Between mountains and seas

Chapter 117 The Secret of the Pillar

At the headquarters of the special affairs department, Gu Sheng slammed the door out of the conference room, and said loudly to Xiao Zhou, the secretary who was poking his head outside, "Xiao Zhou, call Lao Yu in the group right away, and say that I want to apply for special operations guidelines, call He's submitting his application now!"

It was rare for him to raise his voice and speak so loudly. Xiao Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then immediately agreed, and ran to make a phone call.Next to him was a young man who had only been in the logistics of the Special Affairs Department for a year and whispered to the colleague next to him: "What are the special operations guidelines?"

The colleague is the old man who is in charge of taking him. He has worked in the special affairs department for ten years. He took the young man to a corner and said with a small smile: "The special operation rule means that in special times, only three action groups If all the team leaders unanimously apply, the team leader can direct the actions of his team members without having to give orders from the headquarters. This is to give the action team the right to move freely when the situation is particularly critical. After all, they show up on the scene. The situation must be clearer than those of us in the rear, if it still needs to be reported to the headquarters, and then the headquarters will make a decision, it will delay time, and secondly, the decision made may not be the most appropriate."

"That's right." The young man nodded, thinking it made sense, "If it's urgent, of course—" he said this, and suddenly understood.This particular guideline is certainly true for dealing with critical situations, but is this the case now?Now that this is brought up, doesn't it mean that the special affairs department who can give orders becomes the leader of the three action teams, and the headquarters is useless?

The older colleague laughed, but didn't speak.Now the leader of the third group is Gu Sheng, the second group is Qi Tongmin, and the first group——the main task of the first group is to guard the remote and most important gates. They already have a certain degree of autonomy, and the headquarters generally does not interfere. their actions.

In other words, as soon as this rule is implemented, everyone will still listen to Gu Sheng and Qi Tongmin. As for Yang Shuming—hehe, of course the supervision team belongs to the headquarters.What, you said that the Special Affairs Section wants to get rid of supervision?No, no, their logistics department belongs to the headquarters, so they have to listen to the supervision team.

Of course, the logistics department also has its own work that must be done. For example, if the supervision team orders not to provide supplies to the action team, they will not listen, because providing supplies is the basic function of the logistics department. Unless the logistics department is disbanded, otherwise They have to meet the needs of the action group.As for why the action team needs supplies?That's the business of the action team, as long as the accounts are correct and the action team doesn't resell supplies in private, that's fine.

Oh, let me say one more thing, even if the operation team really resells the supplies - I don't know who would buy such unpalatable things - it's not under the control of the logistics department, and it should be checked by the higher-ups during the quarterly or year-end audit .

As for if the supervision team asks the logistics department personnel to go to Shanhai World—ah, sorry, this is completely outside the scope of the logistics department's responsibility, and the logistics department cannot agree at all.In short, the logistics department, no matter who is in charge of supervision, must do logistics, right?

In the meeting room, Yang Shuming's face was so gloomy that it could scrape off a layer of frost.

Of course he knew about this special operation rule, but he never thought that someone would really apply for it before.Gu Sheng, who is in charge of the special affairs department, is famous for his good temper; Yu Jinyuan, the team leader of the first group, has always been in charge of guarding the gate and never meddling in other things; as for Qi Tongmin, his current position as section chief is "reserve "Observation", what other storms can be stirred up?

Unexpectedly, it was Gu Sheng who caused the storm, and from what he said just now, it was obvious that Yu Jinyuan would file an application with him.Not to mention Qi Tongmin, he and Gu Sheng belong to the Iron Party.In this way, wouldn't the supervision team just take care of the logistics?

"Team leader, please report to your superiors and just disapprove their application." Someone said beside him.

Zhuang Juan was scratching his nails, and smiled when he heard this: "No approval from above is needed." This is a special situation at a critical moment. If the approval requires an order from the superior of the Special Affairs Department, it is better to direct it from the headquarters Woolen cloth.

"Then what should we do now?" Once this special rule is implemented, Yang Shuming will be emptied, which everyone wants to know, "Or... let them use the final pen?"

Zhuang Juan looked up at Yang Shuming.In fact, this is not a problem that can be solved by the final pen. The so-called drunken man does not mean to drink, and Gu Sheng and Qi Tongmin probably do not mean the final pen.If Zhuang Juan were to say, it was Yang Shuming who entered the special affairs department in a very tough way from the very beginning, so the people in the special affairs department also used the same tough way to fight back.

Has no one in the special affairs department sacrificed in the world of mountains and seas?In order to rescue these people, did the Special Affairs Section use the final pen?Zhuang Juan felt that the answer was obvious.However, he also knew that Yang Shuming would not back down. After all, this matter had to be traced back to the long-standing, principled conflict between the Nuwa faction and the Gonggong faction.

"Actually, if you want me to tell you, it's okay to let them execute it." Zhuang Juan thought for a while, and then said slowly, "They went to search and rescue, and the effect was the same." It was still everyone entering the world of mountains and seas, searching for people At the same time, isn't it also looking for traces of living stones?If a live stone is discovered, can the Special Affairs Section still conceal it?

