After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 185 Seeing Each Other One Last Time

It wasn't just Nie Hongnian who realized what was happening.

The vast majority of the billions of netizens online have realized what's happening!
[This is it! I knew it! How could the heads of those major conglomerates possibly make a short drama to please the masses! Which daredevil member of Kunpeng Micro Drama Club uploaded this by mistake?!]

[So I accidentally peeked into the private lives of top tycoons for just 9.9 yuan?]

[Oh no, I'm afraid the big shots will come after me!]

[Waaaaah, I never dreamed that just casually watching a short drama would lead me to five amazing people playing role-playing games!]

Am I the only one paying attention to the female lead who gave them pocket money? Giving one hundred dollars as pocket money to one of the world's top five richest people! What does that even mean?

[I have a feeling this video will be taken down soon! I need to screen record it! I'm going to watch it a few more times!]

Living with five top male gods—the Crown Prince, Li Yubai, Yan Yu, Rong Jingchen, and Ning Yunzhan—I can't even imagine it! I absolutely can't imagine it! Who is this female lead?!

……

The internet was in an uproar, but Nie Hongnian, Li Group's Special Assistant Shen, Yan Yu's agent, and the subordinates of Yunduan Group and Jitian were extremely anxious!

Just moments before, they were watching this video as casual viewers, and even paid viewers who were on the front lines of the gossip!

The next moment, I was shocked and terrified by the final behind-the-scenes dialogue!

Others are just watching the drama unfold, enjoying the gossip. But they're different. As the right-hand men of those involved, they might very well become the chicken used as a warning to others!
Immediately, everyone started calling their own bosses for instructions.

Without exception, they were all out of service area...

Xinghua Village.

Completely unaware of the trouble brewing in their own backyard, Li Yubai and his group frowned as they looked at the empty Xinghua Village.

"I tried calling the village all the way here, but no one answered." Jiang Shu was very frustrated. "Why is there no one in the village? Where did they all go?"

"Don't rush, let's search more carefully." Li Yubai looked at the desolate village. "I contacted the search and rescue team on the way here, they should be here soon."

Jiang Shu remained silent, her expression tense.

An hour later, a professional search and rescue team of over 100 people entered the village.

Hundreds of drones hovered over the forest, searching for traces of the villagers. Search dogs and detectors searched back and forth in the village.

"Beep beep beep!" A sharp sound rang out.

Jiang Shu looked over.

A search and rescue team member stood in front of the village chief's grave with a detector in his hand: "There's something hidden down there."

Jiang Shu walked over and said, "Dig."

Ten minutes later, the search and rescue team members were dumbfounded: "There's a hidden door in the grave!"

Jiang Shu walked over.

The grave was half collapsed, sunlight streamed in, the straw mat was thrown aside, and the soft soil underneath was dug up, revealing a hidden door in the ground of the village chief's grave.

The hidden door gleamed with a metallic sheen, and a combination lock and some unidentified instruments were scattered on it.

Jiang Shu reached out, preparing to lift the hidden door.

Rong Jingchen reached out to stop him: "You can't touch it!"

Jiang Shu frowned as she looked at him.

Rong Jingchen's expression was solemn: "This door lock is a military-grade combination lock with a 32-digit code. If you enter it wrong once, it will activate the self-destruct mechanism and attack system. Its attached attack system is also top-of-the-line, including an explosive device... which uses the most powerful bomb from the RC1 munitions base."

Jiang Shu stared at the hidden door: "Could it be that the people from my village are being imprisoned down there?"

"I don't know. At this point, I suggest contacting Nie Zheng."

Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow: "Nie Zheng? He's just an instructor at the Imperial Capital training base. Can he handle something like this?"

Rong Jingchen paused for a moment: "...Instructor?"

"Yes. He and my mom told me themselves." Jiang Shu paused for a moment. "They can't have been lying to me for the past ten years or so, can they?"

