24 hours to save the world

At night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

Brother Pian appeared at the entrance of Jiangcheng University. He was the only one wandering on the deserted street, holding a mobile phone to his ear, as if he was talking to someone.

The person on the other end of the phone was of course Zhu Shijiu.

"Come in, I'll wait for you at school."

Brother Pian seemed a little hesitant after hearing the voice on the other end of the phone: "What do you want to do with me? Have I finished my business?"

Zhu Shijiu smiled: "I just want to get to know you. Why are you so nervous? It's not a crime. I just spent money to make a prank. Is it necessary to be so panicked?"

Brother Pian was speechless. Was he going to say that he was scared by the prank?

He recalled that after the message was sent, the boss called him and asked him to come to Jiangcheng University to get to know him. Brother Pian refused at first, but the boss said that he would pay more money, so he couldn't bear the temptation and came here.

But when he really came to the entrance of Jiangcheng University in the cold wind, he was a little hesitant.

Why did he do such a prank? Where did he get his contact information in the first place? And... after everything was done, why did the boss want to meet him?

Pian Ge wanted to get rid of this boss as soon as possible, but he was very unwilling to not get the final payment.

So he finally chose to enter Jiangcheng University.

To be honest, he felt like a thief when he entered the university now.

"Boss, where should I meet you?"

"The second floor of the gymnasium."

"Gymnasium?" Pian Ge was really hesitant now.

Everyone knows that the gymnasium at the university is usually very deserted at night. Sometimes, even bolder couples will choose to date on the second floor of the gymnasium.

Who would go to the gymnasium in the middle of the night for no reason?

This boss must be problematic.

But just as he was thinking this, he heard the person on the other end of the phone change his words: "Forget it, it's up to you. If you are willing to decide the meeting place yourself, I only have one condition, that is, quiet and not easily disturbed."

Pian Ge breathed a sigh of relief and his inner vigilance was much less.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Does it have to be in school? Can't we meet somewhere else outside of school?"

"If you want to meet somewhere else in school, then forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything today. Go back to where you came from."

"Then the meeting fee we promised you before..."

"Of course I don't have it."

When Brother Pian thought that he could get a thousand yuan just by meeting, his heart began to surge again. Unable to bear the temptation, he coughed twice: "Boss, I've thought about it carefully. It's up to you to decide. As long as it's not a gloomy place like the gymnasium at night, any other place will do."

"Then let's come to the teaching building, building A1, and find an empty study room on the first floor."

Zhu Shijiu, who was commanding remotely, chose the second more suitable place in his mind.

At this moment, he was hiding in his rental house, without even turning on the lights, holding a telescope in his hand and spying on his alma mater not far away.

From this angle, facing the north of Jiangcheng University, you can see the wide playground and the gymnasium standing quietly at a glance.

If someone wants to approach the gymnasium from the playground, he will definitely see them all. If the group of black-clad men approach the gymnasium from the south, they will have to pass through the teaching building, the cafeteria, the dormitory building, and the art hall. This is a very bad route.

Originally, Zhu Shijiu thought that the best place to fish was in the gymnasium. As long as he led the group of black-clad men to the gymnasium, he could see the invasion route of these people.

In this way, he can follow the clues and find a better ambush site next time, so as to find out where these people came from bit by bit.

But unfortunately, the idea is just an idea after all. He overestimated Brother Pian's courage.

So he had to lead Brother Pian to the second place in his mind, the A1 teaching building.

From this angle, you can actually see the A1 teaching building, but that place is still not as wide as the gymnasium.

Brother Pian followed Zhu Shijiu's instructions and came to the A1 teaching building. He chose a study room closest to the door. He remembered the advice not to have other people in this empty classroom. The boss told him that if other people came to this study room, he should move to other empty classrooms.

"Boss, where are you now? Are you almost there?"

"Almost."

Zhu Shijiu said this but did not move at all. He still looked at the night in the distance with a telescope.

Brother Pian felt a little uneasy. Even though he told himself that he was in school now, no matter how daring a person would do anything in school, especially now that there were other students preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination in this A1 teaching building, he should be very safe, but he still felt something was wrong.

After persuading himself with great perseverance, Brother Pian said to Zhu Shijiu.

"Boss, if you don't arrive within half an hour, I'll leave first."

"..."

"Boss?"

"Well, I know. OK."

For some reason, the boss on the phone seemed absent-minded.

Brother Pian could never have imagined that Zhu Shijiu's hands were shaking as he held the telescope.

——He saw it!

Under the cover of night, he saw the teams moving forward hidden in the darkness through the telescope!

Those people were dressed in black, and they were particularly inconspicuous in the darkness. If Zhu Shijiu had not been concentrating on watching everything in the distance, their actions would definitely not alarm anyone.

Their actions in the night were extremely fast, and it was obvious that they were moving forward with a purpose.

As soon as he saw these people, Zhu Shijiu's body couldn't help but tremble.

That was because of fear.

Last week, he had no power to fight back against these people, and he almost fell down at the first sight. The torture after being caught made him unwilling to recall it.

The memories that emerged in his mind made him unable to overcome. He had to admit that he suffered from PTSD, which is the "post-traumatic stress disorder" that many soldiers who have experienced many wars usually have.

This is the sequelae left after being tortured in the last week.

The right hand holding the telescope and the left hand holding the mobile phone were shaking.

He took a deep breath and said, "Now, put your mobile phone in your pocket and don't hang up the call."

Brother Pian didn't understand why, but he did it anyway.

He was very curious. Everything about this boss seemed mysterious, just like his instructions.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, a group of men in black had come to the window of the study room, gesturing to each other and slowly surrounding the study room.

In this week, who is the mantis and who is the oriole?

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