Rearguard Battalion Camp Officer: “Have you confirmed the inventory? What about the spare list? Sort out the consumables as soon as possible. Check our communication lines while you're at it… Yue, deliver this list to Ase. Oh, you’re not Yue. Where is she? What do you need?”

Yangyang: “Excuse me. I'm an Outrider of the Midnight Rangers. This is Rover, and this is Master Jianxin who came here to look for someone.”

Rover: “Do you need our help?”

Rearguard Battalion Camp Officer: “I saw you help arrange the wounded there. Xiulan would need your help more than I do. Thank you, but I must remain to oversee vital military supplies.”

Rover: “You seem very busy.”

Rearguard Battalion Camp Officer: “Jinzhou is the gateway to Huanglong, and the Desorock Highland is the gateway to Jinzhou. A single breach could have dire consequences. Our defense must hold at all costs. The Tacet Discords are not humans. They don’t do truces or ceasefires. For as long as they exist, this war will rage on endlessly. Supply is the lifeblood of our army, and I am tasked with keeping it flowing. But now, we are facing a shortage.”

(Tell him about the person Jianxin’s looking for.)

Jianxin asked the quartemaster about Zhiyuan’s whereabouts.

Rearguard Battalion Camp Officer: “Zhiyuan… So he never sent a letter home? Not even once? The Midnight Rangers are no longer recruiting non-Resonators lately, but Zhiyuan was a stubborn boy. Last year when the battles hadn’t gotten so intense, he would trail us Rearguards, eager to join the frontline. We sent him back to the city, time and time again, and he just kept finding ways to come back. Eventually I caved and took him in to help us here in the base. With the battle escalating, it’s getting increasingly dangerous out here. I shouldn’t keep him here any longer. I was just thinking about having the logistics team bring him back to the city when you guys showed up. Oh, now I remember. He should be currently on the floor above.”

Rover: “Master Jianxin, do you want to go look for Zhiyuan first?”

Jianxin: “Sure. Please excuse me. I’ll join you later.”

Rover: “We’ll be there soon.”

Jianxin did a brief salute and left.