Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 223 Welcome
In an old residential building in the east of the city, a bearded man was squatting on the roof, looking towards the city center through a telescope, swearing from time to time.

"These greyhounds have stepped up their guard again, and it's going to be hard to deal with them."

A team member popped out of the entrance on the roof and shouted at him, "Brother Tian, ​​the captain's telegram has arrived, brother..."

"What are you yelling about? I heard it."

The bearded man stood up and walked back, took the crumpled and sweaty telegram, took a look at it, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, there's no need to think of any more ways to plant bombs. Tomorrow we'll load the remaining explosives into a car and transport it to the department store in front. We'll explode them while there's a lot of people around. And notify Xiao Li to get involved, too. We'll give them a big fireworks display."

"Brother, that place is still some distance from the city center. Will it be useful?"

The bearded man squinted at him and said, "I want to blow up the city center, too. How about you go?" The team member immediately shrank his head and said, "Forget it then."

The bearded man snorted, "Just do as I say, why so much nonsense?"

The team member said, "I am worried that I might delay the captain's care for my brother."

"The captain is smarter than you. What can you think of that he can't think of?"

The bearded man raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was 3:25 in the morning, and it would be dawn in almost two hours. He said, "Go get some work done. I need to hear the sound before six!"

"Brother, just watch."

In the wilderness, Chen Chuan and others have arrived at the north side of Xieshan. There is no direct road from the wilderness to Xieshan, so they need to stop in front of the foot of the mountain, and then pass through the mountain road arranged for them by the Patrol Bureau, and come to the side where they can reach the railway section.

Most of them were fighters, and a few had years of experience in carrying out commissions. They were full of energy and could walk briskly on the mountain trails even with heavy objects on their backs. They arrived at the designated location before dawn.

This location was specially chosen by the Police Bureau. With the cover of the woods, even though it was still dark, one could vaguely see the railway about half a mile away.

In front of them was a steep slope, about forty to fifty meters from the ground. However, this was nothing to them. If anything happened, they could immediately use tools to quickly get down.

Chen Chuan looked to the south. When the train came from there, it had to pass through a tunnel that lasted more than 20 seconds. That was the area that was often attacked. However, there was now a sentry post nearby, and railway security personnel patrolled every hour.

He looked at his watch.

4 points.

The members of the resistance organization are probably hiding on a nearby hill at this moment, and it is unknown whether the person who initiated the secret ritual behind the scenes has also arrived.

It is not yet known what effect the ritual had.

But he was not worried. Not only had he already made preparations, but Director Lei had also told him during the teaching process that the larger the scale of the ceremony, the harder it would be to grasp the details. If there was any negligence, he might not even be able to control it.

Therefore, the most worrying thing about large-scale rituals is before they are discovered. If we know about them in advance, there are plenty of ways to target them.

At this moment, just a few kilometers away from them, behind a hillside near the north, Bao Yuan had already arrived here with his men.

He also looked at his watch at this time.

If the train had not been delayed, the train would have passed underneath at around 6:05. Because of the increased security and patrols along this section of the railway, it would have been almost impossible to blow it up again.

But fortunately they don't rely on that this time.

The painter promised to do what he wanted to see.

Bao Yuan didn't know how the painter did it, but he trusted the painter because many of his things were successful with the painter's help, even though they had never met.

He also suspected that the painter was also a member of the organization and someone who shared the same ideals as him, which could explain why this person repeatedly helped him.

Two kilometers away, Director Lei and several members of the Secret Cult Inspection Bureau were hiding in a sentry post.

Almost all members of the Esoteric Cult Inspection Bureau have been dispatched this time, and more people are now waiting on the periphery and in various hidden locations. They carry radios to ensure communication with each other, so that they can respond quickly as soon as there is any movement.

Because this operation might be the largest one undertaken by the Esoteric Cult Inspection Bureau in the past decade, some of the young team members were both excited and nervous, and they kept looking at their watches.

Time passed by little by little, and at 5:55, when the train was about to approach according to the schedule, suddenly one of the team members pointed upwards and exclaimed: "Look!"

Everyone looked up and saw a hot air balloon floating above the mountains.

When Director Lei saw this thing appear here, he stared upwards. He didn't need to think any more, he knew that the person behind the secret ceremony was hiding inside. Using a hot air balloon was indeed a good idea, which would allow him to take charge of the entire secret ceremony and get himself out of it.

He said: "It's ready, the person should be on it."

After hearing what he said, the team members all reacted. One team member asked in confusion: "Director, how can we activate the secret device when he is up there?"

