# 1538
Chapter 1534: White Shadow Appears
"Four days ago, the first 'Migo' appeared on the northwestern suburb mountain of Shangjing City. After killing a 'Mystery', it headed directly toward the urban area and was ultimately eliminated in an office building at the edge of the city."
"This noon, four 'Migos' appeared simultaneously, scattered in the northwest, due north, due west, and southwest directions..."
Inside the office of Team 006's stationed quarters, Lin Qiye gazed at the large map of Shangjing City on the wall, continuously marking each location where the Migos had appeared with a red pen, as he thoughtfully analyzed:
"Comparing these locations, it's not difficult to discover that this batch of four 'Migos', aside from having greater numbers, their positions are more dispersed and closer to the city center. If you connect their appearance points, it looks like a 'net' spreading toward Shangjing City..."
Chen Han stared at the red lines Lin Qiye had drawn, "Are you saying... their target is within Shangjing City?"
"That's right."
Lin Qiye nodded. "If the Migos truly are a race that values science and truth as the intelligence reports suggest, their intelligence must be considerable.
The first 'Migo' that descended upon Shangjing was more like a scout. It came here through the space-time rift and was likely trying to confirm whether the target was in this city. Before we killed it, it should have transmitted signals to the other 'Migos' through some means.
After confirming the target was in Shangjing, the next step was to narrow down the target's location. Therefore, this batch of four 'Migos', starting from where the previous one was killed, dispersed toward the city center to encircle the area, beginning to screen for the target's specific location... Their actions possessed strong logic and purpose."
"But this time, they didn't have enough time to conduct much searching before we eliminated them. Does that mean their 'reconnaissance' failed this time?"
"Not necessarily." Lin Qiye recalled the Migo he had faced, clinging to a lightning rod and using the tentacles on its head to perceive its surroundings, shaking his head.
"After this batch of Migos appeared, they were all heading toward high points in the city. They should have some kind of radar-like sensory ability that can locate the target's position."
"That sounds really troublesome..."
Chen Han sighed.
"This batch of four was eliminated by us, so they'll definitely have another wave, and the numbers may even increase." Lin Qiye said solemnly. "From the previous Migo invasion to this one, four days elapsed. These four days were probably the time they needed to traverse the space-time rift to arrive here... In other words, the next invasion could happen in four days.
I'll report to Commander Zuo shortly and ask him to send more people to defend Shangjing. On one hand, it's for vigilance against the possible third invasion in four days; on the other hand, more personnel can search the entire Shangjing City area for items that might be related to the Cthulhu Faction's mythology.
I'll also use my spiritual power to search Shangjing during this period to see if there are any suspicious items. However, my spiritual power can't perceive everything, so there may be oversights. I'll need all of you to assist."
Lin Qiye's analysis and decision-making made Chen Han nod repeatedly. He had absolutely nothing to refute or add.
"Good, I'll immediately mobilize the entire logistics department to begin a carpet-style sweep of the city."
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"By the way, walking around campus like this, can we really find escaped remnants?"
On the road at Shangjing University, Su Zhe and Li Zhenzhen walked side by side, their gazes sweeping across the surroundings. The former spoke with some uncertainty, "We've been wandering around like this all morning... Not even a shadow in sight."
"Besides searching like this, there's no other way." Li Zhenzhen shrugged.
After receiving Lin Qiye's mission, the five members of the reserve team had divided into three groups. Fang Mo and Su Yuan were one pair, Su Zhe and Li Zhenzhen another, while Lu Baoyou didn't want to team up with anyone and went solo. The three groups had been searching the campus until now without any results.
"Speaking of which, aren't remnants just ghosts? Do ghosts come out in broad daylight?"
"Idiot, didn't Commander Lin say that those remnants have been nurtured by Jiang Zhihua for so many years that they no longer fear the sun?"
"Even if they don't fear the sun, they wouldn't just walk around in sunlight... I always feel like searching like this isn't working. Should we check some shady places?"
"You mean..."
"That ice cream stand over there."
Li Zhenzhen: (▼ヘ▼#)
Under Su Zhe's persistent nagging, the two stopped in front of the shop anyway. While Su Zhe excitedly picked out ice cream, Li Zhenzhen swept her gaze across the surroundings and suddenly froze on something in the corner!
"Boss, how much is this?"
"Sixty-six yuan."
"... Just get me a small pudding ice cream from next door instead."
"This one is one yuan."
"Su Zhe!"
"What's wrong, Zhenzhen? You want one too? Boss, two please!"
"No!" Li Zhenzhen secretly pinched him and gestured with her eyes toward a certain direction. "Look."
Su Zhe focused his gaze. Through the specialized glasses' lenses, he could see deep within the shop, a faint white glow—a shadow—was wandering along the shelves, constantly examining the snacks on both sides, as if extremely curious.
"That's..." Su Zhe exchanged a glance with Li Zhenzhen. The latter immediately opened her communicator and said something to the other team members, then casually strolled into the shop.
Li Zhenzhen walked through each shelf, randomly grabbed two cans of chips, and leisurely made her way toward where the white shadow was, seemingly heading in that direction. It seemed to sense her approach; the white shadow quietly retreated to the corner, making way for her.
To the naked eye in broad daylight, these remnants were invisible. The white shadow also assumed that Li Zhenzhen walking in this direction was just coincidence. But never did it expect that the moment Li Zhenzhen passed by it, her palm flashed out and grabbed its wrist!
The gloves Li Zhenzhen wore were also from the Night Watch headquarters. The moment they touched the white shadow, it was as if she had truly grabbed an arm. Her lips curved slightly upward:
"Hey buddy, shouldn't you stay indoors during the daytime?"
The white shadow was startled by Li Zhenzhen's movements and instinctively tried to break free, but its wrist was firmly gripped. It could only be escorted out of the shop by Li Zhenzhen.
Of course, in the eyes of the shop owner, only Li Zhenzhen had walked out.
"Nice!" Su Zhe held an ice cream and gave Li Zhenzhen a thumbs up at the door.
"Hey hey, customer, please pay first!" The shop owner saw Li Zhenzhen walking out with two cans of chips while a young guy at the door was giving a thumbs up, and couldn't help wondering—do young people steal this openly nowadays?
Li Zhenzhen froze, just about to take out her phone to pay, when the white shadow in her grasp suddenly shook vigorously and crashed directly into the shop owner's body!