Chapter 144 Chapter 144
Chapter 144
Sheng Xingsi was escorted into the hospital by everyone.
The scene of Sheng Xingsi being carried into the ambulance amid crying looked as if he was about to die.
But for the members of the Special Management Bureau present, Sheng Xingsi was probably in great danger this time.
Putting aside Wei Yang's powerful abilities, the fact that Sheng Xingsi vomited so much blood was enough for these experienced Special Management Bureau agents to conclude that Sheng Xingsi's vital signs were already extremely critical.
More importantly, Sheng Xingsi looks like a superhero, but this is the real world, and they don’t have the super technology seen in superhero movies!
The sobbing around me got louder when I thought of this.
Even Caroline, who had just cooperated with the mission, lost her joy at the success of the mission and looked sad as she watched the ambulance leave.
Director Yang watched Sheng Xingsi leave. He had already sent Gu Youxing to get in the car with him. He still had to clean up the scene, otherwise Gu Youxing would not be able to handle the media alone.
Director Yang’s hunch was correct.
Less than ten minutes after Sheng Xingsi left the scene, reporters and various self-media accounts swarmed in. They asked questions all over the place, and even asked some tricky and harsh questions deliberately to gain news attention.
Fortunately, Director Yang informed all the special management bureau members present in advance, and everyone kept their mouths shut. They evacuated as planned and then handed over to the local rescue team and firefighters.
The more you do, the more mistakes you make.
This is the basis for dealing with the people in country A.
God knows if something goes wrong, your boss will push you out to take the blame.
But Director Yang had a hunch that even so, she and her Special Management Bureau would still not be able to escape the clutches of these reporters.
As expected, the next day's news was all about this incident, and the media even described it as the biggest omission of the century.
Wei Yang's face was not covered. Although there were horrific scars on his face at that time, his facial features remained unchanged.
As long as we compare it with last year's ceremony, we will know that the monster that was wantonly killing in the sky yesterday was the so-called special talent in last year's ceremony!
The media criticized the Special Management Bureau, questioning why this so-called special department failed to manage these special talents well, and also questioning why these special talents would harm the people of country A.
What does the Special Species Management Bureau manage?
What did ordinary people do wrong?
"Superhero movies come to life—but who wants an alien invasion?"
All kinds of sensational headlines catch people's eyes and stimulate their senses.
And as the reporters had hoped, the news caused great unrest.
——After all, any normal person who turns on the news early in the morning will see a mobile aerial artillery battery bombarding the fourth ring road of the capital last night, and almost hitting the third ring road.
I really can't calm down.
*
Zhang Tian just woke up in her apartment this morning, turned on the TV and prepared to make breakfast.
She doesn't like a quiet home, so when she gets up early to do things, she always likes to turn on the TV to add some background noise.
However, the background noise today made Zhang Tian unable to even make breakfast.
"...Yesterday, a creature with the appearance of a human man and horrible scars appeared near the XX block on the fifth ring road of the capital, and attacked the XX block and the XXX villa area, killing a total of 124 people, and the death toll is still rising sharply..."
Zhang Tian stared at the news in amazement, completely stunned.
Last night she heard a rumbling sound in the distance, but she thought it was just thunder!
——Or there might be violent fights or something, but a normal A countryman would just get used to it.
Who knew that this was actually created by a flying, male-like creature? And in the end, they blew it up with a missile?
And did she see someone flying into the air to fight with the creature and delay time?
After reading the news, Zhang Tian went out to work in a daze.
On the streets, the indifferent office workers and the homeless people in the subway were all the same as always, looking at the scene which was not much different between today and yesterday. Zhang Tian even thought that the news just now was just a dream she had because she did not sleep well that morning.
Until she got off the subway, turned on her phone and connected to the signal.
This news was the number one trending search on social media.
Under this trending search, most people were afraid and panicked, and some were even terrified enough to call government departments.
"I can't believe that when I was sleeping last night, such a large-scale terrorist attack happened in Country A!"
"Strictly speaking, it should be an alien invasion, but I always feel like I've seen that alien somewhere before - did he appear at the presidential ceremony last year?"
"Oh my God, there are nine more people like him! Nine!"
These panicked comments have caused more people to feel afraid, but of course there are also rational people who feel that they should first pay attention to the number of injured and dead.
"People have been killed. Let's focus on the injured and the dead first. There are more than a hundred people, which is as many as eight or nine school shootings!"
