The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

Chapter 119 The key to victory lies solely with Jiang Chuan!

Chapter 119 The key to victory lies solely with Jiang Chuan!
Jiang Chuan sat on his bed in the dormitory for a long time, thinking.

After weighing his options, he contacted three classmates from Class Two.

During the conversation, Jiang Chuan emphasized the danger of the operation but downplayed the rewards for his achievements.

To his surprise, none of the three refused; they all agreed to participate in the mission.

"They actually agreed..."

He actually hoped they would refuse.

Although I am only a substitute teacher, I still feel a heavy responsibility on my shoulders.

In particular, the two large hands that Teacher Cao patted on his shoulders before leaving seemed to be a constant reminder of the word "responsibility".

He didn't want the students he was leading to die during the mission.

But just as Captain Chen said, they always have to participate in missions and always encounter danger.

Since that's the case, we can't keep running away from it.

So Jiang Chuan gave them options and let them make their own decisions.

But now, thinking about it again, Jiang Chuan frowned.

"Shouldn't the selection of personnel be handled by Teacher Cao Zhiqiang?"

"Why did you hand it over to me?"

"..."

"Hopefully, things won't get too bad."

Since Captain Chen asked me to bring my classmates along on the mission, it means that Captain Chen must have some confidence in himself. Moreover, Cao Zhigang and Cao Zhiqiang are also on this mission. These two teachers are unfathomable in their abilities and have never shown their true strength.

In that case, there shouldn't be any real danger of death.

Jiang Chuan sighed, lamenting that his strength was still insufficient.

If only we could be as reliable as the two teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Cao.

"Thinking about it this way, it shouldn't be too bad."

"They didn't involve us in the matter of the Qingshan Tomb, so at least our safety is guaranteed."

"It might be dangerous, but I shouldn't die."

"..."

"never mind."

"Thinking about it all the time is useless."

He took a deep breath, banishing all those chaotic thoughts from his mind.

Now that the decision has been made to carry out the mission, the next step is to consider how to accomplish it.

Remembering that Captain Chen had said the more types of abilities the better, Jiang Chuan felt that his personnel selection was fine.

[Zhong Huahua, mental strength.]

Lu Ming, the thief.

[Cheng Shu, Acupuncture and Pharmacology.]

After reviewing the Class 2 roster again and confirming that this was the best choice, Jiang Chuan quickly typed on his phone, edited the message, and clicked send.

Chen Xingyang quickly replied: OK.

Upon seeing the reply, Jiang Chuan turned off his phone screen. However, he still didn't do anything else, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking down at the reflection of the moonlight outside the window on his phone, frowning, lost in thought.

He was wondering whether he should call Shen Jing to ask about the divination results.

"It seems like it's not very effective to treat it."

After all, regardless of whether it would result in bloodshed or not, he had to decide to carry out this mission.

If it weren't for a bloody disaster, then there's no need to say anything more.

But if the divination truly indicates a bloody disaster... then even if it's dangerous, I must go.

Moreover, since this was not a sudden event, and we were prepared, the warning from the divination was not so important.

"Although it's indeed useless... there's still one thing I haven't figured out."

"Are the ideas about my destiny true or false?"

In the previous incident involving the taking of cause and effect, Xu Linlin said before her death that her fate was strange.

According to the previous reasoning, this statement comes from the fact that one can break the law of cause and effect.

If my deduction is true...

If I could truly break free from cause and effect and shatter fate...

Is this divination still useful?

Jiang Chuan rarely struggled like this, but it concerned his personal fate and his "destiny".

This forced him to be cautious.

However, he still decided to make the call.

"Although there is a 99% chance of encountering danger this time, such opportunities to confirm the crisis are rare."

"Ever since Zhao Tianyu covered up the divination, the authenticity of the divination has never been able to be determined."

"Let's take this opportunity to confirm."

Thinking this, Jiang Chuan pressed the dial button.

But the call was abruptly disconnected after only one beep.

Immediately afterwards, a message notification popped up on Jiang Chuan's WeChat.

Shen Jing: [What are you doing, Brother Chuan? So late and so sudden?]

Jiang Chuan: [Shen the fortune teller, the divination is done.]

Shen Jing: [Have you forgotten why they confiscated my phone last time? This call gave me a fright.]

【Wait! 】

Jiang Chuan waited anxiously for an answer.

A dozen minutes later, Shen Jing sent back a message:

The divination indicates that everything will proceed as usual, and the next few days will be quite peaceful and stable.

Upon seeing this news, Jiang Chuan's expression changed slightly.

calm?

Captain Chen's tense expression was not the calm one he was in.

"It seems that divination cannot be trusted in the near future, at least until the disturbance caused by Zhao Tianyu ends."

"As for whether we can believe it in the future, we'll have to wait until the interference is resolved and then ask the divination again."

"However, from this perspective, we still cannot confirm what my destiny is like, nor can we confirm whether the inference is correct... We'll have to wait until the interference ends before we can say anything more."

