Embers Ad Infinitum

After listening to the broadcast, Long Yue, who was sitting beside the bed, suddenly stood up.

The development of things was completely beyond his expectation.

The person who got the nuclear warhead actually wanted to blow up Wubei and send hundreds of thousands of people to hell!

Moreover, he also hijacked the radio and publicized the incident widely, as if just to appreciate the panic, despair and collapse of Wubei residents.

This is a lunatic!

It would really be a disaster for a miniaturized hydrogen bomb to fall into the hands of such a person.

"Team leader, what should we do now?" Long Yuehong looked at Jiang Baimian.

He was not overly nervous, became panicked, and even lost the ability to think. After such a long period of experience, he was still able to maintain basic composure when encountering similar situations.

The reason why he asked Jiang Baimian directly was because he remembered that the team leader had just mentioned that member Huang of the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee asked the "old adjustment team" to receive feedback tomorrow and the day after tomorrow before undergoing detailed inspections and leaving Wubei.

At this moment, unless he directly turns against the "Salvation Army" and relies on his own ability to force his way out of Wubei, he must consider this issue.

Jiang Baimian did not answer immediately. Instead, he frowned slightly and said thoughtfully:

"Don't be anxious, I feel this is too sudden and a bit strange..."

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao agreed.

Bai Chen tried to figure out Jiang Baimian's thoughts:

"The time when this 'game' starts is so strange, neither early nor late.

"If he was waiting for the army to enter the city and Wubei was under martial law and no one could escape freely, then he could have announced the start of the 'game' last night.

“Isn’t it true that the longer this kind of thing is delayed, the greater the probability of failure?”

Honest Shang Jianyao gave his answer:

"Maybe he didn't find the opportunity until a few minutes ago and briefly controlled the entire Wubei broadcasting system. He couldn't announce it before."

It is too easy to expose yourself by handing out flyers on the streets. Only those who are "anti-intellectual" like to do this.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

“I feel like what he did was superfluous.

"If you really want to blow up Wubei and satisfy a certain desire, you must enter the village quietly without any shooters. This way, the success rate will be high."

"No, no, no." Shang Jianyao shook his finger, "Maybe he is a pure lunatic and wants to appreciate the ugliness of human nature and the collapse of human beings before the explosion?"

Jiang Baimian wanted to reply, "Such lunatics often cannot control their own behavior, and very few can complete the corresponding plans." But then she thought about it and remembered that there are such things as awakened people in the dust.

The kind of awakened person who has sacrificed his mental health has both ability and mobility. For example, the dark version of Shang Jianyao can definitely do similar things.

Jiang Baimian slowed down for a moment, looked around and said:

"What I mean is that with such a broadcast and such a 'game' notice, with panic spreading, the Wubei Material Coordination Committee will most likely mobilize urgently to evacuate residents and supplies out of Wubei in batches.

"Three days are enough to turn this place into an empty city. By then, who will be satisfied with just blowing up the buildings?"

After listening to the team leader's analysis, Long Yuehong gradually figured out something was wrong.

An honest businessman will argue based on reason:

"Maybe that madman didn't want to blow up everyone. He just wanted to create chaos and enjoy everyone's panic."

As a mentally ill person, his statement made it impossible for Jiang Baimian, Gnawa and others present to refute.

In this regard, he is professional.

Soon, another professional, the cowardly but vicious Shang Jianyao, laughed at himself:

"If it were me, I would definitely add this sentence at the end of the broadcast:

"Within three days, Wubei will not be able to enter or leave. If anyone escapes without authorization, I will detonate the nuclear warhead in advance.

"In this way, whether the purpose is to destroy Wubei and kill most of the people here, or to appreciate the various exaggerated performances of human beings in crisis, the effect can be maximized!"

Good guy, Long Yuehong called him good guy in his heart.

The vicious and sinister Shang Jianyao perfectly interprets what it means to be an extremely dangerous and highly intelligent madman.

With such an "expert" here, the hidden problems in the broadcast suddenly became obvious.

Jiang Baimian's various thoughts came together.

She smiled slightly and said:

"Based on the actual situation and the content of the broadcast, we can deduce that there are two possibilities for this matter:

"First, that terrorist is crazy and his brain is not working well anymore. He forgot to add the sentence 'During the game, Wubei can only enter and not exit' at the end of the broadcast. The possibility of this situation is actually not too high, stupid guy He should have been exposed a long time ago, and even if there were various reasons that prevented him from being exposed before, after this broadcast, he will not be able to stay around for long, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to detonate the nuclear warhead;

"Second, he deliberately did not add 'During the game, Wubei can only enter but not exit', leaving a loophole in the rules..."

Having said this, Jiang Baimian looked around again:

“Perhaps his real purpose is to force the Wubei Material Coordination Committee to evacuate everyone in the city.

