The prisoners returned to the compound one after another, which infuriated the hot-tempered Li Yunlong. If Zhao Gang hadn't stopped him, Li Yunlong would have pulled out his gun and called out the names of the prisoners one by one.
The hundreds of people in the courtyard were indignant, and more or less they were complaining about the police station's ineffective law enforcement, which allowed bad elements to still get away with it. How could this be?
Li Yunlong was furious. Despite being blocked by Zhao Gang, he angrily contacted Xu Qi via video call: "Comrade Xu Qi, you must all be well aware of the situation in the compound through the surveillance cameras."
"Just say the word, and I, Li Yunlong, will cover for you. To kill or not to kill..."
"Ahem, I think you've misunderstood something, sir?" Xu Qi hesitated, having just informed her superiors about the inside story of Zheng Ya's pilgrimage plan and was calling for its implementation. She had no time to deal with the offerings in the courtyard.
Of course, Zheng Xing and Zheng Wang, the siblings, were an exception; they were grinding their teeth, quite angry.
As the saying goes, youth is vigorous and full of passion, and it is the age when they hate evil as if it were their enemy. The brother and sister hated the sacrificial offerings in the courtyard, which is understandable given their youthful nature.
But for Xu Qi, the pilgrimage plan was everything; everything else was secondary and unimportant.
Li Yunlong got anxious and jumped up, protesting, "How can this be allowed?"
On a larger scale, leaving them behind could create hidden safety hazards, like a bad apple spoiling the whole pilgrimage plan. It wouldn't be good if they ruined everything at a crucial moment.
To put it bluntly, just looking at those few awful people makes me sick. What's the point of keeping them around?
I suggest they be executed; I'll take responsibility…
"Li Yunlong, shut the hell up! If you want to execute that scoundrel in the compound, just say so. Don't try to play tricks on me and delay Comrade Xu Qi's important business. Can you take responsibility for that?" Zhao Gang knew him all too well.
This is a shrewd and calculating person who always says "I'm above everyone else" and is a stubborn mule who never suffers a loss.
It's obvious they're going to execute the worst offenders, then send them to outer space as part of a pilgrimage project—how wonderful!
He only thinks of good things; Zhao Gang himself wants to go too!
They also knew that the scoundrels in the compound had left behind evidence to exonerate themselves before committing the crimes, and had even bribed witnesses to testify that they had repeatedly sent messages to the factory security department and the police station to expose the crimes of enemy agents, manipulated the law, and committed unforgivable crimes.
However, the country's laws are not sound, so there is nothing that can be done about them for the time being. What can be done about it?
Looking at it from another angle, the scoundrels in the compound were bait planted by higher-ups to lure enemy agents into the trap. Not stopping their criminal activities in time can be considered, in a sense, breaking the law knowingly.
From this perspective, their crimes should be mitigated.
In any case, they acted as the country's eyes and ears, only they were unaware of it. Otherwise, they would have come up with new tricks, slandering the military and police for entrapment, knowingly breaking the law, and disregarding their safety, which would have caused even more trouble.
Zhao Gang understood the logic and thwarted Li Yunlong's plan.
Li Yunlong was so angry that he blew his beard: "You, Zhao Gang, have fallen so far behind the times. Do you think you've lived up to the responsibilities entrusted to you by the country and the people?"
"Li Yunlong, you're like a dog, biting anyone you see."
Now you've all learned to nitpick over words, and you're trying to make a big deal out of this with me. I think you're getting senile.
"You don't understand that we need to accept our age and give opportunities to the younger generation..." Zhao Gang had long understood the superiors' intention to focus on cultivating young people.
The pilgrimage project needs more young people to run it.
After all, young people are energetic and have more time to appreciate the scenery of the pilgrimage plan compared to the older generation. As time goes by, the realization of the pilgrimage plan will be gradually accelerated.
On the other hand, the older generation, whether their energy and spirit cannot keep up with the younger generation or their lifespan is a major shortcoming, would be delaying the important pilgrimage and irresponsible if they competed with the younger generation for positions in the pilgrimage program.
