Seeing that the General's residence was not far away, Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little nervous:
"What if General Focas suddenly goes back on his word?"
After informing Focas of the intelligence obtained from Avia and bringing the captive to his house, the "Old Task Force" seemed to have no more value.
In this situation, whether it was to silence them, take back the promise, or eliminate hidden dangers, Focas had the possibility of turning hostile.
And with the current strength and condition of the "Old Task Force," it would be difficult to contend with him on Focas' home ground, and they could not entrust their safety to his conscience.
Jiang Baimian had already considered this problem, nodded, and turned to Shang Jianyao, saying:
"Later, get out of the car directly, find a place to hide, and restrain your consciousness.
"If we can't get out, after half an hour, find an opportunity to evacuate, and in the future, bring people from the company to avenge us."
Shang Jianyao was the only Awakened among the four members of the "Old Task Force," and he could hide his consciousness, preventing Focas from sensing it.
No matter how well the others hid, they would be directly exposed due to the existence of human consciousness.
Shang Jianyao did not act sentimental:
"Okay."
He then raised a question:
"What song do you want to listen to when the time comes?"
Jiang Baimian rolled her eyes at him:
"At such a serious time, you rarely get sick and make this kind of joke."
She then smiled:
"Because you're too worried?"
Shang Jianyao was silent.
Huh, you have this side to you... Long Yuehong mimicked the team leader's tone in his heart.
This made him very gratified, feeling that he had not misjudged Shang Jianyao as a friend, even though he had always been ridiculed, he believed that it was out of good intentions, or just purely joking.
At this time, Bai Chen had parked the car in a relatively quiet place with no traffic.
Shang Jianyao used his uninjured right hand to push open the side door and walked down with his tactical backpack.
After straightening his body, he was silent for two seconds and took out a photo from the inside pocket of his clothes.
"Help me ask if you've seen him." Shang Jianyao handed the photo in his hand to Jiang Baimian.
Jiang Baimian had seen this photo before, knowing that the refined, thirty-year-old man on it was Shang Jianyao's father, who had been missing for many years.
She didn't ask any more questions, kept her mouth shut, and nodded.
After Shang Jianyao disappeared into the roadside in a few steps, not knowing which tree he had climbed, Bai Chen restarted the jeep and casually mentioned:
"I thought you would say, if you guys don't come out in half an hour, I'll rush in to save you."
Jiang Baimian smiled:
"He knows very well that relying on himself alone would definitely result in being captured instead of saving people.
"In comparison, going directly to Ms. Khanna and contacting the company is a better choice.
"At this time, choosing to rush in and die together shows deep camaraderie, but it seems too brainless. I don't want to die aggrieved and have no one to avenge me."
Bai Chen stopped talking, watching the front, seemingly concentrating on driving.
Before long, the jeep arrived at the back door area of ββthe General's residence.
Jiang Baimian lifted the captive with one hand and said to Long Yuehong, who was wearing a military exoskeleton device:
"You stay here and guard the car. Xiao Bai and I will go in."
"Let me go with you." Long Yuehong subconsciously made a suggestion.
Jiang Baimian smiled and glanced at Bai Chen:
"You need to convince Xiao Bai, not me."
Long Yuehong glanced at Bai Chen, who was also wearing a military exoskeleton device but had already pushed the door open and got out of the car, walking towards the back door of the General's residence. Seeing that the other party had no intention of discussing it with him, he wisely closed his mouth.
Focas had made arrangements in advance. Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen took the captive through the half-closed back door and, led by a silent servant, entered an empty room on the first floor.
There were surveillance cameras and multiple microphones installed here, but there was no sign of Focas.
The silent servant took out a military walkie-talkie and handed it to Jiang Baimian.
After Jiang Baimian became familiar with the buttons, Focas' voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie:
"You can wake up the captive and start questioning him.
"Once he uses his ability, I will stop him."
The current Focas completely hid his consciousness. Even if Cao woke up and made a range attack, he would not be affected because he was not included in the target group.
Jiang Baimian could also think of this, and immediately took out the medical kit from her tactical backpack, re-prepared a needle, and injected it into the target's body.
