Chapter 181, Threat
Someone opened the north gate and let in the zombies.
The inspector didn't need to explain much, as all kinds of chaotic noises were already coming from outside.
Shen Lang's face changed drastically, and his gray beard kept shaking, as if he was angry about the news.
"Su Qin, you and Gu Yunqing go over and take a look."
Glancing at the inexplicable Chen Lang and the pale-faced participants, Si Xu gave the order directly.
They could leave the meeting room. Su Qin pulled Gu Yunqing and walked briskly, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
Two captains of the special power teams went over, and the others breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Shen Lang, waiting for his instructions.
Shen Lang observed Si Xu's expression subtly to make sure he hadn't discovered their plan. A fleeting smile flickered in his eyes. He acted like a leader and shouted, "Go and investigate! Find out who opened the door and let the zombies in! If you find out, I'll chop that person into pieces!"
"yes!"
It was very easy to find out who had committed the taboo. There were electronic eyes every hundred meters in the base, and there was 360-degree, all-weather monitoring under the city wall. Soon, someone copied the video from the control room.
There were not many zombies in the group. When Su Qin and Gu Yunqing arrived, the zombies had already been dealt with by the patrolling psychics.
Seven ordinary people were bitten by zombies and sent to the medical room.
"I'm so drunk! Who would do this?" Su Qin complained to Gu Yunqing quietly while checking the mechanical operation of the north gate. "Letting a few zombies in is useless. We can't tear down the base..."
Gu Yunqing was equally baffled. "We'll know what's going on once we check the surveillance footage—perhaps the guy who bombed the lab a few days ago is still lingering in the base."
Su Qin sneered, sharing the same thought as him. "Then he miscalculated. The zombies around here were almost wiped out by Brother Seven during the last zombie wave. Even if he opens the door, it will be useless."
After confirming that the mechanical operation of the gate was normal, Gu Yunqing asked Su Qin to go back to the office to report the situation, while he stayed to do a detailed inspection.
…
In the conference room, as the surveillance video played, the originally noisy office gradually quieted down. In the end, even the sound of breathing could not be heard, and only the light and shadow on the big screen kept dancing.
“This… this is…” As if greatly stimulated, Shen Lang suddenly stood up, overturned the teacup beside him, and said in a trembling voice, “How could it be Ranran?!”
On the big screen, a slender figure entered the control room and the door was opened. Not long after, a girl wearing a hood came out from inside. When she walked out of the control room, her face was captured by the surveillance camera on the side.
Jiang Ran.
As the young lady who returned from the Shen family and Professor Si’s girlfriend, this face was familiar to everyone present.
The old man's roar directly confirmed the identity of the criminal.
Some people lowered their heads and pretended not to hear, while others secretly glanced at Si Xu who was sitting lazily in the chair.
It turned out to be Miss Jiang... Now, how is this going to end?
After the old man finished yelling, the conference room fell into silence again. The accusations that no one echoed seemed like a specially arranged drama, which inexplicably made it more awkward.
"Grandpa." Shen Yang had a look of anticipation until the girl in the video showed her face. He looked at his elder coldly, and for the first time, his tone was unkind, "That person is not Ranran, you are mistaken."
He knew very well that once the old man confirmed Jiang Ran's identity, there would be no place for her in the entire base.
"Isn't it Ranran?" The old man looked back at his eldest grandson, with disappointment in his eyes that he couldn't hide. "Ayang, I know you have a good relationship with Ranran, but..."
The old man pondered, thinking about what words to use next to directly convict Jiang Ran without involving his eldest grandson.
He was still racking his brains when his eyes suddenly lit up and someone turned on the lights in the conference room.
At the same time, his slender fingers closed the computer and unplugged the USB flash drive that was plugged into the computer.
"So, this is why Master Chen suddenly called a meeting today?" Si Xu calmly put the USB drive into his coat pocket, his smile gentle, his eyes cold. "In order to deal with your juniors, Shen Lang, you really have good intentions."
Si Xu was always ruthless in his words. Shen Lang ignored the sarcasm in his words, stroked his beard, and had a shrewd and deep expression on his face: "Professor Si, you are Ranran's boyfriend. You should know better than me where Ranran is now. If the person in the video is not Ranran, why not let her come out and explain it clearly."
