If the map hadn't clearly marked it with the words "A City Main Base," everyone would have thought they had come to the wrong place.
A row of low earthen walls alternated with wooden picket fences. There wasn't even a proper road, and the shabby little gate between the fences was tightly shut, with no sign of opening.
Everyone was puzzled. Never mind comparing it to H City Base or City D Base-it couldn't even compare to Dark Night Base. It was nothing like the A City Main Base Bai Yaoyao remembered.
And despite it being midday, nobody was entering or leaving the base. Didn't anyone go out on missions?
With doubts lingering in her mind, Bai Yaoyao stepped forward and called loudly into the base, "Hello! Is this A City Main Base?"
The staff member froze. Are they crazy? Why would they come at midday? He hurriedly replied, "Yes! Where did you come from? Quick, quick, quick! Get inside before it's too late!"
With that, he rushed out to open the gate for Bai Yaoyao and the others.
But in the blink of an eye, the weather changed dramatically. The sun, which had just been showing off its boundless charm, suddenly hid away in shyness, and fierce gusts of wind swept up.
The little picket fences at the base entrance creaked. They didn't hold out for long before meeting their end.
A researcher at the rear of the group was still standing there in a daze when the gale suddenly swept them into the air.
With a scream, the researcher was struck in the back of the head by a piece of wood caught in the same wind and lost consciousness.
Bai Yaoyao was certain this wasn't a natural phenomenon. Anything capable of such power had to be either