As Shan Changxu drove around the area, Dang Liantao's phone suddenly rang.
After he answered the phone, he only gave a brief reply before hanging up.
Then he said in a somewhat serious tone:
"We received news from the SWAT team that some of the mutants have gradually woken up."
However, their brains were stimulated, and they no longer remembered what had happened before. They also knew nothing about what had happened after the mutation, and they didn't even know how they were taken to the police station.
Only some people whose mutations were not severe had some vague recollection of their previous behavior.
They said they left work as usual and did not do anything special.
Their last memory was walking through a dark red underground passage, and then seemingly worshipping a statue with many other people, after which they lost consciousness.
When asked where they entered the underground passage, what it looked like, and what the statues looked like, they knew nothing and couldn't answer any questions.
I feel like this whole thing is weird, there's definitely something wrong with it..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng and Lao Dan, who was driving, were both confused. They didn't know how this incident of catalyzing mutations with the meat of alien beasts had suddenly brought up some kind of idol.
Wang Zheng, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought, and his apprehension about the matter lessened somewhat.
After all, if the special energy is obtained through so-called worship and offerings, it is definitely less dangerous than directly confronting the true form of the god or demon.
Dan Changxu then immediately swore.
"Damn it, we've been searching for ages and haven't found a single clue. Didn't they say it was caused by the flesh of a strange beast? How come there's some kind of idol now?"
Could some cult have sprung up again during the Lunar New Year? Or is it the Heavenly Demon playing tricks again? That shouldn't be the case..."
Dang Liantao sighed and also offered his advice:
"Be patient. We came here today to scout out the location. This concerns the Heavenly Demon. How could things be so simple?"
Moreover, this so-called idol could also be the work of the Heavenly Demon. You forgot, didn't Qi Bin say before that the Heavenly Demon has its own power and its own king?
From this perspective, it's not so unbelievable that one would worship their leader as a god or demon.
Wang Zheng also shared his conjecture at the opportune moment.
"We all witnessed the treatment this morning, and we could feel it ourselves. The energy purity within the mutant's body is very high, making it even more difficult to expel than the previous Heavenly Demon body."
Furthermore, could the mutants' sudden leap from ordinary people to beings comparable to Awakened Ones be due to the special energy contained within this so-called divine statue?
As the person who directly expelled the demonic energy, Wang Zheng's words carried considerable weight. After hearing Wang Zheng's guess, Dang Liantao pondered for a moment before speaking:
“What you said makes some sense. If that’s really the case, we need to be fully prepared this time. Perhaps the mastermind behind it is even more powerful than the previous Heavenly Demon.”
In any case, let's prepare to retreat now.
"Old Dan, send Wang Zheng back first, then report the relevant information and have the intelligence team come and stake out the area. After that, we'll formulate a new operational plan."
Upon hearing Dang Liantao's command, Wang Zheng did not react much, but Shan Changxu muttered a few words of dissatisfaction, seemingly unhappy that no battle had taken place.
Then, as if venting his frustration, he steered the high-powered jeep out of the dark alley.
Along the way, they also passed the bar that Wang Zheng had visited.
However, Wang Zheng saw a sign saying "Closed for Business" hanging in the passageway of the underground bar, and it was sealed off. Judging from the appearance of the entrance, it seemed to have been abandoned for some time.
He vaguely remembered that the bar owner seemed to have some connection with the police station.
The boss seemed to be a very savvy socialite, I think his name was something like "Tiger Brother".
At the time, the police officer named Zhou Dafu had told him that it was a legitimate bar with all the necessary permits, and that society needed such places to hide filth so that it would be easier to manage.
I didn't expect that when I came back this time, the bar had closed down. I wonder if Tiger's backer has arrived yet.
Oh, and there was that pickpocket nicknamed "Rat" who stole my bicycle; I wonder if he ever got caught.
Wang Zheng felt a little dazed as he thought about all the things that had happened in such a short period of time. It seemed like a long time ago that he had carried his bicycle out of this bar...
Hmm! ? No, the bar, the kitchen, the passageway?
Wang Zheng glanced at the bar sign that flashed by, almost level with the ground, and immediately recalled the strange stench he had smelled in the kitchen of that underground bar.
The smell was very unique, and Wang Zheng remembered it vividly; it was exactly the same as the smell of the mutants in the SWAT team today.
He kept thinking about where he had smelled it before, but it had been so long that he hadn't paid much attention when he passed by the bar.
The second reason is that he was interrupted by the small mutant, and then he was busy treating those mutants, which is why he didn't remember.
Now that a new discovery had been made, Wang Zheng quickly called out to Shan Changxu, who was already driving back:
"Brother Dan, turn around and go to that bar we just passed that was shut down. There's something wrong there!"
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