Chapter 135: Lost Completely (5k)

Before arriving at the morgue, Ruan Qingsha had revealed the old man's true identity to Shen Cheng - Director He of the Operations Department of the General Security Bureau, and also the immediate superior of these senior demon hunters.

After the disappearance case broke out, this matter should have been handled by a senior demon hunter named Zhu Yan.

However, Zhu Yan was sent by Director He to Tailing City to hunt down Shen Cheng, so the task of investigating the missing case fell on his subordinates.

Just today, Zhu Yan's subordinates encountered an accident while tracking the source of the mysterious liquid. Several of them were unfortunately dissolved by the mysterious liquid, and only some body remains were rescued, which are the pile on the dissection table now.

Among these demon hunters who died, there was one with an unusual family background—his father was a high-ranking official of the Public Security Bureau who retired due to injury.

Director He was furious about this matter and summoned all the idle demon hunters, even including the two action team captains Ruan Qingsha and Yue Hong, and seemed to intend to let them jointly be responsible for this incident.

However, when Director He suggested that everyone speak freely, no one dared to speak first.

Although the demon hunters present had a general understanding of the situation, they were not very clear about the details and did not dare to express their opinions rashly.

Director He looked around and finally looked at one of the demon hunters: "You go ahead."

This demon hunter is Zhu Yan's subordinate and also a survivor of today's incident.

He could only bite the bullet and stand up to put forward his own views: "According to our investigation, the source of the mysterious liquid is in the intricate sewers. I think we should continue to investigate in depth, but I hope the General Administration can provide technical support to help us identify the mysterious liquid."

Director He did not comment, but his secretary interrupted, "We don't have this technology yet, but haven't you been told to avoid contact with any liquids? And the General Administration has also equipped you with equipment that can isolate you from liquids."

The demon hunter explained: "We did not take it lightly, nor did we take the initiative to contact the liquid. It was just that during the investigation, we were attacked by the demons hiding in the sewers."

The secretary frowned and said in a more serious tone: "Then you should have conducted a reconnaissance before entering the sewer, instead of responding hastily when the situation arises."

The demon hunter was very unconvinced and subconsciously defended himself: "We entered the sewers to investigate. Of course, we also made plans in advance to encounter demons, but the number of demons was beyond our expectations..."

The secretary interrupted him directly: "Unexpected? Doesn't that mean you didn't do a good job of assessing the danger in advance? Do you still have the nerve to complain here?"

The demon hunter wanted to argue, but he felt someone poking him lightly on the back.

He noticed that Director He's expression was becoming increasingly ugly, and he instantly understood that as a subordinate, no matter how many reasons he had, he should not argue with his superior in front of everyone.

Your boss won’t think that you have been wronged, he will just think that you are stubborn.

The demon hunter had no choice but to admit his mistake: "Sorry, we were inconsiderate."

"Some small things that we may not consider carefully can still be redeemed."

Director He said earnestly: "If you don't think carefully during a mission, people will die. This is a living lesson. You must remember it firmly."

His words were not only directed at the demon hunter, but also a warning to everyone present.

Except for Ruan Qingsha, Yue Hong, and Shen Cheng who had nothing to do with the matter, the other demon hunters subconsciously stood up straight.

Director He's eyes finally fell on Yue Hong: "Yue Hong, what do you think?"

Yue Hong came from a prominent family and did not have much respect for Director He. He calmly suggested: "Director He is right. We should indeed be more cautious. I think we should suspend the investigation of the mysterious liquid and first find out how many demons are hidden in the sewers before making a decision."

Director He frowned slightly.

He doesn't like procrastination and prefers to nip danger in the bud.

As the number of missing cases increases and the impact of the mysterious liquid becomes increasingly serious, he hopes to resolve the matter as soon as possible, so Yue Hong's suggestion is not to his liking.

He turned to Ruan Qingsha: "Xiao Ruan, what do you think?"

