Chapter 208: Their Duty Cannot Change

Qian Kesheng had only returned to the village from Haiyang Base yesterday; the people before her eyes had no vehicles, and walking here through the wind, snow, and cold would take at least a dozen hours.

Haiyang Base is not a small base, and it has a garrison; even if it suffered a large-scale attack, it would not collapse easily.

Even if a Zombie Virus suddenly broke out, it would take time for it to fall; how could it be gone in just over a day?

Liu Mu did not hide her suspicion at all, staring at the three people before her as they recounted the sequence of events.

In order to recover the host's favor value, Heitao A took the initiative to conduct a lie detector test; these people were not lying.

The matter was just as it was; Liu Mu was not surprised to encounter trouble, she was just a bit annoyed that her plans had been disrupted.

"Zheng Tian!"

Once the matter was explained, Liu Mu jumped off the truck, and while putting on her coat, she called out, "You take the convoy back to Qijia Village; Sea Soul Team, assemble and come with me."

The order was given; Zheng Tian pursed his lips, eager to try, but was suppressed by a single look from Liu Mu.

Fine, there was no part for him in this battle either.

The tall man felt aggrieved, then shouted to the drivers, "Drivers of all teams, leave the combat vehicles behind, everyone else pack up and return."

However, he also exercised his ability; as soon as he finished shouting, he trotted over to Liu Mu's side, "Boss, how about I trick that guy surnamed Qian into providing reinforcements?"

Liu Mu glanced at the mining foreman who was about an inch taller than her, "You brat, you really understand my thoughts this time. Take this, don't open it, and give it to Qian Kesheng. Just say Haiyang has been attacked by rebel forces and I am going to suppress the rebellion; if I don't come back, the glorious cause will have to rely on him from now on."

"Ah?" Zheng Tian panicked instantly, "Then I must go with you, Boss, no, no, don't hit me!"

Zheng Tian couldn't dodge in time and was still patted on the head by Liu Mu, "What are you thinking, you brat? Finish the mission properly, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing that he truly couldn't go, Zheng Tian could only guarantee that he would fool the man into going.

Liu Mu was not afraid that Qian Kesheng wouldn't come; regardless of whether he believed in her strength, he could not let her die at Haiyang Base.

The church definitely knew that Haiyang Base was where he operated his forces; once a believer of her rank, which was higher than his, died on his turf, he would be subject to investigation.

Just like... Liu Mu could only kill Haide Kamp, otherwise, there would be endless trouble.

At this moment, she naturally did not know that Haide Kamp was already waiting for her, and Haiyang Base was the burial ground he had laid out for her.

The two groups separated; knowing there was a combat mission, Lin Xiuchun and the others didn't say much, as they wouldn't be able to help if a real fight broke out.

The Sea Soul Team only took one truck, speeding along the snow-covered road, while Niu Boyi had already gone ahead to scout for information.

On the road, Liu Mu had everyone circulate a map of Haiyang Base and the surrounding routes in the truck bed; in summary, it was backed by mountains, faced the sea, and had large mudflats—not terrain that was easy to defend and hard to attack.

In peaceful times, Haiyang was an emerging tourist city second only to the major coastal trading cities; its main income, besides traditional coastal trade, was domestic and foreign tourists.

Compared to Haicheng and Jindong, it had no light industrial manufacturing, no large docks, and the climate itself was more pleasant, with both mountains and sea; it was impossible for such a place not to develop tourism.

"The city is not large, but the several counties along the coast were well-developed to accommodate tourists, and there are many roads. According to the several work reports previously given by Division Commander Bai, three counties under Haiyang's jurisdiction were destroyed by Giant Sun Fragments. The main urban area of Haiyang is relatively well-preserved, and the post-disaster base was also built in the urban area."

Ma Si took the initiative to undertake the analysis task, explaining the basic situation to everyone.

"Haiyang Base currently has 【number】 registered survivors, with over twenty thousand people scattered across several locations in the counties; the urban garrison is one standard brigade of about seven thousand people, and the garrisons in the counties consist of three independent regiments, totaling over six thousand people after excluding the fallen soldiers. Therefore..."

"Wait a minute!" Liu Mu was taken aback, "Say that again, how many troops are garrisoned in Haiyang? Are you joking?"

