Bai Nuo got up early in the morning, ate a quick breakfast, and rushed to the nearby police station for a meeting. Several people changed out of their police uniforms and entered through the back door of the police station's canteen in plainclothes to avoid being watched and alerting the enemy.
After a morning of meetings, it was finally decided that the local police station would cooperate with the armed forces department to conduct a field investigation, while Bai Nuo and his group would conduct the investigation in plainclothes.
"Sister Hui, that should be the old town of Pingchang County, right?" Bai Nuo stood at an intersection, her gaze fixed on the alley not far ahead, her eyes deep.
Chen Hui nodded. When Bai Nuo went to the meeting, she and the other two members of the security team did not go with her. Instead, they wandered around the county and inquired about a lot of local matters. It was Bai Nuo's idea for the three of them not to show up at the police station.
Bai Nuo has always maintained a degree of trust in humanity and human nature. She doesn't know any of the people in this police station, let alone trust them as comrades. If one of them were turned against her, it would be a small matter if they were all wiped out during the operation, but a big loss of face would be a big one.
Chen Hui nodded: "That area is indeed the old town. It is said that two large landowners used to live there. Now many courtyards have been converted into tenement courtyards. The population is diverse and the conditions are not good."
Chen Hui was a former reconnaissance soldier, so gathering this information was easy for her.
Bai Nuo quietly looked at the alley, her eyes flashing slightly. If she wanted to hide in this county, that place was indeed one of the options.
The old town's hutongs are interconnected, with several roads leading out. Moreover, it's full of a diverse population, with unfamiliar faces coming and going. Unless you're an old neighbor living in a large tenement, probably few people would notice who has been inside. Besides, there are two old houses left behind by wealthy landlords over there.
"Sister Hui, let's split up. I'll go check the area near the sewers for clues, and you can sneak around the old town to see if any unfamiliar faces have appeared recently. Focus on checking empty houses, and don't go in rashly until you're sure no one is inside."
Chen Hui frowned slightly, a hint of unease in her eyes: "I'll go by myself? What about you? My mission is..."
"Don't worry, even if you and Ping Kai combine your strength, you can't beat me. Before sending you here, they should have shown you my background information. Five or six big men might not be able to get close to me. Besides, I'm carrying a gun. At this distance, you'll definitely hear me firing. It won't delay things. The most important thing right now is to find those children and not give those human traffickers any breathing room. The sooner we catch them, the better, so that more children don't suffer."
Chen Hui understood this principle. Although her purpose in coming here was to protect Bai Nuo, she was also a soldier, a member of the People's Liberation Army. Now that the children of ordinary people had been stolen by a group of damned bastards, she wished she could go home and bring a truckload of soldiers to help.
Chen Hui carefully looked around and confirmed that the distance was indeed not far. If Bai Nuo fired a shot, she would hear it. Without wasting any more time, she nodded solemnly.
"Okay, but you must not go far. If anything happens, fire a warning shot and I will get there as fast as I can."
Bai Nuo nodded with a smile, watching Chen Hui run into the alleys and lanes of the old city before turning around and walking into another alley.
She needs to talk to those underground people and find out about the situation in the county. She can't let Chen Hui continue to follow her. It would be great if she had someone from 917 with her. She wouldn't have to hide her abilities or make excuses when using them.
The drainage pipes of self-built houses in the 1960s and 70s were poorly designed and mainly made of cement concrete, which often resulted in leakage or blockage due to years of disrepair.
These days, leftovers are scarce. Even if there are any, they're kept to feed livestock and never dumped down the drain. Even the contents of the septic tanks are collected and used as fertilizer. The underground pipes were originally dry, but the recent heavy rains washed some of them open.
Bai Nuo found a dilapidated manhole cover at the corner of an alley. The manhole cover had a large hole in it, and it was estimated that no one had come to repair it for a long time.
He casually tossed in a seed for planting vines, then squatted down, closed his eyes slightly, and activated the wood element to infuse the seed.
Ten minutes later, a series of chirping sounds came from inside, making Bai Nuo's scalp tingle.
She could sleep with tigers and wolves in her arms, and she dared to play with giant pythons. The venomous snake king was more like a harmless pet in her hands, but... she felt uncomfortable just hearing the squeaking of rats.
I wish I could drop a cannonball and blow up all the rats in the world!
As soon as a thin, dark figure peeked out from the hole in the manhole cover, the little girl who had been squatting on the ground jumped up, her face pale, and quickly took several steps back. If she hadn't remembered that she was a legitimate police officer, she would have definitely jumped onto the roof and run away, ignoring the ground completely.
"Get away from me, no... stand still and don't move!" A stern voice rang out, its tone tinged with tension and obvious disgust.
In the apocalypse of her previous life, 80% of the animals in the world mutated. Many superhumans would rather fight zombies than provoke those mutated animals, but she loved chasing after mutated animals to kill them. There was only one type of mutated animal that she would turn and run away as soon as she saw it from afar. If she hesitated for even a second, she would slap herself twice.
Now, facing those dark creatures that crawled out, she wasn't afraid at all; she felt it was a sign that she had grown, evolved, and advanced!
"Chirp chirp!"
Several large, emaciated black rats, which had just crawled out of the sewer, tilted their heads and looked at the little human not far away with puzzlement.
Why do you use something fragrant to call them out, and then yell at them?
Is this little human planning to bully the mouse?!
Bai Nuo took a deep breath, his face turning even uglier. He put his hands on his hips, glared fiercely at the skinny rats, and gritted his teeth, cursing himself under his breath.
Why bother being a good person and saving kids? Destroying the world would be much easier!
"Now I'm asking you, have you seen a dead human child in the sewers recently, or have you heard any other rats say that the human child was thrown down there from somewhere?"
I once heard that adult rats are very intelligent, some even reaching the level of an eight-year-old child. These rats look thin, but they should all be adults. In addition, when Bai Nuo speaks to them, he mixes a trace of mental energy into his words, which can directly instill the content into their brains, so he is not afraid that they will not understand.
Unfortunately... those dark-skinned guys didn't give me any face at all!
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