"Wail—"
The piercing siren tore through the night sky, ripping a huge gash in the black curtain.
Several police cars traveled along the winding mountain road. The lush trees that had flourished in the daytime now stood like silent figures in the darkness beside the road, their vague outlines barely discernible.
Inside one of the police cars, Sun Zhenbang was somewhat absentminded, his gaze fixed outside the window. The scenery around him rushed backward, while the mountains in the distance drew ever closer.
The police officer beside him could not help asking, "Captain Sun, what's wrong? You look like something's weighing on your mind."
Sun Zhenbang shook his head. "Nothing. I just find it a little strange."
He flipped through the information in his hands. It was a record made by the officer on duty, but the contents left people speechless.
Anyone who did not know better would think they were reading some supernatural tale.
Sun Zhenbang felt rather helpless, yet there was also something strange gnawing at him. He could not help muttering, "Why is it that mountain again?"
His colleague beside him asked curiously, "What mountain?"
Sun Zhenbang shook his head. "Nothing."
Sun Zhenbang was not unfamiliar with the location provided by the person who had reported the incident. He had already been there several times during the previous smuggling case. Not long after things had finally settled down, the new year had just turned into spring, and now he was traveling along this road again.
Meanwhile, the surrounding officers were discussing the matter heatedly.
"Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be especially many. A human trafficker reporting a case? That's unheard-of. It's the first time I've ever seen it. Isn't that just turning themselves in?"
"Maybe it's a prank? But who could