388: Chapter 388: The Madness of Refining Mo 388: Chapter 388: The Madness of Refining Mo Ye Shikai looked at the phone screen, his heart cold.
It seemed she still hadn’t forgiven me.
Much later, Su Qingyu would realize that this missed call was almost their last conversation.
The meeting is still in progress, please hurry back,” at this moment, Tianjing’s voice sounded behind Ye Shikai.
“Oh, I got it, I’ll be right back.” Ye Shikai casually turned off his phone and put it back in his pocket before turning around and entering the conference room of the Hong Kong security office.
At the meeting, SAD’s chief, Jian Jiang, was discussing how to eliminate the Tomb Spirit Organization.
Tianjing and Shen Wu sat on the right, while Ye Shikai was on the left, but at this point, his mind was no longer on the meeting.
He was preoccupied with what had just happened.
Ye.” Jian Jiang called out twice in succession, causing everyone in the conference hall to turn and look at the bewildered Ye Shikai.
“Ah, Captain Jian, is there something you need?” After being called three times, Ye Shikai’s thoughts finally snapped back to the present.
He stood up abruptly, his face a mask of embarrassment as he looked at everyone.
Being distracted during a meeting was indeed quite embarrassing.
Ye, you don’t seem in good spirits.
Have you not been resting well?” Jian Jiang gave him a suspicious look, still offering Ye Shikai a way to save face.
“Uh, yes, I’ve been having some insomnia recently,” Ye Shikai said awkwardly.
Jian Jiang waved his hand, signaling Ye Shikai to sit down.
If this had been any other subordinate of SAD and given Jian Jiang’s explosive temper, he would have already lashed out at the inattentive person.
But Ye Shikai was different.
He wasn’t part of the system.
This time it was Tianjing who had brazenly asked for Ye Shikai’s help, so Jian Jiang couldn’t afford to drive away his helper, especially given Ye Shikai’s secretive identity, which his superiors had already warned him to treat with care.
Facing the Tomb Spirit Organization, SAD was stretched thin, whether it was the Divine Weapon Special Group or Ye Shikai, all of them were reinforcements they had requested.
The issue hadn’t been resolved yet, and they couldn’t risk losing what they had for a small mishap.
“Report,” at this moment, the conference room door opened and a police officer walked in.
“Captain Jian, someone has delivered an anonymous parcel outside, saying it’s for you.” The officer handed over the black parcel, each package entering the police station had to be scanned, so there was no worry that it might be a bomb or another dangerous item.
Cheng Luoqi helped to open the parcel; it was thin and squarely shaped, a CD case.
“Chief, there’s a CD inside.” Cheng Luoqi reported.
“Play it and see,” Jian Jiang’s expression shifted slightly as he spoke in a low voice.
The CD was inserted into the projector, and a strange symbol appeared on the screen, with five ghosts surrounding a skull.
Everyone’s faces grew grave; this symbol was the emblem of the Tomb Spirit Organization.
“Hello everyone, officers from the security office and the National Security Bureau, I think I can skip the introduction.” A man’s shadow appeared on the screen, and even though his face wasn’t shown, everyone recognized the voice – the man was Refining Mo.
“Ha-ha, thank you all for what you’ve done, pushing me into a corner.
So next, just wait to face my wrath.”
“Dammit,” Jian Jiang’s face turned ashen with tightly clenched teeth.
“Last time, I snatched a curious stone from you.
I must say, that energy was incredibly tempting.”
It would be disrespectful for me to not take it.”
“You wish!” Jian Jiang cursed loudly, but it was all in vain.
It was just a recording.
“I guess Captain Jian must be losing his temper right now, haha.
That curious stone is in the biological laboratory of Hong Kong, isn’t it?” Everyone shuddered upon hearing this, their faces a mix of disbelief.
Ye Shikai frowned; it seemed that Refining Mo was right.
But how could he know?
“I know you are probably ready to call for the stone to be moved by now,” Refining Mo continued.
Since he dared to say that, how could he not have a backup plan?
I’ve tampered with a subway train in Hong Kong.
If you’re not willing to hand over the stone willingly, then you can expect a train full of people heading straight to hell.
Remember, before six o’clock tonight, if you do not evacuate all guards from the laboratories, those people won’t have a chance.” No sooner did his voice fade than the screen went black.
“Damn it!” Jian Jiang stood up and cursed loudly.
Refining Mo was using such despicable tactics.
“Captain Jian, don’t get agitated.
We need to act decisively now, or it’ll be too late,” Tianjing intervened, calming Jian Jiang down.
But the dilemma they faced was dire.
If they saved the stone, the lives of an entire train of people were in jeopardy.
Refining Mo was ruthless, and Tianjing believed that he meant his threats.
However, letting Refining Mo take the stone would result in consequences no one present could foresee.
“Captain Jian, what should we do now?” Cheng Luoqi asked anxiously.
“We must ensure the public’s safety.
Go check all the subway lines immediately, and monitor all the trains around six o’clock; I suspect Refining Mo has planted a bomb on one of them,” Jian Jiang issued his command at once.
The clock on the wall of the conference room pointed to five fifty, just ten minutes away from six o’clock.
“Tianjing, have all the guards evacuate from the lab, and please have your team lay in wait around the perimeter to intercept Refining Mo.
I will report to the superiors myself.
With such urgency, this is the only option,” Jian Jiang began to issue commands to everyone, like a Great General.
He also ordered all SAD personnel to assist with the evacuation at the subway stations.
“Captain Jian, let me go take a look at the subway as well,” Ye Shikai said quietly at that moment.
“Alright, thank you.”
Ye Shikai hurried out of the conference room.
He still couldn’t understand how Refining Mo could know the location of the curious stone.
At the same time, he cursed Refining Mo thoroughly.
Once in the car, Ye Shikai turned on his phone to find that there were calls from two people.
One was from Xu Han, who had called over twenty times.
The other was from Su Ziqing, but she had only called once.
Ye Shikai first returned Xu Han’s call.
If she called over twenty times, she must have encountered something urgent.
“Hello, coach, why did you take so long to answer?” As soon as the call connected, Xu Han’s voice sounded tearful.
“Hello, what happened on your end?” Ye Shikai asked.
“I, I’m on the subway, but for some reason, it hasn’t been stopping, and it seems to be going faster and faster.” Xu Han’s voice was filled with sobs and shaking, as if she was terrified.
“Subway, which train are you on?” Ye Shikai immediately realized.
The subway train Xu Han was on was the one tampered with by Refining Mo.
Ye Shikai cursed under his breath; how could it be such a coincidence.