Chapter 233 252. Things Have Changed
The room was silent for a long time. Everyone seemed to be waiting for the results of the attribute test, although most people did not know why this attribute test was required.
However, this time the attribute test took longer than expected. What should have taken only one minute to get the results actually took a full ten minutes and no one showed up yet.
Gradually, a noisy voice began to rise in the room, all discussing the current situation. They didn't understand why a simple attribute test had to be done alone and took so long.
Perhaps someone realized that something might have changed, but no one knew exactly what had happened.
A few minutes later, the female officer finally pushed open the door and returned. However, her expression was unusually grim. She slowly surveyed the people present, then issued an unquestionable order, "Investigate everyone here immediately. Everyone must undergo an attribute test. Arrest anyone who is unsightly."
The moment this order was issued, some noisy sounds were heard again in the room.
"why is that.?"
"It would take a lot of resources to run attribute tests on all these scavengers. I need a reason!"
"This might cost us most of the extraordinary materials we brought. Do we really want to do this?"
It's not that they questioned it, but the order was really too bizarre. No officer present could accept the order directly without asking the reason.
"I have already given the reasons to the higher-ups. Soon, someone from the higher-ups will take over here. Now, execute my orders immediately."
The female officer swept her sharp eyes over everyone present. She did not give a reason, but the words she said shocked everyone present.
What on earth happened that alarmed the upper management and caused them to send people to the lower level?
How many years has it been? The higher-ups haven't sent anyone down.
Things are going to change.
No one said this, but everyone understood it, so no one asked for the reason, and they quickly took action to carry out the order.
As for what happened to the murderer and how to deal with him next, no one asked any more questions.
As the people in the room gradually left, Xu Zhi felt a little embarrassed. What was going on? Why didn't anyone come to push her away? Was she supposed to leave on her own?
Is it appropriate to go directly?
Perhaps noticing the embarrassment and confusion on Xu Zhi's face, the officer, having finished explaining everything, approached her and said, "Miss Xu, something has happened. You and your sister may need to stay here for a while longer. Someone will ask you some questions in a few days. I hope you can answer honestly then."
There seemed to be a deep meaning in her words, with an emphasis on the word "honesty".
Xu Zhi looked confused and innocent, with a hint of anxiety. He looked like a good kid who knew nothing about the current situation but was worried about his own situation.
"I'll have someone take you back. Don't leave the tent without permission until you are ordered to do so."
"Wait, sir." Xu Zhi suddenly spoke.
"My medicine is only prescribed for seven days." Before she finished speaking, the officer understood what she meant.
"A military doctor will come to your home every day to see you and prescribe new medicine for you."
This is really bad news.
Xu Zhi had anticipated this, so he was not panicked and even changed the subject.
"Can I know your name, then?"
There was a hint of caution in her question, like the caution an ordinary scavenger would use when facing a superior. The officer was stunned for a moment, thinking that the girl in front of him was not yet aware of being a transcendent with the [Light] attribute.
But she didn't think too much about it. It was just a name. If it was an ordinary scavenger, she would naturally ignore it. But the identity of the girl in front of her was suspicious. She might have to deal with her in the future, so she just gave it to her.
"Chi Qiusheng." She simply said her name, then made a gesture to the soldier on standby. The soldier obeyed the order and walked behind Xu Zhi and took Xu Zhi away.
After being pushed out of the room in a wheelchair, Xu Zhi saw that there were fewer soldiers originally stationed there. He thought they had all gone to carry out orders.
Xu Zhi, who knew the inside story, naturally understood why Chi Qiu Sheng discovered such an order. She must have been quite upset when she found out that there was a transcendent person with the [Cup] attribute at the bottom level. It seemed that it took her a lot of time to calm herself down, deal with the matter, and report it to the higher-ups.
I guess the upper echelons who received the news were in a panic. As for the large-scale investigation, it was probably because they were afraid that there were his accomplices and other [Cup] attribute believers hiding.
Xu Zhi guessed that not only the slums here, but the entire grassroots area would probably undergo a thorough investigation, which would probably require a lot of manpower and material resources, and might even cause various chain reactions.
Such an accident was probably not within [Him's] expectations. I don't know what the original plan of the supreme being with the [Cup] attribute was. Now that the believers of [Cup] have appeared in the world at this moment, have they disrupted some of His plans?
As Xu Zhi pondered over it, he thought to himself that maybe she was born to be incompatible with the [Cup].
How coincidental was it that her knife didn't fall with her? Otherwise, she could have controlled it and exposed herself later.
But it's better this way now. Informing the extraordinary people in this world in advance that the [Cup] still exists can also allow them to be prepared in advance. Although Xu Zhi doesn't think that either side is her teammate, what she has to do is to muddy the waters. Only when the situation is chaotic enough can she fish in troubled waters.
Now that a big mess has occurred, her suspicious identity can only be put aside temporarily. Everyone's attention is attracted by the [Cup]. Compared with it, a [Lamp] attribute extraordinary person who appeared out of thin air is just a trivial matter.
When he returned to the tent, it started to drizzle outside again. The weather in the lower reaches was always like this, and Xu Zhi had already gotten used to it.
"How is it? They didn't make things difficult for you, did they?" Qi Yanxin frowned, his eyes full of worry.
Xu Zhi smiled and shook his head: "I was just curious about who the murderer was, so I went to check it out. No one gave me any trouble."
"Did they really catch the murderer?" Qi Yanxin's attention was diverted by her words, and he asked with a little curiosity.
Xu Zhi nodded, and Qi Yanxin's tone relaxed a little: "Then you don't have to worry about going to the factory anymore."
Xu Zhi nodded and didn't say much. She needed to think calmly now about which aspects of the current situation were favorable to her and which were unfavorable to her. The discovery of the knife was not necessarily a bad thing. She would come into contact with people in the "upper area" more quickly and perhaps have the opportunity to move to the upper level earlier. It was impossible for her to stay at the bottom level forever.
Xu Zhi knew clearly that she must first acquire more knowledge, as the lower level could not provide her with enough knowledge.
I watched the game, then decided not to watch it.
(End of this chapter)
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