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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: The Exercise Begins

This is a piece of intelligence personally written by Company Commander Miao. As long as we convert the content into bird language and whistle it out, Zhuang Yan, who is waiting at the Company Headquarters, will hear it, write it down, and hand it to Company Commander Miao," Lin Mu said, holding the fabricated intelligence report.

"That method works! Let's go, I'll go with you," Happy Baby said after reading the intelligence.

After testing, any sound produced by the whistle Happy Baby made could travel over one kilometer.

Therefore, Lin Mu and Happy Baby went to the mountain forest about one kilometer away from the Company Headquarters.

"Company Commander Miao, is this reliable?" Platoon Leader Chen asked Company Commander Miao in the Company Commander's Office.

"Setting aside whether it's reliable or not, these kids worked hard for over ten days to figure out the Bird Language Code. We should at least give them a chance," Company Commander Miao said.

"Chirp, chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp." A pleasant bird call sounded. Company Commander Miao, who was about to speak again, looked toward Zhuang Yan.

He saw Zhuang Yan continuously tapping a pen on the desk, listening, and writing non-stop on a piece of paper.

Since Platoon Leader Chen hadn't seen the message Company Commander Miao gave Lin Mu, he curiously walked behind Zhuang Yan to see what he was writing.

Company Commander Miao hadn't written much content, so the bird calls stopped in less than a minute.

Just a few seconds after the bird calls ceased, Zhuang Yan put down his pen and looked at Company Commander Miao, saying, "Report! I have finished translating it."

"Read it."

"Receiving orders from superiors: Enemy Agents have infiltrated our camp's back mountain, attempting to steal our intelligence. Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company's First Platoon is hereby ordered to proceed to the back mountain to search for the Enemy Agents." Zhuang Yan read the content on the paper.

"Company Commander Miao, how is it? Is it correct?" Platoon Leader Chen asked curiously, and Zhuang Yan also looked at Company Commander Miao expectantly.

"Correct. Not a single word is wrong," Company Commander Miao said with a smile.

"Company Commander Miao, how was that?" Lin Mu arrived at the Company Commander's Office immediately after whistling the message.

"Not bad! I didn't realize you had talent in this area, kid." The more Company Commander Miao looked at Lin Mu, the more he liked him.

After Lin Mu and Zhuang Yan left, Company Commander Miao stood by the window, watching Lin Mu's retreating figure, and sighed with emotion: "As expected of a university student who graduated from the Genius Youth Class."

After standing for a moment, Company Commander Miao turned around and looked at Platoon Leader Chen.

"First Platoon Leader, find a few people and have them learn this too. Try to make use of it during the exercise."

"Yes, sir."

"However, Company Commander Miao, let's just have the squad leader and me learn it first."

"After all, there are only a few days left until the exercise. It would be difficult to find people with zero foundation and start learning from scratch. The First Squad Leader and I have already put effort into this, so it will be easier for us to pick up," Platoon Leader Chen explained after some thought.

"Mhm, you two learn it first. We'll talk about this after the exercise is over." Company Commander Miao nodded, agreeing with Platoon Leader Chen's suggestion.

Time slipped away as Platoon Leader Chen and Old Cannon learned the Bird Language Code, and soon the day of the exercise arrived.

"The annual military exercise of the Southeast War Zone has begun!"

"Our Group Army is the Red Army force, and our Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company is the dagger and eyes of the entire Red Army."

"As the saying goes, 'Train soldiers for a thousand days, use them for an hour.' This confrontation exercise is war. Dare to fight, strive for victory, and secure success! comrades, do you have the confidence to complete the mission?" Company Commander Miao asked.

"Yes!" the crowd shouted.

"First Platoon Leader!"

"Present!"

"Come here and receive your Mission Briefing," Company Commander Miao said.

"Yes, sir." Platoon Leader Chen stepped out of the formation, received the Mission Briefing, and without looking at it, turned and returned to the ranks.

"Reconnaissance Company!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Move out!"

Inside the vehicle.

Everyone was looking at Platoon Leader Chen, waiting for him to assign the mission.

"The mission our superiors gave us this time is to use small units to severely damage the Blue Army at all costs. Since that's the case, we will operate in groups of three, acting independently," Platoon Leader Chen said solemnly after reading the Mission Briefing.

"Independent action? Can we form teams?" Lin Mu asked.

"Yes, you can. Then it will be three people per group," Platoon Leader Chen replied.

"Lin Mu, I'm teaming up with you," Zhuang Yan said.

"Me too," Happy Baby's voice rang out.

"Alright." Lin Mu smiled, thinking to himself, "It seems the interaction during this period has paid off."

"Platoon Leader Chen, we have formed our team," Lin Mu said, looking at Platoon Leader Chen.

"System, I want to Draw a Prize."

There was still some distance to the exercise area. Lin Mu, who was about to rest, remembered he hadn't drawn a prize today.

"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Danger Perception Skill."

[Scanning the Host's environment. Anything that threatens the Host will be marked with a red light spot, showing the distance. Displayed in 3D format. The scanning range is one square kilometer.]

"This is a great item."

This was Lin Mu's first reaction after hearing the System's introduction.

To be honest, while the night is conducive to traveling and lurking, it is not favorable for searching.

If Wolf Fang personnel happened to be lurking along the route we were taking, we would probably be discovered the moment the three of us appeared.

Whether being chased or captured, neither was what Lin Mu wanted.

Now that he had this Danger Perception Skill, he could run around freely.

After entering the exercise area, Lin Mu took Zhuang Yan and Happy Baby off the vehicle.

After getting out of the car, Lin Mu immediately used the Danger Perception Skill.

"This skill will remain active once used. The Light Screen will disappear when the danger signal vanishes, and if danger appears, it will reappear immediately," the System said.

That's truly thoughtful.

After silently thanking the System, Lin Mu looked at the Light Screen in front of him. Seeing no red dots, he motioned for Zhuang Yan and Happy Baby to sit down.

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"I just wanted to tell you that you need to follow my lead for the upcoming operation," Lin Mu said.

"Okay."

"Why?"

Happy Baby was the one who agreed, and Zhuang Yan was the one who disagreed.

"Do you know what my next plan is?"

Lin Mu's rhetorical question instantly stumped Zhuang Yan.

"Listen to me first. We'll head to Area 702 in a bit, and we'll spend the night there," Lin Mu said.

In fact, the reason Lin Mu chose Area 702 was that in the Original Drama, the Missile Brigade that Platoon Leader Chen and Zhuang Yan blew up during the exercise was located in Area 702.

However, Lin Mu didn't say anything, firstly because he was afraid of the Butterfly Effect: what if the Missile Brigade wasn't there?

Secondly, if he mentioned it, and they arrived only to find it actually was there, how would he explain himself?

It was better to be a bit mysterious; it would be easier to brush it off later.

"Alright, if you don't want to spend the night in the wilderness, follow me." After speaking, Lin Mu turned and walked away.

Zhuang Yan and Happy Baby exchanged glances, sighed, and had no choice but to follow.

After half an hour of full-speed travel, they finally arrived at Area 702.

"Stop running. We'll just walk forward at a normal pace," Lin Mu said, raising his hand.

"Are you afraid there's an ambush ahead?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"I don't know, but better safe than sorry," Lin Mu replied.

Having said that, Lin Mu looked at the Light Screen in front of him and thought to himself, "I didn't expect the Missile Brigade to be so vigilant. We haven't even seen their Station yet, but we've already run into sentries

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