Building 8

Upon seeing the electric scooter that had mysteriously been stolen, Li Hanbin did not continue towards the rented house but stayed where he was, waiting for backup.

He's just very responsible; he's not looking to die.

As I said before, when it comes to strange things, you can never take them too seriously.

Li Hanbin didn't have to wait long. Several vehicles carrying personnel from the Action Department quickly arrived at the community. The vehicles broadcast loudly, and people went about their tasks, skillfully evacuating the residents from the community.

Only after the residents of the surrounding buildings had been evacuated did the Action Department team begin to attempt to use the electric vehicles.

"That's right, it's the electric scooter in the photo."

"No special effects, you can touch it. Begin the inspection now."

"Everything is normal; no problems were found."

After listening to the report, Captain Mao nodded, then walked into the hallway and turned his gaze toward the rental apartment.

The doors were tightly shut, and visibility was very low due to its location in the basement.

In a daze, it felt like a closed gate to hell.

Just looking at it sends a chill down your spine, making you tremble involuntarily.

Captain Mao took a deep breath, steadied himself, and held out his hand, saying, "Give me the key."

"I'll go open the door," Li Hanbin said, holding the spare key to the basement.

Faced with the unknown and the bizarre, numbers are meaningless.

Especially on the first encounter, without any prior knowledge, it was a matter of life and death.

To understand a strange habit, one can only pave a path by risking human lives; someone always has to be the first to step forward.

Captain Mao raised his hand to stop Li Hanbin, his tone harsh. "Stop. You're not from the Action Department."

Suddenly, just as the two were arguing...

Click~

A slight click of the Dao Sect came from the basement doorway.

The two people standing in the corridor immediately fell silent, and everyone, including some of the Action Department personnel nearby, stared nervously at the door.

Although the door had not yet been opened, some people's faces had already begun to turn pale.

The moment the door opened, many people gasped in shock.

However, the gruesome and bloody scene I had imagined did not appear.

What came into view was a handsome young man with a well-proportioned figure.

Moreover, he looked rather sleepy.

Lu Bai squinted and looked up at the stairwell entrance. "Haha, so many people! Sorry, I went to bed too late last night."

He stepped outside, politely saying, "Excuse me, excuse me."

In fact, he didn't even need to shout. The personnel from the Action Department in the hallway didn't dare to block this seemingly strange guy. Before he even got close, they quickly made way for him.

After coming out of the building, Lu Bai asked curiously, "But what exactly happened in the community? Why are people being evacuated?"

Li Hanbin: "..."

Captain Mao: "..."

The scene immediately fell silent. Both Captain Mao and Li Hanbin couldn't help but wonder if something had gone wrong.

After sending the evacuated people home, it was already dark by the time we finished.

The Action Department set up a makeshift tent at the entrance of the residential compound.

Lu Bai sat in a reception chair, with Li Hanbin sitting opposite him to ask questions, while Captain Mao stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching Lu Bai warily.

After spending some time with him, they realized that Lu Bai wasn't strange at all; all the information matched up, and he seemed to be just an ordinary person.

"Don't you know Article 25 of the 'Guidelines for Emergency Management of Mysterious Disasters'? You broke the law last night, do you know that?"

Li Hanbin tapped the table in front of him. "Tell me, where did you go last night?"

Upon realizing he had broken the law, Lu Bai immediately adopted a formal, official tone, stating. "Around 10 p. m. last night, a citizen surnamed Lü, feeling bored at home, put on a black coat and drove an electric scooter with license plate **** along Chengfu Avenue. After driving for more than 30 minutes, Lü noticed that the scooter's battery was low and began to return home via the same route."

"Wait a minute!"

Li Hanbin's expression was somewhat strange, but he managed to control himself and said, "Explain it simply."

"On my way back, I passed through the Bamboo Forest Park and suddenly felt a strange gaze upon me. I got out of the car and went into the park to look for him. Soon I encountered an old man with gray hair and a cane."

Upon hearing this, Li Hanbin, sitting opposite Lu Bai, felt a strong urge to complain.

He always felt that Lu Bai's behavior was strange no matter how he looked at it.

Even before the strange event occurred, this was considered suicidal. He wondered how someone so reckless had survived until now.

"That's right, that's the Old Man Tour Guide, Sequence 183."

Captain Mao, standing nearby, could confirm this from Lu Bai's description.

He interrupted, asking, "So what happened next?"

Lu Bai glanced at him, but still patiently explained, "Later, that old man insisted on pulling me into the tour group, and even hid the surrounding roads."

Captain Mao's eyes lit up. "Could it be that at this moment, a new strange phenomenon suddenly appears and takes care of the Old Man Tour Guide?"

"What new weird thing?"

Lu Bai blinked, gradually realizing that these officials seemed to have misunderstood something, and patiently explained, "It's like this, that white-haired old man was trying to force me to buy something. I just learned Maoshan Daoism, how could I tolerate that? I pinned him to the ground on the spot."

Captain Mao: "?"

As Lu Bai finished speaking, a brief silence fell over the room.

Bang!

Captain Mao slammed his hand on the Desktop and angrily shouted, "Behave yourself! Stop rambling and tell me exactly what happened!"

No matter which sequence of anomalies it is, none of them are things that human beings can deal with.

When the anomalies first appeared, the military even tried using nuclear weapons, but they only worked on some of the anomalies that had physical forms.

Now a food delivery driver has come forward claiming he killed the weirdo. Captain Mao thinks he's either gone mad or is just making fun of them.

Li Hanbin shook his head with a wry smile, "Xiao Lü, don't joke around at a time like this."

Lu Bai laughed quite frankly, "Okay, actually a humanoid, pitch-black creature rushed out and bit off the old man's head."

"What exactly does this pitch-black creature look like? How tall is it?"

Captain Mao composed himself and picked up a ballpoint pen to write something in his notebook.

Lu Bai smiled helplessly. Before he could figure out how to continue his story, a hysterical scream interrupted his train of thought.

The screams came from Building 8 of the residential complex.

The Action Department present were all taken aback.

Faced with this sudden incident, Captain Mao didn't have time to question Lu Bai any further. Looking towards Building 8, he shouted loudly, "Everyone, please!"