Floor 647, Room 14.
Jiang Baimian, who had deliberately stayed late to work overtime, sat up straight and turned her gaze towards the door.
Bai Chen, who was also waiting for news in the office, noticed the movement and changed her posture as well.
After a while, they heard footsteps.
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong soon appeared at the door.
"How was it?" Jiang Baimian sensed the corridor and, after confirming that no one else had passed by, asked.
Shang Jianyao spread his arms slightly and said with a smile:
"One good news, one bad news, which one do you want to hear?"
There's good news too? Long Yuehong, who was next to him, was the first to be puzzled.
After Mu Qingqing said that her father had died of myocardial infarction five years ago, Shang Jianyao comforted her with empathy for a few words, then changed the subject and stopped talking about related matters.
After the Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talisman was drawn, they went directly to the activity center to find the electronic equipment, completed the contribution point transaction, and the whole process was smooth and without any surprises.
So, where did the good news come from?
"Let's hear the good news first." Bai Chen scrutinized Shang Jianyao's face for a few seconds, and didn't find any signs of "serious problem" or "big deal."
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly to show her agreement.
Shang Jianyao kept smiling and said:
"The good news is that Xiao Hong's parents, grandparents, younger siblings, aunts, and uncles are all unrelated to strange cults, and that talisman-drawing Mu Qingqing has no problems either."
That's right! This is indeed good news! Long Yuehong finally recovered from the shock brought about by the death of Mu Qingqing's father from myocardial infarction, and suddenly realized and was overjoyed.
He regained the original intention of dealing with this matter.
That is to keep his family away from trouble!
And since the trouble itself does not exist, the goal is definitely achieved.
"Well, that's good." Jiang Baimian cast a congratulatory look at Long Yuehong.
Bai Chen also didn't hide her joy.
"What's the bad news then?" Jiang Baimian felt that the good news just now didn't seem to be able to carry any bad news.
Shang Jianyao's expression became serious:
"Mu Qingqing's father, the one who taught her to draw those talismans, died of myocardial infarction five years ago."
"Myocardial infarction?" Jiang Baimian's expression became serious.
Problems with the heart always reminded her of the Year Arbiter "Siming," and one of the organizations that worships the Year Arbiter "Siming" is the "Life Sacrifice" cult.
They had caused multiple cases of cardiac arrest within "Pangu Biology," killing many people.
Moreover, they seemed to have mastered the directional transmission of "Heartless Disease," which made Jiang Baimian, who was becoming more and more aware of "Heartless Disease," suspect that there was a "New World" level powerhouse in this cult!
Bai Chen pursed her lips:
"Could it be just an accident?"
Myocardial infarction happens every year, and it is somewhat different from cardiac arrest.
"This requires further investigation." Long Yuehong couldn't be careless about this, after all, Mu Qingqing and his grandparents lived on the same floor.
Shang Jianyao then smiled:
"Mu Qingqing's father could draw real Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talismans."
"What do you mean by real Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talismans?" Jiang Baimian asked in confusion.
Shang Jianyao told the story of how Mu Qingqing didn't study the talismans seriously back then, and can only make up things now.
Finally, he said with grief and indignation:
"This story tells us that if you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old!"
Jiang Baimian wanted to laugh but felt she shouldn't:
"I was wondering why the pattern was so simple and intuitive after it was broken down."
It turned out that it was just fabricated based on impressions, limited by Mu Qingqing's knowledge level and imagination!
If this were handed over to Shang Jianyao, with his experience of reading old world entertainment materials and his mentally derailing thoughts, he might be able to draw talismans full of creativity and contamination.
Jiang Baimian immediately remembered the Blessings Chart of the Celestial Year Arbiters, and had some wavering about her previous thoughts.
At this time, Shang Jianyao took out the newly obtained Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talisman and sighed:
"It's a pity, this is not the real one."
"The real one would have an effect?" Jiang Baimian asked amused.
Over the years, she had found many items related to old world folklore, but hadn't found any that were truly magical.
In comparison, current matters involving Year Arbiters are more or less special.
"Who knows?" Shang Jianyao walked to the sofa area and sat down carelessly, "Maybe it's because rivals are wary of each other, and the Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talisman really has an effect, so Mu Qingqing's father was killed by people sent by the 'Life Sacrifice' cult."
Long Yuehong didn't quite agree with this guess:
"If it really had an effect, it wouldn't have waited until five years ago."
Mu Qingqing's ancestors have been doing this line of work since her great-grandfather.
Her father didn't just start drawing talismans for people five years ago.
Shang Jianyao replied confidently:
"Maybe the 'Life Sacrifice' cult only entered the company five or six years ago."
"Well, although the 'Life Sacrifice' cult incident was quelled last time, I always feel that it hasn't really ended, and they should still have many people lurking in the company." Long Yuehong recalled the past.
At that time, a supervisor of the monitoring department committed suicide to admit his guilt, cutting off all clues. Xi Yu, the deputy minister of the Security Department, was worried that the "Old Task Force" would suffer retaliation, and specially arranged for them to go out on missions to avoid the most dangerous period.
When the "Old Task Force" returned, the matter was over.
Of course, the official explanation was that it had been resolved, but as for how it was resolved, the "Old Task Force" did not have the corresponding authority to know.
