In the dark of the night, the city of Eastern State was still bustling with traffic. It was a bustling city at night.
The bustling commercial square was filled with the figures of people wandering at night, couples walking out of the cinema after watching the latest blockbuster, happy parents and children, diners returning home satisfied … It was not until the early hours of the morning that the number of people gradually decreased, and the whole city gradually quietened down.
For the normal citizens, life was still the same. Even though there were some strange rumors popping up on the internet recently, they were merely gossip.
However, in this world, there would always be people who were carrying the burden for the sake of this peace.
At Gu Rong Village in the northern countryside of Eastern State, inside the command center of the emergency team, the members were still at their posts, and the machines were still running.
The chief commander, Yao Sinian, had just ended a meeting with the headquarters. He leaned against the chair to rest, and he was drifting off to sleep …
The people around him lowered their voices so as not to disturb his rest.
It was already the fifth day since the Demon Hunters entered the abnormal space inside the banyan tree hole. CEO Yao had rested for less than ten hours over the past few days. The old man in his sixties was so haggard that he looked like he was about to die. He needed rest.
The radio signal that had briefly become clear earlier started to blur after Xue Ba reported that the team had reached the 100th step of the stone path. Then a strong gust of wind appeared to attack them, and the signal was cut off. It had not been reconnected since then.
Over the past few days, the emergency team had tried many methods, but none of them had found any breakthrough. The Abnormal Energy Investigation Group was also lacking in progress.
By now, everyone had silently and bitterly concluded that the Demon Hunters and Gu Jun were all dead.
"Let Chief Yao rest." Professor Qin let out a long sigh. He was already so old.
"Elder Qin, you should go rest as well." One of the deputy commanders, Leader Meng from the Eastern State's Investigation Department, also shook his head and sighed. "Phecda cannot afford to lose you guys as well."
Lose? When he said that word, Leader Meng's middle-aged face darkened. How was he going to explain this to the family and friends of the Demon Hunters?
When Xue Ba married his wife from the research department, Meng He was the witness. And then there was Yang Henan's wedding, and …
"Sigh, these old bones of mine can still hold on." Even though that was what Professor Qin said, his face had aged a lot over the past few days. He was the one who groomed 'Uncle Dan' Luo Dan, he was the one who nurtured Zhang Huohuo, and he was the one who nurtured the youngest Gu Jun … Now that he had come to this conclusion, the pain that Professor Qin felt was no less than anyone else.
The atmosphere in the surroundings was very gloomy. It was as if a sharp weapon was cutting into everyone's heart. Some people's eyes were slightly red.
Failure, another painful failure. Following the sacrifice of 444 members of the Action Department, a Special Mobile Force unit had been sacrificed.
Professor Qin sadly walked to the door of the barracks. Was there any light in the dark night to guide them?
At this time, the operator in the barracks received some calls about the new situation. All the Malformed Banyan Trees in the country suddenly collapsed one after another!
First, it was Shuitian Village, then Gaogang Village, Santang Village … The big screen in front of the barracks connected the images of the various crime scenes. The dozens of banyan trees in the villages that had been quarantined after the outbreak were all lifeless like the banyan tree in Gurong Village.
'What is going on? '
They looked at the images on the big screen with shock and confusion.
Yao Sinian had already woken up, and his face darkened.
He was sixty-five this year, and he had been with Phecda for forty years, but he still felt chilled by the situation before him. Was the situation about to completely spiral out of control?
The entire command central once again became tense because of this sudden change, but before the personnel at the scene could do anything, another call came in. It was from the Eastern State Medical Department. There was a change in the Malformed Banyan in the human body.
The big screen immediately connected to the Medical Department. Yao Sinian frowned deeply. Professor Qin and the rest were also watching.
A Malformed Banyan Tree that was still in its living state was dead in the cell. This strange and terrifying creation suddenly seemed to have lost its consciousness, and even its instincts were gone. Originally, all the heads on its tree trunk would constantly wail and wail. The Malformed Banyan Tree that was in a dead state had lost its scratching reflex.
Even if a living person tried to approach it, the heads would no longer make strange noises.
This was already strange enough, but now it had become even stranger.
"Ol 'Qin, what do you think?" Yao Sinian asked. In the field of medicine, Ol' Qin was still the expert.
"It feels a bit like brain death." Professor Qin was just guessing. "We'll only know the specifics after further tests."
The two changes to the Malformed Banyan Tree and the Malformed Banyan Tree appeared at the same time. Obviously, something had happened.
But why did it seem like … it was heading in a good direction? It was as if the central system of the Malformed Banyan Disease had been greatly damaged.
Everyone could not figure it out. The unhealed pain made them think of the worst. Could it be that this was a new trap set by the enemy?
But at this time, another call came in. When the operator heard it, his face suddenly turned red. He was shocked and at a loss. He exclaimed, "What?! Really? Ah?! "
He looked at the people around him and was so excited that he almost could not breathe. "Ah, ah!" He immediately connected the phone to the command center's broadcast system.
"It's true!" An excited male voice immediately rang throughout the command center. It was full of disbelief. "They suddenly walked out of the banyan tree, and all of them are alive! Lin Mo lost a leg, Lou Xiaoning lost an eye, but they are all alive! Captain Xue said that the leader of Lai Sheng Company has been eliminated by them. Gu Jun said that the source of the Malformed Banyan Disease has been destroyed. "
Suddenly, Yao Sinian's expression changed. "What?!"
Professor Qin was stunned. Leader Meng almost jumped out of his seat. The few deputy commanders were swaying …
The younger members could not help but gasp. All of them returned alive?!
"They are staying where they are, waiting for Phecda to send people to quarantine them." The person on the other end of the phone continued to speak with joy but calmness. "We have not approached them. We have not done anything. Their faces look fine. They are a little dehydrated, but they are fine. "
Very soon, the command center was connected to the signal from the scene. The dark night was brightly lit by the spotlights.
At the base of Lai Sheng Company that had been controlled by Phecda, the place where 444 of his colleagues from the Action Department had died, there was a banyan tree with the words "Mr. Gu, we know you better than you know yourself." written in blood on its trunk. A group of about ten people stood next to the tree.
Their faces were pale, but they still had the vitality of a living person. Xue Ba, Uncle Dan, Gu Jun, Lou Xiaoning … all sixteen of them were there.
Seeing this, the command center erupted in a wave of ecstatic cheers. The dark clouds that had been hanging there for several days dissipated.
Every member of the Demon Hunter team had returned alive!
Even Lin Mo, who everyone thought was a dead man, had escaped the disaster of the parasite. He even had one of his legs saved. He was still alive.
"Ha ha ha!" Even though he knew that he should not be overly optimistic, Yao Sinian still laughed out loud. "This is great, this is great."
"Yes." Professor Qin also cheered with relief. He turned to Meng He. "Leader Meng, don't be so quick to doubt it. Let's celebrate for a while!"
"Ha ha." Leader Meng nodded happily. His teary eyes could not move away from the team on the big screen. His voice was choked with emotion. "Let's celebrate for a while."
Everyone was laughing and joking. They might as well celebrate for a while longer. This kind of moment might not come again.
The next day would be another busy day.
They had to isolate the members of the team, disinfect them, perform physical examinations, and conduct mental and psychological examinations. They had to be evaluated to see if they were still the same people who entered the tree hole. They had to be separated and interrogated one by one. They had to reconstruct everything that had happened in the abnormal space …
There were too many things to deal with, and there were too many possibilities that would not make them happy.
They might as well celebrate for a while longer.
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