Shen Jing then sent another message: [Brother Chuan, did the good thing that the divination showed last time happen?]

Faced with this question, Jiang Chuan felt he would find it difficult to give an answer.

Good thing? Is the "Cause and Effect Life Extension Technique" a good thing? Jiang Chuan doesn't think so.

He hoped he would never need this ability. He didn't want to live a life as painful as Xu Linlin's, and he didn't want her to laugh at him from hell, saying that they were ultimately the same kind of people.

It was less a "gift" and more a "curse".

However, Jiang Chuan thought it wasn't a good thing, but that was just his own opinion.

In a broad sense, this is, after all, acquiring very rare knowledge, so can we say it's not a good thing?
Actually, some options... are better left unaddressed.

Judging from the obvious error in the divination result that Shen Jing sent this time, which was "stable," we can no longer delve into whether the "good thing" last time was correct.

After a moment's thought, to reassure Shen Jing, Jiang Chuan gave the answer: "It happened. It happened."

Shen Jing immediately perked up, sending messages much faster: 【What? What happened?】

Jiang Chuan: [I won the lottery.]

Shen Jing was still typing when Jiang Chuan sent the next message: "[I won ten yuan on the scratch-off lottery.]"

Shen Jing deleted the question he was about to post and ended up posting only six dots.

He poked his head out from under the covers and muttered to himself:

"Is this a surprise for me?"

"Or did I miscalculate?"

"No, I think I calculated it correctly."

"Oh, I remember now, Brother Chuan's divination last month seemed to have been covered up..."

"It's still not resolved? Who did they offend?"

Shen Jing felt that he had to find a way to get rid of this cover-up.

Although Shen Jing has made considerable progress in divination recently, he has not yet come across a method that can conceal his fate and misfortunes. Without that, there is no way to resolve them.

But that's not a big deal.

Shen Jing thought in a very simple and unpretentious way.

Even though Jiang Chuan's divination always seemed a bit ominous, who could be so unlucky as to suffer bloodshed every month?

Wouldn't it have been dead long ago?

Shen Jing put down his phone, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

……

9 month 13 day.

6:24 in the morning.

Jiang Chuan, Zhong Huahua, Lu Ming, and Cheng Shu stood downstairs at the main office building of the Qing City government agency.

Jiang Chuan didn't do his unfinished homework on "Lecture 4 of Mental Power" last night, nor did he listen to any other short video apps. He conserved his energy and meditated all night in preparation for today's action, and now he felt refreshed.

The mornings in Qing City in September were finally less unbearably hot. The four of them were breathing in the fresh morning air and discussing today's mission.

Lu Ming took out a cigarette, lit it as he spoke, and said, "Brother Chuan, you said it's an escort mission, and there's danger involved..."

"What exactly is this danger? If there's danger in an escort mission, then what are we escorting?"

After Lu Ming confided in Jiang Chuan yesterday, he seemed much more relaxed today and was noticeably more talkative.

Cheng Shucheng earnestly advised, "Don't smoke anymore, it's bad for your health."

Lu Ming was taken aback for a moment: "You're being quite nosy."

"Even Brother Chuan didn't care." Jiang Chuan was also taken aback: "Stop smoking."

As Lu Ming extinguished his cigarette, Jiang Chuan spoke up:
"What exactly is being escorted is classified, I don't know."

"But if something really dangerous happens... what we need to do is try our best to protect ourselves."

Cheng Shu nodded: "I understand, Brother Chuan. You emphasized this repeatedly last night."

"I came here after careful consideration. If you are in danger, please try to avoid fatal wounds. I will do everything I can to save you."

Cheng Shu was wearing an ordinary T-shirt and trousers, with a small cloth bag slung around her waist.

Jiang Chuan hadn't seen this small cloth bag much before, but it was obvious that it contained acupuncture needles.

This person is quite honest, a complete opposite of Lu Ming, who is unrestrained. The two of them don't seem to have much interaction.

Faced with his sincere words, Jiang Chuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be careful."

Jiang Chuan still felt it was best not to say such things, lest it trigger any flags.

As they chatted, a few minutes passed quickly, and by 6:30, Chen Xingyang and his group were nowhere to be seen at the main entrance of the building.

But the roar of an engine could be heard coming from the garage below.

A plain-looking minivan pulled up in front of the four people.

In the car, Cao Zhigang was driving and Cao Zhiqiang was sitting in the passenger seat; their massive bodies almost filled the entire driver's cab.

Chen Xingyang rolled down the car window and said, "Get in!"

Jiang Chuan and his three companions got into the car, filling the seven-seat van to capacity.

……

The van sped along the highway.

Taking advantage of the moment of calm, Chen Xingyang spoke:
"Let me repeat the escort mission for this time."

"The mission plan is simple: deliver the goods safely to the airport."

