Chapter 223 Welcome
In an old residential building in the east of the city, a bearded man was squatting on the roof, looking towards the city center through a telescope, swearing from time to time.
"These Greyhounds have stepped up their guard again, making it difficult to deal with them."
A team member popped out of the entrance on the roof and shouted at him, "Brother Tian, the captain's telegram has arrived, Brother..."
"What are you yelling about? I heard you."
The bearded man stood up and walked back, took the crumpled and sweaty telegram, took a look at it, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, no need to think about planting bombs anymore. Tomorrow we'll load the remaining explosives into a truck and drive it to the department store in front. We'll explode them while there's a crowd. Also, notify Xiao Li to get involved and give them a big fireworks display."
"Brother, that place is quite far from the city center. Will it be useful?"
The bearded man squinted at him and said, "I want to blow up the city center too. How about you go?" The team member immediately shrank back, "Forget it then."
The bearded man snorted, "Just do as I say, why all the nonsense?"
The team member said, "I'm just worried that I might delay the captain's care for Big Brother."
"The captain is smarter than you. What can you think of that he can't think of?"
The bearded man looked at his watch. It was 3:25 in the morning, almost two hours before dawn. He said, "Go get some work done. I need to hear the alarm before six!"
"Brother, just wait and see."
In the wilderness, Chen Chuan and others have arrived at the north side of Xieshan. There is no direct road from the wilderness to Xieshan, so they need to stop in front of the foot of the mountain, and then pass through the mountain road arranged for them by the patrol bureau, and come to the side where they can reach the railway section.
Most of them were fighters, and a few had years of experience in carrying out commissions. They were full of energy and could walk briskly on the mountain trails even when carrying heavy objects. They arrived at the designated location before dawn.
This location was specially chosen by the police station. With the cover of the woods, even though it was still dark, you could vaguely see the railway about half a mile away.
In front of them was a steep slope, about forty to fifty meters from the ground, but this was nothing to them. If anything happened, they could immediately use tools to quickly get down.
Chen Chuan looked south. Trains approaching from there had to pass through a tunnel that stretched for over twenty seconds. That section was often attacked. However, there was now a sentry post nearby, with railway security personnel patrolling every hour.
He checked his watch.
4:12.
The members of the resistance organization are probably hiding on a nearby hill at this moment, and it is unknown whether the person who initiated the secret ritual behind the scenes has also arrived.
It is still unknown what effect the ceremony had.
But he was not worried. Not only had he been prepared, but Director Lei had also told him during the teaching process that the larger the scale of the ceremony, the more difficult it would be to grasp the details. If there was any negligence, he might not even be able to control it.
Therefore, the most worrying thing about large-scale rituals is before they are discovered. If they are known in advance, there are plenty of ways to target them.
At this moment, just a few kilometers away from them, behind a hillside near the north, Bao Yuan had already arrived here with his men.
He also looked at his watch at this time.
If the train had not been delayed, it would have passed underneath at around 6:05. Because of the increased security and patrols along this section of the railway, it would have been almost impossible to blow it up again.
But fortunately they didn't rely on that this time.
The painter promised to achieve what he wanted to see.
Bao Yuan didn't know how the painter did it, but he trusted the painter because many of his things were successful with the painter's help, even though they had never met.
He also suspected that the painter was also a member of the organization and someone who shared the same ideals as him, which could explain why this person repeatedly helped him.
Two kilometers away, Director Lei and several members of the Esoteric Cult Investigation Bureau were hiding in a sentry post.
Almost all members of the Esoteric Cult Investigation Bureau have been dispatched this time, and more people are now waiting on the periphery and in various hidden locations. They carry radios to ensure communication with each other, so that they can respond quickly as soon as there is any movement.
Because this operation may be the largest one undertaken by the Esoteric Investigation Bureau in the past decade, some young team members were both excited and nervous, and they kept looking at their watches.
Time passed by little by little. At 5:55, when the train was about to approach according to the schedule, one of the team members suddenly pointed upwards and exclaimed, "Look!"
Everyone looked up and saw a hot air balloon floating above the mountains.
When Director Lei saw this thing appear here, his eyes staring upwards, he didn't need to think any more, he knew that the person behind the secret ceremony was hiding inside.
Using a hot air balloon is indeed a good idea, which allows you to have an overview of the entire secret ceremony and keep yourself out of it.
He said: "It's ready, the person should be on it."
