Chapter 264 The Power of Water
As soon as the red alarm light in the command center went off, Su Wanqing pressed the call button on the table: "Everyone, go to the third floor conference room. Five minutes."
Lin Che was the first to push the door open, with blue lines running from his cuffs to the back of his hands, glowing faintly under the light.
Xiao Ran squeezed in, holding half a compressed biscuit in his hand.
Lu Zhao held the tablet, and Xiao Ling stood on tiptoe to help him hold up the documents that were sliding down.
Su Wanqing projected the hospital surveillance footage onto the wall: "At two o'clock in the morning, in the emergency room of the Central Hospital, a man in black clothes took away a patient with black lines on his arm.
The system has analyzed that there are active substances in the black lines. She turned to Lin Che and asked, "What is the current situation of the water plant pollution you mentioned?"
Lin Che walked in front of the big screen and closed his eyes. Blue lines flashed rapidly on his arms, like light flowing under his skin.
He raised his hand and drew a circle in the air. The system made a "beep" sound, and the projection on the wall suddenly changed. The original city map was covered by a blue light network, and the underground water veins, sewers, reservoirs, and even the abandoned old wells were glowing.
"This is it." Xiao Ran took a closer look. "There are twelve more culverts than the information from the Water Affairs Bureau."
“I can sense all water sources within a ten-kilometer radius.” Lin Che’s voice was muffled, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. “The water is screaming.”
He pointed his finger in the northwest direction, and the blue light gathered into a red dot on the map. "The source of the pollution is under the abandoned chemical plant. Someone is injecting something into the underground water veins."
Su Wanqing stared at the red dot: "What is that?"
“It’s not an ordinary chemical.” Lin Che opened his eyes, his pupils glowing light gold, “The water tells me it hurts.”
Lu Zhao quickly wrote down on his tablet: "Symbiotic relationship. His ability has changed from controlling water to talking to water."
Xiao Ran knocked on the table. "The key is the pollution path. The underground water veins are connected to the water plant and can enter the water supply network within 24 hours. By then, all the taps in the whole city will be filled with poisonous water."
Su Wanqing switched the map to action deployment: "Divide into two groups. Lin Che and I will go to block the source, Xiao Ran will lead the engineering team to the water plant to install the filtration system, and Lu Zhao will help debug the equipment. Xiao Ling will stay behind and monitor the system."
"I need a special protective suit." Lin Che tugged at his sleeves. "Contaminants may accelerate mutation."
“500 rebate points were used to exchange for portable water purification devices and testing equipment.”
Su Wanqing opened the tactical bag and said, "We will set off in half an hour."
The SUV rolled over the ground full of broken glass, and Lin Che rolled down the window a little.
The wind blew in, and he suddenly clenched the steering wheel: "The pollution is spreading three times faster than yesterday."
"How do you determine that?" Su Wanqing glanced at the detection equipment.
“The water is flowing.” Lin Che pointed at the ground below him. “The three main veins are rushing southeast, as if they were being pushed by someone.”
A warning sign saying "Private Property" is hung on the iron gate of an abandoned industrial park in the northwest district, and the camera on top of the wall is spinning rapidly.
Su Wanqing held up the detector: "Five human thermal images, and three are not human."
Lin Che closed his eyes. “There are machines on the third underground floor. The pipes are connected to the underground water veins, and the pollutants are discharged from the bottom.”
“Go around to the back.” Lin Che parked the car in the weeds. “There is a drainage outlet connected to the underground water system.”
The drain was pitch black, and the fishy smell of water mixed with the smell of rust was rising.
Su Wanqing stepped on the stone next to her: "There are pollutants in the water."
Lin Che squatted down, and just as his hand touched the water surface, blue lines rushed to his forearm.
The water suddenly became clear, and a transparent bubble spread out from his palm.
"Follow me." He climbed into the pipe first.
The temperature on the third floor underground was bone-chillingly low. Lin Che's blue veins grew brighter and brighter, making the mold on the wall glow green.
After turning the last corner, the view in front of me suddenly opened up - in a basement that was half the size of a football field, there stood a silver machine that was as tall as a person. Dozens of tubes penetrated into the ground, and purple-black liquid was bubbling out of it.
