Silver wrapped up the wound, stumbling over to the sofa and collapsing onto it. His breathing carried a slight tremor as he endured the pain.
"Tell me about what happened at the time." Lila walked up to the sofa and looked down at him.
Silver smiled, "It seems the rumors are true, you are cold-blooded."
He adjusted his posture and started speaking: "I arrived at the port last night and went to the explosion site as per your instructions. There were security guards patrolling the area, and I had to put in a lot of effort to scan the site data."
Silver took a metal sphere out of his pocket and tossed it to Lila. She caught it precisely, and the metal sphere opened in her hand, projecting a beam of light that fully displayed the three-dimensional diagram and data analysis of the explosion site in front of her.
"The blast radius is thirty meters. The explosive is estimated to be a homemade Molotov cocktail......"
Homemade gasoline bombs, this equipment is quite crude. With the capabilities of the Mechanical Dawn to mobilize the warehouse at the port, the members of the organization will not only use the shabby homemade gasoline bombs when taking action, but at the very least they will also use regular military ammunition.
From this, it can be inferred that the culprit behind this bombing incident is likely not Mechanical Dawn.
Lila tapped the projected screen, and another scene of an explosion accident appeared. The explosion range this time was smaller, less than 10 meters, and the explosive was estimated to be a Molotov cocktail, with ethanol as the fuel.
Continuously switching the data of the explosion site, Lila can confirm her previous guess.
The mastermind behind the previous series of bombings was not Mechanical Dawn, there is a hidden third party involved in the port explosion case.
As for what the purpose of this unknown third party is, whether the purpose is related to the Craken, these issues need further investigation.
Silver's action is highly efficient. He managed to obtain so much data in just one night. He must have been exhausted from rushing around all night.
Lila tossed the metal ball back into Silver's arms, "Go on, tell me about what happened to you."
"I initially wanted to come back and give you the data from the scene right away, but then I suddenly heard someone screaming in agony. When I rushed to the source of the sound, I found that a security guard patrolling the area had already been killed by a monster, and it was trying to burrow into the corpse to lay its eggs." Silver's face showed a look of disgust, "I eliminated the monster, but the guard's teammate arrived at the scene. He saw me, so I had no choice but to kill him and the monster together. I disposed of the bodies."
"This is the first monster," Lila said, "You encountered three of them last night."
"Hmm. The second monster actively came to me, it parasitized a dock worker, and that worker became emaciated after being parasitized, and there were no more nutrients for it to absorb. I guess it was eager to accumulate energy for the next metamorphosis, and wanted to find a new host. It encountered me, and was preparing to parasitize me." Silver said in an unpleasant tone, "Tsk, disgusting. It's the second one that has injured me."
"The third one." Lila said.
"The third one is not worth mentioning. I discovered it just as it climbed up the dock from the sea." Silver Miao shrugged, "It didn't have a chance to find a human host, it's a fragile juvenile."
Monster, a creature that lives in the sea, can climb ashore to find a host, and lay its eggs in human corpses.
This monster is not weak in combat, able to kill security guards who are much stronger than ordinary people, and even injuring Silver, who possesses extraordinary abilities.
Lila bitterly smiled to herself. She should have known that in a world where cyberpunk and supernatural elements converge, the appearance of strange and unusual things should not come as a surprise.
The danger level of the Second World was higher in her mind.
"In the past, you wouldn't come across such a monster even once a month, but why are there so many tonight?" Silver said, "We should report this to the organization."
"Yes, it's time to report......" Lila's words trailed off, the communicator in her pocket vibrating - it was the communicator from the Investigation Department.
The call display on the communication device shows the caller as Xue.
"Captain."
"Lila, how are you recovering?"Xue's voice was somewhat serious.
"What happened?" Lila noticed that his tone was off.
The team 6's Memo and Willy encountered an unexpected incident during their patrol at the pier last night. "Xue said, "The port patrol post is now vacant and in urgent need of personnel. Lila, we have had too many casualties these days and can't spare any more personnel. If you have recovered, it would be best for you to return and carry out the mission as soon as possible."
"Okay, I will return to the Investigation Department tomorrow morning." Lila said.
Xue seems very busy, he didn't say a single unnecessary word, and after explaining what needed to be explained, he hung up the call.
Lila put down the communicator and looked directly at Silver, who was sitting on the sofa listening to the communication and watching the excitement.
