Chapter 504
After a while, the stone gate that had been suppressed trembled again, and the entire stone gate began to grow larger and larger. Several instruments flashed red lights and then started smoking and became unusable. The black substance hanging on the gate also grew larger along with the stone gate, but the black substance expanded at a slower rate than the stone gate.
Several officers from the Countermeasure Bureau immediately went all out, some attacking and others sealing, gradually suppressing the stone gate back. However, this time the stone gate's change was exceptionally large and fast, and a grayish light shot out from behind the stone gate.
After the gray light appeared, it shot towards the place where there was life. Then, a Countermeasure Bureau officer reacted quickly and used his telekinesis to throw a cage from the other side in front of the gray light.
Inside the cage was a black-haired rat. The gray light burrowed directly into the rat's body. A second or two later, the rat suddenly let out a miserable cry, quickly dried up, and finally turned into a black ash. The gray light, now smaller, reappeared.
This time, however, the personnel were prepared. Various cages were grabbed by telekinesis and brought forward. Inside the cages were all kinds of animals, including rats, lizards, snakes, rabbits, and all sorts of small and medium-sized animals.
After the gray light entered the bodies of the animals, it gradually became weaker and weaker. When it finally entered the body of a snake, the snake did not die immediately. Instead, it immediately curled up its body and began to shed its skin.
When the snake moved again, it was standing upright in the cage, its mouth open, hoarsely shouting, "Let me out! I've served the Countermeasure Bureau well, I've given my life for the people! You can't lock me up! I want to see the Director! I want to see the Director!!"
"Don't try to make a scene!" a bespectacled officer from the Countermeasure Bureau scolded, holding a small notebook as he said, "Even though we're all familiar with each other, we still have to follow the procedures. What's your number?"
"007, made in China!" the snake exclaimed. "Little Red, we all know each other so well, how about a cigarette first?"
"How many times have I told you, don't call me Xiao Hong, my name is Xiao Hong! Still smoking? I'll smoke you to death." The bespectacled officer cursed, but still took out a pack of cigarettes, threw one into the cage, and the snake that called itself 007 skillfully rolled the cigarette with its tail, put it in its mouth, and stretched the cigarette out of the cage for the bespectacled officer to light it for it.
"A cigarette afterward, blissful as a god, nothing beats the human world. Don't worry, Little Red, I'll treat you well!" 007 curled its tail, grabbed a cigarette, and exhaled a smoke ring—it's unclear how it managed to exhale it from its snake mouth.
"Get out of here! Tell me, why did you come out this time?" Xiao Hong cursed, then asked seriously, "Didn't you say last time you'd never come out again?"
"Don't blame me, that thing always has to shoot something out after it expands, there's nothing I can do about it!" 007 took another drag of his cigarette, then asked with the air of a seasoned veteran, "By the way, what happened to 001? He was whitewashed and turned into an idiot."
"Old Hu is gone, in Leping!" Xiao Hong's expression darkened. He then picked up his notebook, tapped the cage, and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Do you still want to get out? Why did that thing suddenly swell up this time?"
"Oh, I see. By the way, you guys should be on guard. That thing just now seemed to sense the enemy's presence. I guess someone's planning something!" 007 said, smoking a cigarette and swaying its snake tail. Its words made Xiao Hong frown, and he quickly said something to the people beside him.
He then continued, asking the snake, "How many years do you have left to live? How about the others?"
"The ones you chose this time are in pretty good shape, I can stay for two years. As for the others, only 001 was turned into an idiot by some unknown force, and 002, we haven't seen each other for many years!"
"Don't worry about 002. Just stick your head out here, and get out of here when you're done!" Xiao Hong picked up a gun-shaped device from the side and said to 007 in the cage.
Xiao Hong fired a shot at 007; an extremely thin needle pierced the snake's head. He then opened the cage and released the snake. The snake quickly slithered to the other side and said to a beautiful woman who was resting, "Hey, An'an, beautiful, wanna hook up?"
"Get out of here, Xiao Qi!" the beautiful female officer called An'an said impatiently, then grabbed the snake by the neck and threw it at Xiao Hong: "Keep your snake in check!"
The snake slithered down from Xiao Hong's body, as if crying out in utter despair, "Xiao Hong, I've been dumped."
"Understood!" Xiao Hong stroked his chin, waved for the staff to leave, and ignored 007's antics. He had just received information from Lin Tong that a suspect who had traded with Black Face had disappeared through a stone gate at the bottom of Green Water Chestnut Lake, along with Lu Li, a member of the Non-Standing Group who had been chasing after him.
"Have the Non-Standing Group guard that stone gate and seal off Green Water Chestnut Lake," Xiao Hong instructed the people on one side. Then, he said to An'an on the other side, "Notify the others who are resting to prepare for a major cleanup of the ruins. Insects have infiltrated!"
"Got it, Xiao Hong!" An'an said with a yawn, and ran off to inform the other teammates, leaving Xiao Hong standing there, scratching his head in frustration. "It's Xiao Hong, Captain Xiao Hong!"
"Little Red, if you keep scratching your hair like that, you'll go bald soon!" 007 warned from the side.
When the Countermeasure Bureau team started moving, You Qiying sensed something was wrong. He had been wondering why the Countermeasure Bureau team in a big city like the City of Sound was so weak and had so few people. He didn't expect them to be hiding here. It was fine that they hadn't searched seriously, but once they started You Qiying felt that he was about to be exposed.
Just then, from the other side, three people completely enveloped in a distorted barrier jumped out. Any light entering the barrier was distorted, making it impossible to see the faces of the three people inside. As soon as they jumped out, they threw a grenade-like object onto the ground. The next moment, the object emitted a large amount of light, instantly illuminating the rather dim underground city. Then, the three people rushed towards the stone door in the center without any regard for anything else.
A large amount of light, like a river, began to be absorbed by the black substance clinging to the stone door. The black substance kept writhing and eventually shrank considerably, revealing what was behind the door. The stone door began to tremble, and more than ten gray beams of light shot out from within.
The Countermeasure Bureau officers present immediately sprang into action, pulling over various cages to block and collect the gray light. More people began to suppress the stone gate; if the thing inside the stone gate were to go completely berserk, the entire City of Sound would probably be doomed.
The only one truly standing in the way of the three was Xiao Hong, and perhaps 007 as well. At this moment You Qiying seemed to see his own opportunity.