Chapter 105: The Mysterious Disappearance (Part 1)

  I really woke up, lying on a bed, my body was normal, nothing was missing. Moreover, I also saw a lamp in the room, a very bright lamp, the light was so strong that I didn't dare to open my eyes.

  Where is this place? Why does it feel a bit cold? After I woke up and became more clear-headed, I thought of this question. Everything I saw in my dream before, I completely forgot, forgot everything.

  Someone is talking, it seems like they're coming towards this room.

  I wanted to sit up, but as soon as I moved, a sharp pain spread all over my body. I gritted my teeth and tried to bear it, but still couldn't sit up.

  At this time, the person speaking pushed open the door of the room and continued laughing while talking.

  Then the thing in his hand fell off and dropped directly to the ground.

  I find it strange that this person can't even hold onto something like this.

  What happened next made me understand some things.

  Because the person who came in and the one behind him both started shouting desperately, what they shouted was exactly the same: "Ghost!"

  The sharp voice almost deafened my ears, and I hastily said: "Can you speak softer? I...I'm a human being, not a ghost!"

  The shouting of the two people had already attracted more footsteps. Next, someone was heard saying: "Stop yelling, hurry up and call a doctor, this one hasn't died yet, almost causing a medical accident..."

  It turned out that I was in a hospital. I finally completely understood. The doctor took me as a dead person and sent me here... This should be the funeral home or the morgue of the hospital.

  No wonder I felt cold all along, it turned out that this place has low-temperature air conditioning on all year round, how can you not feel cold?

  I'm so angry and amused at the same time, I couldn't help but say again: "It's very cold here, can you take me out first?"

  The two people who appeared in front of me first nodded immediately and walked over cautiously, pushing me out.

  It turned out that my bed was not a real bed, but just a stretcher with wheels installed underneath, which could be pushed and moved around.

  As I looked at those onlookers, I secretly thought to myself: If I were to suddenly shout "I'm a ghost" right now, would it scare them all into a daze?

  I just thought about it like that and didn't dare to actually do it, otherwise if they all attacked me together, I would really become a dead person.

  I was sent to a ward with bright lights, and then a group of doctors and nurses rushed to my bedside. Some measured my blood pressure, some took my pulse, some gave me an IV drip, and some put an oxygen mask on me...

  I'm secretly wondering, what's wrong with me? I feel like my body is fine, it's just that some things can't move, and when they do, it hurts.

  I tried to communicate with the doctors, but one of them directly inserted a tube into my mouth and blocked it.

  I'm done, I can't speak anymore, this is almost the same as when I was in a dream before.

  After the doctors had been busy for a while, someone finally removed the tube from my mouth. Then a doctor wearing a mask asked me: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

  I shook my head: "It's just that some parts of my body hurt a bit and can't move. The more I move, the more painful it gets..."

  The doctor's hand moved slowly over my body, pressing and asking me: "Does it hurt here? Does it hurt here?"

  "It's okay, it hurts, it hurts a lot..."

  The doctor's examination ended quickly, then turned around and looked at another doctor: "You just misdiagnosed, almost sent this patient to the morgue. You go write me a check in a while, reflect on yourself."

  The scolded doctor walked away dejectedly, and a nurse next to him whispered: "Just now we clearly saw that this person's pupils were dilated, breathing stopped, heartbeat stopped, pulse stopped... how could it be like this?"

  The doctor who examined me scolded: "What did you say? This person just has some superficial injuries and will not be in danger of his life at all! You are still old people in the hospital, how can you make such a basic mistake? Reflect on it carefully, if something like this happens again, you get out of the hospital."

  The nurse also walked away dejectedly, still crying as she went.

  "I couldn't help but ask: 'What's wrong with me? How... how did I end up here?'"

  The doctor smiled slightly and said, "Sir, I'm sorry. Due to our hospital's mistake, you were almost harmed. Don't worry, all your expenses in our hospital will be waived. By the way, you're fine now, just some superficial injuries, rest for a few days and you'll be okay."

  "I'm confused: 'Just rest for a few days and it'll be fine? How did I get here in the first place? What kind of hospital is this?'"

  The doctor said, "We are Wuhan Aixin Hospital. You were sent here by your people. Before that, you had been in a coma for a long time. The people who sent you waited for several days and didn't see you wake up, so they left. Our doctors misdiagnosed you as dead, almost making a big mistake. Fortunately, you woke up in time and are now fine. We will do our best to treat you."

