Chapter 42 Development of the situation

After observing the evil spirit, Shen Liang brought Wang Xiaoming and others back to the ground and came to Zhao Jianguo's office.

"Professor, you guys take a rest here for a while. I'll go call Captain Zhao over." Shen Liang said and left.

Wang Xiaoming didn't have to wait long before the office door opened again and Zhao Jianguo appeared at the door.

"Professor Wang, I'm sorry, I'm too busy today and I'm really sorry for not entertaining you well enough." Zhao Jianguo apologized as soon as he entered the room.

Wang Xiaoming shook his head and said, "Nothing, dealing with supernatural events is the most important thing."

After chatting for a while, the two began to get down to business.

"Professor, I asked you to come here this time to extract the ghost fire supernatural materials. After all, you are an expert in this field and the first person to discover and use the ghost fire supernatural materials." After Zhao Jianguo finished speaking, he looked at Li Jun on the side.

"Li Jun, you are also a great contributor to the invention of the magical gunpowder. Without your contribution of your blood, there would be no magical gunpowder."

After hearing Zhao Jianguo's praise, Li Jun's cheeks turned slightly red. After a while, he only said one sentence: "This is all thanks to the professor."

"Haha!" Zhao Jianguo laughed at Li Jun's answer and said, "Everyone knows the professor's contributions, and your contributions will not be forgotten."

"You'll be promoted soon!"

When Li Jun heard that he was going to be promoted in rank again, he was stunned.

After he became a ghost rider who could control two evil ghosts, he was promoted once. Now he was going to be promoted again. Wouldn’t that make him…

As the captain of the headquarters, Zhao Jianguo has extensive connections and a lot of information. Li Jun's matter has already been decided and the final appointment will be made in the next few days. It is not against the rules to tell him now.

"Professor, our headquarters' idea is for you to move here directly and preside over the extraction of ghost fire and the research and development of ghost gunpowder at the headquarters."

Zhao Jianguo looked at Wang Xiaoming who was in deep thought and said tentatively.

Given Wang Xiaoming's current position, the headquarters will not force him to do anything, but will only negotiate with him in a cooperative manner.

"No problem," Wang Xiaoming nodded and agreed. He had originally thought so, and now that the headquarters had proposed it, he naturally wasn't going to refuse.

"I also need to bring along the experimenters who are researching the supernatural gunpowder with me."

In response to Wang Xiaoming's request, Zhao Jianguo said that none of them were a problem and took the initiative to take on the task of relocation.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves for a while.

Zhao Jianguo took out a bag of tea from the drawer of his desk, came to the coffee table and said, "This is the good tea I got from the minister, you guys try it."

As he spoke, he skillfully started to boil water and make tea, and soon he poured a cup of tea for each of them.

The tea soup is clear and exudes a refreshing fragrance. Although Wang Xiaoming doesn't know much about tea, he can tell that this tea is extraordinary.

Li Jun picked up the teacup curiously, and without caring that it was freshly brewed hot tea, he drank it in one gulp. Then he smacked his lips, savoring the taste.

Got it!
Met a guy who was like a cow chewing a peony.

The corners of Zhao Jianguo's mouth twitched and he complained in his heart.

He could only pour another cup of tea for Li Jun. Seeing that he was about to take another sip, he quickly persuaded him:
"That's not how you drink tea. You have to drink it slowly and savor it."

Li Jun chuckled when he saw this, put down his teacup and said, "I can't learn what you said."

Wang Xiaoming smiled when he saw this, but he just picked up the teacup and took a light sniff without drinking it.

He does not have Li Jun's iron mouth and steel stomach. Although he has reached the limit of the human body, he is still within the human range and can be scalded by hot water.

As a ghost rider who controls two evil ghosts, Li Jun's body is different from that of ordinary people, and his sense of pain is also weakened. Boiled water at 100 degrees is just a splash for him. The few of them chatted while drinking tea.

"Professor Wang, what do you think about the current trend of supernatural outbreaks?" Zhao Jianguo asked casually.

