Yi Lin only glanced at it through Nie Hongxiu's perspective, and he immediately understood the source of the chill he felt before.
In that instant, Yi Lin also understood "why".
The Church of Dawn planted a "seed" in Cangyang City.
A "seed of evolution".
This seed caused "leeches" that violated the laws of biological evolution to appear in the city. They began to mutate and undergo shocking changes.
However, the evolution of the leeches was not the end, nor was it the end.
The purpose of the Church of Dawn was to use all of this to create the "monster" in the cocoon!
…
…
The capital.
Late at night.
Perhaps many people could not imagine how a meeting that would determine the future of the country would be held.
There were no reporters.
There were no videos.
There wasn't even a single witness outside the meeting.
The Z5 meeting had always been top secret.
In the end, the people could only know the results that could be "announced" in the end.
That was all.
Those who were able to attend the Z5 meeting were all important figures in their respective regions.
When Emperor Zhu Chongdi, Li Kai, Zhao Taiqian, Yu Liexin, and Ying Xia, the current heads of the five ancient imperial families, surrounded by the crowd, all the important figures from various provinces in the country were so quiet that they did not even dare to breathe loudly. The entire meeting room was silent.
Even if someone wanted to fart at this time, they would definitely hold it back.
Because in this kind of situation, if a fart was let out, it would probably be as clear as a drum and the person who farted would be socially dead in the shortest time possible.
Although this was an exaggeration, the atmosphere at the meeting room was so serious.
The structure of the meeting room was like a circle that spread out from the inside to the outside, arranged in order from the highest to the lowest.
The heads of the five imperial families sat at the highest position, looking down from above.
Zhao Yulong represented the Special Group and sat at the second seat.
There were also six other middle-aged men with calm faces sitting in the second seat of the second ring.
Speaking of which.
To a large extent, the upper structure of the country borrowed from the Ming Dynasty's governance structure.
The Z5 parliament, the five ancient imperial families, replaced the position of the "emperor" in the past.
The Research Division, the Criminal Law Division, the Police Division, the Education Division, the Internal Affairs Division, and the Engineering Division were the six divisions that were second only to the Z5 Parliament. In fact, it was based on the Ming Dynasty's Six Ministries of Officials, Officials, Rites, Soldiers, Punishments, and Workers.
The "three provinces" of the Ming Dynasty were abolished.
Below the six divisions, there were also countless divisions based on regions and functions, which will not be described in detail here.
As for the Special Case Group, which was also the Special Case Handling Group, in the eyes of most of the upper echelons, it was actually equivalent to the Seventh Division.
If one had to make an analogy, it would be the Imperial Bodyguards of the Ming Dynasty. They were responsible for special events and had a transcendent status.
Every person who held a high position in the Six Divisions all came from families that had deep roots in various places.
Su Xiaosu's family was mainly responsible for the operations of the Armed Police Department.
Of course, Zhao Yulong wouldn't attend the meeting alone.
After all, this was the most important meeting.
Although the Special Case Group was a transcendent department similar to the Imperial Bodyguards, if he brought too few people, it would be a loss of prestige.
Because of the increasing frequency and density of abnormal events around the country, most of the senior members were sent out. Zhao Yulong had no choice but to bring a few new members who didn't show their faces to support the scene.
There was no other way.
There was not enough manpower!
Zhao Yulong complained in his heart.
At this time, next to Zhao Yulong, a short man with a nervous expression couldn't help but use a mosquito like voice to point to the small bench next to the seat of the head of the five imperial families. He asked, "Brother Zhao, who is that seat reserved for?"
In fact, it wasn't just the little newbie. Many people noticed that there was an empty small bench on the high platform. No one was sitting on it.
Although in such a solemn occasion, it was a bit ridiculous to put a small bench without a backrest and even looked a bit funny. But no one dared to look down on the person who was about to sit on the small bench.
It was not the first time for many people to attend the meeting, and they already knew who the owner of the small bench was.
