The word to describe Sally's way of eating would be "diligent."
Chen Nuo rarely saw anyone eat with such "diligence." Only those who have experienced much hunger would eat this way.
Sally was diligently chewing the beef in her mouth, swallowing with a stretched neck, worrying Chen Nuo that the little girl might choke.
Reaching out to hold Sally's hand, Chen Nuo gently said, "If you can't eat anymore, don't force yourself."
Sally blinked her eyes, looking at the big plate of potato stew with beef in front of her, a trace of regret in her big eyes.
"But..." Sally hesitated, looking at Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo imdiately thought of sothing and turned to look at the beret at the restaurant's door.
The guy stood at the doorway, hands behind his back, standing straight as a rod.
Chen Nuo waved at the beret, who glanced coldly at Chen Nuo, showing a hint of impatience between his brows, but still walked over with a cold face.
"What do you need?"
Looking at the beret, Chen Nuo thought for a mont and said slowly, "I need a lunch box. You must have military ones here, right? Preferably one that can be heated."
The beret frowned at Chen Nuo, seeming to want to say sothing but eventually holding back, taking a deep breath and walking away.
A mont later, he ca back with a tal military field lunchbox, placing it in front of Chen Nuo: "This is the only one."
Chen Nuo smiled, "Thank you."
Turning back, Chen Nuo picked up the fork, packing the potato beef stew into the lunchbox until it was full, then closed it and handed it to Sally.
"Take this, so you won't feel regret."
Sally, with a surprised expression, took the lunchbox, holding it tightly in her arms.
The little girl held it tight, looking into Chen Nuo's eyes, "Thank you!"
"With this, if you're hungry, you won't worry about having nothing to eat."
Sally squinted her eyes, tucking the lunchbox into her arms.
The beret looked at Chen Nuo's actions, raising an eyebrow: "Are you finished eating?"
Chen Nuo smiled, "If there's nothing more to add, then we've finished."
The beret snorted, "If you are done, the BOSS wants to see you."
Chen Nuo looked at Sally, but before he could speak, the beret said coldly, "Your companion will be taken back to rest, soone will take care of her."
A female soldier, seen before, ca into the restaurant and took Sally away. Before leaving, Sally reluctantly looked back at Chen Nuo, but Chen Nuo smiled at her, "Be good, go back and rest, I'll co for you for sure."
The little girl was taken away with so unease, and only then did Chen Nuo turn to the beret, "Let's go, take to see your BOSS."
The beret nodded, gestured for direction, and Chen Nuo readily stepped forward.
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Exiting the ss hall, he pushed the door open to the outdoor space of the base.
The ground was leveled according to military airport standards.
As soon as Chen Nuo stepped out of the ss hall, the roaring sound of helicopter rotors was heard in mid-air.
A gust of wind hit him as a transport helicopter slowly descended from the sky.
The rotor blades stirred up a strong airflow, ssing up Chen Nuo's hair, causing him to instinctively lower his head.
The beret behind pushed him aside from the building.
Chen Nuo walked a few more steps, seeing that the transport helicopter had landed in the distance, and after the hatch opened, a team of fully ard, black-clad soldiers quickly jumped out.
What caught Chen Nuo's eye was the last figure erging from the hatch, tall and strong like a bear, with a huge bald head, hair shaven clean.
His face was full of fierce lines, looking exceedingly intimidating.
After jumping down, the guy casually tossed his gun to a companion by his side, striding towards the ss hall.
"Jason!"
The burly man saw the beret walking with Chen Nuo, yelling, and quickly walked up as if to pat the beret's shoulder.
The beret's eyes imdiately showed a trace of vigilance and precaution, swiftly retreating a step, coldly staring at the other.
The other grunted loudly, "You M Country folks are really boring. Don't forget, we were drinking together just a month ago!"
The beret replied coldly, "Yes, and then after drinking, you smashed my lieutenant's face, knocked out four of his teeth, and broke his nose."
The burly man shook his head, "He challenged first to a duel, I just let him taste the great Soviet Red Punch!"
Saying so, he grinned, "But Jason, you really should change lieutenants; that guy is too soft, like a girl."
Jason coldly glared at him, taking a deep breath, "Alright, once you're done babbling, step aside, I need to take soone to see the BOSS."
"BOSS? What BOSS?" The burly man frowned, "I was only out on a mission for a week, and a BOSS appeared at the base? Is it our commander?"
"No, according to the company's orders, the commander temporarily ceded the highest command authority of the base, and a gentleman with orders from the high command of the company is now in charge of this base, and our direct leader." Jason replied coldly.
The burly man was stunned, and his jovial expression imdiately vanished, "Authorization from the company's high command? BOSS? Who is it?"
"Vanel, that's not for you to ask, just follow orders." Jason answered coldly.
