There seemed to be an explosion coming from the direction of the city in the distance, and a bright red flame appeared.
At the same time, a new prompt popped up on the system.
"Ding! Dear host, the system will give you a failure countdown."
In the lower right corner of the field of view, a red countdown appeared, which read: 24 hours.
Only 24 hours.
Accustomed to being framed by the system, Li Yuebai actually felt that 24 hours was a long time.
In the previous life, the original owner Gu Xisha encountered Gao Chengyu's revenge when the world had been in chaos for a long time and ordinary people and vampires had entered the formal battle stage.
In this life, it happened ahead of time.
Li Yuebai felt as if his heart was grabbed by a cold sharp claw, and the long-lost fear crept into his heart again.
After going through so much and facing endless dangers every day, he is no longer as afraid of death as before. However, if he fails and faces the endless torture that may come, it would be a lie to say that he is not afraid.
Fortunately, in addition to fear, there is more anger.
In his limited life, he was not truly angry very many times, but every time he was angry, he achieved unexpected results. When his adrenaline surged, all his gentleness and timidity would temporarily disappear, leaving only the desire to win.
Now, only the desire to win can overcome fear.
The small cell phone rang violently again. It was Liang Jing calling.
"Xiao Gu, your blood sample, your blood sample, was stolen!" Liang Jing's voice was a little hysterical.
Stolen?
Li Yuebai's eyebrows wrinkled suddenly.
Normally, having the blood sample stolen wouldn't be a big deal, but the problem was, it was VILA's blood! He couldn't imagine what VILA's blood would be used for.
"Sister Liang, calm down and tell me slowly how it was stolen." He had no choice but to comfort Liang Jing first.
"Just now, a medical team from the Military Region General Hospital came to discuss the issue and took a tour of my laboratory. I had locked up your blood sample, but after they left, it disappeared!" Liang Jing tried hard to recall. Although she didn't understand VILA, she knew very well the importance of that blood sample.
"Is there a loss of time? Do you feel like you're being controlled by your mind?" Li Yuebai suddenly grasped the key point.
Since Liang Jing claimed that she had locked the blood sample up, it meant that the key or password was in her hands alone. How could anyone else have stolen the blood sample without her knowing? The only explanation was that there was a vampire among the people present, who used mind control to make Liang Jing open the lock and hand the blood sample over to it.
"I..." Liang Jing was also confused. After thinking about it carefully, she gave a positive answer: "Yes, I have experienced mind control before, so if I think about it carefully now, I can recall the feeling. It is similar."
"Have you checked the surveillance camera?"
There are surveillance cameras in the laboratory, and the surveillance video can be seen in the control room, which is just downstairs.
"I can't check. It's already a mess outside the lab." Liang Jing opened the window and held her cell phone out of the window. She heard a lot of noise and robbing. "I don't dare to leave the lab. It's very dangerous outside. The news about the vampires has leaked out. Everyone is in a commotion... It seems like there was an accident in the control room as well."
Sure enough, the city was in the most chaotic period - the news of the vampire had just spread at the speed of light, people were panicking, and everyone did some crazy things driven by fear, and the higher authorities had not yet completely controlled the situation. This was the most dangerous time.
Since I couldn't watch the video, I had to make an assumption and choose the most likely line of thought - one of the medical team members was a vampire, and he controlled Liang Jing's mind and stole the blood sample... But this was impossible! Vampires are very sensitive to VILA blood, so this was a contradiction. If he was a vampire, how could he withstand such a strong stimulation? How could he leave calmly with the blood sample without breaking the bottle and drinking it on the spot?
I can't figure it out, no matter what I do.
"Sister Liang, don't worry about it. Protect yourself first. I'll check the blood sample." Li Yuebai said, "Also, give me the phone number of the medical team."
After hanging up the call with Liang Jing, Li Yuebai immediately called the medical team.
The person who answered the phone was the front desk.
Li Yuebai calmly reported Ye Qing's alarm number, and then asked about the whereabouts of the medical team. The receptionist at the main service desk was young, and based on the principle of transparency and openness, he easily told him that the medical team first went to the Military Region General Hospital to discuss experimental issues with expert Liang, and then went to the city orphanage to vaccinate children. They should be arriving at the orphanage soon.
"Can I ask a question?" Li Yuebai rubbed his temples. "It's late at night now. Why does the medical team want to vaccinate the children in the orphanage so late at night? And it's a chaotic time outside. Aren't they afraid of getting into danger?"
"Well..." The operator was also stumped by the question and had to answer honestly: "I'm sorry, police comrade, I don't understand why it is like this. I just said that it was a temporary order from the superiors. Because there was a riot in the city, the disease is easy to spread, so we have to do a good job of disease prevention and control overnight..."
It sounds logical, but upon closer inspection it's all just excuses.
Vampires, there must be vampires in the medical team. Only vampires can manipulate them to do such incredible things at this moment.
Besides, as for the orphanage...
Li Yuebai's mind skipped a beat, as if a switch in his memory had been turned on.
