Three days later, in the morning.
Jiangnan Road, Qionghua City, inside the Third Research Institute of Jiangnan Province.
In a room on the third floor, a meeting had just ended. A dozen staff members wearing white research uniforms were summarizing the discussion and walking out the door.
There were two young researchers who seemed to have a good relationship. They were walking side by side and discussing something with each other.
"The frequency of monsters seems to have decreased in recent times. We in Qionghua City have not found any abnormality. However, I heard that there is a difficult guy in the branch in Bougainvillea City who is particularly good at hiding. He is still there until now. Its whereabouts have not been found.”
A slightly fat young man said.
"Yeah, I heard that it seems to be an incorporeal guy, just like a shadow. Wherever it appears, the surrounding environment is so smelly that people can't bear to look at it... I heard that it has already caused harm. There are quite a few people, and the people in the branch over there have been very anxious these days."
Another young man said.
"Yes, fortunately we don't have that kind of monster here. You say a shadow, but it's hard to catch and hit. It's really torturous. I just don't know if equipment like sound waves and electromagnetism can interfere with it. It really hurts the brothers there."
The fat young man who spoke earlier patted the other party on the shoulder, and then continued:
"By the way, you said there seems to be something going on over there in Sheep Village. I heard it was foggy or something. During the meeting just now, Mr. Wen asked us to go into groups to do a field investigation there this afternoon. Lao Zhang, what are you going to do? Who are you grouping with?"
The man known as Lao Zhang heard this and said, "We're forming a team? What's the need to say? Of course it's you, me, and Guan Liang. We three great buddies are in a team!"
"At noon, we will go to Dongdu Ancient Street on Jiangnan Road to eat. I heard that there is a reality show team there to arrange a program today, and there will be some big stars. We just happened to go and join in the fun. "
When the fat young man heard him talk about the reality show, his eyes immediately lit up and he became energetic.
"Yes, yes, I know, it's a running group show! There are several guests I like in it, but it's a pity that we can only watch the fun outside at noon, otherwise I would have to ask for his autographs. "
The two of them walked to the elevator. They originally wanted to go to the sixth floor together, but because the meeting had just ended, there were many other colleagues here. This wave of elevators did not wait, so they simply stood here and waited for the next batch. .
"By the way, Li Ziran, have you seen Guan Liang? I didn't seem to see him during the meeting just now? Isn't this guy having a rest today?" asked the young man surnamed Zhang.
The fat man was stunned for a moment, and then said subconsciously: "Huh? Isn't he here? I saw him this morning? I'm afraid he didn't come to the meeting because he had other tasks to attend to..."
As soon as he finished speaking, an old voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, wait a minute, let me ask you something!"
The two looked back and saw an old man in a white coat walking over.
"Mr. Wen."
They greeted each other quickly.
The visitor was none other than Wen Songling, the deputy director of the Third Research Institute, a Taishan-level figure who had served as an academician at the National Academy of Sciences and had great reputation in related industries. "
Wen Songling walked over quickly, still holding a mobile phone in his hand, and asked: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, have you seen Guan Liang? Director Liu just called and said that his family came to ask if he He hasn't returned to the work all day and night, and he hasn't answered the phone. Have you seen him?"
"You haven't gone back all day and night?"
The two young people were stunned, and Li Ziran felt a little inexplicable. Didn't he just see him in the underground garage this morning?
If you appear there at that time, what else can you do besides coming to work? Moreover, the work unit has not worked overtime in the past few days. How come he has not been home all day and night?
Immediately, Li Ziran told Mr. Wen about meeting Guan Liang in the underground garage this morning. The latter was also very confused after hearing this.
"Is he here? But why is there no one in the unit? Xiaoli, are you sure that's him? Are you right?"
"No, how could I be wrong? Mr. Wen, you also know that I have such a good relationship with him. I can guarantee that it is Guan Liang!"
The two people looked at each other in shock when they heard this, and for a moment they couldn't figure out what Guan Liang was up to.
"Could it be that... that kid sneaked out to watch the running group? But that's not right, then it's not like he didn't go home all day and night..."
Several people speculated one after another, feeling completely clueless about Guan Liang's whereabouts.
However, everyone in the family has already arrived at the unit, so this matter cannot be postponed. A few people immediately went to the basement again to confirm the situation.
"Xiao Li, is this where you saw him?"
In the basement, Mr. Wen asked while standing in the corner of a parking space.
Li Ziran observed the surroundings carefully, and then nodded with certainty: "Yes, it is definitely here. There is a plant growing on the wall here. I remember clearly that he was standing here with his back to me... "
As he spoke, he came to the wall, where the two of them stood with their backs to each other, and restored the situation at that time.
Li Ziran looked at a very lush vine in front of him, and suddenly noticed a dilapidated small wooden door behind him. For some reason, a somewhat absurd idea came to his mind.
"That guy Guan Liang didn't go to work in the morning and has been hiding in this door, right?"
As soon as this idea appeared, he stopped it again. This was a utility room that had been abandoned for many years. Who would hide in such a shabby place all morning if they had nothing to do.
The young man surnamed Zhang on the side looked up and looked around, and then said somewhat depressedly: "There is no surveillance here, it is a blind spot, otherwise we might be able to see which direction Guan Liang went."
When Mr. Wen heard what he said about surveillance, he immediately came to his senses and said quickly: "Zhang Cheng is right. Let's go to the surveillance room to see if Xiaoguan came today and where he went."
In this way, the three of them hurried to the security department on the second floor, preparing to drop a piece of surveillance information.
The monitoring room here was originally staffed by several security guards who took turns changing the guard. However, due to the occurrence of alien species, the three institutes responsible for related research can no longer only deploy those few security guards.
Now the security level here has been greatly improved, and the surrounding Qinglong Army soldiers are responsible for security work.
After hearing what Mr. Wen said, several soldiers immediately opened the surveillance video and started investigating one by one since yesterday.
