Chapter 36 The Disappearing List
Chapter 36 The Disappearing List
The day after the Black Flame Gang purge.
Thirteenth floor treatment center.
Outside the medical room, Zhou Zhengde looked through the glass at Wang Jixuan who was lying quietly on the hospital bed.
Anyone can see that Wang Jixuan's current mental state is extremely bad.
Wang Jixuan took off the nano mask and returned to Mu Liang's appearance. Before Zhou Zhengde came here, he had deleted the character "Zhou Tiantian" from the archive without leaving any trace.
Wang Jixuan just kept his eyes open, staring at the ceiling.
The girl in the white dress and the wronged souls floating around her kept crossing his mind.
"Why didn't you shoot her? She was clearly already a demon..."
"Have I let the devil go back to the mountains?"
Wang Jixuan smiled bitterly in his heart, trying not to think about anything else, and letting the cracks in his heart heal slowly.
The landlady, Thomas, Ban Wenying, Wen Heisen, Ye Zi...
He seemed to have underestimated the power of human heart before, thinking that practicing the magic method could create everything.
He began to vaguely understand the purpose of tempering the mind in the secular world.
This is not the ordinary world, nor is it the cave where he has been in seclusion for more than a hundred years. No one has to move forward the way he wants. Every living being has his own path.
The way of man is hidden here.
The way of heaven is mysterious and profound.
'I also have my own path.'
"If I can ascend to heaven one day, I can kill all the powerful monsters in this world before leaving. This way, my trip to this world will not be in vain. As for the rest... don't think too much."
"I regret what happened to Ye Zi, but he has already fallen into the evil path and should be killed as soon as possible."
Da-da, da-da.
The stiletto heels made a rhythmic sound of hitting the concrete floor.
Zhou Zhengde turned his head to look at Wei Na who was walking over, and asked in a low voice: "What happened to Mu Liang? Didn't we win the battle? He contributed 80% to this miraculous victory, and we contributed 20% in total."
"do not know."
Wei Na crossed her arms and shrugged:
“When I found him, his eyes were a little glazed over, and he came right back after I picked him up.
"Maybe he was injured in the battle with the telekinetic psychic An Xi?
"Don't telekinetic psychics have a mental shock skill?"
"Well, there is no doubt that Mu Liang is a hero. He killed one-fifth of the Black Fire Gang members by himself, eliminated a D-level psychic who violated the rules and entered the lower city, and severely injured a D-level psychic who seriously violated the rules. It was difficult for him."
Zhou Zhengde muttered this, gave a simple characterization of the matter, and then changed the subject:
“There are still some things here that I must ask him.
"Sister Ban is missing. Her last pulse signal was on the 49th floor. Many people have been sent to look for her. Now they suspect that the charred body in a car wreck is Ban Wenying. Genetic analysis is being done.
“The Black Fire Gang’s boss died together with Old Goat Thomas, and was burned to charcoal.
"I have some not-so-good guesses - Sister Ban might have been constantly borrowing resources to do something beyond our bottom line, but ended up screwing up. My mom has already sent someone to investigate the information Sister Ban left behind.
"In addition, we found the bodies of more than a dozen children in that wooden house. Their hearts were pierced by more than a dozen kitchen knives. A large amount of sleeping pills were found in their bodies. I don't know who killed these orphans."
Wei Na frowned and said, "What about the Thirteenth Institute? Aren't they talking at a very loud volume?"
Zhou Zhengde sighed: "The insider we planted in the Thirteenth Institute said that their leader is in a bad mood."
Wang Jixuan's voice rang out in the ward:
"There's something wrong with that person in charge... Come in, I'll tell you these things."
Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na immediately pushed the door open, with a little more smile in their eyes.
Wang Jixuan added: "No need to mutter to yourself. If you want to ask, just ask directly. I chose to come back here because I trust you two."
Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na looked a little guilty.
Zhou Zhengdra pulled a chair and sat beside the bed. Wei Na crossed her arms and used her back to hold the door against the wall to prevent anyone from breaking in.
Zhou Zhengde asked: "What's wrong with your body, Mu Liang, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
“It’s like a nightmare.”
