From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 166 - 139: Saturated Action, Entering the Fog

After exchanging greetings, Jian Qing turned to Su Muyu behind Lu Heng and joked, "I didn't expect your team to have a girl too. Hello, I'm Jian Qing."

"Uh... I..." Su Muyu was taken aback for a moment, ready to respond politely to her greeting.

Jian Qing laughed heartily and said, "I know, Su Muyu, I've read your profiles."

After saying this, she turned her head to smile at Lu Heng and continued, "I'm quite straightforward and speak my mind, so if I do something later that upsets you, don't take it to heart. I just want to resolve the crisis. After all, there's a nuclear power station in the Liu River area, and this mission cannot afford any mistakes."

Hearing her words, Lu Heng knew she was planning to stir things up.

Without waiting for Lu Heng to speak, Jian Qing turned to the leader of the crisis management team and said, "For the sake of resolving the crisis, I would like to transfer someone from Lu Heng's team. Is that okay?"

The special delegate frowned upon hearing her request and said, "This... you'll have to discuss it with Comrade Lu Heng."

Jian Qing turned back around, smiling, and asked, "Comrade Lu Heng, may I?"

"Whom do you want?"

Lu Heng's purpose was also to quickly resolve the crisis in Liu River; if transferring someone to her team could solve the crisis more effectively, there was nothing unacceptable about it.

"I hope Chen Zihang can come to my team. Don't worry, if Chen Zihang comes over to my side, I will definitely replenish your team's numbers." Jian Qing stated her intent.

Lu Heng turned to beckon Chen Zihang and said, "Captain Jian hopes that you can join her team. What do you think?"

Jian Qing stood with one hand on her hip, displaying a smile, and said, "My abilities combined with yours would make it easier to disperse the fog. I hope you'll consider my proposal."

Indeed, their powers, one being wind and the other magnetic force, could more easily disperse regular fog when working together.

Chen Zihang pushed his glasses up and, after a moment of serious thought, replied, "In pursuit of resolving the Liu River crisis, I think it's better for me to stay in Lu Heng's team."

Surprised by his response, Jian Qing asked, "Wouldn't our abilities paired together more easily disperse the fog?"

Chen Zihang answered, "That's true for normal fog, but I've looked at the detection reports, and I don't think that method will work. Considering crisis resolution, I would prefer to act with Lu Heng."

Jian Qing did not press further and nodded, "All right then. In that case, let's get ready to depart. Group two, everyone, listen to the command, get in the vehicles and prepare to depart."

The Superpower Soldiers quickly boarded the vehicles upon the command.

Lu Heng also turned to get ready to board the vehicle, when someone patted him on the shoulder.

Jian Qing stepped closer and said, "Don't take what happened just now to heart; I only did it to better resolve the crisis, not to deliberately compete with you for people. The nuclear power station is of great importance, after all."

Lu Heng smiled indifferently and replied, "It's a minor matter, no need to explain."

"At the meeting, I read the fog data you brought up—it's very useful. Once we enter the fog, I hope we can cooperate fully." Jian Qing waved her hand and boarded the vehicle to set off.

...

That afternoon, in a five-star hotel in Coastal.

Three people dressed in green uniforms arrived at the VIP lounge, presenting documents and formally initiating the extradition of Saito Takeji, the Sect Leader of the Fusang Kashima Shintou style.

Saito Takeji and the high-ranking officials from Chunshang Group who were with him were extremely surprised, argued loudly, and demanded to know the reason.

The reason stated on the document was endangering national security.

This charge was rather serious, but since it was only an extradition, the problem wasn't especially grave.

Saito Takeji never imagined that he, a revered Kashima Shintou Sword Saint in Fusang, would one day be expelled.

At the airport while waiting, an indignant Saito Takeji berated the new CEO of Chunshang Group, "What kind of operation are you running? How could something like an expulsion happen to me?"

Hiroshi Takada, the new CEO of Chunshang Group's Asia-Pacific Region, hastily smiled and appeased, "We heard that the procedure was approved from the top down.

"I have reason to suspect that it's Lu Heng's despicable trickery at work.

"He must fear of Saito's reputation, hence the refusal to accept a challenge.

"It goes without saying that Mr. Tsugawa Hideyoshi must have also been killed by his schemes."

Saito Takeji snorted coldly, "There are definitely less than ten people in this world who could defeat Tsugawa. Da Xia does not have anyone who can surpass him in the way of the sword—the only other possibility is through trickery."

"It's definitely so, Mr. Saito. I asked around—the effectiveness of this expulsion will only last fifteen days. After that, you can return." Hiroshi Takada said hastily.

"Do you know how much time I'm wasting by coming here?" Saito Takeji scoffed.

"Yes, yes, this is also for avenging Tsugawa and to vindicate the Shintou line. Moreover, the Source Material on Tsugawa...." Hiroshi Takada started to say but did not finish his sentence.

Saito Takeji's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had decided to come to Da Xia to issue a challenge, and one of the reasons was the Second Transition Source Material that was with Tsugawa Hideyoshi.

