Chapter 93 – Breaking Through at One Point

As far as Wang Zhao was concerned, the focus of tonight was not Su Lifeng as an individual.

To use a term he had learned from humans, what he intended to change tonight was the overall momentum in Ningnan.

Of course, perhaps the results of a single night would not be quite that exaggerated.

After dozens of their companions were pulled out of the public security system one after another, Ren Xiaoying and Wang Zhao’s operation shifted from comprehensive infiltration to attacking only a single point.

That point was Deputy Director Wang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

The reason they chose him was simple: he had a son who was also inside this special system.

From knowing nothing when it had first come into contact with crowds, to gradually observing and learning, Wang Zhao felt he had learned at least one thing: to try thinking from a human perspective.

It was difficult, but it was also effective.

It had spent quite a lot of time tailing and observing Wang Zhao, learning his way of speaking from the sidelines.

And the failure of those dozens of companions had allowed it to figure out the internal self-inspection methods used within the public security system.

They were very simple. After entering a cell, each person would cut their hand once. At the same time, people would watch from outside the barred window and from behind surveillance feeds to observe how their wounds healed.

Not only that, the blood that flowed out would also undergo a blood test.

At first, the Xenospecies did not understand these inspection methods at all, so they had no defenses against them.

In truth, within the operation of a massive system like Huaxia, this was still considered a relatively simple form of detection. Because a large number of police officers in the public security system still did not know the truth, everything was being done under the pretext of medical examinations and epidemic prevention. Even so, it had already aroused suspicion among many people.

The truly strict checks were in the specialized team Lv Zifeng belonged to. From experts to medical scholars, from military officers to administrative personnel, and every soldier participating in the operation, almost everyone was inspected once in the morning and once at night. Even the way they greeted one another had changed into cutting themselves once with a blade.

Faced with the threat of the Xenospecies, Huaxia had chosen to first stabilize the machinery of the state and curb the spread of panic at the grassroots level.

With the Xenospecies already embedded deep among the population, a large-scale purge would not be easy to carry out.

It had to be said that this had caused the Xenospecies a great deal of trouble. Wang Zhao acknowledged that, and his sights had not yet been set so far as swallowing all of Huaxia.

To the Xenospecies, populous Huaxia was a colossal creature with more than enough flesh on its bones.

There was no need to swallow it whole in one bite. They only needed to first bite it full of holes, then tear open a wound.

No matter how enormous a creature was, once it had a wound that bled without stopping, it would eventually weaken little by little, then be eaten away.

It was even more likely that once such a breach was torn open, the entire beast would collapse from within.

What Ren Xiaoying and Wang Zhao wanted to do was tear open exactly such a breach.

However, even knowing that the inspections within the public security system were not especially strict, and even with precautions in place, there was still no guarantee they would avoid discovery completely.

Especially if they wanted to absorb someone like Wang Zhao. His status was special, and he was under close attention at all times.

So the current “Wang Zhao” had adopted the method he believed would best fool humans… It was only today that it had truly become Wang Zhao.

Before this, it only needed to stand behind Wang Zhao.

At this moment, inside the car Wang Zhao had parked in the distance, the corpse in the back seat had already begun to rot.

His eyes were wide open, his expression eerily calm, and there was a large hole in his chest.

Before today, this person had been “Xenospecies Wang Zhao.” And before this person, “Wang Zhao” had changed through several different skins…

From a driver, to a waiter at a cafe, to a taxi driver, to a passerby, and then to this member of Wang Zhao’s team.

Everyone who had ever come into contact with Wang Zhao had once been its skin.

Everything had been for today.

“Deputy Director Wang is a very cautious man, but just as a hostage can shift a person’s attention, a target, or rather, bait, can make them let down their guard toward everything else when their nerves are stretched tight,” Wang Zhao thought.

After sending Gouzi away, he picked up the walkie-talkie and gave the address where he had “found” Su Lifeng. “There’s an unfinished building over here. You should be able to see it if you look up… Yeah, that’s right, that one. Dad, I’ll go in first and take a look, scout the way while I’m at it… All right, stop talking. There are two of us. I’ll be careful. Besides, aren’t you bringing people over right away? That’s it. Su Lifeng has already gone inside. We’re moving in.”

After cutting off Deputy Director Wang’s anxious shouts inside that tiny little machine, Wang Zhao walked into the building alone, slowly and calmly.

Next, all he had to do was wait…

“Hello? Hello!” Deputy Director Wang shouted twice into the walkie-talkie, then suddenly flung the device aside. “Nonsense! Absolute nonsense! Two people just running in there? That’s practically suicide!”

The assistant glanced at him and said, “Director Wang, don’t be too angry. Wang Zhao only wanted to do a good job…”

“The problem is, he has no idea what the situation is right now!” Deputy Director Wang rubbed his temples with his palm, furious and regretful all at once. He had never expected his son to be this impulsive, this confident. If he’d known, he should have told him the truth beforehand, or simply stopped him from coming…

“Director Wang, Captain Lv is asking for our location. He says he’ll arrive in five minutes and wants us to wait for him on the perimeter…” the driver said, turning his head.

Deputy Director Wang frowned in thought for a while. In the end, he looked up and said, “We’re not waiting. We go in first.”

“But…”

“Do my orders not count anymore?” Deputy Director Wang asked in return.

The driver shut his mouth and said nothing more.

After saying that, Deputy Director Wang also fell silent. Only after a long while did he let out a deep sigh and ask in a complicated tone, “Tell me, when people get old, do they become especially soft-hearted? If it weren’t for what happened this time, I was actually planning to retire this year. I… sigh. I’m not suited to keep doing this anymore…”

Listening to his sigh, the assistant silently picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “Second Squad, attention. Follow Deputy Director Wang’s vehicle and prepare for combat.”

Bzzzt…

A response soon came from the other end of the walkie-talkie. “Second Squad, copy.”

…By the time Su Lifeng arrived, Deputy Director Wang and the special operations squad had already entered the building.

There were not many of them, and they had not waited to rendezvous with the main force.

Deputy Director Wang had hesitated before going in, but very soon, he received another transmission from Wang Zhao.

“I’ve found them. There aren’t many of them. They’re all gathered on the top floor, but Xiao Zhang… Xiao Zhang is dead. I’m wounded too…”

“We’re coming right now,” Deputy Director Wang said.

But after they entered the building, a large number of Xenospecies suddenly appeared behind the special operations squad.

Dense strands of Black Thread stretched out along the walls, instantly cutting off the squad’s retreat.

Deputy Director Wang stared blankly at Wang Zhao, who had appeared in front of him… He walked out from amid the Black Thread, and there was not a single wound anywhere on his body.

Wang Zhao was still holding the walkie-talkie. He even continued speaking into it. “You don’t need to rush inside, because you’ll die if you come in. But…”

After saying that, he dropped the walkie-talkie and gave Deputy Director Wang a faint smile. “Looks like it’s already too late.”