  I finally understood the whole story and felt both amused and angry, so I couldn't help but say: "If you had sent me directly to the crematorium, would I really have died?"

  The doctor smiled awkwardly and said: "Here, the deceased patients need to be placed in the mortuary for a period of time before being sent to the crematorium."

  I felt a bit uncomfortable in my heart and said: "When will you treat me? Now or later?"

  The doctor hastily said: "We will treat your wound immediately and you can be transferred to our intensive care unit soon."

  I frowned and said: "Didn't you say I was fine? Why do I still need to go to the ICU? Is my body still seriously ill?"

  The doctor hastily said, "No, no... We just arranged for you to go to our special care ward to apologize for what happened before. Besides, as a soldier, you should have received the best care when you came here, which is also the requirement of the Wuhan government."

  I smiled slightly: "Then it's up to you. But still hurry up a bit, I'm feeling a little hungry, and soon we'll have to go eat."

  The doctor was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "It seems that your mental state is good, you will recover quickly."

  I smiled and didn't say anything else, but in my heart I was thinking about Chen Jing and the warriors of Hu Long Lian. Why hadn't any of them come over? Didn't they care at all about life or death? Or were the enemy attacking the base again, and they couldn't get away?

  As soon as I woke up, I remembered everything. Now I'm worried about the safety of the base and also worried about Chen Jing and the soldiers of Hu Long Lian.

  I know I was severely injured and fainted after the intense battle. I remember that several fingers on my fist were fractured during the fight, but now when I look at my hand, there is no trace of it, as if nothing had happened. Looking at my body again, there are only some minor injuries that are not particularly serious. However, I clearly remember that in the end, I was severely injured by an enemy warrior's sword while trying to save Chen Jing.

  All of this is beyond my understanding, but it also makes me happy. No matter what the reason is, as long as I'm fine, that's all that matters.

  The doctor's treatment for me was simply to clean the wound and then suture it. Actually, the previous doctor had already done half of these things, but at that time he thought I was dead, so he stopped.

  Now all the wounds on my body have been sutured by this new doctor, and what's left is to stay in the hospital for recovery.

  A nurse was on duty in my intensive care unit, occasionally checking the data of various instruments behind me and making records.

  She would accompany me for a walk and chat, change my dressing, bring me patient meals, and even ask if I wanted to use the restroom. I was taken care of in every way possible, just like when I was young and sick, being cared for by my mother.

  After a few days, the doctor examined my body again and said with great surprise: "Congratulations, your injury has basically recovered. This is a miracle, in general, with such an injury, it would take at least half a month, or even a month to fully recover. But you've only used four days to basically recover. This... this is unbelievable."

  I recalled that I had used gene medicine, so I didn't think there was anything strange about it either. I smiled and said: "Maybe my attitude is better, so I recover faster than others, nothing strange about it."

  The doctor was taken aback, then smiled and said: "I know now, you're just in a good state of mind, that's why you recovered so quickly. Now I can write another paper, the title will be 'A Good Attitude Determines the Degree of Physical Recovery'."

  I smiled and changed the subject: "So can I be discharged from the hospital now?"

  The doctor nodded slightly and said: "Of course, it's okay, but I suggest you rest in the hospital for a few more days. After your injury is fully recovered, it won't be too late to return to the troops."

  I shook my head: "My comrades are still fighting on the front line, how can I enjoy myself in the hospital? Please give me a discharge certificate, I will leave the hospital today and go back to the troops."

  The doctor smiled slightly: "Alright then, wait for a moment, I'll get you discharged from the hospital right away."

  I watched the doctor leave, turned around and said to the nurse who had taken care of me for four days: "Thank you for your trouble these past few days, I don't know how to thank you. If you have any difficulties in the future, feel free to give me a call."

  The nurse happily said: "Okay, I'll call you in a moment. We will be in touch with you later."

  I gave her my phone number and then came to the doctor's office at the hospital, ready to take out the discharge certificate and return to the research base.

  I've inquired about it these past few days, and this hospital is only over twenty kilometers away from our research base, which is quite close. In a bit, I'll take a taxi, and after ten or so minutes, I'll arrive at the base, then I can find out about the situation there.

  These days, I have called Chen Jing many times, but no one answered. The prompt told me that the phone was turned off. Even other people in the Hu Long Lian didn't answer my calls, all of them were turned off.

