Chapter 61: Fifty-nine: Survivors

Fifty-nine: Survivors

Three suspected Abnormal survivors have been identified, and their files are now laid out in three separate reports.

The two main squads of the Xuanmi Group, the Tiger Team and the Snake Team, gathered around the table where the three reports were placed. Looking at the names and photos on the front pages, each person wore a different expression.

"Li Jiahong, forty-six years old; Li Yuning, four years old!?" The leader of the Snake Team, She Zi'an, felt his brow twitch uncontrollably. Upon seeing the records of this father and daughter in the Xuanmi Group's information system, he could not control his tone, his voice rising in shock and suspicion, "They were survivors who lived through a Heaven-Level Abnormal event?"

Taking another look at the detailed record of that Heaven-Level Abnormal event, She Zi'an immediately turned his head toward the Tiger Team members, who looked as if they were suffering from constipation: "Isn't this the Abnormal event your Tiger Team just finished dealing with not long ago? Do you know them? What is their background!?"

This pair of seemingly ordinary father and daughter had actually survived two Heaven-Level Abnormal events in a row. Regardless of whether it was due to ability or luck, this had already completely surpassed the professional Mysterious Investigators, and even Grade-A Mysterious Investigators might have to bow down in comparison, including She Zi'an himself.

This lucky and promising Snake Team captain had not even experienced a single Heaven-Level Abnormal event in his thirteen years of service, and the highest-level emergency Abnormal event he had ever encountered was only Earth-Level.

Therefore, She Zi'an's reaction was so intense; he felt for a moment that he was looking at two immortals.

"Uh, leave this father and daughter to us to investigate." He Jia'an didn't say much, tapped his forehead with a headache, and said, "Please leave the other person for your Snake Team to check."

She Zi'an and his team members wanted to say something but stopped, yet in the end, they didn't press for more and agreed to He Jia'an's arrangement.

Although nominally everyone belonged to the Twelve Branches, the main force of the Xuanmi Group, and held equal status, it was obvious that because the Tiger Team had a higher performance record and had experienced more Heaven-Level Abnormal events, the Tiger Team's actual status was much higher than the Snake Team's. Under the unspoken rules, She Zi'an also had to comply with He Jia'an's arrangement.

"Xin Junmao, twenty-three years old, a local of Cuizhu City..." She Zi'an looked at the photo of the young man in the file and flipped through his information, discovering that this person was an absolutely ordinary person with an unremarkable past, and he couldn't help but frown.

Based on his thirteen years of experience, the more ordinary a person appeared on the surface, the more abnormal their true inner self was beneath that plain facade... and such people were often the most troublesome.

Mysterious Investigators never dragged their feet; after the two teams divided the tasks, they set off immediately.

The Tiger Team members drove two kilometers to a hotel named Hei Meigui. Li Jiahong and his daughter had traveled across three cities to Cuizhu City to attend a concert, so this was naturally their temporary residence.

Upon arriving at the hotel and communicating with the front desk, they learned from the receptionist that Li Jiahong and his daughter were still staying at the hotel and had not yet reached their checkout time for the day.

Luck was on their side; they had arrived at the right time.

Thus, after obtaining the room number, they immediately found Li Jiahong and his daughter, who were packing their luggage.

"Captain He?" Li Jiahong opened the door, saw the bald man standing outside, and couldn't help but raise his voice in surprise.

"Sigh." He Jia'an shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "Do you remember what I said to you at the very end last time? When you see me again, it definitely won't be for anything good."

Li Jiahong was speechless. He looked at He Jia'an, then swept his gaze over the two familiar faces behind He Jia'an, as well as the new team member Bu Gaojun. The shock on his face did not last long; he soon calmly invited everyone into the room, "Come in and talk."

"Hello, uncles, auntie, and big sister." Little Li Yuning, who was obediently doodling on a memo pad with a hotel pen at the desk, greeted them in a milky voice as soon as she saw them enter.

Hearing the girl's greeting, Bu Gaojun and Li Yingqi, who were not yet twenty-eight this year, both fell silent, feeling as if they had been stabbed in the heart, each secretly feeling dejected.

Li Yingqi felt even more bitter, thinking to herself: if it were a few months ago, would she still be called "auntie" now?

Others might think she was feeling depressed about her fading youth, but in reality, she was feeling anxious about her visibly fading lifespan.

The adults who were greeted each returned a smiling greeting to the sensible little girl. Afterward, He Jia'an didn't waste words and stated his purpose directly: "Brother Li, I won't beat around the bush with you. I also believe you are a frank and straightforward person. Some special things happened at the concert last night, and I hope you can tell me truthfully."

To make the questioning less oppressive, Li Yingqi and Yu Lianyun went to Li Yuning's side to play with the innocent little girl, leaving the questioning work to the captain and Bu Gaojun.

Li Jiahong glanced at his daughter, who was drawing with Li Yingqi and Yu Lianyun, and nodded, smiling as he said: "Actually, I had thought that someone from the Xuanmi Group would look for me. Even if the Xuanmi Group didn't come to find me, I intended to contact the Xuanmi Group after returning to Shenzhou. I just didn't expect the Xuanmi Group to send you to find me; it feels like such a small world."

He Jia'an gave a dry laugh: "... We just happen to be here on a mission."

Li Jiahong recalled last night while explaining: "My daughter and I are both fans of Haimofen, as you know. Later, I accidentally grabbed tickets to the new work's concert, so I specifically brought my daughter to listen to it live.

The concert was actually quite normal at the beginning. The first new work that Teacher Haimofen played, 'Magic Sound', was also very stunning and impressive. Even though my daughter and I didn't hear the full piece, we could both hum the prelude we heard almost perfectly."

"You didn't hear it all?" He Jia'an caught the key information.

Li Jiahong frowned and said seriously: "Yes, although the style and melody of the piece 'Magic Sound' were a bit 'unorthodox', it was extraordinarily beautiful. My daughter and I gradually sensed that there seemed to be some other magic hidden in this music.

We discovered that the vast majority of the audience at the scene were unknowingly influenced by the melody, involuntarily performing some strange actions, such as dancing and whispering, with fanatical expressions. Their minds seemed to be so deeply attracted by the melody of the piece that they couldn't even feel the touch or voices of others."

Speaking of this, Li Jiahong smiled bitterly: "After experiencing that incident with the ancient disaster, I am still somewhat sensitive to nerves. When I noticed such an obviously strange concert scene, I took my daughter and left without any hesitation. Before leaving, I also thought that the concert scene would be broadcast live, so I went to turn off the streaming software before hurriedly taking my daughter away."

Hearing this, He Jia'an took a deep breath, bowed sincerely to Li Jiahong, and said earnestly: "Thank you very much this time, Brother Li. If you hadn't turned off the live stream, I'm afraid the consequences of this incident would have been unimaginable."

"May I ask if something else happened at the concert after I left?" Li Jiahong asked hesitantly.

He Jia'an's eyes flickered as he said: "Your feeling at the time was correct; you avoided danger once again."