Chapter 523: The Eerie Knocking

After the meeting, Yun Hua moved into An Yinan's office; she first took out the problems she had listed and placed them in front of An Yinan.

After Nan Nan looked them over, she performed a simple theoretical analysis; these were all things she had taught herself from books.

Yun Hua's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and the surprises Nan Nan gave her became more and more frequent.

"So that's how it is!" Yun Hua looked as if she had learned something.

When An Yinan saw that she understood, she returned to her own desk and began the day's translation work; for some technical terms, she no longer needed to go out of her way to look them up, as she could just ask the person across from her, and Yun Hua could give a rough explanation, which she would then combine with her own experience to work backward and arrive at the correct answer.

With the two of them sharing an office, An Yinan could no longer keep all the materials in her space; after all, materials suddenly disappearing and reappearing were quite frightening.

However, she still quietly took a few sheets away every day to translate when she returned to her room, as the translation speed was too slow if she only worked in the office.

Days passed like this, one by one, and there were only five Project Departments left.

The number had been reduced by half, and the remaining five were particularly conspicuous.

"Has the offensive slowed down now?" Jiang Zhen looked at the markers on the sand table and asked Chen Xun with some confusion.

Chen Xun nodded; with Yun Bi and him taking turns over the past few days, his mental state had improved quite a bit.

"Department No. 3 pulled a 'something from nothing' on that group of people."

"How so?" Jiang Zhen was surprised.

How could they possibly create something from nothing?

Chen Xun smiled, "Everyone over there went into hiding, and there was no movement for three days; in such an environment, it made the other side suspicious."

"When the scouts attacked, they discovered the Project Department was already empty."

"Later, when the main force continued to probe deep into the mountains, they were caught in a pincer attack from front and back; our people captured that team with zero losses."

This news was the best news of the past few days.

Every time something happened to a Project Department, they would receive notification here; casualties were inevitable, and where there was fighting, there was death.

This time, they had been pushed to the limit; otherwise, the Captain would not have used this method just to stall for time.

"It's good to be able to make the other side show some restraint." Jiang Zhen nodded.

Within the borders of Huaxia, why not wipe them all out in one go?

It is easy to dodge an open spear, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow.

Furthermore, exposing many of the people lurking in Huaxia would be of great help to the future Development Economics of the country.

Most importantly, one must protect the lives of ordinary people; many Project Departments were set up deep in the mountains not only for concealment, but also to stay far away from the public.

"The other side hasn't reacted yet, but when they do, there will be other actions." Chen Xun's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop as he looked at the sand table and the deployment of personnel movements before him.

A situation like this could not be maintained for too long!

One day, An Yinan and Yun Hua were sitting in the office when they heard a knock at the door.

However...

Just as Yun Hua was about to get up to open the door, An Yinan said, "Wait."

She picked up a piece of wood from under the bed frame and gripped it directly in her hand; under Yun Hua's puzzled gaze, she opened the door and looked at the familiar face outside.

"Something up?" An Yinan leaned against the door, the wooden stick in her hand hidden behind her back, while her other hand let out a yawn.

"The higher-ups are asking, is the document ready?" That person peered into the room, but unfortunately, the door crack was opened too narrowly, and he only saw a wooden bed and a messy quilt.

"Document? What are you doing? What document? Bringing us here for no reason, I really don't know what you people are trying to do!"

"Get lost!" An Yinan suddenly spoke up.

The soldier lowered his head and said, "Wrong place."

An Yinan glared at him, "You're delaying my sleep!"

Then, under the soldier's gaze, she slammed the door shut with a "Bang!"

Afterward, there was the sound of footsteps walking further and further away, and the sound of those slippers hitting the floor.

Yun Hua did not make a sound; after the door opened, although she hadn't seen what was going on outside, she realized something was wrong.

A layer of cold sweat even broke out on her back.

If it had been her, what would have happened? Thinking of this, she shuddered violently, still covered in that layer of cold sweat.

Hearing the footsteps outside, Yun Hua was just about to move, but An Yinan shook her head.

Yun Hua immediately froze in place!

Her expertise came from research; she had never been to a battlefield, and although she was a soldier, all her skills were related to research.

At this moment, the only person she could trust was Nan Nan.

"It's okay now." An Yinan also let out a sigh of relief.

"Who was that person?" Yun Hua whispered, as if the tension from just a moment ago had not yet dissipated.

An Yinan shook her head, "Not someone from the Project Department."

"How did you know that person was a problem?" Before Yun Hua's words had even faded, they immediately heard a rapid knocking at the door.

Yun Hua instinctively looked at An Yinan, and seeing her nod, she finally got up to open the door.

"Nan Nan." Chen Xun entered the room and immediately saw An Yinan leaning against the bedside.

"How are you? Are you hurt? Were you scared?" Chen Xun rarely seemed this urgent; this time, he didn't give Nan Nan time to answer, asking three questions in a row.

An Yinan smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, we're fine."

She had just started to get up when she felt everyone's worried gazes, especially Wang Qing, who rushed over, made An Yinan lie back on the bed, listened to her with a stethoscope, and then looked at An Yinan and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Is your heart hurting? Or is there a sinking sensation in your lower abdomen?"

Three more questions.

"I'm really fine."

An Yinan put on her slippers, stood up, and spun around in front of everyone.

For convenience, she had long since changed into house slippers to save time, and her feet were also more comfortable.

"What exactly is going on? Why are there strangers at the project?" An Yinan asked Chen Xun.

The people in the room were all somewhat silent now.

"Do you still remember the Skinning Technique that Yun Zhi mentioned?" Yun Bi spoke up.

The reason they discovered the problem was because they saw a person without a face beside the restroom.

That person's facial skin had been forcibly peeled off.

Could such a high-difficulty surgery really be completed in such a harsh environment?

Everyone had not even heard any movement.

"How did you discover it?" Jiang Zhen asked.

The moment he had just discovered the corpse, his heart had nearly stopped; after protecting them for so many days, they had almost been undermined at the root.

"The knocking sound," An Yinan said.

"Group Leader's knock is heavier; he knows that when I am working, it is hard for me to hear sounds from outside, so he deliberately increased the force."

"The deceased soldier would deliberately lighten his force; he knew my importance, and usually, he basically wouldn't knock."

"But this person, perhaps because they were in a hurry, the force was light, yet it was two parts heavier than the soldier's, and also two parts lighter than Group Leader's."

An Yinan was afraid they wouldn't understand, so she categorized the knocking sounds.