Chapter 56 Critical Region (8)
Seeing Bai Ye's stunned expression, Gou Xun couldn't help but turn to look at the others, "You guys didn't talk to him?"
Shang Cai: "I thought he knew."
Wang Shanshan: "It seems they don't know, just like when I first met them."
However, she was curious, while Bai Ye's expression seemed somewhat frightened.
Zhang Ting acted as a caring older sister, saying, "Xiao Bai, the reason we chose urns as our duty post locations is because the contents of those urns are more beneficial to us; the energy extracted from them is more advantageous."
"It's like a ritual; the urn attracts those things, and we can roughly know where they appear. It's very mystical," Wang Shanshan added.
Bai Ye seemed to understand, but it would be a bit much to express doubt at this point.
So he stepped forward calmly and reached his hand in.
It was empty inside, and Bai Ye couldn't touch anything, so he had to reach out empty-handed again.
"Vice Captain, I..."
Before Bai Ye could finish speaking, Gou Xun interjected, "Bai Ye, you're lucky; you drew three Great Daos."
The others offered their congratulations, as having weapons made the duty stations on the three main roads highly sought after. Every young person wanted to prove themselves, except for genuinely timid individuals like Wang Shanshan.
Bai Ye looked down at his hands; they were clean, and there was no blood.
He is different from Shang Cai and the others.
At six o'clock in the evening, Bai Ye went to hand over his shift and stood on the Third Avenue once again, feeling very complicated.
He seemed to have a special connection with this post. From his first time entering the instance, to the training ground, and finally to actually standing guard, it was unclear whether it was due to pure probability or some kind of deliberate manipulation.
But since they were already there, they might as well make the best of it. With weapons in hand, they weren't afraid of the three main streets at night.
Nothing much happened during the first half of the night.
Bai Ye's whip was useless, and he didn't even have a chance to take out the three yellow cards from his pocket.
The passing vehicles were indeed traveling at high speeds, but they seemed to have reached a tacit agreement to slow down to below 300 km/h as they approached the intersection of Third Avenue.
Bai Ye is only responsible for this intersection; violations by vehicles in other places are not his responsibility.
As a being of supernatural origin, he has a wide field of vision. He knows that some vehicles are violating regulations, but he cannot punish them, which makes him very unhappy.
"Why is there such a restriction? No, it should be the other colleagues on duty. How come they let these madmen get through?"
Seeing someone speeding a kilometer away again, Bai Ye became even more agitated.
"If only we knew who was on duty over there, we could contact them directly and at least give them a yellow card warning."
Just then, the speeding car abruptly turned at the next intersection and headed towards the Third Avenue.
Bai Ye immediately perked up. The car's speed hadn't decreased; the other party was trying to rush through the checkpoint.
"Wow, they ran into me on my very first day on duty. They've got guts!"
Bai Ye immediately took out a yellow card to issue a warning.
A deluge of three-dimensional red text piled up in the air, startling all the other vehicles on the road, causing them to slow down in unison. Only that car continued to rush straight ahead.
Bai Ye snorted coldly, drew his whip, and stared intently at the vehicle.
He wasn't in a hurry at all, letting the car accelerate to 700 miles per hour, but just as the other car was about to cross the Third Avenue, he lashed out with his whip.
The black whip, like a nimble black snake, leaped out and quickly climbed onto the car. Almost instantly, the very tip of the whip hooked onto the rear of the car.
Bai Ye pulled back, and the speeding car was suspended in mid-air and reversed, crashing straight into the ground.
A small but deep hole appeared in the middle of the intersection of three major roads, and at the same time, a thick plume of smoke rose from the bottom of the hole.
It has a pungent smell, like the chemical smell of molten steel.
Bai Ye realized something, quickly walked to the edge of the pit, looked down, and sure enough, the car was melting away.
It seems strange, a malicious act by the natives.
Bai Ye didn't know what he was feeling lost about. In the end, the car melted away completely, and he used a whip to pull the person out of the pit.
He was still alive, though his body was badly shattered. The driver was holding a severed limb and his two eyeballs in one hand.
With his mouth just sealed shut, he managed to say with difficulty, "Orderer, I didn't speed on purpose. Something is chasing me."
"Those who make mistakes will always try to justify themselves."
Bai Ye remained expressionless. "I've already contacted my colleagues. You'll be taken away in a moment. Even if there's a real reason for this, you've already violated the rules and will be punished accordingly."
The driver had no way to express his suffering; he stood trembling in the middle of the road, clutching a part of his body.
During the rest of the shift, nothing like that happened again, and the night passed peacefully.
At seven o'clock the next morning, Baiye returned to the General Affairs Office.
Wang Shanshan was already in the office. Upon seeing the person who arrived, she immediately waved and said, "Bai Ye, here's your breakfast."
Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant and said, "I've never switched shifts with you before."
Wang Shanshan placed breakfast directly on Bai Ye's table, saying, "It doesn't matter if it's morning or night, it's the same."
Bai Ye was really hungry, so she didn't refuse and sat down to eat.
When Shangcai came in, the two had almost finished eating.
"Bai Ye, did anything happen on your end last night?" Shang Cai asked as soon as he came in, looking very anxious.
Bai Ye was confused, and Shang Cai said again, "It's about the checkpoint incident. Those who made mistakes are all from our city."
"Yes, there is one. What's wrong?"
"Did that person say something was chasing him?"
Bai Ye paused, looking up ahead.
