Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 1609: Saving Lives is Urgent

Upon hearing the command, everyone immediately rushed to the makeshift command center, where they saw Jie’s tense expression at first glance.

It turned out that a team lurking in a city a hundred kilometers away had been discovered by the enemy and was being hunted down, losing all contact, and this team had already obtained some vital intelligence, which made their rescue imperative.

Leng Feng was the first to stand up, as he was the captain of that team, and he had the responsibility to rescue his teammates.

"I’m going too!" Gu Xiaojin volunteered eagerly, only to be pulled aside by Gu Fan. This time Gu Fan would take the field himself, sparing the ladies from taking risks.

Gu Xiaojin protested and even punched Gu Fan a few times, to no avail, for Gu Fan was the elder and Xiaojin’s protests were dismissed.

More than ten others joined the rescue effort. Additionally, Jie was coordinating more squads from other locations, ensuring Gu Fan, Leng Feng, and their comrades were not fighting alone.

When Lu Yi offered to join in, everyone gave him an odd look, as if he wasn’t welcome.

Gu Fan certainly knew the reason; Lu Yi was a doomsayer, and every mission with him was fraught with troubles.

Seeing that no one wanted to bring him along, Lu Yi looked pitifully at Gu Fan, which was something Gu Fan had difficulty adapting to because Lu Yi’s face had aged a lot compared to the past, yet he could still put on such an expression.

There was no other choice; firstly, Lu Yi was Gu Fan’s good friend, and secondly, upon Gu Fan’s arrival in this era, Lu Yi was the first to extend a hand of friendship. Therefore, Gu Fan had to support Lu Yi by all means.

Thus, at Gu Fan’s suggestion, the group reluctantly accepted Lu Yi into their ranks.

The rescue was urgent, and a team of fifteen was formed, equipped with gear and false identities, ready to depart.

Before boarding the vehicle, Gu Fan asked Gu Xiaojin a question – why, after being in this era for so long, he hadn’t heard anything about Gu Ling, and what exactly happened to Su Hui?

To this, Gu Xiaojin seemed troubled and urged Gu Fan to focus on the mission at hand, promising to inform him afterwards.

Gu Fan noticed Gu Xiaojin’s hesitant manner and felt a sinking feeling in his heart. He had always been afraid to ask, fearing an answer he did not wish to hear, but today he could no longer hold back, which drove him to speak up.

The team then set out by car, with Gu Fan preoccupied along the way, his mind racing with what might have happened to Gu Ling and Su Hui, whether the mysterious masked person had gone mad, harming even those closest to him.

It did seem possible, after all, the mysterious masked person had personally killed Lin Xi.

But now, Gu Fan was confused; why would the masked person want to kill Lin Xi? Even if the masked person had lost all emotion, they were not a homicidal maniac, and even if they were, they wouldn’t just kill Lin Xi.

Lin Xi died and Gu Xiaojin was born. Could this all be for that? But why?

Gu Fan believed that the masked person wouldn’t do something without reason; there must be a special motive, and Gu Xiaojin’s birth might serve a different purpose, which is why the masked person made the move.

"Future me, what on earth are you thinking? What are you planning to do?" Gu Fan frowned deeply, feeling that there was something significant yet to be uncovered.

At that moment, Lu Yi patted Gu Fan’s shoulder and kindly suggested: "Don’t think too much. Whatever happens isn’t related to you. Generally, a person pays for their own past mistakes, there’s no precedent of being punished for a future self’s wrongdoing."

Hearing this, Gu Fan suddenly found it to make sense; his sense of guilt seemed to lighten considerably, and he appreciated Lu Yi’s warped logic.

Leng Feng, who overheard, also felt there could be truth to this idea, yet something didn’t sit right with him. Perhaps deep down, he was unwilling to forgive and accept Gu Fan so readily.

Alright, now let’s talk about the mission, as Leng Feng began to introduce the situation of the team.

About three months earlier, the resistance obtained reliable intelligence that a high-ranking enemy leader was indulging in a city, and this individual held much intelligence—information such as troop deployments, advanced technology and weapons, and locations of key prisoners.

Leng Feng took his people there, hoping to capture that leader and extract useful intelligence.

However, that individual was surrounded by many bodyguards, and should any incident occur, enemy forces would converge from all directions. More importantly, if anything happened to him, based on enemy customs, they would certainly readjust their deployments, rendering the carefully obtained intelligence useless.

Therefore, Leng Feng devised the badger game, where the most beautiful member of the team would get close to the target and coax information from him.

At this point, Gu Fan had his doubts, as this method sounded unstable. Unless the enemy was a fool, they wouldn’t be so easily swayed by beauty, easily revealing information.

Leng Feng presented a kind of liquid, colorless and odorless on the surface, which could mentally control individuals when inhaled, making them answer any question, and afterwards, leaving them drowsy and prone to falling into a deep sleep.

Gu Fan understood that when the woman was alone with that person, the room would definitely not have a third person, which would be the best time to act.

Deep into the night, when everyone was exhausted, men fell into deep slumber, and women seized the opportunity to have the men inhale the drug. Afterward, the men would wake up without suspecting anything unusual, a cunning plan indeed.

The trouble was, the drug’s effect was very short-lived, and to avoid suspicion, it had to be used in stages, extracting useful intelligence bit by bit.

Normally, this plan had no issues. Before Leng Feng left, it had been successfully executed three times, each yielding reliable intelligence that greatly benefited the resistance.

Unexpectedly, after Leng Feng departed, the plan went awry.

The man discovered an anomaly in his body during a check-up and suspected the woman at his side, which led to her apprehension.

To rescue the woman, the other team members launched an attack, sacrificing many to succeed, paying a hefty price to save her.

Gu Fan surmised that this was because the woman had learned critical information that had yet to be conveyed, which is why such desperate measures were taken to rescue her.

Leng Feng nodded in acknowledgment; the woman had gathered bits of intelligence over several nights and risked everything to pass it on. However, the information was incomplete, pending the transmission of the final piece to form a complete picture.

It was at this critical juncture that the woman’s identity was discovered.

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