Roadmap to the Bound Book 3, Chapter 221: Present

Book 3, Chapter 221: Present

Since the airship didn’t have its movents limited by terrain and only needed to travel in a straight line, it moved much faster than the SUVs. Of course, it still needed to land and rest at night. Even if they were airborne, they couldn’t avoid the anomalies in the rged space.

Despite that, it only took them two days to return to Fort 4.

The mont the airship landed, Lai Wu ca over with soldiers. “Captain Chen, I’m under orders to take Fei Tong from your hands. He’ll be under my jurisdiction from now on.”

Chen Chuan motioned to the soldiers behind him, and they brought Fei Tong out from the airship. When they were handing him over to Lai Wu, Yuan Qiuyuan said, “Keep a close eye on him. We went through a lot of trouble to capture and send him here. Don’t get him killed.”

No expression appeared on Lai Wu’s face when he heard that. He just had the martial artists behind him go forward and drag the still severely wounded Fei Tong away.

Chen Chuan called over the rest of his team. After giving them a few instructions, he released them. The mbers saluted him before heading off to the rest area to relax and drink.

Chen Chuan went to the war room alone and saw Ding Mou waiting for him there. He handed the report he wrote on the way back.

Ding Mou had received a rundown of the situation from the telegram, so after receiving Chen Chuan’s report, he just skimd through it before setting it aside. “Captain Chen, you and your team finished the mission in no ti and prevented a large number of deaths and losses. You even captured the mole. I hereby thank you on behalf of the base.”

“I just did my job. By the way, is the base sure that Fei Tong is the mole?” Chen Chuan asked.

“He’s not the only one, but we’re sure that he’s one of those involved in that case.”

Chen Chuan nodded.

After handing over Fei Tong to Lai Wu and submitting the report, Chen Chuan could be considered to have completed all the procedures, so he left the war room. Just then, Advisor Pei contacted him, saying that since it was near the end of the year, he was going to release the special dicine for the mission over the next few days. All Chen Chuan had to do was wait.

Chen Chuan already knew that he shouldn’t be getting the special dicine so quickly, not if they went through all the steps required for it. Advisor Pei and his faction must have pulled strings behind the scenes for it to happen this fast, so he sent a ssage thanking him.

Once back in his room, Chen Chuan rested for two days. On the twenty-first, Advisor Pei contacted him saying that he brought the special dicine. He then asked to et up.

Chen Chuan went to the sa room he always used to et Advisor Pei. They shook hands, and Advisor Pei asked him to sit before brewing him a cup of tea. Then, he sat down on the sofa across from Chen Chuan.

“Now that you’ve finished this mission, the base won’t assign anymore missions to your unit until after the New Year. You can go back to Central City. Once there, your main mission will be to establish contact with Chen Bitong.

“Since he has invited you to go to his training center, don’t miss this chance. Do your best to get close to him.”

“What’s going to happen to my unit mbers?” he asked.

“If they want to participate in more missions, I’ll think of sothing. After you co back, they’ll still be part of your unit, though. If they don’t want to, they can also be on standby for the ti being. Still, what you want will co first. If you have any thoughts, you can tell .”

Chen Chuan pondered over it for a mont before saying, “I’m fine with this arrangent.”

Advisor Pei then dragged out a tal box from beneath the sofa and put it on the table. “This is the special dicine for this mission. Distribute it among yourselves. By the way, we’ve also sent sothing for you. Rember to receive it when you’re back.”

“What is it?” Chen Chuan asked.

Advisor Pei answered with just a smile.

When Chen Chuan saw that he didn’t want to say anything, he didn’t insist on getting an answer. After drinking a few cups of tea and talking about so things in the base, Chen Chuan left with the special dicine.

Once he was gone, Advisor Pei’s expression turned stern. He returned to his room, took out a key, opened a drawer, and grabbed a telegram with a unique number on it. Then, he started typing a telegram.

Officer Chen will return before the end of the year and will approach the target.

Ti: 2:10 p.m., 21st December

Sender: Wasp

Once Chen Chuan returned to his room, he called Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque to distribute the special dicine and the bonus. As for the other team mbers, they also got a bonus, but it was from the base.

With the special dicine in hand, Yuan Qiuyuan said in glee, “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, being in the sa unit as you is great. I’ve never heard of another unit getting special dicine so quickly.”

Qin Qingque nodded seriously. As soone born in a family of soldiers, she knew that special dicine was seldom distributed in such a tily manner.

Chen Chuan smiled. “It’s already the end of the year. I think the higher-ups are just considerate. They must be pitying us, since life isn’t easy here. Anyway, I didn’t call you two here today just to distribute the special dicine and bonus. I also need to talk about sothing with you two.

“I might have to stay in Central City for so ti after the New Year, which ans I won’t be able to participate in any missions in the rged space. What do you two intend to do?”

