After photographing the contents of the dossier, I instructed him to continue. This time, near a wall on the side of the archive room, a door appeared. I looked curiously at Lu Tianyu, "Does your police station have secret doors? Do you usually have thieves breaking in here?"
"Ah ah ah ha, what thief would dare to steal anything from here? Maybe that old guy did it on purpose when he was being lazy, I don't know, a former colleague from the archives told me!"
"No, this thing is a bit strange. It doesn't look like the police did it," I replied.
"This... really?" Lu Tianyu seemed not to understand my meaning, but I didn't want to explain. At that time, everyone passed through this narrow door and exited. Not long after leaving the police station, a large group of rats swarmed over again. It was probably because we were far from the laboratory now. We had no choice but to use the flashlight again, as the torches had run out. Besides, we didn't need torches now. Holding the flashlights, we cautiously pushed forward. Under the strong beam of the large flashlight, the surroundings were almost illuminated. As we moved, the rats kept retreating. Although their eyes were red, as if they wanted to devour us, they still feared the light in front of them. They looked like a large pack of wild beasts prowling around us, but not daring to take a step to fight, as if we were guarded by countless highly skilled hunters.
Actually, at that time, we didn't know where to go. We just left the police station first. But Lu Tianyu suddenly said, "I remember Captain Guo headed towards the Fuyuan Cement Factory in the town at that time, because that was the scene of the first rat-killing incident."
"Alright, let's go take a look there first!" I replied.
"Okay!" Lu Tianyu continued to lead the way. With our hurried advance, the rats continued to retreat. Originally, there shouldn't have been much of a problem walking like this. After all, we had found the rats' weakness now. They were afraid of us, not the other way around. However, at this moment, the wall of a building not far away actually began to crack slowly. I immediately became vigilant and looked up in that direction!
A terrifying rumbling sound, just like when the plague first broke out, traveled at the speed of light. Instantly, a large group of rats burst through the wall of the building and poured down. Seeing their massive charge, Xiahou and the others cried out. Suddenly, the road in front of us was piled high with layers of rats. They were like the tsunami on the island last time, all stacked up, making squeaking sounds and approaching us!
"Not good! Our light definitely won't hold them back! Everyone split up, hold your flashlights, that's the only condition for our survival!"
"What? If we split up, the light will be split too!"
"Our concentrated light is useless, but if we split up, the rats will also split up!"
At that time, Liu Yuning and I had a disagreement, but in the end, she agreed. Just as the rats were about to reach us, Xiahou and Xiao Yuande, holding large flashlights, charged forward. They drew away many rats for us. The rest of us quickly followed suit, each finding a direction on the road and charging.
At that time, I didn't know what happened to the others. Perhaps everyone was at risk of being swarmed by rats at any moment. I ran into an alley alone, with only one word in my mind: run!
Countless red-eyed rats were chasing behind me. They climbed onto the walls and surrounded me from the sides and below. If there had been a wall above my head at this moment, they probably wouldn't have spared my head either!
The squeaking sounds grew closer and more deafening. My legs felt numb. At this moment, a baffle blocked my path!
Hesitating for a moment, I was about to move the baffle, but the rats behind me were already here!!
I looked back in terror. Just as the rats were about to pounce on me, I forcefully swung the strong flashlight forward. They let out a scream and retreated a step, but soon pounced again. At this moment, I remembered the firecrackers Dao Zhi Yong mentioned and quickly shook them on the ground. Unexpectedly, the firecrackers made strange noises in front of me and flashed as brightly as fireworks. The rats were instantly scared and fled in disarray!
I never expected these sulfur firecrackers to save my life!
Thank goodness! My ancestors! I hope you can protect me and help me overcome this difficulty!
As the rats retreated, I had time to move the obstruction in front of me. Although my strength was average, I could handle this wooden board. After passing through, I found myself in a cement factory, but I didn't know how the others were doing now.
I hope they are okay.
Now I am the only one left in the Punishment Group. I gritted my teeth and continued walking with the flashlight. However, after only a few steps, from somewhere near some machinery in a previously quiet area, the creaking sound started again. Immediately, the entire cement factory was occupied by these hateful rats again. I realized that if I wanted to reach the interior of the factory, I would have to use my brain.
Because I found that the flashlight seemed to be running out of power.
I took out my phone, but the light from this phone was even less useful. I took the opportunity to climb onto a platform. There were a few more corpses of cement factory employees here. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find large batteries in their clothes!
After the strong flashlight ran out of power, I quickly replaced the battery, and the light was restored.
I knew this light wouldn't last long. This kind of flashlight consumed a lot of power, so I had to hurry. I crossed one platform after another, then reached the workshop of the cement factory, and pushed open a door covered with an unknown amount of dust!
Not far away, I could still see a faint light. A person was groaning in pain. I immediately shouted, "Hold on!"
Then I used the strong light to drive away the surrounding rats. When I reached the person, although I hadn't seen him before, I realized that this person was Guo Zhengxiong!
I quickly went to his side and forcefully supported his shoulder, "Captain Guo, it's me!"
"You are... Xiao Lu? Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough... I found the source of the rats, but I might not make it, cough cough cough cough cough... You must live, understand? Xiao Lu, you must persevere, understand? Otherwise, these rats might cross Lester, and then the entire Guangming City will be devastated. The source of the rats is in the cement factory... cough cough cough cough cough..."