Chapter 1 Time to Evacuate

Dawn, secret base.

It was time to evacuate, and both sides' agents packed their things, ready to leave.

"Xiao Ge, Xiao Ge, where are you?" Lin Yao patted the side of a truck, looking depressed. He had been knocking for three minutes, and the agents of the Thirteenth Bureau were getting impatient.

Li Yalin wondered, "He doesn't seem to be in the car. Where did he go?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Han Xiao said last night that he was going back to the car, but now he's gone. What did he do last night?

Qi Baijia asked Zhang Wei's team, "What are you going to do?"

Zhang Wei said, "…We'll stay and wait for him to come back."

"Is that necessary?" Di Susu asked in surprise.

"The car keys are on him!" Zhang Wei gritted his teeth, feeling that the veins on his forehead were about to turn into a mad dragon soaring into the sky.

The others' faces twitched. Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate to have such a teammate…

Qi Baijia looked unhappy. He hated any instability during missions. He thought Han Xiao had a good sense of the big picture, but now it seemed he was blind! Unauthorized actions were the worst!

If anything went wrong, he would be the one to take the blame!

A troublemaker!

…

On the other side, the Haisa agents noticed the Thirteenth Bureau's actions and discussed them secretly.

"Someone on their side wants to stay."

"Didn't we agree to act together?" Ye Fan frowned, went to Qi Baijia to inquire, and after getting an answer, returned to the Haisa side to explain.

"Someone's missing."

"It's that masked logistics personnel, Han Xiao."

"So it's him." Wen Na suddenly looked serious and said, "We got intelligence yesterday, and Han Xiao denied it without any evidence. Then he disappeared at night without leaving any message and didn't return all night. It's suspicious. Could he be...a spy?"

The Haisa agents were stunned.

"Careful what you say." Ye Fan frowned. He didn't believe this deduction, but Han Xiao's behavior was indeed suspicious. He whispered, "When we get back to the military camp, report the situation truthfully to the commander."

…

The agents evacuated, leaving only Zhang Wei and his team of four at the base.

"What exactly did Xiao Ge go to do?" Lin Yao couldn't help but ask.

Li Yalin rolled her eyes. "How would I know? He didn't say anything last night."

Zhang Wei shook his head, feeling tired.

That guy really doesn't respect me as the captain, does he!

…

A few hours later, the agents from both sides returned to the border.

Wen Na and Ye Fan reported to Kelter as soon as possible.

"A Thirteenth Bureau agent didn't return all night?" Kelter paced back and forth, frowning. "Are you sure?"

Wen Na nodded. "He left last night without saying a word, and it happened right after we found out about the Dark Crow Valley base."

Ye Fan added, "Although it's suspicious, it doesn't mean he's a spy."

Kelter nodded slowly. "I'll verify this with the Xinglong people later. First, let's talk about the intelligence."

Wen Na: "The prisoners we brought back have already been put on a lie detector, which can prove everything is true. These materials were collected by Ye Fan himself by hacking into the enemy's network, and their authenticity is guaranteed!"

Kelter's eyes were sharp, and he said decisively, "Then launch the attack immediately, or things will change!"

Ye Fan hesitated and said, "If the army officially moves out, the team of Thirteenth Bureau agents still at the secret base will be in danger."

Kelter didn't care. "For the sake of strategic goals, what does it matter if we sacrifice one or two Xinglong people? Those who are not our people are bound to be different."

At the same time.

Han Xiao had taken a big detour, finally bringing two prisoners back to where he had buried his toolbox, bypassing all detectors and sentry posts. The journey was extremely difficult, almost making him cough up blood. These two burdens didn't have environment-shielding suits. It took him several hours to bypass all the alert zones. Fortunately, these two prisoners were technicians responsible for debugging detectors and landmines, and they provided a lot of intelligence, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to leave so quietly. These two prisoners played a few tricks along the way, trying to deliberately lead Han Xiao into the alert range to expose him, but he saw through it at a glance and severely punished them. Only then did they give up and obey obediently.

At this time, the sun was high in the sky. Han Xiao calculated the time and sighed, "It's bad, it's past the estimated time, I guess everyone else has evacuated."

He dug out the toolbox, took out the communication equipment, and contacted Zhang Wei.

"Hello, hello, Yangtze River, Yangtze River, this is Yellow River, please reply when you receive."