At present, governments of various countries in the world have confirmed that the frequency of supernatural events is increasing. Experts speculate that in two years, the whole world will be plunged into a state where the world is like a prison and evil spirits are rampant.

Many people who know the truth are pessimistic about the future.

Although governments can still maintain stability in the real world, the upper echelons have split into two factions.

They are the despair faction and the hope faction. The despair faction believes that the end of the world will come as scheduled, and humans cannot defeat evil spirits, so becoming a ghost rider is just a way to prolong their survival.

The hopeful faction is a staunch optimist. Humans are indeed unable to defeat evil spirits, but they have their own courage and hymns. As long as they work hard, there will definitely be hope for the future of mankind.

Li Jun sat aside and looked at Wang Xiaoming. He was also very interested in this question. As a ghost rider, he understood the horror of evil spirits better.

Under the gaze of the two, Wang Xiaoming slowly raised his head and looked into their eyes, saying seriously:

"The appearance of evil spirits is both a disaster and an opportunity. Temporary failure is nothing. We will know the result only in the end. The ancients could persevere, so why can't we? I am full of confidence in the future of mankind. I believe that by then, evil spirits will no longer be a disaster."

Wang Xiaoming's words echoed in Zhao Jianguo's mind like morning bells and evening drums. He could feel the conviction in Wang Xiaoming's words, a conviction to move forward courageously.

Zhao Jianguo, who was exhausted by the many supernatural incidents in the south, felt inexplicably excited.

Li Jun was slightly excited. He believed in Wang Xiaoming and looked forward to the future that Wang Xiaoming talked about.

"Well said. Let's drink to the future of mankind." Zhao Jianguo raised the teacup in his hand and drank it all in one gulp, like a heroic general.

Wang Xiaoming and Li Jun smiled at each other, raised their teacups and drank from them.

"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but the headquarters has lost a lot of ghost riders during this period, and some of them are on the verge of resurrection. I'm under a lot of pressure!"

"Now that I have listened to the professor's words, I am full of energy."

It's not the wine that makes people drunk, it's people who make themselves drunk. Zhao Jianguo got drunk just by drinking a cup of tea.

Dajing City,
The top floor office of Ping An Building.

President Fei sat at his desk, looking at the latest intelligence in his hands, his brows relaxed and a smile on his lips. But for some reason, when he saw the last bit of information, President Fei frowned, as if he had encountered some difficulties.

The intelligence at hand is that the military organized a large number of ghost riders to attack the mysterious volcano, which resulted in the deaths of many city leaders in the south, and the relationship between many leaders who participated in the operation and the government reached a freezing point.

This was good news for the circle of friends. The city leaders were dissatisfied with the headquarters, which gave the circle of friends an opportunity to win over the leaders, set up a ghost-controlling club, and let the circle of friends' power spread to the south.

However, the intelligence highly praised one supernatural item, which was the ghost-exorcising bell invented by Wang Xiaoming.

Not only can it be used at no cost to defend against attacks from evil spirits, but it can also rebound the attacks from evil spirits when the bell breaks, providing a chance for the ghost rider to escape. It is truly a magical weapon for fighting against supernatural events.

Unfortunately, this magical artifact is not in the circle of friends, but in the headquarters. With a magical artifact like the ghost-exorcising ringtone, it is much more difficult to win over these responsible persons in the circle of friends.

President Fei knows these ghost riders very well. On the surface, they are at odds with the headquarters, but in fact they are raising the prices. They just want to get more benefits from the headquarters.

The headquarters can provide the ghost-chasing bell, but if the circle of friends does not provide the corresponding supernatural items, it will probably be difficult to win over these ghost hunters.

"It's really damn annoying! This is clearly a great opportunity to expand the influence of my friends. I can't just give it up like that." As an excellent businessman, Mr. Fei is not going to give up the opportunity before him.

"Someone, ask Wu Yue to come to my office." President Fei called his secretary and instructed.

(End of this chapter)