Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 286 This balance is so hard to grasp.
All 132 people were rescued.

Ninety-eight people were trapped but not injured, while thirty-four others suffered injuries of varying degrees, the most serious being Gao Zhixing. All of them were easily healed by Master Mingyu using the Xuan Yun Mantra.

After the matter was over, neither Daoist Mingyu nor Daoist Yanqi stayed for lunch. Instead, they used their invisibility spell in front of Zheng Hongsheng and disappeared in a flash.

Zheng Hongsheng, "..."

"I'm not a man in black! I don't have memory erasure equipment!" Zheng Hongsheng lamented, then began to handle the aftermath.

In fact, Zheng Hongsheng and Daoist Mingyu had discussed matters related to the Taoist Research Institute. The conclusion they reached was that they would neither deliberately perform miracles in front of others nor intentionally hide their tracks; they would simply let things take their natural course.

Taoism emphasizes following the natural way and achieving inner peace.

However, the Taoist Office has many more things to consider. It cannot give the public too much of a shock at once, nor can it completely hide the truth and leave no way out. After all, there have been various speculations outside since the Berkeley incident.

Therefore, we need to make more preparations and develop various contingency plans.

"As expected, the research institute only needs to bury itself in its work, while the miscellaneous tasks are all done in the office," Zheng Hongsheng remarked.

So he had the parties sign a confidentiality agreement, arranged for the trapped people to be taken to the hospital for further examination, and then held a press conference to inform the outside world that all the trapped people had been rescued thanks to the efforts of the rescue workers.

On the surface, their words are impeccable, but behind the scenes, rumors and gossip are allowed to spread freely.

So, after the press conference, the rescuers were completely bewildered. They had been working through the night for nearly twelve hours, but they had only just cleared the surface rubble. They had gone less than twenty meters down into the well and hadn't seen a single trapped person!

However, they were quickly gathered by the rescue leaders and given a gag order. They were told that all the trapped people had been rescued by the relevant departments, but these departments were relatively confidential and could not be exposed, so they needed to use our reputation.

"Is this for real? You didn't do anything and you're already getting credit for it?" someone chuckled.

But some people are curious: "We understand the existence of classified departments, but what kind of classified department can rescue people hundreds of meters below the surface? To be honest, even during a world war, we are the most professional in rescue work. Surely our technology isn't so advanced that we've developed a submarine-like submersible?"

"A super tunnel boring machine?" someone joked.

However, some people have doubts: "The trapped person was 300 meters underground. What department could rescue them in such a short time? Could it be that the water was too deep and someone was trying to cover it up?"

"Shut up!" the rescue leader yelled at the man. "I saw people being rescued with my own eyes! Did you bribe me too?"

"No, no! You should have said you saw it with your own eyes. I didn't know!" The man immediately shook his head and said weakly, "But it's normal for me to have some doubts about such explosive news."

The rescue leader's mind flashed back to the miraculous scenes of Daoist Yanqi using the Earth Escape Technique and Daoist Mingyu using the Mysterious Incantation, and his eyes were once again filled with shock.

"Anyway, I saw it with my own eyes, and the capabilities of this classified department far exceed your imagination," the rescue leader said. "It's not time for you to know yet, so don't ask any more questions."

"So, it seems we'll find out more later?" someone asked.

"Technology is always evolving. The sixth-generation fighter jet used to be a classified project, but now everyone knows about it, right?" someone explained.

"That makes sense!" Everyone nodded.

The rescue leader shook his head and chuckled as he watched everyone earnestly envisioning some kind of equipment that could quickly dig tunnels. But then, remembering Zheng Hongsheng's promise to distribute a batch of Vajra Mystic Talisman tokens as soon as possible, his eyes gradually lit up with excitement.

Meanwhile, reporters who had just finished a press conference rushed to the hospital, only to learn that the hospital had indeed received 132 trapped people that morning.

"real or fake?"

"The final conclusion has been reached, and it is certainly true."

"But why does it sound so fake? I know our rescue speed is fast, but this time it's too fast, isn't it?"

"Perhaps it was an advance warning, so everyone rushed up, and it's very close to the exit?" "That's the only possibility."

"But when I interviewed a few of the trapped people, and asked them a little more detailed questions, they were rather vague in their answers."

“I obtained the mine’s work shift schedule through an insider and compared it with the personnel received by the hospital. There were no problems. All 132 people were there, not one missing.”

"Have you noticed? None of the people who were rescued were injured!"

"Hey?"

A group of reporters looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Could it be that the landslide wasn't serious and the rescue wasn't complicated?"

"It sounds serious, but it's actually very simple?"

"So they set off a huge firecracker?" someone said speechlessly. "Are they out of their minds? They're exaggerating the situation and bear a lot of responsibility themselves!"

"An earthquake is a natural disaster, so why make up a name for yourself and claim credit for something you didn't do?"

"No, I have a secret to tell you!" someone whispered as they entered from outside. "I have inside information!"

"What secret?" A group of people immediately crowded around.

“I have an informant who is helping at the accident site. He told me that the collapse was really serious, and that people were trapped hundreds of meters down. The rescue team worked through the night without stopping for a moment, but they didn’t manage to save anyone.”

"Then how..."

"But this morning, he saw two Taoist priests outside the command tent!"

"what?"

"Then, not long after, the group of people who were trapped appeared together in a temporary camp that had only been set up that morning. They came out of their tents one by one, got on a bus, and were taken to the hospital."

"what?"

"I suspect there's an element of metaphysics involved in this!" the man said mysteriously, "just like the Qinling Dragon Vein and the Shanghai Dragon Pillar incidents."

Everyone, "..."

"Would you dare include this speculation in your report?"

"I'm not crazy!"

"Speaking of which, when I went in to interview people just now, one of the trapped people was chanting Amitabha Buddha's name, and then his companion interrupted him and made him chant 'May the Heavenly Venerable of Boundless Blessings be with you,'" another person said with a puzzled look.

"what?"

The reporters stared at each other in disbelief, a chill running down their spines.

Especially those with ulterior motives who originally wanted to question the incident couldn't help but swallow hard.

They had special connections and had heard about an incident that happened in the United States a few days ago. It was different from what was being circulated online, and there seemed to be something unspeakable about it. Someone there had also told them to keep an eye out for famous Taoist mountains and temples in the area.

Considering what happened today, could it be...?

(End of this chapter)