Three figures stood around the machine. They were half a head taller than normal people, with bluish skin and protruding joints on their foreheads.
Su Wanqing dragged Lin Che to hide behind the valve, and the system whispered in her ear: "Weaver's biological characteristics detected."
Lin Che's blue veins were beating violently, almost bursting through his skin. He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice to a very low level: "They said 'the acceleration plan is ahead of schedule' and 'the first stage of pollution is completed'."
Su Wanqing clenched the tactical knife: "Can you take a picture of it?"
“No.” Lin Che’s forehead was throbbing with veins. “Their equipment is interfering with the signal.”
The two retreated to the safe passage. Lin Che leaned against the wall and panted, blue veins already crawling up his neck: "We need to change the direction of the water flow and divert the pollutants to the abandoned mine."
“How much ability do you need?”
“I don’t know.” Lin Che pulled at his collar, blue scales spreading from his collarbone to his chest, “But I have to try.”
The soil at the entrance of the mine was loose. Lin Che knelt on the ground and dug his hands into the mud.
The blue lines seemed to come alive and spread all over his body; even the roots of his hair glowed blue.
He closed his eyes and his lips moved rapidly, as if he was talking to someone.
The ground suddenly shook, and in the distance there was a roar of a burst pipe. Su Wanqing's detector frantically warned: "The Weaver is approaching, the remaining distance is 50 meters."
Lin Che suddenly opened his eyes, his golden pupils flashing. He staggered to his feet, blue blood dripping from the corner of his mouth onto the ground: "It's fixed, the pollutants have entered the mine."
Su Wanqing helped him run towards the car, and the sound of metal friction was heard behind them.
Only after she got into the driver's seat did she dare look back - three blue shadows were standing at the door of the abandoned factory, looking over here.
“It’s temporarily blocked.” Lin Che leaned back in the chair, the blue scales already covering her upper body, “But they will fix it.”
Su Wanqing called Xiao Ran and asked, "Has the water plant filtration system been installed?"
"It's finished." Xiao Ran's voice was filled with noise, "But Lu Zhao said that this thing can only block for 72 hours."
Lin Che took out a testing pen and drew a water mark on the car window: "The Weavers are not just polluting randomly, they are paving the way for Doomsday."
The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor flickered. Dr. Zhang stuffed the fifth case into the drawer and looked up to see the head nurse standing at the door: "Director Li said that these cases should be labeled as influenza."
"The blood test report shows an unknown substance." Doctor Zhang held the test report, "The patient has a high fever of 40 degrees, and black lines on the skin are spreading."
"The special medical adviser will be here tomorrow," the head nurse lowered her voice. "They will take over."
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Dr. Zhang entered the isolation area in the dark. The patient in bed 12 was shivering, black lines had crept up his face, and his nails had turned blue-gray.
He took out his phone and was about to take a picture when the patient suddenly grabbed his wrist with incredible force: "There's something in the water."
"Let go!" Doctor Zhang shook off his hand, and the patient fell back limply.
He quickly took the photo and turned around to bump into a man in a white coat pushing an instrument.
"Doctor Zhang?" The other person nodded with a smile, "You're still here so late?"
"Check the ward." Doctor Zhang stepped back and saw the man's name tag - "Chen Mo from the Special Medical Team."
When I left the hospital, I saw three black cars without license plates in the parking lot. A man in a hat was leaning against the car, looking over here.
Doctor Zhang quickened his pace and put the USB drive into his underwear pocket. He had to contact his friends in the media. These photos and cases must be seen by more people.
Lin Che's breathing became heavier, and blue scales began to crawl up his face. Su Wanqing stepped on the accelerator, and the abandoned factory in the rearview mirror became farther and farther away.
She took out the intercom: "Xiao Ling, the fortress defense is upgraded."
“Got it.” Xiao Ling’s voice was nasal. “Lu Zhao said that Lin Che’s mutation level has reached 35%.”
Lin Che closed his eyes, his golden pupils flickering in the darkness: "Next time, I have to find a more thorough method."
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