CH 39

Hao Jian went in to clean her wound and after Lian Ru Ning finished disinfecting her, she went to stitch her wound, but when Lian Ru Ning saw Hao Jian’s wound open, her heart still jumped.

Hao Jian saw her holding the needle and thread for a long time and asked, “You don’t dare to start?”

Lian Ru Ning looked solemnly, “You bear with it.”

At this time where anesthetics are scarce, Hao Jian naturally didn’t use anesthetics for her injury. Hao Jian’s wound was stitched with a very clear sense of pain.

However, Yi Gao still provided her with a tetanus shot, “If a talent like you loses her life because of tetanus, it would be a great loss for us.”

He came to Hao Jian not only for her injection, but also for the things he needed to understand in detail. Lian Ru Ning suddenly remembered the video she had secretly taken and gave him her phone, “This is their brainwashing speech.”

Yi Gao praised, “I can’t fully understand it just by listening to others, but with this video, I’ll be able to understand how their cult works easier. You guys did a great job.”

He was about to take the phone to his study when he turned back and asked, “I heard that Old An has offered you an olive branch, are you sure you don’t want to consider joining the escort team?”

Lian Ru Ning and Hao Jian looked at each other, smiled, then shook their heads, “After I have settled a matter on my mind, I’ll consider joining the guard.”

Yi Gao then said nothing more.

Not long after Yi Gao left, Peng Mao and Xin Ting hurried over, “You’re finally back!”

They have been waiting for them the entire day. Although they wanted to ask Yi Gao for information, Yi Gao was too busy to answer them. Only the other team members who knew a little about what happened informed them briefly about the situation in the conference center.

They learned what happened to Hao Jian and the two of them were afraid that they wouldn’t return. They were very remorseful, “I’m such a coward and a weakling! Why didn’t I go with them in the first place?!”

Even two skinny girls were more courageous than him, a big man. Others say that he has no fighting ability, a paper tiger. He really thinks that he belongs to the protected party. Where does he get the face to take other people people’s protection for granted?

Thinking of this, Peng Mao slapped himself hard.

When he learned that Yi Gao had sent people to support the conference center, he also plucked the courage to sign up, but Yi Gao said, “There can’t be any changes in the personnel of this refuge camp. I’ve already asked my teammates who are on duty outside to support them.”

He and Xin Ting stayed tormented for a day and kept wondering whether they really wanted to stay in the refuge camp and accept the protection of the escort team and sacrifice their lives for them.

Although they haven’t figured out anything yet, when they received their rations, they quietly put away half of it. . .

Later, they finally heard the movement of someone coming back. They nervously ran over to see but did not see the figure of either Hao Jian or Lian Ru Ning, causing their hearts to tighten. They wanted to aske the escort team who came back, but they seem to have more important things to do and had no time to pay attention to them.

Not to mention that those who went out to support, the remaining members of the refuge camp, also received strict instructions to strengthen their patrol and pay attention to the situation of the evacuees. They couldn’t find anyone to ask questions to.

Fortunately, when the sun went down, they heard the news that Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning had returned. They rushed over to confirm that they had indeed returned unharmed. . . they’re injured. At least Hao Jian’s head was wrapped in bandages!

“You guys–” Peng Mao just opened his mouth but Xin Ting has been crying with joy, “Great, you guys are okay!”

“Yeah, we’re lucky to have come back alive.” Hao Jian replied.

“When we heard about the situation at the conference center, we were so worried that we couldn’t eat!” Peng Mao hurriedly expressed his concern.

Hao Jian asked, “Where did you guys hear about this? Do many people already know about the conference center?”

She was worried whether there were people from ‘Wugui’ hiding in Jiangxin island and will take advantage of the incident to spread rumors and cause panic among the crowd.

But Peng Mao said, “I asked the escort team members about this. They heard that we know each other so they told us and asked us not to spread it. The other people in the island doesn’t know.”

Xin Ting also added, “What happened over there?”

