The professional rat-exterminating Tree Shepherd
Tao Xingzhi's urge to go to Shencheng grew even more pressing.
After reaching the airport and getting off the helicopter, he sprinted toward the private plane so fast his feet barely seemed to touch the ground, immediately transferring for the flight south.
It was still nighttime when he reached Shencheng.
Liu Yue was handling things at the scene, while Huang Jiutian was riding around along Shencheng's entire sewer network to sense the changes below. So the ones sent to pick Tao Xingzhi up were students from Liu Yue's current special training camp.
The next day, more people would try going down to investigate.
In the car, Tao Xingzhi asked the two active-duty soldiers, reportedly outstanding performers in training, for a detailed account of everything that had happened.
He was still somewhat excited. Although what that plant had said could still be false, verifying it would not actually be difficult.
They only needed to compare the dozen or so spikes found afterward with the remains kept at the laboratory.
Perhaps mutated monsters or unusual living beings followed behavioral logic that differed from humans in most respects, but the instinct to survive should remain the same.
It had appeared twice at sites where mutations occurred, and both times involved a mysterious force. The first time, it had even suffered serious injuries.
If they really were the same plant, then aside from its own explanation, which provisionally made sense, surely it could not simply have a natural fondness for getting itself killed.
In short, if the comparison checked out, the information they had received tonight would become much more credible.
The car sped all the way to the earlier "battlefield."
Firefighters were still blasting away bloodstains with high-pressure hoses.
Tao Xingzhi glanced around. Under the floodlights, patches of