“I told you before, I’m not accepting anyone else as my captain,” Yuan Qiuyuan answered without hesitation.

Qin Qingque, too, replied seriously, “We’re in your unit. We’ll wait for you to co back.”

Things would be very different if they worked with the wrong captain. Even though Chen Chuan had only led their unit twice, he always took charge. He was also strong, fair, and took care of his unit mbers. Where else were they supposed to find another captain like him?

They might not have been here for long, but they did know certain things about the rged space. So captains extorted their unit mbers and squeezed them dry. After the mission, they would think of all sorts of ways to get more special dicine for themselves. They didn’t treat their unit mbers as human beings. With those examples serving as a comparison, they believed that they were lucky to be in the sa unit as Chen Chuan and would never go to join anyone else.

Chen Chuan watched them, and when he saw how firm their decision was, he said, “Since you’ve made up your mind, we’ll go with it. Once I co back, we can start taking up missions again.”

Yuan Qiuyuan and Qin Qingque stood up to salute him.

“Roger!”

Once Chen Chuan settled everything in the rged space, his team mbers saw him off the next day as he boarded the train to return to Central City.

Since he was a squad captain, even without Advisor Pei accompanying him, Chen Chuan could have an entire carriage to himself. There was also a train attendant assigned to him. He could call her whenever he needed sothing.

It was no wonder why many people did whatever they could to get promoted. The benefits were truly different.

After leaving the rged space, the train traveled for a day before reentering the tunnel under Central City. This ti, Chen Chuan saw another train traveling past him at the tunnel junction.

He took a quick look and found that the train was full of people. They appeared to be an ard force traveling with so people in suits.

They were likely people from so company, though Chen Chuan had no idea where they were going.

The two trains headed in different directions and quickly passed each other by.

Soon, Chen Chuan’s train entered the platform and slowly ca to a stop.

With a suitcase in hand, Chen Chuan got out. When he passed by the checkpoint, he heard a beep followed by a woman’s voice from his Realm Pass.

“Identified personnel returning from the rged space.

“Na: Chen Chuan.

“Status: Squad Captain.

“Vitalization Rate: 0.

“Permitted to pass.”

Then, the voice spoke in a friendlier manner. “Welco back, Captain Chen.”

Chen Chuan straightened his hat and smoothed out his clothes before walking out of the checkpoint. He then walked up the corridor.

He had co down this very sa tunnel last ti, but there were special corridors leading to the rged space under every tram station in Central City. These corridors were not open to the public and were guarded 24/7. With the Fu-Mu Entity monitoring them with her domain, only those who had been to the rged space before were permitted to pass through them.

There were so many entrances in order for the fighters scattered all over Central City to be able to quickly return to the rged space to fight should an ergency arise.

When Chen Chuan reached the parking lot, the countless noisy advertisents on the large screens assaulted his senses, but they just made him relax.

At the rged space, he was in a military zone wherever he went. He couldn’t move around at night nor feel safe at the forts. He was always exposed to danger. The atmosphere there never allowed him to truly let his guard down.

As the two worlds got closer and the rged space grew bigger, there was no telling what would happen to Central City and the rged space.

Once Chen Chuan located his car, he opened the car door, got inside, and started the engine. While doing so, he sent a voice ssage to all his friends and family to tell them that he had co back.

He didn’t head straight to the Arcane Palace. Instead, he went to the house Border Fusion had given him to dump all his spoils and morabilia.

When he drove into his courtyard, one of the housekeepers told him that they had received sothing two days ago and put it in the garage.

Advisor Pei had said that he sent sothing to him, so could it be his gift? Chen Chuan had to admit that he was quite curious.

He went to the garage and saw a large wooden box. It was about two ters tall and two ters wide.

Once he parked his car, he got out and pulled out the wooden peg holding the box together. The structure collapsed, and as dust flew into the air, a dust-proof tarp was revealed covering sothing. Chen Chuan yanked it off and found a mannequin wearing armor sitting beneath it.

Imdiately, Chen Chuan recognized the Iron Monster’s armor.

It was propped up by a movable mannequin. The iron mask, helt, shoulder plates, breastplate, forearm guards, belt, armored skirt, shin guards, hip guards, and leather boots were all there. They had even gone through ticulous repair. Not only was the armor shining, but there was even a mantle draped over its shoulders.

Chen Chuan also noticed that one of the arms was lifted in a manner as if it was holding sothing, but there was nothing in its hand. What it lacked was obviously the Iron Monster’s spear.

Wow. They know that I like collecting weapons, so they gave

a whole “weapons rack”?

The rged space had actually given him a full-course al after he ordered himself so fries.

Chen Chuan loved it.

He couldn’t leave the armor here, though. It had to be moved to his weapons display room. So, he lifted the support fra underneath and carried it to his house.