The next day.
The beam of light flickered.
Two figures in police uniforms appeared in the underground passage.
Their eyes followed the beam of light, searching the underground passage.
Suddenly, the beam of light swept across a patch of ground and then quickly moved back.
"Hey, look over here!" The slightly taller officer quickly called out quietly to his colleague beside him.
Another officer looked in the direction of the light.
The ground was covered with dried bloodstains that were still stained with blood from the surrounding area.
His pupils contracted slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he saw his colleague next to him make a shushing gesture.
Seeing this, the police officer quickly closed his mouth and nodded knowingly.
The two men, holding pistols, cautiously shone their lights behind them, carefully inspecting the surrounding pipes.
After confirming that the expected figure was not in the vicinity, they breathed a sigh of relief, put their guns back on their waists, and walked back to where the bloodstains had been found.
"Brother Chen, is this Calamity Beast?"
"Yes, the two missing and deceased electricians weren't worth anything. If they died in a place like this, they were most likely victims of Calamity Beast." The officer, known as Brother Chen, nodded in confirmation.
"So what do we do now?"
The police officer, referred to as Brother Chen, turned his head and looked around.
"Locate the location, take a picture, and then report back. This matter should be handed over to the Calamity Beast Emergency Management Department."
night.
When Fan Hong arrived at the duty office, Tian Xiangwen walked in.
"Captain, this is a case from the police station this evening regarding a suspected Calamity Beast incident." Tian Xiangwen handed over the documents.
Fan Hong took the documents and began to examine them.
The documents clearly state the information of the victims, the reasons for their discovery, and their response after receiving the report.
In addition, there are several other pictures.
The construction sign on the road clearly indicated that the cables had been reconnected; tools were neatly gathered against the wall; and bloodstains were splattered on the ground like flowers...
"What is the estimated time of the accident?" Fan Hong asked while carefully reviewing the documents.
"The cable was repaired, so the incident must have occurred after the cable was fixed," Tian Xiangwen replied, speeding up Fan Hong's processing of the data.
"Then, based on the time they went down as captured by the street cameras, it was determined according to their normal working hours."
"The police estimate the time of the incident to be around 3:20 PM yesterday."
Have you searched the area around the crime scene?
"The two officers who discovered the crime scene carefully searched the surrounding area but found nothing."
"So you haven't found any information about the Calamity Beast at all?"
"Yes, that's right."
Fan Hong nodded slightly, ending the inquiry.
Over the years, he has handled countless similar attacks by Calamity Beast that were only discovered much later.
Some of the Calamity Beast were found and then reported to the Supervision Bureau for handling;
Some of the Calamity Beast have not been found; their fate remains unknown—whether they are dead or have disappeared.
In short, this type of event is one of the most difficult to handle.
After all, to deal with the Calamity Beast incident, you first need to find the Calamity Beast.
However, in these kinds of events, the Calamity Beast often disappear without a trace.
Finding it is a very time-consuming process, and there's no guarantee that it will be found.
However, it's not entirely without good news.
As hunting parties have become more numerous, these types of incidents have become increasingly rare.
After all, in previous years, these Calamity Beast attacks might have taken a long time to be discovered.
With more than ten or twenty patrol teams searching around all night, the time and space where the Calamity Beast were active were further narrowed, and the probability of them being discovered was further increased.
But it still exists, after all.
"Captain, what do we do now?" Tian Xiangwen asked.
Fan Hong frowned as he stared intently at the documents.
If it were on the road, he would, as usual, assign a group of people to check the surveillance footage.
But what about inside the underground passage...?
The following morning.
Taking advantage of her free time, Lin Xiaoyu visited the Martial Arts Association once again.
Since her chance encounter with the Calamity Beast last year, and her subsequent rescue by a member of the Supervision Bureau, she secretly resolved to change herself, begin cultivating, and strive to join the Supervision Bureau.
As a result, she quit her job a few days later and focused on learning how to sense the Origin Power.
Fortunately, she seems to have some talent.
It took him about three months to sense the Origin Power and then he registered with the Martial Arts Association to learn how to cultivate it.
However, there is one regrettable thing.
That's what she heard at the time: for the first two months, the practitioners were taught by members of the Supervision Bureau, and then it was changed to other people who taught them.
Having initially thought she would meet her savior, she could only sigh and turn to serious cultivation.
At first, she practiced very diligently, spending more than ten hours a day practicing.
It took nearly three months to finally break through to the First Tier.
But progress slowed down after that.
Almost half a year has passed, and she has only reached the middle stage of the First Tier in her cultivation.
This pace of progress forced her to abandon her initial idea of joining the Supervision Bureau.
After all, the inspector who saved him back then said that he had reached the First Tier and then awakened his abilities.
Almost a year has passed now.
I've only reached the First Tier, and my abilities are still far from being fully developed. I'm probably a long way from meeting the current requirements.
However, she was only a little disappointed, not very sad.
After all, among the dozen or so Second Tier arts practitioners in the Linhai City Martial Arts Association, none of them have been heard of joining the Supervision Bureau.
Some buried themselves in cultivation, some formed hunting teams, and the one who fared the best was Master Lei Zhijian, who became the vice president of the Martial Arts Association.
"I wonder what news I'll hear today." Lin Xiaoyu walked into the Martial Arts Association with anticipation.
To avoid being completely unaware of anything, she would come to the Martial Arts Association every now and then.
Of course, most of the inquiries were about matters concerning martial artists within the association.
Such as who broke through to the Second Tier; who awakened what ability; which hunting team hunted down what kind of Calamity Beast and made how much money; which hunting team member sacrificed their life, etc...
As for some potentially major events.
The Martial Arts Association will send out notices in their large group chat, so you'll see them even if you don't come.
With this mindset in mind, Lin Xiaoyu walked into the hall of the Martial Arts Association.
She was somewhat surprised when she first entered.
Because a bunch of people were gathered around the large screen on the side.
Lin Xiaoyu, equally curious, leaned closer.
At the top of the screen, a task was currently displayed.