Chapter 42 Investigation Materials

I stared at the scrap paper with the doll drawn on it for a while. After thinking about it, I still felt that this was a clue. Since we were going to gather soon, I might as well ask other people.

After making up my mind, I got up, washed and dressed, put the piece of waste paper with the doll drawn on it in my pocket, and went to the training room.

Due to the special and dangerous nature of the task force's work, except for special missions or combat requirements, they are basically the least busy in the Investigation Bureau. So when everyone has free time, they either spend time in the training room or seize the time to enjoy life. After all, no one is sure what will happen in the next second.

When we arrived at the training room, Song Nanxing looked back at me.

"Coming?"

"Yeah." I nodded and took out the piece of waste paper with the doll I drew on it from my pocket and handed it to Song Nanxing.

"Oh, do you draw pictures to cultivate your sentiments?" Song Nanxing took the paper and teased me. However, when his eyes swept over the paper, I noticed that his expression froze for a moment.

Then, he swept away his previous cynical expression, looked at me seriously and said:

"Where did you learn this?"

"You know what this is, don't you?"

Song Nanxing looked at the pattern on the paper, frowned, and thought for a moment, seeming a little confused.

I was not in a hurry either. I stood in front of him without saying a word, waiting for his next words.

Chen Yubing and Gang Jue also came over to take a look, and the moment their eyes fell on the pattern on the paper, they also had strange expressions on their faces.

"Come with me."

Song Nanxing glanced at me and motioned me to follow him.

I looked at their expressions and from their reactions, they definitely knew this doll, and it was most likely very special.

Following Song Nanxing all the way to the captain's office, I noticed that the captain had a prosthetic eye.

My heart moved. He lost an eye in the battle to defend the western suburbs.

The moment the captain saw the blueprint, he shared the same complex expression as Song Nanxing and the others. He then paused for a second before turning his gaze towards me.

"There's a document you can take a look at. Although it's Level I, the circumstances are special."

Then the captain got up and went to the archive room. After a while, he came out of the archive room with an extra document in his hand. It was a file of an abnormal unit.

I took the document with some trepidation. The moment I opened it, what caught my eye was a photo of a clay sculpture, and I suddenly felt my hair stand on end.

[Abnormal Unit] "Broken Idol"

[No.] GUD-005

[Description of Abnormal Unit] This anomaly was discovered in a temple near ???

The appearance is described as a clay sculpture. The head of the sculpture is missing, and there are cracks all over the body, which cannot be destroyed by external forces.

This abnormal unit usually moves autonomously and has no signs of life. However, preliminary testing by experimenters has shown that this abnormal unit has autonomous consciousness.

[Handling Measures] There is currently no effective containment measure for this unit.

【Note】This anomalous unit was stolen in 19? ?

Stolen? Besides being shocked, I was also a little speechless. The Bureau of Anomalous Investigation is a serious and confidential department after all, so the theft of a contained object is a bit of a headache.

The next second, I suddenly realized the problem. As an official department, the Investigation Bureau has strict monitoring and defense measures.

Moreover, from what I've seen during my time at the Bureau, their containment procedures are extremely rigorous and precise. Aside from truly bizarre anomalous units like "Red Velvet," there are very few examples of containment failures.

Unless, it was done by someone inside the investigation bureau.

Suppressing the doubts in my mind, I turned my gaze to the photos again.

Consistent with the description in the archives, the clay sculpture in the photo had a missing piece of its head and cracks all over its body, making it look like an ordinary, broken sculpture.

Although I didn't see the appearance of the doll clearly in my dream, I am very sure that this clay sculpture is almost exactly the same as the doll I saw in my dream.

The only difference is that the figurine, aside from a missing head, has no cracks. And judging by the objects next to it, the clay sculpture should be as tall as my forearm, but the figurine is very small.

The captain looked at me and asked seriously, "Where did you see this thing?"

"In the dream, to be precise, what I saw in the dream was not the same abnormal unit recorded in the data. The doll in my dream was smaller and had no cracks." I said while gesturing the size of the doll in the dream.

"In a dream?" The captain was a little surprised, and then his expression became more solemn.

"That's strange..." He murmured as he looked at the paper again.

The captain looked at the paper and fell into deep thought, as if he was having some ideological struggle. Song Nanxing and I didn't want to interrupt him for the time being, so we had to wait patiently on the side.

After a while, as if he had finally made up his mind, the captain raised his head and looked at me seriously and said:

"Originally, Level III personnel were not allowed to carry out these matters, but due to special circumstances, you are hereby authorized to join the 'Apocalypse Sect' investigation team."

Then he turned to Song Nanxing and said, "Xing, take Ling with you to understand the basic situation of the mission."

But I couldn't help myself. The Apocalypse Sect...isn't this the answer I've been looking for?

Song Nanxing took me into a conference room, then turned on the pager and dialed a few numbers.

"Brothers, the meeting is in conference room F302."

Then he turned on the computer, inserted the Investigation Bureau's unique ID card into the card slot on the computer, and retrieved a piece of information and put it in front of me.

Mission Name: Apocalypse Cult Investigation Operation

【Mission time: 20? ? years】

[Mission Level: A]

Mission Description: In 1989, a feral organization called the "Apocalypse Sect" was discovered across China. Relevant departments had attempted to suppress it several times, but all efforts had failed. Investigators discovered the influence of anomalous entities within the organization.

【Task Record】

On October 24, 2002, an investigator codenamed "Mulan" was sent to conduct an undercover investigation into the organization.

On January 3, 2003, Mulan sent back the photos.

On January 29, 2003, it was confirmed that "Mulan" had lost contact.

…

I read the contents of the document carefully. The investigation project should have been established in 2000 and the investigation was officially launched in 2002. However, three investigators were sent undercover, and basically two of them lost contact and one was confirmed dead.

Later, the Investigation Bureau changed its strategy and started collecting information from the surrounding areas. It also wiped out the hideouts of this "Apocalypse Sect" several times, but the sect always revived after a few years. It was completely an indestructible cockroach.

The most frightening thing is that some of the investigators involved in this mission collapsed and mutated, while others died mysteriously.