Of course, Yang Shuming's face must be sacrificed, and his future future may be affected.But—that's actually not about Zhuang Juan's business, after all, when Yang Shuming insisted on showing a tough attitude, he didn't listen to his advice.

Yang Shuming really stared at Zhuang Juan angrily: "What do you mean?"

"Isn't everything aimed at developing the world of mountains and seas?" Zhuang Juan asked him back.Is there anything wrong with sacrificing one of you and developing a large area?

Yang Shuming was choked half to death by him, and after a while he sneered and said, "Do you think they will accept your favor?"

Zhuang Juan looked indifferent: "It's none of my business if they don't appreciate it." He just wanted to find the living stone, and he really didn't care about favors.

Yang Shuming had nothing to say, got up angrily and left.Zhang Sheng followed him, went outside and said, "Brother Yang, or else you should use that final pen. I'm not doing it for them, just——this situation is really weird now, if you don't know, go in and search for it." People might disappear, even us..."

Yang Shuming sneered: "You are too naive. Do you think Gu Sheng is really worried about those two people? Huo Qing is still carrying a boundary breaker. No matter where he goes, can't he really want to come out? Besides, if those two people Something happened to me, and Gu Sheng is still thinking about arguing with me here? I bet those two people are absolutely fine!"

Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment: "Is it all right?" He saw Huo Qing jump off the cliff and disappeared with his own eyes, and he has been worried for the past few days. Hearing what Yang Shuming said now, he never thought about it. After a while, he said, "But the world of mountains and seas is very dangerous..." Yang Shuming meant that Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing were not dead, but not dead doesn't mean there is no danger.

Yang Shuming said angrily: "You really worry about them. Doesn't Gu Sheng know the dangers in the world of mountains and seas? Isn't he here to argue with me! There is also Qi Tongmin, who doesn't even show his face. If I agree this time, In the future, if I ask why the pen is missing a chance to use it, it is all my responsibility!"

Zhang Sheng was a little dazed by his repeated words—he was a one-sided person, and it took him a few seconds to understand what Yang Shuming meant: agreeing to use the final pen is tantamount to acknowledging his personality. The plan of "Exploring the World of Mountains and Seas" made a mistake that needs to be saved by the final pen.

"But—" Zhang Sheng still wanted to speak, but seeing Yang Shuming's gloomy face, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips, "Then Brother Yang, I'd better go in and look for it, if I can find someone You'll be fine when you come back." Yang Shuming's words made sense, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Shuming's plan, but Huo Qing and Shao Jingxing saved his life in the world of mountains and seas, so he couldn't wait The two were in danger, so they had no choice but to find someone by themselves, so that they would not have to be involved in the dispute between Yang Shuming and Gu Sheng, and could live up to their own conscience.

"Go." Yang Shuming also felt that it would be best if Huo Qing and the two could be found in time, so that Gu Sheng's so-called application for special operation guidelines would become a whim instead, and he could still report to the superiors when the time came. How majestic Sheng is today, how unlucky he will be in the future!

It's a pity that Qi Tongmin hasn't come forward directly until now.Yang Shuming thought resentfully, that is the real cunning one.Let Gu Sheng take the lead, and of course he won't be able to find the responsibility when the time comes...

But Gu Sheng is so willing to stand for Qi Tongmin?Yang Shuming really couldn't figure it out. He heard that these two people had a good relationship, and that Gu Sheng's son was recruited by Qi Tongmin, but this would make Gu Sheng like this... Yang Shuming couldn't think of any words to describe it, he could only be angry He thought to himself: Qi Tongmin is really an old fox, and Gu Sheng is also a fool if he is so sneaky in buying people's hearts!

The idiot Gu Sheng went downstairs with a sullen face. Ji Xiaojiu, who was waiting for him on the first floor, hugged the cat and rushed up to meet him: "Uncle Gu, did the surname Yang agree?"

"No." Gu Sheng sighed.After leaving Yang Shuming's presence, his attitude became much gentler again.

"Then what should I do?" Ji Xiaojiu was so worried that she wanted to pull her hair. "It's been almost ten days. Although Brother Shao is here——this situation has never happened before."

Gu Sheng patted her on the shoulder lightly, and lowered his voice very low: "They should be fine now." Even if it drags on, I don't know if it will be okay.

"Ah?" As soon as Ji Xiaojiu raised her voice, she immediately covered her mouth vigilantly, looked around to see if there was no one around, and then leaned over and whispered, "Uncle Gu, do you have any news?"

Gu Sheng hesitated for a moment: "It's Gu Rong's premonition."

"Ah?" Ji Xiaojiu also hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Gu, this—is it accurate... Well, I'm not questioning Brother Gu, but after all, Brother Huo and the others are in the world of mountains and seas." Here, across the barrier..." Moreover, Gu Rong has not just awakened the ability of foresight, and according to the current test, it seems that the level is not very high... After all, this is a matter of two lives!

Gu Sheng didn't know how to explain it to her.The source of the five-color stone in Gu Rong's body was the Fish Intestine Sword, and Huo Qing's ability also came from the Fish Intestine Sword.The two supernatural powers of the same origin will always have a certain reaction to each other, so Gu Rong's premonition that Huo Qing is still alive should be correct.And with Huo Qing's personality, as long as he was alive, he would definitely protect Shao Jingxing.

