A silent and deep swamp forest, where large trees have been uprooted from the lake, and a few roots float on the water, revealing a hollow like a prison cell below.

A speedboat is passing through it.

Gollum ~ Gollum ~

The propellers were spinning slowly, making a strange, muffled sound.

As the water stirred, bubbles rose one after another from the dark water, breaking through the dark green duckweed on the surface of the lake, rippling out in circles and waves.

"It should be around here, haven't you found it yet?"

The man controlled the course of the speedboat, and asked the policeman who was sitting in the middle of the boat with a computer searching for something.

At the bow of the boat is a squat...... Or rather, there was a woman kneeling, not uttering a word, but her eyes kept wandering among the swamp and woods, and her face was filled with a cloud of worry and sadness.

"Andrey, you have to understand that this is not an easy thing to do, you just told me that your child left the house and drove away in the speedboat, and I can't be sure where he is now, so you have to think back to where he might go, because this detector can only detect life within fifty meters...... Actually, I don't understand why you had to let me out to look for it, I've only been here for a long time, and I'm not familiar with this kind of swamp search and rescue work, you should agree with me to let Bob and them help, instead of saying that too many people will scare your children. ”

Obviously, the policeman was a little dissatisfied, but he still watched the signal change on the screen as he spoke.

"You're a policeman, isn't it your job to find the missing, we trust you by asking for your help, while the other police officers are looking for you in the town, if you don't want to, you can go back now, if my child has an accident because of your delay, I promise it will make you, an outsider, regret it!"

Andre, whose own child was missing, undoubtedly had a worse attitude, and he did not shy away from extending his index finger to the police, and the woman at the bow of the boat also turned around.

Drip~

The sudden sound of a signal prompt caused the policeman, who was about to retort, to turn his attention back to his detector screen, where a red dot appeared at the bottom of the screen.

"5 meters underwater....... 5 meters underwater?"

At first, the police read the information based on the data displayed by the detector, but the police quickly realized what the data meant and were full of doubts.

5 meters underwater with a large life reaction?

It's not the sea, it's a swamp!

The reason he came here is that it is very safe, unlike the various danger zones outside, this small town in the swampy area is not only free of mental pollution monsters, but even ordinary injuries rarely occur, pythons or crocodiles do not exist here, and even if they do, they have long been hunted by local hunters and made into leather for sale.

So what is this detector detecting?

"Did you find anything?"

André asked, but the light from the bow of the ship did not shine here, and his face was hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to see.

"I noticed that there was ...... underwater Maybe it's a python or a snapping turtle from somewhere else, but we'll keep looking. ”

5 meters underwater, naturally it is impossible for children to appear, and the policeman, who wanted to say more, realized that this time was not suitable for talking about other topics, so he casually prevaricated and did not continue, but returned his attention to the screen.

Drip ~ drip ~ drip ~

A continuous number of signal prompts sounded.

"What's going on?"

Looking at the large number of red dots that suddenly appeared on the screen, the policeman looked stunned, subconsciously thought that there was a problem with the detector, and hurriedly pressed the button to prepare to restart.

However, before he could press it down, a dim candlelight lit up in the nearby swamp and woods, and the faint hum of the engine and the sound of water coming from all directions.

The policeman stood abruptly, choking on something in his throat, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

He sensed the approach of some kind of being, so he nervously stretched out his right hand to press the gun on his waist, his eyes faintly lit up, and there was a crack in the skin of his left forearm, which shimmered with metallic luster inside.

He is not an ordinary person without combat effectiveness, he has received professional training from the police academy and has excellent grades, and he is very confident in his own strength.

However, as he was about to draw his gun, he saw a disgusting dark green phosphorescence in the lake around his speedboat, and sharp objects that were rapidly shuttling beneath the surface of the water, approaching his side.

This moment.

The police stopped thinking.

Or that he couldn't think anymore.

Because his will does not allow this thing that should be instinctive to continue!

......

Rumble~

The orange flames rushed from the stove, and in the black iron pot, the tentacles of several octopuses were constantly curled up by frying, and they were tumbling in various dark condiments.

"Table 3, braised pork trotters, salt-and-pepper potatoes, steamed soft-shelled turtle, eggplant with minced meat, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, ......"

A waiter ran into the kitchen with the menu that the customer had just ordered, pinned it to the back of the previous menu in order, kept shouting in his mouth, and began to put the prepared dishes into the plate next to him and prepare to serve them outside.

