347: Chapter 231: Missing Population 347: Chapter 231: Missing Population Three days later, in the morning.
In the Third Research Institute on Jiangnan Road, Qionghua City, Jiangnan Province.
In a room on the third floor, a eting had just concluded, and over a dozen staff mbers dressed in white lab coats were summarizing the discussion as they walked towards the door.
Two young researchers, who appeared to be on good terms, were walking side by side, still discussing sothing between them.
“Lately, it seems like the frequency of monster sightings has dropped, hasn’t it?
We haven’t found any abnormal situations in Qionghua City, but I heard that the division in Sanjiao i City encountered a tricky one, especially good at hiding, and they still haven’t located it.”
A slightly overweight young man spoke.
“Yes, I heard that it’s like a shadow without a body—wherever it appears, the nearby environnt just stinks…
I heard it has already hard quite a few people, and the folks at that division have been in a complete uproar these past few days.”
Another young man said.
“Yeah, it’s also a good thing we don’t have such monsters here.
I an, a shadow?
Hard to catch and hard to beat—it’s simply torturous.
It’s just unknown whether sonic and electromagnetic devices could interfere with it, really feel bad for the brothers over there.”
The previously speaking overweight youth patted the other’s shoulder and continued:
“Actually, things aren’t peaceful here either.
It seems like there are so issues again in Sheep Village.
During the eting, Mr.
Wen asked us to group up and go there for a field investigation this afternoon.
Old Zhang, who do you plan to team up with?”
The one addressed as Old Zhang replied, “Teaming up?
Isn’t that obvious?
You, , and Guan Liang—we three best buddies together, of course!”
“Haha, absolutely!
By the way, let’s grab lunch on East Crossing Ancient Street next to Jiangnan Road.
I heard there’s a reality show crew filming today, bringing in so big stars.
It’ll be perfect for us to join the fun.”
The slightly overweight youth’s eyes lit up at the ntion of the reality show.
“Exactly, I know, it’s the Running Group crew!
There are several guests I really like in there.
It’s just too bad we can only watch the crowd from the outskirts at noon, otherwise I’d definitely go for their autographs.”
The two reached the elevator, intending to go together to the sixth floor.
However, due to the eting just ending, there were still many other colleagues around, and they missed the elevator, opting to wait there for the next one.
“Speaking of which, Li Ziran, have you seen Guan Liang?
I don’t think I saw him at the eting just now.
This guy isn’t off today, is he?”
The young man nad Zhang inquired.
The slightly overweight one was startled, then said instinctively: “Uh?
Didn’t he co?
I saw him this morning, didn’t I?
If he didn’t co to the eting, he probably got busy with so other task…”
As soon as he finished speaking, an elderly voice suddenly ca from behind.
“Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, wait a second, I have sothing to ask you!”
The two turned around and saw an old man in a white lab coat approaching.
“Mr.
Wen.”
They quickly greeted him.
The cor was the vice director of the Third Research Institute, a highly prestigious figure in the industry who had once served as an academician at the national research institution, Wen Songling.
Wen Songling approached quickly, carrying a mobile phone, and began to ask:
“Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, have you seen Guan Liang?
Director Liu just called saying his family ca asking if he’s at the institute.
He hasn’t been ho for over a day and isn’t answering his phone.
Have you guys seen him?”
“Hasn’t he been ho for a day and a night?”
The two young n were startled; Li Ziran felt a bit baffled, especially since he’d just seen him in the parking garage this morning.
In the morning?
If he was there, what else could he be doing other than coming to work?
Moreover, no one at the office had worked overti in the last few days, so how could he not have gone ho for a day and a night?
Right away, Li Ziran told Mr.
Wen about seeing Guan Liang in the parking garage earlier that morning, which puzzled him even further.
“Did he co, though?
But why didn’t I see him around the institute, Xiao Li, are you sure it was him?
No mistake?”
“No, how could I be mistaken, Mr.
Wen?
You know I’m close with him; I guarantee it was Guan Liang!”
The group looked at each other with confusion, also clueless about what Guan Liang was up to.
“Could it be…
that guy skipped out to watch Running Group?
But that doesn’t make sense either—he wouldn’t just not go ho for a day and a night…”
The speculation continued amongst the group, all feeling utterly clueless about Guan Liang’s whereabouts.
However, since his family had co looking at the institute, they couldn’t delay.
The group imdiately went down to the basent to check the situation.
“Xiao Li, was this where you saw him?”
In the basent, Mr.
Wen stood by a corner in the parking area and asked.
Li Ziran observed his surroundings carefully, then nodded confidently: “Yes, definitely right here.
There’s a plant growing on the wall here, I clearly rember, he was standing right here facing away from …”
Saying this, he approached the wall, standing back to the other two, replicating the situation at the ti.
From this position, Li Ziran could clearly see the thriving vine in front of him, and his eyes suddenly caught a dilapidated small wooden door behind it, provoking a sowhat absurd idea in his mind.
“Could Guan Liang have not gone to work this morning, staying hidden inside this door?”
This thought barely ford before he dismissed it; it was a storeroom that had been abandoned for years—who would hide there all morning?
The young man surnad Zhang looked up around and then spoke sowhat dejectedly:
“There’s no surveillance cara here, it’s a blind spot.
Otherwise, we might have seen which direction Guan Liang went.”
Hearing him ntion surveillance, Mr.
Wen also imdiately snapped back to reality and quickly said:
“Zhang Cheng is right, let’s go to the surveillance room to see if Xiao Guan ca today and where he went.”
With that, the three of them hurried to the security departnt on the second floor to pull up the surveillance records.
The surveillance room was originally manned by a few security guards taking turns, but now, due to the issue with Alien Species and being the institute responsible for related research, the Three Institutes could hardly be manned by just a few guards anymore.
The security level here had greatly increased, now under the charge of Azure Dragon Soldiers from the surrounding area.
As the soldiers heard Mr.
Wen’s request, they imdiately turned on the surveillance video, starting from yesterday and going back through each day.
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