With the alarm on, the Grand Cherokee sped all the way. Zuo Yi arrived at the location of the case provided by Zhong Ming.
It was a small town near the sea.
It was very far from downtown Hangzhou and belonged to the administrative area of Dongtang County. Zuo Yi ran more than 100 kilometers and arrived at the destination after three o 'clock in the afternoon.
The place where the incident happened was not in the town, but in a large farm on the edge of the town.
There was a cordon at the entrance to the farm. Two police cars were parked on the side of the road, and there was also a silver off-road vehicle. A man in a checkered shirt was smoking in front of the car.
When he saw the Grand Cherokee, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Here!"
Zuo Yi stopped the car and put the flashlight back into the glove compartment. Then, he opened the door and got out.
"Hello, Left Counselor."
The man in the shirt greeted him and said politely, "I'm Zhong Ming. Thank you for coming so far."
Zuo Yi shook hands with him and asked, "What happened?"
"It's a long story …"
Zhong Ming smiled bitterly and said, "I had no other choice, so I had to trouble you to do it yourself."
Zuo Yi smiled and said, "I'm not a guru."
Zhong Ming said seriously, "Director Lu said that among the hundreds of consultants in the Jiangnan Superpower Administration, you are definitely this one!"
He gave him a thumbs up.
Zuo Yi did not expect Lu Han to think so highly of him.
Zuo Yi had joined the Superpower Administration for less than a month and had only been on one mission.
Today was his second mission after becoming a special consultant.
"Let's not talk about this."
Zuo Yi shook his head and said, "Let's talk about the case."
"Okay."
Zhong Ming told Zuo Yi the ins and outs of the incident in detail.
It turned out that as early as the beginning of last month, there was a problem with the farm. The black pigs kept in the pig house went missing. In just a few days, dozens of pigs went missing!
At that time, the owner of the farm called the police and got the surveillance footage, but the local police could not catch the culprit.
In the second half of the month, the situation became even more serious. More than 50 black pigs were lost in one night.
Moreover, the surveillance lines during the crime had been violently destroyed, so no images were captured.
Not to mention the heavy losses, the people in the farm were also in a state of panic. All kinds of rumors arose. Some said that it was the work of a malicious spirit, some said that it was a ferocious beast in the mountains that had eaten the pigs, and some said that it was the revenge of the boss's enemies.
There were even some old people in the town who thought that the farm had offended the Mountain God and all the pigs had been captured as sacrifices!
Due to the strangeness of the case, the local police reported it to the Supernatural Assets Management Bureau, and the investigation department sent Zhong Ming to investigate.
Zhong Ming investigated for a few days and more or less had some clues. As a result, just last night, the owner of the farm and three employees all disappeared from the farm.
At the same time, dozens of black pigs also went missing.
Zhong Ming took out his phone and showed Zuo Yi a few videos from the surveillance cameras.
The resolution of the video wasn't high, and it was nighttime, so they could barely make out what was going on. Many of the black pigs were dragged away by a black shadow that moved at high speed.
The murderer's body shape was very similar to a spider's, but there was definitely no such large spider in the world.
Unless it was a mutated one!
Zuo Yi was puzzled. "Why are they still in the farm after such a big thing happened?"
Zhong Ming led Zuo Yi inside and explained, "According to the owner's family who called the police, he was angry, so he brought some people to wait inside to catch the murderer."
The scale of the farm was quite large, and the animals were all local black pigs. In total, they had invested tens of millions in it.
Although some of the black pigs were urgently moved and sold after the incident, the owner's losses were still very heavy. In addition, the police couldn't find the truth, so in anger, he led some people to act recklessly. He even brought two shotguns and knives.
In the end, the truth was not found, and they all fell!
"The day before yesterday, I reminded him not to act rashly …" Zhong Ming said in frustration.
"I didn't expect him to be so stubborn. I don't even know if he's dead or alive now."
"It's here."