"This... there is a reason for it," in the freezing cold, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Ma Si's back, "Division Commander Bai's division itself has a very complete configuration and is also a main combat division, and besides..."

His finger had just pointed to the high mountains on the map when Li Fei helped him say it, "Although Haiyang City is a tourist-level city, it has a large permanent migrant population; when the disaster occurred, they and the tourists didn't have time to leave. Moreover, after the roads were destroyed, this place was isolated into a closed area by the Canglan Mountains and the sea. Also, Division Commander Bai's reinforced division was originally stationed in this area, right? I remember they had their... in the Canglan Mountains."

"This!" Ma Si was truly sweating; he had previously said he would introduce Bai Chonghuan to Liu Mu, but he hadn't mentioned the military situation.

What was going on? Did the Deputy Team Leader of the Sea Soul Team know so much? Then did he, the Confidential Clerk, still need to do his job?

"Indeed, there is a Military Base of the Southeast Military Region in the mountains, so, Boss, please don't be angry; there was too much information and I hadn't had time to report it to you yet."

"I'll beat you to death!" Liu Mu was no longer in a hurry and couldn't help but ponder, "With such a high configuration, it still fell? That bunch of people wouldn't have run away themselves first, would they? Bai Chonghuan doesn't sound like a fool either."

A fool...!

"It is also possible that someone infiltrated the base to spread the Zombie Virus, just like the Jiang Family father and son before," Ma Si's brain was spinning fast, trying to save his future with Liu Mu, "If the urban base fell, Division Commander Bai should have relocated. Currently, it seems most likely that they relocated to this county."

Liu Mu did not agree with this; she looked at Ma Si, a worse premonition rising in her heart, "Little Ma, if it were Commander Yang, do you think he would abandon the infected masses and only relocate with his own people?"

"... No, you mean, but..." Ma Si understood Liu Mu's meaning, and the others understood as well.

"In that case, whether the people dug out of the snowdrift ran away themselves is no longer important," Li Fei did not doubt Liu Mu's judgment, "Perhaps, we brought the first batch of medicine, maybe it's not too late?"

Liu Mu reached back and pulled open the curtain leading to the driver's cab, "Drive faster, even faster!"

After a round of analysis, it turned out that the situation at Haiyang Base was even worse than a total collapse—it was still in the process of collapsing...

"Boss, the blizzard is here, I'm afraid we won't be able to go much further." The driver Niu Feng could barely see the road ahead and had to shout to Liu Mu.

At this point, Liu Mu had no better way; the truck was too big and too slow.

And under the thick snow, the road conditions were unknown, and the off-road vehicle's chassis couldn't make it either.

"Boss, no!" Li Fei could tell what she was about to do from Liu Mu's expression and hurriedly grabbed her arm, "Sister Mu, this is not a battle you can change alone; even if you go first, the effect will..." not be great.

"Do you know what I used to say to Tan most often?" Liu Mu forced a smile, her eyes filled with determination, "One must always try, right?"

"But," Li Fei wanted to talk about the fate of the Former Special Operations Team, but he couldn't bring himself to say it; what were they? They were the people left behind by the Former Special Operations Team, the main force of the current Sea Soul Team, but no matter if the team's name changed or not, their duty could not change.

"The vehicle can't go, we can march rapidly; it definitely won't be delayed for too long, you and Division Commander Bai must hold on!"

"Such a large base," Liu Mu's gaze swept over all the team members, the meaning self-evident; they were but a drop in the bucket, but what was more terrifying was that this time, there could be no support from the Barrier.

"Ma Si! From now on, you are Li Fei's Confidential Clerk; take everyone and the medicine to the Military Base, and use my work ID to mobilize people."

"Yes!" Ma Si hesitated for only a second; the Liu Mu before his eyes had already left the truck with extreme speed, leaving only a few snowflakes blowing in through the briefly lifted curtain.

The truck continued to move, and Li Fei distributed the medicine to everyone; it was unclear how much effect this medicine would have, but perhaps sending it would save some people.

In silence, the truck came to a complete stop, and the driver Niu Feng shouted inside, "Can't go any further."

"Pack up, get out of the vehicle!"

At Li Fei's command, all the soldiers silently rose and left the warm truck, entering the mountain forest in the blizzard; the short team was like a fragile yet sharp nail, piercing toward the target.