Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 121 Troublesome Problem

Late at night, Yunhua City - Shelter No. 915.

One person opened their eyes, checked the condition of their mouth, got up from the bed, and went to the bathroom to use the toilet.

He pushed the door, but found it wouldn't open; it seemed to be blocked by something hard from behind.

what happened?

He frowned, placed his hands on the door, and pushed it hard!
Boom!
As the door was pushed open, a corpse fell to the ground, its pale face coming into view.

Ah!
The person instinctively cried out, but was immediately stopped by the mute mask they were wearing, and was unable to make a sound.

His chest heaved with fear as he carefully examined the corpse on the ground. It was Wu Yun, one of his three roommates!
He immediately lost the urge to go to the toilet, went back to wake up his two other roommates, and immediately went to report to the shelter administrator.

Shortly after, the administrator arrived with two employees and carefully examined Wu Yun's body.

Judging from the rope tied to the sink and the marks on Wu Yun's neck, the answer is obvious.

The administrator quickly concluded that Wu Yun had committed suicide.

The three roommates were immediately taken to the conference room for written questioning.

All three clearly stated that they had no conflict with Wu Yun, and there was no bullying involved. They also couldn't understand why he committed suicide.

After the questioning, the administrator sent the three back and instructed them to keep Wu Yun's death a secret and not to spread the news within the shelter.

After that, the administrator and other staff retrieved the surveillance footage and found Wu Yun's scenes.

The surveillance footage shows that Wu Yun's condition had been off for several days, often staring blankly for long periods of time or simply lying in bed all day.

Furthermore, reviewing earlier surveillance footage, prior to the release of Rule Seven, reveals that Wu Yun was a very talkative person who frequently visited different dormitories to chat and interact with others.

After reviewing the documents for two or three hours, the administrator reached a preliminary conclusion.

Wu Yun chose to end his life in the bathroom because of his personality traits and the inability to communicate during the seventh rule, which led to severe depression.

The government's large-scale construction of shelters is to protect its citizens, so any deaths that occur in shelters are serious matters that need to be thoroughly investigated and reported in detail.

The administrator dared not slack off and wrote an electronic report overnight, which was then sent to the relevant department's email address.

What he didn't know was that his inbox was already overflowing with reports and documents from various city shelters...

……

It was also late that night.

A thin, hair-like shadow drifted across the ground, approaching a seemingly ordinary city.

This city is Lipo, the city where "the sky is like the wind" is located.

The shadows are only the thickness of a hair, and are extremely inconspicuous even in daylight, making them hard to notice—can you notice a single hair lying on the ground if you don't look closely?

And at night, it goes without saying that even patrol cars and drones cannot easily detect it, let alone human vision.

Taking advantage of this stealth, Guan Tong quickly manipulated it to the target location, the hospital gathering point.

Let the shadow line climb up the outer wall to the tenth floor mentioned by "the sky like the wind". After materializing, check each window and find a small cardboard box on the windowsill of the third window.

Upon opening the cardboard box, one could see several masks stacked inside—the very goods urgently awaiting shipment.

From a great distance, Guan Tong manipulated the shadow lines to wrap the cardboard box around several times, then gently dragged it to the ground and retreated along the route they had come from.

To prevent the wooden cardboard box from being conspicuous at night, Guan Tong manipulated the shadow lines to wrap it several times, making it completely black, thus greatly improving its concealment.

Then the goods left the city.

Guan Tong followed the pre-planned route, hauling her goods through an urban village. According to satellite maps, the village was already deserted and undergoing demolition; there were hardly any people around at night.

The shadow trailed the cardboard box along the road, quickly reaching the edge of the city. Just then, an official transport vehicle drove by on the highway, its headlights bright. Guan Tong immediately ordered the shadow trail to stop.

The driver noticed a black box on the roadside through his headlights, but he only glanced at it and looked away, assuming it was just some trash.

After the car passed, the "black box" immediately started moving and sped away from the city at an extremely fast speed.

It went fairly smoothly...

Guan Tong, who was on Mingdao Mountain, closed his eyes and manipulated the shadow to move based on the image information transmitted back from a great distance.

Guan Tong thought that the reason it went smoothly was because shadows are almost impossible to spot at night.

Moreover, as the state of wartime management becomes more and more in-depth, people in the city now spend almost all their evenings in gathering points or shelters, and do not go out unless necessary.

As a result, some streetlights were turned off, making the movement of shadows even more concealed.

Once the goods are retrieved and the city is out, the shadow can move at full speed without worrying about anything.

Guan Tong immediately sent it to the coordinates given by the "black stone" and made it arrive nearby before dawn.

