"Du Cheng, Lou Haoyong." The team leader shouted into the walkie-talkie, "I'm Yan Li, the leader of the second investigation team. How's the situation on your side?"
There was no response from the other end of the walkie-talkie.
"Hello? Hello?" Mr. Yian's face suddenly turned grim, "Can you hear ? Hello? Du Cheng? Lou Haoyong?"
After a while, there was a "click" sound from the receiver, as if the walkie-talkie on the other end was picked up from the ground, and two seconds later, Wang Xiyi's voice ca through: "This is 'Night Slayer', I am currently on the rooftop of building A of the Investigation Bureau, two security personnel have been confird dead."
The main surveillance room was imdiately thrown into an uproar.
"How could this happen!?" The security personnel who had narrowly escaped looked pale, "In just a few minutes..."
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The rooftop terrace of building A, Investigation Bureau.
Wang Xiyi turned over the two corpses for inspection, then spoke into the walkie-talkie: "Both of them have a hole drilled into the back of their heads; their brains have been entirely consud, which should be the direct cause of their death. In addition, there is also so residue of mucus at the scene..."
Wang Xiyi touched a bit of the mucus with her fingertip, instantly feeling a strong sense of paralysis transmitting from the surface of her skin.
"This mucus has a very strong paralyzing effect; I estimate that the two must have been paralyzed by the mucus first, and then had their brains extracted by the paranormal creature in a state of complete incapacity to resist... its purpose in appearing here was to feed."
"Have you found any other traces?" Mr. Yian asked again.
"Not yet."
Wang Xiyi looked up towards building C — the structure of the Investigation Bureau building forms a "匚" shape, with the largest area occupying building A in the center, flanked by building B and building C, connected by overhead corridors, but the rooftop terraces are not interconnected.
There is a gap of nearly thirty ters between buildings A and C; assuming the paranormal creature could quietly cross this more than thirty-ter gap, and paralyze the two security personnel with mucus without them noticing... the mobility of this creature must have reached an extrely astonishing degree.
"Night Slayer, have you found any trace of the white shadow?" Mr. Yian's voice ca through the walkie-talkie.
"No, even the tic detection equipnt I carry has not reacted," Wang Xiyi replied, "I have a feeling... that after completing its feeding, the creature has already left here."
"Could its purpose have been just to feed?" Mr. Yian's tone carried a trace of confusion, "If it was just to feed, why wasn't there any incident of residents being attacked near Shengshu Securities before... specially coming to our Investigation Bureau territory to feed, is it trying to provoke us?"
"Besides feeding, its other purpose should be intelligence gathering," Wang Xiyi turned over the heads of the corpses — the expressions of the two security personnel were extrely blank — the mucus paralyzed all their nerves, from the attack until their death, they probably felt no pain," in my opinion, the creature's purpose was not to consu their brain matter but the information existing in their mories... we should be grateful that the victims' rank was not too high, and they did not know much confidential information."
"You an, the creature attacked them to obtain our intelligence?" Mr. Yian's eyes widened as he looked around at everyone in the main surveillance room, "it seems... the enemy we are facing this ti possesses significant intelligence."
"My suggestion is to gather the high-level leaders and key personnel of the Managent Committee, the research institute, and the Investigation Bureau into a safe place for protection... this ti, the creature only attacked two security personnel, next ti, it should select targets from the 'leader list' known by these security personnel."
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Chunming City, "Useless" Tavern.
Sun Hang had just finished drinking that sugar-free version of butter beer when the researcher who couldn't pay previously approached him once again.
"Is there sothing you need?" Sun Hang glanced at him and asked.
"The situation with 'Overlord' is a bit special; Research Institute No. 1 has requested the Puppet Master to imdiately return to headquarters to cooperate with subsequent research work," the researcher said.
"Is this yet another excuse conjured up to try and cheat the hostage away from ?"
"No, it's true." The researcher said with a bitter expression, "To modify a paranormal creature into the Puppet Master's paranormal equipnt, its tic frequency must be adjusted imdiately, this process requires the Puppet Master himself to be present... otherwise, as ti progresses, the sensation between the Puppet Master and the paranormal creature will weaken and eventually disappear completely."
"Really?" Sun Hang looked at Zhong Ling.
The latter nodded.
"Then may you trouble yourselves to bring an equally ranked, quiet and docile hostage who won't run amok," Sun Hang said, "then I might consider it."
"Uh... Dubhe Tower ans that your trial in the first segnt is considered passed directly, so you no longer need a hostage anymore, and the Puppet Master can imdiately rush back to Research Institute No. 1. As for the second segnt of the trial, it will officially begin tomorrow."
"What about my identity identification code and personal account?" Sun Hang raised his wrist to look, the bracelet's screen had already returned to normal, and the sundial symbolizing the countdown for positioning was nowhere to be found.
"They have also been unfrozen." The researcher said.
"Will this second segnt of the trial still be an urban survival ga?" Sun Hang asked once again.
"Of course not!" The researcher shook his head repeatedly, "In the second segnt of the trial, you will work together with several other batch-qualified trialists to overco challenges — in this segnt, regardless if it's Dubhe Tower or the Federation Governnt, they will stand by your side, providing essential assistance for you."
"So, it has changed from PVP to PVE?" Sun Hang rubbed the hair on the back of his head, "Could you divulge a little about the content of the second segnt trial?"
"This..." The researcher imdiately showed a difficult expression.
"Is it inconvenient? Inconvenient folks I just won't return huh?" Sun Hang threatened softly.
"Well... I only know that the trial site is not in the city..." The researcher said, "as for other information, please wait until tomorrow..."
"Give your earphone." Sun Hang reached his hand out to him.
"Ah?" The researcher hadn't reacted yet when a few filants already snatched the earphone he was wearing away.
Sun Hang put on the earphone and directly said, "Tell , what is the content of the second segnt of the trial?"
"How are you sure I would know?" A strange male voice ca from the earphone.
"Just a guess." Sun Hang replied, "Besides, even if you don't know, there must be soone in Dubhe Tower who knows... then please trouble yourself to help inquire."
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