We arrived at the rendezvous point five minutes ahead of schedule.
If nothing had happened to the base and the Liaison Group had not been wiped out, then at this time tonight, R9 would have been here with his people to welcome R5 and the twenty-thousand-strong force he was bringing.
But the base had been hit, and those liaison teams had also lost contact.
So although the other side would still come, they definitely would not proceed according to the original plan and bring everyone over at once, completing the infiltration of twenty thousand people in the shortest possible time.
Now that the plan had been disrupted, they had no choice but to send out a small team first. Though it was only a squad of around twenty people, its leader was an R-class member, R305.
I had not expected R305 to be a woman as well. She looked about the same age as Yan Rou and was quite beautiful.
The instant she saw Yan Rou, a smile appeared on her face. "I didn't expect you to come in person."
Yan Rou smiled back, about to say something, but R305's gaze shifted toward Qianqian and me. She asked, "And these two are?"
"My friends. You know, after the base was compromised, we were like stray dogs with nowhere to go. Fortunately, he took me in, and this one is his wife." This was the introduction Yan Rou and I had agreed on beforehand. Although I knew the identity was fake, I could not help my face heating up when she introduced Qianqian as my wife. I looked at Qianqian, and she was looking at me too, a faint smile at the corner of her lips.
"Right, tell me—how did the base suddenly get compromised? Where is R9? And what about