The banquet at the restaurant had ended early, and the children in the garden had all been picked up. Chang Le followed Gu Yujing to the conference room that had been prepared for the press conference.
Inside the room, representatives from the nine major regions sat upright, the atmosphere heavy with formality.
Gu Yujing had already told her on the way here.
Based on the information currently available, Gu Lianghan's side believes that putting all regions on Level 2 alert would be effective in dealing with the current crisis, but many people disagree.
Under Level 2 alert, various sectors, including transportation, agriculture, commerce, and entertainment, will be affected to some extent. Although not as closed and strict as Level 1 alert, it will still have a significant impact.
Chang Le paused briefly at the door, glanced at the messages that had all been replied to, and after understanding the situation, stepped inside.
After she sat down, Gu Lianghan said, "Mr. Jiu, I have notified everyone to be on alert, but this matter is of great importance. Everyone here has their own questions, so please explain in detail, Mr. Jiu."
Chang Le didn't want to say much, nor did he have time to really go through the whole story for them. He simply projected the key evidence.
A photo of a mutilated corpse, next to which are Hu's notes on the quantity and basic information, followed by Changfeng's reply:
"Some of the missing bodies were neatly cut, some had animal bite marks, and some had human teeth bite marks."
A component analysis report for a product called "Heat" was followed by Fu Heqing's reply:
"The composition of human bones and blood matches the unidentified components in the fire, but the exact result will take an hour."
A recording of the interrogation of someone involved in the Yue Ningchu incident, just sent by Luo Xuan. Three seconds in, after clicking, came a wailing response:
"No, it wasn't me! I didn't deliberately mutilate the corpses! It was them...they ate people!!"
Everyone at the table turned pale.
Chang Le observed their expressions calmly and subtly, his gaze particularly fixed on one of them—the chief of the Fifth District, the head of the Lu family, Lu Xin, who was also Lu Yaoqi's father.
If there were problems with the dog farm incident in District 5, then Lu Xin should have heard some rumors about it.
Gu Lianghan nodded to Shen Cangbai at this moment, and Shen Cangbai said:
"The number of missing tourists in Mosandra has been rising continuously for the past five years, but the federal government is tight-lipped about it and unwilling to discuss it. Our people have investigated secretly but have not found the whereabouts of the missing tourists. Furthermore, according to the alien activity monitoring in the surrounding waters, the traces of alien activity do not match the number of missing people, so there are problems with the disappearances."
"Similarly, according to our rough statistics, a considerable number of the soldiers who were killed or wounded since the start of the civil war in Sunny have gone missing. And after Mr. Jiu's suggestion, we conducted an emergency investigation and found that almost none of the followers expanded by the Holy Church could be traced in detail."
Based on the above, it is reasonable to suspect that there is some kind of clandestine connection between the Federation and Spyma Highlands regarding the mutants.
"In addition, there are some questions about the Middle Kingdom that need to be answered."
"I have just received new information from the investigation team for the Shazhoucheng missing persons case."
"As mentioned above, the five missing persons who have not yet been found all showed signs of drastic personality changes, strange behavior, and aggressive tendencies in the recent past, leading to suspicions that they have been secretly modified into mutants. Their situation is similar to that of the dogs that suddenly went berserk in a certain case."
Shen Cangbai looked at Lu Xin: "District Chief Lu, what is the situation regarding the dog farm incident in District 5 where someone was injured?"
Lu Xin's expression changed after seeing Chang Feng's reply, and now it became visibly serious.
Gu Yujing spoke up at this moment, her words blunt: "District Chief Lu, is there something you can't say, or do you simply not want to report it?"
Lu Xin's expression changed drastically, and he immediately stood up to explain, "I didn't mean to hide it, but it was only just now, after receiving this information, that I realized things might be unusual."
He was in a hurry and blurted everything out.
Because he was in a hurry, his speech was rambling and, in summary, the points of suspicion are:
First, the dog did not suddenly riot; it had been tentatively biting its owner for several days prior.
Secondly, during the riot, almost all the dogs present launched an attack, including gentle breeds, indicating that the behavior was organized.
Third, the dog farm owner later refused to be investigated, disposed of the dog that had injured the person on his own, and closed the dog farm.
Because of the Shazhou City incident, the Fourth District was in turmoil. Lu Xin was worried that if something happened in the Fifth District at this time, it would affect public morale. He wanted to suppress the matter as soon as possible, so he hastily closed the case without further investigation.
But now, seeing the evidence of the abnormal verification, Lu Xin felt a chill run down his spine.
Si Tuoyuan suddenly asked Chang Le, "Mr. Jiu, the Dragon Sect has the most in-depth research on mutants. May I ask, if a normal animal is fed drugs that catalyze the mutation of supernatural abilities, and then fed with human flesh, will it become a mutant similar to Xishi Human Flesh?"
"Won't."
The speaker was Qin Xian, the representative of the management committee.
The management was in decline, and Qin Xian remained silent on many occasions, practically nonexistent. Ying Huaixia was always absent due to health reasons, and this time was no exception.
Qin Xian spoke first, and everyone looked at him.
He said, "I have read some of the information. Only creatures with superpowers can undergo mutations and possibly lose control due to the backlash of their superpowers."
Lu Xin said, "Those dog farms definitely house ordinary animals."
“There is another possibility,” Lu Jin’an said. “District Chief Lu said their attacks were organized. So as long as there is one mutant dog among them, and it has considerable prestige or the ability to command and control the other dogs, it would be enough if that one mutant went out of control.”
This statement is agreed upon by many people.
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