Law Enforcer's Handbook

Chapter 677 The Second Side

The archon kept a steady pace, he was poised and ready for an attack.

At this moment, the attacker had already set a trap at the end of the bloodstain, but even so, he had to go as a six-star candidate.

After walking for about 10 minutes, the smell of blood in the air became heavier and heavier, and the structure on both sides of the sewer seemed to have changed subtly. At first, he thought that the lines on the wall were just vines of unknown plants, but when he walked As they got closer, they discovered that those dry substances were not plant buds, but more like some kind of biological tissue.

What appeared in his sight was a passage that didn't exist on the map.

At least the company's holographic map installed in his phone didn't mark this passage leading to nowhere.

The blood leads to the dark depths along the stairs covered with biological tissues.

The space under the stairs does not seem to be artificially created, but is formed naturally—it is the result of long-term corrosion of this unknown substance.

The entrance to the passage is covered with bone spurs like teeth.

All this gave Yakong an absurd idea that the corridor in front of him might be alive.

Before acting, he carefully photographed the scene of the entrance and reported it to the company.

There is such a weird place in the underground waterway of the first district?
Yakong felt that this discovery was enough to attract the attention of the council, and almost at the same time the text message was sent, the company conveyed new instructions to him.

Go in.

Find out where this passage leads.

They will report these findings to the council, and the support team will arrive shortly after.

Immediately afterwards, the archon heard a woman's scream.

The scream came from the depths of the tunnel, the voice was full of helplessness and fear, and seemed to be mixed with great pain.

Almost without thinking, Archon used psionic energy to separate the bony spurs blocking the way at the door. These seemingly sharp objects could not hinder his pace. He walked down the sticky stairs all the way down, in the absolutely dark space During the day, the lighting of the mobile phone became his only reliance.

He didn't know how long he had been walking through the passage. In the relatively open space at the end of the passage, he finally found the screaming woman with the faint light.

Due to excessive blood loss, the woman's face was pale, and she was still wearing the uniform of the maintenance team, but in her current state, she couldn't move an inch, and could only watch helplessly as she slowly fell into a faint again due to blood loss, until she died.

And what entangled her and bound her tightly were objects like tree roots.

This is……

plant?

Archon had never seen such a weird plant, and when he was on his way, countless speculations about the attacker appeared in his mind.

A bold outlaw, a psychic, or a cyber lunatic who has gone mad.

But he never expected that the one waiting for him at the end of the blood trail was not a human being at all, but a strange creature whose name he couldn't even pronounce.

The only thing that is certain is that the woman's injuries are serious. Her arms and abdomen seem to have been scratched by sharp vents during the dragging process.

The scream just now seemed to have used up all her strength, she could no longer make any sound, and could only stare at Yakong with eyes begging for help.

Her body was slowly sinking under the pressure of those branches and buds. This weird plant seemed to want to absorb her into its stomach as a nutrient in this way.

"You wait, I'm here to save you."

However, this sentence seemed to anger the creatures in the sewer. Those black branches that moved slowly like earthworms found their targets at the same time. null.

Yakong's sight did not stay on the dense tree roots for a second, he quickly rushed towards the woman who was about to be swallowed, and all the roots that rushed towards him bounced towards him at a faster speed the moment they were about to touch him. In the opposite direction, scattered tree roots penetrated into the walls covered by unknown biomass, leaving holes one after another.

Perhaps because of the pain, the beast-like scream echoed in the sewer for a long time.

The vines binding the woman also loosened a lot, and Yakong made a chopping motion with a wave of his hands.

The vine between the two of them snapped off, and the invisible blade cut it into several sections, and the woman who lost her support fell straight into his arms.

She seemed unable to move, Yakong glanced at the holes that were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and immediately understood that this weird plant has a strong self-healing ability just like mutant creatures, and what he has to do now It's not that they stay here to fight unknown monsters. Soon, the team sent by the council will arrive here.

In the face of several six-star candidates, or even real six-star rescuers, no matter how strong the self-healing ability is, it will not be of any use.

"Don't get in the way, I'm going to take her out of here now."

Yakong ran wildly with the seriously injured woman in a way close to that of a princess.

Plants did not respond.

It doesn't even seem to have intelligence. After suffering a loss, it didn't choose to observe, but manipulated those poisonous snake-like roots in the same way to attack the archon again, so no surprise, The roots were bounced back again, hitting the wall that hadn't fully healed yet.

The screeching sound became stronger, and even the ground seemed to shake violently.

Yakong had to speed up his pace, because the bony spurs growing in the passage were connected together, and it seemed that the road in the future tense would be completely closed.

He felt like he was in a race against time.

He is not a savior with a prosthetic body, and he cannot run like a Terminator while holding a person, and his fighting instinct makes him realize that if the road in front of him is completely closed, he will be in a very disadvantageous situation. situation.

"Grab it."

He also had no time to consider whether the woman still had the energy to communicate, so he said hurriedly, "Wrap your arms around my waist."

