65: Intelligence Department

“This Dayang Lake is really not bad! So many Mutated Creatures!”

Black Spider cackled, standing on a giant Catfish.

Looking closely, one could see that this Catfish had been almost cut in half, with a huge blade mark in the middle of its body.

“I caught a good Carp that can control water flow.”

On the other side, Night Wolf's large saber, submerged in water, pierced through a Carp over three meters long, and a stiff smile appeared on his face.

“Good luck!”

A hint of envy flashed in Black Spider's eyes.

Submitting the corpses of these Mutated Creatures with special abilities to the organization could earn them substantial rewards.

The two seemed very familiar with the distribution of cameras in the lake, perfectly avoiding them with every move, dragging people and speeding across the lakebed.

During this, one powerful Mutated Creature after another became their prey.

After a while, both had already explored the entire Dayang Lake but still hadn't found Su Yuan's trace.

“Your plan doesn’t seem to be very good,” Night Wolf said with a hint of sarcasm.

“It seems he hasn’t returned yet, so let’s come back tomorrow.”

Black Spider was unconcerned, his face still bearing a frivolous smile... Dayang Mountain Nature Reserve.

Recently, it had been restless here, with many secretly added Field Operations Teams coming and going.

Various Mutated Creatures also returned to the Dayang Mountain Nature Reserve with their return.

A group of experts and professors began their research as soon as the first batch of Mutated Creatures was brought back.

“It’s amazing, just like our ordinary life forms’ utilization of oxygen, these Mutated Creatures seem to instinctively utilize a mysterious energy.”

“Perhaps, that is the legendary evolutionary particle!”

Inside a laboratory, a group of scholars discussed animatedly.

Professor Jin Weiguo, who was discussing with everyone, suddenly received a phone call: “Hello, what? They checked out?”

“Has the Giant Octopus been observed in Dayang Lake?”

“No, okay.”

Liu Ye on the other end of the line said, “Old Jin, there’s something strange. The checkout was automatic from the hotel, and there were no luggage or personal items in the room.”

“I also specifically checked the surrounding surveillance. Although there were images of them leaving, after the newly arrived Intelligence Section personnel looked at it, they said the surveillance had been tampered with.”

Professor Jin Weiguo frowned, sensing something unusual, and recalled that during the joint operation with the navy, underwater cameras were found to have been hacked.

“Did you notify the Intelligence Section? Then you don’t need to worry about it, they will investigate,” Professor Jin Weiguo added.

The Intelligence Section, a recently established section, is specifically responsible for intelligence and some technical support, and was directly arranged by the higher-ups.

In fact, the Intelligence Section had already dispatched personnel to the hotel where Lin Fei was staying at the first opportunity.

A team of people wearing Bureau of Flora and Fauna Administration uniforms were currently in the hotel, inquiring about the situation.

“Hello, please provide all customer information for Lin Fei’s automatic checkout within three days,” the Intelligence Section personnel said.

“Okay, here they all are.”

The hotel front desk quickly retrieved all guest information from the computer.

They looked at them one by one, but all these people matched the tampered video.

This left them puzzled; if the check-in information matched the altered surveillance, then what was the purpose of the other party tampering with the surveillance?

“Huh, this surveillance seems a bit off.”

Just then, a front desk clerk who had pulled up the surveillance footage suddenly spoke.

“Off? How is it off?” a man from the Intelligence Section asked, his eyebrows furrowed.

“I remember these two people weren’t dressed like this; they were wearing black trench coats.”

“Because of their strange attire for the season, I had a pretty deep impression of them at the time,” the Young Miss at the front desk said.

“Black trench coats?”

Several men from the Intelligence Section exchanged glances, sensing something amiss, and immediately began to investigate.

“No, it’s a forged ID card.”

Soon, their search yielded results.

“Let’s check surveillance from other areas.”

The group was not too surprised and immediately left, arriving at the Public Security Office to retrieve surveillance footage from the surrounding areas.

But upon seeing it, their brows furrowed.

“All the surrounding surveillance has been tampered with?”

Their faces were serious; could such methods be those of their old adversaries from the past?

Due to the increased authority of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna Administration, they immediately contacted their original department to assist in the investigation.

However, this investigation greatly shocked them, because the opponent’s methods were too sophisticated and difficult to crack and trace.

To achieve this level, even old adversaries would find it very difficult, as they had clashed too many times over the years, and both sides understood each other’s capabilities.

However, it could not be ruled out that both sides might still have some hidden masters, which is why it was said to be very difficult to achieve.

Although they couldn’t find clues online, they also knew the opponent’s goal: they were likely after the Mutated Giant Octopus.

After informing Professor Jin Weiguo, the Intelligence Section contacted the Field Operations Team and arrived at Dayang Lake.

High-speed drones quickly appeared over Dayang Lake, rapidly advancing in all directions.

However, as drone after drone patrolled most of Dayang Lake, nothing was found.

“Wait, look here, look, this is a dead Mutated Catfish!”

Suddenly, someone pointed at the computer screen, where there was a huge Catfish corpse.

According to the drone’s detection, this Catfish was over eight meters long and was almost torn in half from the middle.

Most importantly, the wound was incredibly smooth and clean, as if it had been cut by a huge Sharp Weapon!

“This kind of wound doesn’t look like it was caused by a creature, does it?”

Several people from the Intelligence Section and the Field Operations Team’s eyes flickered, sensing a different kind of scent.

However, after the entire Dayang Lake was patrolled, they found nothing else except a few large fish, shrimp, and crab carcasses.

“Underwater drones follow up, they should be in the water, prepare for underwater equipment.”

The Intelligence Section personnel said, looking at the Field Operations Team.

“You just do your job.”

The Field Operations Team personnel said indifferently.

Soon, several underwater drones were launched and set off in various directions.

The Field Operations Team personnel were also making preparations.

As time slowly passed, they still found nothing, which made everyone’s expressions grow more solemn.

Suddenly, a drone lost contact, but before it ended, it transmitted an image of a ferocious large mouth.

“Was it attacked by a Mutated Creature?”

Everyone was astonished.

After that, one after another, all the underwater drones quickly lost contact.

Some of the images transmitted, even for these battle-hardened individuals, were somewhat alarming.

“Let’s contact the naval personnel on standby.”

Ultimately, everyone submitted this proposal to the higher-ups.

They hadn’t forgotten that the navy still had three frigates in Dayang Lake.

Those underwater Mutated Creatures could tear apart underwater drones, but compared to a real warship, they were still far too inferior!