Ruan Qingsha shrugged and said bluntly: "I suggest sending people into the sewer immediately to eliminate the demons hiding in it and investigate the source of the mysterious liquid. I feel that this matter is not simple and there is no time to drag it out slowly."

She didn't mean to contradict Yue Hong, but she really thought the situation was urgent.

The mysterious liquid that could dissolve demons and vampires made her feel a little uneasy.

As soon as Ruan Qingsha finished speaking, Director He's brows relaxed slightly. It was obvious that Ruan Qingsha's suggestion was more to his liking.

Among the many senior demon hunters in the General Security Bureau, he likes Ruan Qingsha the most because of her straightforward personality and courage.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Ruan Qingsha having an ace-level teacher.

"More than 40 people have gone missing, and that's still the number of people who have reported the case. We don't know how many more have not. We can't delay this any longer." Director He ordered, "Form a temporary team now, with Yue Hong as the leader and Ruan Qingsha as the deputy. Come up with a plan immediately and set off today to eliminate all the monsters in the sewers and investigate the source of the mysterious liquid. Is there any problem?"

"no problem!"

Ruan Qingsha and Yue Hong both nodded.

Although Director He prefers Ruan Qingsha, he still prefers Yue Hong to be the commander in this kind of multi-person operation.

Because Ruan Qingsha's personality is too strong and she always likes to stir up trouble, which makes people's weak hearts unbearable, while Yue Hong is relatively stable and has a better sense of the overall situation.

Director He can clearly distinguish between public and private matters.

After giving the order, Director He left the morgue with his secretary.

The rest of the people looked at Yue Hong and Ruan Qingsha, waiting for the decision of the two leaders.

Of course, the people who were being paid attention to also included Shen Cheng who was standing next to Ruan Qingsha, but most of the eyes looking at him were not very friendly.

Even if he was not Ruan Qingsha's guardian angel, it was inevitable that they would feel unhappy that Shen Cheng, an outsider, beat up their headquarters' demon hunter on his first day.

The few who had good intentions towards Shen Cheng did so mainly because Shen Cheng had beaten up that slutty man Zhao Zonghan.

Because the relationship between the General Security Bureau and the Supervisory Department is not very good.

That guy Zhao Zonghan comes every day to poach their employees.

Yue Hong didn't even look at Shen Cheng, and walked towards Ruan Qingsha: "Qingsha, let's discuss the action plan first. I want to hear your opinion."

"No need, just make the decision. I have no objection." Ruan Qingsha decisively refused, "I'll go back and prepare first. Let me know when you're leaving."

After saying that, without waiting for Yue Hong to react, she grabbed Shen Cheng's hand and turned to walk out.

After the two left, all the demon hunters in the morgue focused their attention on Yue Hong.

Brother, can you tolerate this?

The entire Public Security Bureau knows that Yue Hong is also one of Ruan Qingsha's suitors.

Ruan Qingsha brought Shen Cheng to the Public Security Bureau. That slutty man Zhao Zonghan even went to the door to teach Shen Cheng a lesson, although he got taught a lesson instead.

But Yue Hong didn't move at all, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

Turtle, you are not really a turtle, are you?
Yue Hong completely ignored the strange looks from the people around him and calmly began to arrange the work.

But only he himself knows how he feels.

If another deputy voluntarily gave up his rights, he would be overjoyed.

But people like Ruan Qingsha are totally unwilling to have too much communication with Yue Hong, and are even unwilling to do official business.

The relationship between the two sides has reached a precarious point.

Two years ago, although Ruan Qingsha was somewhat indifferent to Yue Hong, her attitude had not deteriorated to the point where she was obviously disgusted with him as it is now.

Yue Hong couldn't help but feel a little regretful for what he had done out of his own smartness.

On the other side, Shen Cheng followed Ruan Qingsha to the outside of the morgue.

"Since you are still busy, I will take my leave now."

Shen Cheng was ready to run away.

He went to the General Security Bureau for a visit today. Although he was forced to become Ruan Qingsha's shield, he also absorbed the resentment in the morgue. Overall, he still made a lot of money.

There is no need to stay here any longer.

