Dang Liantao, sitting in the back row, heard Shan Changxu becoming increasingly unruly, so he straightened his face.

"You better drive properly!"

Then he turned his gaze to Wang Zheng, his face full of approval and encouragement, and then explained:

"Xiao Yu went to the harbor to help out. There's a shortage of manpower there recently, and they need water-attribute awakened individuals. I guess he won't be able to come back for the New Year this year."

"That must be so tough. I remember Sister Ting is from Jingnan, right? She can't even come back for the New Year. What about you guys, Brother Dan and Brother Dang?"

After hearing Dang Liantao's explanation, Wang Zheng deliberately steered the conversation in that direction. He knew very well that the advice Gu Lao gave was not the same thing as what the two of them understood.

However, I never expected that my accidental statement about killing a few illegal immigrants would actually make sense.

Upon hearing Wang Zheng's question, Shan Changxu replied with a smile:

"We haven't been back for several years. The military region is our home. Everyone celebrates the New Year here!"

The atmosphere became lively as soon as the Chinese New Year was mentioned, and even Dang Liantao, who usually maintained a serious demeanor, couldn't help but laugh.

So Wang Zheng made an appointment with them to visit the military region during the Spring Festival to celebrate together. After that, the group tacitly avoided mentioning Yunnan again.

Amidst the roar of the jeep, the group soon arrived in the city center, where the vehicle came to a smooth stop in the compound of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Police Detachment.

As soon as the three of them got out of the car, the burly Captain Liu Zhe greeted them with a big smile.

Wang Zheng recognized the fierce-looking man; he had seen him once before at the meat processing plant in the suburbs, though they hadn't exchanged greetings.

He still vividly remembered the horrific scar on the captain's face.

Wang Zheng looked up and glanced at him.

Hmm, spiritual energy value: 4850 points.

Among the five attributes, constitution and strength are the highest, both at 59 points, making him a solid B-level awakener. He's probably not far from A-level.

He's stronger than Lao Dan, but judging from his attributes and physique, he's probably a close-combat fighter like me.

The thought sent a chill down Wang Zheng's spine.

"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you spouting? I'm a frail healer, I can't just spout off like that..."

While Wang Zheng was quietly observing his surroundings, Liu Zhe, on the other side, was also familiar with Dang Liantao and Shan Changxu, having dealt with them before.

Moreover, due to the nature of his work, Liu Zhe has a very sharp eye, and he recognized the young man the moment he saw Wang Zheng.

After all, it's hard to find another face this young and inexperienced in the special operations team of the military region.

In addition, Wang Zheng and Dang Liantao had spent so much time crawling and struggling in the underground passages, and he was covered in stench under the scorching sun, so he had a deep impression of Wang Zheng.

To Wang Zheng's surprise, Dang Liantao, the team leader, simply nodded to Liu Zhe as a greeting, but Shan Changxu seemed to know him very well.

The two gave each other a bear hug as soon as they met, and then started talking about the incident.

The only problem is that the sight of these two burly men embracing each other is a bit of an eyesore.

Wang Zheng thought to himself, "This is something I'm not happy about."

'Birds of a feather flock together, indeed. One's a brute, the other a simpleton—absolutely brilliant.'

After being introduced by Shan Changxu, Wang Zheng and Liu Zhe quickly became acquainted. The two had met before, and since Wang Zheng was there to help, he was very enthusiastic, so there was naturally no awkwardness between them.

Wang Zheng was very sensible. Taking advantage of his young age, he kept calling Liu "Brother Liu," making it impossible to tell that the two had just met that day.

When Liu Zhe learned that Wang Zheng was the most outstanding healing-type awakened individual in the military region's special forces and had been specially transferred here to assist in the work, he became even more enthusiastic towards Wang Zheng.

He's being driven crazy by the frenzied crowd. These "patients" have special circumstances, and he can't really just throw them into the hospital.

Not to mention that there are many ordinary people in the hospital, even if there weren't, such public facilities couldn't control this group of energetic mutants.

Left with no other choice, they had to temporarily detain these guys in their special police unit.

Moreover, as their bodies mutated, the tranquilizers began to lose their effectiveness.

At this time, this group of energetic mutants had already caused chaos throughout the entire special police brigade. Countless experts, doctors, and awakened individuals with therapeutic abilities came and went, but none of them could cure this scourge.

Moreover, as the number of enraged citizens began to increase, the local police station also started to feel the pressure. Countless relatives of the victims were crying and shouting inside, demanding to find their loved ones, whether they were alive or dead. Now that they couldn't find their families, they were naturally filled with resentment...

Therefore, at this time, the entire police force system in southern Beijing was extremely busy and almost paralyzed.

Moreover, after a series of tests, besides being able to confirm that these "patients" had eaten the meat of the strange beasts, it was impossible to determine whether these people had eaten it intentionally, where they had eaten it, or where the special meat came from.

What's even stranger is that no unusual meat was ever found in their home, which brought their investigation to a dead end.