Chapter 1 Escape from the Shelter

With the permit in hand, Professor Nan left the shelter very smoothly.

Outside the shelter was a wilderness-like ruin. Even with the protection of an armored military vehicle, the night was still fraught with danger.

Thugs who had escaped the shelter and wandering mutated beasts could pounce at any moment.

Moreover, the harsh external environment was full of hidden dangers. Roads were cut off, and the ground collapsed. Even driving a military vehicle wasn't necessarily safe.

Through the car window, Professor Nan carefully observed the road conditions under the illumination of the headlights, slowly driving towards the farm in Ren Nan Town according to his memory.

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About four hours later, after numerous hardships, Professor Nan arrived in the area where Ren Nan Town was located.

He slowly drove forward along the small road that had not been buried by collapsed buildings. Finally, with the help of the faint light of dawn and a telescope, he saw a patch of ruins a few kilometers away.

That was the farm he had jokingly pointed out in the past.

Now the walls of the farm had collapsed, and the buildings were in ruins.

This was the scene Professor Nan saw at this moment.

Professor Nan had always been a believer in science and did not believe in so-called "laws of cause and effect" or "curses" and other mystical nonsense. But now, looking at this ruined farm, a strong sense of guilt welled up in his heart.

Could it really be that his casual remark back then led to the destruction of this farm?

If the people inside the farm died as a result, should he also bear responsibility?

Professor Nan's mind was in turmoil. After a long silence, he opened the armrest box, took out the pistol, and prepared to jump out of the car and search the ruins.

But at this moment, a huge whistling sound and the sound of propellers suddenly rang out in the sky!

Professor Nan was stunned.

He looked up at the sky and saw two helicopters breaking through the air. Huge searchlight beams were directly projected down, completely enveloping Professor Nan's car in light!

"Personnel below! Immediately exit the vehicle and surrender!"

A piercing warning came from the helicopter's loudspeaker. The machine guns hanging on both sides of the fuselage slowly descended, the dark muzzles aimed at the vehicle below.

The blinding light made Professor Nan dizzy, and the piercing warning sound vibrated his brain like a loud bell. For a moment, Professor Nan didn't react.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that Professor Nan came to his senses.

"Me? Are they talking about me?" Professor Nan was stunned. He saw the "Yan Huang Military Police" logo printed on the helicopter's fuselage, and he also saw the machine guns slowly descending, seemingly ready to fire!

Buzz!

The helicopter slowly descended, and a huge gust of wind stirred up the dust on the ground.

A row of rope ladders fell, and more than a dozen military police officers in combat uniforms descended from the sky, quickly surrounding Professor Nan's military vehicle!

A military police officer pulled out a window breaker from his thigh and directly smashed the driver's side window of the military vehicle!

The flying shards of glass stunned Professor Nan.

Clatter!

The car door was opened, and Professor Nan was dragged out of the car in an extremely rough manner. Glass shards cut his hands and face, but the physical pain was far less than the shock and surprise in his heart.

"What's wrong? What's going on? What are you doing?" Professor Nan roared with all his might.

Bang!

Two military police officers shone flashlights directly into Professor Nan's face. The light made Professor Nan's eyes sting, and he couldn't open them at all. He desperately turned his head to the side, but the next moment, he felt his hands being handcuffed with cold handcuffs!

"You've arrested the wrong person! I'm Nan Changming!" Professor Nan growled.

However, what greeted Professor Nan was a pair of cold eyes.

"Nan Changming, we've got you!" A cold and sinister voice rang out, and a figure pushed through the crowd and walked in, with a signature cruel look on his face.

Professor Nan focused his eyes for a long time before he could see that the other party was Wang Changlin, Chen Si Hai's follower!

As if realizing something, Professor Nan suddenly turned his head to look at the military police officers around him, only to notice that their uniforms were slightly different from those of ordinary military police. On their chests, silver nameplates marked their identities.

"Nan City Military Supervisory Office!"

"Nan Changming, you were punished for dereliction of duty and harbored resentment! So you stole secrets late at night, intending to escape, a heinous crime!" Wang Changlin's eyes were cold as he stared at Professor Nan and said, word by word, "Nan Changming, you're finished!"

Listening to Wang Changlin's words, Professor Nan said angrily, "I don't know what you're talking about! When did I steal secrets..."

Slap!

At this moment, a member of the Military Supervisory Office very neatly disassembled the back seat of the military vehicle. Under the seat, there was a black leather bag.

Wang Changlin pulled open the zipper, and what caught his eye was a thick stack of file materials.

"Nan City Shelter City Defense Design Drawings!" Wang Changlin took out the thick stack of drawing papers from inside and threw them in front of Professor Nan, revealing a sneer: "What do you have to say now?"

Looking at the drawings scattered at his feet, Professor Nan's head buzzed, as if he had been hit hard by a heavy hammer!

How could this thing be in this car?

The city defense design drawings were highly confidential. Once they were taken out of the shelter, it would be a leak!

In wartime, leaking secrets was a serious crime, punishable by death!

Professor Nan realized the seriousness of the matter, and he also realized that he had definitely been framed!

"This thing is not mine! It's not mine!" Professor Nan struggled desperately, roaring, "You're framing me!"

"Slap!" Wang Changlin raised his hand and slapped him, pointing to the law enforcement recorder on his shoulder and said, "Do you see this thing? Our entire law enforcement process is recorded. These drawings were found in your car!"

Professor Nan was breathing heavily. He realized that he seemed to have entered a huge whirlpool. He had to find a life-saving straw, otherwise he would definitely be drowned!

"This car! This car was borrowed from the motor pool. Someone from the motor pool must have put the thing in the car..." Professor Nan explained.

"Borrowed?" Wang Changlin glanced at Professor Nan expressionlessly, and then sneered: "Coincidentally, the motor pool just reported that one of their military vehicles was stolen!"

"If the motor pool hadn't reported it, we wouldn't have been able to catch you!"

"The motor pool's Company Commander Li has already been punished for losing the car due to dereliction of duty! And you're still being stubborn!"

Professor Nan said angrily, "Company Commander Li lent me this car!"

"Are you saying that Company Commander Li risked being punished for dereliction of duty to frame you? What's your feud with him that he would do this to you?" Wang Changlin asked with a sneer.

Professor Nan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He realized that this was a trap designed for him. The trap looked crude, but it made it impossible for Professor Nan to prove his innocence.

Because he had a motive for committing the crime, and most of the surveillance cameras in the shelter had not been reactivated, and the location where the motor pool was stationed happened to be a blind spot for surveillance, so there was no video recording that could be used as evidence.

Professor Nan quickly calmed down.

He began to think.

Why did he only see the duty squad leader and Company Commander Li when he was at the motor pool before? He didn't see anyone else?

Did the other members of the motor pool go to work overtime to build the shelter, or did they deliberately... hide?

Who are the participants in this scheme? When did it start?

Yu Cheng... is he also involved?