Chapter 129: Major Moves

Not long after, the test reports on those mummified corpses came back.

“Loss of bodily functions, immune system collapse, heart stopped beating, brain death.”

Reading through this list of causes of death, the team leader among the researchers simply nodded faintly. He then turned to a colleague holding some paperwork and said bluntly, “Cause of death: sudden death.”

Xiao Zi was dumbfounded by this. Just write sudden death? Are the scientists in this world really this careless?

In the end, the reports became even more simplified—almost all causes were listed as unknown, with the only somewhat useful note being that no viruses were detected at all.

To test whether this thing was contagious, they even brought in a healthy volunteer from the lab to come into contact with the mummies, which resulted in the volunteer fainting from fright.

They still marked the infectivity as unknown. In short, the whole conclusion was: nothing is understood.

After spending so much time here, Xiao Zi drew two conclusions.

First, being a researcher in this country must be pretty easy. Second, he had wasted his time in vain.

Watching those researchers, who seemed almost incompetent, busy for so long only to find nothing, he was very frustrated.

Adhering to his principle that if he was unhappy, no one else should be happy, he decided to give those paycheck-collecting researchers a good scare.

That very night, the entire secret laboratory was filled with wails and screams. Countless researchers fled from the lab one after another, all claiming they had seen ghosts.

Xiao Zi just nodded silently to himself.

“I refuse to believe that after all this, those extraordinary beings can still sit back and do nothing.”

What he didn’t know was that those fleeing researchers, after leaving the lab, immediately exposed the secret facility.

The series of atrocious, anti-human experiments inside—including using live humans for research—were quickly made public.

This incident swiftly buried everything Xiao Zi had been working on, rendering all his previous efforts futile.

Clearly, compared to baseless fear, people cared more about real anger.

In response, Xiao Zi said, “I just wanted to test the strength of these extraordinary beings in this world, maybe capture one or two weaker ones alive to get some answers. But you guys forced my hand, huh?”

Having confirmed that these extraordinary beings would never come to him directly, and unwilling to seek them out himself, Xiao Zi decided to make a big move.

“Wan City, huh? Let me show you what terror from bizarre creatures really feels like!”

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One week later, the local police station received a report.

The caller on the other end was extremely agitated, as if on the verge of collapse, speaking in words the local officers couldn’t understand.

The chief was annoyed. He snatched the phone away, “What’s going on? Are you surrendering, or reporting something? Let me warn you, false reports carry legal consequences!”

It wasn’t entirely the chief’s fault; from start to finish, the caller spoke in incomprehensible language, not a single word made sense.

It seemed like some prankster just calling the police for amusement.

But after listening closely, the chief’s expression grew serious.

Though the junior officers couldn’t understand the words, the chief, with years of experience, recognized the voice.

It was hoarse, like someone choking for breath while being strangled.

But the chief knew this was the kind of voice a person emits when terrified and tense, trying to speak softly.

This meant the person on the other end was likely under immense threat.

Sensing the fear conveyed through the voice, the chief slowed his speech and said gently, “Don’t panic. What happened? Tell me slowly, bit by bit.”

On the other end was a man, soaked as if he’d just stepped out of a bath.

With every violent shiver, sweat dripped down relentlessly, making him look like a drowned rat.

It was hard to believe all that moisture was sweat.

He was in this state purely because he was terrified.

Hearing the chief’s calm tone seemed to soothe him somewhat—the trembling lessened to a slight quiver.

He struggled to move his tongue properly, finally managing half a sentence: “A translucent red man, he… he…” then he began stammering again.

Though the chief was anxious, he kept his voice gentle, “What about this translucent red man?”

“He… he killed many people and is looking for me… I…” The voice abruptly cut off.

Then the chief heard a scream.

“Ah! Ah!!”

The sound was pitiful beyond words. The last time the chief heard such a cry was at a slaughterhouse hearing pigs being killed.

“Quick! Locate his phone! Deploy all available armed police forces!”

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Without hesitation, the chief realized the gravity of the situation and issued the order immediately.

But his command was met with sarcastic resistance.

“Are you crazy? Deploying all available police? What if something happens? Then no one will be left to respond!”

“Li Muxuan! Do you even understand how serious this is? Don’t think I’m afraid of you just because your dad has connections!”

“Oh, you’re all riled up now. Of course, you’re not afraid of me. But you’re afraid you won’t get promoted, won’t get a raise, and will be stuck here wasting your life.”

“Say that again, I dare you!”

“What’s wrong with me saying it? Do you even know what’s going on? Do you?”

The chief fell silent—after all, the caller hadn’t explained the situation clearly.

“You don’t know what’s going on, you don’t know if it’s a false alarm, yet you want to deploy all police forces? You’ve really been in this position too long!”

Hearing this, everyone in the office stopped what they were doing and looked over with complex expressions.

It was clear—they were in a difficult spot.

Seeing this, the chief exploded in anger. He tore off his hat and slammed it on the ground.

“Damn it! Today I’m deploying all the police! If it means begging on the streets later, so be it! I want to see who dares to disobey my orders!”

His tone was heavy, clearly at the boiling point.

After all, as chief, he was in charge of directing all police operations. Even the commissioner wasn’t as powerful as him in this regard.

Seeing the chief like this, no one dared to slack off. They all prepared to respond to the call.

At the same time, Li Muxuan straightened his clothes, intending to follow.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

“Oh come on, are you losing your mind? I’m part of the deployable police force too. I’m going with you to see you make a fool of yourself, then I’ll tell my dad all about my internship here.”

“Suit yourself!”

That day, all of Wan City witnessed a spectacular scene.

A police convoy roared out in full force, sirens blaring, charging toward one direction.