Sadly, they haven't made any progress so far.

A rough list of the victims has been compiled by the rescue team outside the foggy area and handed over to Gao Chen.

There are not many antique dealers and collectors above, and Gao Chen has already found several.

But none of them carried the imperial seal, and I have never heard of anyone trading in ancient jade today.

I want to find the imperial seal, but I don’t know when I’ll find it.

"The progress is too slow. We must think of a solution."

Gao Chen pressed his eyebrows from time to time, and a hint of fatigue appeared between his brows.

Once you enter the foggy area, time becomes something that cannot be counted.

Even he, a transcendent, felt tired. They must have been here for a day.

Fortunately, after the signal was restored, Gao Chen immediately reported the crisis encountered in the fog area.

A lot of food supplies were dropped into the foggy area from the rear.

Otherwise, if it goes on any longer, the survival of so many people in the foggy area will be a problem.

Gao Chen's hand rubbed the communicator, but he still couldn't think of a good solution.

Lingxi City is too big, and finding a piece of jade the size of a palm is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Even though the First Emperor had helped him narrow the scope.

The euphemism is: "Bring them to the place that is closest to the imperial seal within their reach."

However, the direction they came from, the area of ​​Baijing Tower alone, would take more than a day or two to explore.

There is absolutely no difference in this range.

Just then.

Xu Xiaolin suddenly pushed the door open, looking anxious.

"Captain, something bad has happened! One of our team members has been captured by local citizens!"

"What! Don't be anxious, tell me what happened first."

Gao Chen's heart tightened, and he comforted her softly.

Xu Xiaolin ran all the way here without even catching her breath.

She nodded vigorously and quickly gave the general outline of the matter.

turn out to be.

Their high-profile search for the imperial seal has attracted the attention of the local citizens of Lingxi City.

If it was just like Gao Chen did before, and only a few people were sent, no one would care at all.

but.

Suddenly, dozens or even hundreds of outsiders appeared near Baijing Tower, and the result was completely different.

Moreover, all the outsiders who came here were very vigilant and had strong fighting ability.

If they face it head-on, the citizens will not get any benefits at all.

It only makes the resentment in my heart grow bigger.

The citizens are not short of extraordinary means. After realizing that something is unusual, they start to ask the opposite question.

It soon became clear that they were looking for the same thing, a kind of jade.

Although the citizens don't have it, they can pretend to have it.

The captured team was the unlucky ones who were deceived and were caught in a trap by the citizens' deliberate plan.

"Why don't you quickly take people to rescue them?" Gao Chen asked anxiously.

As long as they do not violate the implicit rules of the citizens' convention in Lingxi City, the power of those citizens is not scary.

A timely rescue operation will definitely save the captured colleagues.

"We've already sent people to rescue them." Xu Xiaolin hesitated, "But there are other problems."

Gao Chen waited for the next words: "What's the problem?"

"The kidnapping caused a huge uproar, and word of our search for the imperial seal reached the ears of a powerful local figure called Jin Jiawu."

"Right now, there are four-inch jade stones everywhere near Baijing Tower. Anyone can claim to know where we are looking for it."

Gao Chen frowned: "They want to interfere with our operations."

Xu Xiaolin looked helpless.

"What's even more terrifying is that they've succeeded."

There are fake news about the imperial seal everywhere.

If you search one by one, you may easily run into traps set by citizens.

Things developed so quickly, as if there was a huge force behind the scenes, directing all of this to happen.

Lingxi City is in chaos.

Gao Chen was silent for a while, then slammed the communicator on the table.

"No, the longer we delay, the worse the situation will get. The more this happens, the more we must speed up the search!"

He handed the broken jade in his arms to Xu Xiaolin.

"Xiaolin, you will be in charge of the camp from now on. I will go and find the imperial seal myself!"

Xu Xiaolin was stunned for a moment and refused without thinking.

"No, Captain. You are the backbone of most of the people in the camp. What will happen to the camp if you leave?"

"We have enough teammates sent out to search, and they are all very capable. We can't miss you."

Gao Chen laughed and said, "What if I'm the only one missing?"

He interrupted Xu Xiaolin.

"Xiaolin, you know I will never change my decision. You can't stop me."

Xu Xiaolin opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing.

Indeed, once Gao Chen makes a decision, no one can change it.

She shouldn't waste her efforts.

Xu Xiaolin solemnly put away the remaining jade.

This is an important tool that must be used to return to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, and there can be no mistakes.

…

Western Metropolitan Government Office Building.

The special conference hall, which had been idle since its construction, finally found its place in use.

The floors and walls of the conference hall are filled with acoustic foam and soundproof gypsum board.

The windows are covered with electromagnetic shielding metal grids.

Spectrum analyzer, RF shielding box, RF signal detector, nonlinear frequency scanner hanging from the ceiling...

Any special signal fluctuation will not escape the eyes of the Security Department.

The intrusion detection system covering the entire office building is sufficient to ensure that conversations inside cannot be eavesdropped on by outsiders.

In order to cope with the upcoming extraordinary trend.

The conference hall also kept up with the times and added a shielding formation built by Taoist Master Zhang Jiyuan himself.

Such strict precautions are all because of the people who are holding the meeting inside today.

The great elder and his entourage rushed to Xidu from the capital overnight.

Above the tall carved ceiling, a gorgeous chandelier casts a gentle light, illuminating the documents on the conference table clearly.

There were twelve people sitting at the conference table, and looking around, they were all familiar faces from the news.

The most important figures in China gathered quietly without any public meeting.

The atmosphere in the air was serious and solemn.

The director of the Xidu Provincial Government Department was waiting at the door, pacing back and forth in the corridor, trying to distract himself from his anxiety.

He couldn't see any of the people inside directly.

Ever since the appearance of a restricted area with extraordinary concentration and unique characteristics in Xidu.

He, a provincial department director whose presence was only felt in poverty alleviation and archaeology, suddenly had a lot more things to do.

Each one of them made him extremely anxious.

In particular, the fog area that appeared in Mount Li not long ago trapped tens of thousands of local people, and there is still no result.

With every second that the damned gray fog dragged on, he felt the black hat on his head falling down a little more.

God have mercy on us.

He works diligently every year. Even though Xidu has a special geographical location, he still tries to find ways to promote the construction of the subway and open up transportation in Xidu.

I believe that although I am not an honest official who will be remembered in history, I am also a good official who cares about the people.

How did this happen?