Chapter 351 The Guardian Squad
9PM at night. In the secret base of the Xihu district special forces.
At the door, I lifted my head for an iris scan to confirm my identity. The heavily armed guard looked at me and laughed, “Officer Li, you’re here tonight?”
“Yeah. I’m going in.”
“Okay!”
Entering the base, I noticed that everything was painted dark green. This base wasn’t built too long ago. It’s in the depths of the police district, and is hidden very well. It allows our special forces to carry out our missions very secretively. Recently, Nanjing had sent us more forces so that this office would become the main HQ of the Zhejing region. The main objective of the special forces is to carry out missions regarding humans with super energy; Something that the normal police force wouldn’t be able to handle.
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Under an average-looking small house was the entrance to the base. I entered it and went down a few floors, eventually ending up in the brightly lit training room. A group of special forces members were training with some electronic devices. Beams of red infrared lights landed onto the targets as the computers were rapidly calculating their shooting abilities. I turned around and a female member walked towards me with a smile, “Officer Li, you came?”
“Yeah. Can you take me to the technology department?”
“Okay!”
As we walked, I watched the two other training rooms. The female officer smiled, “Recently, groups of Artificials have been appearing in cities like Shanghai, Xiamen, and Shenzhen. Although we didn’t publicly announce it, the higher ups have already put them on the high priority list. Captain Wang also believes that a calamity will descend upon China. In order to deal with the Artificials’ speed, we’re practicing to master the usage of nano bullets. Because the nano bullets’ ignition can produce very large amounts of heat, they also have the tendency to diverge from straight trajectories.”
I had tried using nano bullets before. They did in fact deflect easily, and it was clear that they tended to curve upwards, so you had to point your gun a bit lower. I looked at her armband and said, “Looks like…..the special forces are changing their name….?”
She smiled and nodded, “Yeah. As expected, your intel is very up to date. Why don’t you just ask Captain Wang. He’s also in the Technology department investigating the recent reports…..”
“Okay!”
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After walking a bit further, we reached the technology department. The room was filled with computers, and it was basically a gathering place for all the bright minds of the Zhejing region police force.
Shen Bing sat in front of a computer, her fingers flying across the keyboard, searching for some information as Wang Xin stood besides her. I lightly walked over and said, “Captain Wang, you’re here too!”
Wang Xin nodded, “Li Xiao Yao, do you know this Qin Meng ?”
“I don’t.” I shook my head and said, “But his sister is called Qin Yu, a member of the guild I created in [Destiny]. Qin Yu has been trying to find her brother’s whereabouts, and Qin Meng was coincidentally acquaintances with Youyi from [Mass Burial]. These [Mass Burial] members aren’t simple at all. That Dong Feng guy I caught last time was [Mass Burial]’s Vice Guild Master. I suspect that Youyi is also participating in the Artificials case. Connecting the two was simple. Qin Meng has a high probability of being taken to be experimented on. Finding him is very important for us as well; this might be our breakthrough! Oh right, how is Dong Feng’s interrogation going?”
Wang Xin frowned, “Don’t mention it. He won’t talk even if he died. We even invited interrogators from other countries, and it still hasn’t produced any results. The people from Nanjing came over and did a DNA test on him. Turns out, he was an Artificial as well. Two days ago, he broke out of his cell and almost escaped. “
“Damn….” I clenched my fist. “Then what are you going to do about him?”
“I don’t know. We’ll have to see what the higher ups in Nanjing want…. They’ve put a great deal of importance on Dong Feng. General Sun Xing has been worried everyday about the speed at which the Artificials are evolving at. Dong Feng is the only Artificial that we’ve caught alive. His body is already changed, and we can observe the special DNA strands. This is an ideal test subject!”
I sighed, “Actually, it would be better if we found out who was behind all this from Dong Feng. Find out who’s been supplying them with their equipment and technology. This is the biggest problem. As long as we take them out, this whole case would resolve itself quickly.