I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 268 Emergency Response!
"Xu Zhe?"

It's currently the morning commute for work.

Amidst the chorus of coughs, Zhang Guang's colleagues all looked at him.

Even though I'm already seething with rage.

But Zhang Guang still gave Xu Zhe face and knocked on Xu Zhe's office door with his last bit of patience.

Unfortunately, after knocking several times, no one responded.

This made Zhang Guang's face darken.

"Come on, put down what you're doing and listen to me."

He ignored Xu Zhe at first and clapped his hands.

“Anyone who is currently not coughing or has any symptoms should come to my office immediately.”

"Anyone with a cough should go to the main auditorium and wait for my instructions."

"Everyone, please inform each other and execute this immediately!"

Zhang Guang cleared his throat.

Although he didn't seem to be exerting much effort, his voice was as loud as a bell, completely drowning out everyone else's coughs.

A sense of having a pillar of support returned, and everyone's expressions immediately became healthier.

"Click."

Seeing that everyone was getting moving, Zhang Guang easily opened Xu Zhe's office using his abilities.

"..."

Looking at the wide-open window, he squinted, veins bulging on his forehead.

After closing the door, Zhang Guang immediately picked up his phone.

While dialing Xu Zhe's number, he also walked to Xu Zhe's desk.

"Oh shit……"

The sight of the various documents scattered by the wind made Zhang Guang, a seasoned veteran, skip a beat!
“An’an’s report…”

"Zhao Wuji's calculation data..."

"Inhibitor ratio?"

"[Epidemic]..."

Zhang Guang kept flipping through the pages, his breathing becoming increasingly heavy.

These sheets of paper, like mountains, slammed down on Zhang Guang's head!

It made him break out in a cold sweat!
“Xu Zhe knew all along… he’s gone mad…”

Even though Zhang Guang had been on the committee for over thirty years, he had never fully revealed his emotions.

but now……

He could no longer suppress his anger!
"Oh shit!"

Zhang Guang slammed his hand hard on the table.

Bang!
The table, already covered in cracks from Xu Zhe's smashing, lost a leg instantly under this palm strike!

"What is Xu Zhe trying to do?!"

"He wants to solve the epidemic by developing a vaccine?!"

"He knew but didn't report it?! He's insane?!"

Xu Zhe didn't answer the phone, so Zhang Guang immediately called again!
The various research reports on the table, bearing the seal of Zhao Wuji's medical department, almost explicitly told Zhang Guangxi and Xu Zhe that they had known everything four days ago!
But for four whole days, Xu Zhe didn't call him even once!
The only measure we could take was to have Zhao Wuji research vaccines!

"Study your mother!"

Zhang Guang was trembling with rage!

Everyone knows!

The epidemic in the sixteenth month means that a vaccine cannot be developed during the course of the disease!
Once the epidemic spreads, professional isolation must be implemented immediately to cut off the transmission of the virus and preserve as many healthy personnel as possible!
These healthy fighting forces must be found in the Sixteenth Month with all our might!
The only way to solve the plague is to kill Sixteen Months!

"Xu Zhe's mother..."

Zhang Guang's mind was buzzing!
He didn't believe Xu Zhe didn't know how to handle the epidemic!
It's hard to imagine that this is something the head of the assassination department's operations division would do!
"At a time like this, for something like this to come out..."

"Xu Zhe wants me dead..."

Zhang Guang made three calls in a row, but Xu Zhe didn't answer!

Zhang Guang was already covered in cold sweat!
My heart has already sunk to the bottom!

He had prepared for the election for so long, planning and strategizing together with Lin Xing'an...

I didn’t expect it now…

"hiss!"

Upon thinking of Lin Xing'an, Zhang Guang froze on the spot!
He suddenly remembered Lin Xing'an's phone call that morning.

There was another person who went to contact the three owners.

"Qian Qiongzhi..."

Zhang Guang gritted his teeth.

Centered on him, the surrounding air instantly became viscous due to the scorching heat!
Qian Qiongzhi indirectly came into contact with Xu Ye, who has already been infected.

So these four days...

You should know that the people who can associate with Qian Qiongzhi are all descendants of the committee's top "privileged class"...

These people determine whether he can become a committee member!

Will he be able to achieve his ultimate goal?
"Damn Xu Zhe..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Guang shuddered!

He hung up the phone immediately!

He then logged into his own operating system on Xu Zhe's computer as quickly as possible!
He doesn't have time to deal with Xu Zhe right now!
He must handle this matter properly now!
Without hesitation, Zhang Guang used his authority to activate the committee's emergency wartime mode!
Code name: [Epidemic].

Instantly, piercing alarms sounded in the siege command center and the coordination center!
As the head of the Siege Department, Zhang Guang never imagined that one day he would actually have to press this button!

