Starting from the Red Moon

"Colonel Chen!"

Rows of incandescent lamps were embedded in the wall, making the light in this passage bright but not dazzling.

Chen Jing, who had just finished the operation and had changed into a well-fitting casual suit, combed her hair neatly, and even put on a pair of high heels with heels over ten centimeters, walked through this cold and hard passage with a stack of documents, and walked towards the end of the passage, the office. The two guards at the door saluted her in unison.

Chen Jing nodded to them, and then the guard on the left opened the door of the office for her.

In the spacious office, Professor Bai, wearing a white coat, was bending over and looking carefully at an old document on the table with a magnifying glass. There were many photos on a writing board next to him.

Some of these photos were anatomical diagrams of "Qin Ran" and some were analysis reports from various aspects.

"Professor Bai."

Chen Jing closed the door with her backhand, put the documents in her hand on the table, and said: "The confessions of the Xu family father and daughter, the place where they collected those artworks this time, and the information of the wasteland search team are all here. I have seen it just now, and there is reason to suspect that those people may have been looking for the painting in the city a long time ago, and have been there for quite a while."

She paused slightly and said: "When I asked Xu Xiaoxiao before, she mentioned that because of her selfishness after seeing the painting, she had deliberately concealed the existence of the painting and quietly transferred it to another cargo box. She was very careful about this matter, even her father didn't know, and naturally others couldn't find out the news..."

"So I guess..."

She frowned slightly. Although she was speaking in speculation, her tone seemed very certain: "In fact, those people outside the city have known that the painting is in her hands for a long time. They may have even found the batch of artworks that they put in Bengbu Port. However, they did not find this painting among the artworks, so they have been lying dormant until now."

"Until Xu Xiaoxiao left the main city and exposed the painting, they got the opportunity to take action."

"..."

While speaking, she had placed a stack of materials that seemed to be temporarily sorted and printed in front of Professor Bai, saying: "And through these things, some factors can also be analyzed. Those people outside the city should not be able to directly enter the main city to find Xu Xiaoxiao, so they need to wait for an opportunity outside, but they may also have their own spies in the main city, otherwise..."

"They can't know the specific time when Xu Xiaoxiao comes out, or even prepare to ambush us in advance."

She then told him about her arrangements: "Before coming here, I have arranged for someone to investigate the consulting company that privately hired a single soldier to help the Xu family father and daughter deal with the problem. After all, they are the ones who are most likely to leak the secrets!"

"..."

Professor Bai listened to Chen Jing's words, slowly straightened up, and said: "How is your injury?"

Chen Jing was stunned for a moment, then said: "No problem!"

"Still need to pay attention to rest."

Professor Bai said: "You can use your ability to make yourself feel no pain and not affect your work, but it does not mean that the wound does not exist. It will put a great burden on you. People with abilities are also human beings. You can't use yourself like a robot."

"I can't rest now."

Chen Jing was silent for a while, then said: "This matter is very serious. I can't stay here until I figure it out."

"In fact, the matter is very clear."

Professor Bai pulled a chair for Chen Jing, motioned her to sit down and talk, and then said: "Special Pollution Source No. 041... Or, let's call him 'Qin Ran'. After all, this is the only thing we know about him now. He should be a very powerful person. Judging from his proficient use of his abilities, he has at least reached the end of the first stage, and the possibility of the second stage cannot be ruled out."

As he spoke, he looked at the photos of "Qin Ran" on the chopping board, one of which was dissected, and his eyes seemed to be somewhat appreciative.

"This person is very bold, but also very cautious. He knows a lot about the defense of the satellite city. Perhaps this is because he has a lot of experience living in the high-walled city. Maybe he came into the city just to grab this painting. However, whether it is for the purpose of disintegrating our defense system and facilitating his own actions, or causing chaos, tying up our energy, and preventing tracking..."

"The back-up work he left behind is a very dangerous thing for ordinary people."

"We can even be thankful that although the impact this time is great, the casualties are much lower than expected. "

"..."

Chen Jing frowned and suddenly said, "If it's just robbers, then the Church of Science and Technology..."

"I don't think this is the will of the Church of Science and Technology."

Professor Bai shook his head and said, "From the style of the Church of Science and Technology, if they really arranged all this, then there may be more than one spiritual bomb in the city. What is more in line with my understanding is that this group of knights who entered the city bought such a weapon from the Church of Science and Technology, and used it to tie up our energy and prevent us from tracking them..."

"Of course, it is not ruled out that the Church of Science and Technology instructed them to detonate this bomb to observe the experimental data of the bomb and send a signal to other high-walled cities and group forces as an advertisement. After all, from the observed data..."

"If the bomb really exploded, the consequences must be very serious."

"..."

"It was the credit of a single soldier. "

Chen Jing was silent for a while before whispering, "And Minister Shen actually arranged someone to monitor the single soldier..."

"You know what Old Shen thinks. This is normal for him."

Professor Bai smiled and said, "In fact, I promised you to come here because I wanted to talk about this issue."

He pointed to the information on the writing board and said, "Let's talk about this mysterious knight group."

"From the previous information, many of their actions are logical."

"But there is only one thing that seems a bit abrupt..."

"They once arranged for a mental transformation person to appear in Satellite City No. 2 and tried to contact the single soldier..."

"But he was scared away by the single soldier..."

"Anyway, after testing the residual samples, I can confirm that this mental transformation person is of the same nature as the mental transformation person who stayed on Jiujiang Road to attack you. It is very likely that they were created by the same puppet-type ability user. "

"That is to say, the people of this knight order have already started to contact individual soldiers."

Here, he paused slightly, looked at Chen Jing, and said: "Do you know why?"

"..."

Chen Jing listened to these words and thought about it carefully.

When Lu Xin informed her that a mental transformation person appeared, she had already suspected the purpose of this person.

However, she first solved the pollution incident in Satellite City No. 2, and then went to the operating table, and she had not had time to analyze all the data.

So, facing Professor Bai's questioning, she could only slowly shake her head: "I have no clue."

"Read this document, you will know. "

Professor Bai pushed the old document on the table in front of Chen Jing.

When Chen Jing looked down at the contents of the document, Professor Bai said softly: "Because of the previous turmoil and the incompleteness of the guard hall's manual, we have not clearly recorded many things. However, fortunately, we started investigating the explosion of the Red Moon Orphanage very early. During this period of time, we have not found a clearer clue to explain this mysterious explosion."

"However, we did find some other things..."

"..."

Chen Jing has been looking at the document carefully, his eyes gradually became a little surprised, and suddenly looked up at Professor Bai.

"You suspect he is..."

"..."

"Twenty years ago, when the Lunar Eclipse Research Institute was officially established, there were disagreements. "

Professor Bai said calmly: "Those disagreements led to a laboratory director in the institute taking some important information and experimental products away. For many years afterwards, the Lunar Eclipse Research Institute has been looking for him. Many people know about this. "

"The code name is the escaped laboratory."

"..."

Speaking slowly, he stood up and said, "There is reason to suspect that this is also one of the purposes of the Knights!"