Liang Lu?!
Ronan's brain short-circuited for a moment, but Sergeant Major Le Zuo quickly urged him on. "Hey, hey, what's going on?"
"It's like this..." Ronan steadied himself and informed Sergeant Major Le Zuo of the current situation.
The other side had evidently been mentally prepared for this and did not waste words. "That 'Harbinger Bird' you made is still inside the 'Fire Seed,' right? It won't fly off just because you've left?"
"Mm, it won't."
"All right, then. As long as it's there, it counts as you still being around."
There was something strange in the way he said that.
Ronan had nothing more to add. The company's daily management had primarily been Sergeant Major Le Zuo's responsibility, while Ronan's role was merely to provide a "Technical Backstop." Now that the handover had been completed so simply, it was Sergeant Major Le Zuo's turn to give him instructions.
"Be careful in the Command Sequence. Don't mess up and lead everyone into the fire. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing whether you can come up with some kind of 'Technical Backstop' over there too. You've reached Ladder-tier evaluation, so you should be able to manage it, right?"
"I'll do my best... I can."
"Heh, being cautious is better. One more thing: Field Officer Fang isn't easy to deal with."
"Oh."
"Do you have anything you want me to pass on to Tao Xian or anyone else?"
Ronan hurriedly exchanged a few more words with Sergeant Major Le Zuo, and then time was up.
The Short Bridge-type multipurpose vessel made another low-altitude flight over the battlefield. This time, it delivered Sergeant Major Le Zuo to his assigned ground battlefield, then immediately began gaining altitude, preparing to return to the rear.
Yet at that very moment, Ronan saw, through the real-time exterior