After hearing what he said, the team members all reacted. One team member asked in confusion: "Director, how can we activate the secret device when he is up there?"
Before the secret instrument can be activated, a key link must be embedded in it for it to work. An incomplete arrangement is useless. It goes without saying that the person will definitely not start it before the train arrives. And if the person is in the sky, how can he accurately grasp it?
Chief Lei had already figured out the man's thinking after seeing the hot air balloon. He said, "No need, the train is it."
The team members were startled, "Train?"
Director Lei said in a deep voice, "If there are his people on the train, or if the train itself has been tampered with, then he won't have to control it himself. Once the train arrives, the entire secret device will be activated. Even if that's not the case, he can still get down from the hot air balloon if necessary."
He then glanced at the watch on his wrist.
6:02.
If it's on time, the train will arrive soon.
At almost the same time, Guan Yuming, who was in charge of command near the city center, suddenly heard two huge explosions from the east and west respectively.
He frowned. Although they had checked as much as possible, they could not block the entire city after all, especially the people hiding in some alleys who could not be taken care of at all.
However, such an action is meaningless except for killing ordinary people and creating chaos, so it should only be to restrain them and prevent them from diverting their forces to other places.
He first arranged for two teams to go to the scene of the incident, then turned around and said to the telegraph operator: "Send a message, the content is: 'An explosion occurred on the outskirts of the city center, reminding you to pay attention.'"
A moment later, Chen Chuan and Director Lei both received telegrams. At this time, there was a problem in the city and the train was about to arrive, so the other party was likely to take action soon.
At this moment, the Changshun train was traveling along the railway towards Yangzhi City. This train had a total of seventeen carriages, and the facilities and interior decoration were all top-notch.
In this train, in addition to some ordinary passengers, the people in the middle and rear were representatives of foreign companies who came to Yangzhi City for a meeting. Each company occupied one or two carriages, and most of them were accompanied by armed security personnel. They were all allowed to carry firearms and wore stab-proof vests, and a few wore protective clothing.
Lindenberg, the representative of the Bolun Company, was looking out the window when his assistant said, "Sir, the land outside the central city of Dashun is always barren and monotonous, and the people who live in those cities are like livestock in a stable: barbaric and stupid. There's nothing worth seeing."
Lindenberg said, "This is the case everywhere outside of Central City. It's the same in Dashun and Nordland. But the Molan Company chose to retreat here. This land must have some magical places we don't know about."
After giving his assessment, he stopped looking outside and continued to look through the information about Yangzhi City. He wasn't originally the sales representative this time, but that person had been temporarily transferred due to a mission, so he was assigned here. He had no prior knowledge of the situation here, so he had to start all over again.
"Hmm..." He suddenly raised his head and took off the brown decorative glasses on his face. The pupils of the implanted eyes instantly dilated and he saw a small black dot in the distance. He said in surprise: "A hot air balloon?" He also saw a banner hanging below that read "Welcome guests from all countries."
"Is this the Yangzhi government's welcome ceremony? They seem very welcoming."
The train had now reached the section connecting to the mountain tunnel. The train driver was paying attention to the front. He also knew that this section had often been attacked in the past. Fortunately, everything seemed normal now. As he was about to enter the tunnel, he also blew the whistle in advance to alert the passengers behind.
When he entered, he took a quick look and was suddenly shocked. The wrinkles on the mountain and the rocks seemed to form a strange smiling face, which seemed to be smiling at him, and the dark tunnel entrance below seemed to be a gaping mouth.
"Woo..."
The train rushed into the tunnel, and after more than 20 seconds, the train successfully came out, but it slowly stopped. Only a small half of the car body was exposed outside, and most of it was still in the tunnel.
The passengers were all sitting in their seats at this moment, but they seemed to have no idea that the train had stopped, and they all continued with their original activities.
Inside the Burren Company carriage, an assistant's voice rang out, "Sir, the land outside Dashun Central City is always barren and monotonous, and the people living in those cities are like livestock in a pen, barbaric and stupid, nothing worth seeing."
Lindenberg retracted his gaze and said, "It's the same everywhere outside the central city. It's the same in Dashun and Nordland..."
He frowned, as if he felt something was wrong, but he continued, "But Molan Company chose to retreat here. This land must have some magical places that we don't know about..."
He continued to look through the information. After a while, he seemed to have discovered something. He looked up and said, "Is that a hot air balloon?"
"Is this the Yangzhi government's welcome ceremony? They seem very welcoming."
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(End of this chapter)
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