Before the secret instrument can be activated, a key link must be embedded in it for it to work. An incomplete arrangement is useless. It goes without saying that the man will definitely not start it before the train arrives. And if the man is in the sky, how can he accurately grasp it?

Chief Lei had already sorted out this man's thinking after seeing the hot air balloon, and he said, "No need, the train is it."

The team members were surprised, "Train?"

Director Lei said in a deep voice: "If there are his people on the train, or the train itself has been tampered with, then he doesn't have to control it himself. Once the train arrives, the entire secret device will be activated. Even if this is not the case, he can get down from the hot air balloon if necessary."

He then glanced at the watch on his wrist.

6 points.

If it is on time, the train will arrive soon.

At almost the same time, Guan Yuming, who was in charge of command near the city center, suddenly heard two huge explosions from the east and west respectively.

He frowned. Even though they had checked as much as possible, they couldn't block off the entire city after all, especially the people hiding in some alleys who could not be taken care of at all.

However, such actions are meaningless except for killing ordinary people and creating chaos, so they should only be used to contain them and prevent them from diverting their forces to other places.

He first arranged two teams to go to the scene, then turned around and said to the telegraph operator: "Send a message with the content: 'There was an explosion attack on the outer edge of the city center, reminding you to pay attention.'"

A moment later, Chen Chuan and Director Lei both received telegrams. At this time, there was a problem in the city and the train was about to arrive, so the other party was likely to take action soon.

At this moment, the Changshun train was traveling along the rails towards Yangzhi City. This train had a total of seventeen carriages, with top-notch facilities and interior decoration.

In this train, in addition to some ordinary passengers, passengers in the middle and rear were representatives of foreign companies who came to Yangzhi City for a meeting. Each company occupied one or two carriages. Most of them were accompanied by armed security personnel. They were all allowed to carry firearms and wear stab-proof clothing. A few of them wore protective clothing.

Lindenberg, the representative of Bolun Company, was looking at the scenery outside the car window at this moment. His assistant said at this time: "Sir, the land outside the central city of Dashun is always barren and monotonous. The people living in those cities are like livestock in a livestock pen, barbaric and stupid. There is nothing worth seeing."

Lindenberg said: "The world outside the central city is like this all over the world. It's like this in Dashun and Nordland. But the Molan Company chose to retreat here. This land must have some magical places that we don't know about."

After giving his evaluation, he stopped looking outside and continued to look through the information about Yangzhi City. Originally, he was not the business representative this time, but that person was temporarily transferred by the higher-ups due to a task, so he was arranged to come. He did not know the situation here beforehand, so he had to start all his homework from scratch.

"Hmm..." He suddenly raised his head and took off the brown decorative glasses on his face. The pupils of the implanted eyes instantly dilated and he saw a small black dot in the distance. He said in surprise: "A hot air balloon?" He also saw a ribbon hanging below with the words "Welcome guests from all countries" written on it.

"Is this the Yangzhi government's welcome ceremony? They seem very enthusiastic."

The train had now reached the section connecting to the mountain tunnel. The train driver was keeping an eye on the road ahead. He knew that this section had often been attacked in the past. Fortunately, everything seemed normal now. As the train was about to enter the tunnel, he blew the whistle in advance to alert the passengers behind.

When he entered, he took a quick look and was suddenly shocked. The wrinkles on the mountain and the rocks seemed to form a strange smiling face, which seemed to be smiling at him, and the dark tunnel entrance below seemed to be a big open mouth.

"Woo..."

The train rushed into the tunnel, and after more than 20 seconds, it successfully came out, but it slowly stopped. Only a small part of the car body was exposed outside, and most of it was still in the tunnel.

The passengers were all sitting in their seats at the moment, but they didn't seem to notice that the train had stopped at all, and they all continued with their original activities.

In the carriage of the Burren Company, the assistant's voice rang out, "Sir, the land outside the central city of Dashun is always barren and monotonous, and the people living in those cities are like livestock in a livestock pen, barbaric and stupid, there is nothing worth seeing."

Lindenberg retracted his gaze and said, "It's the same everywhere outside the central city. It's the same in Dashun and Nordland..."

He frowned, as if he felt something was wrong, but he continued, "But Molan Company chose to retreat here. This land must have some magical place that we don't know about..."

He continued to look through the information. After a while, he seemed to have discovered something and looked up and said, "Is that a hot air balloon?"

"Is this the Yangzhi government's welcome ceremony? They seem very enthusiastic."

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(End of this chapter)