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7: Chapter 7: The Dragon Scale Special Forces and the Official Documents!The atmosphere in the living room was solemn.

The security door was wide open, and the originally dim yellow motion-sensor light in the hallway now seemed somewhat redundant. Although the beams of the tactical flashlights were pointed toward the ground, they still illuminated the narrow space as bright as day. Dozens of fully armed SWAT officers maintained their salutes, standing like silent steel sculptures.

Su Yun felt the sincerity of the SWAT officers, and a touch of emotion rose in his heart. He was glad he hadn’t made the wrong choice.

Just then, a highly distinctive sound of footsteps came from the end of the hallway.

”Clack, clack, clack.”

Unlike the heavy, solid thud of the SWAT officers’ tactical boots on the ground, these footsteps were crisp and sharp.

The SWAT officers who had been crowding the doorway quickly parted to both sides, creating a path.

A tall female military officer strode in.

She looked young and wasn’t wearing a military cap, revealing a neat, ear-length short haircut. Her face was extremely beautiful, with features that looked like artworks meticulously carved from the finest mutton-fat jade, yet this beauty carried a chill that could freeze one to the marrow. That coldness wasn’t a deliberately put-on arrogance, but a natural indifference and Killing Intent that had settled after years of struggling through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

She wore a dark green combat uniform without shoulder patches. Her tactical vest was loaded with live ammunition magazines, and a large-caliber pistol was holstered in a quick-draw holster on her outer thigh, rising and falling slightly with her steps.

The most eye-catching thing was the gold star shining on her collar under the light.

Major General.

Su Jianguo, who had originally breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly tensed up again. Having been a soldier himself, he knew very well the weight that star carried. A female Major General in her twenties? Such a legendary figure was actually standing in his own living room.

The female officer walked into the living room, her gaze sweeping around like lightning before she spoke without looking aside:

”I am Qin Shuangyue, captain of the ’Dragon Scale’ Special Ops Team.”

Her voice had a unique raspiness, as if it had been scorched by smoke and fire.

After a brief self-introduction, she turned to face Su Jianguo and his wife and pulled a document from the briefcase she carried. The cover of the document was bright red, with the gold-embossed national emblem gleaming somewhat piercingly under the lights. In the center, two words were printed in bold black: TOP SECRET.

Qin Shuangyue held the document with both hands and solemnly handed it to Su Jianguo.

”comrade Su Jianguo, in view of the uniqueness and strategic value of Comrade Su Yun’s Awakening ability, by joint order of the Central Military Commission and the National Security Bureau, the ’Special-Grade National Treasure Protection Plan’ is to be activated immediately.”

”According to Article 1, Clause 3 of the ’National Special Strategic Resource Protection Law’, my unit will now take over all security work for Comrade Su Yun and his immediate family. This is the official Red-Headed Document.”

Su Jianguo took the document with trembling hands.

No need to open it to see the content; just feeling the raised national emblem on the cover made the old man’s eyes turn red. The proudest moment of his life had been twenty years ago when he received a Third-Class Merit medal upon his discharge, but at this moment, that pride was replaced by something even grander.

”Chief...” Su Jianguo’s voice was choked and hoarse, ”I’m entrusting my son to the country.”

Qin Shuangyue shook her head, her cold tone rarely softening a bit to reveal a hint of respect: ”It’s not entrusting him to us, old squad leader; it’s us serving him. From this second onward, Comrade Su Yun’s security level is higher than my own, and higher than everyone else in this room.”

After speaking, she turned to look at Su Yun, her expression shifting to one of absolute obedience from a subordinate to a superior.

”Comrade Su Yun, please. The motorcade is ready.”

Then, to ensure the three had no worries, she added:

”The base has prepared a full set of daily necessities for you and your parents, with standards matching those of national-level officials. If there’s anything specific you need, whether it’s daily items or special hobbies, we will do our utmost to satisfy you.”

Su Yun: ”...”

Fine, is this what it feels like to latch onto the country’s thigh? Simple and blunt, but he liked it.

Qin Shuangyue gestured: ”Comrade Su Yun, let’s go.”

Su Yun nodded, said nothing more, and turned toward the door.

Qin Shuangyue stepped aside to let him pass, and only after Su Yun had walked by did she follow half a step behind. This was a very subtle distance—one that allowed her to spring into action to block an attack from any direction at any moment, while also showing maximum respect to the person in front.

