mysterious forerunner

Chapter 311 An unexpected encounter
The surrounding wall of the machine processing factory is basically complete.

The quality of construction for that era was surprisingly good.

There are only a few gaps that have been damaged by man-made damage, which should have been opened by the young men who went in for swimming before.

Later, when this place was used as a warehouse, these gaps were plugged up, but the repairs were done very perfunctorily, and clear traces can still be seen.

Two large iron doors were rusty, and they were pushed open to allow one person to pass through.

Fan Yunjie's expression changed slightly: "Why is the door open?"

Captain Qiu immediately stepped forward, looked inside from the outside of the door, then withdrew and said, "Nothing unusual."

Captain Qiu comforted Fan Ju: "Maybe I went out to buy something and the door was not locked when it was opened."

Fan Yunjie shook his head: "Contact me inside."

Captain Qiu took out his cell phone: "I just contacted you last night. According to our regulations, we contact you every two hours during the mysterious active period every night."

Captain Qiu said hurriedly: "I will contact another person."

Peng Shuangjie quickly stepped forward, took a few glances and reported to Zhang Qingxiang: "There are six-sized footprints and traces of a monster."

Zhang Qingxiang sat at the back, moved his nose, and asked Zhu Li beside him in a low voice: "The humidity here is very high, was it like this before?"

Shi Luo led his men in hot pursuit.

Its head is very much like an "alien", evil and terrifying, and its large dark mouth also secretes a large amount of mucus.

Zhang Qingxiang went up and observed it personally. The traces were very new and were no more than two hours old.

Zhang Qingxiang's heart suddenly rose, but he soon determined that the winner of this battle was the professional side.

Fan Ju felt very uneasy, so he simply took the lead and rushed in first.

But neither of them answered the phone.

It seems that she also experienced many mysterious battles in the original civilian professional union.

Tian Mingkun hurriedly shouted: "Follow me!"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Fan Yunjie's forehead, and he felt panicked: Is he so unlucky? I had already lost my dignity and asked Director Zhang for help, but something happened just before that?
If something goes wrong at this time, the responsibility lies entirely with the Xihai Bureau!
Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand: "Go in!"

Zhang Qingxiang has always maintained the secret technique of [Sniffing the Sky], and he can continuously receive various information along the way, recreating the scene not long ago in his mind.

Zhang Qingxiang took a deep breath and activated the secret technique [Sniffing the Sky].

The exterior walls of the two workshops are also covered with scratches, and there are also several newly drilled large holes.

The final result was that the monster received a full blow from Shi Luo on the forehead, then screamed and twisted, and quickly fled in a certain direction.

Zhang Qingxiang rushed in that direction without saying a word.

Although this mucus is not as corrosive as in the movie, after it drips to the ground, it immediately evaporates and turns into some kind of paralyzing poisonous gas!
As more information gathered, Zhang Qingxiang "saw" that several professionals were cooperating with each other and besieging the monster in a controlled manner.

"Is there a trap ahead?" Zhang Qingxiang secretly thought, feeling a little worried.

Zhu Li shouted: "Zhang Ju, the pool area is ahead."

"Zhang Ju!" Captain Qiu's low voice suddenly came from the front: "Come and take a look."

Everyone followed Zhang Qingxiang closely, and soon passed through the dilapidated factory building, and a green barbed wire fence appeared in front of them.

Its body is somewhat like a giant salamander, with more than a dozen thick tentacles sprouting from its back, and the ends of the tentacles have blade-like bone sheaths.

Fan Yunjie said nothing. Captain Qiu called his cell phone, but the two team members on duty there did not answer the phone.

Then there were probably six people surrounding the water monster.

Captain Qiu took the lead, and Tian Mingkun followed him closely. If he was attacked by a water monster, he could save Captain Qiu immediately.

As Zhang Qingxiang chased after him, he felt that something was not right. The monster seemed to be deliberately tempting Shi Luo to pursue him.

