Cosmic Demon

Chapter 83: Mechanical Branch, Electronic Mind (Second Update)
Chen Yun was driving a large Black Knight Guardian. Its four spotlights illuminated the night sky, its twenty-two-inch wheels were spinning, and its pitch-black tires scraped across the ground, splashing circles of water.

Team leader Chen, who had changed into a white shirt and jeans, murmured as he turned the steering wheel:

"What's going on this summer? It's raining so much."

Lin Yunqing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt a little stuffy and lowered the window to let in some cool air:

"Didn't you hear the weather bureau's forecast? There might be a typhoon passing through."

Chen Yun shook his head:
"Tai'an has always been quite stable. Except for the cold winter, when the temperature often drops below 10 degrees Celsius, there has never been any major disaster. How come a typhoon is coming now?"

Lin Yunqing laughed and said:
"Throughout history, whenever a demon appears, there will be strange signs. Maybe God saw another demon emerging."

She turned her head to look at Qin Shi, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back seat, and a triumphant smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Such a big and juicy cabbage was picked by my sister!
The bunch of little guys in Qi Guangheng University's martial arts department seemed to be in an uproar.

After two sophomores were defeated in succession, it is foreseeable that the number of people nailed to the pillar of shame of the Xinwu School will increase.

What a spectacular sight!
Just thinking about it makes me a little excited!
"I think you're a monster! You're always distracted, and you don't think about your future plans when you're about to graduate. You might not really get a job as a library administrator, drinking tea and reading newspapers?"

Chen Yun was very disappointed with her best friend. She had always been very career-oriented and hated to see her best friend acting like a lazy fish who was too lazy to even turn over.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The psychic field is an academic field, and it's an ultimate late-stage profession. I left the novice village at the age of 30, reached the maximum character level at the age of 40, started to go to the group to forge equipment at the age of 50, and was able to kill everyone at the age of 60. I am considered a genius."

Lin Yunqing didn't care much. Her father didn't have a deep background, his empire was not big, and he didn't have many patents, but there was one thing that was relatively outstanding.

That’s connections!
Commonly known as face!

He is really a good-for-nothing. He should be able to become a full-time teacher in one of the four national universities by relying on his father and mother.

Anyway, you won’t starve or make yourself suffer.

"You're useless! I never rely on my father!"

Chen Yun hummed:

"Xiao Lin, at least get a doctorate and a lifetime achievement award so you can retire and enjoy your good life. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing for people to say that the Lin family has a long tradition of scholarship, but it ends with you!"

Lin Yunqing replied calmly with the eight-character mantra:

"Don't listen, don't listen, the bastard is chanting sutras."

While the two people in front were bickering, Qin Shi behind them was feeling uneasy.

The monument panel flickered quietly, a reminder from [Extrasensory Perception].

“It was not a very strong sign of danger, like the frightened birds and fleeing beasts before an earthquake.

Does it mean that the crisis does not come from a specific object, but is an event that breaks out suddenly? "

Qin Shi rubbed his eyebrows lightly, wanting Chen Yun to stop the car and run away immediately.

But he soon realized that he was heading towards Old Factory Street.

If the disaster could be avoided by returning home, then wouldn't Lao Liang, the youngest Qin Lan, and Brother Yuan and Brother Cheng be in great trouble?
"Jiuchang Street has always been peaceful, with few natural or man-made disasters. What could have happened? It can't really be a typhoon, right?"

Qin Shi forced himself to suppress his uneasiness and looked through the car window at the Jiusong Port right in front of him.

The Jaw River flows quietly, its dark waters rippling with fish-scale waves.

boom!
Chen Yun stepped on the accelerator, turned off the viaduct, showed his official credentials as the head of the inspection department, and entered the port unimpeded.

Due to the fire, a yellow cordon has been set up here, and several police officers in patrol uniforms are maintaining order and preventing the scene from being damaged.

"Team leader!"

As soon as Chen Yunfu got off the car, several inspectors came running towards him.

"Mr. Qin from Yuhai Construction came here before. He was unwilling to let us in, saying that this was an internal dispute within the company and could be mediated privately. Mr. Qin asked his secretary to stay and count the property losses, and he left early..."

