Chapter 12 Chapter 12
"That's what happened anyway."
As the night falls, the entire Green Park seems to be shrouded in a tranquil atmosphere, and the lights in the park also appear lonely and desolate.
Just now, after Officer Song confirmed the identities of Ning Su and Mi Gao, he began to tell them what happened during the day.
Not surprisingly, the reason why Migao received off-site rescue was because Zhou Jingyi suddenly disappeared.
Although he had already read about the incident online and had a general understanding of the process, Ning Su was able to fill in the last piece of his puzzle through Officer Song's narration.
As a guest of the variety show, Zhou Jingyi did disappear suddenly.
But strictly speaking, he did not disappear under everyone's noses, but disappeared while completing a certain variety show game segment.
"The rules of that segment are hide-and-seek. Brother Zhou and the other two guests hide, and the others catch." Someone around Officer Song added.
"I'm Brother Zhou's assistant." Seeing Ning Su looking over, the young man introduced himself.
Due to Zhou Jingyi's popularity, in addition to his agent, he is also equipped with several assistants. This assistant named Xiang is the one who accompanied Zhou Jingyi to participate in the show this time.
He was also the poor worker who helped Zhou Jingyi buy water in the gossip but was scolded in public.
However, judging from his current tone, he does not seem to have any resentment towards his boss. Instead, his words show his loyalty to his own artists.
"It is said that the drone was filming the whole time, and I don't know why Brother Zhou suddenly disappeared."
According to the assistant, the rules of this variety show segment are similar to hide-and-seek, and the scope limited by the program team is in a dense forest north of Green Shade Park.
Because it is a dense forest in the park, people often come and go in it, and many of them are trysts by young couples.
It stands to reason that it couldn't be safer.
"Then what?"
When the three people and the dog were talking about this topic, they happened to be standing next to the signboard near the entrance of the park. Ning Su's eyes couldn't help but linger on the map used to guide pedestrians.
Going further north along the dense forest, you will come across a mountain forest - that mountain forest is also a feature of this city. It is very large and has been designated as a protected area in recent years. Except for forest rangers, few people enter it.
For most people, walking into the dense forest is already considered excessive. Those who are timid will quickly turn back when they see the warning signs of wild animals lurking in the trees.
"Brother Zhou is not very courageous. Besides, he is still at work. How could he suddenly leave?"
Ning Su came back to his senses and saw that the assistant was still chattering away, just to prove that the disappearance was not their brother's fault, but an accident.
"So, what do you think might have happened?"
"There must be a rival trying to mess with him!" When hearing the question, a firm light flashed in the other party's eyes, as if he was extremely sure of this logic.
"I'm not afraid you'll know."
Probably because the people present were not insiders, the assistant surnamed Xiang hesitated for a moment and decided to reveal some inside information.
"Our brother Zhou recently took on a big project."
Assistant Xiang mentioned the director and other leading actors of the project, and Ning Su and Officer Song immediately realized the importance of this project.
"So, I really suspect that my colleagues have bad intentions." When saying this, Assistant Xiang looked at Ning Su intentionally or unintentionally.
Ning Su was wearing a mask and he wasn't very famous before, but Assistant Xiang might still have sensed a sense of crisis from his appearance.
Keeping the conversation moving towards the topic of “peers” is a bit like attacking from a distance.
Ning Su ignored him.
Putting aside what little thoughts the assistant had in mind, the fact that the relevant departments went around in circles to find Mi Gao for help shows that this matter most likely has nothing to do with "people".
"How do we find someone? Does anyone else have any instructions?"
After figuring out the general situation, Ning Su turned around and asked Officer Song.
Officer Song is just an ordinary person. He was accidentally involved in a case related to monsters and passively became an insider. That's why he was transferred here and became a liaison officer.
As someone waiting for "rescue" here, he knew who Ning Su was referring to as "others".
"My colleagues have already gone in. They are heading directly north."
"Let's go the other way, okay?"
According to the map, the dense forest to the east leads to the mountainous area, while heading north leads to the mountainous area bordering the dense forest, which is considered the most dangerous area.
As for them, they walked on the other side, that is, west. Although this area was also a dense forest area, they only had to walk a short distance to reach the zoo of City A. Further ahead, there was also a temple. It was much safer in comparison.
Ning Su savored the meaning of the arrangement and couldn't help feeling relieved.
Of course, from another perspective, the other party didn’t seem to have any more expectations for hiring Migao as a foreign aid.
Ning Su almost subconsciously sensed the subtext.
Fortunately, having been a member of society for many years, Ning Su has not yet reached the point where he says whatever he thinks. He nodded and said, "No problem."
