Chapter 257 Chapter 257
On the second day at the training base, when we gathered in the classroom, many people were not in a good mental state. Some were still flipping through the strange illustrations in the middle of the night, some were honing their abilities temporarily, and some were simply too nervous and did not sleep well the night before.
It is rare to find someone as energetic as Qingtong.
Because today is the day for each group to receive their tasks.
"From now on, you will accept missions through the official software of the weird response department on your mobile phone. Each mission is marked with the location and mission details, as well as the predicted danger. If you don't want to die, don't accept missions that are too dangerous." Instructor Li said, "Now, for your first mission, I will issue it to you directly."
After saying that, Instructor Li turned on the projector and projected the tasks one by one.
"The first mission takes place in a park in the capital..." Instructor Li began to describe the mission, then read out the name of a captain and entrusted the mission to them.
There were not many students in their class, and with those from the military units that had already withdrawn, there were even fewer awakened people left. Including Qingtong and the others, there were only three teams in total, and it was soon their turn.
"Qingtong, your mission is to deal with a police call received early this morning." Instructor Li said, "Your team is different from other teams. Other teams have not faced weirdness directly, but you have already had experience in solving dangerous weirdness. The weirdness that appeared in the mission commissions received by others did not endanger the lives of the people. The commission you are going to handle is different. It is located in a private house in Dongyuan Street. I will send you the address and the contact information of the person who called the police. Go and inquire about the situation yourself. We have also made an initial assessment of this mission, and the danger will not exceed Class C."
Huang Tianzhen's eyes widened: "Instructor? C-level? Are you kidding? Their highest level is only D-level, and we are already C-level?"
"Haven't you already solved the C level?" Instructor Li smiled at him. "At that time, you hadn't started learning the secrets and training. Now you have learned both the elementary and advanced secrets. You can't expect your strength to decline."
He was talking about the human-skin monster that Qingtong and his companions encountered on the train when they came to the capital.
According to the strength and danger level, it is indeed C-level.
"Although Hanqi has never faced a C-level monster, you have been into a monster zone, right?" Instructor Li looked at Qingtong again, "As for your team leader, I don't need to say anything, right?"
There are still a large number of members of the Weird Response Department who have never seen the Weird Domain. This person is still in basic training, but he dares to fight against the Weird Domain. Although there were other helpers at the time, and Bai Yixin also came later, Instructor Li can look up to him just for this courage.
Han Qi raised his hand weakly: "Instructor, I was just an assistant at that time..."
As an awakened person with the ability to transmit sound and perceive, how much can he contribute in the battle? It would be good enough if he can take good care of ordinary people trapped in the strange area.
Don't count him.
"Okay, go ahead. You are an elite team that the higher-ups are paying close attention to." Instructor Li patted Qingtong on the shoulder and said, "Do your best."
Then he left.
The group of people left behind looked at each other.
"That's great. We also want to become an elite team that gets attention from the higher-ups." Another captain said to Qingtong with a smile.
"Come on, we can definitely do it." Gan Xiaoqing from his team clenched his fist and said.
"As long as our merits exceed that, we can definitely do it. Let's go. I took a look at the map. The park where we need to perform the mission is a bit far. If we leave early, we can solve it earlier."
"Okay~"
"C-rank, haha, I'm not jealous at all, keep up the good work."
"Don't come back with a limp~~"
"Live well!"
A few people with smiling faces waved to Qingtong and others and ran away.
There were only four people including Qingtong left in the classroom. He took out his cell phone and took a look at the task details sent by the instructor.
Su Sanan read out the text on it: "101, Unit 2, Building 3, Dongyuan Street Community. The person who called the police said that there was a knock on the door from late last night. The knocks were intermittent, but I couldn't see anyone from the peephole. The knocks stopped in the early morning."
Han Qi, who had memorized most of the contents of the bizarre illustrated book, said: "Knocking on the door is weird."
Huang Tianzhen recalled the name in his mind for a long time before he thought of the relevant information about the knocker: "Oh, it is indeed C-level."
If you say it is harmful, the only thing this thing will do when it appears in the middle of the night is to knock on the door. As long as the cat can't see anyone but can hear the knocking, ignore it, don't open the door, don't respond. Just leave it alone quietly and it will disappear on its own in three days at the shortest and seven days at the longest.
However, it does not disappear just like that, but will move to a nearby house. For example, if the accident happened in a building in the community, it will choose to start knocking on the door opposite.
But it is harmless. If you trigger its rules and open the door, this thing will enter the house, changing from hidden to visible, with different appearances, but it is quite scary. It will only appear in the room for a moment when the light is turned on, and then slowly approach the place where the people in the house sleep every night until they come to the bed and kill them.
If you accidentally let this thing into your house, there are ways to deal with it. Either change where you sleep, change every night, and switch back and forth in different directions on both sides of the strange, like a bug. Or just move out and don't come back for three months. During this time, leave the door open and it will disappear.
