Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Zombies
10 p.m.
Yunjiang Base District B Police Station
A middle-aged woman in a tan coat rushed in and said hurriedly, "I want to call the police. My son is missing. He hasn't come home since get off work today. I asked everyone around, and no one has seen him."
The female police officer who answered the call said patiently, "Auntie, don't be anxious. Tell me slowly. Did your son go somewhere to play?"
The middle-aged woman retorted: "Impossible, my son is very obedient and always tells me where he's going."
"Sister, my son has special abilities, and he's only 18. Where could he have gone? Why hasn't he come home so late? Has he been kidnapped?"
She was so anxious that she almost cried.
Upon hearing that the missing person was a young person with special abilities, the police officer's expression gradually grew serious. "Do you remember the last time you saw your son?"
"He goes to work at seven or eight in the morning."
The middle-aged woman clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with one hand. "I just went to the weapons department to ask, and the guard said my son left around 5:00 PM. But I haven't waited for him to come back since I was home. Where could he have gone?"
The officer on duty asked, "Your son works in the weapons department. So what level of psychic is he?"
"Level 3"
"How much did you say?"
The police officer on duty looked at the middle-aged woman who came to report the case suspiciously, suspecting that he had heard the number wrong.
The anxious middle-aged woman repeated, "Level 3."
The police officer on duty frowned.
Generally speaking, if there is no evidence that their life is in danger, a case cannot be filed if a person with complete civil capacity is missing for less than 24 hours.
But the missing person is an employee of the weapons manufacturing department and a third-level mutant, which makes it hard not to associate it with the recent turmoil.
Moreover, according to official data, there are only fourteen level three psychics in the Yunjiang base, and if anything happens to any one of them, it will be a huge loss.
"Well, Auntie, can you show me your ID card? Did you bring your son's ID card?"
Xie Liqing reached into her pocket and searched for it. After a moment, she begged, "Comrade police officer, I'm in a hurry. I don't have my ID card with me, but I remember my ID number. Is that okay?"
"Okay, tell me your name and ID number first."
"My name is Xie Liqing, Xie for thank you, Li for beautiful, Qing for green. My ID number is 68791..."
The police officer on duty entered the ID number into the computer to check, and found that the household registration information did have the mark of the family of the person with superpowers.
He compared the photo on his computer with the person who reported the crime, confirming it was the same person before saying, "Please also tell me your son's name and ID number."
"His name is Xie Tengda, the Tengda of rapid success, and his ID number is..."
After a moment, a prompt popped up on the computer screen indicating insufficient permissions.
"Auntie, please sit down and wait for a moment. I don't have enough authority here. I need to ask my leader for instructions."
Since the matter involved a third-level psychic, the police officer on duty did not dare to delay and immediately reported it to his superiors.
Not long after, the roar of a car engine was heard outside the police station. A tall, serious-looking middle-aged man quickly got out of the car. Secretary Wang, dressed in a professional dress, also arrived at the police station a few minutes later.
The surveillance cameras along the way outside the weapons manufacturing department clearly recorded the scene of He Junxia being stopped by Zhang Jingqiang, and after the two of them talked for a few words, He Junxia followed him away with a bad look on her face.
"Xiao Zeng, zoom in on the surveillance footage." The director asked Xie Liqing, "Who is this man? Do you know him?"
"Hey, it's him!"
"It's my ex-husband Zhang Jingqiang."
Xie Liqing and the young female police officer named Xiao Zeng spoke at the same time.
Facing the leader's puzzled look, Xiao Zeng quickly explained, "Director, last week we handled several police cases involving him. He blocked the way outside the weapons department, saying his son wasn't supporting him and demanded we arrest him."
The director nodded and asked Xie Liqing: "You have his phone number. Mr. Xie may be with him."
"I don't have his phone number," Xie Liqing said angrily. "Officer, my son was six years old and needed surgery for a heart condition. When Zhang Jingqiang heard the news, he threatened to divorce me. He then took all the family money and ran off with his mistress. He hasn't been back since. He only suddenly showed up in the last few days."
"To be frank, my son hates him in his heart and there's no way he'd stay with him for that long. Even if he really wanted to tell his father something, he would call me in advance."
Secretary Wang interrupted, "Comrade, can you find Zhang Jingqiang's contact information? Give him a call now and check the surveillance footage to see where Engineer Xie ended up."