She has actually been promoted to the sixth level! Moreover, the secret objects are no longer the tapes and staplers used before, but replaced by a batch of higher-end ones.

The level of the professionals was not low. Zhang Qingxiang saw five people first, and among the five there were actually two acquaintances:
Guo Daqing and Xiao Tao!

There are obvious traces of battle on the ground!
The straight-line distance between the two workshops is 40 meters, and there are large and messy footprints on the ground, as well as dozens of large pits.

"problem occurs!"

Zhu Li frowned: "It's not that serious."

Zhang Qingxiang said no more, there was a high probability that the water monster would come out.

Turning a corner ahead, there is an open space between two large cars.

Shi Luo is extremely fast and has an endless supply of secret objects on his body.

Zhang Qingxiang was secretly surprised, and then he saw the sixth person. She was the main force and commander of the entire battle group: Shi Luo!

All kinds of information gathered in his mind, and soon it took the form of a giant monster with a body length of fifteen meters.

With Zhang Qingxiang's current rank, after using this secret technique, he almost had a "reappearance of the scene" in his mind.

"I felt uncomfortable as soon as I came in. When Director Zhang said this, I realized that the humidity here is a bit abnormal."

Captain Qiu was very familiar with this place. After entering, he first made sure that there was no abnormality near the gate, and then quickly moved towards the pool.

Zhu Li was surprised: "We only have two colleagues at the sentry here."

Zhang Qingxiang stopped in front of the barbed wire fence.

The barbed wire fence was torn apart in large areas, and there was a small room on the right, with the door and windows completely shattered.

Zhang Qingxiang glanced at the house, and [Sniffing the Sky] captured a lot of information and poured it into his mind.

Zhang Qingxiang "saw" that a dozen thick tentacles stretched out silently from inside the barbed wire and came to the outside of the hut. They swam around like poisonous snakes, as if they were secretly spying on their prey!

Then, these tentacles suddenly jumped up and pierced through the windows and doors like lightning.

Doors and windows shattered instantly, glass and splinters of wood flying.

Two agents in the room were preparing breakfast. Before they could react, they were pierced by tentacles and hung high!

Zhang Qingxiang sighed secretly, waved to Zhu Li, and pointed to the small house.

Zhu Li's heart sank, he came to the door, took a look inside, and let out a long sigh.

He and Captain Qiu worked together to remove the bodies of the two colleagues.

Fan Yunjie's eyes turned blood red and he fell into deep self-blame!
Zhang Qingxiang was already stepping on the collapsed barbed wire fence and walking towards the large pools.

There are also footprints left by the six Shi Luo people nearby. But the more obvious traces were left by the water monster.

A few dozen meters further, the ground had become muddy.

The earthquake caused several reservoirs to rupture, and the water flowed out and covered thousands of square meters. No one took care of it, and the area slowly turned into a wetland environment.

The grass is as tall as a person, and there are a lot of frogs, scorpions, snakes, mice and other small animals growing in it.

At this time, the weeds fell down in many places, which were crushed by the monsters when they fled back to the pool.

Six people from Shi Luo also chased after him.

As for the several large pools in front, the plants nearby are even more lush, and the long grass has grown to nearly two meters high!
There used to be dozens of old sycamore trees near the pool, but now each tree is two meters in diameter, extremely tall, with twisted and stretched branches and leaves, like a giant monster, condescendingly opening hundreds of arms to catch the prey below.

Between the trees, there are a large number of thick dark green vines entangled, densely packed like spider webs.

Even in broad daylight, at a glance, the surroundings of the pool felt gloomy, and a creeping fear arose from the bottom of my heart.

In a mysterious age, this kind of environment is bound to give birth to strange things.

The moment Fan Yunjie saw the bodies of his two subordinates being carried out, the guilt in his heart reached its peak. He squatted silently next to the two corpses, closing his eyes and the muscles in his cheeks continued to bulge.