The group walked out of the corridor in a grand fashion.

Just as they stepped out of the building entrance, a flash of strong light passed by. Su Yun subconsciously narrowed his eyes and was immediately shaken by the sight before him.

How was this just a motorcade?

The originally dilapidated main road of the residential area had been cleared completely. Three pitch-black heavy explosion-proof armored vehicles were parked below in a triangular formation, their bodies emitting a cold metallic glint, and the heavy machine guns on the remote weapon stations on their roofs pointed alertly toward the perimeter.

By the flower beds in the distance, several 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, the kind only seen on military channels, had flattened the green belts, their thick cannon barrels pointing diagonally toward the sky.

The most exaggerated part was overhead.

The gale whipped up by the propellers blew the trees in the neighborhood every which way. Three massive ’Dragon Eagle’ heavy transport helicopters were hovering at a low altitude, their huge searchlight beams sweeping back and forth across the surrounding rooftops, slicing the night sky into fragments.

With this lineup, anyone who didn’t know better would think aliens were about to invade Earth.

At this moment, behind the windows of the surrounding buildings, neighbors were peeking out.

Auntie Wang from the next unit was leaning on her windowsill, still clutching a handful of unpeeled sunflower seeds, her mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a goose egg. Old Man Zhang from upstairs, who usually loved to push his electric scooter into the building to charge and was quite ill-mannered, was now so terrified his dentures almost fell out. He was tremblingly trying to call the police on his phone, only to find the signal had long since been jammed.

”Is... is this a manhunt for a fugitive?” Auntie Wang whispered to her husband beside her.

”Manhunt my foot!” her husband pushed her head down. ”Didn’t you see those license plates? Those are war zone vehicles! And those are helicopters! Would they need those to catch a fugitive? This is a war!”

Just then, a plainclothes national security officer shouted through a megaphone downstairs:

”Attention residents! Attention residents! An important military anti-terrorism exercise is currently being conducted here! Do not panic! Do not take photos! Close your curtains and stay inside! I repeat, this is an exercise!”

An exercise?

Auntie Wang watched as Little Su, who usually smiled at everyone and even haggled over vegetable prices, was surrounded by a group of special forces soldiers armed to the teeth and personally invited into an armored vehicle by a female general with a gold star, like a top leader.

The sunflower seeds in her hand scattered all over the floor with a clatter.

”Old man...” Auntie Wang swallowed hard, ”do you think we’ve been neighbors with some incredible big shot for eighteen years?”

...

Inside the explosion-proof vehicle.

The space was more spacious than Su Yun had imagined. The seats weren’t hard tactical chairs but modified leather airline seats. The windows were covered with special anti-peep and bulletproof film; one couldn’t see in from the outside, but from the inside, the street scenery retreating rapidly was clearly visible.

The motorcade had already driven out of the neighborhood. Both sides of the street were lined with police cars with flashing lights maintaining order. The entire main road had been completely cleared, and even the traffic lights were all locked to green—the legendary ’full-route green light escort.’

Qin Shuangyue sat opposite Su Yun, her posture as upright as a pine tree, hands resting naturally on her knees, the buckles of her tactical vest rising and falling slightly with her breathing.

Since the two elders had been arranged in the armored vehicle behind, the atmosphere in the carriage was slightly dull with only Su Yun and Qin Shuangyue present.

This was also Su Yun’s first time enjoying such treatment, and he was a bit unaccustomed to it.

”Um...” Su Yun broke the silence.

”Captain Qin, where are we going?”

”An underground base in Jingxi,” Qin Shuangyue glanced at her tactical watch and said calmly. ”It has the most secure defense System in all of Asia and an independent ecological cycle.”

”Oh.” Su Yun nodded. Seeing that Qin Shuangyue had nothing more to say after that, he thought for a moment. Considering she might be responsible for protecting him in the future, he decided to test her personality.

So he asked, ”By the way, I didn’t have time to grab my tablet. Could you give me one? The anime I’m following updated today.”

Qin Shuangyue was clearly stunned for a moment.

She had executed countless missions and escorted many important targets—some were so scared they wet themselves, some were incoherently excited, and some tried to act deep and cool.

But someone like Su Yun, who wanted to watch anime right after being taken over by the state before his seat was even warm, was the first she’d seen.

”Sure.” Qin Shuangyue didn’t waste any words, taking a military tablet from a hidden compartment and handing it over. ”This device is connected to a military satellite network. Except for posting on social media, you can watch whatever you want.”

