278: crack

SkyNet Monitoring Room.

Tang Cheng rubbed his bloodshot eyes and sighed.

"I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. If I keep going, my eyes are going to go blind."

Qi Weiqi heard this, turned his head to look at his eyes, and felt that there were indeed many bloodshot lines, thick and dense like the branches of a tree. If he kept looking, something would really go wrong. His slightly sluggish brain turned.

"We really can't keep going like this. I'll submit a request to have them send more people over. There are more and more monitors now, and with just us, there's no way to cover everything. We need people to rotate shifts."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"We definitely need more people."

The team members nodded repeatedly in agreement upon hearing this, their heads bobbing so much they were almost falling off.

Honestly, if the supervisor hadn't said it, they would have said it themselves; they really couldn't hold on any longer.

Although they wanted to persist in their hearts, their bodies just couldn't keep up; they were willing but lacked the strength.

They had been watching the monitors for the past few days. In Province B alone, they had caught nearly a hundred people and prevented over thirty criminal incidents through surveillance. They didn't know how it was going in other provinces.

But unexpectedly, even after catching so many people, it didn't make the cult members afraid. The cultists still frequently showed their faces, trying to commit crimes.

Qi Weiqi looked around at everyone, focusing on their eyes, and found that everyone's eyes were the same.

"Alright, everyone rest for two hours. We will resume monitoring in two hours."

The people in the monitoring room had been waiting for a break for a long time and immediately closed their eyes to rest.

However, they couldn't fall asleep right away, so they started chatting.

"There really are so many cultists in action, and many of them have drunk 'God's Blood.' Is this 'God's Blood' really that tempting to them?"

"I heard from the Guard Team's interrogation side that many of them seem brainwashed, firmly believing they can become gods."

The person next to him rubbed his arms; goosebumps were starting to rise.

Brainwashing—just thinking about it was hair-raising.

"No wonder so many people have been caught, yet there are still people so unafraid of death that they want to commit crimes."

"The hospital is currently drawing their blood for research."

"Researching what?"

"Naturally, researching the impact of that beast blood on the human body, to confirm whether their current thoughts have been controlled or if these are their own ideas."

"Sigh, with food and drink available, why do they have to do these things?"

He felt that life was pretty good, so why commit crimes?

"Who knows? Some want to become gods, some seem to want to optimize the bloodline of their next generation, and others want to make their card crafting more powerful. Anyway, there are all sorts of reasons."

Tang Cheng: "Regardless of the reason, it cannot cover up the fact that they are incompetent."

The team member next to him was a bit confused; what did this have to do with incompetence?

"Team Leader, what do you mean? Why are they incompetent?"

"Think about it. If they had the ability themselves, why would they think of relying on this external object?"

"True."

While the monitoring room had a moment of rest, the Guard Team on the other side was extremely busy with arrests.

The Guard Team generally manages internal city issues, and under normal circumstances, their numbers are sufficient. But this is not a normal situation, so they have no choice but to request support from the military.

Consequently, Liu Tianshi also became extremely busy, needing to prepare for the upcoming Beast Tide while cooperating with the military to catch cult members.

With more people and increased frequency, these activities were eventually noticed by the public.

...

In a bar.

A cult member noticed the recent activity and was a bit afraid, so he came to the bar to probe for some information.

"What do you guys think the Government is making such a big fuss about recently?"

"Don't know, but they say it's to catch bad guys."

"Yeah, exactly. Anyway, we haven't committed any crimes, so what's there to be afraid of?"

You haven't committed any crimes, but I have!

The cult member next to them silently thought to himself. After thinking for a moment, he realized he couldn't let the topic end like this, so he found another reason.

"No, it's just that I feel there weren't this many bad guys before. How did it suddenly become like this? Could bad guys really increase by so many in just a few days?"

"True."

Hearing someone agree, the cult member's eyes lit up, waiting for him to continue.

"I have some inside information, do you guys want to hear it?"

"What inside information? Just tell us, don't keep us in suspense." The person next to him gave him a nudge.

However, he looked around at the people nearby and didn't say anything.

The cult member understood.

"Bartender, give this brother a drink, it's on me."

"Good, you're generous, brother. Then I'll tell you." This person straightened his posture and began to speak.

"I heard that someone kidnapped the children of the Ji Family and Thunderbolt Company, and both families were furious. They ordered the Guard Team to investigate strictly, which is why there's such a big commotion."

As soon as these words were spoken, they caused a ripple.

"This person is too bold, offending both families at once."

"Yeah, the Ji Family is an old-established family, and Thunderbolt Company is a rising star company. To offend both at once, these people really have guts."

"Yeah, yeah, have they been caught?"

"Probably not. If they had been caught, it wouldn't be so strict right now."

"Actually, I think it's pretty good now. Don't you feel that we are much safer now? Basically, people are caught before they commit crimes."

"True, there aren't even any petty thieves now; it really is much safer."

You guys are safe, but if I take action, I won't be safe.

The cult member cursed inwardly.

Damn it, who is so unafraid of death to offend these two families? Now everyone is unable to take action.

Forget it, forget it. He had better stay low for now.

He didn't know that this thought of his allowed him to escape a disaster. After learning about the matter later through the newspaper, he immediately left the cult and ran away. It was better to be an ordinary person; the cult was too dangerous.

And all of this, he didn't know at the moment, only cursing the person who caused this matter.

As time went by day after day, the coverage of surveillance became larger and larger, and more and more people were caught committing crimes.

The cult had originally thought that this God's Blood would make their members go crazy, and then obtain more supplies and money for them, allowing them to cause trouble during the Beast Tide and overthrow the Government of the Tianlong Republic.

However, when they carefully took stock, they found that their recent gains were actually less than before.

Why is this?

Could there be a problem with the God's Blood?

Or is it that this time it was a trap set by the beasts and the Tianlong Republic, aiming to destroy the cult?

Hiss~~~

The cult leadership gasped in cold air.

They really needed to reconsider their cooperation with the beasts; if the beasts could cooperate with them, they could also cooperate with others.

The Tianlong Republic also didn't expect that their recent actions would cause a rift in the cooperation between the two sides.