Chapter 387: 387
On the sand dunes, a motorcade was currently moving . There were still a number of flying transports following after in the air .
The storm above the sand dunes had yet to subside, but it had clearly weakened .
Flemington looked through the weather forecast that was sent over and noticed Fang Zhao staring continuously into the distance . He thought that Fang Zhao was worried about the storm outside, so he reassured, "This storm has already passed and will start to subside rapidly . It's no longer powerful enough to pose a threat to us . Normally, we will still do missions in this sort of weather . "
Fang Zhao was seated in the back holding on to Curly Hair . He smiled upon hearing what Flemington said but declined to comment . He had been thinking about other stuff rather than worrying about the storm . It wasn't a threat to the motorcade . Instead, he had been trying to analyze what exactly that sound could be .
As they got closer to that sound, Fang Zhao could hear it even clearer . Fang Zhao had no way of explaining the "beckoning" and "crying for help" meanings he heard from this sound . Even he himself didn't know why he knew this .
"Is it really in this direction?" Flemington scrutinized the map as well as the projected path of the motorcade with a doubtful look .
"Yes," Fang Zhao said decisively .
Flemington's brows furrowed even more, but he didn't let the motorcade slow down .
"How much further?" Flemington asked .
"With this speed, another half an hour would suffice," Fang Zhao replied .
"If the direction is right, after half an hour, the place we will be at is part of the 'Outer Region' . "
Where the base was at, the areas which were frequently patrolled and areas with installations were classified as the "Inner Region" . The so-called "Outer Region" was the area outside of this "Inner Region'' . In layman's terms, it was the area which the military personnel at the base least understood and seldom went to .
"The sand dunes in that area change rapidly, and there is also quicksand . We have to be careful . " Flemington picked up his communications devices and got the other vehicles in the motorcade to follow tightly . The lead car was large, but there were less people inside . On it were all sorts of equipment and devices to avoid danger zones .
"Sir, there is someone following us . " An officer reported on the situation at the base as well as the people following the motorcade .
Flemington heaved a long sigh . He knew that he couldn't keep it from those people . In any case, they were still descendants of Great Generals . Were all the kids groomed by these super families all blockheads?
Furthermore, even if he kept this from Zaro and the others, there would be other people in the base who would pass on this information . Bu Base wasn't just run by Flemington alone . This Fang Zhao person was just too unusual . Because of his previous incidents at Planet Baiji, this time other people were also actively alert .
After a short moment of pondering, Flemington said, "Contact the cars behind and get them to return to base . Advise them first . If they can't be persuaded, then forget about it . " At least by announcing his stance, if something really did happen, Flemington had already done his part to warn them . If anything happened later on, it would be because those people behind insisted on following .
After the call, Flemington laughed and patted Fang Zhao on his shoulder . "If this time we find something important, I will definitely help you apply for military merits! Perhaps your reserve duty rank might even rise again . "
Although this was said, if it wasn't an especially huge contribution, getting a promotion of his reserve duty rank was really impossible . There were many people who were honestly striving to achieve merits in the military before they could get promoted . Fang Zhao had already been discharged . In the past, reserve duty wasn't subjected to the same rules and regulations . However new rules had been set a few years back to further motivate reserve duty military personnel .
For people like Fang Zhao who were still under reserve duty, if they could earn a large merit, perhaps he could still be promoted . But that was on the premise of a large contribution and influence .
The group tightly following behind the motorcade .
"Will we really be alright following them? This is base military after all, and we aren't familiar with them . Would they forcefully send us back?" Mitisy asked worriedly .
"Definitely not, even if they object, we can donate more stuff . I will throw in an extra truckload of garlic!" Zaro didn't even think about how the base military would stop them . Right now, all he wanted to know was what Fang Zhao had discovered and how to mess around following that . He was already getting bored of this period .
Hearing Zaro speak about donating garlic, Mitisy scratched his head . "That isn't too good, right?"
"How isn't it good? What's wrong with garlic? Are you looking down on garlic? Do you know how valuable farm produce is?! Furthermore, in this sort of poor and barren place, garlic is even more of a rare commodity!"
Mitisy thought about it . That made sense . Ordinarily, the soldiers at Bu Base couldn't consume garlic . There were limited seasonings over at the dining hall, and the condiments available were mostly native species . The flavor wasn't much, and it was fine as long as it was edible . They couldn't be picky in this place . If one couldn't stomach it, they would go hungry . With the garlic that Zaro donated, the soldiers would have improved lives in any case .
"Then I will donate a gymnasium . The base's exercise facilities aren't good enough," Mitisy said .
Woo Tianhao wasn't willing to be left behind . "I wonder if they would take a dojo . "
15 minutes later .
In the motorcade at the front, Flemington received a report from a subordinate . "Signal detected!"
Flemington immediately shot straight up . His hand holding on to the communications device was shaking . Fang Zhao's ears hadn't heard wrongly!
"Has the source of the signal been confirmed?!"
"Its a foreign signal . Although it is weak and we can't confirm what exactly it is, the signal grows stronger as we move forward . It should probably be at the place where Fang Zhao said it is! We have yet to construct any monitoring installations in the area . There is no way the signal comes from the equipment!"
"Very good! Continue to analyze the source of the signal and find out what it is! Teams, increase speed and move forward… no, maintain original speed, we must be cautious! All of you raise your guard up!" Flemington bellowed .
Flemington also couldn't be bothered about Fang Zhao right now . After issuing the order, he quickly contacted the base and made arrangements . Although Fang Zhao said that the signal wasn't threatening, he didn't dare take any risks and arranged for teams at the base to be on standby .
Moving forward, they no longer needed Fang Zhao to point the way . The motorcade had already caught the signal . When the signal became clear, the team arrived at their destination .
Flemington studied the map, then glanced at the sand dunes not too far away before pointing . "There!"
"Take readings again! Depth probing!"
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