Chen Nuo was standing on the side, thoughtfully watching the two bickering—actually, Chen Nuo also wanted to pat this bear-like man on the back and warmly shout "Davarishi..."
But well, it's 1999, and this era's Davarishi doesn't know yet.
But... in 1999, was Vanel an operative for the Octopus Monster Company in Afghanistan?
Hmm, by this ti, he should have already beco a double agent, right? Probably had secretly joined Noah's Ark?
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Vanel frowned, his eyes suddenly swept over Chen Nuo, pointing at Chen Nuo, asking Jason, "Who's this guy?"
"A guest of the BOSS." Jason said coldly.
Vanel shook his head, speaking with so confusion, "Sothing's not right, parachuting in a BOSS directly, getting the command from the company's high-ups, skipping many interdiary steps? Directly seizing the highest command of this base? This isn't normal, is there a major action?"
Jason shook his head, "I don't know, don't ask about these matters, the BOSS took command just a few hours ago."
After a pause, Jason slowly said, "I think you should report to the new BOSS; that's the standard procedure."
Vanel also nodded, "Indeed, I need to report the result of my mission since our command has changed; I'll report to this new BOSS then."
Speaking, he asked, "Is he in the command room?"
Jason nodded, and Vanel whistled, "What are we waiting for? I can't wait to report the mission result and get my bonus."
Only then did Chen Nuo, pretending to be polite, look at Vanel and smile, "Are you a Mao Bear Person?"
"Yes! A Bear Warrior with the Red Fist!" Vanel laughed heartily, looking at Chen Nuo, "And you..."
"I'm a Huaxia person." Chen Nuo smiled warmly, then loudly said, "Davarishi!!"
With that, he opened his arms and without hesitation went over to Vanel, giving him a manly back-patting embrace.
Actually, Vanel was a little dazed, but the keywords "Huaxia person" and "Davarishi" that Chen Nuo said still brought a friendly smile to Vanel's face, and naturally, they shared a hug.
Narrating, Jason with the beret didn't anticipate Chen Nuo would do this out of the blue. For a mont, he seed to forget to react and stop it. By the ti he realized and wanted to grab Chen Nuo, Chen Nuo had already voluntarily let go of Vanel, smiled at Vanel, stepped back, and looked at Jason: "Alright, enough with the pleasantries. Can we stop wasting ti here? Hurry up and take to see your BOSS."
Jason gave Chen Nuo a deep look and then glanced at Vanel who appeared as usual. Not noticing any issue, he nodded and said: "Let's go!"
Jason led Chen Nuo forward, with Vanel following behind.
However, when Vanel looked at the backs of Jason and Chen Nuo, a hidden flash of unusual color crossed his eyes!
Because just now, when Chen Nuo shouted "Davarishi" and hugged Vanel, he whispered sothing softly in Vanel's ear.
Chen Nuo said:
"Ark!"
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The operations command room of this base is located beneath a very solidly constructed permanent fortification.
Unlike those semi-permanent barracks outside, the standard for this operations command room building is clearly at least a level higher.
It should be able to withstand direct heavy weapon attacks.
Outside the command room door, there are guards standing watch. Seeing the three approaching, they imdiately saluted proactively.
Jason stood at the door, first straightening his beret, then looking at Vanel: "You wait here, I'll take the guest in to see the BOSS first! If he's willing to see you, then you can go in."
After speaking, Jason went over to knock on the door.
Chen Nuo heard Vanel mumble: "Pretentious M Country jerk."
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When Chen Nuo was brought into the command room by Jason, there was only the Mother Clone alone inside.
On the table in front of him was so food, surprisingly including a box of cigarettes.
The room had obviously been tidied up, with a single sofa placed there.
The Mother Clone's gaze fell solely on Chen Nuo as he and Jason entered: "Looks like you've rested well."
Chen Nuo nodded and slowly said: "Thanks to you, after so many days, I finally got to take a hot shower and had a good al. If you provide with a clean room and a soft bed, I might thank you even more."
The Mother Clone nodded, glanced at the beret: "et his demands, Jason."
Jason imdiately responded: "Yes!"
Then, Jason slowly said: "There's a field B team commander outside the door, belonging to the company's field affairs departnt. He just returned from a mission and, according to procedure, needs to report to the base's highest commander..."
The Mother Clone glanced at Jason, shook his head: "I don't care about these specifics. Report your original tasks to the original base commander. If there are issues, have the commander find ."
Jason straightened up and gave a military salute: "Yes!"
The Mother Clone glanced at Jason: "You go outside and wait too. I want to talk alone with my guest—oh, and get a glass of Coca-Cola for my guest; he likes drinking cola."
Jason was about to leave when Chen Nuo, smiling, said: "Add ice cubes to the cola! Cola without ice is soulless."