Then, Fan Yunjie suddenly stood up, opened his eyes and stared at the pool in front of him.

"Zhang Jue," he said with a heavy voice: "If the water monster killed two of my agents here, then who was fighting it in the open space of the workshop?"

Zhang Qingxiang did not share everything that [Xiao Kong] saw with the people in the Xihai Bureau, but Fan Yunjie was still keen to discover the doubts.

"It's another group of people." Zhang Qingxiang said.

Peng Shuangjie asked: "There are six of them. Besides the Secret Security Bureau, what other forces in Xihai Province can organize so many professionals?
...And it seems that the strength of these six people is not weak. "

Fan Yunjie thought for a moment and then replied: "Folk professionals in Xihai Province have been connecting with each other recently and want to form a guild of some kind."

These people from Lingxi Province all looked at their own directors: This is still your fault, my Lord Director.

Fan Bureau used "series connection", obviously he was dissatisfied with the fact that civilian professionals were unwilling to join the Secret Security Bureau and instead had to set up their own "guild".

This is also the attitude of some people within the government towards private professionals.

We are facing a formidable enemy and we should unite all our forces.

But you guys just refuse to unite with us.

It's not illegal or illegal, so I can't punish you, but I'm very unhappy. Therefore, in the middle and late period of the Pan-Cultivation Era, some frictions often occurred between local secret security bureaus and these private guilds.

Zhang Qingxiang still didn't speak, and Bai Qian said angrily: "Bureau Zhang, you should talk to Director Fan about your experience in cooperating with private professionals."

As soon as Bai Qian said those words, she felt a little regretful.

In public, it's a bit embarrassing for men. And now I am weak, without a strong natal family member like Brother He Xu to support the situation.

But Zhang Qingxiang didn't say a word! Not only did he not talk back, he didn't even dare to look at Queen Bai!
After Bai Qian felt guilty, she immediately smelled something abnormal: What's going on?

Fan Yunjie's eyes lit up: "Director Zhang, if you have any successful experience, you must teach it to us..." Zhu Li and Captain Qiu under Fan Yunjie carefully inspected the traces and speculated: "Director, the strength of these professionals It’s really strong.”

"We tracked all the way here. I observed secretly and found that they should have stopped the water monster in the open space of two workshops. After a big battle, the water monster was defeated and fled here."

Fan Yunjie was convinced: "Find them and recruit them as much as possible. Our Xihai Bureau needs such talents now."

Fan Yunjie glanced at Zhang Qingxiang again. He really wanted to learn from Bureau Zhang how to communicate with such private professionals.

He had "handled over every detail" before, but the civilian professionals in Xihai Province didn't seem to accept this trick.

He felt that Zhang Ju was too strong. Not only was he powerful in his own right, he was also able to train his subordinates. Now it seems that there is something unique in "recruiting talents"!

I need to study hard.

"Captain Qiu," Fan Yunjie commanded his men: "You also know the way. Let's divide the troops into two groups. You lead one and I will lead the other. Let's go in together."

"Yes!"

There are actually two paths hidden in the several thousand square meters of wetland near the pool.

If you just go in, you may just get your shoes and pants wet, but the matter is mysterious, and there may be some unknown danger hidden in the water. It's better to be careful.

Zhang Qingxiang followed Captain Qiu - mainly because he didn't want to exchange any experience with Bureau Fan.

As soon as they entered the wetland, everyone was surprised: "There is something weird in here!"

"My vision was severely disrupted."

"It's the same for me. It seems like I've entered a heavy fog and I can only see a few dozen meters."

"The last time I came in, it wasn't so scary..."

Zhang Qingxiang shouted: "Calm down!"

This sound contained a bit of the power of [thunder sound], causing everyone to wake up quickly.

But at this moment, Fan Yunjie’s team suddenly shouted in the distance: “Ah——, what is that?!”