Snapped!
Ruan Qingsha grabbed Shen Cheng's shoulder as he was about to run away: "Where are you going? You are my external employee now, accompany me on the mission."

Shen Cheng looked back at her: "Don't you have your own subordinates?"

He discovered one thing: other senior demon hunters all had their own subordinates and followers, but Ruan Qingsha was the only one who seemed to be always alone.

Ruan Qingsha was somewhat helpless: "I just came back from Tailing City. All my former subordinates have been transferred away, and I haven't found new ones yet."

After she left the state capital two years ago, her team was disbanded and her teammates went their separate ways.

After she came back, the Security Bureau also assigned her some demon hunters, but most of them were ugly and she looked down on them. As a result, she was the only one with the title of captain but no subordinates.

So how could they let Shen Cheng, such an excellent laborer, go? Shen Cheng thought about it and thought that it would be okay to participate in this mission of encircling and suppressing the demons. Maybe he could touch some special corpses.

After all, good things always happen every time you follow Ruan Qingsha.

However, he did not answer immediately, but put forward a condition: "Then beg me."

Ruan Qingsha didn't buy it at all: "You're playing tricks on me, right? If you don't help me, I'll post all your nude photos and videos online. I'm sure the majority of netizens will be happy to appreciate the body of Star Ranger."

"Aren't you afraid of committing the crime of disseminating obscene materials?"

"Don't worry, I have plenty of trumpets."

Shen Cheng stared at Ruan Qingsha's eyes and suddenly smiled: "I'm kidding you, we are friends who have risked our lives together, how could I not help you?"

I was careless. I didn't think too much when I took off my clothes. I didn't expect that I left her with a handle.

It seems that I have to find an opportunity to take some nude photos or videos of Ruan Qingsha as a nuclear weapon to achieve the theory of mutual nuclear deterrence.

Ruan Qingsha didn't expect that her unintentional action just now could become a bargaining chip to threaten Shen Cheng.

She would have to keep this video safe and try to shoot more.

The two looked at each other and laughed, and laughed very happily.

……

Without the interference of his deputy, Yue Hong quickly came up with an action plan.

This plan was very complete, including reconnaissance, encirclement and search. Even Ruan Qingsha could not find any fault with it.

Before leaving, everyone gathered in the conference room for a short meeting.

As the captain of this temporary team, Yue Hong assigned tasks to everyone.

The others listened quietly, but their attention was quietly focused on Shen Cheng.

Shen Cheng sat next to Ruan Qingsha, leaned close to her ear and whispered something, but no one knew what he was saying.

Among these twenty or so demon hunters, several were Ruan Qingsha’s flower protectors, who had just been severely beaten by Shen Cheng in the virtual space.

Now seeing this yellow-haired guy so close to the goddess and whispering to her, everyone's fists became hard.

Shen Cheng didn't say anything else. He just used both reason and emotion to persuade Ruan Qingsha to delete her video.

Ruan Qingsha stood still like a mountain, and kept making humming sounds, but she didn't give a precise answer.

However, Shen Cheng was a little too close, and his breath hit her sensitive ears, making her a little uncomfortable.

Especially in this public place.

Seeing that Ruan Qingsha refused to agree, Shen Cheng blew directly into her ear.

Ruan Qingsha's ears suddenly turned red, and she turned her head and glared at him fiercely.

Seeing this couple flirting in public, several men who had a crush on the goddess almost went crazy.

Even Yue Hong, who was arranging tasks, was forced to pause and crushed the chalk in his hand.

He took a deep breath and asked Ruan Qingsha, "Qingsha, what special skills does this person next to you have? If he wants to work together, I need to understand his abilities first."

"No need."

Ruan Qingsha decisively refused: "He will act alone with me."

Refuse!
The demon hunters roared at Yue Hong in their hearts. They no longer wanted to eat the expired dog food from this couple.

Yue Hong was silent for a few seconds, and he lived up to everyone's expectations: "Qingsha, since you have given me the decision-making power, then in this mission, everyone must obey my orders. If he wants to make an exception, then I can only let him leave."