Wang Jixuan raised his hand and covered his forehead:
"Zhengde, we are accomplices, so I will tell you what happened last night. There are some things I don't want to say.
"First, help me find someone. Her name is Xiao Ye. She is a girl of twelve or thirteen years old. She is wearing a white dress and carrying a suitcase... She is extremely dangerous. If she resists with a weapon, kill her immediately."
"Okay," Zhou Zhengde agreed immediately and took out his communicator. "I'll ask the cleanup team to look for it directly."
Wang Jixuan said: "My mind was very confused at the time, and I made a mistake by not getting rid of her directly, which might have left some hidden dangers."
"Is she a psyker?"
"No, she was responsible for the deaths of those orphans. She read a lot and was very smart. I don't understand her motives..."
"That's good," Zhou Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief, "At least he's not a psychic."
Wang Jixuan sighed slowly: "Let me talk about the part about Thomas first..."
He decided to tell the truth.
A few minutes later.
You can hear a pin drop in the infirmary.
Wei Na's face was filled with shock. "The Minister of Biology of our 76th Fortress and the representative of the Thirteenth Institute are biologically brothers with the big mouth Hua who I killed? This!"
Zhou Zhengde stood up suddenly, like an angry lion, turned around and rushed to the bathroom, and his roar soon came from inside:
"Mom! You have to give me an explanation! Why are there cameras all around me?! You love me? I'm over 30! I have my own life! Mom, you're going too far! You're really going too far! Let's not meet again recently! Ban Wenying is colluding with Thomas. She wants to intensify factional conflicts to find political opportunities for herself! Yes! Found it! The charred corpse is her! Ban Wenying and Thomas had an internal conflict! Thomas killed her! Thomas had an internal conflict with the Black Fire Gang boss! Thomas also killed the Black Fire Gang boss! Thomas was killed by my people in the end! Mom, you still have the nerve to say that Ban Wenying is your person... You can't even see what your secretary does! That's human nature! Human nature includes the part that is easily corrupted by power! Deal with it yourself! Don't disturb us on the 13th floor with Ban Wenying's affairs! If you can't handle it, I'll go find my grandfather!"
Bang!
Zhou Zhengde kicked open the bathroom door and rushed outside the ward. "Search my office! Find all the cameras! The gangsters installed cameras in my office!"
Several members of the security team ran away.
Zhou Zhengde exhaled softly, and squeezed hard after returning to the ward.
He walked to the bedside with a dejected look and smiled apologetically at Wang Jixuan.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that I was being used by Ban Wenying. My mother also has a lot of responsibility in this matter... Remember, it wasn't you who killed Ban and the old woman, it was Thomas. You just killed Thomas, which will save you a lot of trouble later."
"it is good."
Wang Jixuan sighed softly:
"I am now in a state of mental distress and I can't tell what is good and what is evil, what is true and what is false."
"Mu Liang, Ye Zi's incident was a big blow to you, right?"
Wei Na noticed this delicately and said softly:
"Think about it, who did your landlady teach?
“A certain researcher, Thomas Wenheisen, should also be related to her.
"This old woman is the black hole of the lower city and the black hole of human nature. The closer you get to her, the easier it is to be twisted by her. Little Leaf is just an extension of her evil thoughts... This kind of twisted personality is clearly and detailedly described in the Fortress Mental Illness Manual."
Wang Jixuan smiled and said, "I'm not that fragile. I just couldn't accept it for a while. This is also the first time I've come into contact with this."
Zhou Zhengde hung his head and said, "Well, I was played by Ban Wenying the whole time. I kept calling her sister and even thought about helping her get a seat in the council chamber."
Wang Jixuan asked: "How is the Black Fire Gang?"
"It's generally solved," Zhou Zhengde cheered up, "I still have things to deal with later, which are these things."
Zhou Zhengde curled his lips slightly:
“My mother is actually just an excellent accountant and coordinator. She has a lot of people who helped her get to her current position.
"But my mother is too strong, and she will only calm down if my grandfather scolds her.
"I can foresee that because of Ban Wenying's incident, my mother will be in a passive position in the future, and so will we. I have to find a way to turn the passive situation into the active one."
