Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 557 - 550: Midway Turnaround

Chapter 557: Chapter 550: Midway Turnaround

The leisure time didn’t last long. Five days later, with the arrival of a messenger, Li Si’s relaxed mood tightened instantly, and then the advance team hurriedly held a combat meeting.

"I called everyone here this time, I think you all should know what happened." Inside the office, facing the advance team, Li Si asked straight away.

"The airboat is turning," said Luo’er after glancing at the porthole.

Generally, an airboat will only make major directional adjustments before setting off. The course is occasionally corrected during the journey, but the deviation is not significant so it is not easily noticed. But this time almost everyone noticed that the airboat is making a major course adjustment.

"Yes, now we’re going to take you to your destination to execute a new mission. Actually, this is the main reason why headquarters urgently summoned us back," Li Si said.

"What mission?" Luo’er asked.

"Do you remember a man named Fu’en?" Li Si didn’t answer directly, but asked another question.

"Of course I remember. This guy opened the second Otherworld Gate and then was transferred to Earth via the Magic Array." Luo’er’s tone turned colder at the mention of Fu’en.

"That’s right, the transport array. This is a unique ability of the Central Intelligence Agency. Our agents on Earth have received a message that the CIA is ready to reactivate the transport array and it seems they plan to send Fu’en back to the Otherworld," Li Si said.

"How do we know they plan to open the Magic Array?" Hu Daoke raised his hand and asked hesitantly.

"Simply put, whether it’s the Otherworld or Earth, opening the Magic Array requires the use of magic. I don’t know if you’ve heard about Magic Leakage Points. There are areas on Earth where magic exists. While we don’t know exactly how this magic reached Earth, the leakage points have mostly been discovered and identified. All you have to do is assign people to stake out these leakage points. By the way, the leakage points are mostly concentrated on the Eurasian Continent," Li Si explained.

"Are we going back to Earth to solve it?" Luo’er asked. If he remembered correctly, the Murong squad had once been assigned to go back to Earth to deal with similar problems. It seems it’s much easier to send the subspecies to study these magic leak points.

"Oh, of course not, we have special agents on Earth. Your mission is to resolve the problems in the Otherworld," Li Si said.

"How to solve it?" Luo’er asked.

"Teleportation array requires the two sides to start and establish a connection at the same time for the teleportation to occur. In other words, if Earth wants to send Fu’en back to Earth, there needs to be someone in the Otherworld to receive him, otherwise it would be very risky and he might be sent to an unknown world. Your mission is to find these receivers, monitor them, and if they send Fu’en back to the Otherworld, capture him and bring him back to the base," Li Si explained.

"We have to deal with this guy again." Hu Daoke couldn’t help but murmur.

"Luo’er, don’t mess around this time, otherwise the Chief will really blow up," Li Si warned.

"I know, I won’t be impulsive anymore," Luo’er nodded in response.

"Good," Li Si nodded, then continued, "For this mission, Shangguan Jiu will temporarily join your team to complete the mission together. Their team has carried out a similar task on Earth before, so they have relatively more experience."

Hearing his words, Luo’er was stunned and then looked at Shangguan Jiu. Noticing his gaze, Shangguan Jiu turned his head and made a triumphant gesture at him.

"Through investigation, we found that these people are currently in the border area of the three kingdoms of Odelanqi, Oudallo, and Saint Basaya. We are heading towards the target and will use the transport plane to drop your team off. We need to go back to base to hand in our mission, so we won’t be able to provide support for you temporarily. Most of the time, you might have to continue acting independently," Li Si continued.

"Our intelligence people are quite capable, they found their coordinates right away," Hu Daoke couldn’t help interrupting.

"It’s mainly thanks to the Church Court. They found the people for us right after we entrusted them. They are all resourceful," Li Si said with a smile.

"Damn, is the Church Court so formidable?" Hu Daoke asked in surprise.

"You all underestimate the Church Court too much, always thinking they are conservative and outdated. In fact, their information network covers nearly the entire Otherworld Continent, they even know about the God Making Project in the far south. Imagine how strong their intelligence gathering is," Li Si calmly stated.

"I’m curious, how did they know about these people’s whereabouts?" Cheng Ziang couldn’t resist asking.

"Through insiders!" Li Si laughed lightly.

"Insiders again..." Hu Daoke grumbled.

If they remembered correctly, the last time they captured Fu’en, they also relied on an insider placed by the Church Court. This group was impressive, they had informants everywhere.

"During this operation, Fulajie’er will serve as the onsite communication AI, providing you with combat support. Luo’er, you must protect her," as he spoke, Li Si couldn’t resist glancing at the Nightingale who was reading silently beside him.

"I understand." Luo’er nodded firmly.

At that moment, Fulajie’er once again hopped out of thin air and floated mid-air, she opened her eyes wide and said, "Ah, are you talking about me?"

"After dropping you off, the airboat will immediately return to the base, and if nothing unexpected happens, we will return to provide support and transport for your team. However, due to the possibility that the airboat may need to travel back and forth between Ilanadale, you may have to return by foot after completing your mission," Li Si said, a touch of apology in his voice.

"It’s fine, we’re already used to it." Luo’er shook his head, giving a wry smile.

"Oh, we should have brought a few horses from the Judgement Legion, then we would have horses to ride. Now when we disembark, we have to ride the bus again," Hu Daoke couldn’t help but complain.

"Keep dreaming, do you even know what the Judgement Legion is like? They would give you a horse, you think too much," Cheng Ziang shook his head, unable to resist retorting.

"Enough, enough, don’t argue. After we disembark, we can see if there are any horses for sale and just buy a few." Seeing the pair about to get into a heated argument, Luo’er quickly interjects.

"The information on the current mission is just that, take a minute to prepare. If all goes well, we can depart tomorrow morning. Luo’er, you and Nightingale will need to re-establish the magic messenger," said Li Si.

"Yes!" Luo’er nodded.

After some preparations, they arrived at the next morning.

Actually, there wasn’t much to prepare, just maintain their weapons, carry sufficient ammunition, and replace the protection modules on their clothes. Although Shangguan Jiu was also a mage, under the pressure of Tangmo and Baiyue she went along with the status quo and carried an AKS762U as her primary weapon.

Unlike Tangmo’s poor shooting performance, Shangguan Jiu’s initial shooting skills were quite high. It’s just that, as a mage, she doesn’t often get a chance to display them.

Almost everyone on the advance team carried a magic generator and location watch that Nightingale specifically prepared for them, allowing Fulajie’er to promptly pinpoint their location and provide battlefield support.

After preparing, the advance team boarded the already prepared transport plane. Li Si and Nightingale came to see them off. Olavia, holding her younger sister, was ceaselessly urging Hu Daoke to be careful, tears streaming down her face.

"Sister, we need to go!" Fulajie’er floats up to Nightingale and says smilingly, not affected by the somber farewell atmosphere at all.

"Go, sister will be waiting for you to come home." Nightingale squeezes out a smile.

"Sister, I will miss you!" Fulajie’er says while spinning around Nightingale, then straightly floats back into the transport plane.

Watching her leaving without looking back, Nightingale purses her lips, finally letting out a long sigh.