Listening to his subordinates' intelligence reports, Chen Yun looked at the dark and messy ground and the metal wreckage of the container and asked:
"Based on the traces at the scene, have you obtained any useful clues?"

A young man with a buzz cut and a tough temperament was the first to answer:
"A size 42 adult male footprint. He sneaked in from the back of the port, bypassed the gate and patrol security, and went straight to the warehouse where Qin Lihao kept his things. He forcibly unlocked the door and entered. He should have taken some items away and then chose to set fire..."

Chen Yun gave a look of approval:
"Good, a very comprehensive behavioral profile. Can it determine the level of vitality development?"

The valiant young man with a crew cut thought for a moment and gave a relatively broad definition:

"Between fifteen and thirty-eight. He didn't do much, just breaking into houses and setting fires, twice in total."

Chen Yun frowned:
"This vitality value shouldn't cause the Qin family to be in a state of panic." Although vitality does not necessarily represent combat power.

But it can roughly be used as one of the judgment data.

"Team leader."

The female inspector with a cute round face suddenly shouted:

"The man seemed injured and left blood."

She held the plastic bag with tweezers, which contained a faint blood sample taken from a syringe.

"According to the Level 5 electronic control regulations, we can activate the mechanical dog to track. Its signal is not strong and its energy consumption is not very high. It is within a safe range."

The young man with a shaved head suggested.

"Okay, does anyone of you have a portable tactical box? Send out a mechanical dog."

Chen Yun thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Although Jiuchang Street is an electronically controlled "martial law zone", peak fluctuations generally do not occur due to a few high-tech mechanical dogs.

Otherwise, the electronic signals released by the normal use of daily necessities such as telephone equipment, radios, refrigerators, etc. by the residents in this area would be enough to cause a "disaster."

"I have some in my car."

The cute round-faced female inspector opened the trunk, lifted the rectangular black metal box with both hands, and slammed it to the ground with a clang.

"You can't help others, you are stupid."

Chen Yun glanced at the shaved-head youth and said,

"Hurry up and see if you can find any trace of the suspect. Qin Lihao did not report the crime, but arson is a threat to public safety. The inspection department has reason and authority to intervene in the investigation."

The young man with a shaved head opened the black metal box. He was from the mechanical field, and his vitality was like the electrocardiogram waves that turned into mist and enveloped the simple mechanical dog.

Sizzle, sizzle—

As if an electric current was turned on, clear noise came on and off, like an old-fashioned radio.

Then, the mechanical dog seemed to "wake up", standing up on all fours, its electronic eyes emitting blue light as if scanning the scene.

"Something's wrong..."

Qin Shi was a little dazed when he entered the port. The moment he saw the mechanical dog, his eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

It's like sounding an alarm!

The amplification effect of [Extraperception] was maximized. He could even hear his own heartbeat, which was pounding violently due to excessive nervousness, and see the electronic fluctuations in the air like rays of light.

Vision and hearing form a bird's-eye view that transcends observation by the naked eye, transmitting the real-time map of Jiusong Port into Qin Shi's mind.

There was an invisible force field above, and thick darkness was infecting the place.

When the mechanical dog started up, a shrill buzzer sounded.

The force field shrinks and darkness rolls back!

The mechanical dog's electronic eyes turned from blue to red, and then in the crackling burst of electric sparks, the metal coating on the surface was corroded and rusted, revealing the cold and eerie steel skeleton. It then assumed an attacking posture, like a mad vicious dog.

The shaved-head young man operating it twitched and shook as if he had a seizure of epilepsy, and suddenly fell to the ground.

His face was filled with fear, as if he had caught a glimpse of an extremely terrifying image, and his eyeballs were so bloodshot that they seemed about to burst.

"demon……"

Only these two short bytes could be squeezed out from the hoarse throat.

Everyone present was stunned by this sudden change, even Chen Yun couldn't help but take a step back. Only one figure stepped forward.

The long legs chopped like a battle axe, swift and fierce, and kicked hard at the mechanical dog that seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit.

"Get out of the way! You're making so much noise!"

Qin Shi felt that his brain was aching from the piercing buzzing sound. At the same time, as if due to the contact, the panel of the monument lit up slightly, showing a line of prompt text.

[Primary Achievement Activated - Electronic Mind]

(End of this chapter)