Memo and Willy are members of the field team, which is part of the neighboring Sixth Squad. Lila has reviewed their files. Silver witnessed one of them being killed by a monster last night, and then took down the other person who came to investigate.
"If you go on patrol at the port, wouldn't it be much more convenient for me to take action there? " Silver said excitedly, "It would also be very convenient for us to set up a bomb at the port. Ha, we were lucky, the person we killed last night wasn't killed in vain, it just happened to be one of your field team."
"Yes, you killed our team member, causing the field team to be understaffed, and my three-day vacation was reduced to one day." Lila said, "Going to work means I have to spend a long time with my teammates, and I can't communicate with you in a timely manner to make plans."
Silver was taken aback, "I didn't expect this... It's all just a coincidence."
"I don't expect you to think of it."Lila facepalmed, "Oh well, surprises are always unavoidable, this is not your fault, plans must change with the situation. If there is an emergency, and you can't reach me, you can handle it yourself, you don't need to wait for my instructions, just remember to report back to me afterwards."
"Okay." Silver nodded.
Her adjustment time has decreased, last night she stayed up all night studying materials, now she must go to sleep and rest up.
"I have to go now, don't move around too much before your injury has recovered." Lila said.
"Wait!"Silver called out to Lila.
"What's wrong?" Lila turned around.
"I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?" he asked seriously, "I've been running all night, without sleep or food, and using my abilities makes me especially hungry."
Lila pondered: "There are no ingredients in the kitchen, order takeout, and get me a portion as well."
"Alright, I'll take care of it."
Half an hour later, the doorbell rang.
Xi, wearing a food delivery worker's uniform, appeared at the door, "Hello, your de.......ah, senior sister! So you live here!"
Lila was surprised to find out that Xi was working part-time as a food delivery person. She asked: "Are you working to support your studies?"
"Yes, earning money to go to university, I just don't know if I can earn enough... I'm afraid my hopes are dashed." Xi handed over the takeout bag, "I have another order to run, bye senior!" Lila waved to him and closed the door.
"Who is he?" Silver asked.
"A male student who was admitted to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Black Sea Academy, the character I play is also a graduate of the Black Sea Academy." Lila took out the takeout box.
"Mechanical engineering? They are the talents that the organization needs." Silver's hands, which were busy dismantling the tableware, paused, "How is his family situation?"
"Not very good, my parents own a convenience store." Lila said.
Silver suddenly realized, "You know him so well? You're already considering recruiting him, aren't you?"
So Mechanical Dawn organization accepts new members?
"Don't be too hasty." Lila said calmly.
"You're right, we need to observe him for a while longer." Silver opened the takeout box.
"However, people from poor family backgrounds are relatively easy to entice, as they are easily swayed by money." Lila suddenly said, "As long as you offer a small benefit, you can enter into an interest-binding arrangement with the other party."
"Report the intelligence about the frequent appearance of the port monster and the name of the male student who was admitted to the Black Sea Academy together. If he qualifies, the organization will send someone to contact him." Silver said.
"Okay, you write the report." Lila ordered him without any courtesy, "The boy's name is Xi."
Silver endured it again and again, finally swallowing this grievance: "I'll write, I'll write... After all, I have nothing to do while recovering from my injuries."
After eating takeout, Silver carefully wrote and completed the report to be submitted to the organization, and handed it over to Lila for review. After she gave her approval, Silver finally pressed send with relief.
Silver's report was recognized by Lila, and he was very satisfied. Lila saw the common reporting format for Mechanical Dawn organization in Silver's report, and she was also satisfied.
She noticed that Silver's report did not use the word "monster" but instead used "Xenobiotics," and she thought that "Xenobiotics" was the formal written designation for "monster."
Lila went back to her room, while Silver curled up on the sofa with a thin blanket to rest.
He had his eyes closed, a tuft of white hair protruding from under the blanket, like a cat that had burrowed into the bedding, thinking it was well hidden.
Lila evaluated Silver in her mind: "Aside from being obedient and having superpowers, he is completely like a stupid cat in every other aspect."
Some of the materials from the Investigation Department were not fully reviewed, and there was not enough time left for Lila to carefully go through the materials. She quickly browsed through, focusing on finding paragraphs related to "monsters" and "Xenobiotics".
At the end of the information, there is the following paragraph: The Investigation Department Emergency Response Team, the leader is unknown, the members are uncertain, the office is located on the third floor of the Xuanzha Building. The main responsibility of this invisible team is to secretly eliminate Xenobiotics that appear in various places.
