Lan Xue's text ssage made Luo Zheng's face change dramatically, knowing sothing had happened. Otherwise, Lan Xue wouldn't send such a ssage at this ti. He gave Captain Li an apologetic look, Captain Li tactfully left, and Luo Zheng quickly dialed Lan Xue's phone. Once connected, he said, "It's , has sothing happened?"
"I was afraid of disturbing your selection, so I had to send a text. Can you talk now?" Lan Xue's voice ca through the phone. After receiving Luo Zheng's confirmation, she continued, "If possible, it's best to co back tomorrow. Sothing big has happened. The Snow Fox Team suddenly went missing and is unreachable. They are eager to see you and hope to hear your opinion."
"What?" Luo Zheng was taken aback and asked, "What's actually going on?"
"We received a ssage that the Snow Fox Squad was searching for Shadow's clues in the prival forest when ambushed by a heavy force. After a fierce battle of five minutes, there was suddenly no contact, completely lost, fate unknown. This happened about half an hour ago. It seems our sick leave needs to be canceled early, and they want you at the headquarters tomorrow." Lan Xue quickly said.
"Understood, I'll make arrangents and leave imdiately, return within three hours. Have Lan Xing prepare the intel and wait for to return for a quick internal eting." Luo Zheng hurriedly instructed since things change very fast on the battlefield, ti is not a luxury. Luo Zheng hung up the phone and quickly found Captain Li.
Upon hearing there was a mission, Captain Li didn't ask many questions. He imdiately arranged for a helicopter escort. Luo Zheng found Ghost Hand, Snow Leopard, and Mountain Eagle, temporarily interrupting the selection. After explaining the situation to them when they ca to a less crowded place, he concluded, "Everyone knows the selection thod, discuss and handle it together, led by Ghost Hand for external interactions. You guys stay, complete the selection process quickly and return with the chosen ones. We're running out of ti."
"Yes." The three of them quickly agreed.
Luo Zheng motioned for Ghost Hand and the others to continue the selection while he hurried to the prepared helicopter. Captain Li ca to see him off. Luo Zheng explained the handover of the selection process to Ghost Hand and asked Captain Li to directly connect with Ghost Hand for anything. He then quickly boarded the helicopter heading to the Fourth Squadron camp.
Along the way, Luo Zheng closed his eyes, pondering what exactly Snow Bear's conspiracy could be. Shadow's people disappeared, and Snow Fox's people also disappeared. This suggests that the entire First and Third Squadrons could be wiped out. When did Snow Bear's combat power beco so strong? Or could there be another conspiracy involved? What could it be?
Unknowingly, he arrived at the camp. Once Luo Zheng was dropped off, the helicopter left. Lan Xue and Hong ihua were waiting at the airstrip to greet him. Everyone exchanged a glance without saying anything and headed straight to the conference room. Lan Xing was already in the conference room with everything prepared. They exchanged knowing looks and each found a place to sit down, no ti for pleasantries. Luo Zheng looked at Lan Xing and said in a deep voice, "Let's begin."
"Yes." Lan Xing responded, imdiately tapped a key, and a video appeared on the electronic screen.
It was satellite footage of the Snow Fox Squad being encircled and annihilated. In the dense jungle, enemies closed in from all sides. Strangely, they were all wearing hoods, moving swiftly and fearlessly. Although Snow Fox and the others were very tenacious, they couldn't withstand the enemy's onslaught, and soon soone was injured.
The footage suddenly vanished, leaving only snowflakes on the screen. Lan Xing quickly explained, "Satellite interference, it'll resu normal in about five minutes, but the people vanished into thin air, and there's been no news since. This is all the intel we have. The enemies wore hoods, making identification impossible. There were about two thousand of them, using standard AK-74M weapons."
"Arctic Bear's army standard weapon?" Luo Zheng said in surprise. Seeing Lan Xing nod, Luo Zheng looked at Hong ihua and Lan Xue. The two of them gave a helpless smile, making Luo Zheng ponder. After a while, he suddenly said, "Check the people, see if there's any feature."
"Check the people?" Lan Xing asked in surprise, looking at Luo Zheng, "How to check since they're all hooded? What to check for?"
"Height, body shape features—I need to confirm if the people are from Arctic Bear. They are holding standard weapons; why cover their heads? Weapons already reveal their identity; what are they hiding? I suspect they aren't Arctic Bears, or at least not entirely." Luo Zheng explained seriously.
"Makes sense, I didn't think of that. I'll check right away, but it'll take so ti." Lan Xing said with glee.
Hong ihua relaxed and told Lan Xing, "Take your ti, having a way is better than nothing."
"You make sense; the weapons exposed their identity. They needn't hide unless they aren't from Arctic Bear Country. If not, then there's a bigger conspiracy here, possibly a trap against our National Blade. Their appetite is quite big. It seems they're trying to lure us in repeatedly and devour us all. What do you think?" Lan Xue said with a serious face.
"If they're not entirely Arctic Bear people, we need to figure out who they are. Not knowing this is problematic." Luo Zheng said a bit helplessly.
"Knowing their real identity is impossible; they all wear hoods and won't admit it, but we should be able to determine a rough identity. Let's wait for Lan Xing's results." Hong ihua said helplessly, "There's a eting at headquarters tomorrow at nine to discuss this matter. They want to hear your opinion, so you need to be prepared."
"Hmm." Luo Zheng responded casually, falling into deep thought. Hong ihua and Lan Xue knew Luo Zheng's habits and did not disturb him but patiently waited. After about ten minutes, Lan Xing's results ca out. Based on the analysis of body type, there were Caucasians, Yellow Race, and Black people, as well as European types from Arctic Bear.
Different races have different body features; although the enemy's hoods made it hard to distinguish, with precise computer calculations and comparisons, identification was possible. This finding made Luo Zheng's expression turn grave. So many races clearly don't belong to one nation; it's almost like a joint force. What are they gathering for? What's the conspiracy?
After a while, seeing Luo Zheng still silent, Lan Xue couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking?"
"I suspect it's a coalition force, either rcenaries or elite units from various countries working together. Afraid we might recognize them, so they cover their heads. To make us believe they're from Arctic Bear Country, they're all using AK-74Ms. There's definitely a conspiracy." Luo Zheng said with a grave face.
"A coalition? Could it be our old rival, the Eight-Nation Alliance?" Lan Xue asked softly.
"That's possible." Luo Zheng's expression turned solemn. He looked at Lan Xing and instructed, "Work hard and match the skulls of all photographed individuals with our old Eight-Nation Alliance adversaries. See if we find old acquaintances. If they're old rivals, this drama won't be simple. There must be results by dawn tomorrow." As he spoke, Luo Zheng's eyes flashed with a chilling murderous intent, and his tightly clenched fists had bulging veins.
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