The cross was one of the most ancient symbols. Like dots, lines, circles and so on, it had existed in the rock paintings of different civilizations since ancient times.
There were many variations of the cross and the split cross was one of them.
Inside the quiet room, the LCD television was switched off. Gu Jun used a black pen to draw the cross on a piece of A4 paper. When he was in the illusion earlier, he saw the cross on the television. Then he woke up with a throbbing headache.
To study occultism, Gu Jun had flipped through some semiotics knowledge. Actually, the academic world had not come to a conclusion about the meaning of ancient symbols, including this split cross. It was probably a primitive artistic expression.
'Why would the signal give me such a symbol? 'He pondered.
The organization behind the signal might be bad guys, and they were up to something.
But after thinking about it, Gu Jun had to consider another possibility. What if the people behind the signal were good people?
He had received a message from the future and it had been a great help. The origin of Peacock and Malachite was still an unsolved mystery.
'Last time, I saw it from Dirty-minded Yu's paintings, this time from the television … Both can be used as a medium to transmit information. Could this be one of the conditions to receive the signal? That would require such a medium. What's so special about Dirty-minded Yu's paintings? She painted the sky, the void … '
He would have to ask Wu Shiyu about this. But then he thought of another possibility, the signal would weaken if he told others about it.
Gu Jun decided to give it a try. This time, he would not tell anyone. He wanted to see whether the strange feeling would grow stronger and whether the signal would appear faster and clearer. He would just pretend that he had lost his mind. But that would depend on how he had lost his mind.
…
During Chinese New Year, the establishment of GOA continued.
Since the announcement of the establishment of the Mutated Scale Disease in August last year, the cooperation between the various countries was pushed forward by the Mutated Scale Disease incident, and after several months of negotiations, both GOA and WMO had made substantial progress.
GOA's goal was to eradicate the forces of evil around the world. Whenever something happened to one of the member countries, elite troops would be sent to the area immediately to quell the incident without spreading to the rest of the world. If something happened at the same time, they would assign people according to the situation. The main point was to find the root of the problem and solve it.
To achieve this, a strong Special Mobile Force was crucial. Past experience had shown that the key to victory often lay in a team.
GOA's first Special Mobile Force had yet to be named, but it naturally required all the elite members of the member countries to form the strongest and most reliable exploration team with a reasonable number of members. The fixed number of members was 20 to 30.
On Monday, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, in the headquarters of Phecda in Da Hwa City, in a spacious conference room, representatives from various countries gathered.
They sat on both sides of the conference table and were looking at the conference screen.
The introduction and profile of several members appeared on screen. It was the name list of the members that Phecda planned to send to GOA's first Special Mobile Force.
"Lou Xiaoning, Deng Ximei, Ma Feng, Peacock, Malachite."
Seeing this list, the representatives in the conference room were confused.
"This …"
"Where is Mr. Gu?"
"What do you mean by this? No Gu Jun? "
Other than the people from the Russian Security Bureau who already knew the inside story, the representatives from the United States and England were all very confused and dissatisfied.
It was not that Lou Xiaoning and the rest were not outstanding enough, their files were well known but there was no Gu Jun! How could this be considered the most elite? Gu Jun was heavily injured but he had woken up now. Phecda announced that he was recovering well.
"Everyone, everyone." Tong Ye said with an annoyed expression, "Stop arguing!"
"Gu Jun's health condition is very complicated. You should understand why we told the public that he is fine. The truth is that he is not recovering well, he needs a holiday." Actually, telling the public that Gu Jun was fine was just to scare the cultists …
"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we temporarily do not have Gu Jun." Tong Ye said.
The conference room quieted down. The group looked at each other, this was really bad news …
"How bad is it?" FBM representative Frank Davis asked. His white beard was pulled and his face was full of wrinkles.
"Very bad." Tong Ye's tone deepened. "Let me put it this way, everyone, Gu Jun is currently showing signs of PTSD."
The representatives had complicated expressions and they were speechless.
Those who interacted with supernatural beings had PTSD, they knew what this meant. It was like a candle that had burned out. No matter how bright it was before, now it was just a puddle of wax and ashes.
Sigh! Yao Sinian who was also present at the conference felt sad. Ah Jun's holiday had only lasted for less than half a month and his recovery was far from ideal. He had shown signs of PTSD and hypervigilance many times. He had a weird feeling in his bedroom when he slept, he had a feeling that he was being followed when he went out. Even though some of them were reasonable suspicions …
This was not a good trend. Many PTSD sufferers abused drugs, drank heavily, lived alone and even hid in the mountains.
"Let's be honest, will Mr. Gu be able to come back?" England's representative Gaines Elsie asked. Everyone wanted to know the answer.
"No one can say for sure." Tong Ye said helplessly, "For now, we only hope that our hero can lead a better life. There's nothing else we can hope for."
Everyone was speechless. That meant … if Gu Jun did not lose his mind, it would be a victory.
Frank Davis, Gaines Elsie and the rest could not bring themselves to be happy. Without Phecda, Gu Jun would naturally be weaker. This seemed to be beneficial to FBM and WMO. However, losing Gu Jun was indeed a global loss. Something big was about to happen …
"Even though Gu Jun is not here, the five that we've sent are all super elites." Tong Ye added, "Especially this Deng Ximei, she has great potential."
Every country had a certain level of understanding of the five people on the screen.
After Phecda's display, the representatives from different countries followed suit, and each country was willing to send three to five people.
Russia's Security Bureau: Maksim Kuznetsov, Galina Sokolova, Ivan Nikiforov …
FBM: Helen Claire, Sammy Walter, Delaney Oakes …
…
After receiving the signal for the second time on the fifth day of Chinese New Year, Gu Jun did not tell anyone. Three days later, on the eighth day of Chinese New Year, he fell asleep on the couch again. The signal appeared for the third time. Compared to the previous time, even though he did not receive any new information, everything was clearer.
Then Gu Jun told Wu Shiyu about this and asked her to keep it a secret. He also had Phecda search for the split cross symbol.
He did not mention the connection between the symbol and the signal. He only said that he had seen it in his hallucination and that it might be very important. He asked Phecda to pay attention to where the symbol appeared.
Even though the credibility of his words had greatly decreased, Phecda still paid close attention to him. However, they did not find anything. The symbol did not appear in any of the known heretical organizations at Phecda, and it was not in the known records of the Cult of R'yleh.
Another three days later, on the eleventh night of Chinese New Year, the signal did not appear. The next day, on the twelfth, the signal still did not appear.
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