The rocket launch center is different from an airport; site selection has strict requirements.

The location of Huo County lies above a seismic zone. Although there is no risk of major earthquakes, there are constant minor tremors every year. Plus, areas outside the county town are all nature preserves and wetland parks. Such geographical positioning makes it obvious that a rocket launch center cannot be built here.

After driving for more than three hours, Su Wenyan, in another small county, is eating not-so-authentic stir-fried shredded pork with green pepper at a Shaxian County snack bar. To be honest, it doesn’t taste as good as her own cooking. Feeling smug, Su Wenyan muses that she might open a small restaurant when she retires someday.

But the tea eggs here are truly delicious.

Looking at the site selections filtered by Zero, without exception, they are all in relatively flat areas but not lacking in mountains.

Meanwhile, an area thirty miles outside this small county is the first stop on this trip. After viewing satellite images, Su Wenyan is contemplating buying an anorak; otherwise, climbing those mountains won’t be easy.

Shortly after two in the afternoon, Su Wenyan parked the company car in the yard of a farmhouse and politely greeted the owners.

Fully geared up, Su Wenyan takes a deep breath as she looks at the nearby mountains and, using a stick for support, begins to climb.

Focusing entirely on the mountain roads, Su Wenyan does not notice the odd looks from the locals. To be fair, the locals are well-disguised.

Not even five minutes into the mountain climb, Su Wenyan hears a loudspeaker from the village playing music, albeit a speaker that occasionally distorts.

Though a bit surprised, Su Wenyan doesn’t give it much thought.

At the same time, detailed information about Su Wenyan appears on a big screen, captured by hidden cameras.

"What’s someone from Candy Technology doing here?"

"Let’s watch and see; everyone, do not alarm them."

The mountain is high, with a gentle slope, overgrown with vegetation and withered grass. Su Wenyan nearly crouches as she climbs to the mountaintop.

"Ah~"

Standing on a big rock on the mountaintop, Su Wenyan opens her arms and shouts loudly towards the base of the mountain.

Underneath Su Wenyan’s feet, within the mountain only dozens of meters away, dozens of people silently observe her. Su Wenyan doesn’t even know the "big rock" she’s standing on isn’t a real rock but a camouflaged military radar.

Su Wenyan is extremely carefree, not noticing that within a meter of the "big rock," not a single blade of grass grows.

From the beginning until now, the people inside the base have been watching the spectacle. Her identity has been checked; Su Wenyan is not an issue, yet why the executive from Candy Technology suddenly comes to such an abandoned place is unknown.

It’s not even a holiday; claiming Su Wenyan came here without a purpose? No one would believe that.

Gazing at the beautiful scenery below the mountain and the distant bamboo forest sea, Su Wenyan excitedly takes out her phone.

Click~click~click~

It was fine until she started snapping photos; the military base immediately responded.

"Restrain her, and confiscate the phone."

In an instant, two soldiers in ghillie suits jumped up, and before Su Wenyan could react, she was restrained, and her phone slipped into the hands of an unidentifiable soldier.

Everything happened so fast that Su Wenyan’s mind buzzed.

Back at the farm below, Su Wenyan merrily enjoys food and drink, no longer frightened as before.

The phone hasn’t been returned, but Su Wenyan is not worried at all.

As night falls, sitting at the table eating, Su Wenyan silently curses Zero and the boss over a hundred times.

This is ridiculous; the first stop for the rocket launch center was over a military base. Su Wenyan doesn’t know what to say.

She confessed everything she came here for, not that it was a secret anyway.

When Mo Jingchun first got the news, he was stunned.

Such a one-in-a-million chance, Mo Jingchun didn’t know what to say.

After five phone calls back and forth with Qin Yuzhu, the matter was finally resolved.

After dinner, Su Wenyan, dazed, walked over to a small stool; not far from her, a handsome man with a crew cut was watching her the whole time.

It was then that a car approached from the distance.

With high beams on, the light was blinding, so Su Wenyan couldn’t see what kind of car it was.

Until the car stopped in front of her, she could finally see.

Good lord. The legendary Wuling Hongguang! Su Wenyan seriously suspected this Wuling was up for scrap.

With a clang, the car door slid open.

"You have been briefed on the contents of the confidentiality agreement; sign it, and you can take your phone and leave."

This place, although replete with good food and drink, truly is stifling.

Without hesitation, Su Wenyan signed her name.

"Can I leave now?" Su Wenyan tentatively asked, holding the phone.

"You may."

Upon hearing this, Su Wenyan got in her car and left without hesitation.

If the car hadn’t been automatic, Su Wenyan might have forgotten to release the handbrake.

Jing City.

Mr. Li, reading the newspaper, shook his head, smiled, and muttered to himself, "This child, she must have been frightened."

......

After driving for a dozen minutes, Su Wenyan pulled over.

Only then did she have time to call her boss.

The phone rang just once before the call connected.

"Boss, this time you almost got me killed..."

Feeling wronged, Su Wenyan ranted for a long time, her mouth flowing like honey, while Mo Jingchun didn’t say a word.

Candy, sitting next to Mo Jingchun, blinked, as if seeing a different side of Su Wenyan for the first time.

"120% year-end bonus."

Su Wenyan: "..."

"Ahem, boss, don’t worry. I’ll continue to the next stop tomorrow, making sure not to delay your arrangements."

Mo Jingchun, twitching at the corner of his mouth, rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "Miss, can you please contact the local authorities in advance and ask someone to guide you?"

"Aren’t you afraid of running into the Second Senior Brother while climbing the mountain alone?"

"Got it, it’s just too much trouble."

"Boss, let’s not talk about it. This place is so remote. It’s creepy; I’ll head back to the county town first."

"Alright."

Inside the military base, everything Su Wenyan said could be heard clearly by dozens of people.

Everyone was dumbfounded, this woman genuinely feisty, complaining to her boss for so long without repeating herself.

"Let the listening device fall off; getting discovered wouldn’t be good."

After the day’s ordeal, Su Wenyan just found a random hotel to stay in after driving back to the county town.

"Brother, is Su always like this?" Candy looked curiously at her brother; today’s Su felt completely different from the Su in her memory.

Mo Jingchun rolled his eyes and said, "Not really, your Su usually doesn’t talk to me like this; she was probably scared out of her wits today with no place to vent her frustrations."