Although the danger level was expected to be relatively low for this crossing, they still checked their equipment as usual before the crossing. There are no pop-up windows on the net, and the update is fast // Since there is a lot of high-tech equipment, they don't have much to bring this time.

They only brought a small amount of weapons, ammunition and tools with them this time, and on average each person only carried a backpack. On average, each person only brought about 10 kilograms of supplies.

"Assault rifle? Shen Chao asked about the improved M8 Avenger they brought, and the whole body of the gun has been modified. The lethality of a single bullet is close to that of a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun.

The refitted high-end barrel radiator ensures that it can shoot at high speed without stopping, and more than 200 rounds will overheat. And it only takes up to 10 seconds to automatically cool down to normal levels. Not to mention the Mass Effect Shotgun hanging underneath it, which can knock down a solid reinforced concrete wall at close range.

"Normal," Castor and Alice replied after checking the status of their weapons.

"Shield generators? Shen Chao continued to check that the shield generator was their most important equipment this time, with it, they would become invincible beings in the cell division world, and with it, no light weapon could pose enough threat to them.

"Works! Mine is fine......" The two of them replied, checking each other.

"Medical glue? "This is also the material that each of them must carry, the medical glue can greatly improve their chances of survival after being injured, although Shen Chao does not believe that anyone can do anything to them with their shields on, but the necessary preparations are still necessary.

"It's all there! No problem......"

"Communicator? Shen Chao didn't say radio, he asked about the mass effect military communicator he brought, although this is essentially radio communication, but after the acceleration of the mass effect field, this communicator can carry out conventional communication in the star system. And only communicators using the same technology can receive their signals.

Therefore, they now have their own unique means of communication, and as long as they are still on one planet, they are not afraid of not finding each other. This greatly improved the level of communication security for their entire expedition.

"Normal" A few people checked it and there was no problem.

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After checking the equipment, Shen Chao took them and started the crossing. This is the first time he has led the team back to the world he has been to before. Although it is not said in words. But he was still a little excited.

He's been in this world for a long time before, and he's been through a lot of changes, so. Like Custer, he has a lot of affection for the world. Besides, he misses his big villa outside Washington.

After completing the crossing, they appeared on a yacht. The yacht was still like when Shen Chao and Custer left. Drifting in the waters of southern Italy, the sea breeze blows in their faces as if they had never left.

Custer entered the cabin and looked at the marine clock and GPS, the times and coordinates were the same as when they left, and saw this. He breathed a sigh of relief. This shows that they still have plenty of time.

Several people put down their backpacks and spent more than an hour driving the yacht to Malta, during which Shen Chao also taught Alice how to drive this kind of yacht. They arrived at their destination with a relaxed mood as if they were on a tour.

They stopped in a port city called Valletta, which is an important port city in Malta. After docking at a port full of yachts and fishing boats, they took a few minutes to complete the docking formalities before they entered the warm city.

Malta is a small country with a Mediterranean climate. It's warm all year round. Valletta is a typical port town. Cafes and small restaurants are everywhere. They finally confirmed the time here, and then Shen Chao and Alice said goodbye to Custer for the time being. …,

The task of opening up a safe world this time is not complicated, and theoretically up to two people can accomplish their mission objectives. As a result, Custer asked himself to begin the pre-reconnaissance of his plan before the mission.

In order to start his plan as soon as possible, he didn't want the benefits of this crossing. Shen Chao agreed without much trouble at that time. After all. This operation really had nothing to do with danger. Returning to the third echelon can be done with only a few small actions and a few days.

In contrast, Custer's future plans require a lot of preparation. His plan to "save the country" took years of hard work to complete, so. Shen Chao understood his urgency. gave him the green light.

It was also the first time that they had each done their own thing after the crossing had begun. Therefore, they also agreed to practice twice a day to ensure the safety of both parties.

Shen Chao knew that Custer's main purpose this time was to return to China to conduct some investigative work, and find out which of his old superiors and government officials could be trusted and used, and those were his enemies for future reforms.

