Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 15 Ruthless Man
The commotion caused a stir inside the breakfast shop. Customers looked up at the windows, wanting to see what was happening.

Jiang Yang didn't look up. Not only that, he also sped up his eating.

This bowl of tofu pudding tastes really good; no wonder this breakfast shop is so popular.

It's too hot, so I can't eat it quickly. It would be a shame if I didn't finish eating before the others arrived.

While blowing air to cool it down, Jiang Yang ate spoonful after spoonful of tofu pudding. He heard police sirens approaching from afar, followed by heavy footsteps on the street, which eventually stopped in front of the breakfast shop.

Several fully armed guards pushed open the door and walked in. Instantly, the once noisy breakfast shop became as quiet as a pin drop.

All eyes were on the guards.

Please remain seated and do not move around. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Jiang Yang sighed, put down the spoon in his hand, and looked at the still steaming tofu pudding with about half a bowl left, feeling a little regretful.

He looked up at the guards and saw them walking straight toward him.

Inside the breakfast shop, the eyes of customers and waiters shifted, eventually converging on him, just like those of the guards.

Even from the corner of his eye, Jiang Yang could still see the tension mixed with excitement in people's expressions.

Like watching the most exciting and suspenseful movie, people kept their eyes glued to this spot, not wanting to look away for even a second.

It's quite rare to see so many fully armed guards rushing into a breakfast shop to arrest people.

Those who witnessed all of this are probably already planning how to brag about it to their friends...

With a touch of emotion in his heart, Jiang Yang stood up and met the gaze of the guard.

The leading guard saluted Jiang Yang, his voice deep and powerful: "My unit has been ordered to come and report to you."

wow...

A low murmur arose in the breakfast shop.

So it wasn't an arrest, but a news report?

Jiang Yang nodded slightly: "Let's go."

With Jiang Yang shielded in the middle, the group walked out. As they passed Zhou Yu, Jiang Yang looked down at her.

He could clearly see the excitement and gossip in Zhou Yu's eyes, as if the fatigue from staying up all night had long since vanished.

Seeing Jiang Yang make eye contact with her, Zhou Yu became slightly nervous, and her arm, which was holding a steamed bun and about to put it in her mouth, froze in mid-air.

"Take her with you."

Jiang Yang casually tossed out a sentence and turned to leave.

The smile on Zhou Yu's face froze instantly, and the steamed bun in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.

A guard then turned around and saluted Zhou Yu: "Comrade, please come with us."

"Hey, I... I don't know him, I..."

Jiang Yang ignored Zhou Yu's explanations and urgency behind him.

Standing at the entrance of the breakfast shop, he took a deep breath, knowing that he might not be able to breathe fresh air for the next few days.

The entire street was now under martial law, with armed guards standing watch every ten meters along both sides of the street.

Pedestrians have been cordoned off at the edge of the street, while dozens of police cars and armored vehicles are parked on the main street.

Arriving at a tall, obviously specially modified heavy SUV, I sat down in the back seat, where, just like last time, two guards sat on either side.

The convoy moved forward in perfect unison, and the guards who had been on guard quickly withdrew, leaving only excited and puzzled passersby who were discussing what had happened. Jiang Yang then looked at the guard beside him: "Contact Gu Changshan."

"Yes."

Without the slightest hesitation, the guard picked up the encrypted phone, dialed a number, and handed it to Jiang Yang a moment later.

"I am Gu Changshan."

"Commander Gu, immediately establish a strategic intelligence analysis team with you at its core. At the same time, contact Professor Lu Zhaoming and other experts and scholars from various disciplines and fields to immediately establish a scientific verification team."

An emergency online meeting was held an hour later, and I required that everyone from both teams be present.

Gu Changshan remained silent for two seconds before finally saying in a deep voice, "Received. Mission accomplished."

Amidst the constant roar of helicopters overhead, the convoy continued forward, just like in the previous life, until it arrived at a base without any signs.

As Jiang Yang took the elevator down to the ground floor, he saw Gu Changshan's tall and imposing figure once again.

"Hello, Comrade Jiang Yang. The online meeting room has been set up, and all 376 team members are online."

"Okay, lead the way."

Following behind Gu Changshan, Jiang Yang's mind was filled with the image of him silently dying in his seat not long ago.

The agony before death was something even I, with the medication I'd taken beforehand, still dreaded. But Gu Changshan had absolutely no external assistance!
He didn't struggle, didn't make a sound, didn't even clench his teeth, and just like a normal afternoon nap, he quietly passed through the most painful stage before death.

This guy is an absolute ruthless bastard...

Jiang Yang silently formed a definition for Gu Changshan in his mind.

Led by Gu Changshan, Jiang Yang arrived at a room where he saw a huge screen filled with countless windows.

There was a figure in each window. The figures were dressed in different ways: some were in formal attire, some in sportswear, some in pajamas, and some were even wearing bathrobes.

The sheer scale of the mobilization and organization required to gather all these people in just one hour, and to prepare secure online meeting room equipment for them, was astonishing to Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang was very familiar with several of them.

The elderly man, dressed in formal attire, sitting upright, thin and balding, was Sun Changhe.

The man with gray hair, wearing glasses and a white lab coat was Lu Zhaoming.

Jiang Yang sat down in the front seat and looked at Sun Changhe: "Hello, Director Sun."

"Comrade Jiang Yang, everyone has arrived. What's the matter to announce?"

He knew that Sun Changhe did not fully and completely trust him at this moment.

Just as he said in his previous life, as long as he spoke it, the entire country would completely believe that someone's password could not possibly exist.

This violates the most basic operating logic of a large country.

However, this does not prevent the state from trusting itself to a limited extent and cooperating with it in doing certain things under the premise of "assuming it is true".

This is the case with the high-level meeting that will be held within an hour.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yang said, "Before I tell you about this matter, I need to make a prophecy."

今天10点05分36秒，也即约一个小时后，在东经170°49'4.1“，北纬23°12'7.9“坐标点，将会发生里氏4.2级地震，震源深度15公里。

Let's set aside for now the question of whether the prophecy is true or false, and how I made this prophecy; let's discuss something else.

end."

(End of this chapter)