It was a pleasure and a quick time to immerse myself in a book, and I went in with breakfast, and when I came out, I wondered if I should bring lunch with me. Considering the helpless and ugly expression of the caretaker's aunt, I decided to go to the cafeteria to eat obediently. Anyway, there was time to go to the library in the afternoon - if there was no announcement.

"Inform all members of the experimental team to gather in the large conference room of the command center immediately. Repeat, all ...... by the experimental team"

Voices resounded throughout the base. In the cafeteria, some people reluctantly put down the utensils, complained and ran out. Saraita, who was beside me, also grumbled.

"What are you going to do for a meeting? I want to take a break. ”

"Who knows, there's probably something important, right?"

I echoed Sarata's words in my mouth, but I knew them all in my heart. At this time, there is no need to guess the content of the meeting, and there must be a discussion about the attack on the experimental group. Because this time is different from the past, they have lost a device, and this is likely to be a breakthrough for us to grasp the purpose of the "Viper".

But what's the use of discussing? At best, it's just a matter of making amends. The device had already been placed in a secret storage room at the Silver Wing Command, and would be handed over to one of the World Government's research institutes in a few days. The security of the storage room is unparalleled, and even a fly flying into it will be torn to shreds by the lasers of the defense system.

In any case, the meeting still has to be attended. Sareta and I immediately headed to the command center on the sixth floor.

It took a lot of time to assemble the participants, after all, at the meal. The whole team of more than 600 people gathered, but it was only half full for this large conference room. Our group of 7 sat at the back of the room, and Sareta and I found two seats on the side. Saraita still had a sandwich from the cafeteria in her hand, and I just drank a bottle of water and looked ahead.

Behind the table at the very front of the room, sat Tren, Milmill, and the "Snake Head", the third time I saw the "Snake Head". The first was at last month's research results symposium, and the second was on the fifth floor. This person is less than 1.7 meters tall, looks like a goblin in a movie, and does not have the majesty and temperament that a leader should have, but more sinister and cunning. Compared with the two people around him, it added a bit of obscenity. At this moment, his eyes swept over everyone in the room, he must be silently counting the number of people, he always cares very much about the things on the numbers, and remembers them very clearly.

"Good, everyone's here." After the results of the reading, the "snake head" said in his usual slender voice, "The purpose of inviting you here today may be well known to everyone, that is, the incident four days ago, we need to discuss it. Tren, please. ”

As is customary, the top person in charge, Tren, is the first to explain the situation. Tren did not stand up and sat down to report to the "snakehead" what he had learned. I listened word for word, and as I thought, Tren didn't know the key part of the matter.

That afternoon, halfway through the work of Experiment 2 and Experiment 3, the scouts spotted the Silver Wings who had come to attack. Although the ambush troops placed on the periphery were successfully ambushed, they were quickly wiped out by the follow-up troops, so that they could not notify the experimental group to retreat in time, resulting in the experimental group being attacked by the troops of the Silver Wing. In a hasty retreat, a piece of equipment was hijacked and unsuccessfully self-destructed, which is roughly the process.

The "Viper" escort team likes to set up ambushes in the direction of possible attacks. In the past, as long as our troops were close to the experimental site, they would be ambushed and intercepted, delaying their march. But this time, I provided their approximate location, so the colonel deliberately let half of the squad take the lead, crashed into the ambush's trap, annihilated them all at a small cost, and then quickly raided the test site. Less than ten minutes after snatching the equipment, Tren led reinforcements, and our troops had long since disappeared, and he could not have known the colonel's arrangement. No matter how much I discussed, the result was nothing more than that the on-site personnel were not calm enough, and the handling was not proper enough, etc., which was all right for me.

After Tren spoke, there was silence in the room. This man has always spoken forcefully, and sometimes even the "snakehead" respects him for three points, and only one voice disagrees with his opinion.

"I don't think so."

Milmili stood up as he spoke, gathering everyone's attention. He pulled down the LCD screen hanging on the wall behind him, revealing a map of where the battle took place.

