I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

Lin Yan stood up, looked directly at Su Qinghan, and said:

"Send me the locations of those eight garages where the crimes occurred, and I'll go and investigate the source to see which fool dared to cause trouble in our Jiangcheng."

"Don't worry, if it really is one of those incommunicable monsters..."

Lin Yan smiled and walked outside.

"I'll clean it up in my own way."

He had to find that stubborn, arrogant loach hiding somewhere before the authorities took drastic measures.

……

It wasn't until he got into the special police vehicle that Lin Yan felt his heart pounding wildly.

The city outside the car window had been swallowed up by the torrential rain.

The windshield wipers swung vigorously, but they still couldn't clear away the moisture.

There was no thunder, no lightning; the rain fell purely.

As the vehicle drove onto the city's elevated highway, Lin Yan lowered the window slightly.

A pungent smell entered the car. The stench was so strong it was almost overwhelming.

It was as if a ton of dead fish had been fermenting deep in the silt for ten years, and the taste was even richer than the one in the air-raid shelter.

"This is a provocation..."

Lin Yan wanted to floor the accelerator, but the steering wheel slipped in his hands, forcing him to drive carefully.

The streets were deserted the whole way.

If this black rain covering the entire city was indeed the work of the mermaids, then this act of malice is even more outrageous than a complete massacre of the city.

If that's the case, I can't protect you anymore, Sister Tsunami.

Fifteen minutes later.

The entrance to the underground parking garage of Baopilong Shopping Mall in Jiangcheng CBD.

This is the closest crime scene to him, the VIP parking area on level B3.

The fishy smell hit me as soon as I stepped out of the elevator; it really is everywhere.

Several high-powered searchlights illuminated the entire garage in a stark white light. Yellow warning tape had been put up, and several tense tactical agents, each fully armed, stood around the perimeter.

Lin Yan showed his identification and crossed the cordon.

He spotted the black Mercedes-Benz at the scene immediately.

The deceased had obviously been removed by the forensic team, but the car remained in the same condition as when the incident occurred.

The car windows were tightly closed, and the doors were covered with explosion-proof film, showing no signs of forced damage.

Lin Yan peeked into the car.

The leather seats were dry, the floor mats were dry, and there wasn't a trace of moisture on the louvers of the air conditioning vents.

It was under these circumstances that an adult man was drowned.

Not only that.

Lin Yan's gaze shifted downwards.

Around the tires of the black Mercedes, a puddle three centimeters thick had accumulated.

Under the searchlight, the water surface showed no reflection, looking like a piece of black cloth that had fallen to the ground.

"Is this what it is?" Lin Yan slowly squatted down.

The moment he squatted down, a sharp pain shot through his left wrist.

Lin Yan grabbed it, instinctively wanting to see what was going on, but then, as if remembering something, she withdrew her left hand.

There were trident runes left by the mermaid there; she had asked him for favors before going to the MCN company.

This stinging pain made Lin Yan feel uncomfortable, as if he had encountered a natural enemy, and he instinctively felt disgusted.

Lin Yan forced himself to loosen his wrist, as if everything was normal.

He crouched down, approaching the pool of black water, and seemed to smell a odor that was deliberately masked beneath the fishy smell.

It smelled like a cheap, industrial product.

This is a trap; it will be triggered if someone deliberately disturbs this pool of black water!

If she's a mermaid, why would she do that?

Lin Yan seemed to have grasped something, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Grass."

Lin Yan suddenly stood up, cursing under his breath.

He understood everything.

This wasn't a mermaid going berserk and killing people at all!

This stagnant water, this method of suffocation—it's clear someone deliberately mimicked the rules of mermaids to kill someone!

Even if the mermaid were truly insane, she wouldn't leave behind such obvious evidence, as if she desperately wanted to be discovered as the one who did it.

This is a frame-up!

This is pushing the mermaid, who is at a critical stage of her promotion, to the brink of despair.

But the question is, who did it?

The virtual projections at the comic convention have clearly been crushed, and the bizarre 100,000 paper dolls have been soothed and incorporated into the song.

"Special Envoy Lin, have you seen enough? If you have, please step back a little while." A sarcastic voice rang out.

Lin Yan frowned and turned to look.

A man in a silver protective suit strode in with several people, his chest bearing the headquarters task force insignia.

The man was about thirty years old, with a slightly raised chin and a contemptuous look in his eyes.

He was carrying a black box with several rubber tubes attached to it.

His men had already inserted those pipes into the black puddle next to the car.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Wang Hui, the captain of the seventh purification team at headquarters."

The man sneered and tossed the box in his hand.

"Commander Chen, considering that you previously stumbled upon a meritorious service by sheer luck, granted you some special privileges, in..."

As he spoke, he spread his hands, looked around, and pursed his lips.

"It's enough that they're bullying people in this small place. It's better to leave these high-risk cases to us, the well-trained regulars."

"Are you ready?" Wang Hui, too lazy to look at Lin Yan anymore, turned his head and asked his deputy.

"Report to the captain: The dehydration matrix is ​​deployed and can be used to forcibly evaporate all water in this puddle and within a ten-meter radius at any time."

The deputy reported loudly, clearly wanting those around him to hear.

Wang Hui nodded in satisfaction, his thumb already on the start button.

"Steam it dry, force that grotesque thing to come out and die."

Lin Yan's eyes widened instantly.

What an idiot!

Did he really think this was just an ordinary passageway used to transport the bizarre?

Lin Yan had previously discovered that this was a trap, which would be triggered if someone deliberately sabotaged it.

As they inserted the object into the water, the sensation in their left wrist became increasingly pronounced.

He was now even more certain that this was a trigger.

If you forcibly disrupt its tranquility, not only will you fail to drain it, but you will also trigger a backlash from the bottom of the water!

When the gravity reverses across the entire three underground levels, everyone on the water's surface will be dragged directly into the black water channel!

Lin Yan didn't know where it led, but it probably wasn't some kind of health spa.

"Stop! Who told you to touch this water!" Lin Yan shouted sternly. "It's fine if you want to die, but don't drag others down with you."

"What's wrong? Is Special Envoy Lin getting impatient?"

Wang Hui was taken aback by Lin Yan's shout. After realizing what was happening, he gripped the controller even tighter, his sneer becoming increasingly mocking.

"You really think you're the savior? I've seen the monitoring reports for the air-raid shelters..."

"The remaining black water at that time had almost identical water system patterns to this area!"

"Everyone there died, but you were the only one who survived unscathed."

"That bizarre creature made its move in the shadows, but escaped before reinforcements arrived."

"It seems to be directed at you, Special Envoy Lin..."

"Extraordinarily lenient?"