Chapter 441: Chapter 381: Have You Been Well, Lin Yu?

Dusk settled heavily.

The setting sun stained half the sky a bloody red.

Lin Dazhi walked home, carrying a bag.

But just as he reached the bottom of his apartment building...

Two Public Security Bureau cars were parked there.

His brow furrowed deeply. "Don’t tell me another family was attacked by demonic beasts?"

He sighed and shook his head. The state of public safety in the Old District had long since become too ghastly to contemplate. Horrific massacres happened all the time.

On top of that, reports of people mysteriously disappearing had become endless.

It had thrown every city in the Old District into a state of panic.

But the Public Security Bureau was unwilling to deal with these matters. Even filing a report was useless.

Fortunately, he had something to look forward to.

As soon as Lin Yu passed the martial exam, their whole family could leave the Old District and go live in the New District.

The thought improved Lin Dazhi’s mood slightly.

But just as he walked past the two police cars and was about to head upstairs...

The car doors opened, and several officers from the Public Security Bureau walked toward him.

"You’re Lin Dazhi, right?"

"Huh?"

He turned and glanced at the men from the Public Security Bureau.

He nodded and said, "Yes, that’s me. What’s wrong?"

"Come with us. We need you to assist in the investigation of a case."

Before Lin Dazhi could even process what was happening...

...several Public Security Bureau officers shoved him into a police car and sped off.

At the same time, at the Xinghai City Second Textile Mill.

The female workers, having finished their day’s work, were all clocking out one after another.

However, a police car was also parked right outside the textile mill.

Just as Liu Hongmei walked out of the factory and was about to pass the police car...

...several people got out of the car and blocked her path.

"You’re Liu Hongmei?"

Hearing this, Liu Hongmei’s expression changed slightly.

She nodded in fear. "Yes, that’s me!"

"That’s her. Take her away!"

Several Public Security Bureau officers came over and immediately dragged Liu Hongmei into the car.

The police car then turned around and sped off.

Leaving only the other female workers standing there, murmuring among themselves.

No one knew what Liu Hongmei had done, nor could anyone figure out why the Public Security Bureau had arrested her.

However, in less than an hour, the rumors were already spreading like wildfire, with all sorts of theories cropping up one after another, each more outlandish than the last.

Xinghai City Third Middle School.

School was out, and students were trickling out of the building.

They walked in twos and threes, talking and laughing.

They made their way home under the blood-red rays of the setting sun.

Their faces were alight with happy, blissful smiles.

There was no moment more joyous than the end of the school day.

Lin Yu, shouldering his backpack, had completely cultivated the image of a model student.

The moment he stepped out of the school gates...

...two men walked straight toward him. "You’re Lin Yu, right?"

"Yes. And you are?"

A flicker of vigilance flashed in Lin Yu’s eyes.

The two men before him were both in plainclothes, making it impossible to discern their identities.

One of them said with a slight smile, "Come with us. We need you to assist in the investigation of a case."

"Are you from the Public Security Bureau?"

Lin Yu asked, looking at the two men.

In response, one of them shook his head. "No. We’re from the Town Martial Department."

"The Town Martial Department?"

Lin Yu’s expression changed slightly, and a deeper sense of alarm appeared in his eyes.

However, he didn’t resist at all.

Instead, after a moment of consideration, he nodded and obediently followed the two men into a car parked by the roadside.

...

「Suburban Military Base.」

Lin Dazhi, Liu Hongmei, and Lin Yu were all brought here, one after another.

Looking out the car window, the entire military base was filled with soldiers in uniform.

They were fully armed, carrying rifles on their backs.

The shouts of soldiers training in the distance struck right at the heart.

Lin Dazhi turned around, terrified, and said, "Officers, why did you bring me to a military base?"

No one spoke to him, and no one answered his question.

The Public Security Bureau officers in the car acted as if they hadn’t heard a thing, all of them remaining silent.

They had been like this the entire way.

No matter what Lin Dazhi said, no one would answer any of his questions.

Finally, the police car slowly came to a stop. Several people in plainclothes stood waiting in front of it.

The moment the door was opened, one of them bent down and peered inside.

"You’re Lin Dazhi, right?"

"Yes, that’s me!"

By now, Lin Dazhi was practically scared witless.

Anyone would be afraid if they were brought to a military base for no reason.

Especially since, among ordinary people, he was as ordinary as they come.

How could he ever have seen such a display of force?

The people waiting to receive him even included several soldiers armed with live ammunition.

It felt suffocating, as if he were being escorted to an execution ground to be shot by a firing squad.

"Get out of the car," the man continued.

Hearing this, even though a hundred parts of him screamed in protest, he still obediently got out of the car.

After that, he was escorted by several soldiers toward a building up ahead.

Once inside, the building was so quiet that even their footsteps echoed.

Lin Dazhi’s heart pounded with unease, and his legs were trembling.

He turned back several times, wanting to ask something.

But all he was met with was the dark, gaping muzzles of their guns.

It felt as if a single extra word would get him sent off with a bullet.

He was led, dazed and confused, to a small conference room on the third floor.

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