"Ostensibly, after being ambushed, Silverwing forced his way through the interception, raided us as fast as he could, and then snatched a piece of equipment. But actually. ”

Mirmili gave a few hard clicks at the ambush site.

"Were they really ambushed by us?"

Everyone present was confused, except for Tren and me. Tren didn't seem to buy Milmilley's account, and I felt a chill run through the back of my head. Did he perceive it? No way. Less than half a minute after the ambush was lured out, the troops behind followed, and quickly said that the ambush soldiers were all annihilated, and they did not even have a chance to report the news. The only people who knew about the colonel's special arrangement were our soldiers and those ambush soldiers. The colonel never neglected to keep secrets before the war, and none of the ambush soldiers died. Either way, Mirmirly could not have known this.

Tren also didn't believe Milmilly's words and asked, "Do you have any proof?" ”

"Absolutely. I borrowed 'Memoris', so I know a little bit of the truth. ”

Memorris? What is that? What is it for? Do you know what was going on? I looked at Tren, who leaned forward slightly, as if to stand up.

"You used 'memoirs'? That's a level 1 device, without my permission......"

"Ah, yes, that's what I agreed to."

The "snakehead" slowly raised his hand and gestured to Tren like a child reporting to a teacher, but his tone was irrefutable.

"Because I also have a bad premonition, I'm going to leave you directly to Mirmiri. Work needs, work needs. ”

The leader had spoken, and Tren's questioning had ended, and he adjusted his sitting position to listen to Mirmir continue to speak.

"After the battle, we recovered the bodies of several soldiers who participated in the ambush. Through Memoris and reading their memories before they died, there were a few key words that intrigued me - small troops, with a back hand, and the situation was not good......"

Slow, I'm a little out of pace. How did you know what the dead man thought? How do you read memories? What's going on? I didn't want to listen to Milmilly's talk, so I hurried to ask Saraita beside me.

"Memorris, you say?"

Sareta thought for a moment and replied in a low voice: "I don't know the official name, commonly known as 'memoir', it is an EXP device, and I don't know much about the specific principle. It seems that the pure EXP is used to shock the brain of a person who has just died, and the memory information retained in the brain is converted into an electronic signal through the medium of EXP. However, the resulting things are vague, such as vague words or images of unknown meaning...... Well? Ravi, what's wrong with you? ”

What's wrong with me? I don't know what to say or what expressions to make. A device that reads the memories of a dead man? How could it be — no, I can't say that in that book, didn't I already see a lot of cutting-edge products made from "the wrong energy"? This "memoir" must be the same, maybe I'll find it in a few more pages.

Damn, if I had known in advance that there was such a thing in the base, I would have been more cautious, at least alerting the colonel.

"Based on this information, we concluded," Mirmiri continued, "that there were very few enemies ambushed and were decoys. In order to snatch the equipment, it is necessary for the Silver Wing to march quickly, maintaining the speed of movement while guarding against ambushes, and the best way to do this is to disperse the troops. ”

Milmilli walked around in front of the screen, fully in shape. And the truth of the matter is indeed gradually emerging according to his wishes.

"Speculating from the arrangement of their troops, there is only one possibility."

He froze, unconsciously or unconsciously, and his gaze swept over the people behind him.

"They knew about our deployment in advance, that is, we had internal spies."

The exclamations and chatters that filled the room instantly drowned out Milmilli's voice. The "snake head" slapped the table, signaling everyone to be quiet, and the sound of chaos gradually disappeared.

"You mean, Silverwing knew about our arrangement, so he deliberately prepared a small number of troops as bait?" "Snake Head" asked.

"That's what it means."

"How can you be sure that this arrangement is deliberate?" Tren asked as well.

