ATDIWR Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Successful Interception, Owen’s Suspicion

Every action of Jing Shi Base is attracting global attention. Countries and bases are waiting to see Jing Shi Base’s reaction. Some hope Jing Shi Base will fall because of this, while others hope Jing Shi Base will completely retaliate.

Everyone is eagerly anticipating. Ji An and other researchers are under great pressure. Suddenly, bursts of cheers came from the control room. “Success, success!”

Many researchers under great pressure are kneeling on the ground at this moment, covering their faces and sobbing uncontrollably. Ji An didn’t have such a strong reaction, but he also felt the violent beating of his heart in his chest.

Ji An turned his head, trying to find that person in the crowd. Just as he turned, he fell into a warm yet firm embrace.

“I knew you could do it.” Gu Jinsheng’s voice came from above.

This time, Ji An couldn’t care less about being reserved. He hugged Gu Jinsheng back tightly.

Everyone was cheering, everyone was celebrating. Owen was also smiling, but the loss and envy in that smile were clearly overflowing. Her slender, fair fingers gently stroked her smart device again and again, just like how she used to gently stroke her lover’s handsome face.

“Boss, boss…” Owen felt someone calling her, and looked up. Jiang Fuzhong said, “Boss, Director Ji is talking to you.”

“Oh, sorry, I was spacing out.” Owen smiled apologetically.

“It’s okay.” Ji An shook his head. “This time, we owe a lot to your information for successfully intercepting the missile. If the other party hadn’t sent the accurate location where M Base launched the missile, we wouldn’t have been able to lock onto them so quickly and successfully intercept it.”

“Have you found out who sent the message from your side yet?” Wan Xueying asked.

“No.”

For some reason, hearing Wan Xueying’s question, Owen’s heart suddenly began to beat rapidly. A strong impulse surged within her heart, which was to report that she was safe to the other party. Owen’s fingers tapped lightly on her smart device a few times, and an encrypted communication was sent out. Owen’s heart was tightly clenched.

After three seconds, her communication device lit up again. Owen impatiently tapped to open the communication device, and then her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

“Boss, what’s wrong?” Jiang Fuzhong noticed Owen’s abnormality immediately and rushed over. Owen’s trembling hands seemed unable to hold her smart device.

“It’s him, it’s him, it must be him.” Owen’s tears rolled down from her eyes in large drops.

“Who?” Ji An asked.

“It’s him, it’s Du Ruanlan, it must be him.” Owen said excitedly.

Du Ruanlan, a familiar yet unfamiliar name. This name was once the faith of how many people. That was another hero, second only to Gu Jinsheng.

“I’m very sorry,” Kong Zhongcheng said solemnly. “Commander Du’s matter is very regrettable. But he has become a zombie, and zombies have no memories. Even a figure like General Commander Du is no exception. Otherwise, Du Ruanlan wouldn’t have secretly run away back then to avoid implicating Owen and the people in the Base.”

“No, you don’t understand,” Owen argued loudly. “Look at this communication, look carefully.”

Ji An and the others all gathered to look at the communication. They were two ambiguous symbols, none of them understood.

“What is this?” Ji An asked.

“It’s right that you don’t understand. This is a secret code belonging only to the two of us.” Owen’s expression was very gentle, revealing infinite nostalgia and deep longing. “In the past, whenever the two of us were on separate missions, after the mission ended, we would send these two symbols to each other immediately.” These two symbols, which seemed inexplicable to others, were his sweetest love. Symbolizing that they were safe, wishing and hoping the other party was safe, and expressing the deepest love and longing.

“No one knows the meaning of these two symbols, only he and Owen,” Owen said excitedly. “Since he left the Base, no one has ever sent me these two symbols again.”

“Although it’s cruel, if Du Ruanlan was truly alive and remembered you, why didn’t he contact you all these years?” Kong Zhongcheng said.

“Then how do you explain these two symbols?” Owen excitedly grabbed Kong Zhongcheng’s collar. “This is a secret belonging only to the two of us that no third person knows.”

“Could someone have picked up Du Ruanlan’s communication device, saw your communications, and then deciphered the code? Or maybe the other party didn’t actually decipher it, just saw that you sent this every time after a mission ended, thought it was a signal indicating the end of a mission, and sent it over by mistake.”

“No, he must still be alive,” Owen murmured to herself. “He is so powerful, he must have found a way to save himself. He must have some unspeakable difficulty that prevented him from coming back to see me. I believe he is definitely still alive. This fool, this fool, why didn’t he come back? No matter what happened, no matter what he turned into, I would stand by him!” Owen was crying uncontrollably.

“General Commander Gu, Director Ji, H Base might be gone.” Suddenly a researcher said.

Ji An and Gu Jinsheng walked over to see. They were too tense just now and didn’t notice. It turned out that the two missiles actually collided and exploded in the sky above H Base. H Base was affected by the explosion and became a radioactive ruin.

The researcher suddenly remembered that it seemed that not long ago, they had repatriated several protesters of H Nation nationality.

