There are many vehicles in the old town, but the streets are narrow, so the speed is very slow.
The first place Qin Tan wanted to go was not far from her home.
This is a kindergarten, and today is a rest day, so the kindergarten is empty.
Once inside, they found the walls covered with children's drawings, some with excellent strokes, others just random lines.
In short, it's full of childlike fun.
"Let's spread out and inspect."
There are several classes in the kindergarten, and the children are separated. After Qin Tan entered a classroom, everything inside was immediately visible to her.
There aren't many seats.
In recent years, the number of children born in the old city area has decreased significantly.
In a place like this, if you can't even take care of yourself, your child will suffer along with you if you bring them into the world, so it's better not to have one.
Qin Tan confirmed that there were no special patterns used for priests here.
There were no unusual energy fluctuations.
As Qin Tan was about to leave, something caught her attention.
Inside the lectern's desk drawer were piles of teaching aids and chalk, with a metallic sheen gleaming in them.
If it weren't for her keen eye, she would have definitely overlooked it.
She opened it and saw a palm-sized metal box inside.
When I picked it up, it was heavy; it didn't seem like something a child or teacher would use.
At the bottom, Qin Tan discovered the symbol of the Church of the Abyss.
The box could not be opened, so Qin Tan brought it to his ear and listened carefully. He could vaguely hear pointers moving inside.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
It's like a countdown.
Is it a bomb?
Qin Tan thought for a moment and decided against any violent destruction.
Bombs are incredibly lethal to ordinary people and are mostly used for terrorist attacks.
This also means that the bomb will not explode on the rest day, at least the children will have to go to school.
"Qin Tan, I've found something."
Qin Tan heard Manny's voice, so she walked over with the box and saw the same item in Manny's hand.
"I think this is a bomb."
Manny was equally surprised that Qin Tan had also been found.
"I'll give it a try."
She gestured for Qin Tan to step back, then used her abilities to envelop the metal box and begin to compress it.
When the power of the barrier is directed inward, even if an explosion occurs, the force of the explosion will not spread outward.
The others also came over.
There were six classrooms in total, and three metal boxes were found.
"It's coming."
As Manny spoke, everyone saw the box within the barrier begin to deform, and the contents inside became unstable due to compression.
"boom!"
A loud explosion rang out in front of me; although it wasn't lethal, the noise was still quite significant.
The person in charge who led them in was so frightened that he covered his head and hid to the side.
"Do you think that the hidden tricks left behind by Wuxiang might be these things?"
This is something that ordinary people can't open, so it doesn't matter if the children here find it.
Even if the child takes the item with them, it may still come in handy at some point, just in a different place.
The most densely populated places are often schools, shopping malls, and hospitals.
Kindergartens, on the other hand, are where the flowers of humanity, yet to bloom, gather.
Qin Tan opened the marked map and found that most of the places she had paid special attention to were concentrated in her school, shopping mall, and other similar areas.
Wangcheng University is on the list once again.
"Let's contact the people above first."
Lin Zhisui made the suggestion.
Now that they have concrete evidence and clues, their search is more focused and may save them a lot of effort.
Therefore, it's possible that the higher-ups might change the plan.
"Okay, let's go back to Dawn Hub together."
There are too many places to search; relying solely on them is like a drop in the ocean.
Until speculation can be confirmed, all bombs are at risk of exploding at any time.
As soon as they arrived at the third floor of Dawn Hub, they saw Team One and Team Two arguing about something in the old city.
Some people felt that human and material resources should not be wasted, while others believed that they could not sit idly by.
The members of the third team exchanged glances and then tacitly avoided that area.
They can just watch the show.
Xia Shuang was not in the office.
"That's strange, where is the captain? He's not answering his phones either."
Lin Zhisui murmured, "I can't get in touch with Xia Shuang."
"So what do we do now? Keep waiting?"
They can help each other as teammates, but they can't get help from others.
"Go find the bureau chief."
Qin Tan said.
She remembered that Director Wu Liming had returned.
He has more decision-making power in this matter.
"OK."
Only after they arrived did they discover that the first and second teams were also in the Fifth Dawn's office.
They even brought the argument to the bureau chief.
There's a guy here giving a passionate speech.
"I think we should listen to the higher-ups, since the old town area isn't that valuable anyway."
"Find a reason to evacuate as many people as possible. As for the remaining people, it's not that we're abandoning them, but rather that they are beyond our capacity to help."
It was Qiao Xinzhi from Team One.
Upon seeing Qin Tan and the others appear, Qiao Xinzhi sneered, his eyes particularly focused on Qin Tan.
"I remember, Qin Tan, you also come from the old city, right? You wouldn't be making Li Mingshu invest a lot of resources in screening and investigating at this time because of your own selfish reasons, would you?"
Those words implied that simply having Qin Tan nod was selfish.
"Hey, I heard a dog barking from far away. I wondered who it was. Oh, it's you."
"If you can't speak human language, what are you doing here? Go be a dog."
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