231: Chapter 231 You don't have nuclear weapons? I do.

Tang Qiqi bit down on her cola straw and whispered a reply.

"Received. Electric Rat is online."

Qin Yumo and Wang Ya had gone to Shanghai, so no one was restricting what she ate or drank.

She had not only eaten a piece of caramel pudding but had also wheedled an ice bucket and a whole dozen colas out of Su Muxue.

Outer square.

The snow was still falling.

Jiang Yun stood before Lin Yuan, her green combat uniform without a single wrinkle.

Behind her was the Jingcheng Team; shoulder patches, serial numbers, and the dragon-marked helicopter—nothing was missing.

The soldiers of Cloud Top Palace surrounding them held their weapons lowered.

The safeties were already off.

Director Xu Changfeng stepped forward half a pace, blocking the space between Jiang Yun and Lin Yuan.

"Mr. Lin, Jiang Yun has just come out from Jingcheng and is not familiar with the rules out here."

Jiang Yun frowned.

She didn't like others bowing her head for her.

Lin Yuan sat in his chair, not even touching the documents.

"If you aren't familiar, then learn."

He raised his eyes.

"If you can't learn, then get lost."

In the square, the expressions of several Jingcheng Team members changed.

In Jingcheng, the last person who dared to speak to Jiang Yun like that already had grass three feet high growing on their grave.

Jiang Yun stared at Lin Yuan, withdrew the official document, and her tone turned cold.

"Lin Yuan, just because you can catch one nuke doesn't mean you can withstand the second wave of Jingcheng's fury."

Yu Qingyi stood behind the crowd, her fingers clutching the hem of her clothes.

She had personally taken Lin Yuan up into the clouds.

The image of that nuke stopping right before their eyes was something she would never forget for the rest of her life.

Jiang Yun continued, "Eve is a player-level event for everyone. By refusing to cooperate, you are pushing Jiang-Zhe-Hu Region into danger."

She looked at Lin Yuan.

"You can catch one, but what about two, three, or ten?"

Someone in the Jingcheng Team straightened their back again.

Zhang Yi seized the opportunity and looked at Captain Han Xue.

"You see that, don't you?"

His voice was tight.

"This isn't a safe house. Sooner or later, he will drag you all into an even greater disaster."

Captain Han Xue did not turn back.

Her hand rested on her holster.

Liu Qing's voice sounded over the broadcast.

"Master, after the last nuclear launch, I conducted a complete trace of Jingcheng's remaining strategic launch links."

The main screen lit up.

Silo location maps were pulled up one by one.

Ruined launch silos.

Lost terminals.

Cooling system failures.

Manual completion program breakpoints.

Liu Qing's voice remained flat.

"Conclusion: Jingcheng currently does not have a second nuke ready for immediate use."

Jiang Yun's pupils constricted.

Director Xu Changfeng's eyelid twitched.

Lin Yuan leaned back against his chair, his voice calm.

"Oh, trying to scare me?"

He looked at Jiang Yun.

"But I have one that can detonate right now."

The momentum of the Jingcheng Team was stomped back into the snow.

Zhang Yi's expression froze.

The few team members who had just held their heads high now had vacant eyes.

Director Xu Changfeng spoke, his voice lowered.

"Mr. Lin, having nuclear deterrence hanging over everyone's heads is not good for anyone."

Lin Yuan looked at him.

"Oh? Then who was just talking trash?"

Jiang Yun's face turned bright red, but she couldn't utter a single word.

Director Xu Changfeng remained silent for two seconds, then took the initiative to signal the people behind him to hand over their weapons.

Su Xiaonuan raised her hand.

Zhou Heng led people forward, and the storage boxes were opened one by one.

Except for the sidearm that Director Xu Changfeng had voluntarily handed over earlier, all remaining weapons from the Jingcheng Team were confiscated.

Jiang Yun's hand rested on her waist, but Captain Han Xue pointed her gun at her.

Captain Han Xue said, "Take your hand off your weapon."

Jiang Yun glanced at her.

Captain Han Xue did not flinch.

A few seconds later, Jiang Yun unbuckled her short blade and tossed it into the box.

Click.

The lid snapped shut.

Zhang Yi stepped forward.

"I can find Eve."

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

Zhang Yi stared at Captain Han Xue, then looked at Lin Yuan.

"My Superpower is A-Rank [Bloodline Echo]."

"By using the blood of a direct blood relative, I can track the general location of a target with the same bloodline."

He swallowed hard.

Director Xu Changfeng added, "Eve is Jiang Yun's mother."

Director Xu Changfeng looked at Lin Yuan.

"She left Jingcheng when Jiang Yun was very young. Adam has been looking for her for many years."

