Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse
Chapter 233: The Invisible Hand

Chapter 233: Chapter 233: The Invisible Hand

"What?"

Jhiang Yuan was startled and hurriedly ran over from the kitchen.

She grabbed the telescope in Jhiang Xingzhi’s hand, frantically looking down.

"That one, look, I recognize those clothes..."

Because it was too far, and from below, the faces couldn’t be seen.

Jhiang Yuan observed carefully, the way the figure walked, it was undoubtedly a girl.

Moreover, Jhiang Xingzhi recognized her clothes.

But, what was she doing out there now?

In broad daylight, was she going to steal something?

No way, we had to take action immediately.

"Dad, you keep watch here, I’ll go and notify everyone."

"Okay."

Jhiang Xingzhi was also very excited, always feeling an indescribable thrill, as if he was in a cops-and-robbers movie.

She had just stepped out when she ran into Song Yi at the doorway.

"Song Yi, there’s a situation, it seems Fan Yao has gone out."

"I saw it too, let’s go down as well."

"Okay."

Jhiang Yuan was just about to go downstairs when Song Yi suddenly stopped.

"What’s wrong?"

"You go back and change your clothes first, we’ll head directly to 2002 afterward."

Jhiang Yuan looked down and realized she was wearing a triple-layer cotton pajama.

It was fine at home, but indeed, it would be unbearable outside.

"Okay."

Without dawdling, she hurried back to change.

When she returned, Qin Yue was puzzled.

"That was fast, did you tell them?"

"I did, we’re preparing to go down and check, I came back to change clothes."

With that, she went back to her room.

Going outside now was quite troublesome, not only did you need all sorts of warm clothing, but you also had to stick on various heat patches.

The workload was much more than before, but there was no helping it, all were essential for survival.

Just as she had dressed properly and reached the living room, news from Jhiang Xingzhi came.

"It seems like she went to the next building, but after she passed the front, I couldn’t see her anymore."

The two buildings were on the same horizontal line, naturally, there would be blind spots, which was very normal.

Jhiang Yuan nodded, indicating she understood, and then she left.

Old Wu wanted to join her, but she didn’t allow it as someone needed to keep watch over the situation below.

Now that both she and Song Yi had gone down, this task naturally fell upon Jhiang Xingzhi.

Once at 2002, the boys, including neighbour Liang Kang, had already gone downstairs.

"Sister Yuan, don’t panic, Brother Song said to wait for us upstairs.

If there are too many people, the target will be bigger, and whatever they plan to do, they will be more cautious."

Ah, that made sense.

Therefore, the three women in the house sat together once again.

"Sister Yuan, I still have a lot of Coke, let’s boil a pot.

No need to worry so much, let’s just wait for their news."

Last time, she brought drinks, probably because it was embarrassing for everyone else.

"Okay!"

That’s what was said, but she wasn’t the type to just sit and wait for things to happen.

Song Yi had left the high-power telescope here, Jhiang Yuan took it to the balcony to survey the situation.

There were quite a few people below, all busy with their heads down.

She didn’t know how the news spread so quickly; they had only mentioned it to a few people, and now every day a lot of people came to get ice.

"Really strange, these people’s news is too timely."

Ye Mianmian heard her talking to herself and leaned in closer.

"Sister Yuan, do you also feel that the news about the snow water being unusable has spread too quickly?"

"Yeah, it’s really strange.

That day when we were downstairs, we hardly met a few people.

And most of them were from Building 13.

Now, almost the entire neighborhood is mobilized; it’s simply unfathomable."

If it was in the past, there wouldn’t be much to say, with just one message in the group chat, everyone would know.

But now, the internet has been down for so long.

Just by word of mouth, how could it spread so quickly?

Moreover, to notify all living people, it’s definitely not something an ordinary person could do.

"Yeah, yesterday at Brother Song’s house, I glanced at the little square diagonally opposite.

It seemed like there were people there too, Sister Yuan, do you believe that the whole neighborhood is stirred up now?"

Ye Mianmian noticed it yesterday but kept it to herself because they were busy discussing things.

Today, since Jhiang Yuan brought it up, she took the opportunity to express her views.

"What’s going on here, the gray snow, only we know about it.

Before we went down to collect ice, nobody else had gone down; it’s too eerie."

Fan Qing brought over some boiled cola, pouring a cup for everyone.

"Sister Yuan, Sister Mianmian, could it be Fan Yao and the others who let the news out?"

If it wasn’t other people, she really couldn’t think of who else it could be.

"It’s possible. Old Wu and the others have always followed Sun Yian, and that guy had said before.

The floor leaders between each building communicate regularly, so how they communicate in places we can’t see is uncertain."

At the time, when she wanted to sell things, just a word from Sun Yian, and people throughout the entire neighborhood knew.

"That’s not right either. Do you remember the torrential rain back then? It was difficult for everyone to go out; how did they communicate the information?"

Ye Mianmian hit the nail on the head with her statement.

"Think about it, something about this incident seems off.

It’s like there’s an invisible hand that can control the information spread throughout the neighborhood."

This reminded her of the so-called market, an invisible hand that controls the lifeblood of the economy.

"Oh my, Sister Yuan, stop it, you’re scaring me.

In this situation, how could anyone have such great ability?

Nobody can even step out the door, and there are no footprints on the road; could they still fly out?!"

Fan Qing spoke her thoughts without realizing the change in Jhiang Yuan’s expression.

"You said, what?"

Her tone was slightly hesitant.

The other party was puzzled, clearly confused.

"I didn’t mean anything else?"

"No, Qingqing, you just said, fly out?"

"Yeah, I just think unless one could fly, how else could you deliver messages in this kind of weather?"

"Right, you’re so smart."

Excited, Jhiang Yuan grabbed her shoulders, even shaking her back and forth a little.

"Sister Yuan, have you thought of something?"

"Think about it; if the person who knows the information could spread it through other means.

Humans can’t fly, but drones can."

"You mean..."

The three looked at each other, Jhiang Yuan nodded, and they all understood...

"But who could this person be?"

"That’s something we need to find out by asking around, or perhaps this person is among us, just unnoticed so far."

Fan Qing’s face was filled with horror, the more they talked, the scarier it became.

"Sister Yuan, don’t scare me. If there really is such a person,

does that mean that all our actions are under someone else’s control?

Gosh, that’s too frightening; I can’t even bear to think about it!"

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