Mist

Chapter 4: Ouroboros

Day of departure.

[1456.5.17 09:51:40]

In the third command centre, a large projection displayed the current time coordinate as people busied about in an orderly manner. It was no different from the countless missions they had done before.
In eight minutes, the mission will officially start. Everyone in the Tianqiong’s seventh squad had already put on their Guardian combat uniform and were in the process of having their individual conditions checked to ensure that there would not be any adverse reactions when they traverse over.

Song Qinglan had already completed his check and was as usual checking the rest of the team members.
When he saw Ji Yushi, he frowned and patted the member next to him, “Go and see.”

A slender figure was added to this group of strong guardians.

Ji Yushi had a subcutaneous communicator implanted into his neck the day before and the dispatcher was helping him connect it to his bracelet. He was a little taller than the dispatcher, so he had his head lowered. The look in his lowered eyes made him appear cold and aloof.

“The Recorder’s missions are usually solo missions and do not require teammates. Guardians are the opposite.” The dispatched considerately explained to him, “Advisor Ji, you may feel uncomfortable having the communicator implanted for the first time and you may be surprised to suddenly hear your teammates voice but don’t worry, after a while you will forget about its existence.”
“Alright.” Ji Yushi said.

After the dispatched walked away, Ji Yushi heard someone ask him, “Advisor Ji, how do you feel? You don’t look well today.”
The one who asked was one of the twin teammates.

Ji Yushi’s face was pale but his eyes were still bright, “No problem. I just slept late last night.”
“I see.” Because they weren’t familiar, the teammate could only say awkwardly, “Advisor Ji, don’t be too nervous. The transition this time is the same as your previous missions and the mission is also very simple. We should be back by tomorrow.”

Understanding the good intentions of his teammate, Ji Yushi nodded, “Thank you Tang Le.”

When Tang Le returned, his expression was very strange.
Song Qinglan, “What’s wrong?”
“Cap Song!” Tang Le looked like he had just seen a ghost, “He could actually distinguish me from my brother! He called me by the right name! Many people in the department still haven’t figured it out after so many years. Just today, just now, Zhou Mingxuan also made a mistake!”

Tang Qi and Tang Le both had a similarity of 99% in terms of their height, weight and appearance. People who didn’t interact with them day in and day out wouldn’t be able to distinguish between the two.
But Ji Yushi who was only introduced to them once remembered and it was even when they were wearing the same attire. This surprised Song Qinglan.

“Probably a coincidence.” Song Qinglan said indifferently, “He’s okay?”
Tang Le replied, “No problem! Just said he didn’t sleep well.”
Song Qinglan: “It’s good that he’s okay. He’d better not drag us down later.”

The countdown displayed three minutes.

Everyone entered the large transmission platform. Several silver capsules were closely connected, like lotus seeds on a lotus.

Ji Yushi entered his capsule, sat in the seat and closed the door.

[Welcome Ji Yushi. You are about to set off to complete your first A-level mission.]

The noisy sounds in the command centre was completely blocked off. It was so quiet, he could only hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

Ji Yushi allowed the seat to securely bind around his calf, waist, abdomen, shoulder and neck. He then saw the control bracelet on his left wrist glow green.
It displayed the current position and physical condition of the six teammates.