Upon hearing this, everyone began to ponder.
After a moment, Chen Tao said somewhat uncertainly.
"Accidental?"
"No, before, there were only two incidents a night at most. This time, it suddenly jumped to six incidents. It doesn't seem normal at all." Wei Leyang covered his mouth and nose with his bandaged hand.
"Not to mention..."
Wei Leyang looked at Shen Heng.
"Captain, do you know the exact time of the incident?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned to the youngest person present.
Shen Heng stood there calmly and spoke:
" Ringing Sound!"
"Received, querying..." the wristband replied automatically.
A moment later, Ringing Sound spoke again to report.
"Query complete. The specific times and overlap rates of the six events are as follows:"
At the entrance of Linhai No. 7 Middle School: Appearance time 18:12:29, overlap time 35 seconds;
Jinhai Shopping Center Underground Parking Garage: Appearance time 18:12:41, overlap time 42 seconds;
The third section of the Binhai Avenue tunnel appeared at 18:12:37, with an overlap time of 18 seconds;
West District Fisherman's Wharf Seafood Market: Appeared at 18:14:55;
North City Thermal Power Plant: Occurred at 18:15:44;
Radio and Television Tower Square: Appearance time 18:12:39, overlap time 25 seconds.
"Additional explanation: Since the seafood market and North City Thermal Power Plant are not connected to the network monitoring system, the alarm time is used as the standard, and there is no overlapping time data."
"In the other locations, the time difference between the overlapping of the Calamity Beast was as long as 12 seconds, and the shortest time to complete the overlap was 18 seconds, while the longest was 42 seconds."
"Report complete."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pupils of Xu Kai and the other two contracted slightly.
Although they knew there was something wrong with six incidents occurring at the same time, they could feel the problem more clearly when the data was actually presented.
Han Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.
Wei Leyang frowned, his thumb constantly rubbing the second joint of his index finger.
"These were almost simultaneously overlapped, and the speed of this overlap..."
"An incident similar to Lanikai Island?"
Lanikai Island?... Xu Kai glanced at Wei Leyang with some surprise, then looked at Shen Heng.
"The trigger for the announcement of the Ruins Realm news is in the bureau's files," Shen Heng explained simply.
Xu Kai nodded upon hearing this, deciding to go back and take a good look at the files he had previously considered useless.
"Would it further deepen the overlap between the two worlds, or would it be like Lanikai Island, where a higher-level Calamity Beast was released?" Wei Leyang muttered to himself.
Shen Heng nodded slightly; he had considered both possibilities.
"That's also possible..."
Han Ling's voice suddenly came from behind.
Shen Heng looked over and saw Han Ling say calmly,
"It is an adjunct to a certain behavior."
Accessories?... Shen Heng slowly withdrew his gaze.
This possibility is somewhat similar to, but not entirely the same as, his idea of using the appearance of a large number of Calamity Beast to cover up the high-level Calamity Beast that might be hiding beneath them.
Because it didn't directly target the Ruins Realm, but rather intended to send high-level Calamity Beast over.
But if the Ruins Realm doesn't allow high-level Calamity Beast to come, what is its original intention?
Dahuang sat on the side and looked up at Shen Heng.
Being human is so tiring, it's better to be a dog!
Shen Heng had no idea what Dahuang was thinking; he was still deep in thought.
Suddenly, I felt a slight vibration on my wrist.
Shen Heng looked at the wristband, and the Ringing Sound sound rang out almost simultaneously.
"Emergency communication from headquarters! Emergency communication from headquarters!"
Shen Heng's gaze narrowed slightly.
Headquarters contacted me before I even reported the matter to higher authorities?
What happened?
"Connect!"
"Drop--"
Communication established.
A deep, steady but rapid male voice immediately came from the wristband, with a slightly noisy background:
"Headquarters of the Supervision Bureau, is this Director Shen Heng?"
"Yes, it's me," Shen Heng replied.
"What's the situation in Linhai City now?"
Asking directly about the present situation, is it to confirm that there's a problem in Linhai? It seems the scope of this incident is indeed quite wide... Shen Heng's gaze darkened as he replied:
"All six incidents of Calamity Beast overlapping within Linhai City have been resolved."
Upon hearing that Linhai had finished handling the situation, a heavy sigh of relief was heard on the other end of the communication line.
"Very good!"
But then his tone became more urgent and serious:
"A previously unseen Late Fourth Tier Calamity Beast has appeared in Suicheng, and then the director of the Suicheng Supervision Bureau was sniping at it..."
There was a pause on the other end of the communication line, followed by a heavy voice:
"... sacrificed."
"..."
The atmosphere inside the tunnel instantly became heavy.
Late Fourth Tier... The local Supervision Bureau chief sacrificed himself...
If it were any other city, it wouldn't matter, but this is Suicheng, the capital of Lingnan Province...
Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly and asked:
" S-Class, or Near-S-Class?"
"It's too early to make an accurate assessment, but it shouldn't have reached S-Class- level yet; otherwise, the bureau chief of Suicheng wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long," the reply came from the other end of the communication line.
"However, even if they haven't reached S-Class, they are extremely Near-S-Class it."
"The only name we've given it so far is..."
" Bone Porcelain Puppet!"
Bone Porcelain Puppet?... Shen Heng's eyes flickered, and he continued to ask:
"What's the current situation in Suicheng?"
"There's still a Fourth Tier Inspector in Suicheng, fighting against that Calamity Beast. We've also contacted the nearest cities with Fourth Tier Inspectors to send people over," the reply came from the other end of the communication channel.
Shen Heng paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, I understand. I'll get there as fast as I can."
"Okay, please. You don't need to kill them, just stall them as long as possible. Headquarters will arrange for an S-Class inspector to get there as soon as possible," came the reply from the other end of the communication line.
"Okay, I understand," Shen Heng replied. "By the way, how far-reaching is this incident?"
"Well..." The person on the other end of the line paused, seemingly seeking instructions, before replying after a moment, "I'm not sure about overseas, but domestically, it's basically all covered."
"I understand!" Shen Heng replied.
The communication was disconnected.
Shen Heng slowly scanned the crowd, then said in a deep voice:
" Han Ling, come with me. The rest of you, stay in Linhai, just in case anything goes wrong..."
Let's rewind a little bit.
Suicheng, a street park.
A slender figure stood silently on the grass in the park, her long, wine-red hair tied into a bun at the back of her head.
In her hand, a broadsword almost as tall as herself was dragging on the ground.
" Sister Xuan... Captain... what... what do we... do now?" The voice came through the electricity, suppressed, trembling, and desperate.
Gu Lingxuan's eyelashes trembled almost imperceptibly.
She slowly raised her head, her gaze seemingly able to penetrate the trees and tall buildings of the park, looking towards the direction of her target.
This is... utterly troublesome.
She took a barely perceptible breath, then tightened her grip on the Greatsword.
"You guys just need to handle your own tasks, over there..."
She paused, then added, as if stating a perfectly simple fact.
"I'll handle it."