Chapter 2344: S-Rank Guide Forced Love 29

The Youzan under the table instantly pricked up his ears!

He immediately gripped Jin Chen's fingers and bit down hard on his palm!

No! The timing's wrong! The place is even more wrong! He's still under the table!

Jin Chen's fingers were being pinched by Youzan, then bitten with moderate force by the other's teeth, accompanied by a warm, wet lick.

He kept a straight face, his voice still steady, carrying the commander's official tone: "I will increase the density of night and pre‑dawn patrols and add more sentries."

"Your reminder is valuable, Lindon Sentry." He affirmed the report, then answered the guidance request: "As for guidance, the elite team will conduct it uniformly before gathering tomorrow morning."

"Now, go rest."

Lindon's eyes flashed with disappointment, but receiving the commander's affirmation was already no small feat; he dared not speak further, immediately saluting: "Yes, Commander! Subordinate takes his leave!"

Having said that, he turned and strode out of the tent.

As the tent flap fell, silence returned inside the tent.

Jin Chen didn't rise right away, but instead leaned back slightly.

He lowered his gaze, looking at the sentinel curled up under the table, glaring at him with dissatisfaction.

Jin Chen extended his finger, still damp and bearing tooth marks, straight toward Youzan's lips.

"You're so bold," Jin Chen's voice teased, a stark contrast to the official tone he'd used with Lindon earlier: "How many times did you bite me? Say it yourself."

His fingertip pressed against the sharp tooth that had just done the damage.

Youzan squeezed out a muffled hum from his nose, like a wolf‑dog whose tail had been stepped on, then domineeringly straddled Jin Chen's thigh; the rough fabric of his combat pants rubbed against the commander's crisp uniform trousers, and his knees jammed hard into the narrow gaps on either side of the seat.

"I'm still here, and you want to give guidance to someone else!"

"In a few more days, you'll be able to send off the collar."

Jin Chen let out a low laugh, his finger pressing over Youzan's dissatisfied gaze at the corner of his eye: "This isn't the time when you told me to get lost and said I could give guidance to just anyone."

Youzan: "……"

Recalling the words he'd once spoken while locked up, he was equally unashamed, nibbling Jin Chen's finger without really putting force behind it, a muffled threat wrapped in warm, moist breath.

"If you're capable, don't sleep with me."

Jin Chen cupped the back of his head, nodding leisurely: "Yeah, no talent—so can we go to bed now? My sentinel."

Jin Chen still had to go assign more patrol personnel, while Youzan, unwilling, was coaxed into going to wash up.

After returning to the field bed, he pulled Jin Chen's pillow into his arms, buried his nose in it and inhaled deeply; the guide's residue on it made his spine tingle.

After a while, the tent flap finally lifted; Youzan closed his eyes, waiting for Jin Chen to get into bed before burrowing into his embrace, his forehead pressing against the hollow of his collarbone.

Jin Chen patted him and said, "Go to sleep."

The white wolf gripped the black wildcat's scruff, curling at the foot of the bed into a black‑white furball.

—

Lead‑gray sunlight struggled to pierce the ever‑present polluted cloud layer.

The temporary camp's atmosphere was heavy; the energy shield's light flickered faintly in the morning mist.

In the morning, the unit finally broke camp and advanced toward the resource mine point in the wasteland's core area.

However, as the High Tower troops struggled through the wasteland and were about to reach the mine's outskirts, they discovered another armed force already lying in wait.

They wore grey‑green combat uniforms unlike the High Tower standard, their formation tight and stern.

Several modified heavy armored vehicles stretched across the front, their muzzles vaguely aimed at the High Tower unit.

An intangible pressure lay between the two forces.

New Star Alliance Organization.

Soon, both sides faced off and stationed themselves outside the mine point, with all High Tower sentinels on high alert.

Inside the hastily erected command tent, the atmosphere was even tenser than outside.

On the holographic sand table, the standoff positions of both sides and the mine's core area were clearly marked.

Deputy Commander Lei Mengde, seven accompanying guides, and the vanguard elite team members held a meeting in the command tent, with Jin Chen seated at the head.

Lei Mengde's face turned ashen as he broke the silence first: "The situation is grave! The New Star Alliance obviously came prepared this time."

He slammed his fist hard on the edge of the sand table, making the light and shadow shake: "The resource mine is crucial matériel; it's vital to High Tower—we cannot yield!"

"That means we not only have to contend with those damned mutants in the wasteland, but also stay wary of sniper fire from behind; the biggest problem now is that we know nothing about the commander leading the Alliance this time!"

"We don't know their command style, we don't know their core force composition—this leaves us extremely reactive!"

The lack of information also left this experienced commander feeling vexed.

Silence, looking at the sand table, glanced at Jin Chen, then at Lei Mengde, and said, "Andre."

The tent fell instantly silent.

Lei Mengde turned his head toward Jin Chen, face full of bewilderment: "Who? Andre? Which Andre?"

He suspected he had misheard.

Jin Chen lifted his eyelids: "New Star Alliance—Grey Falcon Andre. He's the overall commander of this operation."

Lei Mengde:???

Youzan's pupils contracted slightly as he glanced at Jin Chen's profile.

Lei Mengde and the others wore looks of having seen a ghost.

How could Jin Chen possibly know that?!

Lei Mengde opened his mouth, struggling to digest this sudden information, and instinctively followed up.

"……How many elite sentinels did they bring? What's their grade? How are the guides allocated?"

This is practically the core information every commander most urgently wants to know before a battle.

Jin Chen's gaze returned to the sand table, his fingertip hovering over the cluster of light points representing the Alliance forces.

"Regular sentinels—twenty mixed squads of B‑ and C‑grade."

Elite force, ten A-rank sentinels. Ten guides accompany.

Raymond was completely speechless.

Precise down to exact numbers and rank distribution—this… this is no longer intelligence! It's practically like Jin Chen personally arranged the alliance's troop deployment.

"You… you how do you know everything?!" Raymond finally regained his voice.

What the hell!

【Of course it's from the all-powerful Pixiu Lord's investigation!】 Ling Gun Gun excited, lying on the sand table, 【Host! According to the agreement, snacks should be doubled this month~】

【Not bad.】

Jin Chen hummed in his heart, reached out and drew a circle on the sand table marking the core area of the mine point, looked at Raymond, and issued the first command.

"No need to clash head-on here; first negotiate."

"Negotiate?!"

Raymond almost jumped up, his voice raised, "Commander! You might not know, the Nova Alliance and our High Tower are mortal enemies!"

"They are a bunch of untrustworthy raiders! Negotiating with them is like playing music to a cow; they'll only see it as our weakness and seize the chance to attack!"

He waved his arms excitedly, obviously completely disagreeing with this decision.

Other sentinels also showed doubtful expressions.

Lu Wen also wanted to refute, but was stopped by Jin Chen's gaze.

Lu Wen: "……"

Damn, why does the commander always target him!

He glanced secretly at Yuzan, guessed the reason, and felt both angry and annoyed.

Jin Chen glanced sideways, waiting for Raymond to calm down a bit before speaking again, his tone resolute.

"So, I'll handle the negotiation."

"And you, Deputy Commander Raymond," Jin Chen's gaze swept over the elite sentinels, "take the vanguard elite unit, and... Yuzan. Bypass the front battlefield, advance through the secret passage on the flank, rush into the mine point's core area, act quickly."

Yuzan frowned, "I'll go with you."