Jason took a deep breath, seeming to furrow his eyebrows, but rely nodded and whispered: "Okay."
Once Jason left the room, leaving only Chen Nuo and the Mother Clone, the Mother Clone sighed: "You should be better towards this guy nad Jason.
I've seen his personnel file; he's an Ability User with chanical control capabilities. In your current state, he could crush you with one hand."
"So what?" Chen Nuo rolled his eyes: "After all, you're the BOSS now; he still has to follow your orders."
The Mother Clone grinned: "But you're well aware that this BOSS of mine is an imitation.
I'm not the real Octopus Monster of this era. Once discovered, it would be very difficult for both of us to leave this base alive."
Chen Nuo asked curiously: "I'm very curious about where the real Octopus Monster of this era is? You're impersonating a high-ranking position in the Octopus Monster Company, issuing orders—won't he find out?"
The Mother Clone thought for a mont, laughed: "Actually, there's no harm in telling you... in 1999, the Octopus Monster is near Antarctica."
Chen Nuo realized: "Antarctic Red Circle?"
"Yes, the very place you visited, it's ford by the company's highest internal forces secretly gathered by the Octopus Monster. It's the company's top secret, and at this ti, he's likely transford into a huge octopus wandering and searching near the sea surrounding the Antarctic."
Pausing, the Mother Clone said: "The Octopus Monster has been doing this for a long ti, so he seldom manages company affairs.
He's left a special contact thod with just two or three trusted confidants at the Elders' Council and issued an order: not to disturb him unless under certain exceptional circumstances, so..."
Chen Nuo laughed.
No wonder... no wonder during that period, the Octopus Monster Company experienced a power struggle. Those idiots at the Elders' Council, so even crazily attempted a power takeover.
"So for now, we're safe, as long as I don't cause too much trouble; the Octopus Monster won't discover soone impersonating his orders and stealing so company resources."
The Mother Clone easily said this, then actually walked to the single sofa and sat down, even crossing his legs.
Chen Nuo looked at the Mother Clone: "Alright, stop with the nonsense. How do you plan to deal with ? Kill ?"
The Mother Clone looked at Chen Nuo: "Do you think I'll kill you?"
Chen Nuo thought for a mont: "Originally, I didn't think you'd want to kill , since you need my abilities to take you back to our ti.
But that night, you actually ambushed ; I realized my judgnt might be wrong. You struck a lethal blow, so..."
The Mother Clone shook his head: "No, no, no, Chen Nuo. If I wanted to kill you, I would've followed down the valley to finish the job that night.
You didn't really think your posturing with bravado was convincing, did you?"
Chen Nuo raised an eyebrow: "You saw through it?"
"Of course, it was a slope, not a children's slide at an amusent park. I watched you roll down from above! If you weren't hurt in that state, I'd say your luck would probably buy you a lottery ticket."
Now it was Chen Nuo's turn to be puzzled: "So you don't want to kill ?"
The Mother Clone shook his head: "I don't. I'm not lying; I need your capabilities to take back to our original ti."
Chen Nuo suddenly understood: "Got it. So when you ambushed , it wasn't to kill ... but... you just wanted to escape from my side!"
The Mother Clone didn't deny: "We were mutually kidnapping, mutually imprisoning each other. Continuing to be bound to you ant I had no opportunity to protect myself... because I don't want to kill you, but you keep wanting to kill .
I had to separate from you first, find my advantage, surpass you in strength to control you.
So, I had to leave. But at that ti, under such circumstances, you clearly wouldn't let go easily—you wanted to kill !"
"Yes, I didn't hide that." Chen Nuo nodded in agreent.
"So, I had to reach a position of strength to co back for you." The Mother Clone smiled: "Luckily, I have a way."
Chen Nuo coldly said: "You certainly have a way, relying on the mories of the Octopus Monster you've consud. Alright, now how do you plan to dispose of ?"
"Very simple; I've already told you my needs. I need you to take back to our era."
"Can't do it." Chen Nuo shook his head: "I've lost all my abilities; I'm just a regular person now."
The Mother Clone touched his forehead, nodded and said: "Yes, you can't do it now because when you reverse the tiline, you suffered backlash injuries from defying the rules of ti. These injuries are indeed hard to recover from, so..."
Speaking, the Mother Clone looked up at Chen Nuo: "What if I told you I have a way to heal your injuries?"
Chen Nuo raised his eyebrows, looking at the Mother Clone, but said nothing.
"But there's a paradox." The Mother Clone laughed: "If I heal you, restore your strength, you'll imdiately kill without hesitation!
But if I don't heal you, there's no way for you to take back..."
Chen Nuo sneered: "Indeed, this paradox exists."
"But fortunately, I have thought of a way."
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