Gene Person

Hu Ya suddenly appeared in front of him and threw a fierce kick!

Boom!

Lin Xiaosu felt as though a tornado had swept through the dim basement.

The man who had already rushed in front of him was kicked squarely between the legs by her and launched into the air.

The instant he flew up, his face completely twisted out of shape.

But this was when his abnormality showed itself. He suddenly kicked off the wall behind him, his whole body turning into a black sword as a black dagger shot straight for Hu Ya's throat.

Hu Ya spun sharply and dodged with incredible speed. Her right hand came down and struck the man on the head.

That blow smashed the man heavily into the ground, making the floor tremble.

The man struggled to lift his head, only to be greeted by a foot! A huge foot, at least size forty-one, came crashing down. The man slid across the floor and slammed into the wall behind him. His head lolled to one side, and he passed out.

A beam from Zhou Mei's flashlight lit up, trembling slightly in her hand.

Even as a police officer, when had she ever faced danger like this?

An invisible attack in the darkness, with a weapon no less. If it had been her facing that sudden assault, her obituary would probably have gone up before her ambitions were fulfilled. Yet Hu Ya had taken him down with just a few punches and kicks.

Was this what free fighting was capable of?

Was this the strength of the legendary female tyrant of Tashan from the small county town?

Lin Xiaosu stepped past the man, and a cheer soon rang out. "Found him!"

With a whoosh, Hu Ya appeared in the room. Looking at the scene illuminated by the phone flashlight, sweat even beaded on the tip of her nose.

It was Jiang Yang!

It was him!

Jiang Yang lay on a pile of packaging bags, sleeping soundly. He had clearly been drugged unconscious.

Outside, Zhou Mei had just twisted the unconscious suspect's arms behind his back and cuffed him. Hearing the cheers from inside, the flashlight clamped in her mouth trembled and fell.

The next moment, she entered the room and saw Jiang Yang, the boy in the blue hoodie whom she had seen once on the surveillance footage. Her heartbeat instantly sped up.

One phone call went out, and Captain Zhang was stunned.

Ms. Wang, who had followed him all the way, suddenly jumped up, crying and shouting at once.

Police cars wailed as they raced toward the site at top speed...

Lin Xiaosu finally had to face Zhou Mei's gaze. Heaven knew, it was not a look of gratitude. On the contrary, there was more than a hint of suspicion. "What's your name?"

"Why are you asking that?"

"I need to know where you were an hour ago..."

"Damn it! You suspect me?" Lin Xiaosu practically jumped through the roof.

"I know it is rude to suspect someone who helped solve a case, but the way you solved this case is too unbelievable. My criminal investigation knowledge cannot account for it, so you had better answer my questions honestly. If I wronged you, I'll treat you to a meal and apologize." Zhou Mei's voice was calm and even.

Hu Ya stepped forward. "Officer, you've got the wrong person! An hour ago, he was with me in Old Tashan Village solving another case. When we learned the child had gone missing, we came over together."

"What case?"

"The Widow Feng bathing case... Everyone in Old Tashan Village already knows about it. You can go ask around. If it weren't for him, my dad would have been wrongly accused." Hu Ya said with her arms folded.

"So it really was like a police dog... sniffing out the scent?"

"Yes!" Hu Ya said. "He's really good at tracking by scent. Whenever we hunted game around Old Tashan, he was the one who sniffed it out and chased after it..."

"Hunted game?" Zhou Mei's eyes lit up.

"Ahem... not protected animals, just rabbits and the like. Officer, we know the law." Lin Xiaosu hurriedly clarified.

"Mm, I specialize in studying the Animal Protection List. I can practically recite it backward by now." Hu Ya chimed in smoothly.

Zhou Mei fell silent...

Police sirens sounded outside, followed by the thud-thud-thud of running footsteps.

The person running at the front, stumbling wildly, was Ms. Wang. One of her high heels had fallen off, so she simply kicked the other one away and sprinted barefoot all the way.

Lin Xiaosu gently tugged Hu Ya. "Let's go."

"Yeah, let's go. I'll treat you to dinner!" Hu Ya followed him out of the construction site, ran to the roadside, and hailed a taxi...

Inside the construction site, Zhou Mei stood before the suspect with an exceedingly solemn expression. "Captain Zhang, I suspect this suspect is a Gene Person!"

Captain Zhang's expression changed abruptly.

Gene People were products of modern technology.

They fused all kinds of genes to acquire various abilities.

Once the fusion succeeded, they were no longer ordinary people. They were the most terrifying kind.

"What signs did he display?" Captain Zhang asked gravely.

"His reaction speed was unbelievably fast. In terms of fighting ability alone, even you, Captain Zhang, would likely be far inferior to him. If Li Diandian had not been there, I might already be dead!" Zhou Mei said.

Captain Zhang held out his hand. A small portable box opened, revealing a metallic device resembling a thermometer. He inserted it into the suspect's mouth, then removed it about three seconds later. A faint blue glow shone from within the device.

Under that blue glow, the expressions of several officers became extremely grave.

This was how Gene People were detected. This suspect truly was a Gene Person!

Captain Zhang slowly raised his head. "Any case involving a Gene Person is a case that reaches the heavens. I'll report this to the city bureau immediately..."

Wanzhou Grilled Fish Restaurant was a famous specialty restaurant in Fengcheng, renowned throughout the county for its grilled fish. Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ya entered a private room on the second floor. Once the door closed, Hu Ya poured him a cup of tea and lowered her voice. "Today, I covered for you in front of that pretty little police officer, but I can't convince myself. How could you track by scent? You're seriously better than a dog..."

Better than a dog!

What kind of shitty comparison was that?!

Lin Xiaosu shot her a glare. "Maybe all the different kinds of wild game you force-fed me caused a genetic mutation."

