Jiang Baimian nodded slightly and said, “We woke up Master Zhuang, causing the dreamscape in Tai City’s No. 1 Senior High School to shatter. The fake Tai City that protected the real Tai City vanished. Therefore, the Eighth Research Institute realized that the place they wanted to destroy the most was still standing in the Ashlands.”
“But how did they discover it so quickly?” Long Yuehong asked in confusion.
The Eighth Research Institute didn’t station anyone in this area.
Genava moved his metal neck and pointed at the sky. “They might have ‘eyes’ in the sky.”
Satellites? The Eighth Research Institute has satellites that can still be used? Long Yuehong quickly understood what Old Ge meant.
Jiang Baimian made a terse grunt. “Therefore, we’ll wait a few more days. We’ll confirm if the target location has been blown up when nothing happens.”
…
They waited for two days, but the Old Task Force didn’t encounter any follow-up missile strikes. Therefore, they drove the jeep, took a detour, and entered Tai City from another spot.
The further they went in the direction of Renhui Hospital and First High School, the worse the roads’ damage became. The buildings on both sides of the road were in utter ruins.
Toward the end, it was already difficult for cars to drive. Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao could only push open the door and go down. They changed into their military exoskeletons and crossed the layers of obstacles to head to Renhui Hospital.
Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Genava stayed behind and waited to provide support.
Before long, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao arrived at the street where Renhui Hospital was. They looked over and realized that it had almost been leveled.
This was clearly the main target of the missile strikes.
“The clues are gone…” Shang Jianyao said in disappointment.
Jiang Baimian also felt a sense of loss and experienced the taste of failure. She composed herself and said to Shang Jianyao, “Let’s go to Tai City’s First High School next.”
The two places weren’t too far apart. Otherwise, the scientific team member wouldn’t have entered by mistake in his panic.
The outcome was self-evident—Tai City’s No. 1 Senior High School had also been leveled.
“Aren’t they afraid of infuriating Master Zhuang?” The rash Shang Jianyao was amazed by the Eighth Research Institute’s courage.
Jiang Baimian exhaled and said, “It likely involves a New World dispute.”
She waved her skeletal metal palm and sighed. “Let’s go; we’re heading back.”
Jiang Baimian fell silent after getting into the jeep. Although Long Yuehong was secretly happy, he didn’t dare to say anything at this moment.
As the jeep drove back, Jiang Baimian suddenly looked up and thoughtfully said, “I’m thinking that it’s impossible for Ding Ling’s husband’s scientific team to all die at Renhui Hospital, right? Since someone could escape and accidentally enter Tai City’s No. 1 Senior High School, there should be other survivors. Yes, there’s a chance.”
“That’s right.” Long Yuehong didn’t understand why his team leader was suddenly discussing this topic, but he felt that there was nothing wrong with this inference.
Jiang Baimian looked out the windshield and said, “Where will the survivors go after they escape Renhui Hospital and get over their panic?”
Bai Chen—who was driving—and Genava in the backseat said at the same time, “Return the way they came. Leave Tai City and seek help.”
Jiang Baimian nodded. “But they clearly couldn’t leave Tai City.”
At this moment, Shang Jianyao laughed. “Maybe they lost their Buddhist ‘keepsake’ at Renhui Hospital and realized that they couldn’t find a way out. Therefore, they loitered at the edge of the city and searched for an exit as they gathered food.”
This… Long Yuehong suddenly realized that this was really an investigation direction.