Chapter 162: 159 Wang Zijing

Chen Xiaolin realized that Zheng Yu's fate was not purely a case of seeking his own death; a large part of his madness was also due to the inducement of others. The person who sent that email to Zheng Yu must have had ulterior motives from the very beginning.

"Who exactly is the person who sent the email?" Chen Xiaolin asked in a low voice. "You all know about Jinma Mountain because the organization stores a large number of books related to Forbidden Knowledge, but how did Zheng Yu simply judge from a poem that Jinma Mountain was the location mentioned in the poem and painting?"

"That's right, Zheng Yu and the owner of that mysterious mailbox continued to communicate frequently via email afterwards. It was from the other party that Zheng Yu learned the whereabouts of Jinma Mountain." Yu Lianyun gave Chen Xiaolin an approving look; the other party's focus on seeking the truth had always been very sharp and had not been distracted by the bizarre parts of the story she was telling.

Yu Lianyun frowned, looking at the clear blue sky outside the window, yet she felt the premonition of a coming storm. "I had people track the whereabouts of that mysterious mailbox, but it wasn't easy, because I discovered that the IP address changed every time the other party sent an email, and it was frequently changing within the New York area. This forces us to suspect that this incident might even involve foreign forces."

"Is it the Inverted Sanctuary?" Chen Xiaolin remembered Li Duojin's speculation.

"It's possible." Yu Lianyun nodded. "But I think they are likely just one of the participants."

"One of them?" Chen Xiaolin was puzzled.

"Don't you find it strange?" Yu Lianyun stood up and walked to the window, looking down at the people moving about in the back garden. "In recent years, the Abnormal incidents occurring in the Shenzhou Region have been far too frequent, and the probability of Abnormal incidents with a danger level of Earth-rank or above occurring here is terrifyingly high compared to other regions."

Chen Xiaolin fell into deep thought. As a media professional, the frequency with which she encountered news-related information was far higher than others. Regarding what Yu Lianyun said, she had actually had such misgivings as well; it was only when Yu Lianyun almost confirmed her speculation that she finally became certain of her intuition.

"These are all premeditated. Starting two years ago, our Xuanmi Group realized that a group was secretly manipulating the development trend of the Shenzhou Region, constantly plundering all kinds of resources from the Shenzhou Region, such as nature, manpower, and so on. They are consciously spreading the Gospel of the Alien God through various means, expanding the scale of the Alien God's believers..."

"Are those guys even human? What good could it do them to do these things?" Chen Xiaolin was terrified to hear this and couldn't help but cry out loudly.

"Yes, we are also wondering how they are using the Alien God to obtain benefits, and what their ultimate goal is." Yu Lianyun shook her head. "House of Cards, the Yellow Sand Truth School, the Inverted Sanctuary, and another deeply hidden organization, the Eye of Kusuen—these four organizations seem independent, yet our Xuanmi Group has discovered that there is a subtle connection between them."

Although they belong to different organizations and worship different Alien Gods, they have almost no conflict. You should also know that Alien God worship can produce an irreversible transformation effect on the human brain; people become extremely protective and reverent toward the Alien God they worship, and in the end, they become loyal protectors just like the fanatical fans of certain celebrities.

In this way, these believers who worship different Alien Gods should have easily fought each other, but they haven't. And interestingly, they actually have secret interactions, with 'ambiguous' and close dealings between believers. This kind of thing sounds unbelievable to everyone, yet they have managed to do it."

Chen Xiaolin silently noted down the existence of those four organizations. After pondering for a moment, she asked Yu Lianyun: "Why tell me these things? Actually, you didn't have to explain it to me."

Yu Lianyun smiled and replied: "I don't like to hide these things, and I think that even if I didn't tell you, Miss Chen would surely have made some moves later on. These investigations are quite dangerous; rather than letting you fall into danger for information that I have at my fingertips, it is better to explain it to you directly."

"But aren't you afraid I'll report it? You know I'm a reporter." Chen Xiaolin countered.

Yu Lianyun: "I have had that worry, but I have read the news you have reported. I can tell that you are a media person who knows how to handle things with discretion. You should be very clear that some things are simply not suitable to be brought out into the open."

Chen Xiaolin was slightly silent, sighed, and said: "I indeed do not intend to report these things, but no matter what kind of massive web is involved behind Zheng Yu's madness, I will find out the truth."

"So, why not temporarily join my team?" Yu Lianyun invited with a smile, extending her fair, slender hand toward Chen Xiaolin.

Chen Xiaolin was startled. "I'm just an ordinary person."

"Being able to survive such an incident means you are no longer ordinary." A strange luster appeared in Yu Lianyun's eyes.

Meeting Yu Lianyun's gaze, Chen Xiaolin felt as if she had been seen through by the other party, and her heart couldn't help but jump.

On the bustling Bund street in the Modu, a tall, hunched figure walked through the crowd. She gripped the strap of her crossbody bag tightly with one hand and carefully protected the bag with the other, as if there were something important inside.

Just as she walked into the center of the crowd on the Bund, with the river to her side and the iconic Modu Pearl Tower in the distance, she stopped. She silently took an earphone case out of her crossbody bag, put the earphones in her ears, and then, with her head lowered, she suddenly revealed an eerie smile.

She picked up her phone and looked at the "On" and "Off" buttons on the screen. Her eyes revealed a strong, pious reverence for some unknown existence, and she muttered something in her mouth; the strange tone sounded like she was communicating with something invisible.

Just as she was about to press the "On" button on the phone screen, suddenly, a force pushed her from behind. Then, she felt a tingling numbness in her hand, and with a jolt, she dropped the phone.

At the same time, a phenomenon similar to the girl's occurred to the people around her. In parts of the entire Bund area, people's portable electrical appliances leaked electricity and suddenly became unusable.

"That's not very nice, classmate Wang Zijing."

Hearing the voice, Wang Zijing turned her head with a look of horror, shocked to see Li Duojin, who had appeared behind her at some point. He was wearing a hospital gown and holding a strange metal rod in his hand.

"What did you do?" Wang Zijing questioned gloomily.

"Nothing, just borrowed some black technology from a friend to play with. Seems like an EMP." Li Duojin smiled slightly, then he boldly stepped forward and pulled open Wang Zijing's collar. Instantly, the buttons flew off, and a strange symbol, exactly the same as the one the madman Zheng Yu had carved on his own forehead, appeared on the area below her collarbone.