After listening to the broadcast, Long Yuehong, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed, stood up abruptly.
The development of events was completely beyond his expectations.
The person who got the nuclear warhead actually wanted to blow up Wubei, sending hundreds of thousands of people to hell!
Moreover, he hijacked the broadcast, widely publicizing the matter, as if just to enjoy the panicked and desperate collapse of the residents of Wubei.
This is simply a madman!
A miniaturized hydrogen bomb in the hands of such a person is truly a disaster.
"Team Leader, what do we do now?" Long Yuehong looked at Jiang Baimian.
He didn't overreact, becoming flustered and losing the ability to think. After so much experience, he could still maintain basic composure in similar situations.
The reason he directly asked Jiang Baimian was because he remembered that the Team Leader had just mentioned that the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee's Commissioner Huang would let the "Old Task Force" receive feedback in the next day or two before undergoing a detailed inspection and leaving Wubei.
At this moment, unless they directly turned against the "Salvation Army" and relied on their own abilities to force their way out of Wubei, they would inevitably have to consider this issue.
Jiang Baimian didn't answer immediately, but frowned slightly, thoughtfully saying:
"Don't rush, I feel this matter is too sudden, something is strange..."
"Yes, yes," Shang Jianyao echoed.
Bai Chen tried to fathom Jiang Baimian's thoughts:
"The timing of this 'game' is too strange, neither too early nor too late.
"If he was waiting for the army to enter the city, Wubei to be under martial law, and everyone to be unable to escape freely, he could have announced the start of the 'game' last night.
"Doesn't this kind of thing have a higher probability of failure the longer it is delayed?"
The honest Shang Jianyao gave his answer:
"Maybe he only found the opportunity a few minutes ago to briefly control Wubei's entire broadcasting system. He couldn't announce it before even if he wanted to."
Handing out leaflets on the street is too easy to expose oneself. Only the people of the "Anti-Intellectualism Church" like to do that.
Jiang Baimian nodded:
"I feel that what he's doing is quite superfluous.
"If he really wants to blow up Wubei to satisfy some desire, he definitely has to sneak in quietly, no shooting. That way, the success rate is higher."
"No, no, no," Shang Jianyao shook his finger. "Maybe he's purely crazy, wanting to appreciate the ugliness of human nature and the collapsed appearance of humanity before the explosion?"
Jiang Baimian originally wanted to reply, "Such madmen often can't control their own behavior, and very few can complete the corresponding plans," but she thought about it and remembered the existence of Awakened in the Greylands.
Awakened who sacrificed their mental health have both ability and motivation. For example, a dark version of Shang Jianyao could definitely do something similar.
Jiang Baimian paused and looked around:
"What I mean is, with such a broadcast, with such a 'game' notification, under the pervasive atmosphere of panic, the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee will most likely mobilize urgently to evacuate residents and materials from Wubei in batches.
"Three days is enough for this place to become a ghost town. At that time, is he satisfied with just blowing up the buildings?"
Hearing the team leader's analysis, Long Yuehong gradually figured out what was wrong.
The honest Shang Jianyao argued on principle:
"Maybe that madman didn't even think about killing everyone. He simply wants to create chaos and enjoy everyone's panic."
As a mental patient, his statement left Jiang Baimian, Genaeva, and others present unable to refute it.
In this regard, he was the expert.
Soon, another expert, the cowardly and timid but sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao, sneered at himself:
"If it were me, I would definitely add a sentence at the end of the broadcast:
"Within three days, Wubei is closed to both entry and exit. If one person leaves without permission, then I will detonate the nuclear warhead in advance.
"This way, regardless of whether the goal is to destroy Wubei, kill most of the people here, or appreciate the exaggerated expressions of humanity in the face of crisis, the effect will be maximized!"
Good fellow, Long Yuehong exclaimed good fellow in his heart.
The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao perfectly诠释 (perfectly interprets) what it means to be an extremely dangerous, highly intelligent madman.
With such an "expert" present, the potential problems with the broadcast became obvious.
Jiang Baimian's various thoughts came together.
She smiled slightly and said:
"By observing the slightest details, based only on the current situation and the content of the broadcast, we can deduce that there are two possibilities for this matter:
"One, that terrorist is crazy but his brain is no longer working well. He forgot to add a sentence at the end of the broadcast, 'During the game, Wubei is closed to both entry and exit.' The possibility of this situation is actually not too high. Stupid guys should have revealed their flaws long ago, and even if there were various reasons that prevented him from being exposed before, he won't be able to jump around for long after this broadcast. It is unlikely he will be able to detonate the nuclear warhead;
"Two, he deliberately did not add 'During the game, Wubei is closed to both entry and exit,' leaving loopholes in the rules..."
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian looked around again:
"His real purpose may be to force the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee to evacuate everyone in the city.