Zhang Qingxiang quickly opened his hands to protect everyone behind him, and then asked Fan Yunjie on the communication channel: "Fan Bureau, what's the situation over there?"

After a while, Fan Yunjie's voice came: "Zhang Ju, it's okay. But you should come over and take a look."

Zhang Qingxiang frowned, what was the point of dividing the troops into two groups before?
"Let's go." Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand and led the people behind him, carefully walking through a large field of grass, wading through muddy water and meeting Fan Yunjie.

In this area, there is a mysterious force that interferes with the vision. Although everyone is not far away, they cannot see each other at all.

"what happened?"

Fan Yunjie pointed to a piece of water in front of him: "Look."

In the water, a huge water monster lies quietly!
It was just the sight of this thing that aroused the exclamation.

Zhang Qingxiang's eyes narrowed: "Dead?"

Fan Yun nodded: "I checked and it is indeed dead."

Fan Yunjie reached the water monster and pulled up a tentacle.

The tentacle was covering the top of the water monster's head - there was a deep wound here that penetrated the entire head.

Zhang Qingxiang's [Sniffing Sky] sent a large number of messages. In the final scene, Shi Luo killed the water monster with a full blow.

Bai Qian was surprised: "Die like that?"

Zhang Qingxiang observed the water monster carefully: "Fan Ju, was it the one that hurt you?"

Fan Yunjie shook his head: "Probably not. The other end is very similar to this one, but it is one size larger. And that end should be at the sixth level, this one... I just checked, it should only be at the fifth level."

Bai Qian was surprised: "There is also a water monster?"

Fan Yunjie was also confused: "We only found one before. Maybe this one is female, and the other one is male, and that one is stronger."

Fan Yunjie obviously favored this group of civilian professionals: "When we find them later, we must have a good talk. The treatment in our Xihai Bureau is actually very good."

Captain Qiu said quietly: "It's not much better. I've inquired about it. As long as these civilian professionals have the ability, they can take jobs like private detectives. The reward for each order can be enough for us to earn for several years... …”

Fan Yunjie was stunned: "They make so much money?"

Then he looked at Zhang Qingxiang for help: "Zhang Bureau, you must teach me your experience. I really want to recruit this group of people. Although our Xihai Bureau's overall strength is not bad, there are still too few fourth- and fifth-level people. , among this group of people, there is at least one fifth-level person, and several fourth-level people. I am really hungry for talents now!"

Zhang Qingxiang was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Suddenly, the last scene of [Sniffing Sky] came: After killing the water monster, Shi Luo was suddenly disturbed by something, and quickly looked in the direction of a certain pool with caution. Then he quickly took people away without having time to deal with the body of the water monster. .

Zhang Qingxiang immediately said: "This group of people is going over there, let's follow them quickly!"

Soon they came to a huge pool. The cement floor at the edge of the pool was covered with wildly growing plants. To the northwest, there was a channel that brought water from the river outside the factory.

The original water gates and other facilities in the canal have been completely damaged.

The damage caused by the earthquake connected six large pools.

However, the water surface was very calm, glowing with a weird dark blue color, and it was really impossible to see the bottom.

Zhang Qingxiang chased him here, and [Sniffing Sky] sent the final message: Shi Luo led people into the largest pool in the middle.

Zhang Qingxiang frowned: No matter whether Shi Luo found the big water monster or not, no matter whether they won or lost when they met the water monster, they shouldn't be so calm.

Even if they are still searching for water monsters underwater, there should still be some waves.

"The situation is not good!" Zhang Qingxiang took a deep breath: "I'll go down and take a look!"

Fan Yunjie immediately said: "I'll go with you. I'm familiar with the situation below."

Zhang Qingxiang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay."

The two walked into the water silently, and Bai Qian's two jade hands held each other tightly.

She wanted to stop Zhang Qingxiang, but she knew very well that she should not use the love between her children to stop him.

She finally sighed secretly and turned her face away from the scene of Zhang Qingxiang entering the water.

