Cui Ying's momentum didn't last for a few seconds before the Earl blocked her mouth with a chicken wing.
"Fix this one first! If you come here again, the editing office will be shut down!"
Everyone laughed and relaxed the atmosphere. Cui Ying's bold words were also taken as a joke. After all, this was the only capital that a small media outlet had.
As the saying goes, no matter how brave you are, you can't beat the sky. Who is the sky? The one who is pressing on you now is me.
"Hey~ I should be able to submit it for review in two more days... Why were we so diligent in the past..."
Seeing that no one responded to her bold words even when she was joking, Cui Ying lamented in front of everyone that she had no authority and complained about her exhaustion from work.
Everyone finished their midnight snack with laughter, rested for a while to digest the food, and then started working again.
…
At three o'clock in the morning, everyone was very sleepy and went home in their separate ways at the company gate.
Those who have cars drive, and those who don’t have cars hitchhike.
As a car owner, Cui Ying also took on the responsibility of sending a female colleague home.
The girl nicknamed "Little Sister" lived in a relatively remote area, and Cui Ying, who was unfamiliar with the road conditions, could only use the navigation.
"Hey little sister, you don't even know the way to your own home, but you insist that I use the navigation system. It would be much more convenient if you could show the way."
"I can't even remember the dozens of kilometers of the road to my home... I usually get here by subway or bus, how can I recognize the way?"
The younger sister retorted jokingly, then yawned and leaned on the passenger seat with her eyes squinted, almost falling asleep.
"Hey, little sister, don't fall asleep, talk to me. If you fall asleep, I will feel sleepy too!!"
Cui Ying started yelling in the driver's seat.
"I know, I know. I'll just squint for a bit!"
The little sister waved her hand, complaining that her boss was too annoying.
Cui Ying continued driving angrily. There was not much traffic in the middle of the night, and this place was quite remote. It seemed like they were the only car on the whole road. The seemingly almost empty road and the constantly passing street lights had a hypnotic effect.
'I can't sleep, I can't sleep!'
I kept encouraging myself, luckily I had navigation to help me find my way, and it was a fool-proof operation.
"Huh!? Why didn't the navigation sound? "
Cui Ying looked at the navigation on her phone and saw that it was searching for a signal.
"No way! Little sister, please get up and show me the way! Where am I driving to~~!!!"
I took the phone off the holder and tried to click on the signal but there was no response. I had to turn it on and off and restart it. When I turned on the navigation again, it finally returned to normal.
"Please turn left at the next traffic light, turn left... We are rerouting you... Please continue driving 500 meters along the current road and turn left at the next intersection..."
Oops, I missed the intersection. I don't know how long it will take to turn back...
Fortunately, I just missed the turn, and I probably only had to walk an extra kilometer.
Wait, that's not right...
Cui Ying and others took a look after the new route came out.
"Ah!? Why do I have to walk 3 kilometers more? When did I start to go the wrong way?! Little sister, get up~~~"
"Pah~"
A hit on the chest of some sleepyhead.
"Ah!? Are we there yet? Holy shit, where are you going? We're already at Orange Street!"
"And you said you didn't know the way! From now on you are not allowed to sleep!"
While the two were arguing, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of the car.
Cui Ying subconsciously slammed on the brakes.
A sharp braking sound was heard, the huge inertia tightened the seat belt, and Cui Ying almost hit the steering wheel.
The two frightened men looked outside the car and then at each other.
"Little sister, was I dazzled just now?"
"It should be, it shouldn't be, I think I saw it too..."
Cui Ying looked a little nervous and looked at her colleague who also looked unhappy.
"Is that a dog?"
"I hope so... drive quickly, drive quickly!"
"oh oh."
Even though the two girls were reporters, they didn't have the courage to go and find out what was going on at this time, so they quickly started the car and left.
After more than half an hour of driving, I finally got my colleague home safely.
Cui Ying was a little scared when she went back alone, but this way she wasn't sleepy anymore. She drove all the way home quickly, not knowing whether she got a speeding ticket.