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Guang dialed Jiang Rong's number.

"Sister Jiang, I..."

"I heard."

The phone rang for less than once before Jiang Rong answered it.

"I'll grant you the necessary permissions now. Go and make the arrangements immediately. Don't worry about anything else."

Jiang Rong spoke very quickly.

"Okay, okay, and also, Sister Jiang, the source of this [epidemic] is most likely those three owners."

"Qian Qiongzhi was also in direct contact with them."

“That night, I noticed that Qian Qiongzhi was also coughing, so the child was most likely infected as well.”

Zhang Guang said, rubbing his temples.

"You mean the epidemic has been going on for at least four days?"

Jiang Rong paused, her voice unusually serious.

"Yes……"

Zhang Guang gave a wry smile.

"You hurry up and make the arrangements. I'll check on Qian Qiongzhi's situation."

"it is good."

Just as Zhang Guang put down his phone, Li Jiu, the deputy director of the overall planning department, called.

"Minister Zhang, cough cough cough, what's going on?"

Li Jiu asked, coughing.

The cough made Zhang Guang curse under his breath.

"The human and animal control team made their move in June, and the epidemic is already spreading."

"A cough means you've been infected, like you have."

"Right now, you need to separate the infected people from the uninfected people in your coordination department!"

"Maintain as much healthy fighting force as possible, I'll make arrangements immediately."

Zhang Guang walked quickly toward his office.

He hung up the phone before Li Jiu could say anything more.

"minister."

"Oh shit."

Upon entering, Zhang Guang immediately began to curse.

Of the hundreds of people who were part of the siege unit, only thirteen remained uninfected.

"Bai Yue! Where are the masks in your logistics department? Go now, take as many as you have, and put them at the entrance of the main lecture hall."

"We must ensure that every infected person has a mask!"

"Go, go, go now!"

Upon seeing that among these thirteen people was a logistics department head, Zhang Guang's expression darkened even further!

Xu Zhe is not here, Zhao Wuji is not here, Ke Ke is not here.

Bai Yue was clearly there, but she didn't report anything to him at all!
He's nowhere near as good as Lin Xing'an!
What a complete waste of space!

Zhang Guang cursed inwardly without any mercy.

"Li Lu, are you the only one in your technical team who hasn't been infected?"

"Yes, Minister."

Li Lu quickly stepped forward and nodded.

"Then you'll have to work hard."

"Use my authority right now to immediately notify all our colleagues in the operations department stationed abroad to return to their respective bases in groups, and not to go out for the time being."

"Then set up a meeting room, have all the team leaders come in, and let them count whether anyone is infected before I start the meeting."

"Let's do it here." Zhang Guang directly handed Li Lu his computer and password from his desk.

Most of the colleagues in the action department are scattered throughout the northern part of the city, monitoring people and livestock.

This part of the body should all be healthy.

Zhang Guang can now accept that one or two groups of people are infected.

"understand!"

Li Lu quickly took it and skillfully began to operate it.

"The rest of you, go find Koko... damn it..."

Thinking that Ke Ke had also disappeared for a few days, Zhang Guang swore again.

"The rest of you, follow me."

"Li Lu, you come too, let's operate it as we walk."

Zhang Guang led the group toward the coordination department.

Four days, in an environment full of [epidemic], I did not get infected.

This group of people is not simply lucky; they are immune to infection.

"Why isn't Zhao Wuji answering either..."

On the way, Zhang Guang didn't call Xu Zhe, but instead called Zhao Wuji twice.

"Is it in the lab...?"

Thinking of the data on Xu Zhe's desk, Zhang Guang narrowed his eyes.

By the time they arrived at the coordination department, the infected and uninfected people had been sorted out.

That's pretty much what Zhang Guang thought.

The number of people in the Coordination Department is currently low, with nearly a hundred people remaining uninfected.

fine……

Seeing that there were still so many people available, Zhang Guang felt a little more at ease.

"Minister, there are a total of eighteen groups. We haven't been able to contact two of them yet, but the other sixteen group leaders have already entered the meeting room."

"Then there is another group that has already shown symptoms of infection, but fortunately their location is relatively far from the other groups."

"That is to say, there are currently fifteen healthy groups, and the status of two other groups is unknown."

"And now the camera and microphone are both on."

As Li Lu handed over the laptop, she quickly summarized.

"very good."

Zhang Guang took the computer and put it aside.

Then he clapped his hands.

"Brothers, the plague from the 16th month is currently spreading, and the committee has entered wartime mode."

"I am no longer the head of the Siege Department, and none of you are employees of the Coordination Department anymore."

"Now we are all the same in terms of identity, because we have only one goal—to find the Sixteenth Month."