  I also contacted Old Chen, and the one who answered the phone was his office secretary, saying that Old Chen had gone to a meeting and would not be back for a long time.

  So I had a faint feeling that Chen Jing and the others were in trouble, otherwise they wouldn't have collectively turned off their phones. Or maybe they were sent to carry out a secret mission and couldn't answer calls, so they turned them off.

  Anyway, I'll be seeing them soon and I'm slightly relieved. Once I get the discharge certificate, the hospital will actually waive my medical expenses, and I can leave the hospital directly.

  After leaving the hospital, I hailed a taxi and headed straight for the base.

  After more than ten minutes, I saw the restored base wall. The wall has been repaired and even reinforced with stronger steel plates, with many shooting holes added, looking similar to the pillbox built by the devils.

  I got off at the gate and was immediately recognized by two soldiers from the 362nd Regiment, who ran up to me and saluted: "Commissar, why have you come back alone?"

  I was taken aback and asked: "Why ask this? Should I come back with others?"

  Two warriors from the 362nd Regiment looked at each other and said in unison, "What about Director Chen? Why didn't she come back with you?"

  I was taken aback and immediately said: "Did she go take care of me? How come I've never seen her? When did she go to the hospital?"

  The warriors of the 362nd Regiment said in unison: "It's been ten days since you went to the hospital with him."

  I feel something's wrong, rush into the base and shout loudly: "Gather Dragon Squad! Now!"

  A sound of footsteps was heard, and many warriors came out from those small buildings, but there were no people from the Dragon Guard among them.

  I frowned and asked: "What's going on? Where are the people from the Dragon Guard?"

  A company commander from the 362nd Regiment ran over, shouting: "Director, the people of the Hu Long Company were summoned back to Beijing seven days ago. Even those prisoners of war we captured were taken away together. Now there are only people from our 362nd Regiment here. What can we do for you?"

  I was shocked again, and muttered to myself: "It seems that something has happened in the capital, otherwise, they wouldn't have hastily recalled the Hu Long Squad, which had just been severely damaged... I suppose Chen Jing also received a notification and reluctantly left the hospital to return to the capital. No wonder I haven't been able to contact them for days. It looks like I'll have to hurry back to the capital too."

  "I immediately said: 'Take me to the airport right away, I want to return to Beijing. Also, help me book a ticket, the sooner the better.'"

  The regimental commander of the 362nd Regiment immediately said: "Yes! We will arrange it right away, please wait for a moment."

  I nodded and turned around to take a look at the base, saying quietly: "It's time to leave, it seems that peace has been restored here, and the enemy was unable to break through."

  Then I thought of Li Huanhuan and others who were still in the base, so I said to a soldier from the 362nd Regiment: "Get me some paper and pen, I want to leave a letter for my friends."

  The warrior then took out a small notebook and pen from his body, handed it to me and said: "Nothing inside is allowed to be passed on, you stay here first, I'll find an opportunity to give it to your friend."

  I remembered the confidentiality agreement and smiled, returning the notebook and pen to the soldier: "Then I won't write it down, anyway they will know what I'm doing."

  At this time, the car arranged for me by the 362nd Regiment had arrived. The driver soldier who was traveling with me said: "We have contacted the airport and there will be a flight to Beijing in fifteen minutes. We have already booked your ticket, you can board directly."

  I nodded in gratitude and the driver started the car, speeding quickly towards the airport.

  Two and a half hours later, I arrived at Capital Airport, then hailed another taxi and went straight to Old Chen's office.

  Mr. Chen's new secretary was a young man, who immediately recognized me as soon as he saw me: "Jin Cang, how did you come back so quickly? Weren't you supposed to stay in the hospital for a long time?"

  I smiled and said: "I'm anxious to know the current situation of the warriors of the Hu Long Lian. I left the hospital ahead of schedule. You're Secretary Little Zhang from Old Chen's office, aren't you? Can I find Old Chen there?"

  The young man smiled and said, "I'm just Little Zhang, but I don't think I'm much younger than you either... never mind. Old Chen left a letter for you. He instructed me to give it to you directly when I see you. I'll go get it for you now."

  I nodded and watched as Little Zhang went to get a letter for me. I opened the letter on the spot, took one glance at it, and said to Little Zhang: "Old Chen says to have you take me to the Great Wall at Badaling."

