Found the Electric Scooter

The Action Department team carefully surrounded the pile of charred debris, and even drew a circle on the ground with chalk to avoid accidentally disturbing the scene.

According to the "Anomaly Disaster Action Manual," when it comes to anything related to the supernatural, you can never be too careful.

The current unusual situation might be due to a mutation in the Old Man Tour Guide's strange behavior, and we must try our best to figure out the cause of this situation.

One team was assigned to guard the area near the charred debris, while the rest gradually expanded the search area in an attempt to find more clues.

Although, according to the records in "The Anomaly List," there were no reports of the Old Man Tour Guide appearing during the day, the operatives still kept each other chained together as a precaution.

As the numerous personnel carried out the operation, the chains dragged on the ground, making a rattling sound from time to time, adding a touch of liveliness to the solemn atmosphere.

After a while, a person in full protective gear walked up to the team Captain and reported in a deep voice, "The samples have been taken back for investigation, and the test results should be available soon."

The team Captain looked up at the streetlight next to him, then pointed to the Surveillance Camera on top of it. "Go check the surveillance footage again."

It's important to know that most of the supernatural phenomena involve special magnetic fields that can affect electronic devices, causing them to malfunction, such as surveillance cameras and mobile phones. Therefore, the team Captain simply checked the surveillance footage as a routine check and didn't actually have much hope.

While waiting for the test results, the Captain's walkie-talkie, which was hanging on his waist, suddenly started crackling with static.

Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged police officer's voice came through the walkie-talkie. "Captain Mao, the owner of that electric scooter has been identified."

Electric bikes have license plates on them, so it's quite easy to identify them.

Captain Mao pressed the intercom button, grunted, and added, "Go ahead."

"Lu Bai, male, 18 years old, local resident, both parents deceased, dropped out of high school, currently self-employed."

"What's your address?"

"We haven't found anything about this yet. If we uncover any illegal rental properties, the workload will be enormous."

After listening, Captain Mao thought for a moment and then said, "Then forget it. We'll know when his relative reports it to the police."

In their eyes, Lu Bai was simply the citizen who was murdered last night.

They've seen this kind of thing many times; there's no need for them to go to the trouble of investigating it in depth.

Another officer responsible for retrieving the surveillance footage ran over and shook his head. "The surveillance cameras were malfunctioning last night."

"As expected," Captain Mao remarked, momentarily at a loss for words.

Of course, the malfunctioning surveillance cameras at least mean that the Old Man Tour Guide did indeed come out and take action last night.

Beep beep beep~

A satellite phone on Captain Mao rang.

He then extended the antenna on top of the phone and pressed the answer button.

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat strange, "Captain Mao, the test results are in. Those charred substances don't belong to anything we humans know, nor are they in the periodic table. The think tank is speculating that this might be... the strange flesh and blood."

"Strange? You mean, a strange death? How is that possible?"

Captain Mao fired off a barrage of questions like a cannonball.

He then fell silent, his brows furrowed, racking his brains but unable to figure out what was going on.

In the two years since the strange occurrences began, there have been reports of the strange creatures fighting each other, and they also seem to fight over territory and food.

Even if they die mysteriously, they will not leave behind a corpse, but will dissipate in a way that is incomprehensible to humans.

This is the first time we've seen such a situation with corpses remaining.

As he thought about it, Captain Mao gradually became excited.

"I will send someone to collect more samples and deliver them to you. We must get the results; perhaps we can use them to find a solution to this strange phenomenon."

Li Hanbin dreamed of becoming a respected police officer since he was a child. Through hard work, he graduated from police academy and joined the force. He has been a police officer for almost twenty years now.

Because he is usually diligent and responsible in his work.

Even without any connections, he was able to rise smoothly to the position of team leader in the criminal investigation team.

If things had gone smoothly, we might have been able to improve our chances in a few years.

However, everything changed after the strange occurrences two years ago, which shattered people's peaceful lives.

Their work as a criminal investigation team has shifted from major homicide cases to cases involving bizarre events.

Unlike his generally pessimistic and complacent colleagues, Li Hanbin fully embodies the principle of loving what he does.

The other officers relaxed after the Action Department entered the scene.

Li Hanbin, however, remained undeterred. He planned to find out for himself where the owner of the electric scooter lived, leaving no room for doubt in the case.

As he said, conducting a thorough investigation of all rental properties in the city is indeed a huge undertaking.

So he took a shortcut and chose to visit food delivery stations to find out where Lu Bai was.

It's not too difficult, just a bit tedious.

By the time he figured out where Lu Bai was staying, it was already afternoon.

Li Hanbin followed the landlord along the walkway in the community toward the rental room converted from the basement.

"Officer, what did that kid do wrong?"

The landlady was an older woman with an afro, her Flip-flops making a clattering sound as she walked on the cobblestone path.

Li Hanbin replied in an official tone, "I can't tell you right now."

"I don't know anything about this! I just felt sorry for that kid, so I lent him my basement room. He insisted on giving me money..."

The landlady was afraid of being fined for illegally renting out her basement, so she kept explaining the situation along the way.

"Okay, don't worry, I'm not here to check on the house rental, you..."

Li Hanbin was getting annoyed and was about to try to appease the landlady when, in the next second, his gaze involuntarily shifted to an electric scooter parked at the door.

He certainly recognized the electric scooter; he even had a picture of it on him.

But,

Why is this electric scooter here?

It was clearly stolen by a ghost!

The moment Li Hanbin saw the electric scooter, he froze and stopped in his tracks.

To be honest, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Could it be that the strange person who stole the electric bike is currently in this neighborhood?

"Officer? Why aren't you saying anything?" The landlady stared at him in surprise.

Li Hanbin's forehead was covered in a fine layer of sweat, and he swallowed hard.

He promptly called the Action Department to report, "Found it, that electric scooter..."