Shen Cheng was eager to leave; there was no need for him to get involved in this mess.

Just when everyone thought Ruan Qingsha would strongly object, she thought for a few seconds and nodded in agreement: "Okay, he is an ordinary life form, just let him follow the main force."

Everyone was surprised to see that Ruan Qingsha did not resist. Could it be that the relationship between this couple was not as good as expected?
Just when Yue Hong thought so, he saw Ruan Qingsha whispering in Shen Cheng's ear.

"Just follow them first and don't reveal your identity."

Her pleasant voice was like the best ASMR. After she finished speaking, she deliberately blew into Shen Cheng's ears.

This small blowing action was seen by everyone.

The hearts of the flower-guarding messengers shattered into countless pieces like broken glass.

Yue Hong's expression froze on his face.

He felt as if he had won, but also as if he had lost completely.

After the meeting, everyone went to the logistics department to collect their equipment, with Shen Cheng and Ruan Qingsha remaining at the end.

"Why didn't you contradict him?"

Shen Cheng didn't necessarily have to act with Ruan Qingsha, but he didn't want Yue Hong to tell him what to do.

I participated in this mission to help Ruan Qingsha and touch the corpse by the way, not to seek trouble.

"If I argue with him, he'll have an excuse to kick you out."

Ruan Qingsha glanced at Shen Cheng: "And you will take the opportunity to run away, right?"

"How can that be possible? I agreed to stay and help you."

"It's better to believe that I'm the President of the Federation than to believe you."

Shen Cheng received a lot of equipment from the logistics department, including a complete set of waterproof clothing that could isolate him from head to toe from any liquid.

Because that mysterious liquid only dissolves living things and has no effect on other substances.

There are also portable lighting facilities and walkie-talkies, as well as a navigator that can scan the surrounding environment and generate 3D maps in real time.

Because the underground drainage system is extremely complex, without this navigator, even someone with a good sense of direction will get lost once they enter it.

After receiving the equipment, we set off and arrived at the destination half an hour later.

A drainage outlet more than two meters high faces the river, and is continuously pouring out clear-looking domestic sewage.

All of these domestic sewage is treated in sewage treatment plants. Hanyunzhou is a city with excess water resources. Part of the treated sewage is used for urban greening and industrial water, and the rest can only be discharged into rivers.

Standing in front of the drain, Yue Hong once again emphasized to all the demon hunters: "Before we set off, I'll say it again, don't let your guard down, and don't underestimate the enemy. Our first stage of the mission is to detect the number and hiding places of the demons hiding inside, so don't rush to alert the enemy, understand?"

More than twenty demon hunters answered in unison and then entered the drain one by one.

In the end, only Yue Hong and Ruan Qingsha were left.

As the commander, Yue Hong did not need to follow the action, and Ruan Qingsha was responsible for support.

"Qingsha..."

Yue Hong was about to speak to Ruan Qingsha, but he saw her go straight into the drain, leaving him only a back figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.

"..."

Yue Hong was silent for a while, then followed him in silently.

In the early days of the federation, the country not only faced a civil war within the government, but was also at war with demons.

Hanyun Prefecture was not far from the front line. Not only was a huge and complex drainage system built underground in the prefecture, but also countless air-raid shelters were built.

Later, all these air-raid shelters were abandoned, forming a giant maze, which became a breeding ground for many criminals and demons.

The federal government has also organized several large-scale crackdowns, but each time it has failed to completely eradicate the problem and it would revive again after a short period of time.

There are paths and stairs reserved in the drainage pipes for maintenance personnel to walk and climb.

Next to the path is a stream of domestic sewage, which is usually about half a meter deep. If it rains, the water will surge to a level high enough to drown people.

These treated sewage are not too dirty and look clear, but if it is mixed with a mysterious liquid that is enough to melt living things, it will become extremely terrifying.

Because you can't tell which is ordinary sewage and which is dangerous mysterious liquid that can melt a person.

(End of this chapter)