Each solution is quite time-consuming, especially the latter one. The door is wide open for three months. It is estimated that when you come back after three months, not only will the strange thing be gone, but everything else in the house will also be gone, and there may even be some garbage or something.
If someone happens to pass by and closes the door, the time it was previously open will be wasted and it will have to be opened again for a full three months.
"The mission did not mention whether the person who called the police opened the door," said Su Sanan.
Qingtong: "Just go and ask and you'll know. Dongyuan Street Community is not far away and you can get there quickly by subway."
Among the three missions, only their mission location is the closest.
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Dongyuan Street neighborhood.
"Mom, can you come back today?" Ji Yiyi asked over the phone, tears welling up in her eyes. "I'm really scared."
The woman on the other end of the phone said in a helpless voice: "There is no way. The hospital has been very busy recently. After the strange thing appeared, there is a serious shortage of staff. I think that strange thing should not be that scary. Many strange things are not very harmful. Have you called the police? Find the strange response department. The phone number is..."
"The police have been called."
"...How about this, I'll transfer some money to you, and you can stay in a hotel tonight." The mother on the phone hesitated for a moment and said, "How about you take the train to Jinshi to visit your grandma today? I'll ask for some time off from school for you."
Ji Yiyi shook his head, thinking that he couldn't see the person on the other end of the phone, so he said, "Forget it. I'll wait for the weird response department to come. If it doesn't work... I'll stay in a hotel tonight."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and went back to the bedroom.
But she didn't feel at ease no matter how she stayed there, and always wanted to turn her head to look towards the door. Just when she was getting scared, there was a sudden knock on the door. The little girl was so scared that she jumped up from her chair and almost screamed.
"Is anyone home? We are from the strange response department. We received the police call and are here to handle this strange incident." A young man's voice came from outside the door.
Ji Yiyi patted his chest and felt a little relieved, but he didn't dare to believe it completely. He walked quietly to the door and looked out through the cat's eyes.
Unlike last night, this time I could clearly see the person knocking on the door.
Four men showed up, wearing weird response uniforms.
"Are you...really from the weird response department?" Ji Yiyi asked cautiously.
The young man standing in the front took out his ID from his pocket, and Ji Yiyi saw the name "Qingtong" on it through the cat's eye.
"Oh, I'll open it then." I'm sure that Qiyi wouldn't be able to disguise himself so well, even with his ID.
As for the bad guys? They probably wouldn't know that she called the police.
Qingtong watched the door slowly open. The middle school-age girl stuck her head out, looked at them, and then opened the door wide: "Come in."
Qingtong nodded to her, walked into the room and looked around.
"When it knocked on the door strangely, you didn't let it in, did you?" Qingtong asked.
Ji Yiyi shook her head quickly: "No! I couldn't see anyone through the cat's eye, but there was a knock on the door. I was scared, so I didn't answer and went to sleep in the room."
Although I didn't sleep all night because I was scared.
"Well done!" Huang Tianzhen gave her a thumbs up, "Just don't open the door, and don't respond. No matter if it's a ghost or a person, as long as you hear a knock on the door and don't see anyone, don't open it!"
Han Qi added: "Even if you see someone, don't open the door if they are strangers."
"Then...you guys go out again?" The little girl suddenly said this, and after she said it she realized that she was being stupid.
Huang Tianzhen laughed out loud: "We are not bad people."
After saying that, he looked at Qingtong and said, "Captain, how should we deal with this?"
"It's a fake knock on the door." Qing Tong, who had already confirmed it with the salvation system, said, "What else can we do? Bring it in tonight, and when it shows up, take a knife and kill it."
Hearing the word "hold the knife", Ji Yiyi shrank his head.
"Captain, please be more tactful. You've scared the little girl." Huang Tianzhen said.
Qingtong tilted his head: "Then...use the knife to wipe its neck?"
Su Sanan: "I'm not being polite at all." He looked at the little girl and asked, "We're going to stay here tonight to fish for monsters. We need to borrow the house for one night. Don't worry, we'll return it to you. But you have to clean up the important items and put away the fragile things. Of course, if any large items are damaged, our department will report the damage. Do you have anywhere else to go tonight?"
After saying that, I realized a new question: "Wait, where are your parents?"
The little girl looks like she is only in junior high school and is not even an adult yet. How could she encounter such a weird and scary thing and her family members are not there to accompany her?
"I...have nowhere to go." Ji Yiyi said, and then thought for a while, "Then let's stay in a hotel."
Qingtong: "You don't have to go to a hotel outside. The branch of the Strange Response Department has guest rooms. In this case, you can stay there for a night."
If something strange suddenly happens at home and the owner of the house has nowhere to go, the Strange Response Department will prepare a guest room for temporary accommodation. In fact, the guest room is just an old hotel managed by the Strange Response Department. It is safe and clean enough.