314: Chapter 314 What is your purpose?

How could Shen Tu Zheng Hao be fooled by his nonsense?

These dung beetless were clearly premeditated by the enemy; would they give you such an obvious loophole to exploit?

That's too idealistic.

They would surround but not attack? Only attacking after all of them have arrived?

What good things are you imagining?

If that were truly possible, he would dare to drain all the gasoline from the tanks and burn them all to death. But obviously, this situation won't happen.

"Tell me, what is your objective?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.

"Com... Commander, I don't understand what you mean," Shen Wengang said, a little guiltily.

"You'd better give me a satisfactory reason, otherwise I highly suspect your motives," Shen Tu Zheng Hao said.

"Alright, Commander, I'll be direct then. I believe your order is unreasonable and very risky, so I refuse to execute it," Shen Wengang said.

For a Soldier, this statement would absolutely be insubordination on the battlefield. However, in this environment, the danger actually diminished. This was a small trick to divert attention, fabricating a reason for insubordination to conceal his true objective.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao walked out of the command center, and Shen Wengang and another Soldier followed him out.

"Someone!" Shen Tu Zheng Hao shouted.

"Here!" several Soldiers outside the door responded.

"Apprehend him, find a vehicle, and detain him," Shen Tu Zheng Hao ordered.

"Commander, what are you doing?" Shen Wengang asked, displeased.

"If you have any questions, have your superior, He Jinghui, come see me!" Shen Tu Zheng Hao did not explain.

This was his way of doing things; he didn't waste words with you.

The other members of the Dark Night Squad saw Shen Wengang being apprehended and gathered around.

"Commander, what mistake did my brother make that you're detaining him?" Luoer asked anxiously.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao frowned. This Dark Night Squad was truly disorganized and undisciplined. On the battlefield, they repeatedly asked why. How many 'whys' could there be?

"Commander, there's a situation!" Just then, another Soldier ran up to report.

"Speak!" Shen Tu Zheng Hao said coldly.

"Look over there," the Soldier said, pointing south.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao looked in the direction the Soldier was pointing, vaguely seeing an iron tower, similar to a signal tower, standing tall there. Its height was considerable.

This tower had just appeared; it wasn't there before.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao took out his binoculars and looked; it really did look like a signal tower.

The top of the tower was emitting a dazzling light, very glaring even in broad daylight.

"Commander, there's a situation!" another Soldier ran up to report.

"Speak!" Shen Tu Zheng Hao said.

"Commander, the bugs rushing up haven't reached our defense line, they just... they just..." The Soldier stammered.

"Just what?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked with a frown.

"They disappeared," the Soldier said, feeling a bit unreal.

"Disappeared?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao felt that the events happening around him were becoming increasingly strange.

He was currently near the northern defense line, so he jumped onto a tank, picked up his binoculars, and looked north.

It was true.

The continuously advancing dung beetless inexplicably disappeared when they approached a certain line. It was as if some taboo existed there, capable of instantly clearing everything that approached it.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao's expression grew more and more solemn. Everything he saw before him could not be explained by science.

He jumped off the tank and walked over to Shen Wengang.

"Do you know something?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.

"Commander, I don't know anything," Shen Wengang replied.

"Someone, please invite Councilor He over," Shen Tu Zheng Hao stopped wasting words with him and ordered someone to find He Jinghui.

Soon, Councilor He arrived.

By this time, Shen Wengang had already been detained, and the other members of the Dark Night Squad were still standing outside the door.

"Councilor Shen Tu, what do you need me for?" He Jinghui asked upon entering the command center.

"Councilor He, does the Dark Night Squad have other missions?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.

"No, why do you ask?" He Jinghui was confused.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao briefly explained Shen Wengang's behavior.

"Councilor Shen Tu, I think you're overthinking this matter. The members of the Dark Night Squad are not from military backgrounds. They were all recruited by Liu Feiying of the Military Political Department from various Settlements. They were all ordinary people before. I checked on this Tiangang; he was just an ordinary citizen before, with some strength, and used to be a coach at a boxing gym," He Jinghui explained.

Oriental Chen had already processed the infiltrator's information, so neither He Jinghui nor Liu Feiying found any problems with it.

"Electronic files can be tampered with. Have you checked the paper files?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao still felt there was a problem.

"It wouldn't go that far, would it? The original records of the Civil Affairs Department, the data backups of the Military Political Department, and our Security Department's data backups—the three systems are completely independent, and the retrieved information is exactly consistent," He Jinghui explained.

"Perhaps the other party's methods are very advanced?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao said.

"Alright. I also thought about retrieving the paper files at the time, but it's impossible to find them now," He Jinghui said.

"Why?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.

"The files show that this Tiangang is from Binjiang. Now, the Huatong Chamber of Commerce has transformed the main urban area of Binjiang beyond recognition, so there's no way to investigate," He Jinghui shook his head and explained.