  Xiao Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "I'll go prepare the vehicle right away, we can leave in ten minutes."

  I didn't say anything else, focusing on the letter left by Old Chen. This letter was written by Old Chen before we went to war with the Japanese pirates and the Wanlong Society, at that time Old Chen still did not know that we would encounter strong enemies, nor did he know that I would be injured and hospitalized. So in the letter, he told me to hurry to the Badaling Great Wall ten days ago.

  I'm already ten days late, I think the warriors of Hulonglian and Chen Jing have gone to Badaling Great Wall, so I couldn't find them.

  After several hours, I arrived at the foot of Badaling Great Wall. Xiao Zhang was only responsible for sending me here, he had other things to deal with, and after I got off the car, he left. I didn't have the heart to appreciate the magnificent Great Wall, unfolded my body method, and rushed up to the Great Wall like flying, finding a scenic spot that Old Chen had mentioned, called Wangjing Stone.

  Here, there isn't a single tourist, I think it's because of the war in our country. Those tourists also don't dare to easily enter our famous historical sites for sightseeing tours.

  I stood in front of the legendary Wangjing Stone, completely ignoring the scenery around me, staring only at the three large characters "Wangjing Stone" carved on the giant granite, holding my breath and shouting loudly: "Huaxia!"

  This is a cryptic message left by Old Chen. The two words represent "I have arrived". Of course, the "I" here refers to myself.

  I waited for a while and didn't hear an answer. I was just about to shout again when I heard someone say from far away, "How come you're only coming now? I've been waiting for you for ten days."

  I followed the sound and looked over, only to see a person standing in the middle of the Great Wall about 50 meters away from me, and it was this person who was speaking.

  I hastily walked over, secretly startled: when did this person come, how didn't I hear any movement at all? With my current abilities, within this distance, even a very small sound, I can still hear it. It seems that this person is not an ordinary person, and may be a martial arts master.

  As I walked up to this person, he smiled slightly and said: "Hello, Jin Cang. My name is Yao Si Shan, I am Deputy Officer of Old Chen."

  "I hastily said: 'Hello, where is Old Chen now?'"

  The name Yao Si Shan sounds like a girl's name, but he is actually a man. He said: "Old Chen told me to come over ten days ago and wait for you, I didn't expect you to arrive now. Let's do this, you go see Old Chen with me first, and explain everything directly to him."

  I nodded and asked: "Do you know if Chen Jing and the warriors of Hu Long Lian are all at Old Man Chen's place now?"

  Yao Si Shan was taken aback, shaking his head and saying: "I've been waiting for you here all along, I don't know about the other situations."

  I was anxious and could only say: "Let's go see Old Chen first."

  Yao Si Shan immediately turned around and took me out, directly running along the Great Wall.

  This Yao Si Shan is indeed no ordinary person. When he runs, his speed is very fast, yet there's no obvious panting, looking like someone who has cultivated some sort of internal skill.

  I can still keep up with him, after all, my body has basically recovered now, and I can mobilize my true energy and open up my body method to hurry along the road.

  Yao Si Shan seemed to know that I had practiced kung fu and didn't find it strange, he just hurried along with all his might.

  Half an hour later, Yao Si Shan stopped in front of a house that looked like an ordinary farmer's home. I followed suit and curiously asked, "What place is this?"

  Yao Si Shan smiled slightly and said: "This is my hometown. Old Chen is inside right now, you can go in yourself, I have something to do, so I won't take you in."

  I smiled slightly: "Thank you for showing me the way, you have something to attend to, go ahead and take care of it first."

  Yao Si Shan smiled again and turned around to leave.

  I stretched out my hand and knocked on the wooden door of this peasant's house: "Old Chen, Jin Cang reports to you."

  A very familiar voice came from inside the house: "Come in."

  The voice was that of Old Chen, and I pushed open the wooden door to see Old Chen sitting opposite me. In front of Old Chen were more than a dozen people, who seemed to be in a meeting, all holding paper and pens, recording something. These people were all wearing masks and headgear, so I couldn't see their faces at all, nor did I know what kind of people they were.

  I couldn't help but wonder, just now I was outside the door and clearly didn't hear any sound, how did this meeting start? This conference seems a bit strange and also too abnormal. If it weren't for Old Chen being present, I would really lose interest in attending the meeting. At least, I would feel uncomfortable.