The next day, the two students acted together and arrived at the site where the monstrous mosquito attacked humans.
According to the official explanation, there was a gang in the area, and the members of this gang attacked the giant mosquito flying overhead, which led to the mosquito killing them.
However, both students harbored doubts about this explanation.
"This place was the initial point of attack, but the subsequent attacks occurred more than ten meters away. I doubt that those thugs could have escaped the mosquito's attacks and moved to a distance of ten meters away, allowing the mosquito to catch up and continue attacking. That's the biggest question mark!" Zhang Shiming stood on the ground, surveying the surroundings. Over the past few months, they had developed a certain level of investigative and analytical abilities.
Around them were several police and military personnel analyzing the battlefield. If Ye Tongyu hadn't presented her internship certificate from the largest media outlet in the country, she wouldn't have been allowed to enter the scene.
However, that certificate was from over a month ago. If the authorities dug deeper, their true identities would be exposed.
"This situation indeed seems unlikely, but what about the possibility of special factors?" Zhang Shiming, a biology student, displayed a level of shrewdness and rationality akin to a science student at this moment.
"Special factors? Even if there were such factors, we wouldn't know about them. There aren't any surveillance cameras around here; otherwise, we would have already known the truth!" Ye Tongyu shook her head helplessly. They knew that even with their skills, they couldn't compare to the police. If the authorities couldn't gather useful information, then neither could they.
"Let's go, let's investigate outside." Zhang Shiming noticed a police officer making a phone call and frowning at them from time to time, which gave him an uneasy feeling. He quickly tugged on Ye Tongyu's sleeve.
The girl understood the situation, and both of them hurriedly walked out of the perimeter of the cordon.
"You two, wait!"
The police officer who had finished his call hurriedly shouted from behind, but the two young people had already disappeared into the distance.
The two police officers chasing after them lost sight of them in an instant.
"Never mind, I just heard that they're just enthusiasts of the monstrous mosquito phenomenon. The detention center is almost full, so there's no need to worry about them. Just be careful if they come back!" The police officer who had made the call shook his head speechlessly. When he had tried to check the information about the two young men and the girl, he found out that although the girl had indeed been hired by that large media outlet, she hadn't started her internship there and had already given up the job.
He hadn't expected that they would use this identity to come here and gather intelligence.
However, they were just enthusiasts on the internet, not criminals with malicious intent. They posed no threat to public security, so there was no need to pursue them further.
After a quick run, the two students stopped in an alley.
They exchanged smiles, feeling that the current situation was strangely similar to their experiences in the forest factory. So they both felt a bit nostalgic and weirdly fitting.
"Let's go ask those people over there; maybe we'll find something useful." Ye Tongyu suddenly suggested.
Her decision immediately extinguished the determination of the young man, who had seemingly made a certain decision. He couldn't come up with any other arguments and followed the girl towards the surrounding crowd.
Both of them looked quite professional. Over the past few months, they had been following the footsteps of the monstrous mosquito all over the country, asking eyewitnesses every day. They were now very familiar with this process.
"Did you see a group of men chasing after a girl, and then you heard the sound of the monstrous mosquito descending?" Hearing the explanation of a man on the side of the road, Ye Tongyu and Zhang Shiming's expressions changed. Their intuition, honed over time, told them that there seemed to be something worth investigating in this.
"Do you want me to tell you what I know? Sure, as long as you accompany me for one night!" The man squatting on the side of the road, also a young man in his twenties, looked lecherously at Ye Tongyu. Seeing that she needed information from him, he directly resorted to blackmail!
Zhang Shiming's face darkened. After experiencing several dangers, he had been learning combat skills for the past few months, seemingly to protect someone. With significant progress over these months and his original good physical foundation and combat talent, his combat ability had greatly improved. So, his face now turned dark, and he walked directly towards the man.
The man also stared back disdainfully, not taking seriously a seemingly inexperienced young man who appeared to be a college student!
A moment later, a miserable cry echoed from the alley!
After waiting for a while, a man and a woman walked out of the alley.
"I didn't expect you to be quite capable now." Ye Tongyu looked at Zhang Shiming, her clear eyes showing a hint of surprise.
"Of course, I had a good foundation, and after some intense training, I've become so strong now. Those teachers all say I'm a rare genius!" Zhang Shiming praised himself without modesty!
"Boasting!" Ye Tongyu covered her mouth and chuckled, then said, "Shall we go find that girl? This man happened to be near the scene of the incident and found the phone dropped by the person chasing the girl. This phone might be a clue."
"Let's go. Finding that girl might give us more insight into what happened!"
Meanwhile, tens of kilometers away from Shanghai, Jia Yan was preparing for his next power-up.
"Now that the Shanghai incident is resolved, I need to prepare for the upcoming challenges. Otherwise, I'll still be powerless against those mysterious entities."
Kneeling on the ground, the monstrous mosquito stared at the laptop in front of him. A large news headline read: "Huaxia Nation's Army Engages in Battle with Mysterious Flying Objects, Massive Casualties!"
On the page of this news, the UFO that Jia Yan had seen before was clearly captured. In the footage, it emitted continuous beams of white light, coincidentally hitting a soldier near the camera. A burst of fresh blood splattered across the lens, filling the entire scene with a strong sense of bloodshed.
Originally, such a bloody report would never have appeared in Huaxia Nation. However, the authorities, in order to make people more aware of the urgency of the current situation, directly approved the use of this footage. The article below the footage was even more tragic.
Jia Yan read the article and learned that on the day he left the research institute at Qinghai Lake, a troop of soldiers arrived there. Perhaps they were there for him, but after failing to find him, they engaged in a battle with the UFO.
According to the article, the UFO was originally discovered by a team of researchers as a mysterious and massive object. Initially presumed to be safe, it unexpectedly became active and engaged in combat with a Huaxia Nation military unit.
The specific reasons for the battle and the identity of the unit were not detailed in the article. It only mentioned that they were an extremely elite Huaxia Nation military unit. However, nearly eight hundred soldiers were lost in the battle. In the end, the UFO-like mysterious object departed calmly, leaving behind those who survived.
The article pointed out that if this UFO-like object was considered, the true nature of these creatures appearing on Earth was gradually being revealed. They must be a group of creatures with designs on Earth.
Furthermore, this group of creatures had several different types. The conflicts between the monstrous mosquito creature and the metal creature indicated that these two types of creatures were not friendly toward each other. As for the UFOs appearing now and the three gigantic creatures that appeared before but soon disappeared, the relationship between them remained unknown.
However, their actions had already overturned the entire human understanding.