The streets, which were once clean and tidy, have long been in ruins.
A large number of trees seemed to be broken in half by some huge object. The broken wood chips and branches covered the ground and extended all the way to the depths of Qinghe Lake.
In addition, there are a lot of traces of battle here... There are bullet holes on the ground and cracks caused by huge bombardment.
In some places, huge fires were burning and thick smoke was rising into the sky.
A lot of crying and shouting for help were heard.
Police, medical personnel, and even soldiers in military uniforms were sweating profusely in the ruins, carrying stretchers and digging out people who were so covered in dust that they could no longer be recognized.
Some of these people had broken arms and legs, their bodies were covered in blood, and they were screaming in agony on the stretchers. Some of them were completely motionless, with only their chests rising and falling slightly, as if they were on their last legs.
And these are alive.
In this battlefield-like ruin, there are still a large number of corpses that have completely lost their vital signs... They are lying on both sides of the ruins, because there is no time to deal with them. Some of them even have only some broken limbs left...
Ruins, wailing, screaming, alarms... intertwined together, outlining a depressing and tragic picture.
This is the scene that Jiang Yetong saw after arriving here.
Her eyes were cold and her expression was solemn.
Beside her, Lin Xiaoqi continued to explain the situation in a low voice.
"According to eyewitnesses, the creature appeared very abruptly, emerging from the shadows and then rioting..."
"It ate anyone it saw. In just a few minutes, it caused huge casualties. Although someone reported the case immediately, by the time Captain Zhang and his team arrived, the casualties had already occurred. Captain Zhang then fought with it, but... if that person hadn't taken action, I'm afraid Captain Zhang would have..."
Having said this, Lin Xiaoqi stopped talking.
But when he heard the word "that person", Jiang Yetong was startled. He looked at Lin Xiaoqi and frowned, "That person took action? He is not..."
When she said this, she couldn't help but look a little worried.
"But we can't just watch that monster hurt people, right?"
Lin Xiaoqi smiled bitterly, "But Sister Tong, don't worry, that guy didn't take long to attack, it doesn't look like there should be any problem..."
Jiang Yetong subconsciously looked in one direction, and after a moment of silence, he said, "So, that weird thing... escaped from that subordinate?"
"yes."
Lin Xiaoqi looked solemn: "This is the problem..."
At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing, "I just watched the surveillance footage nearby... I don't know how to describe it. Sister Tong, go and take a look yourself, and then we can talk..."
Jiang Yetong frowned, a little confused.
But after thinking about it, he didn't ask any more questions, just nodded, and the two of them sped up.
The area outside Qinghe Lake has been blocked off and under martial law. The blockade is very long and is guarded by police and soldiers with real guns. The streets in the distance are full of onlookers, pointing and talking.
They all looked a little worried.
Lin Xiaoqi and Jiang Yetong quickly crossed the blockade and finally came to a police communications vehicle.
"Director Li."
Lin Xiaoqi greeted him, and the middle-aged police officer who was talking solemnly to several policemen raised his head when he heard him. After seeing Jiang Yetong, his expression straightened up. After nodding, he said a few words to the policemen around him. The policemen turned around and went about their business. He quickly walked up to them and stretched out his hand.
"Hello, Director Jiang. Thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Yetong shook hands with the other party gently, and then said, "It's all for official business, there's no such thing as hard work. Director Li, how is the situation?"
After a few simple polite words, she got straight to the point.
"Very bad."
Director Li shook his head. "There are a lot of casualties. Although it's not the peak time yet, there are still quite a few people in the park. According to the statistics so far, the number of casualties has exceeded 5,000... and more than one-fifth of them are dead. The rescue work is still going on, and the casualties will definitely increase further. Judging from the current situation... it is very likely to reach 8,000 or even 10,000."
Jiang Yetong was moved when he heard the number of casualties.
This is definitely a major accident.
"That weird thing hasn't been found yet?"
"No, they went into Qinghe Lake. Your Captain Zhang and Captain Wang are exploring there, but they haven't found any trace yet."
Director Li said worriedly: "This monster is very aggressive. If it is allowed to lurk like this... it will be a huge threat to the entire Canglan City."
Jiang Yetong naturally understood the seriousness of the matter and nodded slightly.
"Okay, in the car."
Director Li nodded quickly and opened the door of the communications vehicle immediately. The three of them got in the vehicle. Director Li instructed the technicians inside to retrieve the surveillance video from that time.
Lin Xiaoqi's words were vague and Jiang Yetong didn't know what happened, so he immediately looked at the video.
The video starts out in silence, with Qinghe Lake Park looking no different than usual. Clean and tidy streets, lush trees on both sides, and beautiful scenery. In the video, many children and elderly people are walking and playing in the park, looking peaceful.
But at a certain moment, a dark presence suddenly emerged from a shadow on the surveillance screen.
Jiang Yetong immediately looked over carefully, and then found out...
The thing that emerged from the shadows looked a bit like... a fish.
But it is extremely large in size.
And there was a black substance wrapped around his body.
The moment Jiang Yetong saw the black substance, he felt a sense of familiarity.
This made her slightly stunned.
And the next moment, a big change happened in the video.
This fish-like creature emerged from the shadows. Its body was surprisingly large, at least 20 meters long. The black substance wrapped around it made it hard to see the details of its body, but just this one image made people think of a legendary mythical creature...
Kun! There is a fish in the North Sea, named Kun. Kun is so big that no one knows how many thousand miles it is. It transforms into a bird, named Peng. Peng's back is so big that no one knows how many thousand miles it is. When it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky...
This is weird and looks very much like the legendary Kun.
It swam out from the shadows, and the air seemed like the ocean, allowing it to run wild.
Then, it opened its mouth, revealing a mouthful of extremely ferocious teeth. Instantly, it charged towards the people nearby...
What followed was a tragic scene.
When the other party was eating a person, the scene of biting down and the blood and limbs flying everywhere was extremely clear.
But Jiang Yetong had been staring at the black substance wrapped around the surface of the Kun in the picture...
It was not until he saw a man with a horrified face being rolled up by the black substance on its body and then pulled into his mouth that Jiang Yetong's expression became extremely ugly.
Then the video continues to play... This is not a video shot by a surveillance camera, but a synthesis of all the videos that captured this strange thing in Qinghe Lake, which were combined in chronological order.
The Night Watchman arrived, fought it, and was defeated by it. The other person attacked it, seriously injured it, and then it suddenly turned into a shadow and fled quickly, etc...
Jiang Yetong kept watching, and his expression became uglier and uglier.
After the video was finished, the information car fell into silence.
"Sister Tong... this, is that 'Zhang San's' superpower?"
Lin Xiaoqi finally spoke. This was the key point that he didn't know how to describe before.
"Although it has not shown such extreme transformation capabilities, but..."
Jiang Yetong closed her eyes. After a moment, she thought of something, took out her mobile phone and opened a video.
In the video, a figure is jumping high in the air, and the laughter can be heard from far away.
Under his feet, the black substance condensed into a huge spring...
Jiang Yetong was looking at his phone while comparing the black substance on the strange Kun in the video.
By the end, she was almost certain...
It's the same!
"This video was just released today. It must be Zhang San. But he was outside the Iron Dome at the time, and there has been no news of his return. This weirdness... is it really related to him?"
Lin Xiaoqi knew what Jiang Yetong was thinking, and after a moment of silence he asked.
Jiang Yetong was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Contact Qin Jinnian."
Lin Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and took out his cell phone...
(End of this chapter)