After waiting for a while, her and Bai Chen's eyelids suddenly drooped, and their bodies fell softly to the ground.
But in an instant, Cao, who pretended not to wake up and secretly used "Forced Sleep," passed out again.
Immediately afterwards, intense music sounded in the room, startling Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen from their diverging dreams.
After several similar cycles, Cao finally realized that he could not get out of trouble for the time being.
He couldn't find the guy who made him faint and couldn't use his ability against him.
"What do you want to ask?" Cao gave up trying and looked up at Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen.
Jiang Baimian went straight to the point:
"Why do you and the organization behind you want to prevent others from investigating the cause of the Old World's destruction?"
Cao slightly raised his chin and said:
"In order not to let this world be destroyed again."
His attitude was arrogant, with obvious pride.
"What?" Jiang Baimian didn't expect such an answer.
Bai Chen carefully observed Cao's micro-expressions, wanting to figure out if he was lying just now.
Cao said with a "you guys are really ignorant" attitude:
"Investigating the cause of the Old World's destruction will trigger certain things that will cause the world, which has finally recovered from the disaster, to be destroyed again.
"It has taken us humans decades to gradually reduce the impact of 'Heartless Disease' and environmental pollution, to have a relatively stable food source, and to re-establish a preliminary order, allowing civilization to continue. How can we destroy it?
"All of this is so fragile and cannot withstand the slightest tossing."
"So, you can kill a large number of innocent people without changing your expression?" Jiang Baimian didn't directly ask what would be triggered, but raised a new question from the side.
Cao sneered:
"Most of them are not innocent. They are people who, for their own curiosity or some kind of interest, ignore the survival of human civilization and investigate the cause of the Old World's destruction.
"The rest can only be said to be unlucky, just happened to know secrets they shouldn't know, or appeared in places they shouldn't be.
"Compared to the entire Grey Earth and human civilization, just a few dozen, a few dozen, or a few hundred people dying is nothing.
"Once the disaster comes again and order disappears again, more than just these people will die? At that time, humans may not be able to continue civilization."
Although she knew that the other party had some sophistry, Jiang Baimian had to admit that these people had their own beliefs, and in a sense, their logic was valid.
Of course, combined with the intelligence provided by Avia, such a statement may have been used by one or several people to brainwash the captive in front of them and may not be true.
The former emperor of "Initial City," Olei. Ubis, said:
Some people in the Eighth Research Institute may still be alive, but they have undergone some terrible changes and have become lackeys of darkness, which need to be guarded against.
At the same time, this former chief scientist of the Third Research Institute believed that those guys from the Eighth Research Institute had caused a catastrophe.
Judging from his apparent age, the person in front of him should have been born after the destruction of the Old World, not one of the survivors in the Eighth Research Institute, and most likely hasn't undergone terrible changes... He's more like a thug deliberately cultivated by those people... Jiang Baimian pondered for several seconds and said:
"What you said is unfounded. What can the investigation into the cause of the Old World's destruction trigger?"
Cao sneered again:
"I used to not believe it too much, until ten years ago, a group of people made some gains in investigating the cause of the Old World's destruction and found a certain city located in the north.
"That city was a settlement independent of the major forces. It and the surrounding area had several hundred thousand people, many strong people, and possessed many tradable resources.
"As a result, overnight, the 'Heartless Disease' broke out again, and the city was destroyed and became a ruin.
"If we hadn't controlled it properly and made isolations in advance, the entire Grey Earth would have been affected."
Hearing this, Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen both subconsciously fell silent, feeling heavy in their hearts, and the air seemed to freeze.
After a while, Bai Chen blurted out:
"Are you from the Eighth Research Institute?"
"Yes, I am a special envoy from the Eighth Research Institute." Cao admitted frankly, he seemed very proud of this identity.
As expected... Jiang Baimian slowly exhaled, deliberately asking questions that didn't follow the usual logic, and directly changed the topic:
"I know that before the destruction of the Old World, various countries jointly established nine secret research institutes.
"Among them, the direction of the Third Research Institute was artificial intelligence, and another research institute was 'Eternal People.' So what is your Eighth Research Institute about?"
Cao fell silent, deliberated for a while, and then said:
"Human awakening."
ps: Asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~