Su Cheng was the closest city to Yinshan Village, so this mission was directly entrusted to Su Cheng without hesitation. Although Su Cheng had just undergone post-disaster reconstruction, it did not mean that Su Cheng had no strength to spare.
It was precisely because Su Cheng was in a state of rebuilding that it needed more missions to gain official support.
Duan Chen wore a hat today, a black baseball cap.
At the entrance of the village, he stopped everyone, signaling them not to discuss Yinshan Village, and then lightly pulled down the brim of his hat, covering half of his face.
"Let's scout it out first," Duan Chen said.
He did not think highly of these new agents.
His looking down on them was not because he disdained their strength, but rather because their attitude towards their predecessors was not proper enough.
Their actions themselves offered nothing for others to look up to.
Duan Chen was not without his own pride.
However, he would not intentionally cause trouble during the mission. At this moment, he suddenly remembered his lifelong brother, Gao Tiankai.
When Gao Tiankai was leading him on missions, did Gao Tiankai have the same mindset? Did he also worry if he would get hurt on the mission?
This question could no longer be verified, and besides, he already had some answers in his heart. A faint smile touched his lips, and he glanced back at the young man with red hair who stood out in the crowd, smoothing away the faint regret in his heart.
Long Yi scratched his hair irritably.
Because he was not a strategist, when faced with missions that required both martial prowess and governance skills to succeed, his impatience would uncontrollably spread.
This was also why he had such a low ranking in the selection competition in the capital.
It was simply due to his powerlessness. However, his lack of intelligence also prevented him from passing. The selection competition was not just about fighting each other on the arena; there were also battles in wilderness survival.
Someone with his kind of mind could easily get lost and disoriented if tricked.
After his initial interactions with Long Yi, Duan Chen discovered this shortcoming of his but did not proactively offer any advice.
Even if he spoke up and offered advice on such matters, it would be of no use.
It would be better to wait for Long Yi to suffer a major setback and fall into a trap, only then would he truly realize that he could not rely solely on brute force.
Therefore, Duan Chen did not offer any hints.
Moreover, he had to judge the character of these new agents during this mission.
He inferred that this mission might be somewhat dangerous, but for them, if they worked together, the danger would absolutely not be fatal.
As their instructor, he naturally had sufficient self-preservation capabilities in the face of these dangers and could also protect others.
His judgment of this mission should not deviate much from reality.
Duan Chen was also a senior agent who had undertaken many missions.
He had his own methods for assessing the danger level of a mission.
Standing at the village entrance, he could not conduct any investigation. So, after pulling down the brim of his hat, he took the lead and stepped into the village. The others followed him closely, like chicks trailing behind a mother hen.
Even though they had appeared arrogant and defiant in the office earlier, they had actually never undertaken a proper overseas mission.
Most of them were prodigies from the Psionic Academy.
This meant that they were essentially all theoreticians.
They could be arrogant and disdainful towards their peers, or even their elders, because they possessed the talent and ability. They knew that with their talent and ability, if they grew up safely and steadily, they would not be weaker than anyone else.
Moreover, they might even become leaders.
However, these were all their illusions, and what gave them these illusions was their very peaceful academy life.
Although there were competitions in school, there was absolutely no killing or bloodshed, nor was there the death of fellow disciples.
Even in the capital selection competition, no one died.
This was the first time they would directly face bloodshed. In the face of bloodshed for the first time, some would surely panic and make rash decisions, and some would reveal their true thoughts. In the face of their own life and death, no one could maintain their pretense.
Duan Chen would also be able to better judge the character of the five new agents here and decide where to place them after this mission.
Ming Yan's intention to him before was very clear.
That was, he hoped Duan Chen would take all five of them under his command, making them his own force.
Coupled with what Wu Suowei had said earlier.
He had now become a trump card in Wu Suowei's hand, and naturally, he had to bear the fate and responsibility that a trump card should bear.
Although that guy Wu Suowei was very unreliable, at the very least, he lent Duan Chen strength when he needed it most.
Duan Chen was willing to bear the responsibility of a trump card.
Therefore, he needed to find the white pieces, gather the white pieces, destroy the black pieces, and find suitable people to implant the white pieces into within a limited time.
According to Wu Suowei's intention, he did not mind who Duan Chen gave the white pieces to.
Duan Chen: ...
Every time he recalled the intentions revealed by Wu Suowei, he would feel speechless.
Did he really not care, or was he truly indifferent?
Or perhaps, he was confident of success.
Duan Chen's gaze swept over Long Yi, Su Baiyi, Wang Zihao, Tian Ximeng, and Lu Shuishui.
Then he strode towards the village.
Wang Zihao and the others subconsciously followed behind him without any complaints.
They didn't even realize that as they approached Yinshan Village, their auras became more harmonious and aligned, and they became more convinced of Duan Chen's words, instinctively regarding Duan Chen as their backbone.
Duan Chen walked ahead, his hat brim low, his eyes scanning all directions.
The moment he entered the village, as his footsteps landed on this land, he felt as if his body had passed through a thin film.
The sensation was very faint, but his perception was very keen, making it difficult for him to miss it.
This feeling, like entering a cocoon, instantly put him on high alert. His eyes immediately activated the God's Eye, meticulously examining himself.