"At the end of April, the experimental group heading to Area F was attacked by the Silverwings. At that time, because of passing near their base, it could also be explained that a blind cat touched a dead mouse. But this time the location is in Area A, far from their base. In addition, after the ambush was introduced, there were troops to annihilate them immediately, and then they rushed over at full speed, these things do not make sense at all with the word coincidence. There is no second possibility other than knowing our plans and arrangements in advance. ”

The crowd was agitated again, and the "snake head" had to slap the table hard, he didn't like the mess. The voice was completely calm, and the "snake head" leaned back in the chair, stretched his waist hard, and closed his eyes to think.

I believe that he will definitely make an accurate and prudent judgment on this matter. If the search for spies becomes a base-scale sports meeting, everyone will only be at risk, so it is necessary to control the impact of this matter as much as possible.

In this way, I understood the reason why the third cadre, Kotri, did not show up at the meeting. Presumably, Mirmirly thinks that the spy is likely to be under the command of Kotri, after all, it is mainly the combat part that leaks out. Little did he know, I had befriended a few researchers at a large expense, and they happened to be in frequent contact with some of the unspeakable soldiers.

But either way, I'm going to have to be honest. Any more action is tantamount to self-defeat.

The air seemed to freeze, and everyone waited for the opinion of the "snake head", and he thought for several minutes before he slowly made a sound.

"Do you have any thoughts on what Milmilli said?"

Everyone in the audience looked at each other and didn't say a word.

"You don't have a problem, and so do I. However, the content of today's meeting, you should not publicize it. And also. ”

The "snakehead" turned his body back to Tren.

"Until this matter has a result, I am responsible for the personnel transfer of the experimental team, will this have any impact on the experiment?"

"If it's only two weeks, it shouldn't be."

"So, according to the plan I said before, you have no opinion, right?"

Tren sighed helplessly and said the word "no".

"Good."

With Tren's permission, the "Snakehead" stood up and switched places with Milmilly, and the map on the screen changed to the entire Alpha region.

"As you may know, there will be another experiment tomorrow as planned, but given what Milmilley said, the location of the experiment needs to be adjusted. My idea is to do it in conjunction with our recent armed operations......"

The "Snake Head" began to analyze the layout of the Silver Wing Army, as well as the establishment of supply depots around villages and towns. In general, there is no need for me to reveal such plans, because the supply depot is not a strategic objective worth defending, and the "Viper" will not bother to fight. But it would be a different matter if the experimental site was chosen there, which meant that the "Viper" would spare no effort to eliminate the Silver Wing troops stationed there. But it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to abandon the supply station and leave, and the casualties won't be too big. This doesn't require me to risk revealing to ......

“…… To sum up, the attack site was selected as the town of Red Pine Forest. ”

Wait, what? Red pine forests?

"Red pine forest? OK. ”

Tren repeated. That's right, red pine forest, I remember.

Lily has said she's going there to provide medical care to the locals on behalf of the Silver Wing until we finish our mission in the Alpha region.

Red Pine Grove Town!

Are the "vipers" going to attack there?

"That's pretty much, Tren, do you have any suggestions?"

"I'll just make the protocol."

"Of course, that's decided. The arrangement of the attack troops, I said separately to Kotri. Now groups 1 and 4 stay and others can go. ”

People crowded out of the conference room, and I was reminded by Sareta to squeeze out of the crowd and out of the command center, but stopped after a few steps.

"Would you like to get some more food, Ravi?"

"I'd like to visit the dormitory and see you at the library."

"Hmm."

Sending Sareta away, I remained where I was, thinking.

If the red pine forest is attacked, then Lily will be in danger. Of course, the soldiers stationed there are very experienced, and most of them will not have accidents. But for some reason, I was not as relieved as usual, and all I could think about was the scene of their failed escape. If this is the case, the possibility of Lily being captured or even killed can be imagined.

But more realistically, if I tried to inform Jed, it would not be safe either for correspondence or for secret appointments. The base is in a tense period of turmoil, and the entire experimental team is controlled by the "snakehead". Rash action is likely to expose your identity, which in turn will lead to the failure of the entire plan.

Compared to the risk of a mission failure compared to a supply station, there is no doubt that I should prioritize the mission.

But should I really do that?