"Mobile unit commander repatriated, code 157."
Like one awakens from a dreamless deep sleep, Li Weigang suddenly opened his eyes, the UI in his helmet came back online, and started the release procedure.
The sound of mechanical gears reached his ears, his body, strapped in shock-absorbing padding and a restraining frame, suddenly relaxed. A brightness came into view—the ceiling of the Time Diving Department.
He immediately sat up, leapt down from the dive platform in one move, wearing only a black tight-fitting combat suit.
"Report the situation! Where are the others?" Li Weigang barked at the surrounding researchers fiddling with their computing devices.
"Captain Li, we've had casualties, KIA18," replied a Caucasian woman researcher in her forties, dressed in a white lab coat.
"KIA? How is that possible?" Li Weigang was stunned for a moment; KIA was the military acronym for Killed In Action.
