Chapter 358 Deep Virtual Reality 186
It wasn't convenient to contact Professor Yun Jing right now, so Xie Ning jumped off the high-rise building. She had to hurry and find 208. She hadn't interfered with how 208 dealt with the other experimental subjects, and she didn't know how it was doing now.
Previously, she only told 208 to leave the experimental base and then swim into the sea.
She didn't underestimate the various high-end weapons available today, nor did she dare gamble on the goodwill of the higher-ups. If 208 headed towards the city center, it could cause massive casualties. If it ran towards her villa area, it would not only easily expose her identity but also make her easy to track.
However, things would be different if they went into the sea. The seawater could greatly conceal their tracks. Although she couldn't find 208, 208 could find her.
As Xie Ning headed towards the sea, he saw police cars from the Security Bureau. Judging from the license plate and the type of vehicle, they belonged to a special task force. A special task force is not just a single team of people, but is led by an Awakened, hence the name.
Xie Ning glanced at the patrol team in the distance; there were more of them than usual.
After receiving confirmation from Zhan Lin, Xie Ning abandoned his plan to bring 208 out to the open seaside during the patrol handover and instead went to the cliffside.
The treacherous terrain could no longer stop her. Below the cliff was a recessed pile of rocks, where seawater crashed against the rocks, splashing water and fish leaping out of the water.
The fish, about the size of a palm, was mottled, its scales had fallen off, revealing pink flesh underneath, and it was covered in black slime, which even the seawater couldn't wash away.
An ice spike pierced the small fish's belly. Xie Ning leaped onto the reef, bent down, and picked up the fish, which was still instinctively flailing its tail.
She was right. The fish had lost a lot of scales, and they weren't from injuries. Further in, Xie Ning saw a huge drain. The sewage flowing out of it had turned the area dark. The deeper in, the thicker the water became, as if it were covered with a thick layer of black grease.
Xie Ning put on a gas mask, squatted down, and filled a small container with sewage. She wanted to go back and test whether the sewage discharged here had been treated.
Marine pollution is becoming increasingly severe, and various organisms are mutating. If the discharge of pollutants continues unchecked, then in the end... perhaps even the last piece of land where people can live will disappear.
Sometimes those people may not be unaware of the importance of the environment, but treating sewage is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and most importantly, expensive.
They only care about protecting their own profits; nothing else matters. The federal government does have some kind of punishment for this, but it's very lenient and there's almost no enforcement, which is why these people act with such impunity.
Xie Ning hadn't been down there for five minutes when dark green tentacles slapped up. Sticky wastewater stained 208's tentacles, causing it to immediately transform into a small octopus and jump onto Xie Ning's palm. The tentacles, now semi-transparent, gently patted and rubbed the octopus, seemingly trying to remove the dirty water.
Xie Ning took out a small tank filled with clean artificial seawater and scrubbed 208 before turning his attention to the other alien creature.
It was already ugly and bizarre in appearance, and the open wounds on its body, stained with sticky black sewage, made it look even dirtier.
Xie Ning rubbed 208 and asked, "You brought this back? Just one?"
208 nodded its little head. It had already washed its tentacles clean and was now climbing onto Xie Ning's wrist.
The triangular-eyed man silently watched 208 lazily wrapping his arm around Xie Ning's wrist, then glanced at Xie Ning's somewhat pale face, lost in thought.
"Let's go back first." The rabbit sounded the alarm, and many police cars arrived.
Before returning, Xie Ning used the equipment to scan 208 and the other alien creature. She suspected that the two of them were carrying locators, otherwise the security bureau would not have caught up with them so quickly.
Finally, the locator was found on another alien creature. It was only the size of half a fingernail and was deeply embedded in its body through a bullet hole.
The rabbit with the triangular eyes still had wounds on its body. Xie Ning took out the locator directly along the wounds. With a "bang," the rabbit sounded its last alarm, and the video on the screen disappeared instantly.
It was her aerial monitoring drone that was discovered and should have been shot down.
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