Jiang Yuan returned home and waited quietly.
For now, waiting was all he could do.
Wang Rou's side wouldn't contact him, and he couldn't reach out to ask about the situation either.
He could only suppress his restless anxiety.
Studying was definitely impossible in this state, so he started running on the treadmill instead.
He'd bought the treadmill yesterday for home workouts.
He wanted to use exercise to ease his emotions.
He ran for an entire afternoon!
And at full speed at that.
He only stopped when he felt like the treadmill's motor was about to start smoking.
Quietly, he prepared himself dinner. After eating, he continued waiting.
...
Before he knew it, it was three in the morning.
This kind of waiting was the most excruciating.
Fortunately...
Finally, there was news.
A knock sounded at the door. Jiang Yuan immediately went to open it. It was his sister, Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yuan's heart tightened slightly. Seeing Jiang Yue's unpleasant expression, he asked with concern, "Sis? What's wrong? Didn't it go well?"
Jiang Yue didn't answer, speaking in a heavy voice, "Let's talk inside first."
Jiang Yuan quickly moved aside.
Once Jiang Yue entered, she casually tossed a scythe-like weapon onto the sofa, her face dark as she said, "We were ambushed!"
Jiang Yuan's expression changed, but inwardly he was overjoyed. He hurriedly asked, "Ambushed?!"
"How is that possible? Could the information have been leaked???"
His tone was filled with anger, as if he were furious about their side being ambushed.
Jiang Yue raised her eyes to gaze at Jiang Yuan for a moment, then withdrew her gaze, exhaled, and said through gritted teeth, "It's still unclear."
"We took people to surround them, but just as we started to move, a large group emerged from other locations!"
"A full Salvationist team!"
"Over thirty Salvationists, and the team leader was mid-tier first-grade. Of the two vice-captains, one was mid-tier first-grade and one was mid-tier second-grade!"
"We suffered heavy losses—lost over a dozen fanatics before the remaining people managed to escape!"
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened, his face showing disbelief.
Between the two factions, team structures were similar.
From low to high: Squad, Team, Medium-Group, Large-Group.
Generally speaking, a Medium-Group in a third or fourth-tier city like Shushan City would usually be a branch office.
Only in major cities or province-level regions would you have Medium-Groups or Large-Groups.
Only the provincial capital of Bingjiang Province would have Salvationist Teams, or even Medium-Groups.
There were also Guardian Teams and Medium-Groups.
Typically, a Salvationist Team consisted of three squads, with ten people per squad.
At most, a reinforced team would consist of five squads, plus the team leader and others, totaling around fifty people.
However, Jiang Yuan caught some different information in Jiang Yue's words.
She said they had lost over a dozen fanatics this time!
She didn't say they lost over a dozen hunters or seekers, but over a dozen fanatics!
So Jiang Yue had taken fanatics with her this time?
Temporarily unclear, Jiang Yuan hurriedly examined Jiang Yue up and down, asking with concern, "Sis, are you hurt?"
Jiang Yuan's concern brought a smile to Jiang Yue's face. "I'm fine. Uncle Li went with us, and those Awakeners didn't dare pursue us too aggressively. They're just a bunch of rats hiding in the sewers!"
"We only lost some people to the initial sneak attack. None of us were injured."
"And we retreated immediately once we discovered the ambush. We didn't even fight them."
Jiang Yuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then said with an angry face, "It's good that you're okay, Sis. Sigh, that was too dangerous. I don't know which bastard leaked the information. Damned dog!"
But Jiang Yue shook her head. "It might not necessarily be a leak."
"For now, we suspect it's more likely that group of Awakeners deliberately revealed themselves to attract us, then set up an ambush waiting for us to fall into the trap!"
"And obviously, they succeeded. We did fall for it!"
Jiang Yue seemed extremely annoyed but helpless. She could only say, "You don't need to concern yourself with this matter. The Faith Praise Ceremony is tomorrow. Go to sleep now, get plenty of rest. Don't mess up tomorrow!"
Listening to Jiang Yue's words, Jiang Yuan was already celebrating inside, while outwardly showing anger and regret. He nodded, "Alright then, Sis, I'll rest first. You rest early too."
"Those damn Awakeners only dare to set traps. Rats will always just be rats!"
"Goodnight, Sis."
Jiang Yue nodded with a light smile. "You're right. Goodnight."
Jiang Yuan turned and returned to his room.
Behind him.
Jiang Yue stared at Jiang Yuan's back for a few seconds, then turned and returned to her own room.
...
Back in his room, with his hanging heart finally at ease, Jiang Yuan began to review today's events.
What puzzled him most was why Wang Rou and the others had been discovered!
Their movements were extremely secretive; how could they have been found?
There seemed to be only one possibility—
That mastermind behind the scenes.
And this meant that probably not only was he exposed, but his teammates were exposed too.
The question was, what the hell did that mastermind want to do!!!
According to his judgment, this mastermind should definitely be a believer of the Zhengyong Demon.
Since they were a believer of the Zhengyong Demon, why would they expose his teammates' information to the Shan Min Demon believers?
Between believers of two different demons, it was absolutely impossible for there to be any friendliness, let alone sharing information about Awakeners so the other side could take a bite of the cake.
Believers under the same demon couldn't even share with each other, let alone two different demon camps.
Only the Salvation Organization could achieve this.
This was also one of the fundamental reasons the Salvation Organization could survive in the cracks.
So... what were they trying to do?
Jiang Yuan had a headache.
But right at this moment!
His phone suddenly vibrated.
Jiang Yuan subconsciously glanced at the door, then at the window. The curtains were drawn.
Only then did he take out his phone.
Looking at it.
Sure enough, it was a message from Wang Rou.
Since Wang Rou could send him this message, it meant they should be safe!
A teammate must have come nearby and used anti-surveillance equipment and ghost signal equipment to send him this non-existent message.
So-called ghost signals meant information that "completely didn't exist," difficult to detect with technical means.
It was also currently the most common way to contact infiltrators.
The downside was that ghost signal equipment couldn't exist for too long; if the time was too long, it would definitely be discovered as abnormal.
And the distance between the two parties couldn't be too far; beyond that distance, it was useless.
Additionally, the message would automatically disappear one minute after you viewed it, as if it had never appeared.
Opening the phone.
Captain, the intelligence you transmitted this time was very timely. We immediately requested support from the provincial headquarters and successfully killed fifteen fanatics in one fell swoop!
The Deputy Minister of the Provincial Headquarters is very pleased and decided to reward you with a full 100 Salvation Points!
Each of us received 10 Salvation Points!
We are all fine now, no injuries or deaths. We have relocated. Don't worry. Protect yourself!
Just this one message.
Jiang Yuan's hanging heart was completely relieved!