Chapter 362: Chapter 360: The Reason for Abandoning Her Chapter 362: Chapter 360: The Reason for Abandoning Her “Dr. Song wants all of us to return to Yaoben Base.” Jiang Yan sat down beside Mo Shiyao, giving Jiang Ye a cold stare as his eyes had been fixed on her.

The latter’s eyes flickered and he scratched his head with a resigned expression, then walked away.

Hearing about Yaoben Base, Mo Shiyao’s eyes darkened slightly and she replied:
“After all, it is our main base. If what the warrior said yesterday is true, it indeed might be better to go back.”

Jiang Yan gave her a sidelong glance, her words tinged with probing, “With your special identity, don’t you want to go back and reorganize the base?”

In her understanding, Mo Jingsheng was the base leader, and the deputy leaders and remaining core members were all from the Mo Family.

Now that Mo Jingsheng, Mo Shuaifeng, and Mo Zhongcheng had all disappeared, the base was likely without a leader.

“Jiang Yan, Yaoben Base is designed to accommodate millions of people, with a complete set of perfect mechanisms to ensure orderly operation of the base. It’s also one of the bases most valued by the government and won’t become leaderless just because a few leaders are missing,” said Mo Shiyao.

“What do you mean?” Jiang Yan continued to lead the conversation, casually taking out two White Rabbit Creamy Candies from her pocket, handing one to her and tearing open the wrapper of the other to throw into her mouth.

The temperature was so low that the candies were hard like rocks, sticking to the tongue with a cool sensation.

Only after melting in the mouth for a while did a faint milky sweetness permeate.

“Thank you.” Mo Shiyao extended her hand to receive it and didn’t dare to eat it all at once.

She used the back of a knife to break it into two pieces, putting one half into her mouth and carefully pocketing the other half.

As the sweetness spread, a bitter taste arose in her heart.

Previously in the base, even when resources were scarce, she never lacked such candies and sweet treats.

She could even enjoy fresh cream cheese cake once a week.

Every day she could take a hot shower and wear clean clothes.

Perfumes and face masks were never in short supply.

But now, her once fair and delicate fingers were covered with bloody, suppurating chilblains.

A candy so ordinary it couldn’t be more ordinary was now, to her, akin to a treasure…

Seeing her suddenly staring blankly ahead, Jiang Yan said, “So, are there other leaders there now?”

“Yes.” Mo Shiyao collected her thoughts, recalling the question she was asked earlier, “The entire Yaoben Base, not only has a complete industrial chain but also a well-established talent management system. From the base leader down to the grassroots captains, roles of A, B, C, and even D are set up.”

Jiang Yan was surprised, “A, B, C, D roles?”

It was her first time hearing such a term.

“It means that if something happens to role A, role B will directly take over, preventing a situation of leaderlessness. Similarly, for role C. These roles are all pre-prepared to deal with sudden situations in the apocalypse.”

“So your elder brother is a deputy leader, understood as role B?”

“Correct.”

“Then role C–” Jiang Yan hesitated.

As a top secret of the highest level, she was independently liaised with Mo Jingsheng at the base.

Furthermore, many matters, the base had its own secrecy system.

Usually, apart from Mo Jingsheng and Mo Shiyao, she rarely even saw Mo Shuaifeng and Mo Zhongcheng.

So, her understanding of the base situation was limited.

“It’s Qin Zepeng,” Mo Shiyao said, glancing at her, “the brother of that Qin Lei you met last time.”

Jiang Yan’s brow furrowed.

Judging by the spoilt nature of Qin Lei, his brother was probably not much better.

“Actually, they are half-brothers. They behave differently in their daily lives. Qin Zepeng is very much like my brother, righteous and upright,” Mo Shiyao clarified, seeing the thoughts within her.

Jiang Yan became even more confused, “Then with such a major incident at the base, Qin Zepeng didn’t express anything?”

“I don’t know, just like I don’t know why my brother suddenly disappeared. Maybe–” Mo Shiyao fell silent, then after a moment added, “It might also be due to a sudden danger, and my brother had to leave with core secrets to seek assistance from higher-ups…”

“As for Qin Zepeng, there may be other considerations. If not for the severe cold weather, they would probably have already come out to search for us.”

What Mo Shiyao didn’t mention was that Qin Zepeng was also her fiance.

Core secrets?

A thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Yan’s mind about the national-level ‘treasure map’ labeled National Treasure that Mo Jingsheng had specifically given her.

Further considering the fact that he suddenly put Song Haitao and others into hibernation pods, it was likely due to pressing circumstances.

“My brother wouldn’t abandon me by himself. I also don’t know why, this time, he did this…” Mo Shiyao’s lips quivered, and her eyes suddenly reddened.

In front of her brother, national duties always outweighed familial love.

She had always known this.

But when it actually happened, she still felt aggrieved and distressed.

“Could there be a possibility–” Jiang Yan gave her a sidelong glance:
“The place your brother needed to go to, or the person he needed to see, taking you there would be more dangerous than leaving you at the base.”