After a long time, the people who had been waiting outside finally saw the nurse come out of Liu Peng's ward.
"Everyone, the patient has woken up, but his mental state is still not very clear. So, before the interrogation, the doctor needs to conduct a further examination," said the tall female nurse respectfully to the soldiers outside the ward.
The man surnamed Lin, whose original name was Lin Yuexiang, nodded slightly. After all, they had already waited for almost three hours, and waiting for another dozen or so minutes wouldn't matter.
Soon, the female nurse called the somewhat bald middle-aged doctor who had treated Liu Peng earlier, and they walked into the ward side by side.
As soon as the two of them entered, there came intense curses and threats from the ward. The voices were not too loud, but definitely not soft either, and were interspersed with a few coughs.
It was obvious that Liu Peng had become much more conscious and was aware of his current predicament. He knew that he was still alive and had been captured by the military police outside the factory building at that time, and it was highly likely that they were still outside.
However, the doctors in the military hospital were no strangers to dealing with such vicious criminals. They had long considered the possibility that the criminals might suddenly lash out and hurt people or take doctors and nurses hostage to try to escape after waking up. So, after treating these criminals, they would inject them with a "muscle relaxant". After sending them back to the ward, they would also use straps to tie their limbs to the bed board, just in case.
The soldiers outside were well aware of this. Otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting there so calmly.
Inside the ward, the doctor paid no attention to Liu Peng's threats and curses. He just stood there quietly, observing him and the instruments beside him that showed his various physiological functions.
After conducting a simple examination over and over again and confirming that the criminal had almost recovered, the doctor asked the nurse to open the ward door and indicated that the interrogation could begin.
Lin Yuexiang led the way into the ward, followed by Wang An and several platoon leaders from the same company.
As soon as he saw Lin Yuexiang and the others, Liu Peng guessed their identities and immediately started shouting:
"You damned soldiers! You'd better let me go! Otherwise! Lady 'Q' won't let you off! "
After hearing Liu Peng's astonishing words, all the soldiers were stunned on the spot. Their eyes were filled with astonishment, doubt, and surprise.
But Liu Peng couldn't see these expressions. He thought his threats had worked, so he shouted even more vigorously:
"It seems you've also heard of Lady 'Q's abilities! I'm telling you! Lady 'Q' is about to come to this damned country! She's going to bring true peace and democracy here! You dogs who work for this damned country! None of you will be able to escape! However, humph, if you can let me go, I might consider asking Lady 'Q' not to kill you for now. What do you think?"
After saying this, Liu Peng shut up and started waiting for Lin Yuexiang and the others to answer. But instead of answering his question, they turned to ask the doctor if he was really fully conscious.
After getting an affirmative answer from the doctor, their eyes immediately lit up with excitement, and the way they looked at Liu Peng changed from indifference to a predatory gaze.
This sudden change made Liu Peng tremble involuntarily. He didn't understand what was going on.
"I didn't expect there to really be a connection with 'Q', and it seems to be quite significant. He even knows about the existence of 'Q'... This is interesting..." Lin Yuexiang murmured in a low voice. After nodding to the people around him, he took a step forward and asked Liu Peng:
"I didn't expect you to know about 'Q'. This indeed exceeded our expectations. But... how can we trust you? Have you met 'Q'? Do you know what she looks like? Do you know how powerful her abilities are?"
In response to Lin Yuexiang's questions, Liu Peng sneered disdainfully and said:
"Of course I've met Lady 'Q'! It was in Myanmar! She personally trained us! She said we were her most perfect soldiers! We would definitely be able to complete the tasks she gave us perfectly! As for what Lady looks like, humph! Forget it! Don't think I can't tell that you're trying to get information out of me! I'm telling you! Don't even think about it! But I can reveal to you a little bit. She has the terrifying ability to kill people without a trace! All of you together aren't enough for her to move a single finger!"
"I see." Lin Yuexiang smiled and nodded gently, as if he had already obtained the information he wanted from Liu Peng's words. So, after exchanging a few glances with the people around him, they all tacitly left the ward.
As soon as they walked out of the ward, Wang An took the initiative to take out a communication device that was as big as a small blackboard brick and handed it to Lin Yuexiang.
The latter reached out to take it and skillfully dialed a number.
In just a short moment, the communication device was connected. Lin Yuexiang directly said, "Request for personnel from the Beijing area, 'Photo' and 'Bird', to come to the Shanghai area. There's news related to 'Q'."
After getting confirmation from the other side, Lin Yuexiang put away the communication device, gave Liu Peng on the sickbed a deep look, making the latter's heart tremble. Then he led everyone out of the ward.
Back in the hospital corridor, Lin Yuexiang didn't let those platoon leaders follow anymore. He only took Wang An with him and walked out of the seven-story building to the outside of the hospital building.
Listening to the chirping of the cicadas in his ears and with his back to the orange-red setting sun, Lin Yuexiang found an empty shady spot nearby, leaned against the wall, and watched as Wang An, who deliberately slowed down by a step, stood back beside him.
