Chapter 223: Welcome

Words : 2047 Updated : Sep 25th, 2025

In an old residential building in the east of the city, a man with a full beard was squatting on the roof, observing the city center with binoculars, occasionally muttering curses. “These Greyhounds have tightened their security again, it’s getting harder to do anything.” From the entrance of the roof, a team member's head popped out and shouted at him, “Brother Tian, Telegram from Captain is here, Brother…” “What are you shouting? I heard you.” The bearded man got up and walked back, took the crumpled and slightly sweaty Telegram, and breathed a sigh of relief. “Alright, no need to think of ways to plant bombs anymore, tomorrow, load the remaining explosives into a car and transport them near the department store in front, detonate them when there are many people. Also, notify Little Li to take action together and give them a big fireworks show.” “Brother, that place is quite a distance from the city center, is it useful?” The bearded man glanced at him and said, “I also want to bomb the city center, why don't you go?” The team member immediately shrank his head, “Then never mind.” The bearded man snorted, “Just do as you're told, why so much nonsense?” The team member said, “I'm just worried about delaying the Captain's matters for you, Brother!” “Is the Captain less smart than you? Can't he think of what you can?” The bearded man raised his wrist and looked at his watch, 3:25 AM, almost two hours before dawn. He said, “Go do your job, I want to hear the bang before six!” “Brother, just watch.” In the wilderness, Chen Chuan and his group had already arrived at the north side of Xie Mountain. There was no direct road from the wasteland to Xie Mountain, so they needed to stop at the foot of the mountain and then pass through the mountain road arranged for them by the Patrol Bureau to reach the side where the railway was. Most of the group were Martial Artists, and a few had several years of experience in executing Commissions. They were physically strong. Even when carrying heavy objects, they could walk quickly on the mountain paths. They arrived at the designated location before dawn. This location was specially chosen by the Patrol Bureau. It was sheltered by trees, and even though it was still dark, they could vaguely see the railway about half a mile away. seaʀᴄh thё novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. In front of them was a steep slope, about forty to fifty meters from the ground, but this was nothing to them. If there was a situation, they could immediately use tools to quickly reach the bottom. Chen Chuan looked to the south. When the train came from there, it would have to pass through a tunnel that lasted more than twenty seconds. That was the section that was often attacked. However, there was now a sentry post nearby, with railway security personnel patrolling every hour. He looked at his watch. 4:12 AM. The people from the Resistance Organization were likely hiding on a mountain somewhere nearby, and he didn't know if the person behind the secret ritual had arrived. He didn't yet know what kind of effect the ritual would have. But he wasn't worried. Not only had he made preparations, but Bureau Chief Lei had also told him during the instruction process that the larger the ritual, the harder it was to control the details. If there was any negligence, one might not even be able to control oneself. Therefore, the biggest worry with large-scale rituals was before they were discovered. Once they were known in advance, there were plenty of ways to target them. At this moment, several kilometers away, behind a hillside near the north, Bao Yuan had already arrived with his men. He also looked at his watch. If there were no delays, this train would pass by around 6:05 AM. Because security guards and patrols had been strengthened along this railway line, it was almost impossible to blow it up again. But fortunately, they weren't relying on that this time. painter had promised to do what he wanted to see. Bao Yuan didn't know how painter would do it, but he trusted painter, because many of his successes were achieved with painter's help, even though they had never met. Moreover, he suspected that painter was also a member of the organization, and someone with the same ideals as him, which could explain why this person had repeatedly helped him. Two kilometers away, Bureau Chief Lei was hiding in a sentry post with several members of the Secret Cult Investigation Bureau. Almost all members of the Secret Cult Investigation Bureau were mobilized this time, and more people were waiting in the outer areas and hidden locations, carrying radios to ensure mutual communication, so that they could react quickly as soon as there was any movement. Because this operation might be the largest in the Secret Cult Investigation Bureau in the past ten years, some young team members were both excited and nervous, constantly checking their watches. Time passed little by little. At 5:55 AM, when the train was about to approach on schedule, a team member suddenly pointed upwards and exclaimed, “Look!” Everyone looked up and saw a hot air balloon floating above the mountains. When Bureau Chief Lei saw this thing appearing here, his gaze fixed on it. Without needing to think more, he knew that the person behind the secret ritual was hiding inside. Using a hot air balloon was indeed a good method, as it could both oversee the entire secret ritual and allow oneself to escape. He said, “Get ready, the person should be up there.” When the team members heard him say this, they all reacted. One team member asked in confusion, “Chief, he's up there, how can he start the secret ritual?” Before the secret ritual could be activated, a crucial link had to be embedded in it to take effect. An incomplete arrangement was useless. Without needing to think, it was clear that the person wouldn't activate it before the train arrived, so if the person was in the sky, how could they accurately grasp the timing? After seeing the hot air balloon, Bureau Chief Lei had already sorted out this person's thinking. He said, “No need, the train is it.” The team members were shocked, “The train?” Bureau Chief Lei said in a deep voice, “If there are his people on the train, or if the train itself has been tampered with, then he doesn't need to control it himself. Once the train arrives, the entire secret ritual will be activated. Even if it's not like that, if necessary, he can come down from the hot air balloon.” He then looked at the watch on his wrist. 