The Investigation Department has many secrets, such as the mysterious emergency team. The Second World also has many strange things, such as the "monsters" mentioned by Silver, Xenobiotics.
There is not much rest time left, Lila put down her wristband and forced herself to fall asleep.
......
Lila slept for eight hours.
After the scheduled alarm clock rang, she got up from the bed, washed and changed her clothes.
Lila splashed her face with cold water, stared at her reflection in the mirror for a while, and muttered to herself, "Fear can make one hesitate to move forward."
She cannot stop and cannot make progress, whether in the first world or the second world.
Lila pushed open the bathroom door and walked to the living room, just in time to see Silver climbing in from the balcony through the window.
"I went to buy ingredients this morning, ordering takeout is too expensive." Silver carried large and small bags, looking expectantly at Lila.
"Well, it seems time for a breakfast."Lila said, "Put the excess food in the fridge."
Given that he spent money to buy Lai, Lila's tolerance towards him can be appropriately increased a little.
She simply prepared two meals for breakfast, and after eating, Silver consciously collected the bowls and chopsticks to wash them.
He asked while washing: "My injury is almost recovered, what instructions do I have today?"
That fast? Lila thought incredulously.
Does every person with extraordinary abilities have this kind of resilience? Silver did not use a technological recovery chamber to heal his injuries, yet he still recovered very quickly, faster than a normal human would.
"Not for now." Lila changed her shoes at the door, "If I'm assigned to patrol the port area, I'll tell you the instructions. If not, it's pending. In the meantime, you can move freely."
She stepped out the door with her umbrella.
The rain in Heihai City has been going on for a long time, and this place is practically a city of rain. Lila is waiting for the tram at the tram stop, and the tram arrives on time one minute later.
The day Heihai City lost its neon lights and holographic advertisements, it became much simpler. Looking around, all the buildings in the misty rain appeared in a deep gray shade, making it feel gloomy.
A few dozen minutes later, Lila arrived at the Investigation Department building.
"Welcome back, security intern Lila. Please put the umbrella on the public umbrella rack." Adam's voice reached her ears.
Lila put down the umbrella as instructed, and took the elevator to Xue's office.
She knocked on the door.
"Please come in," Xue said.
The door opened, and Lila's heart skipped a beat as she stepped inside. There were four or five people in the office, all members of the Seventh Squad, and they all turned to look at her as she entered.
"Alright, let's not waste too much time with chitchat." Ue knocked on the table to regain the team members' attention, "Sit down, Lila, it's time to start briefing on this mission's target."
Lila sat down in a wheelchair she pulled out in front of an empty spot.
Xue turned on the holographic projector, and a realistic three-dimensional human figure was projected into the air.
"This is our target for this time. Chay, a Level Six Citizen, has committed a First Degree Murder offense, but due to his mental illness, he has not been incarcerated, and is instead receiving treatment at the Heihai City Municipal Psychiatric Hospital." Xue said, "Just last night, he escaped, fleeing after attacking his mental health therapist."
"How did he do it?" the man sitting to Lila's left asked, "Is his psychotherapist still alive?"
"His mental health therapist sustained minor injuries and is not in serious condition," Xue said, "As for how he escaped... Based on the analysis, he likely awakened."
"Awakened? Has he become an Awaker with extraordinary abilities?" The members of Squad Seven all had surprised expressions on their faces.
Adam concluded that the superhuman power he had awakened was not lethal, and the security equipment at the psychiatric hospital had not been violently damaged, so he was likely using his superhuman power without violence
"Our task is to apprehend him and take him into custody," Xue said. "If he resists violently or threatens the safety of the general public during the process, we have the authorization to eliminate him on the spot."
"I have a question," Lila said. "Is the patient's mental state stable? Did he show any signs or unusual reactions before attempting to escape or attack the therapist?" "Indeed, there are." Xue frowned. "The hospital provided us with Chay's treatment videos, where he insistently claims he is not ill and repeatedly emphasizes that he is not from Heihai City, but believes he is from a place called 'Jinling'."
"It's still a serious illness," a team member said with a chuckle. His words were echoed by the rest.
But Lila had no desire to go along with them to make herself seem more sociable.
Nanjing, the escaped psychiatric patient Chay said he came from Nanjing.
Chay is also a first-world player!