Shang Jianyao sneered at Long Yuehong:
"The Awakened who erased part of my memory hasn't been caught yet, so it definitely doesn't count as really over!"
Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and others to join the discussion, he said to himself:
"When I was in the 'Life Sacrifice' cult, they didn't give me anything like the Multi-Children-and-Grandchildren Talisman, they would just talk about it during preaching, saying that the matter between husband and wife should be full of emotion, with sufficient foreplay, and harmony of body and mind...
"Hey, I don't know if 'Siming' has the ability to help people get pregnant. At that time, just draw a talisman, integrate the aura into it, as long as you carry it with you, the side effect is pregnancy, regardless of whether it's male or female, whether there is corresponding behavior or not, they will all get pregnant..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Jiang Baimian stopped this guy's fantasy.
Long Yuehong and Bai Chen both had expressions of being contaminated.
Jiang Baimian took a breath and forcibly brought the topic back on track:
"I'll go home and check the death of Mu Qingqing's father later."
Bai Chen frowned:
"Wouldn't this be dangerous?
"After the last incident, will the 'Life Sacrifice' cult also develop a group of believers in the network monitoring department?"
As a person who can only use the network with restrictions in the office, she doesn't know which department is in charge of this area.
"And if the 'Life Sacrifice' cult really has a 'New World' powerhouse in the company, they can manipulate electromagnetism and directly invade the network." Shang Jianyao showed the expression he usually uses to scare Long Yuehong, "Wu Meng can do it."
Jiang Baimian responded amused:
"The company still has a certain level of network security. Even if Wu Meng comes, he can't easily invade unless he also has the knowledge and ability of a hacker.
"Besides, how could a 'New World' powerhouse stay in reality all the time and monitor the company's network?"
After saying that, Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:
"But we do need to pay attention. The 'Life Sacrifice' cult was able to control the cameras before, so maybe they can monitor the network now."
She then laughed:
"Don't worry, when we investigated the 'Life Sacrifice' cult last time, the relevant departments pulled out a list of people who died of heart-related causes in the past ten years and did some screening. I later asked for a copy to be copied onto my home computer.
"Although it's not clear why they don't think there's a problem with the death of Mu Qingqing's father, this doesn't prevent me from doing another check. Hehe, I'll disconnect from the network when I do it."
"Be careful." Bai Chen nodded.
As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao slapped his thigh:
"I forgot something!"
"What?" Everyone became nervous, suspecting that Shang Jianyao had discovered more direct clues before, but didn't think in the direction of the "Life Sacrifice" cult.
Shang Jianyao sighed:
"Didn't Director Su ask me to organize a list of the new rooms that have been explored? I forgot."
Amazing, he doesn't take the director's words seriously... Long Yuehong didn't know whether to give Shang Jianyao a thumbs up or stay away from him.
"Then you can organize it later." Jiang Baimian was used to Shang Jianyao's jumping thoughts.
Shang Jianyao nodded:
"After submitting it, the reward I asked for was to install a telephone in my room."
"What are you going to do with a telephone?" Jiang Baimian asked in confusion.
Long Yuehong and Bai Chen also looked puzzled.
Shang Jianyao seriously answered Jiang Baimian's question:
"That way, while you're reading the information offline, you can call me, and I can use my ability to interfere with electromagnetism to help you guard against accidents."
This, it's coming back around again? Jiang Baimian was a little stunned for a moment.
Long Yuehong thought for a while and said to Shang Jianyao:
"I think the company might just give you a room with a telephone."
Shang Jianyao's importance is enough.
"No way!" Shang Jianyao refused decisively, "Saving all of humanity has not yet succeeded, how can I move to a better room?"
The office was silent for a moment.
After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian raised her hand and pinched her cheek:
"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome, we have a telephone in our office, you can stay on duty until the lights go out."
"That's right!" Shang Jianyao had an expression of "you're so smart."
At this time, Long Yuehong pondered for a moment and said:
"Why not report it directly?"
"There may be people from the 'Life Sacrifice' cult lurking above. If we can't 'fix' the clues in advance, they may be destroyed, just like the monitoring department supervisor who 'committed suicide' before." Jiang Baimian let out a silent breath.
"Mm." Long Yuehong and Bai Chen nodded.
Jiang Baimian then said:
"By the way, the rewards should be distributed tomorrow."
Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen's eyes lit up more or less.
…………
Jiang Baimian returned to her home at No. 12, Area C, Floor 349, greeted her parents, and slipped into the study.
She turned on the computer, entered the corresponding disk, and after disconnecting from the network, hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the extension in the room and dialed the telephone.
ps: In the fourth part before, Xiao Hong's father mentioned that his grandfather died and no one made hot pot anymore, which is inconsistent with what came later, so it was revised to great-grandfather. In fact, this is also more reasonable. If you calculate the age, his grandfather was just born or one or two years old when the old world was destroyed, so it is unlikely that he would know how to make hot pot.
The above is a plausible reason. In reality, when I was preparing to write about Xiao Hong's grandfather and grandmother in this part, I searched the previous documents to see what settings were written and what explanations were made. I thought there were too many places with the word grandfather, which was more troublesome, so I lazily used only grandmother as the search term, thinking they would definitely appear at the same time. As a result, embarrassing??