Chapter 2: Returning Home Through Time and Space

  The car drove and drove, entering a hilly area. Looking at the forest in front of him, Zhang Lieyang was suddenly stunned! In his heart, he secretly thought: "Could I have taken the wrong road? This is terrible, if those bastards find out, they'll laugh their heads off!" Thinking of this, Zhang Lieyang immediately opened the global satellite positioning system! But no matter how he operated it, it couldn't display an image! Looking at this situation, Zhang Lieyang thought back: "Right! We're in a drill now, maybe this area has full-frequency interference!" Thinking of this, Zhang Lieyang took out his military map and compass, and looked at them.

  After a while, Zhang Lieyang confirmed that he hadn't taken the wrong road. He started the car again and drove on. After a bumpy ride through the woods, Zhang Lieyang was suddenly stunned by the scene before him! The high city walls, people coming and going wearing Republic of China-era clothing... Seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang couldn't help but think: "This is strange! How did I end up driving onto a TV drama filming location? And how could there be a film crew here when the entire area was supposed to be closed off?" As he thought about it, Zhang Lieyang felt that something wasn't right. He looked around in all directions and didn't see a single camera. So Zhang Lieyang quickly stopped the car and reversed into a nearby bamboo forest.

  After getting off the car, Zhang Lieyang quickly used a camouflage net to conceal the vehicle. After wiping off the camouflage oil and changing into ordinary civilian clothes for reconnaissance, he walked out of the bamboo forest. He quickly arrived at a fruit stand by the roadside and asked, "Old man, may I ask what place is this? I've lost my way!"

  The old man looked at Zhang Lieyang with a smile and said, "Young man, you've asked the right person. This is the Shanghai suburbs." He pointed to the left and said, "If you keep walking forward, it's Shanghai! If you walk in the other direction, it's Kunshan!"

  "Thank you! Old man! Let me ask again, what's today's date?" Zhang Lieyang continued to ask with a smile.

  The old man waved his hand to shoo away the flies, thought for a moment and said: "Today should be September 16th of the 18th year of the Republic!" (Note: The 18th year of the Republic is 1929).

  Upon hearing the old man's response, Zhang Lieyang was stunned. The old man, noticing Zhang's unusual expression, smiled and handed him an apple, saying: "Young fellow, are you hungry? Have one! This is from our own orchard!"

  Zhang Lieyang suddenly came back to his senses and hastily said: "No need! Thank you!" He then picked up a newspaper from the ground and left.

  Back in the car in the bamboo forest, Zhang Lieyang calmed down and started reading the newspaper. After a while, Zhang Lieyang once again confirmed that he had indeed crossed over through a shortcut and become one of the many online depictions of characters who cross over.

  Thinking and thinking, Zhang Lieyang secretly made up his mind: "Since the heavens have brought me here, I will make a good show of it and do something great for the war effort!"

  Here is the translation:

  Having thought of this, Zhang Lieyang immediately got off the car, removed the license plates from the front and back, and found a place to bury them. He then checked the things in the car: one 95-style assault rifle with a white light scope, which had fired 56 rounds yesterday. In addition to the seven magazines of 210 rounds he had left on him, there were also 400 rounds in the ammunition box, for a total of 614 rounds. Three 92-style 5.8mm handguns, two of which had laser sights and silencers. There was also a new sniper rifle developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, equipped with an eight-power regular scope and a computerized data processing sight system called "BORS" (Barrett Optical Ranging System). The BORS system could be used at distances of 1000 meters or more and was designed for long-range shooting. It could collect and process data such as air pressure, temperature, and the angle of the weapon to correct for target measurement and accuracy. This sniper rifle also came with an infrared sight and a sonic rangefinder. There were three thirty-round magazines (two regular and one tungsten steel armor-piercing), four ten-round special ammunition magazines (mercury explosive rounds, kinetic energy rounds, incendiary rounds, and explosive rounds), as well as 500 regular rounds (which could be used with the Type 81 and Arisaka rifles) and a box of 400 special rounds. There was also a box of 400 armor-piercing rounds that had been obtained before the mission. Additionally, there were 1000 rounds of submachine gun ammunition for Old Seven, which could be used with handguns. In total, there were 1524 rounds. One M134 vehicle-mounted minigun with 15000 rounds (which could be used with the DShK heavy machine gun). Two combat knives. Ten high-explosive hand grenades. Two tear gas grenades, five flashbangs, and forty timed C4 explosives. Two gas masks, one tactical bulletproof vest and one nanotech bulletproof vest, one bulletproof helmet with a visor. One pair of night vision goggles. One long-range rangefinder telescope. Two military canteens. One lighter. One compass that had been restored to normal function. The GPS and communication devices were not working. A wilderness survival backpack containing tools (including rope, lockpicks, climbing gear, etc.), medicine, field rations, and a small package with his graduation thesis.