The woman complied.

Almost at the same time, an invisible force hit Yakong's back and ejected him.

He looked dignified and tried his best to maintain his balance during the flight.

This is an undeveloped method of using abilities. In his rather limited experiments, the way of landing every time seems a bit embarrassing.

The light at the entrance is getting closer and closer, and the exit is in sight!

The actual combat seems to have stimulated his potential. The moment he rushed out of the entrance, he twisted his body abruptly in mid-air and completed a difficult movement that only prosthetic body implanters or body reformers can complete. In a matter of seconds, he dragged the woman with one arm, and swiped his free left hand to complete the downward movement.

The invisible barrier forever blocked the tree roots and monster screams on the other side.

When he landed, the dense bone spurs completely sealed the entrance to the passage, and those unknown creatures also receded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If they were one step too late, they would probably be caught in a situation where they were under the enemy's front and back under the densely-covered passage openings and the pursuing tree roots.

done……

done!
Escorting the hostages from the trap at a critical moment is what a superhero should do!
Archon had some unreal feelings, because he thought that with his unlucky fate, he was destined to fall to the ground like a dog chewing mud, and he might even have to take a mouthful of sewage from the sewer.

It seems that fortune tellers sometimes make mistakes in their divination.

He remembered the scenes in those movies, lowered his head, and his voice softened, "Beautiful lady, are you all right?"

The woman who was held in his arms like a princess was also looking up at him at the moment, her hands were wrapped around Yakong's waist, which made him feel numb.

Viscous blood was flowing down her wrist, and the front half of her right hand was completely embedded in Archon's body, leaving a shocking wound on his skin.

The woman's expression was very strange.

Half of her face was terrified to the extreme, with tears streaming down her eyes; while the other half of her face was smiling ferociously.

"Yes, sorry, my body is out of control."

"You're being careless, Archon."

As soon as the woman opened her mouth, two voices came out at the same time.

And at this moment, Yakong finally understood a detail that he had neglected.

The brief fight just now proved that those plants did not possess intelligence, and it was impossible for them to think of a plan to lure investigators to themselves through bloodstains.

From the beginning, it was the woman who had planned the attack.

Purpose……

The purpose is to approach himself as a victim and bypass the barriers used for defense!

This attack was aimed at him from the very beginning!
The other party already knew the secret of his ability!
Immediately afterwards, a thought emerged that made him even more terrified - why is the other party so convinced that the person who came to investigate this matter must be himself?

Time didn't stand still because of Yakong's thinking, he saw the woman's hand embedded in his abdomen move out of his body, and the blood gushed out like a burst bank.

The numb feeling also turned into severe pain in an instant.

The face that seemed to belong to two people still stared at him, and half of the face apologized to him while crying bitterly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know what's going on!"

"You are possessed."

Archon's voice was unexpectedly calm, and he slowly put the woman on the ground, "There are dominant psychics in this world, and they can control your body against your will."

As he spoke, he clutched his bleeding abdomen and sat down slowly on the ground.

"Am I... going to die?"

"No." Yakong said, "Persist a little longer, support will arrive soon."

"I, I don't want to die."

And at this moment, another voice popped out again, her voice was full of jokes and sarcasm, imitating the sound of an explosion, "Boom!"

The sound seemed to trigger a mechanism.

The woman did not rise up and attack Yakong again, but her eyes widened under his gaze, and she collapsed and twisted into a ball.

The next moment, an explosion of pure psionic energy drowned everything he saw.

　Little Theater No. [-]:
　　A certain day of a certain year, a certain month, Friday, morning.

　　Another week passed.

　　The members of the counterintelligence department found that things seemed to be getting weirder and weirder. Since they asked someone to help Song Lan investigate, the minister's attendance time has stabilized—it's just that it's more than an hour later than before every day. quite stable.

　　Gone is the minister who wakes up early and works hard at night, it seems.

　　But they also observed that the minister was in a pretty good mood every day recently, and occasionally someone even witnessed her smiling in the office.

　　In almost everyone's impression, Lu Xiang is a serious person.

　　It was also discovered that the Minister's complexion was rosy, and he looked radiant.

　　Finally, a warrior from the counterintelligence department couldn't hold back his curiosity anymore, and knocked on the door of Lu Xiang's office during his lunch break.

　　"Minister... have you had any happy events recently?"

　　"Ah."

　　Lu Xiang nodded, noncommittal.

　　"Everyone is very concerned about your recent situation, so I want to ask you."

　　"Have you heard of iron tree flower?"

　　This sudden question made the questioner hesitate for a long time before shaking his head.

　　"This is a difficult plant to flower. I have one at home, and I finally saw it bloom recently."

　　……

　　At the same time, a good employee who cared about the minister knocked on the door of Song Lan's office.

　　"Minister Song!"

　　After entering the door, the subordinates who had been admiring him looked worriedly at Song Lan, who was obviously emaciated, and his concern was palpable, "Are you okay?"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)