Chapter Eighty: Apprehending Thieves and Criminals

Xu Wentao, a tall man in Xinyuan Ranch, sat on a chair at the door of the listening room, his fierce aura turning into dejection.

The man with the protruding mouth was even more stunned, because his partner, the squinty-eyed man, was dead.

Neither of them could understand why that squad was so difficult to kill, whether they had divine protection or something.

"Fortunately, Liu Hui is dead!" Xu Wentao said after a long pause.

Although almost all of his capable men were killed, and the ranch was severely weakened, its foundation remained intact!

He thought he should go out for some fresh air and report back to his boss.

Although he was extremely unwilling and dared not, he knew he couldn't delay, because as long as the boss was there, they still had a chance to turn things around.

Isn't this team supposed to go to the hospital?

There are a lot of medical accidents in hospitals!

Xu Wentao thought fiercely, but just as he took out his phone, it rang first, as if it were a matter of life and death.

Xu Wentao was already flustered, and he almost dropped his phone. He cursed loudly, and it took him a while to answer the call.

If it weren't for an urgent matter, I'd fucking stew you!

The person on the other end of the phone was the gatekeeper, who said in a panic, "It's urgent, boss! The police are here! Lots of people, several cars!"

Xu Wentao felt a chill, and then his heart skipped a beat.

How could they have arrived so quickly?

He said something to the man with the protruding mouth, who was also taken aback, but immediately replied:

"If anyone's coming, it should be someone from the Military Affairs Department! Why is it the Public Security Department? It's alright, it shouldn't be. Besides, they won't find anything out!"

He deleted the files and programs he was monitoring with remarkable speed and quickly tidied up the house.

Xu Wentao calmed down a bit, and seeing that the protruding mouth was almost tidied up, he went out to greet the "guests".

The three vehicles from the Public Security Bureau got out of the lead vehicle. The man who got out was in his early thirties, with a tall and handsome figure.

Xu Wentao didn't recognize the person, which means this wasn't a routine inspection.

He went up to them, and asked cautiously and somewhat bewilderedly, "Comrades, what brings you to our ranch? Has anyone reported a crime?"

"A surprise inspection," the man said coldly, showing his police identification.

Above is a handsome ID photo, just like a professional portrait, along with his name: Zhao Bowen.

After Zhao Bowen finished his demonstration, he returned to his car and drove into the ranch.

"Hey, is this a search? This ranch is mine. The base has rules that if outsiders trespass on private ranch owner territory without permission, the ranch owner can shoot you!"

Zhao Bowen waved the electronic search warrant on his phone and said, "You can try shooting."

He stepped on the gas and drove into the ranch.

Xu Wentao's expression changed, and he immediately called a familiar sheriff.

He was the sheriff who frequently came to his ranch for "routine inspections."

The reply he received was also bewildering; the other party had no idea who had ordered the search of their ranch.

Xu Wentao sneered as he recalled the search warrant that had only been flashed before his eyes and which he hadn't even seen clearly.

He followed the cars, and when he reached the small building, he gestured with his hand: "Officers, you are welcome to investigate. If you find anything, that's fine; if you don't find anything..."

He has connections; if he files a complaint, this guy surnamed Zhao can be completely stripped of his title!

However, Zhao Bowen didn't even glance into his small building, and went straight to the northeast corner of the ranch, to a densely vegetated area connected to a small hill.

Xu Wentao was stunned.

"Half of you surround the building, and the other half dig along the northernmost corner of the barbed wire fence!" Zhao Bowen ordered his men.

"Yes!" They were all highly capable sheriffs, with clear division of labor and efficient actions.

The land Zhao Bowen ordered to be dug was located among dense trees and grasslands, but it had been newly turned over and had a strong smell of manure, as if it had just been composted, and was intended to be planted with crops in the spring when the flowers bloom.

Xu Wentao shouted the same thing, both angry and heartbroken.

But Zhao Bowen remained unmoved, staring intently at his men digging the ground.

Xu Wentao shouted a few times, but when he found it was no use, he retreated to a tree and took out his phone.

His hands were trembling, and he could barely hold the phone, but as soon as he finished dialing, he felt a chill behind him.

A figure approached like a ghost and slapped his elbow from below!

This hit the nerve right on the spot. Xu Wentao let go of the phone, and it flew up and was caught by the other person!

Xu Wentao was shocked and immediately tried to grab it, but the man had already retreated far away.

The man was a handsome young man with extremely agile movements. He retreated to Zhao Bowen's side like a gust of wind and answered the phone.

The dial tone ended just then, and a woman's voice came through: "Hello?"

There was no reply, and the person on the other end of the phone seemed to realize something and immediately hung up.

However, the boy had already pressed the record button, and the "hello" was recorded.

"Export the voiceprint information, then check the source and location of this number. Be quick!" The boy handed the phone to Zhao Bowen, raising an eyebrow at him smugly.

Zhao Bowen's tense face relaxed, and he couldn't help but smile as he looked at the boy. "I know."

The boy was actually a girl, but she had some masculine features.

Xu Wentao stood there stunned for a long time, then suddenly turned and ran, at an extremely fast speed!

But he couldn't outrun the gun. Zhao Bowen was prepared and fired a shot into his thigh!

Xu Wentao collapsed, his face contorted in a grimace: "You entered private property without a search warrant, and then robbed and assaulted me? I'm going to sue you!"

He screamed with all his might, but Zhao Bowen remained indifferent, watching his men dig one layer and then having the technicians he brought scan the area with an infrared scanner.

Abnormal heat source.

The technicians surveyed the terrain again, which was somewhat difficult, but they successfully found a ventilation opening after about ten minutes.

If you keep digging, you'll find the entrance.

There's an oil refinery underground.

The sheriffs took photos and investigated. Zhao Bowen glanced back at Xu Wentao and said indifferently:

"Isn't it reasonable to conduct searches and arrests now?"

He made a phone call back to his department, requesting more manpower and applying for a supplementary search warrant.

This oil refinery is quite large at a glance, which is a major case. Compared to that, the mistake of acting first and reporting later can be ignored.

Everything happened too fast, and Xu Wentao felt disheartened.

He tried to resist, but he had a bloody hole in his thigh and was no match for Zhao Bowen. He was handcuffed to the ground.

The sunlight was still bright, and Xu Wentao could barely open his eyes because of it.

He stood there, stunned, hesitating between suicide and direct mutation.

But the girl, who looked like a teenager, squatted down beside him and asked:

Do you have family?

"No!"

"Then what are you afraid of? If you go to the Public Security Bureau and confess about the people behind you, you can get a reduced sentence, and maybe you can even get a 'one-time test subject'," the girl said.

"One-time test subject" refers to a criminal who survives a single genetic enhancement experiment and can be released.

If this person's genes are not special, they only need to be supervised by the police department, return regularly for retesting, and supply blood to the laboratory.

While the experimental subjects in the base are indeed valuable, the labor force is even more valuable.

Xu Wentao's expression shifted for a moment, but he simply turned his head away, gritting his teeth and remaining silent.