6:02 AM. If it was on time, then the train was about to arrive. At almost the same moment, Guan Yumming, who was in charge of commanding near the city center, suddenly heard two loud explosions in the east and west directions respectively. He frowned. Although they had tried their best to investigate, they couldn't seal off the entire city, especially since they couldn't take care of the personnel hiding in some alleys. However, such actions had no meaning other than killing ordinary people and creating chaos, so it should just be to contain them, so that they could not transfer strength to other places. He first arranged for two teams to go to the scene of the incident, then turned around and said to the Telegram operator: "Send a message with the content: "The outskirts of the city center have been attacked by explosions, remind the other party to pay attention."" After a while, both Chen Chuan and Bureau Chief Lei received the Telegram. At this time, there was a problem in the city, and the train was about to arrive, so the other party was likely to take action immediately. At this moment, the Changshun train was traveling along the railway towards Yangzhi City. This train had a total of seventeen carriages, and the facilities and interior decorations were top-notch. In this train schedule, in addition to some ordinary passengers, the middle and rear carriages were occupied by foreign Company representatives who were here for a conference in Yangzhi City. Each Company occupied one or two carriages, and most of them were accompanied by armed security personnel. They were allowed to carry firearms, wore stab-proof vests, and a few people wore protective gear. Lindenberg, the representative of Bolun Company, was looking at the scenery outside the car window. His assistant said at this time, “Sir, the land outside Da Shun Central City is always barren and monotonous. The people who live in those cities are like livestock in a pen, barbaric and stupid, there's nothing worth seeing.” Lindenberg said, “The world outside Central City is like this all over the world, Da Shun is like this, and Norland is like this. But Molan Company chose its retreat here, this land must have something magical that we don't know about.” After giving his evaluation, he stopped looking outside and continued to browse the Data about Yangzhi City. Originally, the business representative for this trip was not him, but that person was temporarily transferred by the higher-ups for a mission, so he was arranged to come. He didn't understand the situation here beforehand, so he had to do all the homework from scratch. “Hmm…” At this time, he suddenly raised his head, took off the brown decorative glasses on his face, and his implanted pupils instantly enlarged. He saw a small black spot in the distance, and he said in surprise, “A hot air balloon?” He also saw a streamer hanging below with the words “Welcome to distinguished guests from all countries.” “Is it Yang ZhiGovernment's welcome ritual? It seems they are very enthusiastic.” The train had now reached the section of the mountain tunnel. The train driver was paying attention to the front. He also knew that this section used to be attacked frequently, but fortunately everything seemed normal now. As he was about to enter the tunnel, he also pulled the whistle in advance to remind the passengers in the back to pay attention. When he entered, he glanced to the side and suddenly felt a chill. The folds and textures of the mountain and rocks seemed to form a strange smiling face, which seemed to be smiling at him at this moment, and the dark tunnel entrance below seemed to be a wide open mouth. “Woo…” The train plunged into the tunnel, and twenty seconds later, the train successfully came out of it, but it slowly stopped, with only a small half of the car body exposed outside, and most of it still in the tunnel. Those passengers were all sitting in their seats at the moment, but they didn't seem to feel anything about the train stopping, and they all maintained their original activities. In the Beron Company carriage, the assistant's voice sounded, "Sir, the land outside Da ShunCentral City is always barren and monotonous. The people who live in those cities are like livestock in a pen, barbaric and stupid, there's nothing worth seeing." Lindenberg retracted his gaze and said, "The world outside Central City is like this all over the world, Da Shun is like this, and Norland is like this..." He frowned, as if he felt something was wrong, but he continued, "But Molan Company chose its retreat here, this land must have something magical that we don't know about..." He continued to browse the Data, and after a while, he seemed to have discovered something, and raised his head to say, "Is that a hot air balloon?" “Is it Yang ZhiGovernment's welcome ritual? It seems they are very enthusiastic.”

Chapter 223: Welcome

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