Jiangbei City’s Underground

The road in front of the Jiangbei City Police Department was still bustling with traffic.

Su Ran felt that she had truly formed an unbreakable bond with this place, having come here so frequently in such a short period of time.

“Where is Officer Li? Didn’t he say he would come to the entrance to pick us up?”

The one pushing the wheelchair behind Su Ran today was not Yuan Shirui, but Winnie in a professional suit.

Her clean, high-collared shirt gave her a completely different capable and commanding aura than usual.

“There are still five minutes before the agreed time. We arrived early.”

Looking at her phone, Su Ran replied.

Before coming, she had already greeted Li Shanhai.

Originally, the person who was supposed to come with her today was Yuan Shirui, but seeing her half-dead in bed in the morning, the person who came with her became Winnie.

In Winnie’s words, compared to Yuan Shirui, the receptionist, she, the branch head, had more weight.

After hearing Winnie’s words, Su Ran’s heart felt warm.

“Huh? Why did you come in a wheelchair? Why did even the branch head come? Didn’t you say it was Yuan Shirui before?”

Li Shanhai’s familiar voice appeared.

Su Ran heard his confused words and looked back at Winnie.

It seemed she was asking, ‘Didn’t you report the attack near the police station to them?’

“Because the magic formation set up by the vampires was the same as the one we Blood Hunters encountered in an attack, the vicinity was taken over by us Blood Hunters after the incident.”

Seeing the confusion on Su Ran’s face, Winnie explained softly behind her.

After explaining to Su Ran, Winnie looked up and greeted Li Shanhai, “Shirui had an upset stomach yesterday and couldn’t get up, so I came instead.”

After Winnie’s explanation, Li Shanhai could understand why he had been replaced at the last minute.

He turned his gaze to Su Ran.

“Then why did you come in a wheelchair?”

“It’s because I was attacked near the police station.”

Telling Li Shanhai about her experience of being attacked near the police station, Su Ran rolled her eyes helplessly.

“I’m sorry. Next time, I will personally see you off. I will definitely not let you leave alone.”

Li Shanhai patted his chest and promised Su Ran.

“Don’t! You’re an ordinary person. If I get trapped in a magic formation, I’ll have to divide my attention to protect you. Ouch…”

Hearing this, Su Ran muttered softly.

Before she could finish, a sharp pain came from the top of her little head.

Su Ran’s watery, bright eyes were filled with mist, her expression innocent, and she held her head with both hands.

Today, she had also personally tasted the chestnut-knuckle sandwich that Yuan Shirui had eaten.

“If you can’t speak properly, then speak less.”

Winnie looked at Su Ran helplessly.

Neither she nor Yuan Shirui were easy to deal with.

In response, Li Shanhai, as an ordinary person, could only look at the aggrieved Su Ran with a bitter smile.

He knew that the other was thinking of his safety.

“See, what a beautiful girl, it’s a pity she has a mouth.”

“Alright, let me take you in.”

Li Shanhai walked in front of the two of them, leading them into the police station.

As they walked, Li Shanhai said to the two of them, “The meeting place this time is not at the police station, but since the bodies of Li Ming and Miss Dai are both stored here, the entrance was finally set here.”

Since the energy of the Holy Stone remained on both bodies, Su Ran followed the other’s arrangements.

Su Ran was pushed by Winnie into the elevator of the police station.

Unlike last time, after entering the elevator, Li Shanhai did not press the floor button normally, but after a series of dazzling operations, he selected a floor.

Su Ran, sitting in the wheelchair, suddenly felt a falling sensation.

Seeing that Winnie and Li Shanhai beside her were both expressionless, as if they had long expected it, Su Ran asked, “Are we going down?”

Winnie nodded, confirming Su Ran’s thoughts, and then began to explain, “Below the Jiangbei City Police Department is a corner of a ruin that has been fully developed. We are going there now.”

“Considering what happened in the Northern Border City, we have moved the bodies of Li Ming and Miss Dai here and have adopted the strictest protective measures.”

Li Shanhai, who was in front of Su Ran, continued Winnie’s words.

Gradually, Su Ran sensed that the elevator had stopped smoothly.

The large door in front of her had opened, and the three of them walked out of the elevator together.

The ruin below the police station, apart from the glowing object on the ceiling being replaced by a huge magic sphere, seemed no different from the police station on the ground.

Along the way, Su Ran still saw many people riding bikes and rushing past, and some people were practicing magic on a flat training ground.

Unlike the completely modernized city on the ground, the existence of technology and magic here seemed to be more harmonious.

“Manager, you don’t seem to be surprised by all this?”

Looking at the calm-faced Winnie, Su Ran, whose jaw had dropped, couldn’t help but ask.

“Because most of the cities in the Federation are built on known ruins. Places like the police station or other important locations are chosen in places where the ruins have been completely developed.”

Winnie’s explanation made Su Ran realize that the Jiangbei City on the ground was only the tip of the iceberg.

“So that’s why only female Blood Hunters come to Sakura Cafe. Compared to the soft cafe, the tavern opposite Sakura Cafe and the more straightforward Blood Hunter branch underground are more suitable for them.”

Shrugging her shoulders, Winnie continued to speak.

As Su Ran’s sequence increased, she would come into contact with this knowledge sooner or later.

“We’ve arrived.”

Under Li Shanhai’s lead, the three of them came to a place inside the building that looked like a conference room.

As Li Shanhai knocked on the door and entered, as soon as the three of them entered the room, the people inside all stopped their discussions and focused their gazes on them.

And Su Ran was the one who bore the most scrutinizing gazes among the three.

Fortunately, this scrutiny did not last long and was interrupted by a cough from the old man in the lead.

“Hello, let me introduce myself first. I am a researcher from the Federation Research Institute. My surname is Ma Kun. You can call me Old Ma.”

Ma Kun took the initiative to walk over and greet the three of them.

After introducing themselves separately, Ma Kun didn’t beat around the bush and chose to get straight to the point.

“I believe you have also guessed, Su Ran, that the reason we invited you here is because you can sense the mysterious energy.”

After speaking, Ma Kun looked up at Su Ran, who nodded to show that she understood.

“Currently, besides the Northern Border City, traces of the mysterious energy have appeared in the two homicide cases that occurred in Jiangbei City. Knowing that you can sense this energy, we want to ask you to understand the process of your perception and how you perceive it.”

Perhaps feeling that his words were not enough, Ma Kun continued to add, “We have already seen the consequences of this energy appearing in the Northern Border City, so we don’t want what happened in the Northern Border City to happen in Jiangbei City.”