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They were then transported by vehicle to the border fortress.
Although they had not yet reached the border, Li Ji could still see the towering and majestic city wall standing between heaven and earth through the porthole.
The city wall, built of bluestone, winds across the land like a giant dragon that has been coiled for a long time.
The rising sun cast its pale golden light on the gray-yellow city walls, making the dragon appear even more solemn and sacred.
As the plane landed, the 'dragon' gradually disappeared from Li Ji's sight.
Instead, there was barren land and rows of troop carriers.
"Welcome, everyone from Squadron 705. I am the temporary commander in charge of your operation. You can call me Nebula."
A camouflage jeep stopped near the plane, and Nebula got out and called out to the group who had just opened the cabin door and were preparing to disembark.
"The situation is urgent. You can write your names on your luggage and put it aside. Our staff will pack your luggage one by one and send it to the wartime dormitory at the border."
"Does this mean...we're sending them straight to the front lines?"
An operator who had just stepped off the plane looked at Nebula with a puzzled expression and asked.
"At the moment, that's the case."
Nebula smiled and nodded in response to the person asking the question.
"This is way too tense...?!"
"Unfortunately, the front line is still short-staffed, so we have to wait for you here."
"Please form two teams into one group as soon as possible. You can form teams according to your own wishes. If you cannot form teams, I will help you to be assigned to teams. I hope you can cooperate."
"Once all teams are assigned, the arrangements for everyone will be announced as soon as possible."
After saying that, Nebula took out boxes of walkie-talkies from the trunk, each labeled with a serial number for use with the intended user.
Although everyone was somewhat annoyed, they still ate as quickly as possible, their voices trembling as they recited the poem.
But Li Ji's situation was different. Everyone else came with a full squad, but Li Ji only had six people, including himself.
Although these six people can achieve the effect of more than twenty people in other groups...
For some reason, when Li Ji looked around, he noticed that several team captains had a complex emotion in their eyes when they looked at him.
It's so complicated that it's like seeing a beautiful young widow who's cursed to bring misfortune to her husbands.
Although they all had their eyes on the Rhodes Island team, they ultimately chose the other "other half".
This left Li Ji feeling somewhat bewildered.
He doesn't really care whether he has teammates or not, or even without teammates "supervising" him. He can summon operators anytime, anywhere without any worries, and doesn't need to explain anything to anyone.
But just as Li Ji finished preparing for his solo team and picked up the walkie-talkie...
A slender hand picked up the walkie-talkie next to Li Ji.
Li Ji looked to the side in confusion, only to find that it was someone he knew.
"We meet again. Are you having trouble finding teammates?"
Tian Sheng smiled and waved, "Interested in forming a team? Old teammates."
"What a coincidence." Li Ji looked at Tian Sheng in front of him with a slight surprise and replied, "But are you sure you want to team up with me... The way they look at me is like I'm a jinx."
After hearing this strange analogy, Tian Sheng chuckled, "You know what, this analogy is actually quite vivid."
"Is this even a good image?"
She raised her slender fingers and said to Li Ji, "Of course, your strength is beyond doubt, but it's a pity that your team is basically full of foreign operators..."
"Often, foreign agents are unable to participate in some classified missions, so teams with foreign agents are often assigned to high-risk but non-classified raiding missions, commonly known as... dirty and tiring work."
"And with only six people on your team, it might not be enough in many situations."
"That's why I said your analogy is very vivid..."
"..."
After listening, Li Ji remained silent for a few seconds, but he couldn't refute it, because it did sound quite reasonable.
"It's alright. Although you, this 'pretty' little widow, are a jinx to your husbands, my teammates and I have discussed it. You helped us last time, so this time it's our turn to help you."
After Tian Sheng finished speaking, her teammates behind her all picked up their walkie-talkies.
"Having someone you know makes it easier to join a strange team or stay on your own team."
Tian Sheng looked at Li Ji and clenched her fist in front of him.
Li Ji smiled, and after considering for a few seconds, he lightly bumped fists with Tian Sheng and said:
"Then, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
Chapter 85: Launch a Preemptive Strike
With free team formation, most teams have already found their teammates, and the remaining small number have been assigned by Nebula through a lottery.
