Seeing me observing the deceased's spot, Xie Chuchu awkwardly asked, "Could it be that the fatal wound is here?"
"Exactly. The director was probably squatting down to examine something when he didn't realize many rats had already approached."
"No way? If tonight..." I don't know if He Xin was a jinx, but just as she finished speaking, we suddenly heard a thunderous boom not far away!
At that moment, Lu Tianyu belatedly shouted, "Not good! They're here!"
They?!
We all suddenly reacted, and immediately the eerie scuttling sounds from countless creatures from all directions enveloped us like a nightmare, surging forward without regard for their lives. At the same time, I personally witnessed a castle outside the window of the press conference room being smashed open by a large swarm of small black creatures!
Those things could actually break open solid buildings...
How many were there? Everyone knows that the greater the flow, the greater the pressure. While a few rats are nothing, what if there were tens of thousands...
Sensing the danger around us, I quickly put away my examination case and shouted, "Let's go!"
Everyone else also reacted and fled downstairs from the public security bureau, but Lu Tianyu stopped us, saying, "We can't go down. They like low places, so we should go up!"
"Okay!" Everyone followed Lu Tianyu upstairs, and we soon reached the third floor of the public security bureau, which was the equipment room. Seeing countless firearms here, Xiao Yuande grabbed a few submachine guns and hung them on his body, Xiahou took a crossbow, I grabbed a shotgun, Liu Yuning took a few grenades, He Xin took an extra handgun, and others chose their weapons. We practically ransacked the equipment room before continuing upstairs.
We walked for an unknown amount of time, and the terrifying footsteps of the rats kept getting closer. Just as we passed a winding staircase to reach the fourth floor, we found the stairs below filled with their traces!
They were incredibly fast, constantly making squeaking sounds from their mouths, their eyes blood red, their fur black, their whiskers terrifyingly long, and their tails were actually bloody. Their teeth were bared, looking extremely horrific.
There's something wrong with these rats!
This reminded me of the living people who were corroded by cathinone back then.
Damn it, this matter is definitely related to the Polaris International Criminal Organization.
When we reached the fourth floor, Liu Yuning and Xiahou quickly closed a door. We passed through a corridor from a foyer and were about to head towards the west wing of the public security bureau. As we walked through the long corridor, we found ourselves surrounded by tens of thousands of densely packed rat swarms. They were turning their pitch-black heads and crawling on the walls and around the public security bureau. Once someone passed by, they would suddenly attack!
"What do we do? We shouldn't continue forward now." Even the usually brave Xiao Yuande stopped advancing. I actually thought of my sister and He Jinghui, but those two weren't here at the time. I mention this because I originally thought they would follow us, but every time a case ended, they would disappear as if they were going on a trip.
There's no other way, sometimes we have to solve things ourselves.
With the path ahead blocked and the rats behind us about to arrive, an endless sense of dread enveloped all of us!
Accompanied by a heart-wrenching roar, the rats finally broke through the door downstairs and charged towards us with astonishing speed. Lu Tianyu shouted, "It's over! They're here!"
I thought it was truly the end at that moment, but then, someone from above threw a torch down at us. I caught it with all my might, and just as the rats were about to get close, they all scattered in fear!
I gripped the torch tightly, only then realizing that they were afraid of fire!
At that moment, Lu Tianyu also reacted, "Ah, could it be..."
"This is their weakness. Alright, everyone, don't worry about anything else, follow me! We're going to the opposite pavilion!"
Everyone had recovered a little from their fear, and I was already moving forward. Under the light of my torch, we advanced. I suddenly noticed a familiar figure standing on a pavilion not far away. I don't know if it was an illusion, but I saw that it was Gao Mingqiang!
But how was that possible?
Could it be that he's not dead yet?
He didn't wait for us to pass the corridor. A grappling hook shot out from his wrist, and he quickly arrived at the pavilion ahead of us with astonishing speed. When did his martial arts become so good? Could it be that all these years he had been hiding and learning some ultimate skill from someone, and then...
We arrived at the opposite building. There didn't seem to be as many rats here. We rested for a while, then found a brazier not far away. I lit it first, so we could last longer.
With this method mastered, I thought continuing forward wouldn't be difficult. At this point, Liu Yuning also said to me, "Who did that figure just now look like?"
"You mean Gao Mingqiang?"
"Exactly, but didn't he already..."
"You must have seen wrong, or it was someone with a similar build!" Dao Zhiyong guessed.
I didn't say anything at the time. In fact, I wasn't sure myself. Seeing everyone's mood gradually calming down, I raised my torch and led everyone to follow me. We entered a door in this pavilion. It looked like we could go downstairs. I don't know where we would end up in the public security bureau, but with Lu Tianyu around, we wouldn't get lost. Now that he knew fire could deal with rats, he wasn't as scared as before. After coming down, we found ourselves in a laboratory of the public security bureau. There were quite a few bodies lying inside, all wearing forensic suits. Judging by their appearance, they must have been killed by rats.
Originally, this place was full of rats, but because of the torch in my hand, they dared not approach. However, even so, they still swarmed around, densely packed, as if they were about to come over but didn't dare to cross the threshold. I found some chemical agents nearby, white phosphorus, which the forensic scientists had used before. But now, if I put them in a glass dish and burn them, they would become a new brazier. Although they wouldn't burn for long, it would be enough for us to pass through. Then Lu Tianyu found a new torch. I originally thought how he found it, knowing that the public security bureau wouldn't have such things.
Who knew he had several wooden branches on him? He looked at us curiously and said, "Don't look at me like that? I don't know either!"