But for some people who were attending the meeting for the first time, after carefully pondering for a moment, the more they thought about it, the more scared they became.
Although the bench was small, the position was not ordinary.
That bench was placed on the platform of the head of the table!
What did this mean?
That was a position that could be on equal footing with the five "emperors"!
Swish.
The venue was too quiet.
The little newbie regretted it the moment he spoke.
If he could do it all over again, he would choose to look for Dr. Hu Sandao, whose hands were shaking, and ask him to sew his mouth shut before he came.
Many pairs of eyes turned to look in the direction of the Special Forces.
Zhao Yulong suddenly had the urge to tie up the little bastard and throw him into the Pacific Ocean.
But fortunately, Zhao Yulong was thick-skinned enough.
He could block many people's gazes.
Zhao Yulong looked at the small stool on the high platform with a complicated expression. He didn't dare to make a sound. He slowly mouthed three words to express his thoughts.
"Don't. Be. My. Enemy."
Zhu Chongdi turned his gaze to Zhao Yulong.
He didn't punish him severely because of this.
After all, there was no rule against whispering in the Z5 Conference.
It was just that the atmosphere of the meeting was too serious, and no one dared to make a sound. Over time, this became a common practice.
Everyone had arrived.
Most people didn't dare to be late.
Sitting at the head of the table, the handsome Li Kai squinted his eyes and looked at the small bench not far away.
Because his eyes were too deep, no one could read the complicated emotions contained in his eyes.
After a moment of silence.
"Ha, it's about time. No need to wait."
Ying Xia, who carried the ancient sword on her back, chuckled and broke the silence.
This light chuckle sounded like a joke, but it was like an iron order.
The door of the conference room slammed shut and was completely locked.
Generally speaking, as long as the door was tightly shut, no one could enter or leave at will during the meeting.
It was an exquisitely crafted wooden door. The wooden door was completely black, and it was made of black iron wood. It was said that this piece of wood had a history of a hundred years and was expensive to make.
No one dared to be late.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Zhu Chongdi tapped the table rhythmically with his skinny middle finger.
A few seconds later, Zhu Chongdi's voice echoed in the completely sealed conference room.
"Then, let the meeting begin."
…
…
Cangyang City.
It was also late at night.
After Yuan Zhiye received a phone call, he was shocked.
Irin and Gu Tianqing only said one word at the same time, "Oh."
After saying "Oh", Yi Lin suddenly realized that such an ordinary reaction seemed to make her seem a little impolite, so she added, "Ah, so that's how it is."
Gu Tianqing changed into a clean pair of gloves.
Irin had every reason to suspect that in Gu Tianqing's storage space, in addition to the tools and equipment from the inner world, was filled with gloves of this standard.
"Is this a habit of not leaving fingerprints under any circumstances?"
Irin thought silently.
Gu Tianqing did not know that Irin had doubts about his profession. After changing into gloves, he held his chin with one hand and said with a slight smile, "We seem to have overlooked a small detail in our previous deduction."
Irin nodded, "This leech man did not wait for a full five days before continuing because he was worried about something. It was because he had a reason to wait, so he rested for five days. "
Yuan Zhiye finally understood. His eyes widened, and he interrupted in disbelief, "Wait, you mean … there were actually two people who died tonight?"
"No."
Gu Tianqing shook his head and corrected a small mistake in Yuan Zhiye's words.
"What he means is that it's very likely that there were many, many, many."
“！”
As expected.
On the way to the next murder site, Irin and the others.
Yuan Zhiye received another call for help from Liao Jianbai.
The dignified chief of the Cangyang City Police Station had a sobbing tone that could not be concealed.
"It's over, it's over. It's our Cangyang City Police Station's turn to be completely nailed on the board of shame."
Liao Jianbai wanted to cry but had no tears.
He was innocent.
His career was also flourishing. Why did such a brutal serial murder case happen at such a critical time?
Yuan Zhiye's phone rang non-stop.
In just a short hour, five mummified corpses had been discovered by various branches.
