Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 716 - 709: Return to the Camp

Chapter 716: Chapter 709: Return to the Camp

Everyone arrived at the location where the transport plane was docked. Because Tangmo was quarantined, she was covered in a chemical protective suit and was taken onto the airboat. However, they didn’t see Luoer. Due to the severity of his injuries, he had already returned to the rear camp for treatment on a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.

After boarding the airboat, Tangmo was immediately isolated. She could hardly conceal her frustration as she couldn’t be with Luoer and sat alone on the bed in a daze.

"Has that Momo come back again?" After hearing Cheng Ziang’s description, Baiyue couldn’t help but voice her worry.

"Yes," Cheng Ziang nodded, then reassured her, "But don’t worry. She said she won’t hurt us anymore. She said Moumou could regain control of her body soon. So her appearance should be permitted by Moumou. I think we can trust her."

"Sister Moumou allowed her to come." Hearing Cheng Ziang’s words, the worry on Baiyue’s face didn’t completely fade away. Instead, she turned her head and looked anxiously at Tangmo through the window.

As the acting Captain, Cheng Ziang naturally reported the situation to Li Si. They briefly shared their ordeal with Li Si, whose frown didn’t ease throughout their narration.

Although they had triumphed, Li Si just couldn’t rejoice. The headquarters had repeatedly warned them to keep Luoer safe, but he ended up severely injured and even potentially infected with a virus. This left Li Si extremely anxious.

After Luoer was sent off, he immediately reported to headquarters and asked for antiviral serum to support the front line. It was impossible to cover up such incidents. Luoer being injured was not the main concern; if he got infected, things would be troublesome.

It’s important to know that Luoer was a crucial card in the headquarters’ hand, and his value was immeasurable given the deepening collaboration between headquarters and Ilanadale.

Ilanadale, as the headquarters’ stronghold in the South, became such because of the endorsement from Luoer and his mother. The senior executives of headquarters have managed to motivate the Ministry of Defense to provide more financial aid because of this, otherwise, the entire plan would have stopped due to a lack of funding.

Also, Li Si couldn’t hide the fact that Luoer had fallen into trouble, whatsoever. Luoer was not only a significant piece on their chessboard, but he was also dear to Wang Xu, who had not yet married. Wang Xu and Luoer have a bond like that of father and son.

"What on earth does ’all staff protection’ mean if it doesn’t include the Captain?" Li Si tapped his desk irritably.

"The reason we were able to succeed in this operation was largely because of Feng, so I think..." Cheng Ziang hesitated.

"I know what you’re thinking, don’t worry. We won’t send Feng to the research center. We’ll try our best to let her stay in the Advance Team." Li Si waved his hand in reassurance.

"Thank you." Cheng Ziang said gratefully.

"That Momo, as in Momo of bubbles," Li Si coughed and then looked at him, asking, "What do you think of her?"

"I believe she can maintain her current state, and won’t hold her past actions against her," Cheng Ziang replied.

"Do you trust her?" Li Si asked.

"I do!" Cheng Ziang nodded.

"She was the one who almost tore your team apart in the past." Li Si reminded.

"I don’t trust her," Cheng Ziang took a deep breath and said, "I trust the other Moumou. The control of her body is in her hands, and she can reclaim it at any time. Since she let her sister appear, she must trust her sister. So, I choose to trust her."

"Ah," Li Si buried his face in his hands and sighed, "There really is all types in your Advance Team."

"We’ve already gotten used to it, just like we never thought we’d get to where we are today when we first stepped through the Otherworld Gate." Cheng Ziang laughed.

"Go rest, and make sure to adequately do preventive work. Isolate who should be isolated, and we’ll deal with it when we return to the camp," Li Si looked up and said, "Since our task here is done, we have no reason to stay. Let everyone know to return to the airboat, we are about to change course and head home!"

"Yes!" Cheng Ziang saluted, with standard military formality.

After the preparations were completed, the airboat pivoted ninety degrees in mid-air and headed back on its arrival route. The matters here would be left to the Church Court, their current priority was to develop the antibody as soon as possible, to use as a bargaining chip to exchange for Lipei.

Alone, Tangmo stayed in the separate isolation room, prostrate on the table out of utter boredom. Despite all her calculation and planning, she failed to foresee that Luoer had already been taken to the rear. Therefore, she would have to endure this journey all by herself.

In front of her, a notebook filled with messages between two personalities. Moumou was evidently displeased with her sister’s impulsive actions, thus her words held severe disdain. In response, Momo unabashedly reproached her sister for her futile efforts in handling Luoer’s situation.

The two continually exchanged rebukes, nearly filling up the entire notebook.

Just at that moment, the cabin door suddenly opened. A person, dressed in a protective suit and gas mask, entered the room. Seeing the small stature of the newcomer, Tangmo didn’t need to guess who it was.

Baiyue walked in with some food and water in her hands. After placing the tray on the table, she closed the cabin door. She then sat opposite Tangmo, silently staring at her. Finally, she dipped her finger in the water and wrote a few words on the table: "Momo?"

"What, if it were me, would you keep communicating like this?" Tangmo shot her a glance and asked in frustration.

Upon hearing Tangmo’s tone, Baiyue affirmed that the person before her was Momo, who almost disbanded the Advance Team previously. She coughed once before staring back at her, a question in her eyes: "What, what are you here for?"

"Does each of you need to question me, am I not supposed to appear?" Tangmo asked with a disapproving expression.

"You would harm everyone." Baiyue simply replied.

"Heh," hearing her response, Tangmo couldn’t help but scoff, "I knew it, you still don’t trust me, everyone is questioning my intentions. I was naive to think that helping you through difficulties would change your perception of me. Heh, I’m really too stupid."

"These are two separate matters, you caused harm to everyone before, don’t gloss over that. Don’t act as if you’re the victim, if you hadn’t hurt everyone before, they wouldn’t have had unfounded hostility towards you," Baiyue said coolly.

Surprisingly to Tangmo, the usually reticent girl before her was managing to hold her own in the argument and made it difficult for Tangmo to rebut.

"I don’t care if you all hate and reject me, I just want to see Luoer now. If even Luoer hates me, then I won’t appear again..." Tangmo was silent for a long time before she said firmly, biting her lip.

Hearing her words, Baiyue felt uncomfortably gripped by emotion. It took her a while to muster the courage to say: "Actually, I am scared of you, I fear that you might take Luoer away, because you are much more formidable than Sister Moumou."

"Scare of me?" Tangmo was taken aback. She then looked at Baiyue, her previously dispirited face breaking into a playful smile.

She stretched out her hand and caught Baiyue’s face through the rubber of the mask, leaning in with a grin: "So, you’re trying to get back at me! But don’t worry too much, Luoer will favor you first. Relax, I’m fair enough."

"What do you mean?" Baiyue was left befuddled by Tangmo’s statement. She stared at her, puzzled.

"Secret!" Tangmo’s face blossomed into a mysterious smile once again.

Seeing the insinuating look in her eyes, Baiyue instinctively stepped back and forcefully broke free from Tangmo’s grasp, curling up like a startled bunny.

"Where’s Feng?" Tangmo feeling the warmth from Baiyue’s face on her fingertips, looked around asking.

"In the isolation room next door." Baiyue responded.

"I’m going to find her!" Tangmo said enthusiastically.

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