It was already evening when Lu Xin arrived near the mine community in the north of the city.
The sun began to set, and the whole community was a dark red color different from the red moon.
As the jeep stopped, a staff member came to help him open the door. After Lu Xin got out of the car, he found that a cordon had been set up in the distance. There was a group of residents waiting behind the cordon. It looked crowded. Some people looked inside curiously, while others were discussing something nervously. There were even a few who showed curious expressions of watching the excitement.
At this time, all the places around the whole community had been controlled and blocked by armed soldiers.
Led by an armed police officer, Lu Xin went straight into the community. When he passed Building C, he saw that the security here was more strict than that outside. Everyone looked as if they were facing a great enemy, but subconsciously they were a little far away from Building C.
"Mr. Lu...Mr. Shanbing, Cheng Hui from the investigation team stationed in Satellite City No. 2 reports to you!"
From a distance, a soldier in armed uniform came to Lu Xin and saluted him.
"It's you."
Lu Xin recognized this soldier, who was the leader of the investigation team who investigated Qin Ran's matter before, and nodded to him with a smile.
"Is the vacation over?"
The team leader named Cheng Hui saw that Lu Xin was still as relaxed as when they met before, and he also seemed a little relaxed. He smiled and said, "Because the city is going to start a deep investigation, our vacation has been cancelled. Mr. Shanbing, you saved our lives in the last mission, and I haven't been able to thank you in person. I didn't expect that this time, you would be asked to come and handle the mission again!"
Lu Xin also smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's all for work, no need to be so polite."
As the two talked, they walked inside. Among the soldiers deployed around Building C, Lu Xin also saw two other members of the investigation team. Although they couldn't come up to thank him at this time due to discipline, they still cast a friendly look.
"What is the specific situation?"
When Lu Xin approached Building C, he stopped outside the innermost cordon.
"Specifically..."
Cheng Hui opened his mouth slightly, and it seemed a bit difficult to say, "We don't know either!"
"After receiving the order from the headquarters, we immediately rushed here, and with the cooperation of the Security Department, we have evacuated the residents of this community. Near this C building, obvious mental radiation has been detected. Originally, our task should have been to enter C building and find out the specific location of the pollution source, but... but in this process, we all failed."
"..."
"Failed?"
Lu Xin looked at him with some surprise.
He had seen the work of this investigation team before, and knew that they were very professional in this area.
"Yes!"
Cheng Hui answered truthfully: "Now we can preliminarily determine that the pollution should be located on the ninth to twelfth floors of this building, but in the process of approaching this pollution source, we will feel an inexplicable fear. Even the special protective measures are completely unable to resist this fear. When it reaches the limit, there will even be strong dizziness and collapse..."
"So... we have to retreat temporarily!"
"..."
"Just fear?"
Lu Xin listened and felt a little strange.
"Yes, it is a very strange fear..."
Cheng Hui answered slowly: "There is no specific horror or picture, just a feeling, but it cannot be resolved. The closer to the suspected pollution source, the more severe this fear is. Even if we have undergone professional training, we can't eliminate or resist this fear. So, we have to apply to the headquarters... to dispatch a special operations team."
Now Lu Xin has undergone a period of special pollution theory training, but it is obviously not enough.
So he tapped the headset lightly and said, "What's the reason?"
Han Bing's voice sounded in the channel: "If there is no specific object of fear, but just a feeling, it is very likely that it comes from the influence of the special pollution source No. 072, which distorts people's emotions and amplifies the feeling of terror."
"The residents of the mining community have become collectively nervous, and they should also be affected by the special pollution source No. 072."
"Although it is just a terrifying emotion, if it is infinitely magnified, it is easy to cause people to be overly nervous, suspicious, and even to protect themselves, and develop a strong hostility towards others, or take the initiative to hurt others..."
"My suggestion is to find the source of pollution, observe its nature, and then decide whether to clean it up or seal it."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded and looked up at the apartment building C.
It was a very ordinary apartment building with twelve floors. It looked newer than the old building where he lived. It had a simple European style. Although the exterior of the building looked like it had not been cleaned for a long time, the real stone paint surface still reflected a fresh color when the light was not bright enough. Now that the night was getting darker, several windows with lights on were highlighted.
This was a very ordinary apartment building.
But when you look at this building, it does make people feel a little creepy.
This feeling is not even something that can be described in words. It appears inexplicably, but it can be felt realistically.
It was a feeling that made people subconsciously unwilling to look directly at it, let alone approach it.
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"Okay, I'll go in and take a look."
Lu Xin softly agreed to Han Bing's suggestion.
Listening to his words, Cheng Hui on the side and another police officer who seemed to have a high rank and wanted to approach but was a little afraid, all showed some surprised expressions on their faces. The only difference was that Cheng Hui quickly thought of something and restrained his expression.
He just asked directly: "Mr. Shanbing, do you need any special protective equipment?"
"No."
Lu Xin shook his head, thought for a moment, and said: "Stay away!"
Cheng Hui immediately became serious and said: "Yes!"
In fact, Lu Xin didn't know why he asked them to stay away. It seemed more professional to add this sentence?
Fortunately, they didn't ask...
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...
Lu Xin directly lifted the cordon and crawled under it. Then, under the gaze of everyone, he walked towards the building alone. Behind him, there were countless nervous and curious eyes. Compared with this building, these eyes made him more nervous.
It was not until he opened the heavy anti-theft door and walked into the building that Lu Xin felt that the eyes behind him were cut off and he felt a little more comfortable.
The corridor seemed unusually quiet. You could see several braziers on the ground, with incompletely burned paper ashes in them.
This should be burned by the residents of the building. When encountering some uncertain problems, people often put their hopes on ghosts and gods.
Lu Xin thought about it and came to the elevator. He found that the indicator light was still on, so it should be usable.
"Because we are not sure whether there are other unknown dangers of special pollution sources, it is not recommended to take the elevator, so as not to be unable to evacuate in time when encountering sudden changes... If you must take the elevator, it is best to take it to the fifth floor and then walk up!"
Hearing Han Bing's words on the channel, Lu Xin retracted his finger on the elevator and agreed softly: "Okay."
Then he walked towards the stairs.