Starting with dissecting ghost stories

Wang Xinran woke up? She woke up so quickly after being transferred to the provincial capital?

When I went to see her this morning, she was still in a deep coma. The doctor clearly stated that she might never wake up. But the doctor also said that she could wake up at any time.

So why did Lu Lingyun make this phone call to me at this time?

Shen Xing put down what he was holding, picked up his phone, and walked to the living room to sit down. He feigned concern and asked, "What happened? Wasn't the matter here already resolved?"

"It's nothing, I'm going to a meeting, someone will take over." Lu Lingyun on the other end didn't seem to have any intention of telling the truth. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke up, "Keep this phone call a secret."

"Okay, teacher."

Lu Lingyun didn't bring up any other topics, but just chatted about Shen Xing and his sister's recent situation, like a casual family chat. After a few minutes, she hung up the phone.

Shen Xing put down his phone and pondered the purpose of Lu Lingyun's call.

From Lu Lingyun's perspective, he had just joined the external recruitment team and learned some information about the Ninth Detachment and the Mother Nest from Wen Yan. He hadn't even received the contact person's phone number or some other supporting documents.

Lu Lingyun himself is not the kind of person who is particularly nostalgic. He has a lot of things to do and wouldn't call just to reminisce.

Worried about Lu Wenying? He could simply move Lu Wenying to the provincial capital as well; the provincial capital is even safer there.

The only possibility is that...

Lu Lingyun now knows the secret of the chandelier's honeycomb.

Did they find out from Wang Xinran? Or did they also cut open the celluloma in some way?

If I were Lu Lingyun, what would I do the moment I learned that the truth about the cellulitis infection was an internal swarm of worms?

Anyone who has been infected and parasitized by the swarm may share or leak information about the Ninth Division.

If I were Lu Lingyun, I would do everything in my power to blockade the city at the source and concentrate all the relevant members of the Ninth Detachment in a closed location for management.

The members of the Ninth Squad who remained in the source city stayed there and did not proactively reveal anything about the swarm to them.

The most crucial figure is Lu Lingyun himself. He is someone who knows all the official intelligence, and he is even one of the founders of the organization. He knows far too much.

If the information in his mind were synchronized with the potential new "Queen Bee," the Ninth Squad would have no secrets whatsoever.

Therefore, he would directly assign the Ninth Detachment from another province to take over the case, while he himself...

After hanging up the phone, Lu Lingyun slumped into a chair in the hospital lobby.

In his hand was Wang Xinran's brain CT scan, which was covered in noisy images of the prefrontal cortex.

Before calling Shen Xing, the Ninth Detachment's laboratory had already sent him the report.

The crisis is far from over.

It has even spread to the provincial capital.

Lu Lingyun has already had all the reports and materials faxed to the nearby Ninth Detachment. Soon, they will assemble a team to take over the follow-up matters here.

"Ah Le." Lu Lingyun waved to Xu Le.

"What's wrong, boss?" Xu Le jogged over to Lu Lingyun's side and asked.

"Seal off the hospital and do not allow anyone to enter or leave..." Lu Lingyun said.

"No one is allowed... What about the other colleagues?" Ah Le asked, puzzled.

"I will stay here too." Lu Lingyun raised his head slightly and looked at Xu Le standing to the side. The sharpness in his eyes made Xu Le lower his head slightly, not daring to look directly at him.

"I understand." Xu Le nodded, and then began to make the arrangements.

Unlike in the beginning, when we could set up outposts and slowly observe before approaching, the impact of this thing has far exceeded everyone's expectations. We must use the strongest measures to minimize its influence.

Lu Lingyun sat there, took a deep breath, and finally turned her gaze toward the intensive care unit.

Lu Lingyun has now completely relinquished command of the Ninth Squad. He cannot give any orders until everyone has undergone brain CT scans. This is because he may also be one of the infected. If he knows about the subsequent deployments, it means the strange creatures know, and it means the people controlled by the strange creatures know.

The only thing he could do was work with the experts to communicate with Wang Xinran... and hope that she would still be the kind and good person she was. Because Wang Xinran's brain was recovering at an unimaginable speed; the white worms were multiplying, dividing, and filling the empty spaces in her brain at an unimaginable rate.

Is waiting for her to recover really a good thing?

Is it really necessary to wait for this person, who is moody, lacks empathy, and even has no concept of family affection, to recover?

Before she recovers and regains that terrifying ability... kill her completely.

Even before her prefrontal cortex was missing, she was just a desperate, emotional person.

Lu Lingyun took out the pistol from his waist, cocked it, and looked at the gun in his hand with an uncertain expression.

In Meiyuan Residential Complex, Shen Xing had already moved everything related to the anomaly into his van and driven it to the complex where he had rented a garage, where he managed to park it with difficulty.

Finally, there's a car parked in this garage, and it looks like a proper garage now.

On his way home, Shen Xing was still thinking about Lu Lingyun's situation.

Next, the Ninth Detachment here may have a new leader, and that new leader will not be like Lu Lingyun, who will have any feelings for him, and it is unclear what his style of doing will be.

I need to speed things up.

Whether it was Wang Xinran waking up or Lu Lingyun's actions, they were all reminding him that he had to speed things up.

Why don't you go to the music store yourself and try to persuade Wu Xiaoting's mother for Shen Yuan?

He now has a public identity, and according to Lu Lingyun, the external team has temporarily gained the same privileges as the official members of the Ninth Detachment.

Is it possible for me to obtain some truly effective sleeping pills with fewer side effects within the scope of my authority?

Just as Shen Xing was pondering what excuse he could use to see Wu Xiaoting as soon as possible, Shen Yuan called.

Was it your sister calling?

This is roughly the time when we finish eating.

If it's just about going home, there's no need for her to call me. She should be asking whether Wu Xiaoting's mother has given her consent.

But the moment Shen Xing answered the phone and heard Shen Yuan's sobbing voice, he knew he was wrong.

"Brother... Wu Xiaoting has been arrested by the police! They... they say Wu Xiaoting committed robbery, but she didn't. We were just about to return it."

robbery?

Robbery is not theft; robbery is a serious crime.

Junior high school students are basically all over 14 years old. If it is indeed robbery, they will be criminally prosecuted.

What exactly happened?

Who would arrest Wu Xiaoting at this crucial moment, just when I was about to go find her?