Chapter 30: Dawn Squad

Lingnan War Zone, Dawn Squad Training Base.

This was one of the most prominent squads in the Lingnan War Zone.

Dozens of buildings stood tall, and on the vast training ground, people shed their sweat.

In the squad’s communication room, a message arrived from White City in Xiangnan Province—a very important message.

The communicator quickly contacted their captain, Su Chen.

Inside the squad’s conference room, a figure appeared on the projected screen.

It was the captain of the White City Investigation Bureau, Captain Chen.

Besides a stern-faced man, there was no one else in the conference room.

The young man faced the projected screen and opened his mouth to speak, “Captain Chen, may I ask what you need from me?”

On the projection, Captain Chen first saluted and said, “Greetings, Lieutenant General Su. I am contacting you this time to request your help.”

Su Chen looked at Captain Chen on the projection with a face devoid of any ripples and said, “Please, speak.”

Captain Chen immediately said, “It’s highly likely that a group of heretical cultists are hiding in White City, and they are preparing to replicate the Qingcheng disaster! Furthermore, according to our investigation, your younger brother, Su Xuan, may have been implicated.”

After Captain Chen finished speaking, his eyes stared at Su Chen outside the screen, and Su Chen also raised his head, looking at Captain Chen with eyes as deep as an abyss.

Even though it was through a screen, Chen Daocheng could clearly feel an indescribable pressure, the kind of deterrence unintentionally released by the fiercest of beasts.

Su Xuan.

How long had it been since that name had reached his ears?

Su Chen was stunned.

Su Chen had forgotten.

Years of campaigning and rushing from place to place had long made him forget that he still had a younger brother at home, a brother nearly ten years younger than him.

By now, he should be at the age of graduation.

That proud kid from his childhood, the one who was always so opinionated.

It was because of this personality of his that he had so resolutely thrown himself onto the battlefield without a second thought, and had thus unintentionally forgotten that he was, in fact, still an underage child, a lonely, parentless child left behind.

Su Chen hadn’t used the Energy Stones he had received over the past few years, because he hadn’t been so short on them to that extent.

Only those neatly stacked Energy Stones would remind him of his only living relative, his own dear brother.

How many years had it been since he had seen his brother?

A sense of guilt slowly began to rise.

Su Chen was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth to ask, “How… is he?”

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Chen Daocheng thought for a moment and replied, “He is relatively safe for now, but he is, after all, connected to this case. Although his impact on the case is not significant, we cannot guarantee that the cult will not come to attack him. After all, the way cultists think cannot be judged by normal standards.”

Chen Daocheng spoke while observing Su Chen’s expression.

Although he suspected he was exaggerating, the thought of the safety of the million people behind him lessened his guilt.

‘I’m sorry, Su Xuan, I can only say it like this… but I still hope you’re completely safe.’

Chen Daocheng silently apologized to Su Xuan in his heart.

After all, this was a kind of curse on someone, and although it wasn’t intentional, he still felt a bit bad about it.

Su Chen was silent for a long while, then said in a low voice, “I agree to this matter. I will arrange for someone to go over.”

With that, the video feed cut off.

Chen Daocheng let out a long sigh of relief, relaxed his shoulders, and happily muttered to himself, “Done!”

On the other end of the video, Su Chen, who had just ended the call, sat blankly in his seat.

In his mind, old memories surged forth like a tide.

‘How is my brother doing now? Has he grown up? What does he look like?’

He had no way of knowing any of it.

He could only search for a few reliable clues in his memories to make deductions.

Opening the door to the conference room, he stepped out of the corner’s shadow.
The holy sunlight shone on his statue-like, stern face.

His deep eyes seemed to want to suck a young girl’s heart right in.

“A’Fei, gather the personnel. We have something to discuss.”

Su Chen said to a skinny, monkey-like man and then walked towards his own bedroom.

A’Fei quickly agreed and ran off at top speed to the broadcast room.

“Attention all members, attention all members. Please put down what you are doing and assemble in the conference room within three minutes. The captain has an important announcement… Playing again, attention all members…”

The sound of the broadcast soon rang out behind Su Chen.

The man’s steps didn’t pause in the slightest.
The shadow of his military cap’s brim fell on his face, making it impossible to see his expression as he walked into his bedroom.

In the underground training facility, the twin, crew-cut men who were madly training their muscles stopped their workout upon hearing the broadcast.

In the backyard, a pink-haired woman, who was humming a little tune and watering pink flowers under the brilliant sunlight with a watering can, stopped what she was doing.

In the shooting range, a man with hawk-like eyes put down his bow and arrow.

Beside him, a young man who was randomly fiddling with a Rubik’s Cube also stopped.

The team members, who had been training individually, all stopped what they were doing and headed for the conference room.

In the conference room, the pink-haired girl looked at Su Chen with eyes like peach blossoms, shimmering and full of affection.
She thought to herself, ‘The captain is still so handsome… Mmm~’

In the conference room, including Su Chen, there were a total of seventeen combat personnel, all wearing different outfits and carrying various weapons.

It was hard to associate them with a super squad.

Yet, they were indeed the famous super squad.

Seventeen warriors, most of them super soldiers who had awakened their Second Form.

Although their numbers were not large, their combat strength was second to none.
Not to mention their captain was a monstrous combat prodigy who could single-handedly take on someone who had awakened their Third Form.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Su Chen didn’t waste any words and said directly, “White City may soon suffer from a heretical descent. I need one person to go and assist the White City Investigation Bureau in investigating this matter!”

A person below with half-closed eyes asked, “Is it the same kind of thing as Qingcheng?”

Su Chen replied, “Yes!”

Someone else said, “This kind of thing… an ordinary squad can probably handle it… Of course, if the rats have deployed a lot of personnel, then it would indeed require someone who has awakened their Second Form to hold the line.”

Another person said, “The rats of the heretical cults, they really deserve to die!”

The group chattered back and forth, discussing for about two minutes before looking towards Su Chen.

Su Chen swept his gaze over them and continued, “Are there any volunteers?”

At this moment, the pink-haired girl raised her hand and asked, “Um, is White City Lord Su Chen’s hometown?”

Su Chen nodded.

At this, the pink-haired girl raised her hand again.

“I’ll go, I’ll go…”

She had a smile on her face, but her heart was already blooming with joy.

‘This is another great opportunity to get closer to and understand the captain.’

Everyone naturally knew what this woman was planning.

Although they really wanted to tell her she was overthinking things, they held back from saying it.

Although it was an impossible thing, there really wasn’t much point in crushing a dream that was destined to fail.

The captain was good at everything, except when it came to matters of love between men and women.

He was practically a block of special iron—incomprehensible