"Why do I need to explain?" Si Xu smiled slightly, his eyes sweeping over everyone present. "What did you just see?"
“…”
No one spoke.
"That girl did enter the command room, but did anyone see her open the door herself?"
No one really saw it.
No photos were taken either.
But as soon as she entered, the door opened. Isn't this evidence?
Everyone thought so, and no one dared to speak.
"Si Xu, are you threatening us?" Receiving a hint from Shen Lang's eyes, Fang De, the patriarch of the Fang family who was closest to the Shen family, stood up. "We can all clearly see whether the person in the video is Jiang Ranran! It's useless for you to threaten us. Justice is in the hearts of the people!"
Si Xu's smile did not diminish, his eyes fell on Fang De, as if he was thinking about something.
Before others could understand the meaning of his smile, Fang De suddenly let out a scream and was pulled off the chair by an invisible force.
"Crack!" The bones in his right arm made a crisp sound and twisted into a strange shape.
Blood splattered.
“Ahhhhhh!”
The man's screams became more miserable.
After twisting Fang De's arm, Si Xu looked at the others with a smile and narrowed his eyes.
"Swish!" Except for Shen Yang, everyone left their seats and retreated to the corner.
"Professor Si, please calm down, calm down. We naturally believe Miss Jiang..." We don't want to be twisted! Please don't be impulsive!
"Justice lies in the hearts of the people? Humph." Si Xu snorted, glanced at the pale-faced Shen Lang, and sneered, "The hearts of the people?"
Chen Lang: "Si Xu, you!"
"Click." A crisp sound interrupted the old man's roar.
The man's right leg was broken into two parts by the twisted space.
"Ahhh!" the man howled miserably, calling for help from his companions, "Master Chen! Save me! Save me!"
Having a headache from the noise, Si Xu said calmly: "Shut up."
"Woo woo woo!" Having learned his lesson, the man no longer dared to act tough and bit his lips tightly to prevent himself from making any sound.
"Chen Lang." Si Xu chuckled, "He is yours, I know."
"What are you going to do?!" Shen Lang forced himself to hold on to his shaking legs, pretending to be calm. "Do you think you can kill all of us to silence us?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately said, "Professor Si! We believe Miss Jiang! We can swear that we didn't see anything just now! Really!" Damn it! They were just watching the fun, they didn't want to risk their lives!
Shen Shuai must have lost his mind. How could he be so confident that Professor Si couldn't silence him? There were only a few people in this conference room! He could freeze them all into ice sculptures with just a flick of his finger!
Being slapped in the face, Shen Lang's old face turned black, and his beard trembled with anger.
However, calculating that the time was almost up, the old man took a deep breath and calmed down.
He frowned, "Si Xu, the specific situation is still unclear. Can I assume you're guilty of something when you hurt your companions like this?"
Guilty conscience? Shuai Shen meant that Jiang Ranran opened the north gate on Si Xu's orders?
Si Xu did not answer.
In the eerie silence, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
The little girl stood at the door, with green vines swaying behind her.
The vines curled up and wrapped around a person.
Her eyes swept across the conference room and stopped on Si Xu.
"Here you go." The little girl said coldly.
After receiving the order, the vines threw the wrapped person in front of Si Xu.
Everything happened so fast that when everyone came to their senses, Si Xu had already leaned over and held the unconscious girl in his arms - the gentleness of his actions formed a sharp contrast with the ruthlessness when he twisted other people's hands and feet before.
Seeing the girl's face clearly, Shen Yang stood up subconsciously: "Ranran?"
The girl closed her eyes, breathed weakly, and leaned motionless in Si Xu's arms.
After making sure that the girl was not in danger of life, Si Xu held her and stood up.
The temperature in the conference room seemed to drop to below zero in an instant. The onlookers couldn't stop shivering and hid in the corner of the room - they wanted to be as far away from the man as possible.
Fang De, who was torn in the air, was thrown down and hit Shen Lang. The old man couldn't dodge in time and was knocked down on the table, unable to get up for a long time.
Si Xu's gaze fell on the little girl: "It's you." He paused, then smiled thoughtfully, "A117."
(End of this chapter)
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