Jiang Yun said coldly, "Director Xu, this is not within the scope of our public report."

Zhang Yi looked like he was grasping at the last straw.

He looked at Captain Han Xue.

"Captain Han Xue, I can make a major contribution this time."

"As long as I find Eve, my position in Jingcheng will be completely different."

He stepped forward.

"Come back with me, and we can start over."

"You don't have to be someone's gun here."

Over the channel, Tang Qiqi's voice popped up.

"A 'Paw Patrol' kind of contribution?"

The tension in the square was torn open by her comment.

Someone stifled a laugh.

Zhang Yi's face flushed red.

Captain Han Xue did not laugh.

She stood straight, looking at Zhang Yi.

"I will not go with you."

She paused.

"I am already Lin Yuan's person."

Zhang Yi staggered.

"Are you crazy?"

Captain Han Xue's gun remained steady.

"I have never been more sober."

Zhang Yi's breathing became ragged.

He pressed his head against the barrel of Captain Han Xue's gun.

"Then I'll die!"

"If I die, none of you will be able to find Eve!"

Captain Han Xue's finger tightened on the trigger.

Her eyes flickered.

Just for a brief moment.

Lin Yuan saw it.

Director Xu Changfeng stepped forward and yanked Zhang Yi back.

"If you die here, what about your wife and children in Jingcheng?"

Zhang Yi's face turned deathly pale.

Captain Han Xue looked at him.

Director Xu Changfeng did not spare his dignity.

"The night your genes went berserk, it was Widow Lu who stabilized you."

"You promised to take care of her and her son."

Zhang Yi's lips trembled.

"That's not the same..."

"Enough."

The two words landed.

Lin Yuan looked at Jiang Yun.

"If you want to find Eve, fine."

"The Shadow will accompany you the entire time."

"Director Xu Changfeng will be the guarantor."

"You have no privileges here, only task value."

Jiang Yun gritted her teeth.

"You're treating me like a prisoner?"

Lin Yuan said, "Adam's daughter has to wait in line here too."

The Jingcheng Team fell silent.

Su Xiaonuan opened her tablet and made arrangements directly.

"The Jingcheng Team is assigned to the middle-ring quarantine rooms."

"Public restrooms."

"Visitor meals."

At night.

Captain Han Xue arrived outside Lin Yuan's study door.

She knocked.

"Enter."

Only one lamp was on in the room.

Captain Han Xue closed the door and stood stubbornly by the door.

She was wearing only a rabbit tail.

Lin Yuan raised his eyes.

"The first time he tried to grab you, you should have fired."

Captain Han Xue's face turned pale.

She did not defend herself.

After a long while, she knelt down.

Her knees touched the carpet without a sound.

"I was wrong."

Lin Yuan put down the documents.

"Where were you wrong?"

Captain Han Xue lowered her head.

"I was still held back by a marriage contract from the Old World."

Captain Han Xue looked up.

Her eyes were red, but her voice was steady.

Lin Yuan reached out and gripped her chin.

"He is downstairs."

Lin Yuan looked down at her, his tone without any fluctuation.

"Middle-ring guest rooms, just two minutes from the front door of Tiangong No. 1."

Captain Han Xue's eyelashes trembled violently.

This sentence was like a thorn, piercing into her memories.

The man who had once offered her a ring and promised a lifetime in the Old World...

"I... know."

Captain Han Xue gritted her teeth, and a trace of bright red seeped from the corner of her lips.

She closed her eyes and braced her hands on her knees.

Lin Yuan lifted her by the waist and pressed her directly onto the wide mahogany desk.

The stacked files were swept to the floor.

The edge of the mahogany dug into her waist, causing some pain.

Captain Han Xue lay on her back on the scattered papers, with the dim wall lamp overhead making her vision blur.

"Open your eyes."

Lin Yuan's voice sounded from above.

Captain Han Xue opened her eyes, with physiological tears welling up in them.

With nowhere to put her hands, she could only grip the edge of the mahogany desk.

A massive sense of shame and taboo washed over her like a tidal wave.

This sturdy fortress had excellent soundproofing, yet in Captain Han Xue's mind, it felt as if she were automatically connected to the middle-ring quarantine room.

Zhang Yi was lying downstairs, perhaps staring at the ceiling, recalling their past in the cold and despair.

The morals of the Old World, former vows, and Zhang Yi's cries were crushed to pieces in this moment, turning into a kind of self-abasing pleasure that broke through all her defenses.

"Master..."

Captain Han Xue finally cried out, her fingertips scratching a harsh sound against the mahogany desktop.

[Ding! Relationship occurred in an extremely immoral environment, target Captain Han Xue (Beauty 88), emotional fluctuations reached the extreme!]

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