Wei Na added: "Auntie Zhou is actually a good person. After all, Zheng De was taught by her. But in a fortress, you know, everyone may be a little bit abnormal."
Zhou Zhengde said seriously: "I relied on my own ability to pass an anonymous exam to enter the Shangcheng Law Enforcement Team. I solved several major cases and became the deputy captain."
“Yes, your ability,” Wei Na snorted, “is just like an ordinary person being able to take that exam.”
Zhou Zhengde suddenly didn't know how to refute.
Wang Jixuan’s thoughts turned slightly.
He smiled and said, "Then I can practice quietly here, control my temper, and return to a peaceful life?"
"of course can!"
Zhou Zhengde rubbed his nose:
"But before that, I want to make one thing clear. We are friends now, right? Comrades, friends, buddies."
"Yes," Wang Jixuan gave an affirmative answer.
The main reason is that he owes this guy too many favors.
"How about we celebrate tonight? It's over at my dormitory. Wei Na and one of her female colleagues will also be there. Let's have a small gathering together to celebrate the operation to wipe out the Black Fire Gang."
Zhou Zhengde smiled and said:
“There are still many things to do in the lower city, but I promise that they will never threaten you again. The purge troops will be stationed in the Black Fire Gang’s territory for three months.
"I have submitted a proposal to standardize the operation of the blood products industry, that is, to make the blood products supplied to the United Defense Force an open business, directly managed by the government. The secretary of the Archon said that the feedback was very good.
“It’s only partially effective, but it’s better than doing nothing.
"Also, Mu Liang, I have sent someone to return the large-caliber sniper rifle and the remaining grenades to the army. As for the other items, such as pistols, protective clothing, and helmets, which have limited power, I have put them in your new dormitory for you.
"You are now the 'Deputy Patrol Leader of the 45th Floor Security Team'. Your weekly salary is 40 general quota, 10 food quota, and medical quota. You have the legal right to own a gun.
"There is another key point of interest here, which is a secret account and list of your landlady... Do you remember it?"
Accounts and lists?
Wang Jixuan nodded gently: "The landlord's wife's list, I have heard of this."
"Yes, it's the criminal records of those old men in the upper city and the Thirteenth Institute of the 76th Fortress," Zhou Zhengde sighed, "With this thing, I can send them to prison."
Wang Jixuan thought for a moment and said, "I can go down and look for this thing, just as a favor to you."
"Don't go! The psychics from the Thirteenth Institute have already rushed down. They are also looking for the list. All kinds of people have rushed into the Forty-ninth Floor."
Zhou Zhengde shook his head:
"Compared to that, your safety is more important.
“That dirty list must be a top priority. Three senior officials have already asked me about it secretly. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have noticed it. I’m afraid it will cause some waves later.
"During the fierce exchange of fire last night, all the high-level and middle-level members of the Black Fire Gang were killed without a single survivor, including that Wen Heisen... This was intentional by the purge troops. The psychics from the Thirteenth Institute took action to clear out some of the Black Fire Gang's thugs.
"If only one or two of them could survive."
Wang Jixuan laughed and said, "I didn't consider that list before. I was too harsh."
“That’s great, you’re doing the right thing!
"Don't blame yourself for these things. We are not gods. Your efforts have played a positive role and have successfully contributed to the revival of human civilization."
Zhou Zhengde clapped his hands:
"I'll continue to keep an eye on it, and then prepare a small party. A serious party, just to celebrate our victory over the Black Flame Gang."
After saying this, he strode away humming a cheerful tune.
Party?
Now, Wang Jixuan just wants to find another place for practice similar to the Wanlijin greenhouse area.
Wei Na muttered, "May I ask, if I were to invite a female colleague, would you personally prefer her to wear a long skirt or a short skirt, black stockings or white stockings, younger or more mature? Conservative or open-minded? To be more precise, do you think waist-to-hip ratio is more important or longer legs or fuller breasts are more important? My young colleagues will not refuse to start dating the young cadres of the security team."
Wang Jixuan answered seriously: "The soul, the purity of the soul is the most important."
Wei Na secretly raised her middle finger before leaving.
At an angle that Wang Jixuan didn’t see.
(End of this chapter)