"Urgent message, Captain Pang Shuo of the Fourth Duty Squad requests reinforcements."
A female operator, dressed in a uniform skirt suit, sat in front of the control panel, skillfully manipulating numerous buttons.
Upon receiving the message, she immediately contacted the person in charge of the Qipan City Duty Team, reporting the news to the Director of the Qipan City Paranormal Duty Bureau.
A deep, rich, and bold male voice echoed in the communication room.
"Haven't we already sent reinforcements?"
"Yes, B-level Wood-type Paranormal, Lin Cang, has been confirmed injured and unable to clear the monster. Pang Shuo requests a second round of reinforcements."
"Contact the Paranormal Association, have them send two people, and also call Cheng Yizhou, tell him to meet at the Paranormal Association."
"Understood, Director."
...
The pure white walls were smeared with red from a large amount of blood, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of blood.
Qi Yuan avoided the chunks of meat and pools of blood on the floor, finally stopping in place as there were too many monster carcasses and chunks of meat ahead to step on.
"These should be Sister Ying's abilities; it seems this place has already been cleared."
Zhuang Heng squatted down, coated his hand with a layer of metal, and poked at the mixed chunks of meat, analyzing.
"Mm."
Qi Yuan responded absentmindedly, looking around.
He didn't know what else he could do besides having a pendant function, idly hanging around.
Zhuang Heng, who had been paying attention to Qi Yuan's actions, also scanned the surroundings. What was this strong person looking for?
Finally, he found his target.
"Look, this is a group photo of the orphanage."
"Ah, right."
Qi Yuan didn't understand why he was called over but looked at it out of politeness.
There were many photos on the wall, most of which were group photos of children with donated supplies and donors, nothing special.
Although he didn't know why he was called to look, Qi Yuan glanced around and nodded, indicating he had seen it.
Hurried footsteps approached the door, which was very rare in the field.
Usually, whether it's monsters lurking to hunt humans or humans exploring, everyone tries to conceal their actions.
The person coming was either extremely confident or signaling that they meant no harm.
Zhuang Heng took a combat stance, Miao Miaotu and Qi Yuan found a place to hide.
"Zhuang Heng, are you inside?"
The door was not closed, and two men in duty uniforms appeared at the door.
As an intern, Zhuang Heng was always called "Xiao Zhuang" wherever he went, and when he met teammates, they were all called "Brother So-and-so." But these two were different; Zhuang Heng didn't have so many formalities: "How did you know I was here?"
Not knowing the situation of his teammates, Zhuang Heng did not contact them.
He was very surprised by their arrival.
"You小子 can't hide from my sharp eyes, can you?"
"Pang Team said the wounds on the monster should have been caused by you."
The two had completely different explanations, and Zhuang Heng unceremoniously punched his boastful teammate on the shoulder: "Stop fooling me."
The duty officer put on a show, covering his shoulder and shouting at the other duty officer: "Why are you undermining me?"
"You never discussed it with me."
The other duty officer shrugged and turned to Zhuang Heng: "Let's go. We're taking advantage of the time before the next spatial turbulence to find you and need to hurry back to meet with Team Pang."
Zhuang Heng was about to agree when he remembered Qi Yuan and turned to look at him.
"Team Pang is my captain, would you like to come with us?"
Qi Yuan's salted fish half-moon eyes lit up, why hesitate for such a good thing?
"Sure."
After asking Qi Yuan, it wouldn't be right to ignore Miao Miaotu, so Zhuang Heng looked at her, seeking her consent.
The two duty officers exchanged glances subtly, and out of trust for Zhuang Heng, they did not object to Zhuang Heng bringing them along.
Led by the two duty officers, the three of them joined with the Fourth Duty Squad.
Captain Pang Shuo of the Fourth Squad saw two additional people besides Zhuang Heng, one of whom was a woman who had been holding up her phone the whole time, and raised his eyebrows.
A young person doing live broadcasting, must not lose face in front of the public.
Pang Shuo tidied his disheveled hair and stepped forward: "You're back, everyone has been worried about you."
Zhuang Heng was touched by his words: "Yes, Captain."
Such a good (deceptive) seedling must not be ruined by those old hands.
Pang Shuo felt emotional and then said to Qi Yuan and the other: "Who are you two?"
"I'm Qi Yuan."
"I'm Miao Miaotu from Dayu Live, you can call me Xiao Tu, Miao Miao, or Miao Miaotu, whatever."
Sure enough, she's in live broadcasting. Pang Shuo introduced himself in a dignified manner: "I'm Pang Shuo, the captain of the Fourth Duty Squad. Everyone calls me Brother Pang or Team Pang, you can call me whatever."
"Okay, Team Pang."
Miao Miaotu gave him face and immediately called out sweetly.
In the corner, a man with his upper body wrapped in bandages turned to a petite woman sitting next to him and said, "Is Captain Pang really such an interesting person in private?"
The petite woman uncomfortably moved her leg, which was bandaged and splinted with a stick, and upon hearing B-level Paranormal, Lin Cang, say this, she inwardly mocked.
Interesting? What you mean to say is funny...
"Hehe, he's someone who knows how to adjust the atmosphere."
Lin Cang observed the teammates of the Fourth Duty Squad and gave a fair evaluation: "Indeed, everyone was down just now, completely different from now."
He also showed sympathy.
Being a captain is really not easy; at crucial moments, one has to sacrifice their image to amuse teammates and boost the atmosphere.
The petite woman gave enough face to Pang Shuo in front of outsiders, but Pang Shuo didn't seem to appreciate it.
"Did you meet Lao Li and Lao Zhang? How are they?"
After listening to Zhuang Heng's report about meeting Brother Li and Brother Zhang, Pang Shuo's voice was as loud as a bell, full of energy.
Zhuang Heng laid out everything about the two fighting the monster and Brother Zhang being severely injured and unable to move.
Hearing that they were fine, Pang Shuo laughed out loud, slapping his thighs, and rubbing his rough hands over his stubble.
"They also have today, just wait until I get back and laugh at him."
The petite woman, with a dark face, asked softly, "Is it funny? Hmm?"
"Not funny."
Usually, the petite woman would directly confront, but Pang Shuo didn't realize her true intention and was still making jokes.
"As a steady captain, no matter how funny it is, I won't laugh unless I can't help it, puff——"
Listening to this old joke, her expression changed dramatically from a dark face to a smiling one.
All the duty members, injured or not, gasped.
"Sister Ying, calm down..."
"Yes, we are still in the Fusion Zone."
Liu Ying's smile was skin-deep, and she suppressed her anger with reason.
"Captain Pang, did you forget what the Lizard Man said? It's good to focus on livening up the atmosphere, but don't forget the main business."
She didn't object to joking around during breaks, but what was the time now?
Ignoring the key points and laughing at teammates, Liu Ying felt her blood pressure rising.
Seeing the classic Liu Ying-style sarcasm face, Pang finally reacted, slapping his forehead.
"Almost forgot, you just said those two monsters called Qi Yuan 'Golden Pupil'?"
Hearing the keyword, Qi Yuan, who had been half-listening, came to attention and straightened up.
I'm involved in this too?
"Yes."
Zhuang Heng nodded, confirming the answer.
"That Lizard Man said the next target is the Golden Pupil human, and I was wondering who this was?"