Rong Jingchen and the other men exchanged glances. At their level, they naturally knew who Nie Zheng was and had had some contact with him. "He's not an instructor," Rong Jingchen said without hesitation, choosing to side with his patron. "He's the highest-ranking official in the country's special operations department, with the authority to handle all cases involving security and terrorism. He's internationally renowned."

Jiang Shu: "...So, they're all out there fighting fiercely, but they won't let me get involved in those things?"

After saying that, he turned around, went to the village entrance, picked up the landline, and started dialing.

A dozen minutes later, Jiang Shu hung up the phone: "No one answered. I'll take it apart! You all go away."

Rong Jingchen and the others stopped her at the same time.

"Safety first," Ning Yunzhan said softly. "This is no small matter."

"But they might be imprisoning my villagers down there, maybe even my mother! They're already suffering inhuman torture!"

After Jiang Shu finished speaking, she gently leaned against the door, and faint screams could be heard, accompanied by incoherent roars...

Jiang Shu's expression grew increasingly grim.

Rong Jingchen suddenly looked at the distant mountains and forests: "We can't contact Nie Zheng, but we might be able to try contacting that group of people."

Shadowy figures appeared in the mountains and forests.

Dozens of men in military uniforms emerged from the forest in an orderly fashion, each carrying a weapon and with solemn expressions, heading towards Jiang Shu and her group.

"Who are you? Who gave you permission to come here!" One of the men in military uniform had a murderous glint in his eyes. "This is a military stronghold. Come back to base with me for questioning!"

Rong Jingchen silently took out a green badge from his pocket: "We are not intruders. I am one of Nie Zheng's men. This badge was personally issued by your superior, Nie Zheng."

The man in military uniform took the ID, glanced at it, and then looked at the others.

Li Yubai and the others met his gaze without flinching.

Beside him, another man in military uniform lowered his voice: "Captain Chen, these are all big shots in Beijing's elite circles, people that Commander Nie personally ordered to be under special protection. And this young girl, she's the lifeblood of the whole village."

Captain Chen looked at Jiang Shu, his expression softening slightly: "What are you trying to do?"

“I discovered a hidden door. Everyone in the village has disappeared. I suspect they’re being held inside,” Jiang Shu said. “Now that you’re here, could you help me open it?”

“We can’t open it,” Captain Chen refused. “There are no villagers being held inside.”

Why did I hear screams?

"You misheard me." Captain Chen looked at Jiang Shu, his tone somewhat polite. "As for the villagers' whereabouts, you can ask Commander Nie."

"I can't get in touch with him."

Team Leader Chen paused for a moment, then said, “The village’s telephones have been put under control. You can leave the village and make calls using your own mobile phone. Rong Jingchen, Li Yubai, and the other four can also leave the village with you. As for the search and rescue team, we still need to take them back for inspection according to procedure. If there are no problems, we will let them go back.”

Jiang Shu had no time to care about the panicked search and rescue teams.

She got straight into the car: "Leave the village, go somewhere with a signal!"

Rong Jingchen drove.

They drove at top speed toward Dog-Scented Town.

On the way, Ning Yunzhan seemed to be deep in thought: "My lord, did you know that there is a group of special forces living in the back mountain of Xinghua Village?"

“I know a little. My mom said it's to protect us, and they almost never show up. But I only found out today that they're Nie Zheng's people.”

Seeing that she was not completely ignorant, Ning Yunzhan shut his mouth.

As we continued forward, my phone started to get a signal.

Jiang Shu dialed another phone number.

This time, the phone was answered after three rings, and Nie Zheng's clear voice, tinged with a hint of weariness, came through:

"Xiaoshu."

"Something's happened to my mom!" Jiang Shu exclaimed immediately. "And everyone in the village has disappeared!"

After a long silence, Nie Zheng spoke again:
“The Imperial Capital Military Hospital. They, including your mother, are all here. If you come now, you can still…see them one last time.”

(End of this chapter)