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Chapter 817 - 817 817 Utterly Shameless!

817: Chapter 817: Utterly Shameless!

Extremely Urgent!

817: Chapter 817: Utterly Shameless!

Extremely Urgent!

Deep into the night.

The urgent alarm ringtone on his phone woke Wu Jie up.

Wu Jie’s phone had a confidential software installed, which would trigger an alarm in an emergency.

He quickly reached to unlock the phone, silencing the ring.

But the beauty in his arms had already been awakened.

“What alarm was that loud?”

Tang Xiao opened her sleepy eyes and asked lazily.

“Internal security software, it’s nothing, just go back to sleep!”

Wu Jie quickly went to the bathroom to shower and change clothes while figuring out what exactly had happened.

He didn’t realize until he checked, and what he saw startled him.

Within a single day, so many large-scale hostage situations had suddenly erupted across the globe.

Was this an accident?

One might be an accident, but could dozens be?

They almost all happened at the same time and targeted only the evacuating expatriates!

And the demands for releasing the hostages were surprisingly consistent!

Detox Pills!

One hundred pills per hostage!

Considering the time needed to airship Detox Pills from Tianyuan to the locations of the incidents, and knowing that the affected countries did not possess any Detox Pills, they had been “thoughtful” enough to set deadlines based on the distance.

Some were twenty-four hours, others forty-eight hours.

After all, it would take over ten hours just to fly a large jet direct to Yezhou Continent from the homeland.

Not to mention the time needed to gather the medication, communicate with the countries along the route, and request flight paths… all of these required time.

There seemed to be plenty of time.

But if the deadline was exceeded without delivering the Detox Pills for the trade, then they would execute the hostages on a schedule.

That’s right!

Even the threatening language was exactly the same.

These criminals were truly ‘impressive’, everything was the same, even if they were tens of thousands of kilometers apart.

This was clearly a coordinated action that had been planned in advance.

Their press releases must have been prepared in advance, right?

And their attitude was, of course, extremely proactive.

Firmly opposing all forms of criminal activity, sparing no expense to carry out rescues…

To those unaware of the truth, it’s very easy to be moved by their ‘firm stance’.

But in reality?

A man dies for money, a bird dies for food!

Detox Pills had become even more valuable and expensive than gold, and obtaining them meant resorting to every possible means.

And the methods of some international forces were truly despicable.

They actually orchestrated kidnappings, forcing an exchange for Detox Pills.

Dozens of incidents, nearly thirty thousand people taken hostage.

Just the number of hostages alone had already set a historical record.

And the kidnappers’ demands had also shot through the roof.

One hundred pills per person, didn’t that amount to nearly three million pills?

And calculating at the starting price of two hundred thousand per pill, that was a ransom worth sixty billion yuan.

Truly formidable!

He had seen the shameless, but never someone this audacious.

After reading through everything, Wu Jie dressed while contacting Zheng.

The Security Bureau was only responsible for domestic matters, while the External Affairs Bureau was truly overwhelmed.

Of course, they were definitely being scolded mercilessly.

For an incident of this magnitude, they surely must have communicated and conspired beforehand.

Yet, before the incident occurred, they had not managed to gather any intelligence, resulting in a very passive situation post-incident.

But Wu Jie felt that it was not right to blame the External Affairs Bureau.

They were confusedly shouldered with the blame.

“…

The External Affairs Bureau is already overwhelmed, Elder Tan and others are holding an emergency meeting overnight, contacting relevant countries, urging them to take concrete actions to ensure the safety of both people and property of the overseas Chinese…”

Wu Jie silently listened, internally criticizing, ‘What good does that do?’

Zheng sighed heavily.

“What can we do now?

We can’t mobilize troops to storm in and rescue the hostages!”

“Even if we went, we would fail miserably due to unfamiliarity with the situation, numerous hostages, and professional kidnappers!”

“And if we agree to their demands, just handing over three million Detox Pills without getting a penny in return, not only would the loss be huge, but the reserve of Detox Pills also falls far short!”

“Most importantly, giving them a taste of success just once means they may kidnap hostages every now and then, demanding meds, turning us into a free supplier of Detox Pills!”

“People are greedy, and if other forces learn from this method, we will inevitably see more hostage situations demanding more Detox Pills until no compatriots are left to kidnap!”

“But that’s simply not possible.

Since economic globalization, the number of people going abroad for studies, business, and tourism is substantial, at least a hundred million.

If we trade Detox Pills for all, wouldn’t that require ten billion pills?”

…

The most despicable are invincible!

Although the scheme was wicked and shameless, it indeed was an excellent way to obtain Detox Pills.

But precisely because of our great compassion towards our compatriots, it is now being exploited by certain forces!

So…

The situation is difficult!

Nearly thirty thousand compatriots!

We must rescue them, we can’t just watch them being “torn up” by the kidnappers.

But if we agree to the kidnappers, it sets a precedent.

Because of the Detox Pills, who knows how many more compatriots will end up getting kidnapped and held hostage, it’s virtually a bottomless pit.

The situation is as urgent as a raging fire.

Although Elder Tan hadn’t yet called Wu Jie, it wasn’t hard for Wu Jie to guess that this infuriating and brain-burning problem was bound to keep the big shots up all night.

“If it really comes to it, just report to Elder Tan that the cost of Detox Pills isn’t high, and with ample time, more can be produced!

But those international forces playing dirty tricks and scheming must not be lightly forgiven!”

“If he can’t handle it, let me do it!

I assure you that they will pay a painful price for their actions!”

After Wu Jie’s forceful reminder, Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

“Good, if Elder Tan knows the cost is super cheap, decisions and discussions should indeed become a bit more relaxed!”

Wu Jie asked, “Do I need to go to the Security Bureau?”

Zheng quickly responded, “Of course not, just stay at home, it would be more troublesome if something happened to you!”

After hanging up the phone, Wu Jie couldn’t sleep either and quietly went to his study.

He turned on the computer and went online; the astonishing number of hostage cases had completely exploded public opinion online.

After Wu Jie’s previous thunderous measures to rectify, the brainless keyboard warriors and moral posturers had almost completely disappeared.

Most ordinary people only knew to curse and scold the kidnappers, expressing sympathy for the fellow compatriots who were kidnapped.

Some people said that those foreign countries that usually boast about human rights and freedom had finally torn off their hypocritical masks, revealing their true, evil, and greedy faces, stopping at nothing for Detox Pills.

Many suggested that investigations should be immediately paused, and the order to halt production and sales lifted, to produce Detox Pills as quickly as possible to redeem those unfortunate compatriots.

After all, human life is of utmost importance.

The calls for this suggestion were loud, especially among the friends and families of the hostages, who strongly urged the resumption of production and sales to quickly procure the medicine to redeem the nearly thirty thousand compatriots.

While domestic netizens were anxious and united in anger, foreign netizens were quite jubilant and claimed it was deserved; if Detox Pills had been continuously produced and sold, the kidnappers wouldn’t have been driven to commit their crimes.

Before long, Elder Tan called.

“There’s no choice, so many hostages must be saved, but I really can’t swallow this grievance!”

“Aren’t you the King of Tricksters?

Do you have any tricky schemes to deal with them?”