After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

The terrain of Mount Zhixing was complex, with snow-capped peaks, forests, grassy slopes, and ravines stretching endlessly.

On a single mountain, one could experience four seasons from peak to foot.

Given this environment, even with Shen Han’s location information, it still took the combat team two days to reach the Qubi tribe.

Without locals to guide them, the larger armored vehicles were stopped a hundred li away in the glacial rock area.

Only top-of-the-line off-road military vehicles, loaded with ammunition and supplies, managed to climb the steep cliffs and reach their destination.

The soldiers carried their weapons on their backs, traversing mountains and valleys.

The High Priest led important tribal members to welcome them on a hillside outside the tribal village.

Looking at the thousands of elite soldiers lined up not far away, they felt both awed and nervous.

But they soon calmed down.

Because those soldiers set up camp outside the tribe, showing no intention of entering the Qubi territory.

Only two officers and about thirty soldiers came forward from the combat team to negotiate.

Instructor Liu strode at the front, his unsmiling face filled with the tenacity unique to veteran commanders.

But when he reached the Qubi tribespeople and saw Shen Han in traditional tribal attire, he almost lost his stern composure.

Mainly because he never imagined Shen Han could blend in so well with the notoriously stubborn Qubi tribe.

In just a few days, she was even wearing the tribe’s warrior outfit!

Instructor Liu eyed the Alpha obliquely, wearing a cloth hat and two silver hero bands across her chest.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

The officer accompanying him and the thirty-odd trainee guard members behind weren’t any better off than Instructor Liu in terms of facial expressions.

Especially Ning Xi and Ma Haoyu, whose eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.

“Ning Xi! Give her the equipment, let her change quickly!”

In the end, it was Instructor Liu who spoke up, breaking the strange atmosphere hanging in the air.

The High Priest and tribal chief led their people back towards the tribe.

Speed was crucial in warfare; they needed to quickly devise a battle plan, lest news leak out and greatly increase the difficulty of capturing all the bandits in one swoop.

Over a hundred people from both sides participated in the discussions.

So, the High Priest chose an open small square for the meeting.

About 10 minutes later, Shen Han and Ning Xi quietly rejoined the ranks.

By now, she had changed into combat gear.

With her cap pulled low and belt tightly fastened, the somewhat rugged military fabric accentuated the young Alpha’s imposing figure.

Even though Shen Han quietly stood at the back of the formation after returning, she immediately attracted the attention of all the Qubi tribal members at the meeting.

Su Mu didn’t dare to stare openly at her.

So she secretly moved behind a tribal warrior, peering through the gap between his shoulder and ear to observe the Alpha not too far from her.

The first time she saw Shen Han, she was also wearing this combat uniform.

But at that time, Su Mu found her entire presence detestable.

Now, she felt the other exuded an attraction from head to toe.

She couldn’t get enough of looking at her.

The tactical strategies were left to the officers to formulate.

The combat team members and the vast majority of Qubi tribespeople were essentially just observers.

After roughly outlining the plan, the higher-ups from both sides moved indoors to finalize some important details.

Seeing the High Priest and officers leave, Ashi immediately led several young men who had been on the tractor to talk with Shen Han.

But when they saw Shen Han’s current attire, they couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of distance.

The tribal youths couldn’t help but think: So this is what Shen Han really looks like.

Shen Han’s attitude towards them remained unchanged.

In just a few sentences, she dispelled the unease in these new friends’ hearts.

At this point, Su Mu, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

“Thank you for saving all of us the other day, and I’m sorry for all the wrong things I did before. I apologize to you, I’m sorry!”

Shen Han hadn’t really minded the other’s previous small provocations.

But since the other had come so formally to express both thanks and apologies, she couldn’t appear too cold.

So, she tilted her head and stared at the other’s face: “Oh my! You can still see the marks from the frozen soil? Alright, alright, now we’re completely even.”

Su Mu didn’t know what had come over her, but seeing the other carefully examining her face, her wheat-colored skin instantly turned bright red.

A tribesman beside her, seeing this, laughed loudly in a most dishonorable manner.

Su Mu’s eyes widened, and she pushed that person three or four meters away with one hand, then turned and ran away, shaking the ground.

The group of Qubi tribespeople laughed even more heartily!

Ning Xi nudged Shen Han with her elbow: “Who’s that? She’s pretty strong.”

Shen Han smiled with narrowed eyes: “Her name is Su Mu, she’s the little princess of the Qubi tribe.”

Ning Xi: “!!!”

