Meanwhile, the two paratroopers
"Greetings, Your Highness the Princess!"
Upon entering the tent, Shang Boliang bowed and paid his respects to Li Xiuning.
When mingling in Australia, it was essential to know who the most formidable figures were, lest one's corpse be found one day without even knowing who they had offended.
"Ask these two fellows who they are!"
Li Xiuning simply gave the order and sat down, sipping her tea.
Shang Boliang stepped forward and circled the two soldiers a few times. After observing their appearances, he first greeted them in French.
"Bonjour?"
(Hello)
However, the two men showed no outward reaction, remaining silent.
Shang Boliang switched to German.
"Woher kommen Sie?"
(Where are you from?)
Although the two soldiers' expressions remained unchanged, their hearts were churning with astonishment!
What kind of place was this!
These people before them spoke Chinese, French, and German!
They were stationed in Antarctica for scientific research and occasionally encountered research teams from Western European countries. While they might not have been fluent, they could understand these everyday phrases!
They had initially assumed this was a new planet, a new world beyond Earth.
But reality had shattered their prior assumptions!
This world was definitely connected to Earth!
Shang Boliang spoke again, this time in English.
"Hello... Where... are... you... from..."
*Swish!*
One of the soldiers suddenly looked up, gazing at Shang Boliang with utter disbelief.
He also spoke English!
Good heavens, what kind of world was this!
Seeing the man's reaction, Shang Boliang knew he had found the right approach and continued his interrogation in English.
To prevent Li Xiuning from misunderstanding, he explained each question in Chinese after asking it.
Zhang Tian, Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui, Su Ningfang, and others were all present, cooperating with Shang Boliang and employing various interrogation methods.
"Oh no, this is inhumane, it's a violation of the Geneva Conventions!"
The soldier once again protested loudly.
After hearing Shang Boliang's translation, Zhang Tian stepped forward with a sinister grin and kicked him to the ground.
"Geneva?"
"This is the realm of the Great Tang!"
"Let alone Geneva, even if 'Jinimah' came, it wouldn't work!"
"Confess honestly, and grandfather might spare your life. Otherwise, I'll show you what Lingchi tastes like!"
Shang Boliang naturally took on the role of translator; compared to interrogation, translation was a more comfortable task for him.
He translated Zhang Tian's words to the two soldiers and then went into detail about what Lingchi was.
He was quite dedicated!
A small knife would slice, piece by piece, like sashimi! Thinner than paper!
There would even be a doctor watching, ensuring one couldn't die...
Just the thought of it made the soldier wet his pants...
Demons!
These people must be demons!
That's it!
This world was no new world at all!
It was definitely hell!
Legend had it that hell in the East was called the Underworld, with eighteen layers!
Mountains of knives, seas of fire, flaying, tendon-pulling, immersion in boiling oil...
No wonder people in this world knew so many languages. The one acting as translator was definitely a demon who had betrayed the Western world!
A demon with profound knowledge!
He shivered, unable to imagine what it would be like if such a scene were to happen to him.
Immediately, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, he spilled out his entire story.
"We are the security detail for the M-country Antarctic research expedition!"
"When we arrived previously, there were only fifty troops at the wormhole, but we cannot be certain now."
"Judging by the helicopters you shot down just now, they should have notified the Third Pacific Fleet."
"Therefore, I cannot determine the current military strength at the wormhole!"
"Under normal circumstances, if this were a new world, they would rush here with all their might!"
"M-country? Antarctica?" Shang Boliang was stunned upon hearing these two words.
He was born in 1790, and M-country gained independence in 1783. Therefore, in his memory, M-country should still be a very young nation, yet it had already extended its reach to Antarctica??
Considering that people from various eras were present in the research institute, he had a flash of inspiration and asked,
"What era is it in your world!"