Under the dark sky, inside the dirty alleyway, broken electric poles dragged on old electric wires.
The streetlights were broken but no one repaired them so they could not reflect the color of the low roofs of the factory. Under the dim light, the potholes on the road were filled with stains left behind by the continuous washing of dirty water and the trash that piled up at the corners.
There were some old residences opposite the factory. One of them had a small courtyard and there were two rows of large black urns placed at the entrance.
The courtyard was a small tofu workshop. There was no one living there. The urns were all empty except for some wet puddles. If this was any other day, there would be rats lurking around.
By now, the whole area was under the control of the assault team. After a round of inspection, they found nothing suspicious.
But on the other side, following the Zoog's guidance, Gu Jun led his men to move the urns away. They saw a small blob of blurry light behind the courtyard wall.
The blob of light was smaller than the mouth of an urn. If not for the Zoog leading the way, they might not have discovered it.
The alley was less than 500 metres away from Jiang Xin Hospital. Behind it was an undeveloped wasteland. The trees swayed and weeds grew everywhere.
In such a dirty environment, even if there was no new strain of legionella bacteria, there would be plenty of normal germs. However, the factory belonged to a hardware company and the urns belonged to the tofu workshop. They did not appear to be related to the Afterlife Cult.
Phecda was still conducting further investigation, including pulling out all the recent recordings from the nearby surveillance cameras to see if there were any new clues.
"This is it …" Inside the sweet dream, the Zoog said with a shivering voice, "Honorable nightmare man, that is all I know, can I leave now?"
"No." Gu Jun said, "You will have to be our guide, we might need to go to the House of Worm to take a look."
"The House of Worm?!" The Zoog gasped in shock. Couldn't he show some pity to the Zoog? "Even us Zoogs do not dare to set foot in that place … Mr. Nightmare Man, it is not that I doubt your ability but a smart person would not venture into that place …"
"Who said I'm smart?" Gu Jun said in a low voice, ending the conversation once again.
At this time, the alley was filled with Phecda and the personnel from various departments. Everyone was waiting for his command.
From the moment he reported to the command center, the evacuation was canceled. A large number of reinforcements from the scientific research fleet took off in helicopters and rushed over as fast as they could. Those who were far away were those who came from nearby cities, from the headquarters, and from foreign partners.
The legionella bacteria was related to supernatural forces.
This news was like a new dawn. It made everyone who was sitting on pins and needles. Whether it was the higher-ups or the frontlines, they almost jumped for joy.
If the current situation was to be solved through pharmacology, the production of generic drugs was still far away, and the epidemic would cause unimaginable consequences in a few more days.
Lockdown measures had been issued to slow down the spread of the epidemic as much as possible.
But the enemy has the method to cultivate this germ, if they have already set up an ambush in every major city and are spreading the germ everywhere, then …
Therefore, if the powerful properties of the germ were a result of supernatural forces, then perhaps there was another way to solve this problem.
"Ah Jun, how is it?" Tong Ye's voice came from the walkie-talkie, "What did the Zoog say? What do you think? "
Destroy the channel? Or head over to investigate? Everyone waited for Gu Jun's decision.
There was no need to elaborate on how important the decision would be. It was beyond Gu Jun's authority to make the decision, but with the current situation, even the high officials who were dissatisfied with him for destroying the channel to the foreign world had to admit that Gu Jun's decision was very important.
He was most familiar with the Dreamlands and the Zoogs. This was the opportunity that he discovered. The few crises that had happened recently had been resolved because of him.
Furthermore, his complicated background and experience gave him inspiration that others did not have.
Even though Gu Jun's current position was not that high, the Phecda Hero did have some status and authority.
"Tong Ye, I plan to head over to take a look." Gu Jun made up his mind. He had made up his mind when he saw the Zoogs. "I believe it is the plague that caused this channel to appear. Even if we destroy this channel, perhaps another one will appear at the other end of the plague zone. We don't have time to waste. "
Tong Ye and Yao Sinian on the other end of the walkie-talkie said darkly that they had to hurry.
Due to the nature of the passage between the two worlds, the more creatures that passed through it, the more they would exhaust it. Therefore, they had to rely on the Special Task Force instead of the main force. Due to the nature of Dreamlands, the items that were brought over would usually disappear, so there was no need to waste time preparing anything. Their current equipment was enough.
After a quick discussion, the members of the Special Mobile Force 'Problematic Team' for this expedition were confirmed.
Gu Jun, Uncle Dan, Lou Xiaoning and Peacock. Uncle Dan was the only one who did not know spells. Together with the 8 elites from other departments, there were 16 members in total.
Before they left, Gu Jun silently retrieved the seed of the Lai Hwa Tree. If he handed it over, he might not be able to return. He had no idea what this seed could be used for. He told the Zoogs that Atal had brought it over. The research fleet should cultivate it and study it carefully to see if it could be of any use.
He emphasized that this was a living thing, it had the meaning of the Tree of Life. They should not kill it because of research, its value should only be when it was alive.
Then Gu Jun shared his thoughts with the command central.
"One, the cultists are more dangerous than we thought. We have to increase the security on both sides of this channel and the research fleet. I'm afraid they might launch an attack once they find out about this. They have many tricks up their sleeves. Let's not waste time on them. When it's time to use firearms, don't hesitate.
"Two, if we still haven't returned after 12 hours at the Dreamlands, we'll blow up this channel to see what effect it will have. If we're still alive on the other side, we'll continue the mission. If we can complete the mission, we'll find another channel to return.
"Three, if we still fail and the epidemic goes out of control … I believe we should move to the south pole as soon as possible to find a migration point. We can study the medicine there and preserve the seed of humanity."
Gu Jun's plan was so thorough that Yao Sinian and the rest had nothing to say.
"Kid." Tong Ye sighed. "If you don't return after 6 hours, we'll send the second unit. After another 6 hours, the third unit will arrive. We'll send as many as we can until the entire channel collapses."
Whether the channel existed or not, they had no choice but to deal with it this way.
"Okay …" Gu Jun knew that this was necessary. What they could not complete, the latecomers might be able to.
There was no time to bid farewell, the team was about to depart.
"Hey, Dirty-minded Jun!" The walkie-talkie picked up the signal from the vice-captain of the Problematic Team and Wu Shiyu's voice came through. "This time, you have to come back alive as well."
"Hmm." Gu Jun nodded as he walked. "You have to stay alive. Everyone has to stay alive."
Under the night sky, the 16 members of the Problematic Team and one Zoog walked towards the channel between the two worlds.
Gu Jun dragged the Zoog ahead. Even though the entrance was small, he did not need to bend down to get close to it. He could already feel the space around him distorting when he reached the wall. He took another step into the wall and everything around him turned strange …
It was not easy for him to return to this world and now he had to risk his life again but he had no other choice.
"Bring me to the Field of Worm." He told the Zoog, regardless of whether the Zoog could understand him or not, "If you dare to play any tricks, I'll kill you."
"Ji ji, over there, over there …" The Zoog raised his shaking claws and pointed, "Over there, over there …"
Gu Jun led the way. Uncle Dan and the rest followed behind. Their footsteps were firm.
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