Chapter 1 Entering the Door

When he entered, Jiang Cheng looked around. The people here were all Xia Qiang's teammates, and the Lin siblings were also present, but Fatty was nowhere to be seen. This meant that Yuan Xiaotian had predicted his arrival in advance without any basis.

Foresight? What was his basis?

But facing Jiang Cheng's inquiry, Yuan Xiaotian didn't panic at all, and waved to Jiang Cheng naturally, "Brother Jiang, come and look here."

Jiang Cheng approached cautiously, and noticed that Yuan Xiaotian was pointing at the table, on which were stuck photos.

After seeing the photos, Jiang Cheng was shocked, because these photos not only included the people brought by Xia Qiang, but also him and Fatty, and the rest were all people he knew.

There was Xia Meng, a pair of siblings named Su Xiaoxiao and Su An, and the girl from the no-copy mission, if he remembered correctly, called Wan Yuanning.

There were also a few students, whom Jiang Cheng remembered as survivors from the Snow Mountain mission, namely Bai Xi, Lu Yu, and an older one, whom everyone called Teacher Zigui.

In addition, there was even a photo of Lin Wan'er.

Next to Lin Wan'er's photo was Chen Ran from that island mission, as well as Luo He from the mine mission, and a delicate-looking but very violent girl whose name Jiang Cheng had forgotten.

The last one was Du Moyu, the horror novelist and survivor from the last Ghost Bride mission.

But what was disturbing was that these were all black and white photos, and... not the kind of texture that came from a camera, but like paper, with serrated edges, as if they were cut from a whole sheet of paper.

Jiang Cheng immediately thought of the newspaper the newspaper man was looking at.

That's right!

These photos were all cut from newspapers and stuck here!

Seeing Jiang Cheng staring at the photos with a strange expression, it was Yuan Xiaotian's turn to be confused. He lowered his voice and asked curiously, "Brother Jiang, did you... did you see something?"

"Are there people you know in here?" A man in a trench coat spoke. His name was Feng Jie.

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath to suppress his shock. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Xia Qiang and the others. "I know all the people in the photos."

The scene immediately quieted down. "Mr. Jiang, you know all of them?" Xia Qiang couldn't help but ask, "I mean... everyone here?"

Xia Qiang's face became strange. There were probably about 20 people here.

"Yes." Jiang Cheng nodded. "All the people here are people I've met in missions. Like you, they are all survivors of various missions. Almost... almost everyone is here."

Lin Muyun slowly said, "It's strange, why are all these people people Mr. Jiang knows? This mission... seems to be happening around you?"

Jiang Cheng knew that Lin Muyun had no malice. He was simply analyzing the situation at hand.

Jiang Cheng didn't avoid the topic. "You're right. I suspect this copy is aimed at me."

Lin Wanwan still looked frail. She looked at Jiang Cheng's face with concern. Soon, she took out a notebook and quickly wrote on it.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, we will all be with you!" Lin Wanwan turned the written notebook over for Jiang Cheng to see, her light chestnut eyes full of determination.

At the same time, a rustling sound of footsteps came from outside the door.

Many people were coming.

The door was pushed open, and a figure in the lead was reflected in the doorway.

Seeing this person, Jiang Cheng felt a sense of peace.

Lin Wan'er walked in first, followed by many people, Chen Ran, Luo He, Bai Xi, Du Moyu, they were all conscripted, walking at the end, carrying a thick door panel, with Fatty lying on it.

Seeing Jiang Cheng, Fatty looked surprised, his body slightly straightened, craning his neck, "Doctor, we searched around and couldn't find you. I didn't expect you to have come out so early!"

"What happened to you?" Jiang Cheng was more concerned about this.

"I don't know what happened. I just woke up and my whole body was numb, and I couldn't use any strength. In the end, Boss Lin found me and carried me over." Fatty said quickly.

After putting the door panel on the ground, Number 8 moved her arms and raised her pretty eyebrows. "Number 10, you need to lose weight, you know? You're killing me!"

"Okay, okay." Fatty was very cooperative, showing a simple and honest smile to Number 8.

Xia Meng was in such a place for the first time, her face full of vigilance.

Jiang Cheng greeted everyone one by one, and told them about the discovery of the photos, and did not hide the fact that these people were once his teammates and successfully survived.

Chen Ran looked at Jiang Cheng with a strange expression. "It seems that all this is because of you. The reason why we are here is also because of you."

Su Xiaoxiao pulled Su An to the table, looking at the photos on the table.

These photos instinctively made everyone feel uncomfortable.

It was as if the people above were not them, but people from another world, with exactly the same appearance as them.

Everyone gathered together and sat at the table, discussing the current situation.

Jiang Cheng had confidence in these teammates. People who could survive the mission were not ordinary people. They all had brains and abilities. More importantly, the people in this mission were all acquaintances, so it greatly reduced internal friction.

In the last Dahe Niangniang (Great River Goddess) mission, if Yu Chengmu and the others had chosen to cooperate from the beginning, everyone working together, it would not have reached that extent later.

These were all the bad results of excessive internal friction.

This mission was clearly inextricably linked to Jiang Cheng. In addition, these people agreed with Jiang Cheng's character and ability, so naturally, Jiang Cheng became the person in charge of this mission.

"Mr. Jiang, did you do anything before the mission started?" Xia Qiang seemed to want to find the source of the problem.

Jiang Cheng also recalled carefully, but soon, he shook his head. From the type of mission, the Ghost Bride should not have had a great impact on the newspaper man, which meant that their encounter this time was unrelated to the Ghost Bride.

This was more like the bus, that is, the old president was targeting him.

Although Lin Wan'er was here, there were some things Jiang Cheng couldn't ask in public, so he had to find an opportunity to communicate with Lin Wan'er privately.

Everyone talked and talked, but there was no result. After all, the mission had just begun, and there were too few clues.

"Huh?" Fatty, lying on the stretcher, twitched his nose and looked towards the door. "Did you smell a fragrance? It seems like... it seems like the smell of food?"

Hearing Fatty say this, Lu Yu, who was closest to the door, curiously walked towards the door, but as soon as he stepped out, he was stopped.

Luo He grabbed his arm and shook his head at him, looking wary. "Don't move, I'll go take a look."

After speaking, Luo He grabbed the black leather book in his hand and walked towards the door.