Ma Haoyu beside them: “?!!!”

The nights in the high-altitude region were very dangerous, so the unified action time was set for the next morning.

It was now approaching evening.

Shen Han, temporarily without a mission, took Ning Xi and Ma Haoyu to wander around the tribe.

After roughly touring several public areas, she finally led them to a wooden cage.

Although it was getting dark, the four people locked in the wooden cage immediately recognized Shen Han.

Looking at her imposing figure accentuated by the combat uniform, the four were stunned.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it was all real.

Had they entered the wrong script?

How else to explain that this Alpha was first a prisoner, then became a tribal warrior overnight! Now revealing her identity was even more terrifying.

Wait a minute!

How could the Qubi tribe accept a Federation soldier wearing their warrior outfit?

Where were the rules?

The middle-aged man in the wooden cage, being an old hand, marveled for a while before closing his eyes to rest.

But the three young students clearly couldn’t calm down.

They rolled their eyes, constantly scanning Shen Han, ears pricked up to listen to the casual chat of the three Alpha soldiers.

Ning Xi asked curiously: “Why can’t we see a single Omega in the Qubi tribe? I don’t mean anything by it, I’m just curious.”

Beside her, Ma Haoyu tilted his face slightly, also putting on an expression of wanting to know the answer.

Shen Han smiled and pointed sideways at the three young students in the cage who had been staring at her.

“It’s right that you can’t see them. Look! Those three big brothers were locked up because they saw them. They’ve been locked up for several days now, tsk tsk tsk.”

Hearing this, the three students were almost infuriated to the point of spitting blood.

Damn it! Isn’t a battle about to start? How can you all be so idle?

Is there no one to manage this anymore!

The next morning, the allied force formed by the Federation government and the Qubi tribe set out directly for the Shama tribe.

In all likelihood, members of the Huta armed organization should be gathered there in large numbers now.

Their side would sneak along quiet mountain valleys.

With luck, they could completely surround the enemy!

With this, the bandit extermination campaign officially began.

As the Free Federation army advanced victoriously,

Reports of success were successively presented to the Fourth District base and Gu Junwan’s desk.

The news of the army’s great victory was indeed inspiring, and the situation of the Qubi tribe voluntarily proposing to open trade lines was an unexpected joy for everyone.

It’s worth noting that this was a stubborn bone that several departments couldn’t crack for years!

Previously, government officials had tried to go to the tribes for sincere talks.

But basically, these people were driven back before they could even set foot in the Qubi tribe’s gates.

And now, they had voluntarily made such a request.

It made people wonder if the Qubi tribe’s High Priest had bought fake medicine from smugglers.

After reading the victory report, Gu Junwan pulled up detailed intelligence about these matters and read it carefully.

Then, Special Assistant Xu saw her Empress’s usually calm face suddenly change.

There was joy, nervousness, and a hint of an indescribable, strange smile.

Seeing Gu Junwan’s reaction, Xu Zhao immediately became curious about the detailed report in her hand.

She waited patiently, planning to take a good look herself after her Empress finished reading.

Unexpectedly, the Empress, who usually read at lightning speed, was reading this report unusually slowly.

Of course, this “unusually slow” was only relative.

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Junwan directly handed the paper document to her assistant.

Xu Zhao, who could no longer contain her curiosity, hurriedly took it with both hands.

Upon careful examination, she was stunned.

According to the intelligence, whether it was the advancement of the bandit suppression mission or the Qubi tribe’s voluntary proposal for trade, the key figure who played a decisive role in all of this pointed to one person: Shen Han!

Xu Zhao stared wide-eyed, reading line by line about what that Alpha had done in the report file, feeling a sense of fantastical dreaminess.

After infiltrating the Qubi tribe, she was locked in a cage, then retrieved the High Priest’s iron pipe stem from a roaring fire.

In an encounter, she single-handedly shot and killed 12 members of the Huta armed organization, and together with the Qubi High Priest, welcomed the arrival of government reinforcements!

All of this was both thrilling and intricately connected.

Xu Zhao felt as if she were reading a suspense story.

She thought: Her Majesty’s Alpha is simply incredible!

Xu Zhao felt she couldn’t find appropriate words to describe her.

It must be said that every time that Alpha caused a big stir, the results were always things the Empress had long wanted to do but had to temporarily abandon due to various obstacles.

Gu Junwan’s golden phoenix eyes lifted slightly, looking at her assistant’s ever-changing, colorful facial expressions, and she laughed softly.