Is direct contact possible?
City Central Hospital
Li Qiang was half lying on the hospital bed, his face pale. Apart from normal activities, he could not go anywhere or leave the hospital. He was watched by the two men throughout the whole process.
One of them saw that Li Qiang was in good condition, so he asked,
"Li Qiang, how do you feel now?"
Li Qiang's throat moved and he made a hoarse response.
"Not... not bad."
"Then let's talk about your paper on the source of the samples for 'YX Factor'."
The man's tone remained the same, but Li Qiang's heart suddenly sank.
He opened his mouth and tried to say the name of the place, the starting point of all the strange events.
“Yes…it’s…”
A sharp pain exploded from deep within his brain without warning, as if countless steel needles were piercing him at the same time.
"Ugh!"
Li Qiang suddenly hugged his head, curled up his body, his forehead instantly covered with cold sweat, and his teeth chattered.
The instrument next to it issued a rapid alarm.
The two men looked at each other, one of them quickly stood up to comfort Li Qiang, while the other calmly observed his reaction and the various data from the instrument.
The pain comes quickly and goes away quickly.
A few minutes later, Li Qiang collapsed on the bed, gasping for breath, his eyes full of fear.
"Don't worry, relax."
The man soothed, but his eyes were sharp.
When Li Qiang recovered, there was only fear and confusion in his eyes.
"No... I can't say it..."
He was crying, his voice was desperate.
"When I think about that place, my head hurts like it's exploding."
The two men were silent for a moment and exchanged a confirming look.
The situation is even stranger than expected.
That place, or the information related to that place, seemed to be protected by an unknown force, preventing Li Qiang from revealing any key information.
"Write it down?"
The man who had been silent all of a sudden suggested.
Li Qiang was stunned for a moment, and then a glimmer of hope lit up in his eyes.
Yes, if you can’t say it, you can write it.
The man handed him a pad and a pen.
Li Qiang took it with trembling hands, took a deep breath, and tried to write the name of the village on the paper.
However, as soon as the tip of the pen touched the paper, a piercing pain spread from his fingers and quickly spread throughout his arm.
"ah!"
He cried out in pain, and his pen and notebook fell to the ground.
His right hand twitched unnaturally, as if struck by an invisible electric current.
Now, the two men's expressions changed completely.
I can't even write it down.
This is beyond their understanding.
They immediately reported this incredible situation.
While waiting for instructions, the atmosphere in the ward was extremely depressing.
Li Qiang curled up on the bed, looking at his still aching hand with empty eyes, and completely lost the courage to try.
The unknown is the most frightening thing.
After a while, one of the men seemed to receive new instructions.
He stood up, walked to Li Qiang's bed, and his tone became more cautious.
"Li Qiang, let's try another approach."
He picked up the pen and notebook that had fallen on the ground and turned to a new page.
"I write, and you just read. If what I say is right, you blink twice, understand?"
Li Qiang nodded blankly, like a puppet.
The man leaned over and wrote three words on the paper:
Yunxi Village
He held the notebook in front of Li Qiang.
"Did your sample come from here?"
Li Qiang's eyes fell on the paper and his pupils contracted slightly.
He hesitated for a few seconds, then blinked twice gently and continuously.
Done!
There was a glint of excitement in the eyes of the two men.
This method works!
The man immediately took back the notebook and quickly wrote down two more words:
Zhong Ling
He held the notebook in front of Li Qiang again.
"This person is related to your discovery, right?"
Li Qiang's breathing became noticeably faster. He looked at the name on the paper, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
But in the end, he blinked twice again with difficulty.
It has been confirmed that the sample came from Yunxi Village, and all this has a lot to do with Zhong Ling.
The man put away the notebook and didn't ask any more questions.
The seriousness of the matter has far exceeded initial estimates.
Li Qiang closed his eyes, his body trembling slightly due to fear and exhaustion.
The atmosphere in the Special Security Department's office was solemn. Zhou Zhenguo had just put down a coded report concerning Li Qiang's strange reaction in the hospital.
"It's confirmed. It's Yunxi Village, and it's related to that woman named Zhong Ling." Zhou Zhenguo's fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a dull sound. "Also, the 'force' preventing Li Qiang from revealing the information is more direct and overbearing than we expected. Not only can he not speak it, he can't even write it down."
Opposite him sat Bobcat, whose brows furrowed as he heard this: "This isn't just some ordinary confidentiality measure anymore. It's more like some kind of... restriction, high-tech? Or... something else?"
"Bluebird's preliminary analysis indicates that every time Li Qiang attempted to leak secrets, his brain neurons would experience abnormally high-frequency discharges, accompanied by intense pain, as if it were some kind of forced mental intervention."
Zhou Zhenguo said slowly, "When he tried to write, the nerve signals were blocked or interfered with before they reached the hand muscles, causing severe pain. This precise and powerful intervention method cannot be fully explained by our current technology."
"That Zhong Ling..." Shanmao pondered. "According to her profile, she's just an ordinary Shanghai migrant worker who resigned and inherited her ancestral home in the countryside. After returning to the village, she grew amazing vegetables and even used surveillance cameras and the police to deal with Qian Defa. She even... caused our 'Falcon Hunting' team to be wiped out at the local police station."
Zhou Zhenguo nodded, a wry smile on his face: "The problem now is, how are we going to contact that place in Yunxi Village and that Zhong Ling?"
"A frontal attack isn't an option, and a secret infiltration is extremely risky..." Bobcat analyzed. "Perhaps we need to change our strategy. Since she can grow those vegetables and isn't afraid of local tyrants like Qian Defa, and even dares to call the police to arrest our people, it shows that she's fearless. Someone like that is either extremely confident, or... has something to rely on."
"you mean?"
"Instead of sneaking around, why not... try a head-on confrontation?" Bobcat came up with a bold idea.
"Of course, not in our current capacity. We can find a suitable excuse, such as a business investor interested in her 'special agricultural products', or some other similar identity. Let 'Carrier Pigeon' go."
Zhou Zhenguo fell into deep thought. This seemed to be the only possible way to break the deadlock. While directly confronting the target might reveal one's intentions, it could also provide unexpected information, or even directly understand the other party's attitude.
"This plan needs detailed evaluation," Zhou Zhenguo said finally.
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