Immediately afterwards, the three people and the dog headed towards the location where Zhou Jingyi disappeared.
That location was also the starting point for their search for people.
It was silent all the way, with only the swaying shadows of the lights on the paths in the park. It was originally a quiet night, but it had a sense of horror because someone had just gone missing.
Taking advantage of this time, Officer Song had to daydream and think about Ning Su's origins.
He is so young, but the instrument is making such a loud noise. Could he be some kind of powerful being that has never appeared in the world?
But when other colleagues gave him instructions, they left in a hurry without giving him many instructions. So, is this foreign aid capable or not?
What's more, the other party brought a dog.
Unable to figure out Ning Su's origins, Officer Song's thoughts had to go in the wrong direction.
He was also a newcomer who had just been working for a year or two, and he was still confused about strange phenomena. If he wasn't careful, many irrelevant questions would pop up in his mind, such as "Are monsters more beautiful than humans?"
"arrive."
Officer Song walked forward and was not paying attention for a moment, almost bumping into a tree.
Mi Gao was quick-witted and tugged at the corner of his clothes.
"Thank you." Officer Song tried to reach out and touch the rice cake, but the latter dodged him.
This action once again shows that Officer Song did not realize that Mi Gao was a monster and was the real foreign aid invited today.
Ning Su couldn't help but raised his eyebrows.
"This is where my colleagues deduced the accident happened."
It is called "speculation" because this is the last location recorded by the camera when Zhou Jingyi was working on the project.
Although the variety show crew noticed his disappearance a few minutes later, they were able to roughly divide the area based on his movement trajectory.
"Rice cake." Ning Su shouted.
Mi Gao let out a "wang" sound, wagging his tail and moving forward, sniffing everywhere.
Of course, this action was just a superficial behavior. In fact, at this point, Ning Su had fully understood the reason why the other party asked Mi Gao to be a foreign aid.
There was no need for Mi Gao to take action, Ning Su himself could smell the faint fishy smell here.
This is obviously the trace left by some kind of animal that was transformed into a demon.
"Is this a police dog?" Of the three people at the scene, only the assistant was not in good condition. He asked curiously, "Do you need me to get our brother Zhou's things?"
At this point, the assistant's vigilance had decreased a little, and he truly believed that Ning Su and the dog were external aid invited by the police.
"Need not."
Ignoring the assistant's questions, Ning Su already had a rough judgment in his mind.
There was no doubt that Zhou Jingyi was a demon. Obviously, the police were all experts, having seen thousands of cases, and they obviously knew this a long time ago.
Judging from the time, the other party had obviously been following this clue for a long time.
"How long have they been in there?" Ning Su asked.
"More than half an hour." Officer Song estimated the time.
"That should be soon."
"What's coming soon?" The assistant didn't bother to complain about Ning Su's indifference, but couldn't help blurting out after hearing these words.
Ning Su glanced at him and said, "If everything goes well, the person has been found. If not, the people who went in to look for him should have some news."
"But."
The assistant obviously didn't like Ning Su's mysterious and seemingly confident look, and was about to confront him.
Ning Su didn't give him a chance and said directly: "I think it's strange that your artist disappeared like this. You don't know something but didn't say it, right?"
Hearing this, the assistant choked.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
When other police officers asked the same question before, he answered in the negative.
At that time he was still rational and confident, but now he didn't know why, after being glanced at by the strange young man in front of him, he felt a little guilty.
"There's news."
Upon seeing this, Officer Song originally planned to ask a few more questions, but who would have thought that the message he received was not complete text, but a bunch of garbled code.
After the garbled text, the bunch of words turned into blood-red words and flowed down the screen.
"Ah!" Officer Song felt dizzy.
Assistant Xiang was also very scared.
"Did we encounter a ghost?" It was midnight in a dense forest with heavy shadows from the trees. If it wasn't a ghost, how could we see such a horrifying scene?
"What are you talking about?"
Seeing this, Ning Su directly took the thing from Officer Song's hand.
After Ning Su took the phone, the text on the screen changed instantly and became a normal operator service message.
“Haven’t you read the core values of socialism?”
Ning Su spoke in a natural tone, seeming more justified than anyone else.
Officer Song: “…”
I don't believe you.
If he didn't know Ning Su's background, he would probably have believed the other party's lies.
At the same time, in a dense forest about three kilometers away from Ning Su and others, three humans were wandering around in the forest, panting.
"How many rounds have you completed?"
"Damn, what kind of mission did this NPC issue?"
"How long will this running ring take?"
Not far away, Zhou Jingyi, who had disappeared for unknown reasons for a long time, was hanging on a tree in a coma, and next to him, a black-haired man in ancient costume was holding a book boredly.
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