Chapter 715

The wild wind blew gently, blowing into the depths of the forest, into the depths of the air-raid shelters, blowing them into miserable cries, blowing the leaves to tremble, blowing the air-raid shelters with surging tides...

The heavy doors of the air-raid shelters were pulled open, and teams of long-gunners filed in, conducting searches one after another.

Police dogs, life detectors, and other equipment were also distributed by category.

This time, there were too many elements involved—standard-issue rifles, civil air defense projects, and the possible involvement of non-mainstream cult members. Plus, being short-handed, Director Chu simply went to request long-gunners.

Although the way the three teenagers obtained the firearms was questionable and didn't mean that non-mainstream cult members could replicate it, there was such a thick gun in the case that had just been solved, along with more than 600 rounds of ammunition remaining. To say there wasn't a shred of worry in their hearts would be unreliable.

As a director, even if you can't share the same food and clothing as the lowest-ranking soldiers or sleep without a mat... reducing the probability of casualties is very necessary. In an environment like an air-raid shelter, if a team goes in without long guns and encounters a heavily fanatical individual holding a Type 56 semi-automatic, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

Qi Qi Changye followed Tao Lu and waited for news at the assembly point.

This investigation was never going to be without his and the headquarters' participation; it was just that the murder case that popped up in the middle had slightly disrupted the rhythm of Qi Qi Changye and the others.

"Has Team Leader Jiang arrived?" Qi Qi Changye looked at the markers constantly moving on the map, not feeling at ease.

"He's here, using a computer in the car; he should be comparing fingerprints or something," someone who knew reported.

"It's good that Team Leader Jiang is here," Qi Qi Changye nodded slightly, feeling not so anxious anymore.

Qi Qi Changye had more experience than Tao Lu regarding how difficult a city-wide investigation was. This bitter work could be said to be something no one wanted to do, so Jiang Yuan's proposal to invite Xu Xu Taining to take charge basically didn't encounter any obstacles.

It was the same this time. Theoretically, if Xu Xu Taining really proposed any excessive conditions, the Beijing Bureau had plenty of talented people who could stand up and replace him.

But no one stood up, because letting others preside over this investigation would either cost more or have a high risk of failure. No one wanted to choose the second option, so a higher cost would be the only answer.

By comparison, Jiang Yuan's ability had a penetrating power.

Qi Qi Changye knew many high-level criminal science personnel, and the XX Institute in the capital was also a formidable place with many years of history.

But when it came to trust—Qi Qi Changye trusted Jiang Yuan, whom he had only recently met, more.

His way of solving cases and his efficiency in solving cases were things Qi Qi Changye had seen before, yet hadn't really seen. Jianghu rumors say that the weirder the weapon, the faster you die, and Qi Qi Changye felt that Jiang Yuan's set of weapons and tactics could truly clear the Jianghu.

Perhaps after a few years, or a year or two, when the people of the Jianghu became familiar with Jiang Yuan's new weapons and new models, his power would decrease, but before that, Jiang Yuan was absolutely the sharpest edge among sharp weapons.

"I'll go check on Team Leader Jiang's side." Qi Qi Changye stayed for a while, reported to Tao Lu, and then headed toward the Coaster parked in the corner of the parking lot.

Besides the car Jiang Yuan was in, there were several other cars from the Criminal Science Center that could do simple inspection and examination work, mainly for storing inspection materials, various types of evidence, transporting back and forth, and storing various equipment and instruments.

"Team Leader Jiang?" Qi Qi Changye called out, stopping to look.

Creak.

A bus opened its door, and Mu Mu Zhiyang waved his hand, shouting, "Team Leader Qi, over here. Is something the matter?"

"Looking for your Team Leader Jiang to chat," Qi Qi Changye smiled.

"Are you by yourself?"

"Yes," Qi Qi Changye was a bit strange. Do I need to register the number of people just to see Jiang Yuan?

Mu Mu Zhiyang waved his hand at this time, brought Qi Qi Changye onto the bus, and immediately closed the door.

Qi Qi Changye entered the bus and immediately realized something was wrong.

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

Inside the bus, it was filled with the quiet yet noisy sound of slurping noodles.

Looking closer, he saw a group of men, disheveled, surrounding a vehicle-mounted mortuary table, each with a large bowl of noodles in front of them, eating wildly. So much so that even though someone had entered, everyone just glanced at him and then ignored him.

"What are you all doing?" Qi Qi Changye was puzzled.

"People who stayed up all night, eating a meal together." Zhan Kan saw that everyone else was buried in their bowls, so he had to come out to explain: "You don't need daylight to search air-raid shelters, so we search 24 hours a day. The boxed lunches at night don't taste good, so everyone came to find Team Leader Jiang."

Naturally, those who could find Jiang Yuan to beg for food were basically members of Jiang Yuan's cold case task force, plus disciples and grand-disciples like Zhan Kan.

Qi Qi Changye finally understood, then looked at the mortuary table where corpses were usually placed, and said, "Team Leader Jiang even has to manage your late-night meals... What are you eating? It seems to smell very fragrant."

"Red oil, pork intestine, mutton, and beef noodle soup." Mu Mu Zhiyang returned, found his bowl, and also started slurping.