It's a pity that the ability to predict does not belong to the metal system, so Gu Rong's sense cannot be accurately applied to his foresight, otherwise he might be able to find Huo Qing—Gu Sheng shook his head, but dismissed this idea.He couldn't even sense the blood of the green clam, and Gu Rong probably couldn't either.

Ji Xiaojiu didn't get an explanation, so she kept hanging in her heart, and whispered, "Then Uncle Gu, if Brother Huo is fine, why doesn't he use the Boundary Breaker?"

Gu Sheng has also considered this question: "It's possible that the boundary breaker is damaged..." When he said this, what worried him was that the boundary breaker was not damaged, but it could not break the boundary, that is to say, Huo Qing With Shao Jingxing, they went too deep into the world of mountains and seas.

When Gu Sheng was worried, Shao Jingxing was also asking Huo Qing: "Can't this Boundary Breaker be used?" The two of them can tear apart the space crack with a single blow, so this Boundary Breaker can't work?

Huo Qing did carry a boundary breaker on his wrist, but now the red area was shaking erratically, the color changing from dark to light.

"Ineffective." Huo Qing still let go of the button.The Boundary Breaker is not only used to tear apart the cracks, but the most important thing is that it can open the cracks in a certain direction, ensuring that the other end of the cracks will inevitably lead to the world, which is the most important thing.Otherwise, using it may not necessarily leave the world of mountains and seas, so what's the point.

But now, the Boundary Breaker is shaking like this without releasing energy, which means it can't locate the world, so it can't "break the Boundary" at all.

"There is still this kind of bug..." Shao Jingxing looked at the four puppets standing around in frustration, "Then what should we do now?"

Huo Qing no longer cared about the Boundary Breaker: "After all, this situation has never been encountered before. Even the blood of the green clam is probably not easy to use." In addition to the seal of the blood of the green clam that responded to Shao Jingxing, he also has If the seal for contacting the special affairs department is useful, the rescuers of the special affairs department probably found them a long time ago.

However, if the blood of the green clam was isolated, then the place where they are now must be quite strange.

Huo Qing stared at the four puppets.Since the Boundary Breaker can't be used, it's just a waste of time to say anything, let's think about how to break through the encirclement of these four clay puppets.

They have tried three times in an hour just now, but these puppets will neither die nor suffer pain, even if a piece of their body is cut off, they will automatically grow back, they are comparable to undead monsters.And they are extremely powerful, if they are not a little slow in action, they will definitely be injured.

"I found that when their bodies are cut off, their movements will be slower..." Shao Jingxing has been protected by Huo Qing, but he summed up a little pattern, "But if everything has two halves, the two halves will move on their own. Only when you cut off a small piece, will you just focus on putting it on the main body."

Therefore, the result of his observation is: If these puppets are cut into pieces as much as possible, their recovery speed will definitely be slowed down, and they may even collapse—of course, it is only possible.

Huo Qing stared at a clay puppet for a while, calculated it in his heart, and then sighed slightly: "I'm afraid it won't work." The four clay puppets were divided into four directions, and when one was attacked, the left and right sides would immediately support him, so he had no chance , can cut a clay puppet into pieces.

Shao Jingxing also knew that it was too difficult: "This clay puppet won't be burnt..." He burned it a few times, but some parts of the clay puppet's body were only hardened, just like a block of clay being burned into tiles. It would be even more troublesome to cut Qing, and it would be a disservice at all.

Fortunately, the four clay puppets seem to be affected by the pillar. As long as they stay within a certain range around the pillar, the clay puppets will not attack, but as long as they step out of this range, a casserole-sized fist will arrive immediately.

"What the hell!" Shao Jingxing couldn't help complaining, "Why didn't they come out when we approached just now?" If they had known that there were four clay puppets here, they wouldn't have walked into the encirclement at all.

"Maybe we touched this pillar—" Huo Qing stopped in the middle of speaking, because it was Shao Jingxing who touched the pillar.

"Is this the reason?" Shao Jingxing immediately turned bitter, "It's all my fault!"

Huo Qing immediately changed his words: "It's not necessarily the reason. It may also be because we stayed in front of the pillar for too long, or it is only allowed to enter and not to exit."

"Forget it, don't comfort me..." Shao Jingxing drooped his head, "I knew it was me who caused the trouble..."

Huo Qing opened his mouth, but he really wasn't very good at comforting people, and in the end he just said: "If the crack doesn't come here, we—" He was the one who suggested opening the crack.

Shao Jingxing immediately retorted: "But then we have to feed the sharks." His frustration came and went quickly, "Hey, anyway, the situation is already like this, let's figure out how to get out. I think if these people Even if we are affected by this pillar, if we find out the secret of the pillar, we might have a way to leave."

This makes sense.Huo Qing also looked up at the black pillar: "Unfortunately, I don't know what is written on it."

"How about we climb up to have a look?" Shao Jingxing suddenly said in a whimsical way, "The lower half of this pillar has words written on it, but what's there on the upper half?"