"The route is like this: first go to the history museum from the institution, then pick up the items and head straight to the airport."

"After arriving at the airport, confirming the passengers on board, and ensuring the flight takes off normally... then the mission is complete."

"Cargo flights don't require checking many people."

"There shouldn't be anything incomprehensible about this."

"Ask me any questions you may have."

Jiang Chuan's question went straight to the point: "What are you escorting?"

Cao Zhigang answered the question while driving: "Confidential!!"

"We know nothing about it either!"

"But without a doubt! That's an extremely important item!"

Is not this nonsensical?

Jiang Chuan followed closely and asked, "Wasn't the original plan to leave at seven o'clock?"

"Will going now... cause any problems?"

Chen Xingyang shook his head: "We did it on purpose."

"If you arrive at the gate at 7:00 instead of 6:30, then the departure time will be delayed."

"This operation will most likely be intercepted."

“If we are intercepted, it definitely means they know the details of our plan.”

"Therefore, both the route and the departure time must be randomized."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan suddenly realized something.

random?

So Cao Zhiqiang took over the responsibility of selecting people?

Does it mean to create variables for yourself?

Chen Xingyang continued, "Although the path and time are random, this can only prevent problems temporarily."

"To put it conservatively, this only ensures that we can receive the mission items from the museum."

"There was only one road to get the items to the airport."

"The other side will most likely intercept us on the highway, and there is also an unavoidable tunnel."

"So, if an attack is going to happen, it will most likely be in the latter half of this mission."

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "If the other party has a diviner, then all these random methods are useless."

"There is also a possibility of being attacked in the first half of the journey."

Chen Xingyang said, "Regardless of whether the other party has a diviner, we do have one."

"The other side cannot confirm whether their interception operation will be successful, and we cannot confirm whether this escort mission is risky."

"But in any case, the flight schedule is fixed."

"We will definitely pass through the airport road within two and a half hours."

Jiang Chuan nodded, and was about to ask something else, but Chen Xingyang spoke up again.

He looked at Jiang Chuan, then at the other three, and said:

"I am in the open, the enemy is in the dark."

"As I just said, if the other side comes to intercept and seize it, it means they have learned of our operation plan."

"This means that in order to ensure their success, they will definitely gather experts whose combat strength exceeds that of the three of us."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan was startled: "Huh?"

"More than the three of you?"

This completely shattered what Jiang Chuan had in mind last night.

Chen Xingyang nodded: "Don't be so surprised, Jiang Chuan, my strength is far inferior to yours."

"This is the result of neglecting exercise."

"But I haven't finished speaking yet."

"..."

"They will reverse engineer the project according to the plan we submitted."

"They will definitely gather more fighting power than the three of us."

"Then the key to victory or defeat lies with you four, the variables who were temporarily added to the plan."

Jiang Chuan was stunned, his breath catching in his throat for a moment.

Zhong Huahua, Lu Ming, and Cheng Shu were even more surprised, their pupils contracted, and they involuntarily clenched their fists.

Jiang Chuan frowned, his mind immediately combining Chen's words with his analysis.

He immediately asked, "Since the other side knew the operation plan, why didn't they deploy more manpower?!"

"Overwhelming numbers! Overwhelming strength! What use are the four of us if we just have one more person with the strength of Teacher Cao?"

"Since they dare to do something like this, why don't they minimize the variables?!"

"If that's the case, then aren't we facing certain death?!"

At this moment, Zhong Huahua and the others finally understood where the enemy came from.

How could they possibly know about their escort mission plan? Then how could the enemy they're facing be from the unknown?
It came from within the organization!
This realization shocked them even more, but there was no time to ask such questions.

Because more than that, they all wanted to know the answer to the question Jiang Chuan was asking.

At this moment, Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Aren't you underestimating your teacher a little?"

"Someone with my skill level... can they be transferred here so easily?"

Chen Xingyang also said, "You don't know the current situation of the institutions in various places. There are too few people that can be transferred from various places."

“Especially in such emergencies, it is even less likely that many suitable personnel can be transferred.”

Jiang Chuan nodded in realization.

He genuinely didn't know this.

Therefore, it's because it's difficult to mobilize enough capable personnel that Captain Chen said "there's a high probability of being intercepted," rather than "there will definitely be an interception"...

Chen Xingyang continued:
"So even if they come, their overall strength will only be slightly stronger than the three of us who have already been confirmed."

"And Jiangchuan."

"There's no need to talk about a doomed situation."

"After all, they are..."

He paused, feeling it was inappropriate to be too blunt, but sensing the three children weren't stupid, he continued:

"After all, they are also people from an organization."

"And you need to hide your identity."

"So they won't actually kill him."

"They will definitely fight a quick battle, and if it becomes a protracted war, they will definitely retreat."

"We have some advantages in this regard."

As he spoke, he frowned:

"But when you actually encounter it, the specific situation is hard to say."

"However, the core point remains unchanged."