Chapter 86
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The other refugees in town still did not know what had happened. The walls surrounding the school were not high and were only about 1.7 meters in height.
Therefore, some people could see inside by tiptoeing. But when they saw what was inside, they were shocked. They saw two bodies lying in the backyard of the school, and blood was still flowing out of the house.
This was the first time someone had committed murder at the school in over a decade!
Of course, it was also because this incident was so strange that Yan Liuyuan became even more worried about Ren Xiaosu's safety.
Wang Congyang quickly ran into the stronghold. On the way, he carefully flipped open his identification card and was surprised to see the words "Stronghold 178 Zhang Jinglin."
Wang Congyang gasped. He had never seen such an identification card before. Shouldn't normal identification cards state one's position and identity? They might even have a date of birth and a photo to make it more recognizable?
But this identification card was different. It was as though everyone would know who the owner of the card was when they saw it. At this moment, Wang Congyang thought of the legend of the person who had gone missing in Stronghold 178 for over a decade. He quickened his pace.
However, Wang Congyang's status was still too low, so he was not sure if his guess was right.
Wang Congyang did not go to the stronghold's overseers. Instead, he drove straight to Luo Lan's residence. In fact, everyone knew that although Luo Lan was only a businessman, it was still better for everyone to look for Luo Lan when something serious happened in the stronghold. The stronghold's overseers also tacitly acknowledged this fact.
Luo Lan's residence was located in the center of the stronghold. After Wang Congyang entered the stronghold, it took him nearly an hour to get there. This was even in the dead of night when there were no pedestrians or vehicles on the streets.
When he arrived outside Luo Lan's residence, it looked more like a huge military camp than a residence.
There was a stone tablet at the entrance of the military camp with the words "Military Control Zone" engraved on it in red.
The soldiers from the consortium's combat brigade who were guarding the entrance were all dressed in black combat uniforms. Each of them was armed and ready to fight at any moment. Before Wang Congyang's vehicle got close, he saw the searchlights on the high walls of the military camp shining in his direction.
Wang Congyang flashed his identification at the entrance and said, "I'm Wang Congyang from the private army. I have an urgent matter to discuss with Boss Luo regarding Stronghold 178."
At this moment, Wang Congyang even felt that there were no less than ten guns pointed at him. Someone from the consortium's troops at the door walked over. He seemed unperturbed. "Identification!"
The private troops were naturally inferior to the Kyung Clan's combat troops. Therefore, even if he was pointed at with a gun, Wang Congyang did not dare to say anything.
Wang Congyang handed over his and Zhang Jinglin's IDs, and the soldier in charge of inspecting them returned to the door. After more than ten minutes, he walked out again and said, "Your identity is correct. Permission granted."
At this moment, the gates of the military camp finally opened to Wang Congyang!
The armed forces of the Kyung Clan had always been one of the best among the consortiums. They were disciplined and extremely capable in combat. However, they had never enforced martial law to this extent in the past. It was only after the assassination of the stronghold's overseer by a supernatural being that the various consortiums raised the level of martial law.
But not long after Wang Congyang went in, the entire military camp lit up. The sound of orderly footsteps coming from the military camp caused the stronghold residents near the military camp to wake up. They still did not know what was happening in the military camp, but the sound of the footsteps was clearly the combat brigade assembling.
A black off-road vehicle sped out of the stronghold, followed by three military trucks carrying three platoons of soldiers.
"Are they going to war?" someone wondered when he saw this scene from his window.
"Who is the Kyung Clan going to war with? But if they're really going to war, they shouldn't have mobilized so few people, right? "Someone wondered," I think the person sitting in the off-road vehicle just now was Boss Luo? That guy hasn't been out of the military camp for two years. What could possibly alarm him? "
But the person who was most shocked was still Wang Congyang. That was because when he saw Luo Lan handing over Zhang Jinglin's ID, he jumped up like his butt was on fire.
Immediately after, the entire military camp seemed to have entered a state of war as sophisticated war machines were instantly activated.
Only at this moment did Wang Congyang confirm that Zhang Jinglin might really be the person he had guessed!
If he were really that person, why would he appear here?!
The Kyung Clan's convoy headed straight for the stronghold's gate. Yan Liuyuan and the others were waiting in the school's courtyard. Suddenly, he turned around and looked at Zhang Jinglin curiously. "Sir, what did you do before you started teaching?"
Yan Liuyuan also understood that Mr. Zhang's identity was probably very important.
Zhang Jinglin smiled and said, "I was a soldier."
Yan Liuyuan was stunned. This Mr. Zhang Jinglin did not look like the soldier he knew. Yan Liuyuan asked, "Then why didn't you become a soldier?"
This question made Zhang Jinglin fall silent for a long time. It seemed like he was also puzzled. After thinking for a long time, Zhang Jinglin answered, "Because war can't save humanity."
"Are you leaving?" Yan Liuyuan asked.
"Yes." Zhang Jinglin nodded. "There are still people waiting for me in the Northern Frontier."
Yan Liuyuan suddenly realized that Zhang Jinglin had chosen Ren Xiaosu as a substitute teacher because he really wanted Ren Xiaosu to become the town's school's new teacher. That was because Zhang Jinglin had already planned to leave.
Even if tonight's incident had not happened, Zhang Jinglin probably would not have stayed here for long.
"Why do you suddenly want to go back to the Northern Frontier?" Yan Liuyuan asked.
"Because this world … has started to change. I need to be with those people who are waiting for me," Zhang Jinglin explained.
"What's in the Northern Frontier?" Yan Liuyuan asked. He and Ren Xiaosu had never been to a place like that before. It was said to be in the Northwest.
Yan Liuyuan recalled a time when Mr. Zhang was distracted during class. On that day, Mr. Zhang looked at the sky outside the classroom and said, "The snow and ice in the Northern Frontier haven't melted yet in spring, so there's not a hint of greenery to be seen. There's only sand and loess left. The snow in the Northern Frontier is a vast expanse of white, and humans are very lonely."
At that moment, although Mr. Zhang had described the Northern Frontier as very bleak, Yan Liuyuan could sense Mr. Zhang's yearning and nostalgia for the Northern Frontier. Now that he thought about it, Yan Liuyuan realized that Zhang Jinglin had come from there.
"What's there in the Northern Frontier? Are there cigarettes to smoke?" Zhang Jinglin said with a laugh. "Don't be afraid later. They won't dare to do anything to me. In the end, they'll just have to send me back to Stronghold 178 obediently."
"Mhm." Yan Liuyuan nodded. He thought to himself that Ren Xiaosu would not be able to urge him to do his homework in the future. There wouldn't even be a teacher in this town in the future.
But when he thought about not having to attend classes this time, Yan Liuyuan was not as happy as before.
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