"How is that possible? I ate wild game every time you did, and I ate way more than you. Why haven't I mutated?" Hu Ya said.

"You haven't mutated? Could an unmutated girl kick an adult man weighing one or two hundred pounds several meters into the air? Your mutation is far more terrifying than mine. It's just that our mutations probably went in different directions. Mine affected everything above the neck, while yours made your limbs stronger..."

Hu Ya looked dejected. "That might really be it. My mom said not to eat random things, and maybe she was right. The wild game in the mountains is strange. I eat their meat, and they turn around and mess with my genes."

"Actually, it's not so bad. In modern society, ordinary people have it too hard. Having some special skills isn't a bad thing. Take today, for example. If you hadn't been so fierce, we probably would've been finished."

"That may be true, but I'm a girl!" Hu Ya said. "Books say women are made of water, but how could I be made of water? I'm made of concrete. You wouldn't believe this, but my skin is getting freakier and freakier. Even needles can't pierce it."

Lin Xiaosu was shocked. "No way, right? When you poked that hornet's nest last year, didn't you get stung all over your head?"

"That was last year. This year, it changed again. Last time, I deliberately went to pick a hornet's nest because I wanted to experience being stung. But those hornets crashed into me again and again and still couldn't sting through. The hornets were practically crying. Xiaosu, I... I'm a little scared, really."

"What are you scared of?"

Hu Ya said, "I'm worried that I really won't be able to get married in the future."

"Don't worry. If no one else is willing to take you on, I will! I'll be the one to descend into hell if no one else will!" Lin Xiaosu declared with grand heroic spirit.

"You? You think you can really handle it?" Hu Ya glanced at him. "I already told you, even hornets can't sting through my skin. With that scrawny body of yours, it's not that I'm looking down on you..."

"Damn it! I really need to test that."

"Fine, test it. But don't cry when your confidence gets crushed..."

She talked tough, but after dinner, Hu Ya got on her bike and took off. The facts proved that she was terrible at it yet loved to play.

What did that mean? She was always teasing Lin Xiaosu, pushing every button she could. But if she actually pushed him too far, she ran faster than anyone.

Night fell.

Fengcheng's countless homes lit up.

Neon lights covered the streets, traffic flowed like a river, and another seemingly ordinary night in the county town began.

By the Yichuan River in eastern Fengcheng, a small meeting room on the top floor of the Public Security Bureau was brightly lit.

Director Wang Feng, Deputy Director Li Lisan, and Political Commissar He Jiaqiang were seated inside.

Since ancient times, meetings had followed one rule: small matters required big meetings, while major matters required small meetings.

Today was a major matter for the Public Security Bureau.

News had just come from the provincial department that a leader was coming, and the information was to be kept confidential.

They had not said what rank the leader held, nor why they were coming.

The shorter the message, the bigger the matter.

All three men had spent their lives navigating treacherous waters. From the cause of today's incident and the extremely vague message from above, they had discerned that tonight's visitors would be anything but ordinary.

Around midnight, the streets gradually fell quiet.

The night was deep, with neither stars nor moon.

A sudden breeze rose atop the Public Security Bureau building.

As the breeze passed, a magnetic levitation aircraft descended without a sound.

Magnetic levitation aircraft had not yet become widespread among civilians. Only the military and secret agencies were equipped with them.

The aircraft door opened silently, and two people stepped out side by side, both in plain clothes: a man and a woman. The man had a crew cut and an utterly ordinary face, but his eyes shone frighteningly bright in the darkness. The woman was exceptionally beautiful and carried herself with exquisite grace. Her hair was pinned up, exposing a long neck like that of a white swan, adding even more charm to her presence.

"The director is waiting in the conference room!" Two officers bowed at the same time.

"Good!" The young man strode forward and descended from the rooftop. At the same time, the magnetic levitation aircraft rose into the air and silently departed.

The conference room door opened without a sound. The three people inside rose at once, somewhat surprised as they looked at the two young people entering. The visitors were not the provincial department leaders who had spoken with them, but people far too young. Who were they?

After entering, the young man lightly waved his hand.

The conference room door closed.

He walked up to the director and raised his hand slightly. In his palm was a Gold Medal.

The golden plaque bore a golden dragon. The dragon curled around a pillar engraved with a line of numbers: 088.

The director's expression changed. "Hidden Dragon?"

The other two also changed color at once.

Hidden Dragon was an extremely secret organization tasked with the nation's highest-level affairs. Some called them the hidden imperial guard of the Great Xia Republic, while others said they were people who stood in the darkness yet allowed the people of the nation to see the light.

"I am Number 88 of Hidden Dragon, and this is Chang Ye!" the young man said. "We came today because the child kidnapping case that occurred in your county today is identical to the kidnapping cases that have erupted almost simultaneously across the country recently. We suspect this is part of Hydra's Blood Spear Project. The situation is serious."

"Hydra, the Blood Spear Project..." the director said. "What kind of project is this?"

"The project is classified too highly. You do not need to know its details. You only need to understand its basic direction. This project was planned by an overseas organization. Its fundamental goal is to select outstanding Great Xia children, subject them to Gene Modification, and turn them into Blood Spears that will pierce Great Xia's defenses from within."

Outstanding qualifications...

Gene Modification...

Deputy Director Li Lisan, who oversaw criminal investigations, suddenly understood. "Two children have gone missing in this county over the past three months. One was a descendant of an Ancient Martial Arts Family, and the other trained in free fighting. Today's child also trained in free fighting. It seems all of them were considered highly qualified by those people."

"Of course!" Number 88 said. "Where is that suspect?"

"In the special prison, being held in solitary confinement," Li Lisan said.

"Take us there. We will interrogate him tonight!"

"Yes!"