Chapter 5 Abandoned Playground
The headquarters of the Tianfu City Anomaly Investigation Bureau is located in the north of the city, while the target location is in the south of the city. As the largest city in the southwest region of the Xiazhou Federation, it took Sun Hang and the others more than two hours to cross the entire Tianfu City vertically.
The black off-road vehicle drove out of the city and sped along the highway in the southern suburbs. On both sides were desolate open spaces and some sparse abandoned buildings.
Occasionally, you can see a few small inhabited villages, but they all look like they are withered. At the entrance of the village, you can only see some plainly dressed old people sitting on bamboo chairs to bask in the sun, and occasionally a few preschoolers. Children stumbled across, followed by grandparents carrying bowls of food... As for the young adults, they were completely missing.
"Young people all yearn for big cities. For them, even if they get banged up in a reinforced concrete forest, it is better than spending their youth in a small village like this." said the chatty driver uncle who clearly showed off his personality. While driving, he said, "To use a word that is very popular on the Internet...ah, yes, 'rotten', they said that staying in a place like this will only slowly rot, it is better to go to the city and try your luck." .”
We drove through another village. Most of the houses in this village had collapsed. Only two houses near the road were still occupied. Undried clothes were still hanging on the clothes drying rack in front of the door. There were piles of straw on the side. A bald native dog lay stretched out on its back, enjoying the warm afternoon sunshine.
"After these old people leave, this place will really become a no man's land." The driver said with emotion.
"If this place is so desolate, why would someone build an amusement park here?" Sun Hang asked.
"The past was before, and the present is now." The uncle driver sighed, "More than 20 years ago, this was the famous Chengnan Economic Development Zone, and land prices were hotter than in the city center."
"Then why did it become like this?" Sun Hang asked again.
"What other reason could there be? It's just a weird thing." The uncle driver said, "Although that thing has been solved, no one is willing to invest in this place anymore. Gradually, the southern suburbs turned into barren mountains."
"Are you a foreigner? Everyone in Tianfu City knows this." 0401 muttered with some confusion, "Although I wasn't born yet at that time, when I was a child, I would make a lot of noise at night and refuse to sleep, and my mother would always Come to scare me... Well, 0398, you must have heard of it, right?”
"So what if you've heard of it." 0398 said with some impatience in his tone, "Instead of caring about this kind of thing, you might as well think about how to save your own life when you get to the mission location."
"Hey, I'm not the one to worry about." 0401 suddenly showed a somewhat shameful smile, "You have all read the mission information. The missing people are all young women. As a grown man, I am very safe. On the contrary, It's you..."
"You can shut up, no one will think you are mute." 0398 said angrily.
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As we get further and further away from the city, a large number of ruins of high-rise buildings begin to appear on both sides of the highway... From these ruins, we can vaguely see the prosperity of the development zone in the south of the city. However, now there is only a dead silence.
Along the way, the most frequent thing that appeared was the big word "DEMOlish" painted on abandoned buildings with bright red paint.
"Except for homeless vagrants and scavengers, no one wants to come here." The driver stepped on the brakes. "Even if the monster has been dealt with, in the eyes of the citizens of Tianfu City, this place is It has also become a cursed place.”
Not long after, the abandoned amusement park as the mission target finally came into Sun Hang's sight.
The first thing that catches the eye is the iconic giant Ferris wheel. The giant steel structure with a diameter of more than 100 meters overlooks the entire amusement park.
The plastic sheet wrapped around the Ferris wheel danced like tattered flags driven by high-altitude air currents. "It will probably cost a lot of money to make this thing." Sun Hang thought to himself, "What a pity... It would be great if I could share some of this money."
At the entrance of the abandoned amusement park, there were seven or eight Public Security Bureau vehicles parked. A yellow and white police cordon stretched in a long circle along the outer wall of the amusement park. A stocky, dark-skinned police officer squatted on one side. On the stone, he was smoking a cigarette with a sad face.
At his feet, a dozen finished cigarette butts were scattered.
"This is Captain Huang from the Field Service Brigade of the Chengnan Branch of the Public Security Bureau." A young police officer introduced the three of them to Sun Hang, "Captain Huang led the team for the first three survey missions..."
At this point, he suddenly lowered his voice: "The trainee police officer... also disappeared under the eyes of the Yellow Team."
"People from the Investigation Bureau?" The police officer known as Captain Huang threw away the cigarette in his hand, walked over and looked at Sun Hang and the others, and finally focused on 0398.
"I know what kind of people the temporary investigators are, so I don't expect you to be of any help." Captain Huang said in a rough voice, pointing at Sun Hang and 0401, "You two, All you need to do is keep an eye on her. No matter what happens, you must ensure that she is always in your sight. Do you understand? ”
"Understood." 0401 nodded.
"I have an idea." Sun Hang suddenly said.
"What's your idea? Just tell me." Captain Huang glanced at Sun Hang, "Don't waste time."
"If you are worried about 0398 disappearing for no reason, it is better to tie her up with someone." Sun Hang said.
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"That's a good idea. Let's handcuff you and her." Captain Huang frowned, but still took out a pair of handcuffs from his bag.
"I owe the Xiazhou Federation a lot of money. If something happens to me on my first mission, the loss will be bigger for the Federation." Sun Hang said calmly, "That 0401, his debt is only to me. Less than one-third of the total, he is more suitable.”
"That makes sense." Captain Huang nodded and walked directly to 0401.
"F*ck! You guy...you fucking want to trick me to death?" 0401's expression suddenly changed.
"What are you yelling about? As long as you follow us obediently and don't run around, what could happen?" Captain Huang was very strong and grabbed 0401 who was trying to retreat, and put a handcuff on his wrist.
The other handcuff was cuffed on 0398's wrist.
0398 didn't struggle much, looking resigned to his fate.
"Let's go." Captain Huang picked up the riot helmet thrown on the hood, slapped it on his head, and said.
(End of chapter)