To prevent Wang Biao from being betrayed by his teammates again and ending up in a humiliating situation, Luo Xiaole briefly explained the situation to them. She signaled them to be wary of the two people who would be entering next, warning them to prevent them from causing trouble and putting teammates in danger. The group exchanged glances and a tacit understanding was instantly reached.
At this moment, the remaining team members arrived outside the door and knocked. The door opened. As soon as they entered, they saw several pairs of eyes inside staring at them with meaningful gazes.
What's going on... this suffocating atmosphere...
Their hearts pounded frantically.
"Wh-what's wrong?" they asked.
"Nothing," Luo Xiaole, sitting in the center, looked at these people, a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes. "From now on... please bear with me." Her gaze instantly shifted to one of the figures.
Well, it's a case of meeting an old foe. Among these three people was the one who had tried to snatch her ring. She then remembered that after his companion's corpse mutated, she had wondered why she hadn't seen him. It turned out he had entered the city directly and joined the elite squad.
With everyone present, Nie Heng finally stepped out, leaving the rest to the announcement. "All team members for this S-class mission have arrived. Please communicate thoroughly before completing the mission. Mission vehicles are being arranged, and the mission will commence in one hour." The familiar broadcast voice sounded again.
"Just call me Tiger. My ability is earth遁 (earth遁), with neither weak defense nor attack power." A young man in his twenties pushed his glasses up his nose, subtly glancing at Luo Xiaole several times as if confirming a target. He recalled what the director had told him in the mission center: if he could make Luo Xiaole suffer greatly, or even lose her life, the director would mobilize resources to give him a substantial bonus in points. How could he not be tempted by such benefits!
But then, an extremely cold air suddenly appeared beside him.
"Achoo!" He sneezed violently. Only then did he realize that the ice-cold man with a peerless face, who had been sitting next to the slender girl, was now glaring at him, exuding an aura that seemed to freeze him from head to toe.
"This person's ability must be related to ice and frost!" he immediately judged.
Another girl beside him spoke, "Hello everyone, my name is Zhou He. I am the accompanying healer for this mission." This was the one who had tried to approach Mo Shen at the temporary camp. Zhou He's gaze had been fixed on Mo Shen since she entered.
Finally, the ring-snatching man introduced himself. "Just call me A San. I'm also an accompanying healer." His gaze was somewhat evasive.
"There are two doctors this time! It seems the mission is truly perilous..." the stubble-faced man wailed in disbelief.
Luo Xiaole's expression was one of shock. She clearly saw that the ring A San was wearing on his hand was very familiar, and the spiritual light it emitted was different from the white light of the others here. His spiritual light was green... A green healing spiritual light, and a ring... Luo Xiaole could only think of one person, Pi Jia Jia. Wasn't this that guy's weapon? Was this really his spiritual ring? Was that guy still alive? She still owed him a meal!
...
An hour later, the convoy split into two vehicles and drove out of the Luocheng Base, speeding towards the outskirts. The drivers this time were Wang Biao and Tiger. For safety reasons, and to ensure each team had a healer, Luo Xiaole, the other two, Zhou He, and Wang Biao were in one car. The remaining people were in the car behind.
The cars quickly drove out of the Luocheng Base's alert zone, speeding towards the area where the elite squads had disappeared. Wang Biao, driving in front, wasn't particularly nervous and even hummed a tune.
"Guandong Dao, why are you still in the mood to sing? Aren't you scared?" Zhou He asked him, her eyes wide.
Wang Biao turned his head and cast a meaningful glance at Luo Xiaole in the back seat. "With them here, why would I be scared?" After all, Luo Xiaole dealt with weapon experts all the time, she might even have an arsenal! Coupled with the memory of the last mission, Luo Xiaole was definitely reliable!
Luo Xiaole ignored the conversation in the front. She was silently contemplating who among the three new, unfamiliar people would be the "time bombs" for this operation.
With a screech, the car stopped. "Alright, we've arrived at the mission location." Wang Biao confirmed the map while looking at the surrounding scenery.
"But how can this..." He couldn't help but be surprised. There were no dangerous forests around, nor any conspicuous buildings. It was like a vast, clean expanse of land untouched by the apocalypse.
"This is where they disappeared?" Luo Xiaole was also taken aback. What could be done here? It didn't look like anyone lived here.
"Yes," Mo Shen's voice, deep and magnetic, replied. "Look, there are tire tracks on the ground."
Luo Xiaole squatted down and discovered that where Mo Shen pointed, there were several tire tracks, and beside them, very faint footprints. The tire tracks were almost identical to those of the cars assigned to them by the mission center...
Luo Xiaole and Mo Shen followed the footprints and found that they extended forward to a lawn, where they suddenly disappeared. The exposed soil on the lawn was very flat, with no signs of being trampled.
"What's going on? Did they just vanish?" Luo Xiaole stared at the tire tracks, unable to find any other explanation besides their sudden disappearance.
"Could it be that something dangerous happened here, and they retreated?" Tiger offered his opinion.
"Then there should be footprints of their return, but there's nothing now. They didn't retreat at all... And judging by the completeness of the footprints, they walked over here very calmly..." Luo Xiaole thought of her experience at the military base and suddenly had an idea. She stepped forward into the spot where the footprints disappeared. Then she reached out her hand.
Indeed. She felt an inexplicable obstruction in front of her, as if something was blocking her. There should be a large protective shield here. Luo Xiaole voiced her thoughts. The others quickly raised their hands and confirmed the range of the surrounding protective shield.
"My god! Such powerful spatial shielding technology!" Tiger exclaimed as he walked along the protective shield.
"If the person who can perform spatial shielding opposes Luocheng Base, we might be in trouble..." A San also marveled.
"So, all our base's elite squad members are trapped behind this protective shield?" Zhou He covered her mouth. "What exactly is inside?"
While everyone was still immersed in discussion, Luo Xiaole suddenly felt something. She looked up and suddenly saw, behind this unknown protective shield, several white vortexes that seemed to be approaching them.