Chapter 89: The Lost Investigation Bureau

In an unknown abandoned factory in the suburbs of Tiannan City.

A group of inky crows landed on the roof of the factory building, and their slightly strange cries broke the silence.

Just as they were calling happily, a black light flashed by, and the crows were torn apart from their heads and bodies.

However, no blood flowed out from the broken ends of the crows' bodies. Instead, a group of nematode-like creatures squirmed out and fled in all directions.

The factory also returned to peace again.

However, this tranquility did not last long. On the road not far away, a black all-terrain vehicle drove into the abandoned factory area.

After finding a reclaimed area and stopping, four fully armed men with guns got out of the car one after another.

The tall woman who was leading the group spoke to the woman next to her who was wearing combat uniform.

"Ji Ling, take Jiang Wang with you to survey the surrounding area."

There are four of us in this team. The original plan was for Chen Yubing, Jiang Wang and I to be together.

But considering the heavy task and the need for a medical soldier, Lin Hanning was finally assigned as well.

After hearing Chen Yubing's instructions, I nodded slightly and began to explore the surroundings with my own abilities.

TS City is the closest city to Xinyan City. This city is also located on the supply line of Xinyan City, so it has become the target of our operation.

As early as two weeks ago, the city's investigation bureau suddenly lost contact.

The Xinyan City Investigation Bureau and the Headquarters Investigation Bureau sent several teams to investigate, but to no avail.

In order to keep the supply lines open and to find out the truth about TS City, the captain sent us out.

Because apart from the headquarters, the Xinyan City Branch Investigation Bureau has the largest number of "Swords of Dawn" and secret-level personnel.

But I don't know the reason behind it.

We formed a defensive formation of two people, back to back, and moved forward.

After I used a Miao Dao to chop through a patch of grass that was nearly as tall as a person, three skeletons suddenly appeared inside. The skeletons had some red threads attached to them and seemed to have lost their vitality. This scene scared Jiang Wangdu.

When I saw that these three skeletons were two large and one small, hugging each other, the story behind them seemed self-evident.

Jiang Wang couldn't help but sigh:

"How did Tiannan City become like this? My buddy works in this factory area. I used to come here often, but now..." He didn't continue.

After hearing Jiang Wang’s words, I felt a sense of empathy.

After all, as a person living in a peacetime, it is always easy to be moved by such things.

But as a soldier who has seen many mountains of corpses and seas of blood, I cannot be moved by this matter.

So I patted Jiang Wang on the shoulder and said to him solemnly.

"Now is not the time to be sentimental. You have to understand that we are in the end times. Survival is our top priority. Okay, if there is no problem, let's go back."

After saying that, I slowly walked back the way I came.

Jiang Wang looked at the three skeletons, bowed slightly, and then followed my steps.

Just after the two of us left, a dark shadow flashed by among the pile of bones.

When they returned to the ATV, Chen Yubing and Lin Hanning had already packed their equipment.

Seeing me come back, Chen Yubing threw a backpack over to me and said to us.

"Rest for a while, then walk from here to the center of TS City in five minutes."

Hearing Chen Yubing's words, I unconsciously tightened the Miao Dao in my hand.

Because the situation in the city center was unclear and most of the roads were damaged, all-terrain vehicles could not enter the city center.

So we had to give up riding the terrain vehicle and choose to walk.

According to the map, the destination is at least twenty kilometers away from our current location.

There will be too many uncertainties in this twenty-kilometer journey.

So after Chen Yubing finished speaking, the atmosphere between the four of us became more tense.

We arrived in five minutes. Chen Yubing went ahead to explore the way, I was in the middle to protect Lin Hanning who had no fighting ability, and Jiang Wang followed behind us.

Tiannan City is an industrial city, and the characteristic of an industrial city is that it has large factory areas.

These factories are connected to each other, forming a dense steel forest.

And the four of us are like four ants, walking through this forest.

After walking about three kilometers, it was so quiet that the only sound we could hear was our footsteps. This felt very wrong.

Logically speaking, even in the end times, there would still be some living creatures around here.

Along the way, we didn't see any living creatures, not even a bug.

This undoubtedly increased our anxiety.

After walking about two kilometers, Chen Yubing, who was three meters away from me, raised his hand to signal us to stop, and then the three of us quickly walked to Chen Yubing.

In this case, the importance of teamwork is self-evident.

Jiang Wang, who didn't know what was happening ahead, asked Chen Yubing the first question.

"Sister Yubing, what happened up ahead? Why did they suddenly stop moving forward?"

"No abnormalities have been found so far."

Hearing Chen Yubing's words, the three of us breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

But just as I breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Yubing's next words made my heart rise to my throat again.

"There are no anomalies, and that's the biggest anomaly."

She was telling the truth. Walking these five kilometers was extremely smooth.

This doesn't seem like a city where even the Bureau of Investigation has lost contact.

If this place is like Xinyan City, with all kinds of monsters appearing, I would think it is normal.

So now, although the road ahead seems safe, the four of us dare not go on.

The unknown is the most dangerous.

We were silent for dozens of seconds.

Jiang Wang couldn't help but speak.

"Then what should we do? We can't just wait here forever, right?"

As a newcomer on his first mission, Jiang Wang couldn't help but feel a little impatient at this time.

I nudged Jiang Wang's shoulder with my elbow, signaling him to stop talking.

At this time, Lin Hanning, who had been silent all this time, expressed his opinion.

"If there's nothing unusual, why don't we find out? If we do find something unusual, with our combined strength, we should be able to protect ourselves. If we keep going like this, we might get ambushed by someone hiding in the dark."

Lin Hanning's words are a direction.

Since we know that there is definitely potential danger in the dark, we should find a way to bring this danger out.

Let it turn darkness into light.

After figuring out a solution, we got up and continued on our way.

Chen Yubing was still walking in front.

She manipulated the airflow to directly destroy the unknown building ahead.

Jiang Wang behind him used his own flesh and blood to leave a mark behind.

Once any abnormal unit touches these marks, Jiang Wang will be able to feel it immediately.

Lin Hanning and I provided technical support and firepower.

This arrangement allowed us to quickly discover the first problem.