Qi Qi Changye was stunned: "What?"

"Boil the noodles, scoop a few ladles of beef soup, put in beef chunks, mutton slices, pork intestines, add a ladle of red oil, and if you like, pour in some vinegar—just eat it." After Mu Mu Zhiyang finished speaking, he took another huge slurp.

"Team Leader Qi, have a bowl." One of the skills Jiang Yuan inherited from his old man was to give food to anyone he saw.

Before Qi Qi Changye could refuse, Shen Shen Yaowei next to him brushed over and scooped up a large bowl of noodle soup.

Red oil, brownish-red meat, noodles poking out—it swayed slightly, and the steaming heat rushed toward his face.

Qi Qi Changye took a deep breath; the fatty aroma of the beef soup made his mouth water.

"Then I'll have a little." Qi Qi Changye's throat moved twice, he decisively took the noodles, looked left and right, and finally placed them on the mortuary table.

Don't mention it; when eating noodles, this position was just right.

"The table has been washed many times; the number of bacteria is estimated to be only one ten-thousandth of that in a restaurant," Shen Shen Yaowei said with a smile, unsealing the meal for Qi Qi Changye.

Qi Qi Changye looked slightly relieved. He took a sip of the soup first and narrowed his eyes.

Mu Mu Zhiyang slurped and looked up, saying, "Although there's only one ten-thousandth of the bacteria, they are the descendants of the badass bacteria that have seen and eaten everything."

"Our ancestors were too." Qi Qi Changye had already started drinking the soup; how could he be influenced by Mu Mu Zhiyang? While blowing on the soup, he took two more sips.

The rich beef flavor, with the taste of pepper, paired with a hint of red oil chili to enhance the flavor—there was no special taste, just the most stable and delicious meat soup. It was ordinarily delicious, but in a place like this, in the middle of nowhere, being able to drink such a bowl of soup naturally brought a sense of happiness by comparison.

The pork intestines were soft and rotten, the mutton was fresh and tender, the beef was rich, and the noodles were chewy...

Qi Qi Changye soon fell into the embrace of the noodle soup, just lowering his head and eating fiercely.

Slurp, slurp...

Around the mortuary table, it was all the sound of slurping noodles.

For a long time.

Qi Qi Changye put down the empty bowl, wiped his mouth, and looked around; some guys had already started eating their second bowl.

Qi Qi Changye wasn't that hungry yet. He wasn't like an ordinary police officer who stayed in the mountains for a whole day; most of the time, he could still go down the mountain to do other things, and it was no problem to mooch some food in between.

Wiping his mouth clean, Qi Qi Changye coughed twice and said, "Team Leader Jiang, I heard you're watching videos taken by drones?"

"Yes, it just so happens that there's nothing going on today."

"Since you're watching drone videos, I'll give you a scope; would you try looking at it?" Qi Qi Changye sat closer and whispered.

"You'll have to ask Political Commissar Huang, and besides, it's not certain whether we can spare the time for the case here," Jiang Yuan said, looking behind him.

In the shadows, Huang Huang Qiangmin walked out with a 66.6-degree smile on his lips: "What kind of case is it?"

Huang Huang Qiangmin's voice was quite friendly, and his teeth were bright and sharp.

Qi Qi Changye licked his lips, weighed his words, and said, "Um, actually, it's a simple case. We had a special informant go missing back then, and I suspect they were buried."

Qi Qi Changye said it simply, but the content was chilling.

Huang Huang Qiangmin's mouth twitched twice, and he sighed, saying, "Send me some information, and I'll study it."

"I'll bring the case files for you to see later," Qi Qi Changye was very proactive, then added, "Probably in the next two days."

"These two days are very busy," Huang Huang Qiangmin said, asking, "Do you have any news?"

Jiang Yuan also looked at Qi Qi Changye.

"There are only so many air-raid shelters, and they're actually easier to check than mountainous areas. People can't really live in the dark, so there are only so many air-raid shelters that are truly habitable. At most, add some camouflage. If this group of people really chose this kind of place to live, a search of this scale will soon have results," Qi Qi Changye said very realistically.

"Makes sense." Everyone present had slurped their fill of noodles, and one by one, they nodded in agreement.

Qi Qi Changye looked over, and saw that the few people who had just been buried in their bowls were actually familiar faces: "Hey, Cui Da, Hu Da? Old Li... you guys are here too?"

"Mooching a meal." Those called by name smiled and greeted him casually.

Before Qi Qi Changye could say anything else, his phone rang.

After a few words, Qi Qi Changye put away his phone and said solemnly: "Director Xu has called for troops."

"Any discoveries?" Jiang Yuan knew that Xu Xu Taining wouldn't easily use this general reserve force.

Seeing that there were many people in the car, Qi Qi Changye coughed twice and didn't answer: "I'll go over first; you should also pay attention to confidentiality."

After Qi Qi Changye finished speaking, he got off the bus.

Soon, Jiang Yuan's phone also rang.

Xu Xu Taining's voice came through clearly: "Found a mass grave cave with at least 6 corpses. The living people have been blocked in and are still resisting, but fortunately, no lives have been lost yet. We don't know exactly how many people there are!"