By sheer coincidence, the team Tu Sanqi was assigned to join was the very same ability-user squad that Yan Shuang had joined not long after entering the training camp.
After entering the training camp, Yan Shuang finally realized that the two years of training they had received at school before had only been child’s play.
They could be assigned missions at any time. If the difficulty was low, their squad would handle it themselves. If it was more dangerous, the higher-ups would assign an experienced senior to lead them.
Of course, unless it was a critical moment, that senior would not intervene.
In short, once you entered the training camp, it was basically the same as having one foot already in the ranks of ability-user soldiers.
Last night, Yan Shuang’s squad had originally planned to depart overnight for a newly assigned mission. But they received another notice saying that a temporary team member would be joining them and would only arrive in the morning.
So the group delayed their departure.
Right now, Tu Sanqi was also surprised to run into Yan Shuang here… as well as Han Fei, who stood behind her with a face full of disdain.
Because of what happened before, Tu Sanqi didn’t like Han Fei.
Han Fei, meanwhile, looked her up and down thoughtfully for a moment, then snorted meaningfully.
“I thought you were something impressive. Turns out you just ran off to do odd jobs.”
Tu Sanqi: “……”
Tu Sanqi immediately stepped forward and grabbed his hair.
“You can’t even do this kind of odd job if you wanted to!”
“Ow ow ow—! I advise you to let go right now!!!” Han Fei exploded instantly. He already had one bald patch on his head—he didn’t want a second one! Absolutely not!!!
Tu Sanqi demanded an apology.
Han Fei stubbornly refused to admit fault.
The two immediately started fighting. Of course, Han Fei didn’t dare use his ability here.
Seeing the two of them throwing punches with bare hands, Yan Shuang noticed that Tu Sanqi wasn’t at a disadvantage, so she didn’t bother stopping them. Instead, she turned to introduce her to the rest of the team, whose expressions had become rather strange.
“Her name is Tu Sanqi. She used to be my roommate.”
However, the notice had said that someone from the Engineering Department’s training camp would be joining them.
Yan Shuang was also surprised—how had Tu Sanqi become a reserve member of the Engineering Department? But this wasn’t the time to be curious.
Standing closest to her was the squad leader, Leng Xiangge, a lightning-type ability user.
Seeing Tu Sanqi already getting along with her teammate Han Fei in such a “lively” way, Leng Xiangge no longer worried about communication problems. She glanced at the time and said,
“It’s getting late. Yan Shuang, call the two of them. Let’s go get the car.”
“Okay.”
In the end, Han Fei reluctantly apologized.
“If you’d said that earlier, none of this would’ve happened,” Tu Sanqi said, clicking her tongue as she returned all the hair she had pulled out.
Han Fei: “……”
Han Fei burned the hair. As he looked at Tu Sanqi’s back, his gaze darkened, but there was nothing he could do. Eventually, he gloomily climbed into the car and sat as far away from Tu Sanqi as possible.
Yan Shuang sat beside Tu Sanqi. While they were on the road, she carefully explained the details of this mission to her.
Tu Sanqi listened while looking at the map Yan Shuang had sent.
This mission was a train rescue operation.
According to reports, a sandstorm had recently occurred in the desert about twenty kilometers to the west. After the storm passed, three old train carriages had appeared in the center of the desert.
No one knew whether they had originally been buried under the desert sand or had been swept there from somewhere else by the storm.
The desert wasn’t far from the Special Zone, and the surrounding area had already been cleared before, so the danger level was very low.
Because of that, no senior accompanied them on this mission.
And precisely because of that, Tu Sanqi had been assigned to join the team.
At that moment, Tu Sanqi zoomed in on the map and switched it to satellite mode, carefully observing the surrounding terrain.
Then she opened her toolbox, rummaged around for a bit, and selected several materials.
Thinking about what she had recently learned, Tu Sanqi looked extremely focused.
Yan Shuang had originally planned to ask about her recent situation after explaining the mission, but seeing her like this, she decided not to disturb her.
Meanwhile, Han Fei in the back seat watched Tu Sanqi coldly with his arms crossed, full of contempt.
He had confidently told Yan Shuang before that Tu Sanqi’s talent wouldn’t be low once she awakened her ability. He had thought he would soon see her again at the training camp and finally have a fair fight with her.
But instead, she had gone to the Engineering Department.
When he saw Tu Sanqi staring blankly at the materials in her hands, Han Fei sneered and looked away.
Before long, the car stopped.
The healer Zhao Abao stayed inside the vehicle while Leng Xiangge led the others out.
Miao Yu, the team’s perception-type ability user, used her ability first. She accurately located the three train carriages and simultaneously checked the safety of the area within a two-kilometer radius.
Leng Xiangge and Yan Shuang took the lead. After climbing over a sand dune, they quickly found their target.
Tu Sanqi lagged slightly behind.
To be honest, with a mission of this level, she didn’t really have much chance to contribute. She was mainly here to gain experience.
The sand under her feet was loose and scorching hot. Tu Sanqi bent down and scooped up a handful of sand.
Suddenly, she remembered the first time she used the training simulation chamber…
It couldn’t just be said to be similar to the desert before her—it was exactly the same!
It seemed those simulated environments were all based on real places.
“Hey! What are you dawdling for?!” Han Fei glared at her coldly from the side.
Tu Sanqi snapped back to her senses and rolled her eyes at him.
“Aren’t you dawdling too?!”
Han Fei said disdainfully, “I’m following the captain’s order to pro—”
Before he could finish, Miao Yu suddenly spoke in a deep voice from the front.
“A sandstorm is coming.”
Everyone was shocked.
Wasn’t the sandstorm already gone?! Why was it coming back???
Tu Sanqi instinctively turned to look at the train carriages. Then she immediately turned and ran toward the car they had arrived in, shouting instructions to Han Fei as she ran.
“Go hide by the train carriages!”
Han Fei was startled. Seeing that she was running toward their teammate Zhao Abao, he stopped worrying and instead ran toward Yan Shuang.
When a sandstorm strikes, the most important thing is to find shelter.
The three train carriages were heavy enough to withstand a normal sandstorm… but their small off-road vehicle might not be.
Zhao Abao in the driver’s seat had also received Miao Yu’s message and was thinking about how to reinforce the vehicle when Tu Sanqi came running back at full speed.
She quickly took out several materials from the trunk and installed them inside the wheels. At the same time, she directed Zhao Abao to dig pits by the two rear wheels so the entire vehicle sank slightly into the sand.
Soon, the wind and sand intensified at a speed visible to the naked eye. Visibility dropped drastically.
Zhao Abao threw away the shovel, fumbled forward, and pulled Tu Sanqi into the car.
The moment the door shut, the sky filled with yellow sand, completely blocking their view. The car shook unsteadily, but fortunately it showed no signs of being blown away.
Zhao Abao let out a sigh of relief.
But when she looked at Tu Sanqi again, she saw that Tu Sanqi was still staring out the window, her expression gradually becoming serious.
“What’s wrong?” Zhao Abao asked.
Tu Sanqi looked at the sudden sandstorm, her heart sinking slightly.
“I think… I just saw the train carriage get swept up into the air.”
Zhao Abao: “……”
Zhao Abao: “!!!”