"Only during a large-scale evacuation under such an emergency situation does he have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!"
This... Long Yuehong's heart stirred as he listened.
Bai Chen also understood.
Genaeva was the first to speak before everyone else. He moved his metal-cast neck up and down and said:
"That person wants to use the large-scale evacuation to send the nuclear warhead out of the city?
"Otherwise, under martial law, with the 'Salvation Army's' mobilization and organizational capabilities, with the large number of Awakened they possess, it won't take them a few days to dig out that person and find the nuclear warhead."
Clapping, clapping, clapping, Shang Jianyao's applause was not late.
At this time, noisy sounds came from the hotel lobby. It seemed to have become quite chaotic there.
After looking at each other, Jiang Baimian pointed to the floor:
"Let's go down and take a look too."
During their discussion, they had heard many guests leaving their rooms, passing through the corridor, and heading straight to the ground floor.
After the "Old Task Force" arrived on the first floor, they found cross-border traders and foreign relic hunters surrounding the hotel manager, Shen Kang, and some of the employees, clamoring:
"Let us leave quickly!"
"It's too dangerous here."
"I'm here to do business, not a dangerous element. Quickly give me a certificate that allows me to leave the city!"
"Wubei has a nuclear bomb planted, why aren't you evacuating everyone quickly?"
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Amidst the guests' expressions, the telephone at the hotel front desk rang.
"I, I'll answer the phone. There may be 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 series of "uh-huhs" and "okay, okay," Shen Kang's expression relaxed a lot. He turned around and said to the hotel guests:
"Everyone, don't panic. Our Wubei Materials Coordination Committee is studying an emergency evacuation plan. Don't worry, we can evacuate Wubei as early as this afternoon, or at the latest tomorrow morning. There is still a long time before the nuclear bomb detonates!"
Hearing this sentence, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and others simultaneously turned their gaze to Jiang Baimian:
It seems that the team leader's speculation is very likely correct.
Jiang Baimian didn't become complacent because of this.
If you say that there are no smart people on the Wubei Materials Coordination Committee and that they can't perceive this problem, she thinks that the people who think that are idiots.
This is a conspiracy.
Under the exposed threat of a nuclear bomb, the "Salvation Army," which still holds its original aim, cannot but evacuate the people!
Jiang Baimian then made a gesture, signaling the team members to follow her and leave.
After returning to the room on the third floor, she glanced at Genaeva, who was closing the wooden door, and said to Shang Jianyao:
"Are you strong enough now to hijack the Wubei broadcasting system and make that kind of announcement just now?
"Um, assuming it's within your capabilities."
Shang Jianyao thought for a moment and shook his head regretfully:
"Not yet. I can only make the announcer's voice distort in an unintelligible direction.
"Unless I can pre-implant the corresponding thoughts into the announcer."
"The voice is wrong." Long Yuehong listened to Wubei's broadcast yesterday and knew that the voice just now didn't belong to any of the announcers.
Jiang Baimian gave an "um" sound:
"It seems that the terrorist's strength exceeds... even if he hasn't entered the 'New World' yet, he's probably close to finding the door."
"Not necessarily. I can't hijack it, but Old Ge can." Shang Jianyao laughed and pointed at Genaeva. "There isn't only one way to hijack a broadcast. A powerful Awakened can do it, and so can an intelligent robot."
"That's true." Jiang Baimian accepted this statement and included it in her considerations.
She once again revealed a pensive expression:
"There's another problem, a problem with the timeline."
"What?" Long Yuehong asked with a slight sense of nervousness.
Jiang Baimian said to herself:
"We heard about the theft of military supplies at noon on the 15th. By the afternoon, the two traitors were discovered and both died. At the same time, based on the items they left behind, we judged that they had been to Wubei and handed over the lost military supplies to So-and-so.
"And it takes at least eight hours to get to Wubei from that settlement. In other words, the latest the two traitors left Wubei was on the morning of the 15th. Of course, they could have taken a plane, but that would be too arrogant and high-profile.
"We arrived in Wubei on the afternoon of the 16th, got a permit at the border crossing, and then martial law began here."
Jiang Baimian paused and made a summary:
"From the morning of the 15th to the evening of the 16th, the person who got the nuclear warhead had enough time and ample opportunity to send it out of the city, without having to worry about the subsequent martial law, but now it seems that the nuclear warhead is still inside Wubei City.
"Why is that?"
"He has procrastination!" Shang Jianyao answered without hesitation.
Then, he refuted himself:
"Maybe the terrorist's goal is to blow up Wubei and kill most of the people here, but he chose to let everyone see hope, and then, during the evacuation, suddenly say, 'I lied to you,' and detonate the nuclear bomb."
Jiang Baimian took over the conversation:
"There's another possibility:
"The person who got the nuclear bomb encountered some accident at the time, which led to a two-day delay and being trapped in the city by martial law!"