"The death toll is still rising. I don't dare to watch it anymore. I don't know where to get donations for the injured. The two blocks on the Fourth Ring Road are now in ruins. It's all that guy's fault."
"I don't know how many police officers were inside. I saw several police officers attacking that guy and being thrown out. It seemed that the person who delayed time to let the missile hit the terrorist was also seriously injured. Although I don't know how this guy got up there, he is good at saving people."
These netizens are only concerned about the injured and the casualties.
However, the focus of some of the relationships among netizens is a bit off.
"...Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel like the situation isn't that bad. It seems like there have been more than ten school shootings in just a few months."
"This is just a campus shooting. There are more deaths in the capital's subway stations in a month. The main thing is the collapse of the building, which is terrifying."
"But what does this have to do with us? Most of the buildings that collapsed were villas in wealthy areas. They basically have other properties. It's better to worry about our jobs than to worry about them."
Of course, some people have focused on how that person flew into the sky. Under the filming of various self-media, how did the person who went up later fly into the sky?
Some of them even went to inquire about the official accounts, but all of them were pretending to be dead.
By this time it was already ten o'clock in the morning.
Most people have already started work and have completed some work.
It's time to slack off.
As a result, public opinion on the Internet began to grow like an explosion.
Zhang Tian was one of them. She quietly narrowed the webpage to the lower right corner, browsed social media bit by bit, and couldn't help expressing her opinions from time to time.
——Then he started arguing with the other person.
The reasons for quarrels are varied.
Is that man an alien? How did he get the scars on his body? Is he the one who shook hands with the president at the ceremony? What are his super powers? Why can the people who went up later also fly?
A series of issues can all lead to arguments.
Zhang Tian even saw a debate about whether the man was male, female or transgender.
Zhang Tian: …
Just as people on the Internet were arguing enthusiastically, the media also began to take action.
They just want traffic and don't care about professional ethics at all.
So their evaluation of this incident is basically that it is what stimulated it.
For example, the government failed to manage these people well. For example, it is the responsibility of the special departments to arrest people. For example, they actually allowed terrorists to cause such great losses to country A, so they should pay compensation.
Some even say that the person who saved people is not a superhero at all, and it must be him who released the people, otherwise why would he save people?
These topics seem quite stupid, and are basically the kind that use salty hooks and direct baits, but these media outlets did not say them directly. Instead, they used various rhetoric to guide the topic in the direction they wanted.
They are confident that there will be an argument in the comment section.
——But what the media didn’t expect was that the quarrel did break out.
But most people are arguing about whether they should blame the government or scold the media for not speaking human language.
The editors were stunned when they saw the comments. The vast majority of people did not follow the route they had planned. They were not incited. They were even too calm and directed their criticism at the media?
"Horror movies should hire you to write horror novel titles."
"I didn't know that aliens had already taken over the Earth. Do you really think we don't know who is the culprit?"
"What superhero? This is clearly a victory for the missiles. And what superhero doesn't have a private medical room when he is sent to the hospital? You reporters climb over the wall every day to take photos of him."
Netizens began to sneer at the news, saying that they would never fall into their trap. It would have been fine if they didn't come out, because once they came out, even a fool would know that it was the government of country A that agreed to this matter in the first place.
They also represent the attitudes of some ordinary people. Ordinary people are much calmer. At least, they have watched superhero movies and think they cannot be as stupid as the people in the movies.
What kind of beast could attack those who are genuinely trying to save lives?
Rather than attacking these heroes, ordinary people prefer to find the culprit and start cursing him.
——For example, the current government.
As a result, the two or three comments that originally appeared on the presidential spokesperson’s social media account were suddenly flooded with thousands or tens of thousands of comments.
"No, do you really think we don't know who received this lunatic? Don't you think that those people who sang the opposite tune are the mouthpieces of your Liberal Party?"
"Anyone who has watched a few superhero movies will hate those indiscriminate people in them - except for those whose properties were destroyed, of course. But in this case, shouldn't you be the ones who decided to bring these people in in the first place?"
"It's so funny that the mouthpiece of the government department said that such a powerful creature was not allowed to be brought in by the government and meet the president."
These comments mocked the government madly and dug up all kinds of evidence to prove that they knew the power of those people at the time, but the government still agreed to bring them in.
The various acts of exposing the truth were finally ended when the official account closed its own comment section, but the current government has become a joke among netizens.
The support rate continued to decline, even plummeting, and some states have since raised flags and taken to the streets to protest.
Officials in charge of social media immediately realized that this matter might not be resolved peacefully, and immediately began to block topics, even ban accounts, and delete comments that were not favorable to them.
