"We have already believed in a false god. We will not believe in any other god, including you, the Son of Misfortune.
"Mr. Gu, we know you better than you do.
"The first disaster is over, the second disaster is coming."
Three sentences written in blood on different banyan trees, three pictures.
Gu Jun looked at the strangely shaped tree trunks and the bloody strange words and was silent for a long time.
This was an undeniable provocation, a provocation against Phecda and himself.
He initially thought the people from the Afterlife Cult were a bunch of crazed cultists who committed all kinds of evil to summon the power of darkness, but he had already grasped the initiative, touched the truth, and understood his past …
Suddenly, like he had just climbed out from a bottomless abyss, before he could savor the joy, he realized he had actually climbed deeper underground.
The unknown was still a dense fog.
The darkness grew darker.
"Doctor Gu, do you understand these words?" Captain Wang Ke asked. Everyone looked at him with anticipation.
"Most of them …" Gu Jun gave the meaning of these three sentences. He only hid the part about 'including you, the Son of Misfortune', saying that he did not understand them. However, he believed that the people from the Scientific Research Department would be able to recognize 'you' and 'misfortune' because the word 'you' appeared in the second sentence, and misfortune and disaster were written in almost the same way.
When everyone heard these three sentences, their expressions changed slightly. Even though Wang Ke had trained himself to be calm, the muscles on his face were twitching.
If Gu Jun was not lying, then this mission was a trap set up by Lai Sheng Company.
From the beginning to the end, everything was part of their plan, leading them step by step towards death.
444 of their colleagues from the Action Department had been sacrificed, this number … was not just a provocation, it was the worst kind of humiliation.
"That Spirit Child is a spy?" Tang Ziyin said in confusion. Once she said that, Cao Yicong and the rest of the investigators chimed in. There was anger, regret, panic, and depression. "I was wondering why things would go so smoothly!" "We've caused people to die … Damn it …"
It was because of the information they provided that the Action Department was able to launch this attack.
The heavy casualties of their comrades had already made them very sad, but if they could obtain some fruits of victory, it would also be a consolation to the living and the dead.
However, what he thought was valuable information turned out to be nothing more than the enemy's mockery.
If the purpose of Lai Sheng Company was to severely damage their mental state, then the horrifying death of their colleagues in the photos sent back would become their latest nightmare …
"Everyone, don't panic." Wang Ke said loudly, suppressing this frustrated atmosphere. He could not allow it to spread and intensify. "Someone has to do something."
Everyone let themselves take deep breaths in a rhythmic manner, using the Breath Adjusting Technique to calm down.
"This result in itself is a kind of information." Wang Hua maintained the light of faith on his rugged face. Anyone could panic, but as the captain, he could not. "At least now we know that Lai Sheng Company knows Phecda very well. We've been schemed against once, so let's not be schemed against a second time. "
The team members nodded. The captain's words had many meanings. Whether the Spirit Child was good or bad, whether Gu Jun was telling the truth or not, they had to be dealt with carefully.
"I think that Spirit Child …" Gu Jun wanted to say something, but the words stopped at the tip of his tongue. "He might be a spy, but he might not be."
He had said a bunch of nonsense. Was the Spirit Child a fanatic? He did not even know whether the person was a man or a woman.
Forget Lai Sheng Company, there were plenty of fanatic believers who did crazy things. It was entirely possible to sacrifice oneself to infiltrate Phecda to provide false information.
But what did they believe in?
Lai Sheng Company had clearly stated that they no longer believed in any god or demon. Had they always been like this since their birth? Or when did this change happen?
When did they regain control of the foreign language?
Gu Jun answered some more questions from Wang Ke and the rest amidst his chaotic emotions. He tried his best to answer honestly, but he did not say anything that should not be said.
Furthermore, there were some questions that he really did not know, like the third sentence that confused him and the rest.
What was the first calamity? The Malformed Banyan Disease? Or the Action Department's mission that resulted in heavy casualties? The second calamity … what was it referring to?
After some questioning, Wang Ke went to make a phone call. When he returned, he had Gu Jun write down all the foreign words that he knew and the meaning of their Chinese characters.
