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The queue before departure had been rather troublesome, but the journey itself went smoothly.
Ronan, Yunbo, and the Tranquil Underworld Bureau personnel led by Field Officer Wang Zhen arrived safely aboard the Chang Ying.
At this time, the Chang Ying seemed to be in slightly better shape than when they had left six—well, sixty hours ago.
Ronan still was not very used to the Sky Abyss Empire's decimal time system, just as he had never truly adapted to war.
Driven by the rhythm of war, from the moment they stepped onto the Chang Ying, they once again entered a working state of racing against time.
Field Officer Wang Zhen took the Tranquil Underworld Bureau field agents directly to find Officer Li Chuang, a member of the frontline committee and Deputy Director overseeing the Chang Ying's overall operations. Ronan, meanwhile, accompanied Field Officer Yunbo to the Tactical Intelligence Division to meet his mother—Field Officer Hong Shuang—and confirm the arrangements that had basically been agreed upon: the Experimental Zone of the Third Processing Center, as well as the temporary reassignment of Lieutenant Meng Xin, Sergeant Major Chaku, and others.
When Field Officer Hong Shuang saw her own son, her expression showed no obvious change. Still, the preliminary preparations had indeed been quite thorough.
This stern gray-haired lady bore no apparent grudge simply because this had been a project she had previously vetoed—at least, Ronan could not see any. Nor would Ronan dwell on what she might be thinking. Leaving Field Officer Yunbo behind to continue using personal connections to pave the way for official business, he went with Lieutenant Meng Xin to the Third Processing Center to meet Sergeant Major Chaku and inspect the Experimental Zone that had already been set up.
Especially the "furnace"—in other words, the relevant parameters of