Zhang Guang took a deep breath and said loudly.

"I don't care what your abilities are, nor what you think right now."

"Keep any objections to yourself."

"Now, who can count how many people are here while I'm speaking?"

Zhang Guang's phone suddenly rang.

Seeing that it was Xu Zhe calling back, Zhang Guang snorted coldly in his heart and hung up the phone immediately.

"Minister, a total of 106 people in our Coordination Department have not been infected."

"Very good! What's your name?"

Zhang Guang snapped his fingers and pointed at the person who had raised his hand to speak.

"Lu Xiuwen".

He adjusted his glasses and answered.

“Very good, Lu Xiuwen, I will appoint you as the deputy leader of the temporary action group. Li Lu, you are the leader.”

"Now, together with the group leaders, you will rationally allocate everyone to each group, based on the existing overseas operations groups of the Operations Department."

"Then the entire North City was divided into fifteen districts based on the existing overseas action teams, with each team conducting a thorough search of one district."

"First assign people, then divide them into regions, and give me the results after you've done that."

Zhang Guang waved his hand and gave instructions.

Li Lu and Lu Xiuwen nodded repeatedly.

"You group leaders, any issues regarding allocations must be resolved by Li Lu!"

"Now whatever she says goes, and we'll divide it up however she tells you to."

"Once assigned, everyone should take their positions immediately and get to work, understand?"

Zhang Guang then looked at the fifteen group leaders in the video and spoke.

"I understand, Minister!"

Everyone responded in unison.

"Very good, let's start dividing it now."

Zhang Guang nodded, picked up his phone without hesitation, and called Zhao Wuji again.

Unfortunately, no one answered.

"Li Jiu, you take the infected colleagues and come with me to the siege unit."

"Everyone take a mask first, then wait for Zhao Wuji to come over."

Zhang Guang waved to Li Jiu.

"Minister Zhang, what exactly is going on... no, why is this happening so suddenly?"

Li Jiu led his men and quickly walked up to Zhang Guang, covering his mouth as he asked and answered.

"Humans and animals have been plotting this for a long time. They probably won't survive until the 16th month. They're going to fight to the death."

"Well... cough cough cough, Minister, what exactly is this [epidemic]..."

"We'll have Zhao Wuji explain the details to you later. You can wait in the lecture hall."

Zhang Guang didn't say anything more to Li Jiu.

He turned around and walked straight towards the laboratory downstairs in the medical affairs office, without even going up to the offices.

"This……"

When Zhang Guang got downstairs, he was stunned for a moment.

"boom!"

A surge of heat, seemingly capable of burning the air out of thin air, suddenly erupted!

It instantly shattered the wall that Xu Zhe had created with his voice.

"minister."

It was Zhang Guang who came over, not Xu Zhe.

Zhao Wuji sighed inwardly.

Xu Zhe, it’s over.

"Zhao Wuji, did Xu Zhe imprison you here?"

As the sound faded from his ears, Zhang Guang stared wide-eyed and asked incredulously.

"...I wanted to tell you about the situation regarding the epidemic so we could take some isolation measures in advance..."

"So Xu Zhe imprisoned you? Imprisoned you for two days???"

"Yes……"

Zhao Wuji opened his mouth, but in the end he just smiled bitterly and nodded.

At this point, it's pointless to say anything.

"He's gone mad?!"

Zhang Guang's brows were furrowed, and his voice cracked slightly!

"He's really insane..."

Zhang Guang shook his head and sighed.

"Old Zhao, everyone who is showing symptoms is in the main lecture hall. Go check on them immediately."

“Select the available personnel, those who are in relatively good condition, especially those from the technical department, as they will be needed to assist in the search for the 16th month online.”

"Also, immediately disinfect the entire department, regardless of whether it works or not."

He licked his lips and made arrangements while rubbing his forehead.

"Understood, understood. I've already prepared the detailed disinfection and isolation plan, it's just... a bit late."

"It's fucking too late!"

Zhang Guang picked up his phone.

“Minister, Xu Zhe…he knew about it but didn’t report it because of Lin Xing’an.”

"Xu Zhe has always believed that Lin Xing'an is an undercover agent for the human and animal faction, and that this epidemic was also Lin Xing'an's doing."

"So he was obsessed with finding evidence of Lin Xing'an's involvement."

Seeing that Zhang Guang was about to call Xu Zhe, Zhao Wuji also took the opportunity to speak.

After hearing this, Zhang Guang felt a wave of dizziness.

"Damn it...it's because of a personal grudge with Lin Xing'an again..."

"Xu Zhe has really gone too far..."

He gritted his teeth and dialed Xu Zhe's number.

(End of this chapter)