Chapter 416: Speculation

Long'an Base temporary meeting room.

Unlike the previous habit of holding meetings in the core fortress, this time, out of caution, Lin An chose to gather personnel far from the core fortress.

Mo Ling's matter is of great importance; in some sense, it is even more important than resisting the zombie tide.

After hearing Yun Lin's second retelling, Chu An quickly sketched out a rough drawing with a blank expression.

"01:57, that is, midnight the day after tomorrow?"

On the white drawing paper, a few strokes sufficed to outline the scene Yun Lin described.

In the drawing, Mo Ling has her back to the electronic board bearing a clock, her right hand reaching toward the energy core.

In black and white, even though the drawing is crude, it still exudes an eerie feeling.

Yun Lin took the sketch, carefully compared it to the scene in her memory, and then nodded somewhat hesitantly.

"That's right, it's like that."

After receiving confirmation, Lin An frowned slightly, wondering why this situation had arisen.

"Midnight the day after tomorrow..."

"Could it be that something unexpected happened during the second wave, or when the zombie horde launched a full-scale attack?"

"In the zombie tide, didn't we detect two unknown mutants? Could there be a psychic mutant?"

"For example, by using psychic interference to control Mo Ling's actions?"

After thinking it over, Lin An felt that only this possibility could hold.

Mo Ling could not possibly betray herself.

In less than two days, it was even more unlikely for me and Mo Ling to come into conflict, to the point that Xiao Mo Ling might act to destroy the energy core.

Colonel Chu An sat upright in his chair, thought briefly, then shook his head.

"The likelihood is not high."

"We can think about it by working backwards."

"Assuming there is an unknown mutant in the zombie tide, that mutant possesses psychic control abilities."

"First of all, it's unlikely that Mo Ling's psychic power could be interfered with by a second-level mutant."

"Furthermore, if such a thing truly existed, why wouldn't it control others instead?"

"Gao Tian, An Jing Tian."

"A mutant capable of controlling Mo Ling would find it even easier to control them."

"Gao Tian and Jing Tian are both faster, and destroying the energy core would be more convenient for them."

"Therefore, the possibility you judged is not nonexistent, but the probability is too small."

Lin An remained silent.

Although Colonel Chu An rebutted him, his reasons were indeed reasonable.

Few members participated in this meeting.

Except for Yun Tian and his sister, and the squad members, everyone else was kept in the dark.

The matter is of great importance; the fewer people who know, the better.

Gao Tian, sitting to the side, pondered for a moment and hesitantly offered his opinion.

"Lin Dui, Colonel Chu An."

"This is what I think."

"Could it be that, in the foreseen future, Mo Ling actually did not intend to destroy the core? Rather, we encountered an extreme situation, and Mo Ling wanted to take the core away to protect it?"

As soon as the words fell, Lin An immediately rejected that idea.

"Impossible."

"Put simply, the energy core exists by relying on a node. The energy node cannot be moved, so there is no possibility of protecting it by relocation."

"Moreover, the node belongs to a kind of 'space'; even placing it inside a space ring is impossible."

After hearing that, Gao Tian felt a bit disappointed, but he actually still wanted to think positively.

In fact, it's not his fault for thinking that way, after all, he knows very little about the energy node.

Mo Ling, sitting beside Lin An, listened to everyone's constant speculation, and her small hand unconsciously clenched the corner of his clothing.

Powerless and helpless.

She repeatedly imagined the scene in the drawing, unable to fathom why she would act that way.

Just thinking that Lin An would die at her hands made her feel as if her heart were being twisted by a knife.

Sitting on the other side, Wen Ya let out a quiet sigh, couldn't help but pat Mo Ling's head, gesturing for her not to worry too much.

She comforted softly:

"It's fine; there will definitely be a way."

Faced with all the speculation, Wen Ya seemed to have thought of something.

After thinking of a possibility, her face involuntarily stiffened a little.

"You all say..."

"Could it be that a supernatural incident has occurred inside the base?"

"There are ghosts... in our base..."

"Ghosts!?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Gao Tian and the others' faces suddenly changed.

It's not that there is no such possibility.

After repeated speculation, they initially hadn't considered this point.

The reason is nothing else.

Having witnessed the terror of supernatural incidents, they subconsciously wouldn't think in this direction.

If they encounter a supernatural incident again...

Inside the Meeting Room, a deathly silence fell instantly, and everyone instinctively began to consider this possibility.

The small temporary meeting room was shrouded in darkness.

As Wen Ya's speculation was voiced, everyone felt a chill run down their backs.

It is indeed possible.

Supernatural incidents defy logic and are hard to grasp.

On the contrary, only at such a time could it produce a situation they couldn't predict.

There's a ghost...

Could it be hidden in Long'an Base?

Possession, control, even curses...

Having to consider this possibility, Lin An's face darkened as he looked at Wen Ya and Chu An:

"Why do you say that? Have you sensed something abnormal?"

"Or did something happen during my absence?"

Wen Ya looked at his solemn expression, hesitated a moment:

"If there really is something abnormal, actually there isn't."

"It's just... when I stay in the core fortress, I always feel uncomfortable..."

"This feeling is just like when I was in that classroom in Baiyang Town..."

He forced a smile.

Wen Ya had never mentioned this feeling before, after all nothing had happened.

As a psychic mutant, she is unusually sensitive to changes in the environment.

The classroom in Baiyang Town?

The place where that female corpse was?

Lin An couldn't help but ponder upon hearing that, but only heard Chu An suddenly speak:

"Probably not."

"The special aura you sensed is likely a ghost infant."

"As a supernatural incident, even if we control it, we haven't actually destroyed its existence."

"Where such an incident exists, people naturally feel uncomfortable."

"Like graveyards and hospitals, it always makes one feel cold and gloomy."

A reasonable explanation.

Everyone unconsciously looked up at Chu An, who was lightly adjusting his glasses frame, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

That's right.

They almost forgot that the core fortress houses a ghost infant.

"It seems... that possibility isn't likely either."

After repeated discussions yielded nothing, Chu An unusually didn't propose any idea.

After a while.

In the silence, he glanced at the gloomy crowd and asked Yun Lin a question:

"The future you foresaw can actually be changed, right?"

Yun Lin froze, and the others also glanced at Chu An in surprise.

Before Yun Lin could deny it, Chu An continued with a cold expression:

"Killing the foreseen target theoretically prevents the vision from occurring."

"As long as the person dies, the foreseer's future no longer exists."

"Just like if you randomly foresaw a base member..."

"If I kill him now, there will be no so-called aftermath..."