Su Yun took the tablet and gave the female general a thumbs-up in his mind.

She was efficient, didn’t ask useless questions, and didn’t show contempt for his sudden childish behavior. He liked this personality.

However, just as Su Yun was about to open Bilibili, a sharp buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the carriage.

”Beep— Beep— Beep—”

Qin Shuangyue’s calm face changed instantly.

She slammed her hand onto her earpiece: ”This is Dragon Scale 01, go ahead!”

Su Yun didn’t know what was being said on the other end, but he watched as the ice beauty’s pupils contracted slightly, and her hands, which had been resting on her knees, instantly clenched into fists.

A chilling Killing Intent filled the entire carriage. If she had been a sheathed sword just now, that sword was now halfway out of its scabbard, its cold light fully revealed.

”Understood! Executing immediately!”

Qin Shuangyue cut the communication and looked up at Su Yun.

The respect was still on her face, but it was joined by a hint of anxiety and solemnity.

”Comrade Su Yun.”

She took a deep breath, her tone becoming serious. ”I’m afraid we’ll have to skip the pleasantries and settling-in phase. Plans have changed; we need to divert.”

Su Yun put away the tablet he hadn’t had time to open, his brow arching slightly: ”Did something happen?”

”Something big happened.”

Qin Shuangyue quickly operated a few times on the touchpad on the vehicle wall, and the semi-transparent window instantly turned into a display screen.

An electronic map appeared on the screen, showing the border of Longxia Country. At this moment, a large area of the southwest border was flashing with a piercing red light—the highest-level enemy attack alarm.

”Ten minutes ago, at the same time you activated your skill to catch the spies, a large-scale energy fluctuation suddenly appeared on the southwest border.”

”Although your skill cleared out the domestic rats, it also alerted certain things outside the borders. Things are in chaos over there now, and the Supreme Commander has ordered to see you immediately.”

”Now?”

”Right now, immediately.”

Qin Shuangyue said to the cockpit: ”Stop the car!”

”Where are we going?” Su Yun felt the vehicle brake sharply, the massive inertia forcing him to grip the handrail.

”Zhongnanhai.”

Qin Shuangyue looked at Su Yun and hesitated for a moment before saying, ”Comrade Su Yun, we weren’t supposed to let you take action so soon. But the entire border is flashing red, and the country might need your help.”

Hearing this, Su Yun said without hesitation, ”Since I’m the one who caused the commotion, it’s only right that I contribute.”

Qin Shuangyue’s eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation at the sight.

He was clearly just a recent graduate, but being able to stay calm in the face of danger and not avoid responsibility—this was the kind of person the country needed.

The motorcade stopped amidst a series of sharp braking sounds.

Overhead, the roar of massive propellers had already descended.

”Let’s go, Comrade Su Yun.” Qin Shuangyue threw open the door, the gale whipping her short hair into a frenzy. She looked back and extended her right hand to Su Yun: ”Don’t keep the Chief waiting.”

Outside the door, a pitch-black behemoth was hovering at a low altitude twenty meters off the ground.

The airflow whipped up by the massive rotors felt like a solid wall, and three high-power searchlights illuminated this small area as bright as day.

A thick tactical rope ladder hung from the fuselage.

Su Yun also keenly sensed the change in Qin Shuangyue, so he allowed her to pull him as he stepped out of the vehicle.

The gale hit his face, making his cheeks sting and his clothes flutter loudly. But he suddenly felt his blood begin to boil at this moment.

Is this the taste of privilege?

Is this the change brought by power?

In the surrounding high-rises, countless eyes were staring at this scene through the gaps in their curtains. Just a few hours ago, he had been one of the mediocre masses behind those windows, anxious about a job and worried about his future.

And now, under an escort with full-route blockades, he was about to board a helicopter leading to the core of power to handle a crisis concerning the fate of the nation.

Su Yun looked up, facing the piercing beams of the searchlights, and a scorching flame suddenly ignited in the depths of his eyes.

This feeling was just right.

What was the point of being a national treasure if you were just locked in a climate-controlled zoo, being watched by people every day while eating bamboo and acting cute and rolling around?

A true Divine Beast should be enshrined in the halls of power, enjoying incense in peaceful times, and once the winds of change blew, it would emerge from the cage and descend the mountain to tear apart tigers and leopards and suppress demons and monsters.