A shield appeared on the screen, followed by two crossed swords below it.
Lines of dark green text flashed by, and a dot matrix map of the Seychelles Waters appeared.
"Last week, we captured His trace in Fileros."
Price’s avatar, accompanied by his voice, appeared on the screen in small squares.
"He demolished a building and vaporized a military base. We don’t currently know whose assets those were, but given the secrecy level, the power behind it is formidable," said Price.
"We can’t let Him act on His whims any longer. He is no longer one of ours."
Ghost’s avatar appeared to the right of Price.
"Our spy in Kadi Port has sent reliable intelligence that two whaling ships regularly head to the Seychelles Waters. They are not transporting whale oil, but people," Price said.
"No need to think about it, they are being used as materials for human experintation," Wang Mingxue’s avatar appeared next to Ghost.
"Most are smugglers, to be honest, I don’t have sympathy for them," said Price.
"Their route back and forth is very fixed, with no escort along the way, seemingly disregarding others. This is very much in His style," said Ghost.
"We have already pinpointed the endpoint of the human trafficking, a renovated drilling platform," said Price.
The dot matrix map zood in, revealing a conspicuous orange square.
"He is researching sothing there. He was created by a pharmaceutical company, has retaliated against them, and now, He has replaced them," said Price.
"We need a quick in and out, to clarify what He is researching. The danger level of this mission is very high, there’s still ti for anyone to opt out," said Ghost.
"You must be joking," Leng Kai’s avatar appeared below Price.
"Let’s hear the plan," Soap’s avatar appeared to the right of Leng Kai.
Two blue dots appeared on the east side of the orange block, connected to the block by two blue lines.
"The council’s warship will transport us near the drilling platform, and we will go there on assault boats. anwhile..." said Price.
A green dot appeared to the west of the platform.
"A submarine from Shadow Company will lurk on the west side. If there’s trouble during our retreat, it will launch an attack to buy us ti," said Price.
"Shadow Company? Employed by the Federation?" asked Soap.
"The Federation Army isn’t ready to sever ties with Him but has held grudges for a long ti. After all, the era has changed. The assassination of the previous President might not be unrelated to Him," said Price.
"There are no Superpower Special Departnt forces on the platform, only PMCs. We will not fail this ti," said Wang Mingxue.
"By the way, we have a new mber who will join us in this operation. You all should have t him already," said Price.
"Let’s get to work," Wang Ye’s avatar appeared next to Leng Kai.
On the map, the blue dots were approaching the block; the screen switched, showing the vast Seychelles Waters in heavy rain, with two small boats crossing the waves.
A 10-man special task force, clad in Frogman Combat Suits and wearing goggles, faces drenched with rain, saw the drilling platform only two nautical miles away in their AR vision. In the line where sky t water, the huge drilling platform was as small as a thumbnail.
"Team A, go up from Column B! Team B, from Column C! We have 20 minutes! Their research center is in the core part, accessible only via an iron bridge. If we encounter resistance, open fire imdiately!" Price shouted.
The earpiece transmitted a series of confirmations.
"Are there hostages on the platform?!" Leng Kai asked.
"This isn’t a rescue mission, even if there are hostages we can’t evacuate them, we need to get the intelligence and evacuate before He notices!" Price said.
"Understood!" Leng Kai responded.
Leng Kai glanced at the assault boat over a hundred ters away, where Wang Ye was silently standing with the Soap Ghost team.
Wang Mingxue’s ponytail fluttered in the wind, she wore a mask, and her one-piece frogman suit clung tightly to her body, like a second skin; her ICR short-barreled rifle in a waterproof bag was pressed against her lower abdon.
She patted Gates, who in turn patted leader Price.
With the cover of the waves, the assault boat approached beneath the drilling platform; the two boats quietly moved next to the pillars, Gates stood up and fixed the boat to the base of the pillar with a magnetic anchor, Price took out a grappling hook air pump and shot it upwards.
The steel cable shot up tens of ters high with a sound, wrapping around the railing, Leng Kai watched Price go up first, then, he too hooked himself to the cable mover.
Wang Mingxue stood at the bow, aiming up for any guards, Leng Kai slowly ascended midway seeing a huge shadow pass by in the sea.
"Shit! What did I just see! Below!" Leng Kai whispered fiercely.
Price leaned out from the walkway above, staring down for a long ti, Wang Mingxue also stepped to the edge of the boat to look into the sea, but saw nothing.
"I swept with sonar, nothing at all," Soap from Team B said.
"The waves are too big, the water’s color varies in depth, maybe it was a mistake, but stay alert," Price said.
Both teams climbed up the maintenance path of the platform, following the tal stairway upwards to the top of the drilling platform, where many containers were stacked.
The iron doors of these containers were not locked, Leng Kai casually pulled one open, but imdiately slled a stench of feces and urine. He fully opened the door and found the container full of feces and dirty bedding and blankets.
"These are where the smuggled people curl up, enduring the long journey; many died along the way," Wang Mingxue said.
Leng Kai nodded and closed the door.
"No enemies, this doesn’t feel good," Wang Ye’s voice ca through the headset.
"Head to the target location, spy satellites show it’s very calm around, no ambush, perhaps they’ve abandoned this place," Price said.
"Jackpot, we’ve found the lab, the computer is on," Soap suddenly said.
Team B had already reached the core area; Leng Kai hurried to the edge of the platform, looking across about ten ters to the west side, the central part of the platform appeared much broader, but there were no pillars below for support, instead, it was held midair by the tension from several beams from the surrounding platforms.
"This structure is really strange, they removed the middle pillars, leaving an open space, not without reason," Gates said.
"Whatever, we’re copying the server data, it will be done soon," Soap said.
Price led the team up to the core platform, the teams joined, not encountering a single enemy, the platform was utterly empty.
"Data download progress?" Price asked.
"57%, two more minutes. 1299TB, their systems aren’t even locked, total amateurs," Soap said.
Just then, a piercing electromagnetic noise ca through the headset, causing everyone to cover their ears in discomfort.
"What the hell!?" Leng Kai cursed, removing his headset.
From the corner of his eye, in the direction of the sea level, sothing black floated up.
Leng Kai focused, realizing the object looked very much like a submarine...
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