Chapter 18 Yellow Alert
"This is so weird. This doesn't make sense at all. How did the man-faced tree root, which was so dangerous just now, suddenly turn into a dry branch?"
Shen Peirong couldn't believe it as she held the dry tree root. Since the establishment of the Special Intelligence Bureau, she had encountered no less than twenty cases, but nothing had ever been as strange as today.
In just a few days, two cases occurred in one city, and one of the cases even changed from D to A.
The roots of the human-faced tree attacked the people, but did not engage in any further entanglement with them and instead fled, but turned into dry branches during the escape.
If it weren't for the high-precision Five Elements Mysterious Instrument Disk indicating that there were wood molecules on the branches, Shen Peirong would have thought that the two were not the same thing at all, and were baits thrown by the roots of the human-faced tree.
"Grandma, could it be that the human-faced tree root isn't that powerful, but it just happens to have consciousness, and it took advantage of the time difference to catch us off guard?"
Shen Lingyu covered her arm and pointed at the light bulb she brought back.
When she saw the tree roots, she also felt that she had made a mistake.
The tall and terrifying figure in the haze turned out to be a short and tiny tree root.
If you think about it carefully, the human-faced tree root should have a little consciousness. I don't know where it learned the human method of using haze and light projection to enlarge the shadow so that it can escape when the enemy is not prepared.
But it didn't expect something to happen during the escape, and it became dry and cracked and lost the ability to move.
Could it be that the shovel has subsequent capabilities?
Shen Peirong also found it difficult to define it, so she could only collect everything near the roots of the human-faced tree and prepare to take them back for careful study.
She took her men around the woods again, and seeing that there were no abnormal molecular fluctuations on the surveillance and instruments, she announced that the crisis was temporarily resolved.
......
The lost crew was all found by the soldiers the moment the haze dissipated.
When they saw fully armed soldiers walking towards a group of people, they all thought they had committed something serious, so serious that the army had to be dispatched to arrest them.
But upon asking around, they found out that they had not committed any crime, but a sudden smog hit Anshi City and they were trapped and missing for at least two hours. Their companions outside who could not contact them called the police.
A group of people breathed a sigh of relief. They were wandering around in the haze and didn't notice that time was passing so quickly.
Now, two hours have passed and everyone’s cell phones are about to explode.
Qiao Ying and Cheng Lilian were so frightened that their legs went limp. They huddled together, their hair disheveled and their hands and feet weak.
Qiao Ying's face turned pale. "Sister Li, I almost thought I was going to die. It was so scary."
Cheng Lilian was not much better. She was the first to comfort people, "Don't talk nonsense. It's just bad luck. Let's go to the temple to burn incense another day."
The leading soldier counted the number of people and asked the crew to check if everyone was there, but when he was about to leave, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"There is one more person."
The crew members were found, but the girl who initially called the police was nowhere to be found.
Everyone immediately dispersed to look for her, but before they started to act, they saw Lin Jin coming down from the top of the mountain.
She leaned on a branch and walked up to the group of people. "Are you here to save me?"
The captain looked at Lin Jin and the forest behind her in surprise, "Did you call the police? We didn't find anyone on the top of the mountain just now. Where did you come down from?"
Lin Jin threw away the stick, took off her coat and wrung it out on her hands, "I was the one who called the police. I was sitting upstairs the whole time and didn't see you guys."
She wrung out her coat, then loosened it and shook it out. "Excuse me, what happened? Why is there so much fog on the top of the mountain?"
The captain said, "Anshi issued a yellow alert half an hour ago. Smog is coming. You have been trapped in the forest for at least two hours."
Lin Jin took out her cell phone and saw that there was indeed a text message in her inbox.
[Anshi Meteorological Bureau issued a yellow alert, smog is coming, and it is expected to arrive in the next twelve hours....]
She felt relieved. "That's great. Let's get down the mountain quickly!"
It was impossible to go down the mountain, so everyone took the group of people to the parking lot where the filming was taking place, but did not let them leave immediately.
Everyone found that a cordon had been set up here at some point, with various police officers surrounding the place, the parking lot full of police cars, and even helicopters flying overhead.
Crew: ???
They were only missing for two hours, why did a helicopter come?
A team of police came over, separated all the crew members, and took them aside for questioning.
No one understood what they were going to do, but they still answered the questions honestly and told every detail of the filming from noon to halfway up the mountain.
The person who questioned Lin Jin was a female police officer.
The two walked to a police car, and He Miyun promptly handed them a cup of hot water and a towel.
Lin Jin thanked her, wrapped herself in a towel and took a sip of hot water, and instantly felt the coldness in her body being driven away.
He Miyun took out a notebook and a recorder, "Classmate, can you tell me in detail everything that happened from this morning till now?"
Lin Jin was stunned. "Police sister, I'm just lost. Why are you asking such a thing?"
He Miyun had already prepared her words, "Originally, there was no need, but you can see that the people who found you were soldiers. They happened to be training in the mountains today, and we were afraid that any news would get out."
"You know, there are a lot of half a million on the Internet nowadays."
"I understand."
Lin Jin told her what time she arrived at Kongping Mountain, when she met the crew, and when she went up the mountain.
These included when she got lost, when she called the police, and when she was rescued.
He Miyun suddenly realized something was wrong and interrupted Lin Jin, "Wait a minute, classmate, you said you came to sell sausages because you knew there was a crew coming to film today, so where are your things?"
She was alone when she came down from the mountain, and she didn't see anything to sell sausages.
He Miyun became suspicious.
She was one of the only two police officers who knew what happened in the forest, and she also knew clearly that the roots of the human-faced tree were strangely dry.
And just at this moment, Lin Jin came down from halfway up the mountain. Could there be any connection between the two?
"You reminded me that the things are still on the mountain. Wait for me to go look for them."
Lin Jin jumped out of the police car, and He Miyun followed her out.
The two came to the woods near the parking lot, and next to the stairs leading up the mountain, Lin Jin carried out a large cardboard box.
"Police sister, these are my tools."
He Miyun opened the lid and saw neatly arranged seasonings, a sausage grill, a power strip and a folding wooden table in the box.
She asked a few more questions and only withdrew her suspicion of Lin Jin when she found nothing was wrong.
"Classmate, there's nothing wrong with me. You can go back quickly. If you come to the mountains to play next time, remember to check the weather forecast."
"I will, thank you sis."
Lin Jin said goodbye to her while holding the box and walked out of the parking lot with ease.
He Miyun watched her leave, then picked up a large stone and moved it. She found that she had a hard time carrying it, and couldn't help but look at Lin Jin with admiration.
"This girl is really strong."
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