Li Yunlong, refusing to admit his age, retorted defiantly, "Zhao Gang, don't try to trick me. I'm not as cowardly as you..."
"Alright, you two, stop arguing."
And everyone in the courtyard house, listen to what I have to say.
The pilgrimage plan devised by my husband, Zheng Ya, was only a contingency plan he made before leaving Earth.
Clearly, the plan was just a plan; the actual pilgrimage plan was determined based on the message sent back by Zheng Ya.
"A smart person could imagine this, but no one dared to disagree. Why? I think you all know, right?" Xu Qi stopped the two of them in time, as he was worrying about how to carry out the pilgrimage plan.
The pilgrimage plan involves enormous human and material resources.
The higher-level leaders received Zheng Ya's new pilgrimage plan and convened a meeting with relevant units and individuals, but have not yet given instructions.
Li Yunlong had a rough idea of what was going on and couldn't contain his curiosity, so he pressed on, "Comrade Xu Qi, just tell me about Zheng Ya's pilgrimage plan!"
Of course, if we are not qualified to know, then we should wait until the higher-ups hold a meeting and make a decision, and then act according to their instructions…
"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, you really are..." Zhao Gang sighed and rubbed his forehead, not even wanting to scold him for being cunning.
That's clearly making things difficult for someone.
They even used their superiors as leverage to put pressure on Xu Qi, implying that if Xu Qi didn't tell the truth, he wasn't considered one of their own.
Isn't this even worse than Xu Qi making a mistake?
Xu Qi smiled and said, "Political Commissar Zhao is overthinking it. We're all on the same side, there's nothing we can't say..."
"Hey, you see? You're the only outsider here, Zhao Gang. If you don't want to listen, you can leave!" Li Yunlong was beaming with pride, his face beaming.
Enraged, Zhao Gang ripped off his military cap, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to fight. Tian Yu, worried that they would ruin their relationship, stepped forward and pinched Li Yunlong's waist: "Can't you just calm down for a bit?"
You think you're the only one in the world who can do this? Why don't you learn from Zheng Ya?
If you can learn even one percent of Zheng Ya's skills before showing off, that will be true skill, understand?
Listen to me now, don't delay Zheng Ya's pilgrimage plans!
"Ouch, that hurts! Be gentle, honey! I was wrong!" Li Yunlong raised his hands in surrender, and Zhao Gang's anger subsided. It wasn't worth getting angry with Li Yunlong.
Xu Qi felt that the two of them were genuine: "I really envy the sincere friendship of you older generation!"
I'm worried that Zheng Ya's pilgrimage plan might go wrong by employing criminals.
Criminals all over the world don't talk about friendship or responsibility!
“Ahem, this is indeed a big problem, but we need to hear about Zheng Ya’s pilgrimage plan first before we can determine the risk factor of using criminals to carry out the pilgrimage plan. Making targeted adjustments is not out of the question!” Li Yunlong became serious and gave a suggestion.
Hundreds of people tacitly agreed with his suggestion, and Xu Qi nodded slightly and said, "Your suggestion is good, but it's somewhat impractical?"
Because Zheng Ya's pilgrimage plan involves setting up a Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Heavenly Array centered on the moon, and without any cultivation resources such as spirit stones or crystals, Zheng Ya suggests creating a spacetime virtual spirit gathering array, with artificial planets arranged around the moon, which requires a massive amount of resources.
This is just the initial experiment of the pilgrimage plan. Once the experiment proves feasible, a planet will be found, and a Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Heavenly Array will be set up on the planet to truly open the pilgrimage tunnel and enable time travel.
Do you know what this means?
“Call of Duty, I, Li Yunlong, still have a place to use my skills. You wouldn’t refuse to give me this opportunity, would you?” Li Yunlong realized that this pilgrimage plan required countless manpower and resources, which meant that even if all of humanity on Earth were to participate, it might not be enough.
Using only planets to form an array is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Is that even possible?
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