Chapter Twenty-Five: The Legend of the Urban Demon
"This is the fifth disappearance this month!" Xincheng said, looking at the information in his hand.
"Hmm!" Ye Rui nodded, and tapped a few times on the computer to introduce: "This is the location of the disappearance, since two months ago, there have been 16 people missing, most of the locations are checked in the dark alleys, the surveillance is only the record of entering the alley, and no record of going out can be found." In other words, all the missing people have lost their traces in the alleys. Moreover, after inspecting the site, it was found that in addition to the blood stains, there was a kind of mucus, which was 95% water after the examination, and the ethanol reaction was detected. β
"Aren't the missing people all drunk? maybe they're vomiting!" guessed Xincheng.
"But I just checked that it still contains gasoline, so those people don't all drink gasoline!" Horii disagrees.
"Hasn't the police department already taken over and started the investigation?" asked Dagu puzzled.
"Five police officers involved in the investigation went missing last night, and they disappeared in different places. Megumi looked up at the team and said, "The director has asked the victory team to also participate in the investigation and try his best to find out the truth." β
"Roar," Xincheng looked impatient, "I'm almost moldy here, it's time to go out." β
"Can't you help me, then? I've been working on weapons against Impleyza for days. "Horii was very dissatisfied with the leisurely nature of the new town.
"Is there any achievement on this?" asked Munakata with concern.
Horii sighed in disappointment with a face full of unwillingness: "No, it's too difficult to meet a weapon that is extremely powerful and can't have too much explosion range." These two points are fundamentally contradictory, the powerful explosion range is too large, and the small range is not enough to blow up the machine. Unless there is a breakthrough, nothing can be achieved in a short period of time. β
"How's the situation with the new fighter?, are you already proficient?" asked Megumi Kuruma with concern.
"No problem, the cockpit of the Feiyan EX and the Feiyan II is almost completely mastered now. Da Gu raised his head and said confidently.
"I'm already fully familiar with the Phoenix's high-speed mode and ready to strike. Lina said proudly, but she also has the capital to be proud, compared to other test pilots, she has completed the transition from normal mode to high-speed mode in a fairly short time.
The Phoenix's normal mode speed is only maintained at Mach 10, which can be mastered with diligent practice, but the high-speed mode is at Mach 30, in addition to his own diligence, he also needs a high talent to master this, and the person who can make the Phoenix fly for a long time in high-speed mode is only Lina in the starry night.
"Hmm!" Megumi nodded with satisfaction, and the combat effectiveness of the victory team had increased a lot compared to before, and it was able to deal with more emergencies.
"Why are you so happy?" Starry Night saw when he walked in with a silver-white box, and all the members of the victory team were in a state of high spirits.
"Here, take a look at the new equipment of the Victory Team. Starry Night placed the box on the table and opened it to reveal a silver-white gun and several special ammo inside.
"This is the latest development of the laser gun, which has been upgraded on the basis of the Victory Haipa gun and replaced with the latest magnetic acceleration system. The 50-round load in a single magazine is twice as powerful as before, and special ammunition can be replaced. Starry Night said as she picked up several magazines marked with different colors in the box: "Each of these special ammunition has only one bullet, but the power is huge. The ammunition marked red is a fire bullet that has the power to knock down a building with a single shot, and the ice blue bullet is a freeze bullet that can easily freeze the monster. β
"It's amazing!" Da Gu carefully picked up the two ammunition, looking at the small ammunition, which was twice the size of his thumb, it was unbelievable that it contained explosive energy.
"Has the research institute started to develop high-power weapons of destruction on a large scale?" Megumi asked with some concern.
"Hmm!" Starry Night nodded: "Now we don't have a weapon to deal with Impleza, maybe there will be more powerful enemies in the future, now humanity needs powerful weapons to defend their earth, and a resolution has been passed at the General Staff Meeting to authorize the Weapons Research Institute to convert reserve technology and practical alien technology into usable weapons to deal with the planetary crisis." β
Megumi pursed her lips for a long time, as if asking Starry Night, and as if she was asking herself, she muttered, "Can a powerful weapon definitely protect humanity?"
No one answers this question, a powerful weapon is a double-edged sword that can hurt others and hurt oneself as well. The destruction of one's own weapons has occurred many times in human history.
Starry Night lay on the railing of the balcony and looked at the sea in the distance, and kept repeating the words of Captain Megumi in his mind: "Can a powerful weapon definitely protect mankind?"
"What's wrong, I don't seem to be happy!" Dagu walked over and asked with concern.
