"Er, sorry."
The young man scratched his head and hurriedly put down the signboard. He extended his hand to Yue Heng and said, "I'm Luo Ming from the Hongzhou Branch. Nice to meet you."
Yue Heng shook his hand and said, "Nice to meet you."
Yue Heng could sense the Super energy wave that the other party was emitting. It was more of a lifeforce type and was not very strong.
Luo Ming noticed a problem and asked, "Consultant Yue, did you not bring any luggage?"
He noticed that Yue Heng was empty-handed and did not even bring a suitcase. He was somewhat puzzled.
"No need."
Yue Heng shook his head and said, "Please bring me to the place where the incident happened recently."
Luo Ming was shocked. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
His mission was to welcome the reinforcements from Taijiang and help them settle down. "The hotel has been booked. It's almost midnight now. Let's have a meal first …"
"My ability has a time limit."
Yue Heng interrupted him without hesitation. "The longer this drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be. Do you want to see more casualties?"
Luo Ming opened his mouth but did not know what to say.
Although he was not very used to Yue Heng's style of doing things, he still carried out his duty well.
This Super from the Hongzhou Branch brought Yue Heng to the place where the incident happened recently.
It was the exit of an underground floodway.
When Yue Heng and Luo Ming arrived, the area around the floodway was cordoned off. There were many police officers with serious expressions guarding the area and preventing ordinary people from getting close.
Luo Ming showed them his identification and was allowed to come to the entrance of the floodway.
Hongzhou had a long history. Its name was inseparable from the flood disaster. In the past few hundred years, the city had suffered many floods.
Later on, the reconstructors learned from the painful experience and dug out many floodways under Hongzhou. The ingenuity of the design and the size of the project could be considered a miracle at that time.
After these floodways were built, Hongzhou had never been flooded again.
In modern times, with the development of the city, the old spillway was not only preserved, but it was also integrated with the new sewer system to further expand and extend.
In the Southeast Province, where there were frequent rains and typhoons, the reason why Hongzhou was able to maintain its reputation as a city that would never be flooded was due to the combination of ancient and modern underground drainage system.
However, it was precisely these sewers that the people of Hongzhou were so proud of that they were now facing a huge problem!
The place where Luo Ming brought Yue Heng to was a spillway in the Ancient City District.
The spillway was located in the lower reaches of the river in the city. It was surrounded by a wetland park with green trees. The location was quite remote, and the mouth of the spillway was blocked by an iron fence.
This was because the underground spillway in Hongzhou City was very large. Ordinary adults didn't even need to bend down to enter it. Moreover, the tunnels inside were like a maze. In the past, there had been cases where playful children went missing during the dry season.
However, the iron fence was now open.
At a glance, Yue Heng saw a skeleton hanging on the iron fence.
This skeleton was between 1.7 to 1.8 meters tall, close to the height of the spillway. Torn cloth hung on the white skeleton, as if something had gnawed on it.
Furthermore, it was extremely clean, without leaving any flesh behind!
"He's a colleague from our bureau, a member of the super team," Luo Ming said in a low voice.
"Yesterday afternoon, he followed the team into the sewers to search for abnormal creatures. However, he went missing on the way and was found hanging here in the morning."
The young man's voice was filled with indescribable sadness and anger. "His left leg had undergone surgery, so we were able to identify it. We've already sent a tissue sample for DNA testing."
"He has two children. The youngest is only three years old. His parents aren't in good health either, so we didn't dare to inform him …"
Yue Heng fell silent.
The Heterosis Administration was established ten years ago to deal with abnormal events. It was undoubtedly a department with extremely high risks.
The super teams under its jurisdiction had paid a huge price in order to maintain the stability of society and the safety of the people.
Luo Ming's colleague wasn't the first super team member to die in battle, and he wouldn't be the last either!
Even though Yue Heng's heart was as tough as steel, he still felt a little sad when he saw his colleague's miserable state.
He said, "Let's go and take a look."
There were people guarding the spillway, and there were also people looking for clues.
Luo Ming went up to a man in a super team uniform and said, "Captain Duan, this is Consultant Yue Heng, who just came from Taijiang. He's here to help us deal with the abnormal creatures in the sewers."
This captain was in his forties. He had dark skin and an unattractive appearance. He looked at Yue Heng and frowned. "How old is he? Why did he come here alone?"
Yue Heng looked too young.
Captain Duan was in a terrible mood, so his tone was filled with strong dissatisfaction.
He felt that the Jiangnan Heterosis Administration was messing around!
In front of Yue Heng, Luo Ming felt very awkward. "Captain Duan …"
"Forget it."
Captain Duan waved his hand and said, "He can do whatever he wants. Just don't disturb us!"
Luo Ming smiled bitterly.
However, Yue Heng did not care about the other party's bad attitude at all. He had already activated his tracking ability and was searching for traces of the culprit.
In Yue Heng's vision, the traces of superpowers left at the spillway were mixed together. There were also many beast footprints on the ground that led deeper into the tunnel.
Judging from these footprints, the culprit who attacked Luo Ming's colleague was a group of exotic beasts.
They were slightly bigger than cats.
But in reality, they were rats!
Recently, the culprit who frequently attacked the citizens of Hongzhou and created a panicked atmosphere was a group of mutated rats hiding in the sewers.
They were even bigger than domestic cats. In fact, the wild cats that were active in the streets and alleys of the city were the prey of these mutated rats!
When the wild cats disappeared, these ferocious mutated rats turned humans into their targets.
Hong Zhou's Skynet system captured many images.
However, it was not easy to clean up this group of mutated rats. This was because they were nocturnal and very cunning.
The complicated underground sewers of Hongzhou City were the best shelter for these mutated rats.
Hong Zhou's Heterosis Administration used all kinds of methods to eliminate the rats, including poisoning, burning, traps, trapping, and so on. In the end, there were few results and they even lost a few members.
They had no other choice but to ask for help from headquarters.
In addition, the Southeast Province Heterosis Administration suspected that there was a relatively intelligent rat king in this group of mutated rats.
It was because of this rat king's intelligence that the super team's encirclement operation was so unsuccessful!
They could only ask for help.
Yue Heng thought for a moment and asked, "Can you apply for firearms for me?"
Yue Heng had firearms, and he had a lot of them.
However, these weapons could not be exposed. He did not want to challenge the laws of the country.
[Second Update.]
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