In their case, food delivery robots are not allowed to be used, because the strange-tempered shopkeeper thinks that the robots are cold and impersonal, which is not in line with the harmonious and warm atmosphere of the restaurant.

Coincidentally, just as he was leaving the kitchen with the dishes, the shopkeeper happened to walk in from the counter outside.

"Shopkeeper, hard work!"

In the face of this silver-haired but still energetic shopkeeper, the waiter's heart was only filled with admiration.

"Hey~ You've worked hard, get a piece of meat in the back kitchen later, go back and add food to yourself, eat more!"

Chen Qing squinted his eyes and patted the waiter's shoulder, leaned sideways to let him go first, and then continued to walk towards the kitchen.

"Shopkeeper, you ......"

Nie Qingzhu, who was carrying the ingredients, noticed the old man walking into the kitchen and hurriedly greeted him.

"I have a friend I haven't seen for five years contact me, it's inconvenient outside, you know, it's too noisy, so I'm going to go upstairs first, there is a Suzi watching outside, if there is anything, she will come to you. ”

"If you don't let Xiaocui go out and watch, she won't be able to help in the back kitchen anyway, and she was still complaining to me about the heavy smoke here just now. ”

Nie Qingzhu pointed to the girl who was watching here from the side, and said with a smile.

"Well, you tell her. ”

Chen Qing nodded, turned around and walked up the stairs on the inside of the back kitchen.

This design is not available in many restaurants, because the second floor is also a place for customers to eat, so the more places you can place, the better.

Xiang Feng Restaurant is undoubtedly an exception.

Although the second floor is still a dining area, it is limited to the front hall, and the back is a lounge, for which a sign is hung outside the door.

Of course, there are very few people who can enter this so-called lounge.

"The person who defeated the Dao Lord in Rongxia City has reappeared. ”

The old man took a sip of tea on the audio-visual stick in his hand, sorted out the cigarette pouch, and said in the door.

"Didn't it disappear for five years, and there was no response to how we contacted us at the beginning, and now it has popped up so suddenly...... Be careful, in five years, the voice and the situation at that time have long been blurred!"

In the years when the Yecheng accident occurred and the whole federation fell into turmoil, whether it was cooperation or simply wanting to maintain this one-sided relationship, the Yimeng had already contacted Zhu Jue several times, but there was no reply at all.

Because of this, this sudden call made them a little caught off guard and alert.

"It's not like it's fake...... I clearly asked him about the situation at the time, and the matter between Suzi and him was not so easy to fake. ”

Taking a sip of cigarettes, Chen Qing frowned, and coming up to contact the headquarters was also his deliberate approach.

The video of Zhu Jue riding on Baiaki and forcibly killing the leader of the Holy Spirit Sect has long been stored within the federal government, and Zhu Jue's identity was confirmed for the first time, but not so many people know what happened in the square where the puppet was burned in Rongxia City, and Suzi, as a witness, is a very good witness in itself.

"What he wants. ”

At this time, another somewhat old-fashioned voice suddenly came from the listening stick.

"How did you know he was looking for us?"

Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"Haha, did you know him as early as I did, that is a guy who can't afford to be early, if there is nothing for you to help, expect him to contact you?"

"He knows that we have the technology to make the Evolution Potion, so he wants us to make a copy for him, saying that we don't need power, and focus on ability as much as possible. ”

Relaying the request mentioned by Zhu Jue on the phone, Chen Qing walked to the window and looked at the old large pipeline outside, in five years, Rongxia City is becoming another super city!

"Heh, it's his style, let's bring it after confirming it. ”

"Are you crazy, this person has disappeared for five years, and he used to be the first-level inspector of the Yecheng Monster Countermeasures Bureau, help him, aren't you afraid to help us all?"

Obviously, not everyone agrees with the previous man's idea.

"When he sends the materials, you'll know why I'm agreeing...... Chen Qing, you tell him, let's help, we have to take half of the evolutionary meat, otherwise don't talk about it, let's talk so much for the time being, don't explore his current situation, just keep in touch, maybe it will be of great use in the future. ”

That person didn't care about dissuasion at all, and his words were undoubtedly more effective in Chen Qing than in the other person.

Chen Qing, who put down the listening stick, contacted Zhu Jue again to show their attitude.

"No problem, as long as it's free...... Hey, can you give me a tattoo that no one else can see?"

Zhu Jue on the other end of the phone seemed to be in the tattoo parlor, asking about the tattoo.

"You're here to find fault?"

The tattoo parlor owner's voice sounded a little angry.

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