It seems that General Chi is very confident in the abilities of those old soldiers and trusts them. The only remaining problem is how to solve the issue with explosives. 'You don't have to worry about this problem, I've already figured it out. We can just buy the explosives directly from the mine owner,' General Chi said to me. Hearing this, I nodded and couldn't help but say to him, 'That's good then, but Mount Modu is a scenic area with a large number of visitors. If we really need to detonate explosives there, we must clear the area first. In addition, we need to figure out when they will detonate and how exactly they will place the explosives.' Furthermore, during your absence these past two days, we encountered some new situations that I wanted to tell you about and see if you had any special insights," I said.
"Don't worry about where to place the explosives; they are professionals who know what they're doing and will follow my instructions when it comes time for them to do so. Now all that remains is clearing the area which isn't easy - we'll have to consult with local authorities," General Chi replied shaking his head in frustration before adding "Unfortunately though I'm not familiar with anyone from their office."
Upon hearing this response from him, I reassured him by telling him about Yang Chunwen's situation.
"The local authorities have agreed to fully cooperate with us by dispatching police officers as well as civil defense personnel along with military forces if necessary." Originally my plan was for them handle everything related mountain demolition work however since you brought in professional explosive teams let them take care of it while leaving clearance operations up our contacts at city hall instead."
"That sounds like a reasonable arrangement but specific details such as timing or scope of clearance should be discussed further," General Chi looked at us before taking a sip from his wine cup then furrowing his brow slightly saying "How about this, it's still early so why don't you contact them and arrange to meet for dinner? We can discuss the details then."
"Okay, I'll call them now and set up a meeting place," I said as I stood up from my seat. Scanning the room, I noticed there was a phone on the conference table so I walked over to it and dialed a number.
Nervously, this was my first time making such an important call so when no one answered after dialing the number, beads of sweat began forming on my forehead as I wondered what could be wrong.
"Cough cough...this is an internal hotel line that cannot make outgoing calls. If you want to reach someone outside of here you need to dial through our switchboard first," General Chi reminded me.
Feeling embarrassed by my mistake but grateful for his help nonetheless, he gave me the switchboard's number which allowed me to finally connect with Yang Chunwen's hospital room.
After the phone rang for a while, a sweet little girl's voice came through.
"Hello, may I ask who you are looking for?" the other party asked.
"Hello, I'm looking for Director Yang Chunwen. Is this his hospital room?" I asked.
"You're looking for Director Yang? Please hold on," the other person put down the phone and then heard a sickeningly sweet voice from inside: "Director, it's your call. Come on, let me help you over..."
At that moment, listening to that voice, I didn't need to guess what was going on. If nothing unexpected happened, Yang Chunwen should have hooked up with a nurse in the hospital.
Ah, people are fickle and promiscuous. It's really hard to evaluate them properly.
"Hello? Who is it?" Yang Chunwen answered the phone.
"Uncle Yang Chunwen,it's me YiHeng," I said.
"Oh my goodness! It's Little Master YiHeng! What can I do for you?" Yang Chunwen asked eagerly.
"Well...Master Chi has returned with a professional blasting team specifically responsible for mountain blasting work. I hope we can arrange a time to meet and discuss specific matters."I said
"Oh,about this matter,Little Master YiHeng,you can just call Zhang Xin directly. He is fully authorized by me to handle all civil defense bureau work now and he can also help you contact people from two other bureaus."Yang Chunwen told me.
After hearing this,I called Zhang Xin's office number and arranged the meeting place and time,and asked him to bring Long Erhuo and People's Armed Forces Department personnel along as well.
After making the call ,we continued talking.I briefly explained about dragging soul imprints situation to Chi Qingshuai,and shared our doubts with him.
After listening to my words ,Chi Qingshuai couldn't help but frown and said with some surprise: "This situation is indeed quite strange. According to this situation, could it be that those people are going to come out of the mountains?"
"Who are those people?" Hearing this, JIETOU, Xie Yilin and I couldn't help but ask curiously.
They are a group of practitioners, all hidden experts who rarely come out and hardly care about worldly affairs. But the situation at Mount Modu is not trivial, they must have noticed it too. Maybe they are already fighting against those Modu Yin souls, so the corpse marks placed by those Modu Yin souls may be to guard against this group of people." said Chi Qingshuai.
"There are people like that? That's great! Let's invite them to join us and fight against those Modu Yin souls in the mountains," Jietou said excitedly.
"Forget about it. Those people consider themselves as immortals and gods, how could they bother with us mortals? If they see that Mount Modu is about to cause disaster and lend a helping hand to save the world, that would already be very compassionate of them. It's impossible for us to ask them to go into the mountains with us because we can't even get close enough to see their faces," Chi Qingshuai said helplessly.
Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask curiously: "So there really exist some people in this world whose power surpasses ordinary people?"
"Of course there are. Otherwise how could there be gods and Buddhas?" Chi Qingshuai laughed and then said: "Well, that should be the reason for this matter. So we don't need to worry about it for now; let's just focus on our own tasks."
"Okay," I nodded when I heard this but at the same time couldn't help thinking of something else.
I remembered when I spoke with Peach Blossom Tree before; she flew away directly into heaven afterwards which indicated she was not an ordinary person either. However, she did not ascend directly into heaven or else there would have been more commotion at that time. Therefore, if Peach Blossom Tree had become one of these pseudo-gods hidden in the human world, then does that mean if I want to find her or make her notice me, I also need to reach the level of a pseudo-god?
But what kind of power do these pseudo-gods possess and what is the minimum threshold for entry? How can this question be answered?
Thinking about these things made me curious about these pseudo-gods and I really wanted to consult with someone who knew more.