"Please fill in the name of your team and the professions of your team members."
Nebula handed the tablet to the team leaders around her, asking them to fill in the numbers on their walkie-talkies, as well as the names and configurations of the operators, in order to plan and divide combat missions and areas.
As the tablet circulated among the various teams, it was eventually handed back to Nebula by Tiansheng.
"Everyone, please get to know your teammates. We will arrange the assignments as soon as possible, and please cooperate in an orderly manner to carry out the cleaning tasks!"
"Roger that!"
With responses from the team leaders, Nebula also discussed the distribution arrangements with the others behind her.
Guess where we'll be assigned?
Tian Sheng sat on her pink suitcase, smiling as she looked at Li Ji and asked a question.
"My understanding of the frontier is limited to what I read in textbooks. Does it really matter where I'm assigned?"
Li Ji was new to the area and didn't really know much about the border region, but judging from Tian Sheng's appearance, she seemed to be very familiar with it, so he thought he would try to find out more from her first.
"Of course, for example, some people will be assigned to seal the cracks deep in the borderlands in order to relieve the pressure on the front lines."
“There will also be people guarding the front lines to withstand the enemy’s relentless attacks.”
"Some people need to assist the elite team in eliminating members of the Fusion Faction to prevent them from causing significant obstacles for our side."
Tian Sheng explained some issues related to the border region to Li Ji in a clear and logical manner.
This is her third time coming to the border to provide support, but this time she was in a real hurry. She was still in the essence of evolution, leading her team to farm modules... She only rushed back in the middle of the night to pack her luggage.
At first, when she saw Rhodes Island led by Li Ji, she hesitated for a moment about whether to team up with them.
Because compared to the combat benefits that Rhodes Island can bring, the risks are also enormous.
If you're assigned to the front lines, there's truly no chance of advancement.
The front-line battlefield is also known as the 'dungeon' by all the teams.
As the defensive line closest to the border city wall, it needs to withstand the continuous influx of enemies for a fixed period of time every day.
If the team cleared the area in time that day, and there were still a fair number of cracks in the seal, they would be able to thwart fewer of the enemy's attacks.
If the cleanup team's sealing speed is slowed down due to difficulties that day, the number of enemies they need to intercept will also increase...
Although their situation is relatively safer compared to the teams that go out, they still need to engage in high-intensity combat for long periods of time every day.
Tian Sheng had heard other teams complain about this before.
Personnel on the front lines had to stay inside the defense line for eight hours a day before they could "go home," and at that time, the manpower and teams were still able to support them.
But now the team for the Wanghai Villa project has been completely emptied out, and it's hard to imagine what the border region is like now.
At this point... it's highly unlikely that the eight-hour workday will still be in effect, right?
But there was really no other way. After seeing that no team had teamed up with Rhodes Island, Tian Sheng had no choice but to make up his mind that no matter how tired he was, he could not abandon Rhodes Island, the team that had saved his team.
After all, no matter what, it was only thanks to Flame Shadow and Reed that they survived that incident involving the essence of evolution.
So after a brief discussion with her teammates, she still chose to team up with Rhodes Island...
This avoided sending Li Ji to a team he wasn't familiar with.
Because good teams will definitely be picked by others... The teams left waiting to be assigned either have problems with their strength or have problems with things outside of the team.
If Rhodes Island and the assigned team have any command conflicts or disagreements on decisions, causing Rhodes Island to fall into a predicament.
That's something Tian Sheng wouldn't want to see either.
"If that's the case, then besides guarding the front lines... it seems like we have nowhere else to go, right?"
After listening to Tian Sheng's explanation in deep thought, Li Ji shrugged helplessly.
"If nothing unexpected happens... that's how it is."
Seeing Tian Sheng smile helplessly as well, Li Ji roughly understood some of the current tasks and situations at the border.
The job they are most likely to be assigned now is guarding the front line, a task similar to annihilating a battlefield.
The battlefield of annihilation was naturally familiar to Li Ji.
Barring any major unforeseen circumstances, the most likely targets for annihilation on the border are the urban area of Longmen and the outer ring road of Longmen.