Source Material is in a free state before Source Fusion is completed and will be released upon death.

This meant, after Tsugawa Hideyoshi's death, Source Material would surely be released.

Whoever obtained this Source Material could acquire the starting Source Material for the Second Transition Class Swordsman.

"If there's already Second Transition Source Material, obtaining this share of Source Material can increase the Source Material Fusion Degree."

Those who knew that Hideyoshi Tsugawa had Source Material could guess that this share of Source Material was now in Lu Heng's possession.

One of the main reasons Saito Takeji traveled all the way to Coastal was this very Source Material.

However,

He never anticipated that within just a couple of days of arriving in Coastal, he would be exiled.

It was only a fifteen-day exile, but for him, it was a disgrace.

As he waited for his flight, several people in green uniforms stood quietly beside him, like pillars, silent and still.

In fact,

With his abilities, he could easily break free from their watch.

But if he did so, he would face a Da Xia-wide manhunt, which would be even more humiliating.

His eyes narrowed with a chilling gleam, and he clenched his fists, swearing silently that in fifteen days, he would make that young man from Da Xia regret everything he had done.

...

Fifteen days was Lu Heng's initial estimate of the time it would take to return from Liu River, but he had no idea how long it would actually take.

However, if they couldn't resolve the spreading fog at Liu River within fifteen days, the fog would envelop the nuclear power station, and that would essentially mean mission failure.

It wasn't just Liu River; several regions across the country needed to deal with fog crises.

Since all task force information was shared, the information provided by Lu Heng could help not only at Liu River but in other places as well.

That very afternoon,

Two dispatch teams for the Liu River fog crisis arrived at their destination and then transferred to the Liu River military base's tracked armored vehicles to officially head toward the fog-covered area.

These tracked armored vehicles weren't tanks, but rather armored personnel carriers suited to mountainous terrain, equipped with a 20mm caliber machine gun according to requirements.

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Upon reaching the edge of the fog, the two tracked vehicles came to a stop.

Jian Qing stood up from within the vehicle, looked up at the slowly spreading fog, and then jumped off the map in hand from the opposite vehicle.

Lu Heng also dismounted and joined her to discuss the next course of action.

"How do you plan to proceed after entering?" Jian Qing asked proactively.

Lu Heng had not visited Liu River or participated in the fog crisis operation here in his past life, and so was unfamiliar with what had happened inside the fog.

However, having entered the fog many times after Awakening, he had a clear idea of the dangers that awaited within.

Looking at the map, Lu Heng asked, "Would you mind if we split up?"

"What do you mean?" Jian Qing didn't hastily agree, but neither did she oppose the idea.

"We need to locate the Crack from which the fog is emanating, but we can't detect the point of fog leakage from outside. We need to go in to find it; once we locate it, we can start looking for a solution. Therefore, if we search separately, it increases our chances," Lu Heng shared his thoughts.

"That's fine, we'll discuss the next steps after we find the point of leakage."

The situation was simple: they needed to find the origin of the spreading fog, so Jian Qing readily agreed.

The operation was already designed to be comprehensive, with both dispatched teams capable of completing the mission independently.

Of course, capability didn't guarantee success, so it still depended on how things actually unfolded.

"Alright, let's divide up the area then and start searching separately. I've already submitted information on the fog Cracks before, there's no need to go over that again, right?" Lu Heng pointed out on the map, considering how to divide the area.

"Of course, I've reviewed the information, and it's very useful. Even if you didn't come to Liu River in person, the information you've provided is already a significant contribution."

Jian Qing spoke as she traced circles on the map with her finger, "Let's divide it up based on the valley's terrain. Now that the fog has spread out, let's use this creek running down the middle of the valley as the dividing line; you choose a side."

Lu Heng surveyed the map, guessing where the fog Crack was most likely to appear, and then pointed to the valley on the east side of the creek, "Then I'll take the east side."

"Good. I'll take the other side. If you encounter any dangers you can't handle, fire a signal flare, and I'll come to rescue." After speaking, Jian Qing saluted with her hand at her temple and prepared to board the vehicle to proceed.

Before coming here, the research department had already conducted numerous tests on the fog.

The reports indicated that not only was the fog corrosive but it also had a strong isolating effect on electromagnetic waves, rendering communication signals ineffective beyond a certain distance.

That's why they needed to prepare signal flares before entering the fog so that, in case of emergency, they could fire flares to call for help.

In the information on the fog submitted earlier, Lu Heng also specified the required composition for teams entering the fog zone, which was the necessity of having a Perceiver, and ideally, in a ten-person team, there should be three Perceivers.

Because visibility within the fog was so low, only a Perceiver could expand their range of perception.

One Perceiver might have oversights, so it's best to have three.

Given that firearms and other thermal weaponry were present, having more Perceivers wouldn't significantly reduce combat capability.

After all, at this stage, the combat power of many Superpower Users couldn't compare to even the smallest caliber of a 20mm machine gun.