Chapter 89: Scarecrow
The Jia City Construction Site was well equipped, and the soundproof walls surrounding it reduced the noise from the heavy gunfire to a minimum.
Besides, construction sites were noisy places to begin with. Any racket from that direction was normal; pile drivers, excavators, and even explosions were nothing unusual. So although some people in the distant outskirts heard the noise, they thought little of it.
All the insect monsters' bodies had been collected. People in protective suits had even used extraction equipment to suck up as much of the spilled blood as possible, then thoroughly disinfected every place where the bodies had lain.
The unfortunate engineer's body had been taken away as well. His family still had no idea their loved one had died.
Prefab Building No. 1 had also been temporarily cordoned off with makeshift barriers, though this was not a disease-prevention measure. It was to study how the insect monsters moved.
For instance, the marks they had left on the building could be used to determine the distance they covered with each step and their jumping ability, as well as infer their speed and movement patterns.
As one of the three pilot construction sites, work still had to continue despite such a major incident.
When his subordinates asked Li Donglai whether work should be suspended temporarily,
Li Donglai gave them a direct answer: "Even if the sky falls, this project must be completed on schedule."
That same day, the site's senior management had discussed the issue in detail with the higher-ups and Tao Xingzhi's department.
The insect monsters' appearance could be classified alongside the mutations discovered previously. As for why they had come to the construction site, it was unlikely to be because they had "discovered humanity's intentions." Instead, as Huang Jiutian had suggested, something