Discovering the Situation

"What should we do, Brother Lei? What should our next step be?"

Seeing that Zhao Tianlei remained silent, everyone grew increasingly nervous instead. He had always been everyone's leader and backbone, but now that even Zhao Tianlei had lost his sense of direction, they had no idea what to do.

At that moment, Zhao Tianlei suddenly seemed to remember something. He hurriedly turned to Zhou Xiaotong and said, "Zhou Xiaotong, even if you're unfamiliar with this base, you should at least know where the communications room and security office are, right? Just take us to either one of them."

"The communications room and the security office?"

Hearing Zhao Tianlei's question, Zhou Xiaotong was stunned. She immediately began thinking, then suddenly slapped her forehead and said, "I've never been to the security office, but I know where the communications room is. Turn left at the intersection ahead, and we'll be there."

Zhao Tianlei's face immediately lit up with excitement. "Good. Hurry and show us the way."

After hearing Zhou Xiaotong, Tong Le immediately started the vehicle and drove in the direction she had indicated. Before long, Tong Le spotted a fork in the road and, following Zhou Xiaotong's directions, turned left and continued onward.

As the vehicle was moving, Zhou Xiaotong suddenly pointed toward a building ahead and said, "Yes, that's the place. Look, there's an iron gate with a loudspeaker hanging above it. I passed by there once before. That's the communications room in Zone 1 of the base. Whenever something happened in the base, they would broadcast announcements from there."

Zhao Tianlei immediately ordered, "Good. Tong Le, drive over there now."

Tong Le immediately drove over and parked the vehicle near the three-story building compound. However, before the vehicle could get close, Tong Le stopped it at a distance.