However……
After the order to delete the topic was given, there was still no movement for two or three days, and the topic continued to slide as usual, which made the media a little confused.
This gag order was issued from above. How dare they dare to go against the government?
——Although there is no official document on this matter and it cannot be discussed openly, but isn’t Hua Hua really afraid that the Liberal Party will make things difficult for him?
The media subconsciously began to investigate the reason behind the sliding. However, they found nothing.
However, someone even came to their door to warn them that they could not see everything.
The media was quiet, and the official's curiosity was aroused. After he signed a confidentiality agreement, he finally learned the truth.
——Xie Yuanzhi is one of the three largest shareholders of Sliding. Although this incident has nothing to do with him, his previous incidents were enough to scare the government of Country A, and they dare not come forward to knock on the door for such a small matter.
Another shareholder is actor Wen Liwen. Needless to say, he is planning to switch careers to become a director. If he did not hold the shares of Slide, it would be difficult for him to find investment.
As for the last shareholder, he is the son of actor Wen, Sheng Xingsi.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with this person - if he was not the hero who had fought with the terrorist alien creature and successfully delayed time.
The official suddenly understood something.
——No wonder Wen Li was unwilling to remove the trending search.
His son is lying in the hospital because of the government’s wrong operation. It would be strange if he was willing to withdraw the negative news about the government!
*
Director Yang looked at Wen Li, who had a haggard face and even stubble, and looked like a decadent beauty, and sat next to the unconscious Sheng Xingsi, and sighed deeply.
She really couldn't get used to seeing Sheng Xingsi lying on the hospital bed with such a pale face.
Although she and Sheng Xingsi cannot be said to have a very close relationship, she has long regarded Sheng Xingsi as a junior who can be trained.
Although this guy is a little naughty, he is quite reliable. Now he is lying lifeless on the bed...
"Sheng Xingsi's injuries are mainly concentrated in his abdomen and shoulders. They look serious, but they are actually flesh wounds. At most, his arm is broken. However, due to excessive blood loss, his brain is ischemic and damaged. Now it depends on whether he can wake up within 24 hours."
"Mr. Wen didn't say a word after arriving at the hospital. It is said that he hasn't slept since last night. The person in charge of public opinion came to see him when he went to the bathroom, and he punched him and knocked him unconscious."
The young man with a red mole on the corner of his eye said that judging from the dark circles under his eyes, his condition was not much better.
Director Yang also did not close his eyes after knowing that Gu Youxing came to the hospital, and stayed with Wen Li the whole time.
Gu Youxing also represents the attitude of the Special Management Bureau, and he did a good job and did not exacerbate the conflict.
'Perhaps after this incident, Xiao Gu can be promoted. His current contributions are enough. Perhaps the Armed Action Department is a good idea. Minister Hu came here and insisted on transferring him. It seems that he is scared.'
Director Yang thought about the arrangements in the Special Management Bureau, and then thought about public opinion.
As for public opinion...
——Sheng Xingsi hasn’t woken up for a whole day, and Wen Li probably doesn’t have any mood to talk to them about anything else.
Director Yang thought of the pressure from Congress and the outside media, and sighed again.
However, just when Director Yang was a little at a loss, Wen Li suddenly seemed to have discovered something and directly pressed the call bell.
"Doctor! Ah Sheng is awake!"
Director Yang and Gu Youxing looked at each other and immediately rushed into the ward, but they did not go forward and just watched from a distance for fear of causing unnecessary impact on the doctor's treatment.
[Host, you are really cruel to yourself. You really hurt yourself so much. You only cheated a little with the props to cause cerebral ischemia.] 777 said in amazement.
In fact, most taskers try to avoid getting injured as much as possible, but Gu Youxing would do the real thing if possible, and would do the fake one if there might be sequelae.
The same thing happened when the little emperor was still a little prince. He was really beaten with a stick, and the pain was so severe that the host ran directly into the consciousness space and pretended to be unconscious.
[I don't dare to underestimate human wisdom. I am also a human being. It is impossible for a human being to consider everything. So it is better to just do it for real. Then I don't have to worry about whether I will find any omissions or not. ]
Gu Youxing said to 777 in his mind, while the two vests in front of him were still acting.
Sheng Xingsi looked like he had just regained consciousness after being seriously injured, while Wen Li looked at his son with a worried look on his face.