The original owner, Gu Xisha, lost his parents to criminals when he was very young, so he actually grew up in this orphanage. The orphanage was like home to him, and even before he traveled through time, he would visit there regularly.
From a macro perspective, what strategic position can an orphanage have?
Li Yuebai made a judgment in an instant - the action of the "medical team" was definitely aimed at him.
"Dear host, you have received new information." The system suddenly popped up a reminder.
"Master." It was Ye Qing's voice: "Your phone has received a video call request. I will transfer it to you through the system now."
Li Yuebai bit his tongue hard to suppress the urge to answer Ye Qing directly with words, and tears almost fell from his eyes due to the pain.
He gritted his teeth and manipulated the system to reply with a text message: OK.
At this time, it is easy to guess who would make a video call to Gu Xisha's mobile phone.
The system quickly transferred the video over.
The angle of the video was very strange, as if it was shot with a camera - it was a real-time video. At this point, in the bedroom of the orphanage, many children were sleeping in rows of small beds. Suddenly, the bedroom light was turned on, and an auntie, a staff member of the orphanage, walked in with a smile.
This aunt was very familiar with the original owner, Gu Xisha. Therefore, Li Yuebai used the original owner's memory and made a comparison. It was obvious that her smile now was very stiff, different from before, and it was obvious that she was being controlled.
The aunt woke the children up one by one, and asked them to get out of bed and line up for vaccination.
The children were also wondering why they had to get the vaccination in the middle of the night. They all rubbed their eyes and yawned, but they always trusted the aunt, so even though they were reluctant, they still went obediently.
When we got outside, a medical team appeared in the camera - there were not many people actually, only a few doctors. The doctors took out a small bottle of bright red blood and used a syringe to inject the blood in the test tube little by little into the small bottle containing the vaccine.
Li Yuebai recognized that blood - it was his own, VILA blood.
If such blood is injected into the human body, it is unknown what the consequences will be. At best, it may cause the person being injected to emit the aura of VILA and attract vampires. At worst, it may cause the person being injected to turn into a VILA of impure blood.
The video paused and someone's voice was cut in.
It’s Gao Chengyu.
"Officer Gu." Gao Chengyu did not show his face, but his voice was still as polite and businesslike as ever: "Things are just as you see them, but as long as you are willing to do what I say, there is still room for redemption."
"Stop it first." Li Yuebai yelled.
On the other side of the video, some people seemed to fall down because of his words, and even a vampire laughed crazily.
"Why did you speak? To show me your power?" Gao Chengyu laughed on the other end: "Officer Gu, I have to say that your voice is very tempting. Just now, my men couldn't help but kill a few more captives."
It’s fake, it’s to increase my sense of guilt, it’s to cause me pressure - Li Yuebai reminded himself like this, but he still couldn’t help feeling disgusted.
What's worse is that he realized that Ye Qing should have heard what he just said.
Li Yuebai gritted his teeth and changed to sending a text message.
"What are your terms?"
"You." On Gao Chengyu's side, there seemed to be many vampires laughing triumphantly.
"Okay, just cancel the vaccination first, and I'll agree to anything." - Li Yuebai sent it over without hesitation.
Anyway, there are only 24 hours left in the countdown, so what is there to be afraid of?
He didn't know what effect the words he sent would have in Ye Qing's eyes.
In Ye Qing's view, such an agreement was humiliating, forced, and self-sacrificing.
"To be honest, Officer Gu, I didn't expect you to become a VILA." Gao Chengyu's voice was full of satisfaction from having made a deal, and he even changed his tone to a casual chat: "Blame it on that leaked photo of yours."
so it is!
Li Yuebai suddenly understood.
No wonder he was surrounded by vampires when he was in the small square, even though he used the curtains to cover his face. At first he thought it was because the car door was not sealed well enough to isolate the breath. Now he realized that someone had taken his picture, perhaps together with the car, and posted it on the Internet...so he was found by the vampires.
From the time I became VILA, to the time I was photographed, to now...how short a time has it been?
Li Yuebai suddenly wanted to laugh, but he held it back.
He sent this message: Gao Chengyu, your men have begun to lose control, right?
"Why do you say that?" Gao Chengyu did not intend to admit it, and his tone was full of interest.
"Because you were so eager to catch me."
According to the records in "Blood Charm", vampires can only control the minds of humans, and vampires cannot control each other.
But if you have VILA, it's like having drugs, you can easily make other vampires submit to you.
The fact that Gao Chengyu was so eager to get me only showed that his rule in Europe was not absolutely smooth. The best option at the moment was to use VILA to gain the loyalty of other vampires.
Gao Chengyu did not respond at all to his speculation.
The video cuts back to the orphanage. Because Li Yuebai agreed to the conditions proposed by Gao Chengyu, the vaccination was cancelled, the medical team put away the injections in their hands, and the children, who were yawning due to sleepiness, were sent back to the bedroom by their aunt.
However, the medical team did not leave the orphanage. In order to prevent Li Yuebai from changing his mind halfway, such hostage taking was still necessary.
"One hour later, Qixing Building." These words appeared on the screen, and then the video disappeared.