In Bai Qian's eyes, this bottomless pool was a terrifying beast, as if it had swallowed up his sweetheart in one mouthful.

……

Zhang Qingxiang opened his eyes in the water. The visibility here was only a few meters, and the surroundings were a heart-stopping blue.

Fan Yunjie gestured to Zhang Qingxiang, meaning I would lead the way, and Zhang Qingxiang nodded.

Fan Yunjie swam deeper, dived five or six meters, and reached the bottom of the original pool. There was a huge crack here. The length could not be seen clearly. It had exceeded the range of vision, but the width was more than five meters!

It's pitch black under the crack!
Fan Yunjie made a few gestures with Zhang Qing, with a look of surprise on his face: "When I came last time." The crack is far from that big, only about two or three meters wide.

Zhang Qingxiang crossed Fan Yunjie and stepped forward, went to the edge of the crack to observe, and then pointed at several traces for Fan Yunjie to look at.

Those traces should have been left by the water monster above.

Fan Yun nodded, pointed at the crack, and swam in first.

After entering the crack, Zhang Qingxiang suddenly felt that the mysterious energy in the water was so rich that it surged!
The crack seemed to be a door.

Within the scope of these pools, the mysterious energy far exceeds that of the earth world - approximately equivalent to a medium-sized scene.

But under the crack, there is a concentration of a super large scene!
Even compared to the secret world, it is only slightly inferior.

Zhang Qingxiang suddenly became vigilant: This is not a mysterious scene, it is clearly a part of the earth world. How can the density of mysterious energy be so high?

Even Zhang Qingxiang had never encountered this situation in his previous life.

Could it be that... there is a space that overlaps with the secret world down here?
Zhang Qingxiang was guessing in his mind while following Fan Yunjie in front. Fan Yunjie was obviously extra cautious this time because of his previous experience and lessons, and his diving speed was slow.

Both of them are so strong that they no longer need to consider the issue of ventilation.

After another ten minutes, they were about 60 meters away from the entrance of the crack. Not only did the crack not narrow, but it became wider and wider. The two of them felt as if they had entered an underground lake.

When they were in the pool, there were many strange fish swimming fiercely around the two of them, but when they got to the crack, no creatures appeared.

Fan Yunjie continued to dive, and suddenly he seemed to have guessed a trap under his feet. His whole body was sucked in, and he disappeared without a trace in an instant!
Zhang Qingxiang immediately stopped vigilantly!
He casually took out a short stick from the void storage compartment, poked it down, and felt a powerful absorption ability in his hand. Zhang Qingxiang fought against it, and the short stick was pulled down continuously until Zhang Qingxiang pulled it down. Only when his strength increased to the sixth level was he able to maintain his balance.

Then Zhang Qingxiang increased to the seventh level and pulled the short stick back.

Zhang Qingxiang hesitated: He had the secret insect with him, so he could put it down to see the situation.

But this bug actually belongs to Ye Yousheng. If he dies inside...it concerns Shi Luo, so it's not easy to explain it to the little girl.

But he only hesitated for a moment. Saving people was like putting out fire. In addition to the six Shi Luo people and Fan Yunjie, Zhang Qingxiang immediately threw the bug in.

call out--

The insect was sucked down instantly.

But it took Zhang Qingxiang a long time to share the insect's vision.

There is some kind of power under the water that blocks the connection between Zhang Qingxiang and the mysterious insect.

Even if Zhang Qingxiang reestablished contact, his vision was blurred and intermittent.

Zhang Qingxiang vaguely saw Fan Yunjie fighting with a group of water monsters!

Each one was as big as the dead one above, and Fan Yunjie was completely at a disadvantage.

Not far away, there are several weird "cocoons", three or four meters high, translucent and glowing, one of them seems to be Shi Luo!
Zhang Qingxiang gritted his teeth and plunged in.

(End of this chapter)