Shi An Carefully Poked the Human in Front of Him with the Tip of his Claw (1)
“…”
The three demonic creatures gazed silently at the land burnt to a crisp before them, then slowly raised their heads and looked toward the sky’s edge.
The shadow of a giant dragon loomed in the clouds and a human figure was vaguely visible, swept up in its tail.
What direction was it heading?
It was not until the demon insect reacted first, jumping impatiently and saying, “Why are you just staring blankly? Chase after them!”
The Eye also returned to its senses, pulling Black Smoke, and said urgently, “Right! Quick! My lord hasn’t gone far yet!”
They didn’t know the side effects after absorbing the unstable magic power from the Eye of the Abyss.
Now they could only follow closely and improvise.
Black smoke with some difficulty. “…”
It sighed, resigned to roll up the two demonic creatures before it, floated up by the wind, and flew in the direction of the dragon’s departure.
Soon, apart from the raging wildfire, there was no life in the wilderness.
The black poisonous fog overhead dissipated in the gale, gradually revealing a distant dark blue sky.
The Bureau’s temporary headquarters was located outside the Ability Academy.
Wen Yao was busy with a heavy workload.
Due to the staff shortage, the command office atmosphere was tense.
At this moment, a member of the Bureau hurriedly came in from outside the tent, reporting,
“Captain! The readings in the academy have normalized and the reaction of the abyssal rift has disappeared!"
Wen Yao’s heart, which had been heavy for a long time, was slightly relieved.
The chief seemed to have eliminated the Eye of Abyss in the rift.
After the most urgent crisis was taken care of, the rest was manageable.
She turned her head and gave a concise order to the team behind her, “Count the names of the students and teachers safely evacuated to prevent the search and rescue team from continuing to look for trapped people.”
“Yes!”
Wen Yao looked toward the technician on the other side. “Has the Internet network in the Ability Academy been repaired?”
The technician looked up and nodded.
“The magical interference source has disappeared. The internet signal has been restored!”
Wen Yao sighed with relief.
After the communication was restored, several teams in the Ability Academy contacted the headquarters.
Soon, six of the seven teams had briefly reported back to the headquarters.
In the end, only the last squad remained without any news.
–The last one was the one led by Mu Heng.
Wen Yao tightly pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and gazed at the communicator in her hand.
After the communication was restored, she tried to contact Mu Heng many times, but all the messages sent were like throwing mud into the sea, and there was no reply.
Looking at the orderly situation in front of her eyes, Wen Yao took a deep breath and walked over to the technician.
She asked concisely, “Where was the last time Chief Mu’s communicator signal appeared?”
The technician was slightly troubled.
“I don’t have that access…”
Wen Yao said, “I’m the commander of the operation this time.”
“This…”
The technician looked at the capable woman with brown eyes and tan skin before him with some hesitation.
The other party looked calm, her eyes firm as if she was a rock that remained unshaken in the storm, giving a powerful sense of security.
Finally, after a brief pause, the technician settled down and began to locate on the computer the position where Mu Heng's communicator had last appeared.
Wen Yao organized the small team and rushed toward the location point.
She subconsciously slowed her pace and gazed at the scene in front of her in shock.
Rocks were crumbling, the ground was scorched black, and only ruins and wreckage remained.
Although the fire had died out, the concentration of residual magic in the air was strong enough to make people feel suffocated.
Deep carvings were everywhere like scars deeply embedded in the ground, looking appalling.
Looking at it with the naked eye, one could guess how terrible a battle had been fought here.
The team members behind her could not help but lower their voices. “Captain, this…”
This sound snapped Wen Yao out of her dazed state.
She collected all the emotions on her face and ordered, “Search.”
“Don’t let go of any clues.”
“Yes!”
The squad members scattered in an orderly manner and began to conduct a thorough search on the scorched earth.
Wen Yao slowly stepped forward and walked toward the sword marks.
Suddenly, her pace gave a slight lurch.
Wen Yao slowly moved her feet away and looked down.
Under her feet, she saw several charred black limbs, which had been burned and completely unrecognizable, and the blood was burned and baked dry with a strong, pungent smell of char.
She leaned down and pulled up a piece of remnant fabric.
It was the Bureau’s uniform.
Wen Yao felt her heart sink.
At this moment, a shout from the team members came from behind, “Captain! Chief Mu’s communicator has been found!”
Wen Yao turned around, only to see one of the team members dashing over.
The evidence bag in his hand contained a completely crushed communicator and was almost impossible to put back together.
Wen Yao closed her eyes firmly and said, “… I got it.”
Soon, all the severed limbs and remains in the wasteland were collected and transported to the autopsy office in unison.
The elderly autopsy officer bent down, picked up one of the body pieces, and placed it in front of his eyes for half a day to carefully examine it.
He raised his head and said to Wen Yao, “Well… Although severely damaged, the victims should have probably died before being burned.”
He pointed to the smooth, broken surface at the edge and showed it to Wen Yao. “A cut from a sharp weapon.”
Sharp, swift, and ruthless.
Wen Yao was stunned and frowned.
All the clues confusingly tangled into a ball in her mind.
The corpses of the Bureau members, Mu Heng, who lost contact, the burn marks on the land…
Working for such a long time made Wen Yao a bit exhausted.
She took a deep breath and raised her hand to pinch the bridge of her nose.
Suddenly, she recalled something.
… It could be an entry point.
Wen Yao’s spirit revived.
She turned around, walked quickly outside, and hurried to call her subordinate. “Where is the student I told you to stop before? Where is he now?”
The narrow interrogation room.
Shi Rui fidgeted and waited there.
It had been a long time since he was brought here, but the Bureau people would not let him go no matter what he did and what excuse he used.
He clenched his teeth, twisted his fingers around the corner of his shirt, and comforted himself repeatedly in his heart.
The group had assured him.
No one would know that he had let the people in.
Nobody would.
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