Wang An understood what the other person meant and asked worriedly:
"Captain Lin, it's not that I'm being overly worried, but... 'Q' and the 'Ace' organization behind her probably won't let us get information about her so easily, especially from the mouth of a small fry like Liu Peng. Is there... a trick in this? "
"Even if there is a trick, we still have to take the risk," Lin Yuexiang replied without much thought:
"We know too little about 'Q' and the 'Ace' organization. We're in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. As long as it's information related to them, even if there's a high possibility that it's a trap, we must get hold of it. Moreover, it's the Logistics Department's job to distinguish between true and false information. It has nothing to do with us who are on the 'front line'. We're only responsible for collecting information. It's not our concern whether it's true or false." After saying this, Lin Yuexiang changed his stance, put his hands behind his head, hooked his left foot, and leaned against the hospital wall in a stance like a "standing golden rooster". At the same time, he changed the topic and shifted it to Wang An:
"By the way, when we were still in the mountains, even before I arrived, I don't think you would have cared if the bandits in the factory building suddenly hurt or even killed the hostages. Don't rush to refute me. I can tell that you didn't care about the safety of those two hostages in the factory building at all. You were extremely relaxed throughout the whole process. Although I'm not sure if it's because you trust me... that you believe I would pay attention to the situation even when I was still at the foot of the mountain and would take action at the critical moment; or if it's because you've been in contact with superpowered people like me so much that your mentality has changed a bit, and you've started to think that you're no longer an ordinary person and can look down on the people from a high position...
"Whichever it is, you'd better give up this idea immediately. Otherwise, it will bring you great trouble. At that time, I might send you to a military court myself."
After saying these words for the second time, Lin Yuexiang stood up straight, ignored Wang An beside him, and walked away directly in front of him.
However, before the former had taken two steps, he walked back again. Using the tone that Wang An was familiar with, which was plain with a hint of humor, he awkwardly changed the topic:
"By the way, how did you know that Liu Peng and the others were related to a supernatural event?"
Wang An understood that the other person was giving him an opportunity to save face, so he explained in a joking tone:
"Actually, our company's station is the closest to that mountain, and we didn't have any tasks recently. So, they sent us there, saying that they wanted us to find something to do and not be idle, haha..."
For Lin Yuexiang, who would often come to the 11th Battalion to chat and had already become familiar with the battalion commander and more than a dozen company commanders including Wang An under him, this answer wasn't difficult to guess. It was just that he really didn't know how to start a conversation on his own, so he had to start from this.
In the end, it was proven that although the topic change was rather awkward, it was still a success to some extent, successfully relieving the awkwardness between the two of them.
After the two of them forced a few laughs at each other, just as Wang An was about to find another topic, he saw Lin Yuexiang suddenly turn his head in one direction.
Wang An's reaction was half a beat slower. Just as he was about to follow Lin Yuexiang's gaze, he was shocked to find that he couldn't even turn his head simply. Moreover, he couldn't perform a series of actions including raising his hand, walking, and swinging his arm. In other words, except for blinking and breathing, he couldn't control any part of his body anymore, as if he had turned into a stone statue.
Facing this sudden situation, Wang An immediately showed the qualities that a soldier should have, that is, "remain calm in everything"! He also successfully achieved this and didn't show the slightest bit of panic!
Then Wang An saw Lin Yuexiang, with a serious expression, disappear in front of him in an instant.
Inside Liu Peng's ward in the hospital building.
"Bang!" The window in the ward was smashed open with brute force, and Lin Yuexiang appeared in front of Liu Peng's sickbed.
The abnormal situation where Wang An couldn't control his body was caused by him. And it wasn't just Wang An. Within the entire hospital building, all living creatures that could move, from doctors and nurses at the top to mosquitoes, flies, insects, and ants at the bottom, all lost control of their bodies at the same moment.
And this was what Lin Yuexiang, a superpowered person, achieved by using his superpower! (Note 1)
At this moment, Lin Yuexiang clenched his fists tightly, staring at Liu Peng on the sickbed with a solemn and indignant expression.
On the spotless white bed, Liu Peng's eyes were wide open, with most of his eyeballs protruding from their sockets. His face was bloodless, and blood was constantly flowing out of his seven orifices.
The last expression he made before his death was one of fear, adding the final touch to this extremely ferocious and terrifying face.
"Beep——" The ear-piercing long beep of the electrocardiogram machine and the bright red straight line on it indicated that Liu Peng's heart had stopped beating.
All the numbers on the corresponding electrocardiogram and blood pressure monitor, which symbolized vital signs such as breathing, blood pressure, and pulse pressure, also returned to zero at this moment.
All these indicated that Liu Peng was already dead, and he had died in an extremely strange way even after the doctor had repeatedly confirmed his vital safety.
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Five kilometers outside the military hospital, on a Remote path that was rarely passed by on weekdays, a van was parked there, directly occupying the small sidewalk on one side of the street.
In the driver's seat of the van, a middle-aged man in his forties with a fat face and big ears was fast asleep. He had stayed up playing mahjong until the early morning of that day. He had originally thought that he had a day off and could spend the whole day catching up on sleep. But he was woken up by a sudden phone call just two hours after he fell asleep and was asked to deliver this urgent shipment.
After using the last bit of his wakefulness to deliver the goods in the evening of that day, he couldn't hold on anymore. So, he found an old street nearby. With the thought that "there shouldn't be too many people passing by here on weekdays", he parked the car on the spot and started to catch up on sleep.
But not long after he fell asleep, he suddenly sat up straight again, looked around, held the steering wheel with both hands, and expressionlessly started the car again and drove away.
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Note 1: There is a building in the military hospital specifically provided for superpowered individuals and those related to supernatural events. The doctors and nurses in it are all insiders of supernatural-related content. At that time, Liu Peng was the only patient in that building.