stonecrandall Chapter 4 appears in the form of bullet comments!
Chapter 4 appears in the form of bullet comments!
The next morning
Su Chen was sitting in the classroom, listening to a boring professional course.
On the podium, the old professor, wearing reading glasses, read out obscure and difficult formulas from the PowerPoint presentation.
Below the stage, most of the students were either looking down at their phones or simply sleeping on their desks.
Su Chen leaned back in his chair, the barrage of comments in front of him still refreshing.
[It's all over, Wang Hu's shipment has been seized!]
[Holy crap, they arrested everyone, including the goods! What's going on?]
Wasn't that warehouse supposed to be very safe? Why did the police just storm in?
Could someone have leaked the information?
[Leaked information? Who would know about our affairs? Unless...]
Holy crap, could there be a mole among us?
Seeing the panicked comments on the screen, Su Chen's lips curled up slightly.
What's the panic? This is just the beginning!
"Su Chen, Su Chen."
At the classroom door, the counselor leaned halfway in and waved to him.
"Come out for a moment, someone is looking for you."
The surrounding classmates all cast curious glances at them.
Liu Zhuang turned around and asked with a grin, "Chenzi, what did you do? Did you fail a course and get your parents called in?"
Su Chen ignored him, packed up her books, and went out.
As soon as he stepped out of the teaching building, he saw the black Hongqi sedan parked on the side of the road.
The car's lines are smooth, exuding an understated yet indescribable sense of majesty.
What's even more eye-catching is the woman leaning against the car.
A black trench coat accentuated her perfect figure.
Her long hair was tied back, revealing an extremely cold and beautiful face.
She just stood there, attracting the attention of students passing by who couldn't help but turn around frequently.
But those cold eyes deterred all the boys who wanted to approach her.
"Su Chen?"
The woman saw him and spoke directly.
His voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.
"My name is Qin Bing, and there are some things I'd like to talk to you about."
Su Chen sized her up, already having a guess in his mind.
They arrived so quickly?
"Get in the car." Qin Bing opened the back door.
Su Chen sat down without hesitation.
The moment the car door closed, all external sounds were cut off.
The car was eerily quiet.
Qin Bing sat opposite him, her eyes fixed on him.
"Did you provide the intelligence yesterday?"
It gets straight to the point, without any preamble.
"It's me." Su Chen didn't intend to hide it.
"Your source of intelligence?" Qin Bing's tone grew even colder.
This is the most crucial issue.
Su Chen raised his hand, pointed to his eyes, and then to his temples.
"I can see their plans."
Qin Bing frowned slightly.
She has met all sorts of informants: some greedy, some vengeful, and some with a change of heart.
But I've never seen a college student as calm and collected as a seasoned secret agent before.
Do you know what you're saying?
"I know." Su Chen leaned back in his chair.
"Reborn, apocalypse, these words sound absurd, but the people you caught last night have proven that what I said is true."
A long silence fell inside the car.
Qin Bing's gaze swept across his face, as if trying to see right through him.
Su Chen let her scrutinize him, his expression as calm as a stagnant pool.
After a long while, Qin Bing withdrew her gaze.
"Come with me."
She turned around, got into the driver's seat, and started the car.
The vehicle drove out of the school gate, turned onto the main road, and headed towards the suburbs.
Su Chen looked out the car window at the scenery rushing past, but his heart was unusually calm.
He knew that his plan had already succeeded in its first step.
The comments section continued to refresh.
Something's happened in Donghai City, everyone be careful lately!
I have a bad feeling. Could it be that the government has discovered something?
[What are you afraid of? What could they possibly find out? We haven't given ourselves away!]
[That idiot Wang Hu definitely exposed himself; it has nothing to do with us!]
Looking at these self-comforting comments, Su Chen sneered inwardly.
Keep going!
Soon, you will know what despair is!
After driving for nearly an hour, the car finally stopped at a place that looked like an abandoned factory.
But as soon as the vehicle entered the gate, Su Chen immediately noticed something was wrong.
The ground was too clean, the security cameras in the corners were too new, and behind those seemingly rusty iron gates, you could vaguely see the luster of metal.
This is a disguised military base.
"get off."
Qin Bing pushed open the car door.
Su Chen followed her into a building and went through three security checks.
Each checkpoint is ten times stricter than airport security.
Fingerprint, iris, metal detector, and even an instrument scan he couldn't understand.
Finally, they arrived at an underground conference room.
The moment the door opened, Su Chen saw several people sitting inside.
Each and every one of them possesses an aura so powerful it's suffocating.
Although they were dressed in civilian clothes, their inherent military bearing was impossible to conceal.
"sit."
At the head of the table, an elderly man with gray hair raised his hand in greeting.
Elder Long's eyes were gentle, but Su Chen could sense that beneath that gentleness lay a sharp edge capable of tearing everything apart.
Su Chen sat down in the chair and looked around.
Besides Elder Long, there were three other middle-aged men, each with eyes as sharp as knives.
Qin Bing stood by the door, straight as a spear.
"Child, don't be nervous." Old Long smiled and said, "We just want to understand some things."
"Please speak."
"Did you report that shipment of weapons last night?"
"Yes."
How did you know?
"I can see it." Su Chen repeated what he had said to Qin Bing earlier:
"I can see the plans of those reborn individuals; I can see what they are thinking and what they are going to do."
In the conference room, the bigwigs exchanged glances.
"You mean, you're also a reborn person?"
A middle-aged man with a square face spoke, his tone scrutinizing.
"No." Su Chen shook his head:
"I'm not like them, at least not. I can only see their... comments."
"Comments?"
"Yes! Like the bullet comments in online live streams." Su Chen organized his thoughts:
"The thoughts and plans of each of them will appear before my eyes in the form of bullet comments."
"Only I can see it; they themselves seem unaware."
This explanation was the closest he could think of to the truth without making himself seem too bizarre.
Elder Long fell silent.
He has lived most of his life and seen countless storms.
But what happened today was still beyond his comprehension.
Can you prove it?
"Okay." Su Chen nodded.
"Right now, reborn people all over the country should be discussing what happened last night."
"They were panicked, afraid of being discovered and arrested."
He paused, looking at the bigwigs in front of him.
"If you want more evidence, I can tell you who else will be next, where they are, and what they are doing."
The air in the conference room seemed to freeze instantly.