After Li Wei arrived at Pebble Fortress, she did not see Li Huaiyuan. Instead, an aide led her to a tiered lecture hall.
The classroom was not large, holding only around twenty or thirty people.
The desks and chairs below were arranged neatly, but only the seats in the very center of the front row had a stack of materials placed on them.
On the lectern, a major officer wearing gold-rimmed glasses was fiddling with the playback equipment.
He was around thirty-five or thirty-six, with refined features and a slender build. He looked more like a university professor than a frontline officer.
Li Wei's brows furrowed, and a bad premonition surged into her heart.
This scene... why was it so similar to the first time she entered a rift?
The same small tiered lecture hall. The same teacher-like figure.
Back then, after listening for half a day, the only useful information she had gained was—that she had been tricked...
When the major saw Li Wei step inside, he hurriedly rose, stood at attention, and saluted. His manner was respectful, and his spirits were high.
"Colonel Jiang, hello. My name is Chen Jianwen, and I'm responsible for providing your theoretical training before Operation: Channel Reclamation."
Li Wei's heart gave a little thump.
Sure enough...
She wanted to turn around and leave, but when she thought of the little "sea urchins" waiting for her to favor them in the next operation, she held herself back.
She stiffly walked over to the seat piled with materials and sat down. When Li Wei lowered her eyes and looked at them, her head began to ache.
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