Chapter 983: Solo Infiltration
They had to rest for half an hour because the horses were disobedient.
The route they went on wasn’t the toughest. When Old Luo climbed this ice mountain in the past, he had to do it at night for all four times. He took off his gloves and grabbed a handful of snow to suck in his mouth. His tongue turned numb because of the cold. It cleared up his mind too.
“We’ll reach after pa.s.sing through here!” At 7 am, when a tinge of light appeared on the horizon, Old Luo laughed loudly as he stood at the hillside and said, “It’s still the same as the path I walked four years ago. The weather is freezing, and it didn’t snow at night.
If it snowed at night, they would have to walk through the heavy snow and strong wind. It would slow down their pace.
Looking at the windy and endless road below them, Xia Jinyuan squinted. “Let’s finish this route in one shot. After rus.h.i.+ng down the mountain, we’ll rest for an hour.”
They chose the hardest way because they were illegal mercenaries now! They mustn’t reveal themselves and couldn’t taint their country.
From 11.40 am to 7 am the next morning, they climbed the 6000-meter high ice mountain using 20 hours and reached their destination.
Old Luo didn’t go back immediately. He went to take a rest at the house of a local. Besides Ye Jian, who only shook hands with him and thanked him, the rest of the members of the Xueyu unit gave this friendly 43-year-old big brother a warm hug.
84 hours after K7 was held captive, the members of the Xueyu unit changed their clothes and dressed like the locals. They drove a jeep and moved towards the desert.
From the snow mountain to the desert. This was their expedition!
When they reached Registan, it was the early morning of the 6th day K7 was held captive. The seven of them didn’t look good at all. From their hair, all the way to their body, a layer of dust could be seen.
Registan, a dry highland area in the Southwest. A sand ridge with a desert flatland in the middle. There were no plants and not much rain.
Ye Jian parted with the other members of the Xueyu unit at 4 am on the 6th day. She jumped into a truck that went right into the ST mercenary team. All she left for the Xueyu unit was a slender and fearless back view.
“Ye Jian is a good soldier.”
Pigeon said in a soft voice. Tears appeared at the edge of his eyes. This parting was filled with unpredictable dangers. Yet, she just left without any hesitation.
His low voice entered the ears of his other comrades. They all raised their heads and looked at Xia Jinyuan who was standing in the middle.
“Why are you looking at me?” Xia Jinyuan retracted his gaze. Under the glaring sunlight, a hint of coldness flashed past his eyes. His handsome face turned serious as he ordered quickly, “Z7, set up our communication. Tell the bomber to find more dynamites. G3, come with me. We will take a walk in the market. The rest of you, be on guard.”
He was worried about Ye Jian but he needed to enter the site of the ST mercenary team a step later than Ye Jian.
Dawn just broke but the desert still seemed to be shrouded in darkness. There were no lively green plants. It was only filled with endless desolation.
Dense sand blew over. Ye Jian blinked slightly before raising her hand and rubbing her eyes. Sand had gotten into her eyes.
Now, she was a local herdsman from Helmand. She was sold to the ST mercenary team by her family for money and officially became the lowest form of being in the ST mercenary team.
She wore white shaw clothes with a white headscarf. She hugged the freshly baked pancakes in her hand and pa.s.sed it to the mercenaries that came from different countries. Ten hours after entering the ST mercenary team, at 5 pm that day, Ye Jian had already started her work.
The low mud buildings here were more squarish than the mud buildings in Pakistan. In Ye Jian’s eyes, they were like jails.
The base of the ST mercenary team was extremely huge. When Ye Jian saw a few mercenaries wearing different military uniforms, she hid behind a mud building quickly. She needed to wait for the sun to set. She could only act when it was completely dark.