So much so that when Yuan Zhiye picked up the phone later, he learned Irin's ordinary tone.
"Oh, we understand."
He was numb.
"There's no need to go to the scene anymore. It's meaningless."
Irin frowned. In fact, when the third victim was discovered tonight, Irin was already too lazy to investigate the scene.
It was meaningless.
This was no longer a serial murder case.
It was a massacre.
This was a crazy cross-species massacre.
This city was "its" hunting ground.
Irin led a group of people and returned to the temporary office in the city center at the fastest speed.
The development of this matter was unimaginably fast.
"Strange."
There was one thing that Irin could not figure out.
If the person behind the leech army was really an apostle, why did he erupt with unprecedented madness tonight after a short period of restraint?
A massacre of this scale could not be hidden. It was very likely that he would eventually use all the power of the special forces to arrive in Cangyang City and use the fastest speed and thunderous power to completely resolve this matter.
What Irin could not figure out was the purpose of the person hiding behind this.
If he used the most traditional theoretical knowledge to deduce all of this, it could not be separated from the most important point:
"Motive."
Just what kind of motive did the Leech People have to create this incident?
The Cangyang City Police Station and every branch in the city were completely panicking.
It was also chaotic.
They had never encountered such a situation.
Liao Jianbai even drafted a resignation letter in his mind.
Irin could not care so much now.
He boldly and decisively sat down and said to Yuan Zhiye, "Give me the 3D map of Cangyang City and the complete sewer route structure immediately."
"Yes!"
Yuan Zhiye was sweating profusely.
It seemed to be the first time he had encountered such a crazy incident. He did not dare to delay and ordered his subordinates to do their best to complete Irin's instructions.
These were all ready-made information.
It was not very complicated.
A moment later.
The three-dimensional map of Cangyang City that Irin wanted, as well as the overall structure of the sewers, was presented to Irin.
"Oh right. Did you find anything about the identity of the murderer? "
Speaking of this matter.
Yuan Zhiye's anxious expression suddenly changed.
He became even more anxious.
He almost cried.
"I spent two days and two nights and finally completed the data comparison. However, leader, the strange thing is that I cross-checked the identities of all the dead people with the special professions that you mentioned before who could more or less come into contact with the residents' archives. I did not find anyone who had come into contact with these dead people. "
"The person with the highest coincidence rate was a 45-year-old delivery man. He had business dealings with three of the dead people. However … the coincidence rate was only 17.6%. Oh, no, it is already 16.6% now. In theory, there is no decisive correlation. "
On the way back, for some reason, Gu Tianqing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly walked forward.
"I think I understand why he had to wait five days before coming out to hunt again."
Irin did not understand why this area that did not exist on the surface was named with the letter "S".
However, after thinking about it, it was nothing more than catering to the apostles' taste.
In the apostles' eyes, "S" always meant awesome.
Or maybe it was — "Secret?"
“Super？”
But no matter what, there must be a huge secret hidden inside.
Otherwise, Yu Meng and Zhao Yulong would not appear here at the same time after receiving the "GM" warning.
"Beep beep beep —"
Face, fingerprint, password, and iris. Yu Meng used four layers of verification to open the door.
"Huff —"
On the thick metal door's verification panel, electronic light flickered and air pressure surged. Then, it slowly moved to the sides.
Zhao Yulong suddenly sighed and stopped in his tracks.
"I … won't go in."
As he spoke, Zhao Yulong subconsciously searched his body. After searching for a few seconds, he finally found a wrinkled cigarette from his trouser pocket.
Yu Meng's expression was indifferent. She glanced at Zhao Yulong.
"Didn't you say you quit smoking?"
"Hehe, my addiction to smoking is acting up. Just one, the last one." Zhao Yulong laughed dryly and skillfully lit the cigarette. His index and middle fingers that held the cigarette trembled slightly.
Yu Meng did not say anything. She turned around and stepped into the door.
Behind Yu Meng, in the endless tunnel, there was only Zhao Yulong with a bleak expression and the flickering flame at his fingertips.