"It's nothing, it's just a little emotional. The research department is responsible for the research of new technology, but a large part of these technologies will be transformed into various weapons, our weapons will become more and more powerful, but it is people who operate these weapons, if people are useless to keep up with the pace of weapons, then these weapons will become the biggest obstacle to human development. Starry Night looked at the sea and said lightly: "The heart of human beings who are constantly enterprising, not afraid of challenges, and always full of hope is the most powerful, and it is also the guarantee that human beings can survive forever, but now everyone has begun to rely on powerful weapons, but the strength of external force will disappear in the universe one day, the universe has a history of tens of billions of years, and countless advanced civilizations have been born, and in the end they have been washed away by the long river of time." β
Seeing the incredible look on Da Gu's face, Starry Night sneered and said, "Don't you think it's ridiculous, the Weapons Research Institute is under my jurisdiction, but what kind of heart do I have here?" β
"No, I didn't mean that. Dagu waved his hand in a panic.
"Weapons can only protect themselves from external aggression but cannot prevent their own destruction, and only the human heart can make human beings perpetuate. Starry Night rolled over and lay on the railing and looked at the blue sky: "All I can do is to use powerful weapons to protect humanity from perishing under external aggression." β
"I believe that human beings will not let their hearts be lost, and human beings are by no means so fragile. Dagu's rare Yan sΓΉ tone was very firm.
Starry Night looked straight at Dagu and asked, "Dagu, do you have any thoughts about Ultraman, and why did it appear?"
Dagu glanced to the side with an unnatural expression, and finally leaned on the railing and looked at the sea: "I don't think Ultraman is an enemy of humans, he should be here to help humans! As for why it appeared, I don't know, yes, why did it appear?" Dagu said as he put his right hand on his left chest, his eyes were very confused.
"If one day all humans from all over the world come to oppose Ultraman's actions, do you think Ultraman will still fight for humans?" Starry Night said with a little sigh as he looked up at the sky.
"How is it possible, why do humans oppose Ultraman's actions?" Dagu smiled very reluctantly.
"What would Ultraman do if there was a day?" Starry Night said this, and he was also a little confused, and patted Dagu on the shoulder and walked in.
Da Gu looked back at the figure of Starry Night, which had been disappearing around the corner of the corridor, his eyes were cloudy, and his right hand stroked the divine light stick inside his clothes: "Why did you choose me, if there really was such a day, what should I do?"
At night, the flow of people in the city has decreased by nearly half or more, and there is an urban legend circulating throughout the city: "At night, the devil will appear in the dark corners and drag the lone person into the bottomless abyss" There are several similar legends, but without exception, there are dark corners and man-eating monsters, TPC's police bureau has routinely sent investigators into the investigation, but after the disappearance of five police officers yesterday, the severity of the incident has escalated, and even the elite troop victory team has been involved in the investigation. And the police bureau has invested ten times the force to investigate, which is bound to investigate this matter to the ground.
"Dagu, do you think those legends are true?" asked Xincheng as he drove a Sherlock on the silent road, the traffic on the road was very sparse, and most people were already afraid of the legends, and began to reduce their night outings.
"After all, it's a legend, and I guess it's an exaggeration, but the citizens seem to be scared. Dagu looked at the shops on the side of the road and said worriedly, many of the shops that were supposed to be open 24 hours a day were closed, and the streets were deserted and looked particularly depressed.
"Help, help me!" was when the two were chatting and patrolling, when suddenly a heart-rending shout came from the front.
"New Town!"
"Understood!" Sherlock sped up sharply, and the Sherlock car quickly drove to a sharp stop where the sound sounded, and the two of them opened the door as they took out the Victory Hypa Gun II and walked vigilantly towards the alley.
As soon as they reached the mouth of the alley, they heard a chaotic sound of footsteps, and the two immediately raised their pistols and aimed them inside. Turning on the light on the helmet, he found a man dressed in police department costume stumbling out with a frightened look on his face, as if something terrifying was chasing him from behind.
"What's wrong?" Dagu immediately stepped forward to help him and asked.
"Monsters, there are monsters!" the man was so frightened that his tone changed, and his right hand trembled and pointed to the dark alley.
Xincheng walked carefully inside, his boots splashing in the sewage puddle.
"Ahh
Finally, the sound of creeping was getting closer and closer, and the sound of squirming was gathering in the silent alley, and a tentacle-like thing protruded from the corner of the alley.
(Thanks to the book friend Poor Daoshen for his tip)