“H Base is really unlucky. It was originally intended to be avoided, but unexpectedly, there was a deviation in the end, and it actually landed on H Base.”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Prepare radiation suits, I’m going to H Base.”

Ji An knew his personality and didn’t stop him. “Be careful.”

“Okay.”

“I’ll go too, count me in.” Owen suddenly said.

“Owen, your emotions are very unstable right now. Do you want to rest for a bit? If your emotions calm down and you still want to go, then you can go later,” Ji An gently persuaded.

Owen shook her head. “No, I want to go. I want to go and see. Since the message was sent to me by him, he must also be very concerned about this matter. Maybe he will go there.”

Ji An fell silent.

“Boss, I’ll go with you,” Jiang Fuzhong said.

“No need, you go back to Luo City Base. Someone is needed back there to manage the overall situation,” Owen refused.

“The Base doesn’t need me. They can all handle it well. Boss entrusted you to me before he left. I must take good care of you.” This time, the ‘Boss’ Jiang Fuzhong referred to was Du Ruanlan.

Owen didn’t say anything more.

At this time, residents within Xia Nation had received the news that the missile had been successfully intercepted. They were elated and celebrated everywhere. The internet was filled with cheers and lively celebrations.

But there were still a group of people flooding in, spreading negativity. “Don’t you Xia Nation people have hearts? You’re still cheering and celebrating? M Base was clearly targeting you, but in the end, it blew up H Base. If it weren’t for you, how could H Base have been blown up?”

“This is clearly M Base’s fault. You don’t go condemn the M Base that launched the war, but come here to blame us.”

“We didn’t do it on purpose! It was originally set to destroy M Base’s missile in an uninhabited remote mountain forest. But the time was too short, and there wasn’t much time for preparation. An accident occurred, which led to H Base being affected. We didn’t do it intentionally, okay? Blame M Base instead. Our Xia Nation is just defending itself.”

“Isn’t H Base M Base’s most loyal supporter? Thinking about being hit by a missile launched by M Base, they should feel honored.”

“Xia Nation people are too inhumane! It is clearly because of them that H Base was bombed, and they are still shirking responsibility here! It’s too shameful.”

“Xia Nation people are selfish and cold-blooded. They are a nation without humanity or human rights. Through this incident, everyone can see the true nature of Xia Nation people. I once again call on everyone to boycott Xia Nation together! Boycott Xia Nation people and everything made in Xia Nation.”

“The person upstairs, boycotting Xia Nation and Xia Nation people is enough. Boycotting things made in Xia Nation might not be necessary, right? Don’t forget nutrient solutions, healing pods, and the smart device you are currently using are all made in Xia Nation. Forget about the others, boycott nutrient solutions, are you planning to starve yourself to death?”

No matter how heated the argument on the smart devices was, in reality, it didn’t affect Jing Shi Base.

“General Commander Charles, Jing Shi Base successfully intercepted the missile outside of Xia Nation. Unfortunately, the two missiles collided at H Base,” the researcher who launched the missile reported the news to Charles.

“An explosion actually occurred in the sky above H Base? H Base is just too unlucky.” A senior official said, “I don’t know what H Base is like now. Should we send someone to take a look?”

“Who’s going? Are you going? It’s filled with radiation there now.”

“Aren’t I worried that if H Base is completely annihilated, there will be no way to ask for money next time?”

“Speaking of which, it seems H Nation also paid a part of the money to manufacture the missile.”

Charles was furious amidst the discussion of the senior officials. “How could Xia Nation successfully intercept my missile? This time I launched a surprise attack, without revealing any information beforehand. How did they know?”

Charles’ suspicious gaze swept over the senior officials in the room one by one. “Even if they knew I was going to launch a missile, without the specific coordinates, it’s impossible to successfully intercept it so quickly. So, who among you betrayed me? Betrayed M Base?”

All the senior officials immediately sat up straight. “No, we did not betray M Base, and certainly did not betray you!”

“Lying!” Charles roared angrily. “If you didn’t betray me, how could Jing Shi Base react so quickly this time?” Charles’ eyes were bloodshot, like bubbling with blood. “Who is it? Stand out now! Don’t force me to act.”

Almost all senior officials became alert at once. Everyone was secretly exerting force. They knew Charles wasn’t joking. If he identified someone, he would absolutely not give them a chance to explain.

Finally, one senior official couldn’t withstand Charles’ suspicious gaze and made the first move. Charles immediately counterattacked, and then other senior officials joined in. A battle belonging to high-level Power Users occurred in the M Base senior officials’ meeting room.

It is unknown how long this battle lasted, but it finally ended. Blood flowed like a river inside the building. All senior officials died in this battle. Charles, having lost one eye, became the final victor.

Charles dragged his staggering steps towards the command room. He pushed open the door of the command room. The first thing he did was not call someone to treat his wounds, but to give orders to the researchers. Ordering them to prepare again, they must use the fastest speed to launch a second missile at Jing Shi Base again.

The staff received such an order and sincerely felt from the bottom of their hearts that Charles was completely insane. But no one dared to refuse Charles.