Irin carefully followed behind Yu Meng.
He did not dare to be careless.
After the metal door labeled "S Area", there was another tunnel.
On both sides of the tunnel, after Yu Meng walked in, a large amount of gas suddenly gushed out.
Irin's expression was solemn at first. He subconsciously held his breath in the shadow. But after a moment, he also reacted.
— Is this disinfection?
Yu Meng walked through the disinfection tunnel expressionlessly.
But at the end of the tunnel, Yu Meng stopped. She closed her eyes and said coldly,
"Come out."
“！”
In an instant, a layer of "fault" appeared between the surface of Yu Meng's body and the "disinfection gas".
"Not good!"
Irin suddenly felt that the world in front of him was spinning and he saw stars.
This was not a simple disinfection gas!
It was mixed with ether!
There was indeed a trick!
Irin bit his tongue. The stimulation of pain made Irin wake up a little in a short time. Fortunately, Irin knew that Yu Meng was not so easy to deal with. Even if he maintained the two heaven-defying skills, [Shadow Kill] and [Shadow Stalking], he did not dare to relax his vigilance and maintained a state of high concentration.
When the disinfection gas was sprayed out, although Irin inhaled a little, the amount was not too much. He also held his breath in time.
Yu Meng isolated the gas and chuckled, "This is highly concentrated ether gas. Anyone who breathes in it will pass out completely. Even if it is a high-level strength-type apostle. "
While speaking, Yu Meng quickly stuck to the wall. She leaned against the wall and coldly looked at the only disinfection tunnel in front of her.
Yu Meng waited for a full three minutes.
After Irin's initial dizziness, the discomfort in his body quickly disappeared after a few seconds.
Yu Meng was right.
As long as it was a human, one breath would cause them to faint.
Unless it was not a human.
Irin, who was silently hiding in the dark, could not help but praise his "mixed bloodline".
His mixed bloodline retained most of the characteristics of the "Dionysus Factor". He had a certain resistance to the ether.
After waiting for five minutes, the "lurker" that she imagined did not appear. Yu Meng quietly let out a sigh of relief and opened the closed disinfection tunnel door again.
What a sinister woman!
Irin secretly sighed.
He had thought it through now.
When entering the password at the entrance, there must be two different versions of the password.
Although these two versions of the password could open the tunnel door.
But one of them was the normal way to open the door. The other, like the current situation, was mixed with a high concentration of ether in the disinfection gas. If it was another apostle who was not vigilant enough and was also good at stealth, he would probably fall into Yu Meng's trap due to carelessness.
After this short interlude, Yu Meng seemed to finally believe that the intruder in the "GM" warning did not follow behind her.
"There is no abnormality."
Yu Meng softly said to the air.
She seemed to be talking to Zhao Yulong who was smoking outside the door.
Yu Meng quickly walked into the female locker room.
Irin hesitated for a few seconds. In order to avoid losing her, he could only force himself to sneak in.
But fortunately.
An awkward scene didn't appear.
Yu Meng directly put on an isolation suit and left the locker room. She walked into the bright and magnificent laboratory.
Seeing Yu Meng so cautious, Irin subconsciously suspected that there was some kind of terrifying virus experiment in Area S. Once it was leaked, everyone would be finished.
"Most of the virus transmission methods are through contact and respiratory transmission. As long as you hold your breath and stay in the shadow state, it should not be a big problem."
Since they were already here, if they gave up now, it would be a pity.
Irin believed that there must be something hidden here.
If the mysterious "GM" did not coincidentally send a "intruder" warning to Zhao Yulong and Yu Meng, Irin might not have discovered this place.
After all, his original purpose was to borrow an insignificant small document from the main computer in Area A.
Compared to the secret hidden in Area S, it was like a young girl meeting a young woman, a scallop meeting a lobster. It was not worth mentioning.
Irin was usually not a gossipy person.
But the secret in Area S was enough to arouse his curiosity.
Irin quietly sneaked in.
