"This mission is a rescue. A historian from our Great Xia is trapped in [Fulong Cave]. Our mission is to get him out..."
In the car, Cao Chao quickly outlined the mission.
Just as when they first met, Han Yi drove, Cao Chao sat in the front passenger seat, and Lin Shuguang sat alone in the back, leafing through the file.
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Ding Jianlin, native of Linyuan, historian.
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"What was a historian doing in [Fulong Cave]?" Lin Shuguang asked casually as he read the file.
Cao Chao smiled without betraying anything. "Our bureau has already imposed a news blackout on this. You're hardly an outsider, Mr. Lin, so there's no harm in telling you. Just please don't spread it around."
Lin Shuguang nodded, his interest piqued.
Cao Chao lowered his voice. "A month ago, we detected a strange phenomenon inside [Fulong Cave], so we sealed it off and brought in Professor Ding... The phenomenon didn't last long. Half a month ago, it disappeared, along with Professor Ding, his accompanying staff, and all the security personnel... Yesterday, Professor Ding finally contacted us through an encrypted transmission... But the situation is still bad. Someone seems to be hunting them down, very possibly Demonic Cultivators!"
"So no one knows where they actually went during that time?" Lin Shuguang looked over.
Cao Chao nodded, his expression unchanged. "Everything is unknown. We'll only know the full story once we bring them back and verify it."
Lin Shuguang understood.
Half an hour later, they reached the main road leading to [Fulong Cave], where a heavy military presence guarded the route and dozens of fully armed soldiers stopped traffic for inspections.
Many cars were backed up there. Many people rolled down their windows and craned their heads out, their faces anxious.
"If I'd known, I wouldn't