Atlas of Heaven and Earth

Chen Chuan and the others were escorted to Guan Yumming's temporary Command Center as soon as they got off the armored transport vehicle.

Guan Yumming had his adjutant brief them on the situation and then said, "Everyone, Madam Fang has already gone to prepare the medicine. Now, I need you to act according to the circumstances. If conditions allow during the transaction, you must try to rescue the person. Once the person is rescued, it will be easier for us to take action."

However, despite him saying this, the Wuyi Academy students could certainly choose to refuse. After all, they were being commissioned, not under anyone's command, so this matter was not mandatory for them.

Han Guo remained silent on the side. She was responsible for providing information and evaluations, but the choice was up to the students. She would not interfere.

Among the students, a senior student surnamed Liu thought for a moment and asked, "What is the situation with the villagers of Caijia Village?"

Guan Yumming said, "Currently, it is unclear. Caijia Village should have been occupied by the Resistance Organization before, and this group seems to be connected to bandits like Fang Dawei. We can only say that the situation in the village is worrying."

The students discussed it, and they all leaned towards agreeing. Moreover, since it was said that they should act according to the circumstances, they had a lot of autonomy. If there was no opportunity, they could completely refrain from acting.

Chen Chuan didn't offer any opinions. After all, the senior students had experience, and he could tell that their ideas were relatively reasonable when they discussed.

The student surnamed Liu then made a request, "Director Guan, we can agree, but given that the enemy has both implants and firearms, we need the Patrol Bureau to provide us with protective gear and grant us temporary permission to wear it."

Hearing his permission, the senior students also relaxed a bit. With protective gear, they could be a little bolder in their actions.

The protective gear was quickly delivered. Although it was just standard-issue protective gear, it was enough for them.

Everyone immediately changed into it, and Chen Chuan also put on a piece. This protective gear slightly constricted the body and had some thickness, but it wasn't very heavy and didn't hinder his movements.

At this time, Madam Fang's medicine was also delivered. Guan Yumming first had the person in front shout a message to the village, and after receiving a definite response, the group took the medicine and headed towards the village.

On the way, the senior student surnamed Wu suddenly asked Chen Chuan, "Junior, are you nervous?"

Chen Chuan said, "Not really."

The senior student surnamed Wu looked at him and chuckled, saying, "You're really something. I feel a little uneasy."

"Alright, stop talking."

The senior student surnamed Liu turned around at this moment and solemnly said to Chen Chuan, "Classmate Chen, I know you are very capable, but you may not have experience in handling this kind of thing. I will negotiate with these bandits later. If there is no opportunity, then so be it. Don't act rashly, because none of us are alone, but a team. If something goes wrong, it may kill everyone. But if you really have to act, don't be ambiguous."

He looked at the others as well, "The same goes for you."

The student surnamed Wu said, "Okay, Brother Liu."

Chen Chuan nodded. This reasoning was correct, and he agreed with it. Missions and the like could actually be put aside; first, he had to ensure his own safety.

As the group gradually approached the village, the senior student surnamed Liu glanced inside and saw that the village was silent, so he turned around and said, "Junior Chen, Junior Wu, we will go in to negotiate. You two wait at the entrance of the village and be responsible for receiving us. Remember to spread out a bit and don't stand together."

The senior student surnamed Wu seemed a little dissatisfied with being left behind, muttering something.

Chen Chuan nodded.

This arrangement was not wrong. It was indeed better to have someone guarding outside, so that they wouldn't have their retreat cut off. Anyway, no matter how it was arranged, someone always had to be outside, so he had no objections.

After the senior student Liu gave his instructions, he entered the village with the other three students. For safety's sake, he also separated the people into pairs, spaced more than ten meters apart.

However, after arriving in the village, the surroundings were still quiet, as if no one was present. Looking around, they saw a three-story brick and wood building in the center of the village, which should be the tallest building in the village, so they tentatively walked towards it.

Inside the outpost command, Guan Yumming was using binoculars to observe their movements from behind, while also observing the village. However, he never saw any movement, as if everyone was hiding.

Seeing that some of the Wuyi group had already ventured deep into the village, almost out of sight, suddenly the telephone rang again behind him.

The deputy went to answer it and turned around to say, "Director Guan, the director is on the phone."

Guan Yumming immediately turned back to answer it, saying, "Hello, this is Guan Yumming." A voice immediately came from the other side, but as soon as he heard a sentence, his expression tightened, and he couldn't help but look at the village. He immediately said to the messenger, "Send a message, tell them to come back quickly!"

The messenger reacted quickly and ran out immediately.

Chen Chuan was waiting below the gentle slope when he suddenly heard a shout from behind.

He turned around and saw a police officer running out of the low hill in the distance, yelling at him. At this time, the student surnamed Wu, who was in front, twitched his ears, as if he had also heard this sentence. He immediately rushed into the village and shouted inside, "Several seniors, the child is not in the village. Director Guan told us to go back!"

The senior student Liu and the others heard it from afar and immediately ran back without hesitation. But at this moment, the group of senior student Liu faintly heard the sound of a child crying.

They couldn't help but pause.

The female student hurriedly said, "The child is not here."

"But there's a child inside!"

The senior student Liu replied in a deep voice, he grabbed the protective umbrella from the female student's hand, and pushed her out, saying, "You go back first!" And he turned back and rushed to the house where the sound came from.

The female student looked at him, bit her lip, and ran back quickly.

But at this moment, on the road behind her, suddenly there was a huge explosion, and the houses in the center of the village collapsed one after another, and the splashing rubble and bricks fell from the village to the outside, and even the place where Chen Chuan and the others stood was showered with dust and gravel.

And at the outpost command center, Madam Fang was waiting nervously and uneasily. When she heard the explosion, her face turned pale, and her hands and feet trembled.

She staggered to Guan Yumming, grabbed the latter, and said with incomparable fear, "Director Guan, weren't you going to exchange people? I gave you the medicine, did you force those people? Why did you force them! Why! My son is only seven years old, he didn't do anything wrong."

Guan Yumming said, "Madam Fang, please calm down, your son is not in the village."

Madam Fang almost suspected that she had heard wrong, and then a glimmer of hope rose. She grabbed Guan Yumming's arm tightly with both hands, her nails pinched into the flesh, stared at Guan Yumming, and said hoarsely, "He's not in the village, where is he? Where is he?!"

Guan Yumming seemed to feel nothing, and said in a gentle tone, "Just now I received a call that your son, Fang Xunli, secretly slipped out of the house alone at 8:30 in the morning and went to play at his classmate's house. I don't know how he did it, but he is now with his classmate."

He looked at the stunned Madam Fang and said, "So the robbers didn't kidnap your son."

Madam Fang seemed to lose all her strength, and the whole person slid down. Guan Yumming helped her up and told the deputy, "Send Madam Fang back."

The deputy came up to take over.

"Report!"

The messenger came over with a salute, "Captain Yu reports that Fang Dawei and his gang retreated from the north during the transaction, asking whether to pursue?"

Guan Yumming said in a deep voice, "Order him to follow immediately and bite these people to death!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Han Guo was also using binoculars to observe the situation in the village. At this time, the driver of the armored transport vehicle came over and handed her a list, saying, "Commissioner Han, there is a telegram."

She took it over, quickly translated it in her mind, and knew the content, and said, "Reply, I know, and will truthfully inform the assigned students."

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