Upon seeing the camp where "Black Stone" was located, Guan Tong knew he wouldn't let Shadow Line take the goods directly inside. He manipulated Shadow Line to place the goods about 500 meters away from the camp, and then notified "Black Stone" through the website to pick up the goods at the target location.

Black Stone had been waiting for news. Upon seeing it, he immediately rode a motorcycle out of the camp and arrived at the location Guan Tong had sent him. There, he saw a cardboard box on the ground. After opening it, he found ten anti-talking masks that the authorities had distributed in the city.

"My luck has finally arrived!"

The black stone brought a mix of surprise and delight.

Until he actually received the goods, he was still skeptical about the whole thing.

Retrieving goods from a city in wartime and getting them out of the city is by no means an easy task.

The reason he was willing to try was because the site administrator didn't charge a deposit. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have agreed to pay; he just felt the whole thing wasn't very reliable.

But now that he has seen these ten masks with his own eyes, Black Stone is finally convinced that the stationmaster is indeed incredibly powerful and not someone that ordinary people can compare to!
After the first transaction was completed, Black Sky received 10 Anti-Talking Masks, Wind-like Sky received 950 Ascension Coins, and Guan Tong received 100 Ascension Coins. Everyone was happy.

The happiest person was actually Guan Tong, who received the least money, because he had verified for the first time that the Shadow Logistics method was feasible. Although the details were not perfect, they could be further optimized as the Shadow's abilities continued to improve.

After the commission was completed, both Wind-like Sky and Black Stone indicated in the commission post on the website that the transaction was completed and thanked the website administrator for his help.

As soon as the news broke, numerous related posts appeared on the website.

"Have any family members tried it? Is the website's trading system actually usable?"

It seems someone has already completed the commission on the website...

Can a station manager really transport goods out of a closed city? How does he do it?

If many people previously suspected that the site administrator was an imposter, now many speculate that he may have connections through official channels.

Guan Tong then posted in both the commission and transaction sections, explaining that after understanding the situation of both parties and the details of the items being traded, she would decide whether to provide assistance based on the specific circumstances.

If you agree to assist, and both parties agree to pay 10% of the transaction amount as compensation, then the cooperation can proceed.

His post quickly garnered numerous replies in the comments section.

"A 10% commission on the transaction... For a transaction of 10,000 Ascension Coins, I have to pay out 1,000. That's really not cheap..."

"If the station manager can truly provide services over long distances, it is only right that he or she charges him or her."

"I'm getting more and more curious about the stationmaster's identity. How can he set up a secure website and deliver goods in and out of the city during wartime? Could he be an official?"

"Actually, I also think the site administrator might have connections with the authorities..."

No matter how much people speculate, they cannot make a conclusion without evidence.

The official internet department, which had been closely monitoring the information on the website, recognized the seriousness of the matter upon discovering this latest news and immediately reported it.

……

Gao Liangwei woke up in the middle of the night and went to his office.

As soon as he turned on his computer, he saw numerous urgent reports from various departments.

He gave a silent, bitter smile. This was the case during almost every apocalyptic rule, with countless reports arriving at him like snowflakes every day.

He raised his rough hands and rubbed his face to keep himself alert and focused before reviewing the reports.

The more serious reports concerned non-external casualties in various shelters.

Due to the closed management system, coupled with the "no talking" rule, the atmosphere inside each shelter was extremely tense and oppressive.

While most residents can relieve stress through various forms of entertainment such as reading, video games, and watching videos, a significant number develop mental disorders, manifesting outwardly as mania, excessive sleepiness, or even suicide.

Within twenty days of the rules taking effect, thousands of people in various shelters had engaged in self-harm and suicide, which undoubtedly reached a point where widespread psychological intervention was necessary.

Besides this matter, there were two other pieces of news that Gao Liangwei was particularly concerned about.

Firstly, it is related to the website "House of Ascended". The network department reported that the website is no longer limited to online communication. There has been a first suspected case of a successful offline transaction, and the traded items involve officially produced materials.

Gao Liangwei frowned deeply after reading the report. Officially produced supplies were allocated to personnel in fixed quotas; how could they have become traded goods destined for outside the city? Was there a mole within the organization?

This matter must be thoroughly investigated; otherwise, once a loophole is opened, it will only widen further.

Another matter was the report from the two official teams sent outside the city, which was based on Dr. Zhang's suggestion.

Their report stated that extensive camps had been established outside the city, and that organized mob gangs were constantly plundering other camps.

Two official teams inquired whether higher-ups could authorize them to eliminate those riot gangs while on field investigations.

Gao Liangwei was deep in thought.

Authorizing two small teams is tantamount to giving them the legal right to kill. With hammers in hand, everything looks like a nail. Without proper oversight, how can you be sure they're eliminating genuine criminal gangs? This is a problem that needs to be considered.

(End of this chapter)