Upon seeing the other person's expression, Shang Cai immediately understood and slapped his thigh, "I knew it! The higher-ups are lying; the cracks have already appeared."
"What's the meaning?"
"What did you say?"
Bai Ye and Wang Shanshan looked over at the same time.
Shang Cai glanced behind him to make sure no one was there, then took two steps forward and lowered his voice, "Ever since the night Bai Ye was hit, something has been wrong with Liudaokou City. Something has appeared at every checkpoint, which would never have happened before."
"At first, the higher-ups kept it a secret, saying that the interns were being trained in advance so they could adapt to their jobs more quickly. In reality, it was just that too many people had been transferred out, and there wasn't enough manpower for duty in the city. The General Affairs Department transferred almost half of its people there."
"Are there some duty posts that are temporarily vacant?" Bai Ye suddenly interjected.
Shang Cai turned his head in surprise, "How did you know?"
Bai Ye suddenly realized, "No wonder. When I was on duty last night, I saw people speeding every kilometer away, but I didn't see any yellow card warnings. I thought my colleagues were just slacking off."
It now appears that there was simply no one at those checkpoints.
Shang Cai nodded, "Some less important duty points have been removed, and I estimate that in another two days, more and more points will be removed."
Wang Shanshan was already trembling with fear. "What does this mean? Are we all going to be transferred to that area to be stationed?"
"What's wrong with staying there? Eliminating those things will allow you to advance faster."
Shang Cai had long been impatient with working in an ordinary post. "Before, there was no opportunity; only the elite could go there. Now, I might be able to do it too."
Before Bai Ye could fully process this information, Zhang Ting came in, bringing with her even more explosive news.
“Young people, the breach has opened. In three days at most, Liudaokou will be overcrowded.” Zhang Ting said excitedly.
Shang Cai and Wang Shanshan assumed their confidante's anxiety stemmed from something else. Only Bai Ye knew how much of that excitement was genuine joy.
Because, as Zhang Ting had said, those things were free rations.
In the afternoon, the brigade held a small meeting, and Captain Chang Sheng announced that all armed guards would be transferred to Liudaokou.
“Aren’t we at Liudaokou right now?” Bai Ye asked.
"It's going to Liudaokou, on the outskirts of the city of Liudaokou."
Wang Shanshan explained softly, then became dejected, "I don't want to go. It's scarier than being on duty there. What if I go and never come back?"
Wang Shanshan's fear was of no use; everyone in the team except for clerical staff had to go.
However, there was a specific order to the events, and they were divided into two batches.
Shangcai was the most proactive, being the first to request to be among the first to go.
Bai Ye had too many questions about Liudaokou, so he also raised his hand to sign up.
As a result, Wang Shanshan naturally became part of the second batch.
Chang Sheng was very satisfied with the team members' enthusiasm. He looked at the two young men and said, "You have a great attitude. You should perform well over there. The weapons are in your hands, so you need to make the most of them."
"Captain, when are we leaving?" Shang Cai couldn't wait any longer.
Chang Sheng: "Meet in the office first thing tomorrow morning, and Gou Xun will take you there."
"Captain, what about the various checkpoints in the city?" Bai Ye couldn't help but ask, remembering this.
Chang Sheng looked at him with approval: "The General Affairs Department has temporarily recruited a group of security personnel who will take your place on guard duty."
"No training?"
"What?"
"Night duty, especially on the three main roads, can't be done without weapons, right?" Bai Ye was always uneasy about the words "temporary order personnel".
Having served on guard duty myself, I understand that the difference between having weapons and not having them is significant.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ting suddenly laughed, "We can barely control the checkpoints, who has the time to manage city traffic?"
Chang Sheng glanced at Bai Ye indifferently, then turned to look at him. "The temporary order takers are only responsible for daytime duty. As for the three main roads, they will not be managed for the time being."
After getting off work in the evening, Bai Ye returned to her residence.
As soon as the door opened, he froze, standing at the doorway with a subtle expression.
As an eerie creature, it possesses exceptionally keen senses, a natural advantage.
There are people inside the house.
Bai Ye noticed the subtle disarray in the living room; one corner of the blanket on the sofa bed was curled up. And the pen on the dining table had been turned 15 degrees.
Finally, there's the unfamiliar smell that's hard to ignore.
The door has a fingerprint lock, and there are no other people's fingerprints on it. The windows are all normal and have not been opened or closed.
How exactly did this person get in?
Also, why go into your own residence?
Who is it?
Bai Ye closed the door without making a sound, his black whip already in his hand. He walked very lightly, his footsteps barely making a sound.
From the bathroom to the balcony, then to every corner of the living room, and finally standing at the bedroom door, looking at the half-open door.
A familiar yet unfamiliar feeling resides within.
Bai Ye gripped the doorknob and silently pushed it open, the whip already raised in mid-air.
Just as he was thrown out, the person lying on the bed turned around.
The face was facing him.
Bai Ye was shocked and stunned.
white night?
How could it be myself?
Bai Ye slept soundly in bed, waking up naturally. When she opened her eyes, wow! It was already dawn.
"Damn it, I sneaked into someone's house and I'm going to get caught. I have to run."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a voice suddenly rang out, "Friend, you've come uninvited, are you going to leave without saying goodbye?"
"who?"
Bai Ye was startled and immediately turned around.
A person was standing by the bedroom window, backlit, so their face was blurry and difficult to see.
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