Peng Mao asked again, “Where’s Liu Feng and the others?”

Hao Jian sighed lightly, “Let’s talk about this later. I’m very hungry now, is there any food?”

The two of them took out the food they had hidden at noon like they were treasures, but before Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning could enjoy their food, Yi Gao called them over to the council.

When they arrived in the big tent, they saw some food on the table. All the food were the ones prepared for the escort team for emergency operations. The cooked quickly in a few minutes but they didn’t taste very good.

In addition to Yi Gao and An Minghui, there were several other people here. Among them are Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning, and the man they saw in the picture sitting on the main seat, the commander-in-chief of the Jiang City Rescue and Refuge Work Headquarters, Yu Jiyou.

Yu Jiyou’s complexion was pale and his body was wounded in many places, so he was bandaged. Yi Gao and An Minghui advised him to take a rest firs, but he didn’t want to. Instead, he wanted to sit here and report to them what happened at the conference center.

Seeing Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning, Yu Jiyou nodded, “Women are not afraid of men and women are not afraid of other women! You have enough guts to barge in into the enemy camp, you are tough without losing your delicate mind, able to observe the subtleties and act carefully. You have helped us a lot! If we weren’t in a time of crisis, I would have reported to my superiors and gave you guys an award!”

Although Yu Jiyou is the chief commander of Jiang City Escort, he still has more authority than Yi Gao, An Minghui and the others.

But he is not pretending. He truly appreciated the keen incite that the two could find out from the smallest details that the Xiangzhu had taken him hostage in the infirmary.

He didn’t care about his own life, he just wanted the escort team to catch the Xiangzhu. So when he was held hostage, he was determined to have the reinforcements attack. The Xiangzhu was bluffed by him and didn’t have time to kill him before we was counter-attacked.

He was willing to retreat only when he learned that the remaining escort team members were safely evacuated. After all, in his opinion, those few escort team members were more valuable than him.

Although Hao Jian and the others had already gotten part of the truth from Chen Zhen, hearing Yu Jiyou’s personal report only made them realize how tragic the situation was.

The traitors blocked the signal, so they weren’t able to receive a warning from the Civic Park. They just thought that Civic Park was lost, so when a group of people came to the conference c enter, he could only order a large number of people to maintain order.

However, the crowd was too large and there were zombies surrounding them. Amidst the panicked crowd, the ‘Wugui’ people took the opportunity to approach the escort team and cut them down. They took their weapons and attacked the inside of the conference center.

The reason why they kept Yu Jiyou alive was to use him as a pupped and his prestige to give orders to all escorts in the refuge camps. They even wanted to hoodwink his superiors and let him infiltrate into the upper echelons and obtain information for ‘Wugui’.

But Yu Jiyou didn’t give in. They tortured him and used the people to threaten him until An Minghui and the others came to his rescue. He was then held hostage in the infirmary out of desire to escape.

As for the Xiangzhu and some of the ‘Wugui’ people, some of them were taken away to different refuge camps to force a confession. They temporarily evacuated the conference center and after integrating all information would they organize their manpower to retake the conference center and reactive their equipment there.

Fortunately, the technicians were saved. With them, they can also contact higher officials and report the matter.

Only then did Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning learn from their mouths that they had abandoned the conference center. In other words, those who were hiding in the conference center was on their own to survive.

At least from the overall situation, their first purpose is not to search and rescue people, but to collect and understand the enemies they’re facing, analyze the situation, and securing the safety of the evacuees in the remaining refuge base would be the most important.

From a selfish point of vie, these people are actually the accomplices of ‘Wugui’, they were instigated and encouraged by people with ulterior motives and they do not know how to distinguish the truth from falsehood.

If they only wanted to survive, they could have warned the escort team when they made a move to the conference center.

But they didn’t. They just rushed and crowded in, scattering the formation of the escort team, so that when they were killed by ‘Wugui’ members, there was no teammate to help them.

All members of the escort team who learned the truth were angry and very disappointed with those people. In this atmosphere, they were extremely reluctant to go back to search and rescue the survivors.

