Chapter 19 Mobilization
The business card was left by Tao Banxian after helping Shi Qinghuai divination, saying that he had a business such as reading divination, so he just came to him. This old man has a faΓ§ade in several urban areas of Jiangzhou and Jianzhou, and his name is "Environmental Transformation Planning Company", but in fact, it is a cover for looking at feng shui.
Regarding Tao Banxian's image, Shi Qinghuai is still in the category of "pretending to be a ghost", although he saw the old man's ranking on the standings in the theocratic branch, but the other party's obscene energy really lowered his impression score.
"How do you call him?" Shi Qinghuai didn't feel too appropriate. They and Tao Banxian only met in Pingshui, which was not a deep friendship, and it was not a big risk to let such an unknown outsider participate in the trialist task together.
"I've checked this person's information...... Yao Yiyao calmly analyzed, "This kind of person walks the rivers and lakes, most of them value reputation, as long as he agrees to your things, he will generally keep his promise, so you can temporarily relax in terms of safety...... Besides......" she paused, her tone a little helpless, "I can't participate in this natural calamity trial, and without the guidance of an experienced trialist, your chances of survival are almost zero." β
Shi Qinghuai sighed in his heart, feeling that the appearance of the Gate of Natural Disasters this time was really not the right time. However, with his current points in his early twenties, there is no possibility of passing the year-end assessment within the theocracy, so no matter how unfavorable the conditions are, he can only work hard.
"Tao Banxian's side is just a possibility, a cunning guy like this may not be attracted by a natural disaster trial below the ten meter level." Yao Yiyao did her best to help Shi Qinghuai analyze the situation, "Except for him, you also have to decide the rest of the candidates in advance, considering that it is the first time we have come into contact with the natural disaster trial, it is best for the young master of the Shen family not to go." β
"I know." This idea is the same as Shi Qinghuai, although with Shen Sanwan's character, he definitely wants to see it, but it is enough trouble to be distracted to take care of Huang Tian and the others, and Shi Qinghuai does not want to let Lao Shen go to the troubled waters this time for the time being.
"On our side, the participants in the trial are tentatively you, Guo Mengtao, and Xiaoyi...... Plus the Tao Banxian who may come is four people. Yao Yiyao said, "As long as your editor-in-chief Huang doesn't bring more than three people, we will have a good chance of passing this trial." β
Regarding the number of people, Yao Yiyao also explained to Shi Qinghuai. Each Scourge Gate does not limit the number of people who can enter on the surface, but the difficulty of the mission in the trial space will increase as the number of people enter, so there is a limit to the carrying capacity of each "gate". Generally speaking, the "gate" under the diameter of ten meters can carry a maximum of nine people, and teams that exceed this number are basically waiting to be wiped out.
Among the nine, Shi Qinghuai and Guo Mengtao are the new trialists, and the two of them are seriously lacking in points, so they must seize this opportunity. As for taking Xiao Yi over, this is just a suggestion from Yao Yiyao, after all, Lei Diao is an ancient divine beast, although she is still in her infancy, she may be able to play a role in saving her life at a critical time.
"I'll contact Tao Lao, you go to bed early."
Shi Qinghuai returned to the room with his business card, planning to call Tao Banxian's "Environmental Transformation Planning Company" early tomorrow morning, and did not forget to advise Xiao Nizi to go to bed quickly before leaving, the girl's cough has not completely improved yet.
Yao Yiyao looked at his back and stopped talking, she glanced at the young girl who was sleeping on the bed, shook her head and moved her gaze to the Bo Jing screen again.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Shi Qinghuai took the subway to the door of the news agency on time, the street was still full of people, the entrance of the university town across the street was full of vehicles, and the police cordon that was pulled up last night was nowhere to be found, only a few uniformed policemen were seen patrolling back and forth nearby.
At the main entrance, Jia Nanhua was wearing a police uniform, standing straight, and looking around at the passers-by majestically.
"Sister Hua, haven't you slept all night?" Shi Qinghuai stepped forward to greet him in surprise.
"It's a little bit of sleep, it's no big deal." Jia Nanhua patted him on the shoulder familiarly, "The bureau has asked me to be responsible for the security here, and if you find anything, report to me immediately!" β
"Understood." Shi Qinghuai nodded, he subconsciously glanced at the woman's waist, one red and one blue, and then raised his feet and walked into the door.
The blood-stained tiles had long since been cleaned up, and the bullet-riddled walls had been repainted, except for the washbasin-sized notch in the wall of the hallway directly across the hall. Most of the employees I met along the way were gloomy and listlessly carrying their papers, and some hurriedly closed the door as soon as they entered the office, for fear that a stranger would break in in broad daylight.
Shi Qinghuai sighed secretly in his heart, found the conference room dedicated to group discussions, pushed the door in, looked around, and found that there were only three people in the room: Huang Tian, Kong Zhiye and Luo Lan.
There are eight people in the group plus him, the team leader She Jian'an and the deputy editor-in-chief Wang Shenghai died in last night's incident, and now there are only four people in attendance, and the deputy leader Wei Wende and the team member Shi Jing have not yet arrived.
"Where's Team Leader Wei?" Shi Qinghuai asked after sitting down.
Shi Jing is the editor in charge of the layout of the website, he has little to do with this matter, he belongs to the technical staff in the group, and it is normal not to come to the meeting to discuss. Speaking of which, Shi Jing's absence meant that there was one less target to take care of, and Shi Qinghuai was very relieved about this. However, Wei Wende is the nominal deputy leader, and after the death of the original team leader and deputy editor-in-chief, Wei Wende is the leader with the highest position left, and it is somewhat unreasonable for him not to attend the meeting.
"Deputy Wei just called me, saying that he was going to take a break at home for the next few days because he was unwell, and I was solely responsible for the reported matters." Huang Tian replied calmly.
This is an obvious act of shirking responsibility, but for a strong female leader like Huang Tian, making herself fully responsible is exactly the situation she wants.
Shi Qinghuai knew that it would be useless to persuade Huang Tian again, so he simply turned the spearhead to Kong Zhiye and Luo Lan on the side, he turned his head to look at the two and persuaded them: "Do you want to follow too?" Don't think about it anymore? β
The incident that happened last night has not yet been widely reported, but most of the members have been informed about it.
"You can go to reporter Shi, why can't I?" Kong Zhiye looked at Shi Qinghuai with a provocative expression, and could see that he was actually a little scared, and answering in such a tough tone was also to strengthen his determination.
Shi Qinghuai could only smile bitterly - is it time to be competitive?
"Why not?" Compared with Kong Zhiye's sense of competition, Luo Lan's whole person seemed very calm, "The most mysterious 'doomsday disaster' phenomenon at the end of the century, this is the truth that countless predecessors have failed to uncover, if we are fortunate enough to investigate the tip of the iceberg of the secret of the 'natural disaster', even if we all die and die, we can be regarded as dead without regrets." β
"This ......" Shi Qinghuai and Luo Lan are not familiar with each other, I didn't expect this person to have such a grand ideal, but how can the "Doomsday Disaster" controlled by the "divine right" be so easy to get in and out? Even if these three people leave the trial space alive, the government will not allow them to reveal the truth about the "Doomsday Disaster"!
Otherwise...... Why don't you forcibly knock these three out before entering?
Shi Qinghuai secretly thought in his heart.