"Only with this kind of large-scale evacuation in an emergency can he have a chance to fish in troubled waters!"

This... Long Yuehong's heart moved when she heard this.

Bai Chen also understood.

The one who spoke before everyone else was Gnava. He moved his metal neck up and down and said:

“That person wants to use large-scale evacuation to send the nuclear warhead out of the city?

"Otherwise, under martial law, with the mobilization and organizational capabilities of the Salvation Army, and the large number of awakened people they have, they can dig out that person and retrieve the nuclear warhead within a few days."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao's applause was not late.

At this time, there were noisy sounds coming from the first floor of the hotel, and it seemed that it had become chaotic.

After looking at each other, Jiang Baimian pointed to the floor:

"Let's go down and have a look too."

During their previous discussion, they heard many residents leaving their rooms, passing through the corridor, and going straight to the ground floor.

After the "Old Diao Group" arrived on the first floor, they found that cross-border trade merchants and foreign relic hunters surrounded the hotel manager named Shen Kang and some employees, shouting:

"Let us leave quickly!"

"It's too dangerous here."

"I'm here to do business, not a dangerous person. Please give me proof that I can leave the city!"

"A nuclear bomb has been planted in Wubei. Why don't you evacuate everyone quickly?"

…

While the guests were talking to each other, the phone at the hotel front desk rang.

"I, I'm going to answer the phone. I may have the latest instructions." Hotel manager Shen Kang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took the opportunity to squeeze out of the crowd, and answered the phone.

After a lot of "hmm" and "ok", Shen Kang's expression relaxed a lot, turned around and said to the hotel guests:

"Don't panic, everyone. Our Wubei Material Coordination Committee is studying an emergency evacuation plan. Don't worry, we can evacuate Wubei at the earliest this afternoon and tomorrow morning at the latest. This is still a long time before the nuclear bomb is detonated!"

Hearing this sentence, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and others turned their attention to Jiang Baimian at the same time:

The team leader's guess seems likely to be correct.

Jiang Baimian was not complacent about this.

If there were no smart people in the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee and could not detect this problem, she felt that those who thought so were idiots.

This is a conspiracy.

When the nuclear bomb threat has been exposed, it is impossible for the "Salvation Army", which is still adhering to its original purpose, not to evacuate the people!

Jiang Baimian then made a gesture, indicating to the team members to follow him and leave.

After returning to the room on the third floor, she glanced at Gennava who was closing the wooden door and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Are you capable of hijacking the Wubei broadcasting system and making the announcement just now?

"Well, the premise is that it is within the scope of ability."

Shang Jianyao thought for a while and shook his head regretfully:

“Not yet, I can only make the announcer’s voice distort in a direction that is inaudible.

"Unless I can implant corresponding thoughts into the announcer in advance."

"The voice is wrong." Long Yuehong listened to Wubei's broadcast yesterday and knew that the voice just now did not belong to which announcer.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"It seems that the terrorist is stronger than Hei. Even if he hasn't entered the 'new world' yet, he will probably find the gate soon."

"Not necessarily, I can't hijack it, but Lao Ge can." Shang Jianyao laughed and pointed at Gnawa, "There is not only one way to hijack the broadcast. A powerful awakened person can do it, and so can an intelligent robot. .”

"Yes." Jiang Baimian accepted this statement and took it into consideration.

She once again showed a thoughtful expression:

"There is another problem, the problem with the timeline."

"What?" Long Yuehong asked slightly nervously.

Jiang Baimian thought to himself and said:

"We heard about the theft of military supplies at noon on the 15th. In the afternoon, the two traitors were discovered and both died. At the same time, judging from the things they left behind, they came to Wubei and handed over the lost military supplies to So and so.

"It would take eight hours at the fastest from that settlement to Wubei. In other words, the two traitors would have left Wubei in the early morning of the 15th at the latest. Of course, they might have taken a plane, but this It's just too arrogant and ostentatious.

"We arrived in Wubei on the afternoon of the 16th, went to the immigration office to get a pass, and then martial law began here."

Jiang Baimian paused and concluded:

"From the early morning of the 15th to the evening of the 16th, the person who got the nuclear warhead had enough time and ample opportunities to send it out of the city, and there was no need to worry about subsequent martial law. But now it seems that the nuclear warhead is still in Wubei City.

"why is that?"

"He has procrastination!" Shang Jianyao answered without hesitation.

Then he refuted himself:

"Perhaps the terrorist's purpose was to blow up Wubei and kill most of the people here, but he chose to let everyone see hope, and then during the evacuation process, he suddenly said, 'I lied to you' and detonated the nuclear bomb."

Jiang Baimian took over the conversation:

"There is another possibility:

"The person who got the nuclear bomb encountered an accident at that time, so he was delayed for two days and was trapped in the city under martial law!"