He followed behind Yu Meng.
At this moment, Yu Meng was wearing a bulky isolation suit and walked in quickly.
Irin was lurking in the shadow. His eyes suddenly opened up.
In just an instant, Irin froze on the spot.
He held his breath and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
Yu Meng had already walked to the side of the researcher who was busy in the laboratory and was also wearing an isolation suit. She asked something in a low voice.
Irin was no longer in the mood to eavesdrop on what Yu Meng and the researcher were talking about.
Because..,
The scene in front of him was enough to explain everything.
In the bright underground research institute, there were many transparent pods.
In the pods that were emitting green light, countless people were floating.
— People with broken limbs.
Some people were replaced with metal prosthetics.
Some people's eyes were replaced with red metal prosthetics.
Some people's skin was festering, and they were writhing in pain in the pods, but they could not make any sound.
Some people only had half of their bodies left, and even their internal organs were floating in the nutrient solution. However, the regular rise and fall of their chests could still prove that they were still alive.
This scene seemed familiar.
After two minutes of silence, Irin also held his breath for two minutes. After two minutes, Irin took a deep breath.
"So that's how it is."
..
..
An hour later.
Yu Meng skillfully took off the isolation suit.
The contaminated isolation suit floated into the abandoned box dedicated to medical contaminated waste with a thought from Yu Meng.
"How is it?"
In front of the door of Area S, Zhao Yulong was hurriedly spraying men's cologne on his body, trying to cover up the pungent smell of smoke on his body.
Yu Meng frowned and glanced at the flattened cigarette butt on the ground without a trace. However, she did not say anything about it. She just shook her head:
"There shouldn't be any 'intruders'. It's hard for me to imagine that someone can avoid our 'Perception'. Moreover, I used a Class B emergency plan in the passage. The concentration of ether is enough to expose any lurker without any precaution. "
Zhao Yulong let out a long sigh of relief when he heard that.
Yu Meng's furrowed brows did not relax.
She lowered her head and muttered to herself, "But I'm still very curious. If there is no so-called 'intruder', why did the secretive special consultant suddenly choose to issue a warning to us today when he hasn't appeared for so long? I never thought that he was someone who was really on our 'side'. "
Zhao Yulong smiled, "Maybe there was originally. However, after we strengthened our vigilance in the open and in the dark, the other party noticed and canceled the plan to invade."
"It's possible." Yu Meng did not deny Zhao Yulong's speculation. And judging from the current situation, Zhao Yulong's speculation was the most reasonable.
"Let's go."
"However," Yu Meng's eyes flickered, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, "This place is no longer safe. We must find a way to evacuate all personnel and 'experimental subjects' from this place. "
Zhao Yulong smiled bitterly and did not say anything.
To be on the safe side, the two of them searched every area again.
Under the perception of the two spiritual apostles, all hidden people would have nowhere to hide.
Although Zhao Yulong and Yu Meng did not say much after that.
In addition to Yu Meng, Zhao Yulong also felt that something was strange about tonight's incident.
He felt that something was wrong.
However, he could not say for a while.
If something happened in the end, they might not have this "strange" feeling.
However, after a lot of trouble, it was a close call in the end. This feeling was like stabbing a gun into the wall with all his strength. It was very painful.
When Zhao Yulong walked out of the Research Division, it was already late at night.
Before leaving, he even checked all the surveillance videos, but he did not find anything unusual.
"Is it really just a false alarm?"
Zhao Yulong wiped the sweat on his forehead in bewilderment.
It was already late at night.
After saying goodbye to Yu Meng, Zhao Yulong walked alone on the lonely street. He suddenly remembered something and quickly opened the communication panel. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message.
Yi Lin appeared from the side and looked at the faintly discernible red ball above his head. Even after the violent explosion and collapse just now, the cocoon was still round and smooth, and its shape did not change at all.
Seeing this, Irin took out a card from the storage dimension expressionlessly.
– [Blessing of the Spearman].
"Remaining uses: 2."
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