We're Still Relying on Fate

Assistant Ge Yi, like Yang Su, had also more or less sensed the strangeness of this company.

But for the sake of a high-paying job, Ge Yi pushed up his glasses, kept his eyes straight ahead, and ignored many of the irregularities. Wherever a wage slave worked, wasn't it still just work?

As long as this company kept paying him a high salary, Ge Yi wouldn't leave.

Once Ji Wu had arranged everything and announced the meeting was over, everyone dispersed to do their own work.

"You indirectly publicized the existence of the Aberration Association. Construction Points +17."

Shen Yu used the system to watch the entire process of Ji Wu and the others' meeting.

Two people among them caught his attention. "Yang Su, Ge Yi."

It seemed these were two clever people. What he needed were precisely these clever people.

Unlike organizations that required secrecy, the more people who knew about the Aberration Containment Association's existence, the more Construction Points he could obtain.

If it weren't for the sake of plausibility, he would have just posted the Aberration Containment Association's tenets online directly. With the current state of internet development, as long as the content was explosive enough, it would spread across the entire country in less than a day.

On one hand, he had to maintain secrecy for the organization's authenticity; on the other, he had to do his best to publicize the organization's existence.

The business card Ji Wu left for Zhang Lin was also bait.

Everything was properly prepared, just waiting for people to come investigate.

After leaving the hospital, Chen Guangji rushed back without stopping and, through his superior, reported all the intelligence he had obtained from Zhang Lin to the higher-ups.

Zhang Lin was the first close-contact person to face an anomalous incident and survive. Unlike other victims, he also retained his complete memory of encountering the Weird.

The higher-ups' emphasis on him even exceeded Chen Guangji's expectations.

Almost as soon as Chen Guangji reported the situation, the state dispatched an action team, who flew by helicopter from the capital to Yeyang City.

Chen Guangji went to pick them up.

The man at the lead exuded a bloody aura, his brows tightly furrowed, bloodshot eyes, and a heavy, lingering exhaustion.

Kong Yubo pinched the bridge of his nose, as if trying to relieve his fatigue.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Chen Guangji: "Not at all. You've traveled such a long way. Would you like to rest first?"

Kong Yubo sighed. "We have matters to ask Zhang Lin. Let's go now."

Chen Guangji naturally deferred to their wishes. He led them to the car and drove straight to the hospital where Zhang Lin was staying.

Soon, the group arrived at the hospital.

Zhang Lin was still lying in bed recovering from his injuries, staring boredly at the ceiling. He had already been injured, and after being controlled by Bai Zuo to save Xu Zhou, his injuries had only worsened. This time, he wouldn't be discharged without lying in bed for two or three months.

Chen Guangji pushed the door open at that moment. "Zhang Lin, the higher-ups have sent people."

The group filed into the ward. The single-patient room wasn't large, and with so many people entering, it immediately felt quite cramped.

Kong Yubo walked to the bedside and introduced himself. "I am the captain of the Special Dispatch Team, Kong Yubo. Comrade Zhang Lin, we've come to ask you about the complete process of the Bus 104 Incident."

Zhang Lin nodded. He told Kong Yubo everything he knew about the incident.

Kong Yubo: "After learning of this matter, we immediately sent people to the Transportation Department to retrieve the surveillance footage from inside Bus 104 and its surroundings."

"But we only obtained this segment of footage."

Kong Yubo took out a tablet, entered the password, opened a file, pulled up a video, and clicked play.

The video was recorded by the bus's interior surveillance.

From the passengers boarding, to the bus driving along the road, the driver suddenly falling ill, the vehicle losing control and crashing straight into a tanker truck, Patrol Officer Zhang Lin using his car to shunt the bus aside to save people, and finally being injured himself in the collision.

The bus then crashed into the roadside guardrail. The passengers on board were injured, but none died.

"Afterward, we went to find eyewitnesses in the area. Their testimonies matched the footage."

Kong Yubo closed the tablet and looked at the stunned Zhang Lin. "If it weren't for you, we would have treated it as just an accident."

After all, with so many eyewitnesses, and all their testimonies matching the surveillance footage, who would have thought that the true nature of this incident was completely different from their statements and the recordings?

When Kong Yubo had learned of this matter back then, he had broken out in a cold sweat. He wondered, how long had they been deceived before this?

Every day in the Xia Kingdom, over fifty thousand accidents occurred. How many of those were real, and how many were covered up or fabricated?

"You believe what I said?"

If Zhang Lin hadn't personally experienced all of that, even if someone told him that Weirds existed in this world, he probably would have scoffed.

Kong Yubo gave a bitter smile. "I can't afford not to believe it. This was originally a classified mission. No one outside our team could know about it, but since you're a contact, the higher-ups said you could be informed."

"You know about Huayuan Ridge being cordoned off as a military exclusion zone, all mountain access roads sealed, and no one allowed to set foot there, right?"

Zhang Lin nodded.

Kong Yubo recalled the battle he had fought at Huayuan Ridge, his eyes filled with fear of the Weird and anger at seeing his comrades die before him.

"The townspeople at the foot of Huayuan Ridge all vanished overnight without a trace. Outsiders filed reports, which drew our attention. We led a team there. The entire Huayuan Ridge was already surrounded by White Mist."

"Our people charged in. Fifty brothers. Thirteen came back."

"Among them was me."

"I saw countless terrifying and grotesque monsters devouring humans and slaughtering each other. We tried to attack them, only to find that firearms were useless against them. All we could do was run. Even though we gave it our all, only thirteen of us came back alive."

Zhang Lin clenched his fists. Just listening, he could imagine the sheer despair of that scene!

"And we discovered eleven such anomalous incidents!"

"The most severe and widespread was Huayuan Ridge. The others were limited in scope, with fewer monsters. Though we couldn't kill them, we could confine them to one place."

"Even so, dealing with these monsters still cost us lives."

"And you are the first person to come into contact with an organization that can solve this problem."

After Kong Yubo finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Lin but didn't continue.

The others also looked at Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin knew what they were thinking. "They did come to me afterward and left their contact information. But Captain Kong, I think you should be more cautious with these people who possess mysterious powers beyond our imagination."

Kong Yubo took the business card and noted down the contact details. "They wanted you to join them? It seems you've already made your decision."

Chen Guangji looked at Zhang Lin in astonishment after hearing this.