The car door slowly rolled down.
Duan Chen showed a smiling face.
"Hello, I'm from Suzhou City, the dispatched team member for Suzhou City this time."
The person inside nodded.
It was a young man with a reasonably handsome appearance.
"Hello, I am Zhang Zhuoyu, an intermediate agent of the Hunter Guild of Luocheng. This is my companion, intermediate agent Meng Yanran."
"So you are our brother city's, senior agent Duan Chen. I've heard your name many times. It's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Heard my name many times?"
Duan Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the big boy sitting in the car.
A blush appeared on the big boy's face, making him look particularly excited. His eyes sparkled with adoration as he nodded repeatedly.
"Of course, your great name is well-known in our surrounding cities. Before this, you contributed a significant amount of strength to the disaster Suzhou City experienced. For us younger generation, especially those from surrounding cities, you are basically our role model."
Meng Yanran, sitting in the passenger seat, appeared to be a relatively demure girl.
This was normal, as most girls from Luocheng were both well-behaved and sweet.
She shyly extended her hand, giving Duan Chen a gentle wave. A sweet dimple appeared on Meng Yanran's face.
She smiled and said, "Hello, Brother Duan Chen. I am Meng Yanran. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Duan Chen also extended his hand and introduced Hill beside him, "She is also a senior agent, like me. Her name is Hill."
Hill nodded, remaining silent.
She observed Zhang Zhuoyu and Meng Yanran with a curious gaze.
Meng Yanran smiled a little shyly.
Duan Chen began, "Since you two are here, I'll head to the next..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw a look of terror flash in Zhang Zhuoyu's eyes, who was standing in front of him.
The next moment, with a reaction speed almost faster than thought, Duan Chen suddenly pulled Hill back.
The direction he retreated was, of course, not towards the residential building behind them.
After retreating to a safe spot, he turned his head to look at the direction he had just been standing.
Where he had stood, there was now a pool of something resembling saliva, making a sizzling sound, like water poured into oil.
However, the asphalt road was beginning to corrode.
There was corrosive liquid.
He also cast a worried glance at the car. Fortunately, Zhang Zhuoyu had quickly rolled up the window. Some liquid had splashed onto the window, but it hadn't caused any damage.
No, it wasn't that there was no damage, but the rate of damage was very slow.
After all, the car Zhang Zhuoyu was driving was also a combat vehicle.
Almost instantly, Zhang Zhuoyu and Meng Yanran scrambled out of the passenger side window, almost tumbling out.
Both of them looked back at the car window with lingering fear.
Clearly, they were absolutely unwilling to get back in.
Although their combat vehicle wasn't the latest model, this unknown anomaly's spit could corrode the glass used for combat vehicles.
Interesting.
A hint of amusement flickered in Duan Chen's eyes.
It was evident that this suddenly appearing anomaly had piqued his interest.
Moreover, he could even understand the anomaly's intent.
"You want to catch us all in one go?"
"Damn it!" Zhang Zhuoyu exclaimed, slapping his thigh with great anxiety in his eyes.
"Wang Panpan is still inside the house. Should we go get her?"
Wang Panpan was the name of this solitary girl.
Duan Chen shook his head. "No need. She's likely connected to this anomaly."
"Why?"
Zhang Zhuoyu was clearly stunned, unable to comprehend why Duan Chen, who had just arrived, could make such a strange judgment about the incident.
The confusion in his eyes was too evident.
Duan Chen, feeling a bit helpless, could only explain.
"Don't you notice?"
"Notice what?"
"The victims' locations," Duan Chen said.
"There are a total of eight victims here, including Wang Panpan."
"The locations of the eight victims are different, and their floor levels are different: 302, 304, 506, 606, 1006, 1202, 1203, 1501."
"Wang Panpan's room is 506. The first victim started at 1501, going down one by one, but after 606, it directly jumped to 304."
A sharp glint flashed in Duan Chen's eyes. "This is a very systematic crime, but it directly skipped 506."
He hadn't been idle on the way here.
Zhang Zhuoyu shook his head. "But you can't just judge Wang Panpan as a suspect based on this, can you? What if she's just an ordinary young girl?"
"Impossible, of course."
"But you can trust me."
Duan Chen didn't explain further. He didn't want to expose his abilities. It was fine if his colleagues knew, but if outsiders knew and spread the word, it would affect his upcoming trial in Beijing.
However, when he first arrived, he had already used his God's Eye and saw no living life signs here.
So there was no need to go up and protect anyone.
Because the person was already dead.
Zhang Zhuoyu was about to say something more, but Meng Yanran tugged his arm. He looked confused but finally chose to remain silent.
This time, the anomalous events occurring here were causing victims to increase one by one, but their bodies still remained in place.
It was as if they were being manipulated.
Each of them had become a walking corpse. Although they showed no aggression, they would fiercely resist if someone stepped into their room.
Duan Chen did not go upstairs.
Because an anomaly had already descended.
Her swaying waist as she walked looked as supple as a snake's, while her eyes revealed a cat-like eeriness, emitting a faint green glow.
If she were a normal person, she would never be in such a state.
Zhang Zhuoyu couldn't help but show a surprised expression, his jaw dropping so much that it almost fell off.
He pointed at Wang Panpan, who had emerged, and said with disbelief, "How is this possible? How can you be an anomaly? No, you're not Wang Panpan, are you!"
However, Wang Panpan, who had emerged, smiled.
"I'm very sorry, I am indeed the Wang Panpan you know. Thanks to you guarding here recently, no one else has come here."