The next morning, because I worked overtime too late the night before and was so tired every day recently, it was almost 10 o'clock when the editors arrived one after another.
Cui Ying took the memory card of the dash cam and connected it to the computer to look for last night's video.
It didn't take long to find the approximate time.
She used a software for making videos on self-media public accounts and slowed down the playback rate several times.
Suddenly, goose bumps spread from the heels to the back of the head like an electric shock, and then exploded from the scalp. Cui Ying's whole body hair stood up.
"Come here~~~ Come and see!!"
This inexplicable panic cry attracted everyone in the editorial department.
Half a minute later, everyone looked unhappy.
In the paused picture, the thing caught in the headlights is a mouse, but it is as big as a golden retriever.
Whether it's the eyes reflecting in the car lights, the scary rodent teeth, or the disgusting hair and creepy tail, they all give everyone a strong visual impact.
"Is this what we encountered last night?"
The younger sister looked at it in disbelief, full of fear, and Cui Ying's face was also pale.
"Look... the explosive news you want..."
The Count had time to make a joke, but this time no one responded to his joke.
"What the hell is this! Call the police!!"
…
“Woo~~~Woo~~~~~Woo~~~~Woo~~~~~”
Fire trucks gathered from all over the city, centered around Juzi Street in Jin District, and worked with municipal agencies to carefully check every sewer manhole cover and take temporary reinforcement measures.
Orange Street is an old street, but it is no longer very popular. Many of the houses seem to be from the last century. There are only a few shops still open on the street, and it is already in the process of being replanned.
Liu Yue, also known as Little Liu who often followed Tao Xingzhi.
Although he looks very young, he is currently an observer of the Special Security Team in Shanghai, and is also responsible for the skills training of the Special Security Team's Shanghai Screening Center.
At this time, Liu Yue and his colleagues in Shanghai were standing on this deserted street.
Faced with this kind of emergency, he was the first one to take over.
He had long been keeping an eye on the group of people from "Where the Nightingales Go" because of their activeness some time ago, and their report to the police quickly attracted Liu He's attention.
The dashcam video is not fake, so there must really be such a big rat nearby, or there may be more than one.
The phone rang, it was Tao Xingzhi.
Liu Yue did not dare to delay and answered the call immediately.
"Taotou, yes, the nearby residents and the entire Shencheng have not received any similar eyewitness reports. The case reported by that group of reporters is the first case."
Tao Xingzhi turned the cigarette box twice, flicked it at the bottom, took out a cigarette from the box and put it to his nose to smell it.
"Have the animal experts come up with any definite results?"
"Yes. After comparing the video, animal experts believe that it is more similar to Rattus norvegicus. Combined with the fact that there are no sightings in the city and the time analysis of the dashcam video, it is very likely that its habits have not yet changed from the common rats' habit of hiding during the day and coming out at night. It is also very likely that it is still afraid of humans."
"That is to say, the possibility of foreign mutation is currently low, while the possibility of animal mutation is higher. However, it is not ruled out that mutation may be caused by supernormal foreign objects..."
Tao Xingzhi reached out, picked up the pen, and made a note in his notebook.
"What is the range of activities?"
"According to the size of the rat in the video, it is about 30 to 50 times the size of a normal brown rat. Based on this, we can infer that its activity radius is about 1.5 kilometers in diameter. In order to find food, its maximum diameter can reach about 4.5 kilometers. By feeding and spraying pheromones in the central sewer, we should be able to control its activity range to no more than two kilometers."
Although Tao Xingzhi had a blank expression on his face, he was still satisfied in his heart. Xiao Liu's handling of the matter was proper and comprehensive.
"Very good, Jiutian will arrive at night and control the situation during the day. By the way, Xiao Liu, be careful!"
"clear!"
After hanging up the phone, Tao Xingzhi was not thinking about the solution to the rat infestation in Shanghai. Instead, he turned around and looked at the map of China behind him.
The view is focused on some forests, rivers and even the ocean outside the picture.
Rats? What about the others?
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