”
“It was laid out before, during a time of tug-of-war fights. The mines aren’t cleaned up, and they don’t really want to clean them, fearing that the enemy might come over again one day.”
“In that case, I was thinking of taking them away if you didn’t want them, to use in the Otherworld to blast the enemy.”
“These mines are so old, even a falling stone would set them off. Boss, you shouldn’t pick up everything, it’s dangerous,” Shi Lin advised cautiously.
“Okay, okay.”
Ye Nai showed a face full of regret while the members of the Smoke Formation Tactical Team wiped their sweat.
Despite her words, she instructed the leading spore to locate lands filled with mines so it could penetrate underground, grow, proliferate, and strengthen. Upon the next opportunity, she planned to collect them all at once.
After half an hour of rest, and having devised a preliminary route through the spores, everyone resumed.
In the buffer zone, both sides actually had Patrol Teams, the purpose being to guard against the other side sneaking across the vast expanse into their controlled area.
The difference was that Dahua Country’s Patrol Team used vehicles, while the enemy walked or rode horses.
The leading spore just needed to find biological traces left by enemy soldiers to avoid the dangerous minefields.
The three off-road vehicles continued their journey, cutting diagonally across the buffer zone.
Meanwhile, the member responsible for communication in the Smoke Formation Tactical Team switched on the portable radio, tuned to a specific channel, and every two minutes called out to the approaching frontline camp using coded language to identify themselves.
Two kilometers from the buffer zone, the radio of the communications operator echoed back, and both sides used code words to converse a few times, confirming their identities were correct.
In the frontline camp, several cannons had been aimed at the three rapidly approaching military off-road vehicles. The order to cease fire came through, and the gunners lifted their heads.
Upon receiving the communicator’s message, Shi Lin picked up the vehicle radio to speak with Ye Nai.
“Boss, we’ve made contact with the frontline camp.”
“Is the middle line almost reached?”
“Yes, about one kilometer away.”
“Alright, I’ll stop at the middle line, you guys just pass by directly, and I’ll turn around and head back.”
“Boss, I really owe you big this time. It delayed your mission; when you return to Daijing, we definitely need to get together properly.”
“Sure, we’ll discuss it then.”
Shi Lin changed the channel to contact the rear vehicle team members.
“The boss will stop at the middle line; I’ll overtake from the side with this vehicle, you guys make sure to keep up.”
“Understood, Captain.”
“The boss has done us a great favor; when can she return to Daijing? We really need to have a good meal to thank her.”
“I don’t know; the boss didn’t elaborate, she has her own missions. We agreed to gather when she’s back.”
“That works too; a bit of anticipation is quite nice.”
“Indeed.”
As they spoke, the driving team member saw Ye Nai’s vehicle brake to a stop and turn on the parking lights, quickly steering to pass her by.
The rear vehicle promptly followed suit. Sёarch* The NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
As both vehicles passed Ye Nai’s car, they simultaneously lowered their windows and waved goodbye to her.
“Boss, see you in Daijing!”
Ye Nai also lowered her window and waved back, watching them drive off before she herself turned around to head back.
She drove obediently, not daring to suddenly disappear.
The buffer zone was vast and open; who knew how far one could see from the frontline camp here.
As Ye Nai drove, she resolved to head straight for the enemy camp as soon as she returned to the jungle.
Meanwhile, Shi Lin, who was rushing back to the camp, received a radio transmission from the camp.
“Smoke Formation Team, you went out with two vehicles; how come three returned, and you even left one at the middle line, only for two to come back in the end? What happened?”
“That one vehicle belongs to a boss we encountered in the Otherworld who saved us; thanks to her, our severely injured team member survived. She put aside her own mission to ensure our safe exit; now she has turned back.”
“You mentioned the boss was alone?”
“Yes, yes, she was alone, and she’s incredibly powerful.”
“Alright, I understand; we’ll discuss the rest when we meet face to face.”
“Okay, okay, we’ll talk when we meet.”
Shi Lin turned off the communication and immediately switched to the squad channel, instructing the vehicles behind her to be alert and ready to respond upon returning to the camp. Any failure, mismanaged operations, or injuries of the team members were her fault as captain, and they shouldn’t involve the boss.
The team members all expressed that they had gained much from this mission and would stand by their captain, prepared to take responsibility together.
Listening to her team members, Shi Lin felt relieved; they truly were the teammates she had carefully selected.
This exploration mission itself could be considered a failure since the entire route was compromised during the process of Ye Nai helping them escape.
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