Chapter 28 Tunnel
Wang Wenqi’s text message made Liu Haoyu’s heart skip a beat.
While professions like police officers are protected by the national destiny, it was clear that Gu Qianyang, that old bastard, wasn’t afraid of such things.
As long as they were his targets, it didn’t matter who they were; he would kill them all.
This meant that Wang Wenqi’s situation might be very dangerous.
Realizing this, Liu Haoyu spoke to Black and White Impermanence.
“My lords, the chaos caused by Gu Qianyang might require your assistance.”
“That old thing is trying to connect with hell by using the Mirror Ghost’s mirror world.”
“We don’t know what he’s trying to achieve by doing this.”
“But without a doubt, his scheme and ambition are definitely not simple.”
“Qin Liu and I will go find Gu Qianyang. You two go help those police officers. With their light weapons, they don’t have the strength to confront Gu Qianyang.”
After listening to Liu Haoyu’s words, Black and White Impermanence nodded.
“Understood.”
The number of Mirror Ghosts had reached eight, and they were split into three groups.
Fortunately, Black and White Impermanence arrived in time. Otherwise, being spread too thin, they wouldn’t be able to manage.
After all, the police had already gathered and protected those people. If Gu Qianyang wanted to act, he could potentially wipe them all out in one go.
At that time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After everyone finished discussing, Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu heard the sound of police sirens from a distance.
The two looked towards the intersection and saw a team of police officers, armed with guns, entering Shigu Town.
When they saw Liu Haoyu’s attire, they waved from a distance.
Liu Haoyu responded, and then these police officers walked over.
The leader was Ma Jianhua, who was now fully armed and spoke to Liu Haoyu with a serious expression.
“Captain Wang is waiting for you in the underground tunnel on the west side of the city. We need to get there as soon as possible.”
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In a clearing at the entrance of the underground tunnel on the west side of the city, three police cars were parked.
Soon, another police car pulled up.
Liu Haoyu and four police officers got out of the police car and walked to the entrance of the tunnel.
This was once an underground tunnel for trains, but after the passenger trains stopped running, this tunnel was mostly only used by coal trains and the like that passed through occasionally.
Moreover, ordinary people wouldn’t normally come to such a place.
But at this moment, the entrance to the tunnel was empty. Looking inside, no one could be seen, only some scattered footprints were found on the ground.
“These footprints here… should belong to Wang Wenqi and those police officers.”
By comparing the depth of his own footprints with those of the police, Liu Haoyu could confirm that the police who entered were mostly fully armed special police, possibly even carrying long guns.
This indicated that with so many consecutive deaths, all of Jiangliu City’s police force had been mobilized.
After all, with such a serious serial murder case, the higher authorities couldn’t possibly remain inactive.
It was even possible that special task forces from other regions were also heading to Jiangliu City for support.
Now Gu Qianyang had created a total of eight Mirror Ghosts, but with such strict defenses, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to create the remaining four Mirror Ghosts.
“They should have entered the tunnel ahead of us.”
Ma Jianhua and the other three police officers followed behind Liu Haoyu.
Although Liu Haoyu appeared to be just an ordinary citizen to the police, Ma Jianhua knew that this person wearing a black trench coat and holding a fire axe was definitely not simple.
Furthermore, the murderer in this serial murder case might not be a living person, but… a ghost.
Because he knew these things, Ma Jianhua did not doubt Liu Haoyu’s abilities, and only asked him.
“Do you need any weapons or equipment?”
“No need.”
Liu Haoyu shook his head. He took out his tactical flashlight and shone it into the tunnel, flashing it.
But there was no response from inside the tunnel, which made his heart sink slightly.
This meant that Wang Wenqi and the others had already gone very deep into the tunnel.
According to Black and White Impermanence, Gu Qianyang might be in this place. If they were to confront each other, Liu Haoyu didn’t think the special police armed with light weapons could handle it.
“Are you going in?”
Liu Haoyu didn’t have time to explain much. He put on a gas mask, picked up the fire axe, and said to the police behind him like a thug.
“It’s safer to stay outside.”
To this, Ma Jianhua replied.
“As police officers, how can we be timid and hide behind civilians?”
“What’s happening here is not something you can handle…”
“Mr. Liu, there’s no need to say more. Let’s go in.”
Ma Jianhua interrupted Liu Haoyu, who didn’t try to persuade him any further, but simply turned around and walked to the front.
“Then please be sure to follow me closely and don’t fall behind.”
After speaking, Liu Haoyu walked forward.
As they went deeper, the interior of the tunnel became darker.
The damp air was filled with the smell of rotting wood and rust.
The flame in Liu Haoyu’s hand had ignited a faint blue flame since entering the tunnel. This color of flame indicated that the things inside the tunnel… were not to be trifled with.
The dense resentful energy in the tunnel gave people a feeling of bone-chilling coldness and fear, which tensed everyone’s nerves. Even the slightest rustle would put everyone on alert.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Liu Haoyu, who was at the front, suddenly raised his hand to signal the people behind him to stop.
His tactical flashlight illuminated the ground not far ahead, where several shell casings were scattered.
“5.8mm bullets,” Ma Jianhua stepped forward, squatting down to pick up a casing, and felt the temperature of the casing with his finger: “These are bullets from a Type 05 submachine gun. What did they encounter?”
A trace of unease rose in everyone’s hearts.
Liu Haoyu swept the flashlight beam across the ground ahead.
More shell casings were scattered on the ground, and there were also bloodstains on the floorboards.
These bloodstains appeared to have been dragged, extending into the deep darkness.
“Maintain vigilance.”
Ma Jianhua now realized the seriousness of the problem. He lowered his voice, closely following Liu Haoyu, not daring to relax in the slightest.
“Crackle crackle…”
Their over-tightened nerves were startled by the sudden sound, and everyone jumped.
“Who’s there?!”
A police officer behind Ma Jianhua suddenly raised his service pistol and aimed it in the direction of the sound.
All the flashlights immediately shone there, but everyone only saw a police radio hanging on a pipe.
It was emitting static noise at the moment.
Below the radio was a pair of shattered tactical goggles, the lenses covered in viscous blood.
“Help…”
Suddenly, a distorted call came from the radio, followed by a terrifying chewing sound.
