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Chapter 744 The Burning Night
The bodies being transported from the underground water network would make noise, which was nothing new to the cleaners, so they didn't pay much attention and just routinely stopped to check.

Two sanitation workers in full protective suits opened the carriage; one used a flashlight to inspect the cargo, while the other held a specially made firearm filled with syringes for security.

"It's probably because the disinfection wasn't thorough enough; there were still sewer bugs in the corpse." The cleaner's voice came from under his mask, sounding muffled and unclear.

"Hurry up, I had beef offal for breakfast, and the smell makes me want to vomit." The cleaner, with his gun lowered, yawned.

"You have a good appetite. I've been a vegetarian for many years." The cleaner turned off his flashlight and turned around when the pile of corpses behind him suddenly exploded, and a figure emerged from it!
Using the cleaner as a human shield, Gao Ming grabbed him and slammed him into another cleaner, knocking both of them unconscious in less than a minute.

After sealing it in an isolation bag and cutting out a ventilation hole, Gao Ming instructed the driver to close the truck door.

Jumping into the driver's seat, Gao Ming intended to drive away, but just then he saw the files that the cleaning company had created for him and the driver.

The cleaning company initially determined that the two were affected by the restricted area, but because they did not go deep into the restricted area and were very lucky to encounter a patrolling cleaning team, they survived.

The physical data samples taken from Gao Ming and the driver are still being tested, and the file also includes some monitoring data from the underground water network.

Staring at the surveillance video, Gao Ming frowned slightly. In the video, Gao Ming was holding the driver hostage and walking forward. Everything in the water network channel was normal. There were no snakes several meters long, nor plant roots crawling all over the cracks in the walls.

The surveillance video only went up to the perimeter of the restricted area, so Gao Ming couldn't tell whether the silicone dolls and mermaids he encountered later were his own fantasies. Perhaps it was all just Li Sansi's inner darkness distorting reality.

Just as he was engrossed in watching, the red signal light on the car suddenly lit up. Gao Ming thought he had been caught hijacking the car, but it turned out to be the results of the body samples taken from himself and the driver.

The driver's body was contaminated by the pathogen, with a low level of malicious infection and extremely low danger; however, the high-risk body sampling report was filled with bold red text, with the first line stating four large red characters—"Extremely Dangerous."

The disease was caused by malicious loss of control, severe drug poisoning, and a Class A pollution source. Preliminary tests have identified three different types of mental illness.

Any one of these things alone would be enough to get him locked up, let alone all of them.

"Why are there three different kinds of madness? I've never been so lucid before; I'm definitely not the one who's mad."

Hearing the noise, the driver climbed into the car. As soon as he saw his test report, his face turned ashen.

For ordinary people living in this city, having their bodies contaminated by pathogens is a huge deal. They only have three choices: pay exorbitant medical fees to have pharmaceutical companies cleanse their bodies; be hunted down by cleaning companies and night watchmen, organizations active in the shadows; or return to the restricted area, which is full of contaminants.

"It's over, it's all over."

"You're not afraid of death, so why are you afraid of this?" Gao Ming casually destroyed the documents and faked the accident scene: "Now nobody knows you're the source of the pollution."

"Stop deceiving yourself. I don't dare go home like this. If I infect someone else, I will never be able to atone for my sins." The driver's eyes were full of struggle and pain.

"You still have family?" Gao Ming's casual question sent a chill down the driver's spine.

"No, no! You can do whatever you want to me, just don't involve anyone else!" The driver was losing control of his emotions, his eyes darting around, unconsciously glancing at the car keys, as if he was starting to plan to take Gao Ming down with him.

"Is it really necessary to be so tense? You're the one who's the one who does all the evil deeds!" Gao Ming took out the night watchman's code of conduct that he kept close to his body: "Now you know what I do?"

"Night watchman?" "I have a way to help you get rid of your pain."

"It's not physical annihilation, is it?" The driver didn't have a good impression of the night patrolman.

Too lazy to waste words, Gao Ming cut his wrist and dripped his blood into a small bottle: "Drink it."

Seeing Gao Ming's unwavering certainty, the driver drank the blood with some skepticism. After drinking it, he began to feel unwell, experiencing pain all over his body, especially his heart. It was as if the malice was being held down by a large hand.

"I...I'm in so much pain!"

“Your malice is being suppressed. If you don’t believe me, there’s a garbage detection device here.” Gao Ming took out a detector from the cleaning company’s vehicle and scanned it at the driver.

The blinding red light flashed, and it was impossible to tell whether the driver's malice had lessened, but the danger rating and pollution level increased several times over.

Amidst the continuous warnings, the driver seemed unable to accept this reality and fainted from the pain.

"My blood has changed again? Is it because I've regained Li Sansi's lost memories, and now everything about me is deeply integrated with Li Sansi?"

Carrying the driver on his back, Gao Ming was a very responsible person; he wouldn't leave the driver there to fend for himself.

Walking through the bushes, Gao Ming contacted Councilor Ci Mei and took a Tzu Chi vehicle back to the slums of the Third District.

Without prior contact, Gao Ming was greeted by Jia Youzhi, Ding Xiang, and Wu Wei as he entered his temporary room. What they were really thinking was unknown, but they all showed concern on the surface.

Previously, Gao Ming didn't care much about these three subordinates, but now it's completely different. He's trying to find some inhuman evidence against them.

"Director Li! It's so good to see you alive!"

"Can't you speak properly? Director Li is a lucky man, he'll definitely be fine."

"Director Li, next time you go somewhere, take me with you."

The voices of his three subordinates rang in his ears, and Gao Ming smiled: "Don't worry, I'll take you with me wherever I go from now on. We'll never be apart again."

“It’s not that bad.” Jia Youzhi handed Gao Ming a package: “Director Li, these are all donations received by Tzu Chi Foundation. I’ve taken them all. Let’s leave tonight.”

"Can't you be a little more sensible?" Gao Ming stuffed the package back into his hands.

Seeing Gao Ming refuse, Jia Youzhi and Ding Xiang became anxious: "Director Li! Tonight, Zhuchuan Society and Wansheng have mobilized all their forces to fight each other, and foreign reinforcements have also entered the scene one after another. The third block is not enough for them to fight. The battle has spread to other blocks. This is now the source of chaos. If we don't run away now, we won't be able to escape."

"Yeah, those guys are bloodthirsty. They've hired all the dogmen in the slums. Several gangs have come here during the day, and many cult members have been kidnapped and forcibly injected with drugs. I don't know if they're going to be turned into pigs or dogs." Dingxiang looked frail and tried to gain Gao Ming's pity, but Gao Ming didn't even look at her.

(End of this chapter)