Zhong Ming led Zuo Yi into a large pig house in the farm. Inside, several police officers wearing masks and gloves were investigating and collecting evidence. There was a plastic sheet on the ground next to them, and on it were two shotguns and two knives.
One of the shotguns was stained with blood.
The air was filled with the unpleasant smell of pig dung, but it was not very strong.
"There were 30 or 40 black pigs that were not moved, but now they're all gone. Left Counsellor …"
Zhong Ming called out, "Come over here and take a look."
Zuo Yi went over to take a look and found that there was a large hole in the ground. The hole was almost two meters in diameter, and there was a lot of blood left.
Zhong Ming squatted down in front of the hole and shone a flashlight inside. "This hole is very deep. The murderer probably dragged the people and pigs from here. To ensure safety, I didn't let anyone go in to check."
"There's also this."
He took out a plastic evidence bag from his pocket and handed it to Zuo Yi. Inside it was a ball of thick silk thread. "This was left behind by the murderer. I call it the Silk Weaver."
Zuo Yi took it and looked at it, then nodded and returned it to Zhong Ming.
Zhong Ming took a deep breath and said, "I've already asked for permission from the higher-ups, but the earliest the bureau can send over is tomorrow. That way, we'll miss the golden rescue time."
The best time to rescue a missing person was 24 hours. After 24 hours, the success rate of the rescue would greatly decrease.
But that was a normal case, and it could not be linked to a supernatural incident like this. Furthermore, based on the current situation, the farm owner and his three employees were most likely dead.
"The four missing people are the pillars of their families …" Zhong Ming sighed.
"I know the chances are slim, but when I saw the state their families were in, I couldn't bear it."
If the four men died, the four families would collapse!
Although it was mainly the farm owner's fault, Zhong Ming could not sit back and do nothing.
After much persuasion, Lu Han allowed him to contact Zuo Yi.
Zuo Yi frowned. "The bureau can't even send over a single superpower team?"
"Recently, there have been more and more supernatural incidents …"
Zhong Ming smiled bitterly. "Almost all of the people in our investigation department have been sent out. Several superpower teams in the Secret Service are now like firefighters, rushing to wherever there's a fire. Even the Publicity Department is working overtime every night to control public opinion."
Zuo Yi nodded.
He now understood the process of the Supernatural Authority's response to supernatural incidents. Basically, it was controlled and dealt with according to the level of the incident. If the situation was critical, it would be dealt with first. If the level of the incident was not high enough, it could only be delayed.
The Supernatural Authority had a comprehensive set of evaluation criteria.
But ultimately, it was because of a lack of manpower. Although the Jiangnan Supernatural Authority had a large number of employees, most of them worked in the logistics, publicity, and human resources departments.
Those Extraordinaires with non-combat professions were unable to take on combat and adventure missions.
As for the police's special forces, the last incident with Cheng Yu clearly showed that in the face of a rampaging Extraordinaire, their strength was too weak. Especially in an environment that was not conducive to the power of firearms, it was almost the same as delivering food to them.
And this incident was tentatively classified as a D-level incident, which was beyond the abilities of the special forces.
What Zhong Ming was most worried about was that the Silk Weaver would come out again tonight to commit another crime. Now that the farm had no more prey, would it change its target to the other residents of the town?
This was very likely to happen, and he felt that the Silk Weaver's strength was rapidly increasing. Originally, it was only sneaking around to commit crimes, but now it could make such a large hole in the ground to launch a surprise attack.
Its appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and the threat to the town's residents was getting bigger and bigger.
The most troublesome thing was that Zhong Ming did not know how many Silk Weavers there were. One, a few, or a dozen.
He believed that the D-level evaluation of this supernatural incident was too low. It should have reached C-level.
But as a small staff member of the investigation department, Zhong Ming could not change the judgment of the higher-ups.
"I got it."
After understanding the whole process of the incident, Zuo Yi decisively made a decision, "You stay here and guard, I will go down and take a look."
"What?"
Zhong Ming was shocked, "Left Counsellor, that's too dangerous!"
However, before his voice fell, Zuo Yi had already jumped into the hole and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
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