"Hello, the number you dialed is turned off. Please call again later..."
Is the power off?
Secretary Wang quickly said, "Call his current wife again."
"The number you dialed is currently unanswered. Please try again later. The number you dialed is currently unanswered..."
After two consecutive calls went unanswered, everyone couldn't help but start to suspect something bad was happening.
"Director, at 6:48 pm, Mr. Xie and his father left the base together and headed towards Wanjia Supermarket."
The news from the police officer who was in charge of checking the surveillance footage further confirmed everyone's guess.
The director's expression was serious: "Keep checking to see if they have returned."
Finding someone in a surveillance video with a huge flow of people is an extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming task. Several police officers on duty checked the surveillance footage of this period at the same time and finally got the answer after half an hour.
"At 8:10 in the evening, Mr. Xie's father came back alone, but until now, Mr. Xie has not returned."
Two people went and one came back, and everyone felt more and more uneasy. No one noticed that the originally anxious Xie Liqing quietly breathed a sigh of relief - she saw the gesture she had agreed with her son in the surveillance video.
*
The news of Xie Tengda's disappearance became more and more serious and spread more and more widely. In addition, before his disappearance, he openly refused the Deputy Minister of the Weapons Department's request for a blood test. For a time, it became an important example of some senior officials of the Yunjiang Base persecuting people with special abilities.
There are many different opinions in the base, and everyone with special abilities feels insecure.
After all, even the third-level psychics in the weapons manufacturing department could be killed, let alone these small fry with no background.
The top brass at the base were furious.
Which blind person would cause trouble at a time like this?
It would be fine if they just arrested others, but they actually targeted the only Level 3 psychic in the Manufacturing Department. This was not only humiliating for the military, but also embarrassing for their base in front of the investigation team from the central government.
Embarrassment is a small matter, but trouble is a big matter.
What happened at the Zhongshui Base had already seriously affected the capital's perception of City A's leadership team. Now this incident has happened again. Who knows what the investigation team will say when they return, and how the capital's leaders will view it.
Those who had spent a lot of internal contribution points to ask Xie Tengda to tailor-make cold weapons for them were also very angry and demanded an explanation from the higher-ups.
In short, if he is alive, I want to see him. If he is dead, I want to see his body.
Under the pressure of this atmosphere, Zhang Jingqiang, who left the base with Xie Tengda, and Ge Lecheng, who had just had a conflict with Xie Tengda over blood drawing, became the key targets of investigation.
Zhang Jingqiang said he was innocent.
He just wanted to have a good talk with his son and ease the relationship, and he had no bad intentions.
Although it was his suggestion to leave the base to talk, not long after the two of them left the base, Xie Tengda suddenly heard some noise and ran away.
He stood there waiting for more than half an hour before coming back.
Of course, no one believed Zhang Jingqiang's statement, especially since they also found out that Zhang Jingqiang had something to do with Xie Tengda and the Xu family.
The Xu family happened to be on the list released by the Zhongshui Base.
Ge Lecheng also said that he was innocent.
Although he did arrange for people to draw blood in the cafeteria with the mentality of acting first and reporting later, it did not succeed. Everyone knew that he and Xie Tengda had a conflict. Even if he was unhappy with Xie Tengda, he would not be stupid enough to take action immediately.
Of course, no one believed him.
The police found out that the reason why Ge Lecheng suddenly acted without authorization and wanted to draw the blood of all the superpowers in the weapons department was because someone promised to help his son awaken his superpowers.
That person was also on the list released by the Zhongshui Base, and was a senior leader of the Yunjiang Base.
However, the police did not have clear evidence to prove that Xie Tengda’s disappearance was related to Ge Lecheng, and the forces they belonged to were also interfering with the investigation.
The final result was that He Junxia was listed as a missing person. The military took the opportunity to bite off a large piece of meat from the forces behind Ge Lecheng, and successfully brought the weapons manufacturing department completely under its own control. Zhang Jingqiang and the Xu family became everyone's punching bags.
Xie Liqing received a large amount of compensation from the military.
What a happy ending.
At the same time, He Junxia fell silent as he looked at the dense spider webs in the mall and the huge monster lying on the spider webs.
"Sorry to bother you."
He casually threw a few fireballs in and quickly exited the mall.
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