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On a clearing halfway up a mountain range in the Kunlun Mountains.

Sub-zero temperatures, freezing cold, and a blanket of white snow.

A dozen hastily erected tents huddled together, resembling a temporary combat center for an army.

Outside the tents were piles of unknown professional equipment, concealed by a layer of white snow. Were it not for the figures in black mountaineering suits darting in and out, one wouldn't notice the camp from afar.

A gust of wind, swirling with snowflakes, blew open the flap of one of the tents. Someone near the entrance quickly fastened the hook, preventing the cold wind from rushing in again.

Han Yu sat motionless in front of a row of various devices, like a sculpture. The monitors displayed strange curves and dots.

She observed these curves and dots intently, without a word.

Beside her stood several heavily bundled-up staff members, nervously operating the buttons and levers on the equipment.

Han Yu had been sitting like this for hours, without moving. The staff continued to operate the equipment without interruption.

There was no trace of fatigue on Han Yu's face, only a hint of sadness in her worried expression.

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At that moment, a biting gust of wind swept into the tent again, but this time it wasn't the wind blowing it open, but someone pulling back the flap and entering.

"Han... Boss, I have something to report."

The person who came in was Li Decha. He couldn't break the habit of calling Han Yu by her first name. Now that her position had changed, he should call her "Boss," but he often slipped up. However, Han Yu was unpretentious and didn't mind.

Han Yu's eyes remained fixed on the monitor as she said calmly, "Go ahead."

Li Decha hesitated, lowering his voice as he whispered to Han Yu, "It's about... about them..."

When he said "them," Li Decha deliberately lowered his voice.

"Them..." Han Yu understood who Li Decha was referring to.

Li Decha wanted to ask Han Yu if others should leave, and Han Yu understood that as well.

However, Han Yu only paused for a couple of seconds before saying to Li Decha, "It's fine, go ahead. There's no one here who needs to avoid it."

Seeing Han Yu's attitude, Li Decha no longer felt constrained. He said to Han Yu, "Zhao Chenguang, Fatty... Shi Chuan, Rou Yi, Jennifer, and Dodge entered the Taklamakan Desert from the Xinjiang region a few days ago. Since most of our forces are concentrated here, their movements have been secretive, avoiding many major roads. So, we... we didn't manage to track them in time."

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Hearing the name "Fatty," Han Yu's heart skipped a beat, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, but no one noticed.

"The desert... Zhao Chenguang... they finally came after all."

Han Yu sighed, finally taking her eyes off the monitors displaying strange symbols. She stared at Li Decha and asked, "Are they still in the desert?"

Li Decha looked embarrassed and replied hesitantly, "Our trackers are one to two days behind them. As for their whereabouts... we don't really know where they've gone... However, according to the returned messages, the last traces of the caravan were heading towards the Cherchen River."

The Cherchen River...

Han Yu instantly understood their destination. She asked Li Decha, "If they continue at their current speed, heading towards us, how many days will it take them to arrive?"

"This..."

Li Decha didn't expect Han Yu to ask that question. He was at a loss, stammering for a long time without saying a word, since fieldwork wasn't his specialty.

As Li Decha pondered, another gust of cold wind rushed into the tent, scattering the little bit of warmth that had accumulated.

Li Decha turned his head and saw An Wenshan, covered in windblown snow, entering the tent.

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"Three days!"

An Wenshan must have been listening to Han Yu and An Wenshan's conversation outside the tent for a while.

This guy was never one to "follow the rules," like Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. So, everyone secretly called him "Great Sage," as a sign of respect.

Han Yu was more tolerant of her subordinates. She didn't have the iron fist and methods of Strange, but she was extremely strict and demanding when it came to completing work, even more so than Strange.

"What?"

Han Yu was puzzled by An Wenshan's sudden "three days."

An Wenshan brushed the snow off his suit with his gloves, took off his mask, and said, "I heard your conversation just now. If the group you're talking about follows the Cherchen River to Qinghai, it will take them three days at the fastest, and no more than five days if there are no accidents."