That's right, it's "perestroika", Custer doesn't want to see too much bloodshed anymore, what he wants is to achieve basic order and the rebuilding of the armed forces in his homeland, to save his homeland from chaos.

On the other hand, Shen Chao's purpose for coming back this time is much simpler, he wants to use the political turmoil created by Rhett to help him ascend to the throne, and the best result is for him to gain a greater voice in the third echelon.

As for Red, who crossed the river and demolished the bridge, he didn't care at all about their friendship for several years, Shen Chao was ready to let him squat in prison until he died. That's right, he doesn't want to see Red finished, because only he can give information about his behind-the-scenes boss.

Red's ongoing coup plan was not his own idea, and the one he planned was just a spin-off of a political conflict. According to the plot in the game and Shen Chao's own understanding in the past two years, Red is currently working for a super consortium.

Codenamed "Megiddo", this super consortium is a multinational consortium with a huge amount of money and a huge political influence. The multinational conglomerate orchestrated the coup d'état to take down the uncooperative incumbent president and install a puppet to take office.

As part of the plan. Red was the direct agent in charge of the specific operation, and he must have met Megiddo's higher-ups and obtained funds from them to cooperate with his operation. After all, with only the funds of the third echelon, it is impossible for him to carry out such a big plan.

Shen Chao had heard some news about Megiddo before, but he could only basically hear some rumors, he only knew that the financial resources of this organization were very strong, but how powerful it was, what were the members of the organization, and whether there was a headquarters...... None of this is a clue.

After saying goodbye to Custer and going their separate ways. Shen Chao took Alice to rent a car and began to wander around the city. He had just used his multi-purpose tool to hack into the mobile phone network here. Now his phone can be disguised as any number to make calls.

Now all he has to do is find Sam's mobile number or find Sam directly. Fisher's people too. As a defector agent, there are many things that he has a hard time getting involved in. Even his warnings were filtered or ignored.

But Sam. Fisher is different, as a veteran of the third echelon, Guan Rong's retired Sam. Fisher has enough connections for him to warn, and he himself has enough weight to attract the attention of the third echelon. Make it easier for him and Alice to act.

After hacking into the customs server, he carefully checked the recent customs records, and Shen Chao quickly found Fisher's information, but it was still a little difficult to contact him. In order to find him, Shen Chao began to track Graeme's mobile phone communication through the Guò Internet. …,

At the same time, he asks Alice to drive the car to the same small square as it appears in the game, and if his other methods don't work well, at least this method will be able to wait for Fisher.

It took half an hour to break through the firewall and security protocols, and finally, he tracked down the call records of Grim's security number, although Shen Chao didn't have a good impression of his former female superior.

But he had to admit that Graemu's security and confidentiality work was indeed seamless. It took him so long to break the safety net of more than a dozen servers with the interstellar age cracking tool before he could find her communication records.

He quickly found out Sam's contact information. It seems that Graemm has also been keeping an eye on Sam's whereabouts. And with higher intelligence support, she has long lost contact with Sam like herself.

may be too confident in his own arrangement, Shen Chao also found some more valuable information in Graemu's call records, the most important of which is the information about Sam's daughter "Sarah".

As in the game, Sam was informed of his daughter's death after a mission more than two years ago. At that time, he was very depressed for a while, and Shen Chao didn't dare to sue him at that time, his daughter was still alive, and it was Lambert who was playing tricks on him.

Sam, who thought he had lost his only loved one, quickly accepted the super-dangerous undercover assignment assigned to him by Lambert. And it was a big success after more than half a year. Sam was saddened by Lambert's death in action and left the third echelon he and Lambert had created.

To this day, Sam doesn't know that his own daughter isn't dead. Lambert just wanted Sam to accept and devote himself to the undercover mission to bring down the GBA terrorist organization, and faked the illusion of his daughter's death.

After reading Graeme's call record, Shen Chao began to dial Sam's number, although he hadn't seen Sam for a whole year, but Shen Chao believed that the other party would still believe his words, after all, his friendship with Sam was still good,