Yi Gao said, “According to the information that came back from the refuge cam in the 1st middle school, the Xiangzhu’s name is Lei Mu, a native of Teng City. According to Lei Mu’s confession, ‘Wugui’ is a cult that existed long before the Q virus outbreak, but at that time, they were only selling drugs and engaged in pyramid schemes under the name of religion.

However, not long after the discovery of the first Q virus infection in China, the people of ‘Wugui’ smelled the opportunity for profit and began to mix in ‘eschatology’1. In just five days, they have absorbed a lot of believers. They went around collecting money and robbing, using the money they got and the materials in their hands to strengthen themselves.”

Lei Mu, because he didn’t have much presence in the organization– “

Yi Gao paused for a moment and explained the organizational structure of ‘Wugui’ first, “There are five levels of ‘Wugui’; the general church, the grand church, the sub-cathedral, the small sub-cathedral, and the teaching point. The head of the general church is the Godfather, under which are the High Priest, the Left and Right Guardians. Then the head of the Grand Church is the Grand Master, the Priests and the nine Deacons. The head of the Sub-cathedral is the Hall Master, and from this level onwards there are the Deputy Hall Master and the Fragrance Master, and the Fragrance Master is in charge of the affairs of each small sub-cathedral. As for the backbone below the incense lord, there are chiefs, group leaders, and great believers, and the rest are the faithful who have no power or status.”

“This, I thought I had traveled to the martial arts world!” A member of the escort team said.

“Their teachings are all extracted from Chinese classics, and mixed with the blood of the religions over in Europe and America to make their religion different from the four.” An Minghui said indifferently.

His mood hadn’t fully adjusted yet and he naturally did not have a good impression when it came to ‘Wugui’. Not only that he had no good thoughts about them, he also hated cult organizations very much.

Hao Jian had been quietly listening. At this time, she asked, “According to Lei Mu’s words, the original purpose of ‘Wugui’ was just to make money, so why is it so arrogant now?”

Yi Gao gave her a look, nodded and continued, “Lei Mu said that he couldn’t be useful in the branch church so he thought that a small city like Jiang City would be a good place for him to develop followers and gain prestige. So he brought a group of his men to Jian City and even used the principles of the escort team to come up with methods that would allow him to be quickly valued by his superiors.”

“it seems that this cult is very large.” Yu Jiyou said.

“In the past, because they acted very stealthily and cheated people, they did not attract any official’s attention. However, with the emergence of eschatology, people’s panic, blindness, and the expansion of evil thoughts have increased their opportunities to grow.”

“A small sect has cost us a lot of losses. If we let them grow and develop, they will become a big problem in the future!” Yu Jiyou said, “We must report this to our superiors as soon as possible, so that all the branches can be on the alert.”

In the chaotic world, people are restless and are easily exploited, so even if they know the existence of ‘Wugui’, they haven’t found the cultists lurking among the crowd for the time being. What’s more, their brainwashing techniques are really good, otherwise, no one in the escort team would have betrayed their team!

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning had nothing to contribute when the escort team started to make plans. They went back to their tents to rest after eating, after all, they were in a state of high concentration and tension. After escaping death for several times, they were already very exhausted.

Based on their contributions, they also enjoyed a chance to take a bath, making Peng Mao and Xin Ting envious. Of course, they were only envious, after all, they placed their lives on the line in exchange for these perks. There is no place to be jealous.

After taking a shower, Hao Jian remembered the level rewards she had received and the newly opened weapon special.

The level rewards were binoculars and a solar charger. These two things can come in handy but weren’t new, so she focused on the weapons function.

She saw two more columns available in the mall, which originally only listed food and prescription drugs, namely household goods and weapons. The weapons column was divided into ‘cold weapons’ and ‘hot weapons’, but the hot weapons were still gray and cannot be opened.

Her eyes were on the cold weapons, and before she could see that weapons were available, she was surprised with the price, “This is too. . .”