At this point, Gu Jun really wanted to help. If he died and only Lai Sheng Company knew this language, then it would be a very scary situation.
But at the same time, he had to consider his own safety. Therefore, of the five hundred or so foreign words that he knew, he wrote down about one hundred and fifty of them. There were common words and some obscure ones. He told Wang Ke, "Captain Wang, ever since the last S value assessment, I have been able to come up with a few foreign words every day. For now, this is all I have."
Gu Jun did this to preserve some of his unique value, and he needed to be alive to remember the foreign language. Even if Phecda dug into his memory, he would insist on this statement. That was one side of the truth, but now he could only think of one foreign word every few days.
After Wang Ke made another call to report to his superior, he had Cao Yicong bring him to a small room in the barracks to rest.
By then, it was already 3 am, almost 4 am. There was a small window in the barracks, and looking out, the night was still dark.
"Phew." Gu Jun turned around on the bed. He was purposely observing the simple surroundings, but he did not notice any cameras.
After turning around several times, he looked out the window, and his mind was occupied …
"Lai Sheng Company already knows that I am in Phecda. They have calculated that I will be the one to decipher these three sentences. How many things have they calculated?"
The more Gu Jun thought about it, the colder his heart became. It felt like he had been set up before he knew it.
He stopped thinking about it. His phone had not been taken away, and there was internet signal here. Was this some kind of purposeful surveillance?
Forget it. Gu Jun took out his phone and opened "Secret Message". It was an internal chat app created by Phecda's research department. The name was a knockoff, and the functions were simple. However, the rules were that if one wanted to discuss matters in the bureau, they could only do so here, be it in the office or chatting casually.
Since yesterday morning, Gu Jun had not opened the secret letter.
As soon as he opened it, he received a bunch of new messages. Thirty-one of them were from Lee Yuerui. They were all emoticons, idiotic pictures, and jokes.
"Is this guy on a mission?" Once again, Gu Jun had his doubts. Ever since they reunited, Li Yuerui had been sending him dozens of such funny messages every day. Was this really not the psychotherapy that the Recreational Department had given him?
No matter what, it did have some effect. He looked at the panda emoticons and laughed a few times.
Closing the chat with Lee Yuerui, he looked at the others. Surgeon Zhu and the rest had sent some greetings. Cai Zixuan also sent a few. "Is the surgery over?" Then, perhaps knowing his situation, he sent a poem. "Even after thousands of blows, I am still strong. No matter the east, west, and north winds."
"Hello?" Wang Ruoxiang also sent a message. "I heard you were taken away by the Investigation Department? Don't talk about confidential stuff. I don't want to be taken away. "There was a panda emoticon at the end: Coward.
Gu Jun laughed again. These guys …
He only looked at them and did not reply, lest he caused them trouble.
The matter of him being taken away was also discussed in several chat groups. The communication software made the world small, and everyone knew about it. The higher-ups did not forbid them from talking about it, but Brother Qiang told them to rest well and focus on their own work, and that Ah Jun would be fine.
"Brother Qiang, I might not be fine this time," Gu Jun grumbled self-deprecatingly.
After reading these messages, he went back to browsing the internet.
The Malformed Banyan Disease was not completely silent on the internet. It was not that the disease had been leaked, but some villages around the Eastern State had been mysteriously locked down.
However, the posts were immediately deleted and refuted. Some were about demolitions, and some were about archaeological discoveries. After the netizens saw the posts, they did not have time to think about it. Their attention was drawn away by the news of the celebrity. The Public Relations Department had always done a good job.
After browsing for a while, Gu Jun closed the website, put down the phone, closed his eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
There was no dream, only darkness.
He should have slept for several hours before he was woken up by the sound of footsteps. He opened his bleary eyes and saw that the sky outside the window was already bright.
"Doctor Gu, wake up." It was Captain Wang Ke who walked in. His voice was loud and clear. "Get up and get ready. The Special Mobile Force is here. You will be going on a mission with them. They need your foreign technical support and medical assistance."
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