"I'll Yellow your ghost!" Zhang Wei's furious voice immediately sounded in the headset, "Where the hell did you go? You disappeared all night, everyone else evacuated, and we can only stay at the base and wait for you!"

"That's right, that's right, you have to compensate me, I want new equipment!" Li Yalin squeezed into the channel. Just listening to her tone, one could imagine her pouting in dissatisfaction... How does it feel a little cute?

Han Xiao shook his head, brought up the main topic, and said, "I infiltrated the Dark Crow Valley base and found a secret intelligence!"

Zhang Wei's expression became serious. "I'll help you contact Staff Officer Qi."

…

At the border military camp, Qi Baijia received the communication and asked, "Zhang Wei, what's wrong? Has Han Xiao returned?"

"He wants to talk to you."

Qi Baijia said unhappily, "Then let him explain it to me properly."

Han Xiao entered the channel and said, "I obtained confidential information. The Dark Crow Valley base is divided into inner and outer bases. The outer base is the working area for peripheral personnel, while the inner base is the area for core members, hidden deeper in the mountains. Peripheral personnel don't even know there is an inner base. The information about the inner base is kept secret from all peripheral members, and the inner and outer base channels can be closed and blocked at any time…"

He interrogated the two prisoners and learned that the Dark Crow Valley base was divided into two layers, and a deeper secret base was hidden deep in the mountain belly, storing important supplies. That was the real core area. Moreover, the base leadership did not disclose the existence of the inner base to the peripheral personnel, and it was also a secret to most of their own people. Even the players of his previous life did not know the existence of the inner base.

The inner base was connected to multiple evacuation routes, and core members could leave without anyone noticing. Like a wily rabbit with three burrows, the locations of these passages were all secret. Until the time of evacuation, no one knew which route the base leaders would choose.

Qi Baijia immediately understood the value of this intelligence. If the Haisa side didn't know about the existence of the inner base, they would be misled by the illusion after the army broke through the outer base, thinking they had won, and then withdraw their troops. In fact, the enemy's core forces would be unscathed, the inner base would be preserved, and they could secretly move back in the future, turning it into a more secret base.

Qi Baijia was secretly shocked. He didn't expect Han Xiao's unauthorized actions to actually yield results, and such crucial intelligence!

Ahem, although he did a good job, it must be emphasized that unauthorized actions are bad…

"Wait a moment, I'll go report to the commander immediately!"

Qi Baijia requested to see Kelter, but was stopped by the adjutant. He waited anxiously for five minutes before being received. When he entered the office, he found that Ye Fan and Wen Na were also there.

Kelter glanced at Qi Baijia lightly. "What's the matter?"

"One of my team members has found out some confidential information that needs to be reported to you."

"Han Xiao?"

"That's him."

Qi Baijia nodded, not noticing that Wen Na, Kelter, and Ye Fan's eyes had become strange.

Kelter's eyes flickered. "Speak."

So Han Xiao repeated it in the communicator, and at the end added: "If we rashly attack, we can only take an empty shell. I hope to postpone the operation and let our people scout out the enemy's evacuation time and route, and find out the structure of the inner base. Then we can directly intercept the other party's evacuation force, avoid directly attacking the other party's fortifications, and reduce losses."

After Kelter listened, he was expressionless and suddenly asked, "Where did your intelligence come from?"

"I disguised myself and infiltrated the Dark Crow Valley base, and captured two internal personnel..."

Kelter suddenly shouted, "You're lying!"

In Kelter's view, Han Xiao could not have completed the infiltration. Even a disguise didn't make sense. Making a realistic human skin mask would take at least tens of minutes. He didn't know what kind of enemy he would encounter, so it was impossible to make a mask in advance. This was a paradox, similar to the logical error of "Xiao Ming climbed up the tree and found that it was too high off the ground, so he went home and got a ladder and climbed down the tree along the ladder."

Han Xiao was stunned and realized that these people didn't know about the ability of the simulated mask.

The function of the simulated mask was his trump card, and he wouldn't tell it. However, this would make it impossible to explain the details of the infiltration.

"This is my ability," Han Xiao could only say vaguely.

"Unless you show it, it's not convincing."

Kelter was expressionless, secretly vigilant.

This person… is indeed very suspicious!