Liang Lu's "two-minute drive" was no exaggeration. It was calculated by the auxiliary Smart Brain based on the dedicated repair vehicle's speed inside the pipeline tunnel. Converted to Earth time, it was roughly a hundred seconds.
That was only enough time for a few sentences.
During that time, Ronan was surprised by Liang Lu's logic. The title "Xiao Field Officer" also sounded familiar, and he could not help asking, "Xiao Field Officer... is he the officer who suffered backlash from the Space-Time Fortress structure?"
Ronan truly had no face to use a term like "that self-righteous guy," so he could only substitute this overly formal description. Come to think of it, the first time he had heard the name was from Liang Lu as well. Supposedly, Zhan Xiao had been the first mid-ranking officer in the Two Beehive region to become a "victim."
"Yes, that's him."
"And we're just going to... conduct a spot inspection?"
There was indeed similar work in the repair manual, but ordinary rank-and-file soldiers like them—even technical soldiers directly under Sheng Zhan Field Officer—would generally not brazenly get involved themselves. There were personnel specifically assigned to such tasks.
Liang Lu winked at Ronan. "Relax. He knows what this is about. We're really just finding an excuse to visit a friend."
Ronan blinked too.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that his rank is four grades higher than mine. That's only because his surname is Zhan, he's older, and he got the advantage of military academy. During general studies, I never lost to him in any of the five core courses! Over the past twenty years, there's only one thing I've admired about him: that All-Domain Recording Edition of Miss Su Yi's 'street recording' from before her debut. Out of print! I've always suspected it was recorded