[Tsk tsk tsk, you look so miserable. However, according to logic, the injuries you sustained, I feel like you will at most earn a little more money, or be promoted to team leader or something. This is the promotion system of Country A...]
777 sighed again, but Gu Youxing thought about the recent news in the Special Management Bureau and then said affirmatively.
[There should be a chance to take the next step. It depends on the attitude of the higher-ups towards these cultivators.]
Gu Youxing said with certainty.
[If the gentlemen in Congress still want to live forever and don't care about the public's opinions, then these cultivators will still stay in the Special Management Bureau. But if the public's opposition is strong and even leads to violent conflicts... it will be time for a change of leadership soon. ]
Gu Youxing narrowed his eyes and spoke to 777, and 777 also understood what Gu Youxing meant.
Although both are rotten apples, the one with the public support is still capable of sitting on the presidency.
Immortality is certainly tempting, but if you are living with a nuclear bomb that is ready to explode at any time, you'd better be careful - what's more, they have been fighting with these cultivators for almost half a year and have not found any secret of immortality.
Besides, it’s not like they won’t have contact in the future.
Gu Youxing was guessing what those politicians were thinking, and at this time the doctor's examination was finally completed.
The doctor was surprised at Sheng Xingsi's recovery. Although Sheng Xingsi looked pale, his physical condition was close to that of a normal person.
The doctor quickly announced the good news, and then explained to Wen Li Sheng Xingsi's recovery and the next treatment plan.
"...Given Mr. Sheng's current condition, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to be discharged from the hospital next week."
The doctor said this with a very happy look on his face.
After hearing the news, Wen Li finally had a smile on his face, but after sending the doctor away, he saw Sheng Xingsi's pale face and his face instantly darkened.
He seemed to want to scold, and he raised his hand to slap her, but in the end he didn't bring it down.
Sheng Xingsi looked at Wen Li and smiled flatteringly: "Dad, don't make that expression. Look, I'm fine, right?"
Wen Li finally put down his slap and said with a dark face: "If you dare to show off next time, I will lock you up at home. I will see how you show off!"
Sheng Xingsi still smiled ingratiatingly, and Wen Li had a sullen look on his face, but his expression had obviously eased.
Seeing that the conversation between father and son was over, Director Yang hurried forward. However, as soon as he saw Director Yang, Wen Li's originally relaxed expression immediately became tense.
He looked at Director Yang as if he were an enemy.
Director Yang felt a little embarrassed when he saw Wen Li's expression, but he thought about the pressure from above...
In the end, Director Yang coaxed the man out of the ward.
She first praised Sheng Xingsi's behavior, and then talked about their difficulties again - especially in terms of public opinion, the current government departments are no different from rats crossing the street.
Only at the end did they start promising benefits.
"…We have all seen Sheng Xingsi's sacrifice. Don't worry, the Special Management Bureau will cover all his medical expenses and subsequent recuperation expenses. Although he cannot appear on camera as a secret weapon now, we will definitely not neglect him for his honor."
Seeing Wen Li's expression still unchanged, Director Yang gritted his teeth and said, "And after he recovers and returns to work, the Minister of Armed Forces has applied for a transfer."
Director Yang's hint was already very clear. The Special Management Bureau would never let Sheng Xingsi suffer any loss. As for the position of the Minister of Armed Forces...
It’s better to let Gu Youxing go to the Intelligence Department. After all, little Gu is really not very good at fighting.
Wen Li's expression eased a little after hearing this. Director Yang took the opportunity to press on and began to talk about the current public opinion.
"…But the suppression of public opinion cannot be too obvious, and big data algorithms are difficult to change. It is better to suppress the government's topic with another topic."
Director Yang was a little confused. What topic could suppress this public opinion now?
Wen Li narrowed his fox eyes and said.
"Aren't those cultivators still in the medical room? Let them tell us what happened to that terrorist."
Wen Li gritted his teeth and said, "Although I used to dislike news that explored the mental journey of criminals, there is no better way now."
Director Yang understood everything instantly.
——Wen Li is planning to destroy the reputation of the cultivation world!
However, between their own reputations and the reputations of the cultivation world, both the Civic Party and the Liberal Party can make an accurate judgment.
*
Special Management Bureau, Medical Room.
Long Feng, who had finally recovered some strength, was reading the news that he had missed while they were recuperating from their injuries.
Then, Long Feng’s eyes widened in surprise.
Wei Yang was killed by a missile?
Mortals are quite dissatisfied with the government?
Did they become aliens?
The last piece of news almost made Long Feng’s eyes pop out of their frames.
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