Three days later.
Eileen sent a notification saying that Li Bing had woken up.
Lu Ning and Nan Yu arrived at the headquarters of the Mist Bureau as soon as possible and went to the treatment area.
In front of the treatment ward, Eileen and Dennis stood guard at the door. Outside the door were Li Fu, Karen, and other powerful members of the Mist Bureau.
The two sides are currently locked in a standoff, and the atmosphere is somewhat tense.
Upon seeing this, Nan Yu immediately frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Upon seeing Nan Yu arrive, Li Fu said directly, "You've come at the right time, Captain Nan Yu! Your men wouldn't let us in to visit Li Bing!"
"Yes, Li Bing is my brother. He finally got out of danger, and I can't even visit him?! What kind of logic is that? Are you people in the investigation team so domineering?"
"A fifth-tier action team leader complained."
Eileen's expression was icy as she crossed her arms and said, "The situation in your base city isn't even confirmed yet, so of course we need to be cautious! We won't let you pass until the captain and vice-captain arrive!"
Li Fu said helplessly, "We have been cooperating with you all this time, and you have investigated the headquarters several times. Can't you clear our name?!"
The other members of the Fog Bureau also looked dissatisfied.
Nan Yu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Everyone, calm down. This is our investigation team's duty. As long as no anomalies are found in the base city, we need to be vigilant. Now that we're here, everyone, please go inside."
Li Fu frowned, but didn't say anything more.
He then arranged for several people to stand guard outside the door, allowing Karen and two other members of the action team to enter the ward.
Upon entering the ward, Lu Ning saw Li Bing lying on the bed. He was still very thin, but his complexion was much better than before.
To Lu Ning's surprise, the concentration of white mist in his body had become extremely low.
Even for ordinary people in the base city, the concentration of white fog is much higher than his.
Li Bing was awake at the moment. Hearing the noise, he looked up.
Li Fu stepped forward and immediately asked, "Old Li, how are you? Are you alright?"
Li Bing's expression was gloomy, and his first words to Li Fu were: "Where are my teammates?"
These words silenced Li Fu and the others.
Seeing that Li Fu and the others remained silent, Li Bing's eyes reddened slightly, and his lips trembled slightly: "It's all my fault! If I had been stronger, we might have been able to escape! It's all my fault!"
Upon hearing this, Nan Yu asked, "Li Bing, what happened back then?"
Li Bing glanced at Nan Yu, then looked at Li Fu with some confusion.
Li Fu immediately explained, "This is Captain Nan Yunan. He is the captain of the investigation team from the General Bureau. This time, he is in charge of investigating the anomalies in our base city."
Li Bing immediately nodded to Nan Yu, his voice weak as he said, "Hello, Captain Nan Yu. Back then... our team found a basement, where we encountered some flesh-mutated beings. Those beings were very strong and numerous. Although we resisted for a long time, we were eventually captured alive. After being captured, we were sent to that terrible place..."
At this point, a hint of fear flashed in Li Bing's eyes.
Nan Yu continued, "Did you encounter any humans in the basement back then?"
Upon hearing this, Li Bing nodded repeatedly: "Yes, we encountered four or five humans, but we didn't communicate with them. Those humans seemed to be able to control the infected; we were captured by the infected on their orders."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yu and Li Fu exchanged bewildered glances. Li Fu then asked, "Four or five humans? That many?"
The only Scarlet Cult members they are currently investigating are three high-ranking executives from that company.
Clearly, besides those three high-ranking members, there were other members of the Crimson Cult.
Li Bing asked, somewhat puzzled, "Is it a lot?"
Nan Yu said, "The quantity did exceed our expectations, but it's still acceptable."
He continued, "Besides these humans, have you discovered anything else? Are there any other Awakened beings like you who have been captured?"
Li Bing thought for a long time, then shook his head: "No."
Then he suddenly remembered something and said, "Right, before I lost consciousness, I overheard their conversation. They seemed to be planning to cultivate something. That thing seems very important."
Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.
"What are we cultivating?"
Li Bing shook his head: "I don't know, they didn't say. But someone said at the time that what they were cultivating was hundreds of meters underground, and they weren't worried about being discovered."
"Hundreds of meters underground?" Li Fu frowned. "How do they cultivate things at such a depth..."
Suddenly, Li Fu thought of something, and his expression changed slightly.
Not only Li Fu, but Karen also frowned and asked, "Could they be in the underground pipes?"
Hearing this, Lu Ning raised an eyebrow: "The base city has underground pipes?"
Li Fu looked at Lu Ning with some confusion: "Of course there are. It's an infrastructure that exists in every base city. Without underground pipelines, the ground in a base city would be flooded during heavy rainfall, making movement extremely difficult. How could Commander Lu not know that?"
Nan Yu said, "Lu Ning doesn't know much about the structure of the base city."
His expression was serious as he said, "Where is the entrance to the underground pipes? Perhaps we should go and take a look."
Li Fu immediately said, "Our base city has four underground pipeline entrances, one each in the east, west, south, and north. You can enter from any of the four areas!"
Nan Yu nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "If that thing is important to the Crimson Cult, then it is probably very dangerous. Your Mist Bureau should send more people. Of course, our investigation team will also go with you."
Li Fu immediately replied, "No problem. We are aware of the threat posed by the Crimson Cult. According to you, if the Crimson Cult's creation succeeds, it will be a major blow to our base city. We will naturally spare no effort."
Having received such important news, Li Fu and other high-ranking officials from the Mist Bureau comforted Li Bing for a few words, and then hurriedly left the ward with Nan Yu and the others.
Li Fu directly ordered the members of the Fog Bureau's action team to assemble.
Nan Yu and his group also left the area, calling their teammates back to the hotel.
Ultimately, they decided that Nan Yu, Lu Ning, Eileen, Afaf, and Lin Menglan would go together.
After all, Lu Ning and Nan Yu's awakened abilities are all combat-oriented, making them more effective in this situation.
The remaining people continued to investigate the anomalies in the base city, while also ensuring their own escape route.
In addition, Nan Yu said, "The underground pipes have a lot of space. If the Crimson Cult has been developing in them for a long time, they may have become quite powerful. If it gets to the point where we can't handle it, I will send you a message and you can contact the headquarters directly."
Xu Hui nodded seriously: "Okay."
After Lu Ning, Nan Yu, and Eileen, several sixth-tier combat-type awakened individuals, left, he became the strongest combat-type awakened individual in the team.
Therefore, Xu Hui needs to be in charge outside.
After giving some instructions, Nan Yu left with Lu Ning and the others.
They headed to the headquarters of the Bureau of Mystery, where they met up with Li Fu and others, and together they went to the underground pipe area.
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