If you were made a mascot, you would become a legend in the police force.

Lin Wan stood aside, watching Li Tuantuan directing Jin Dou and Mei Qiu to "clean up the battlefield," still a little dazed.

The so-called "C-level Awakener" was now cowering beside the wheel like a quail, trembling all over. Every time Li Tuantuan took a step forward, the guy would shiver.

"Gun Gun, don't go too far. These people are annoying, but they do have licenses after all." Lin Wan walked over and patted Li Tuantuan's broad shoulder.

Li Tuantuan turned her head and gave Lin Wan a look that said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

He walked up to the young man with slicked-back hair, extended his paw, and gently patted the guy's fair face twice.

It wasn't very forceful, but it was extremely insulting.

"What...what do you want?" The young man's voice trembled violently, all his arrogance from before gone.

Li Tuantuan pointed to the instruments on the ground, and then to his own chest.

The translator, Coal Ball, is online: "Hey! The boss said you just tried to violently capture a Class I protected animal, which is a serious crime. All those tools used in the crime are confiscated as compensation for emotional distress. Also, you have to write a self-criticism promising you'll never dare to cause trouble on the outskirts of the Qinling Mountains again."

"I'll write! I'll write!" The young man nodded eagerly, willing to write anything as long as he could save his life.

Li Tuantuan nodded in satisfaction, then waved to the remaining burly men.

Those burly men dared not resist and obediently lined up in a row.

Li Tuantuan walked around in front of them like a drill sergeant, his hands behind his back. Suddenly, he slapped one of them hard on the buttocks.

"Snapped!"

The burly man was slapped so hard that he jumped forward three meters.

"Hey! The boss said your posture isn't right, start over!"

Over the next half hour, a truly absurd scene unfolded on this open space.

A giant panda with bandages wrapped around its neck is training a group of terrified civilian investigators. One minute they're building human pyramids, the next they're doing frog jumps, and finally they're lined up and shouting into the forest, "Panda Rolling ...

Lin Wan covered her face in disbelief. This wasn't law enforcement; it was blatant bullying.

However, seeing these people who usually act arrogantly because they have some superpowers get their comeuppance did make her feel quite satisfied.

"Alright, go away, stop fooling around, that's enough."

Li Tuantuan stopped only after Lin Wan spoke. He walked over to the SUVs and looked at the spoils Jin Dou had brought out.

Two pieces of spirit stone slag, though not very pure, are still something. And that spirit energy tracking device—it can sense spiritual energy fluctuations within a five-kilometer radius, which will make finding spirit herbs much easier in the future.

Li Tuantuan stuffed the spirit stone slag into her bosom and casually tossed the tracking device to Lin Wan.

"Mmm!" (Here you go.)

Lin Wan took the tracking device and was taken aback: "For me?"

Coal Ball Translator: "Hey! The boss said this thing is inconvenient for him to use, so he's letting you carry it. He'll lead the way, and you'll watch the instruments from behind. This is our 'scientific treasure hunt'."

After dividing the spoils, Li Tuantuan waved her paw at the group, signaling them they could leave.

The group felt as if they had been granted a pardon, and they scrambled onto the car and fled in a cloud of dust.

"Tuantuan, your speed just now... seemed much faster than before." Lin Wan put away the tracking device and looked at Li Tuantuan with a complicated expression.

The power and speed that Li Tuantuan unleashed when she tore open the electric fence were something that no ordinary panda could achieve.

Li Tuantuan hesitated for a moment. He knew Lin Wan was definitely starting to have doubts.

After all, a panda that can practice Tai Chi, fight, understand human speech, and even command animals to divide spoils seems abnormal no matter how you look at it.

He glanced at the coal lumps.

Coal Ball flew onto Lin Wan's shoulder and said, unusually seriously, "Gah! Captain Lin, the boss said the world has changed, spiritual energy has revived, and animals are evolving. He's just evolving a little faster than other animals."

Lin Wan sighed, squatted down, and looked directly into Li Tuantuan's eyes.

"Is it just a little bit faster?"

Li Tuantuan looked at Lin Wan, a rare hint of frankness appearing in his black, gem-like eyes. He reached out and gently pressed his paw into Lin Wan's palm.

Lin Wan smiled. She didn't ask any further questions.

"No matter what you become, as long as you are still that gluttonous, sixth-born, and affectionate little panda, that's fine."

Just then, Lin Wan's phone rang.

It was Director Chen from the Municipal Public Security Bureau calling.

Lin Wan answered the phone, but before she could speak, Director Chen's anxious voice came from the other end:

"Lin Wan! Where are you? Get back to the station right now! Something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong, Director Chen?" Lin Wan's heart tightened.

"Old Wang from Qinling Police Station... the one who used to take care of you, he's in trouble! The post office just delivered a bloodstained package, sent by Old Wang, with only one sentence on it!"

"What did you say?"

"They're raising poisonous insects, run!"

Lin Wan's hand trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.

Li Tuantuan's ears perked up, and her eyes instantly became incredibly sharp.

Old Wang, the former police chief who treated him extremely well at the Taiping Town Police Station.

Raising Gu poison?

Li Tuantuan sensed that something was really wrong deep in the Qinling Mountains!

On the way back, the Jeep sped along. Lin Wan didn't say a word, gripping the steering wheel tightly, her eyes filled with worry.

Li Tuantuan sat in the back seat, toying with the piece of spirit stone slag she had just stolen, her mind in turmoil.

He knew Old Wang well; although he liked to joke around, he was the most reliable person when it came to doing things. The fact that he wrote the words "Run" in blood meant that the situation in the Qinling Mountains was completely out of control.

"Hey! Boss, did that old man run into a monster?" Coal Ball stood on the rearview mirror, his voice a little deep.

Jin Dou nestled in Li Tuantuan's arms, its little body trembling incessantly. As a treasure-hunting mouse, its sense of danger was extremely acute, and it sensed an aura rising from the depths of the Qinling Mountains to the southeast, an aura that sent shivers down its spine.

It was already late at night when I got back to the municipal bureau.

The lights were on in Director Chen's office. On the desk lay an open envelope containing a crumpled piece of white paper with several dark red characters written on it, a shocking sight.

They're raising poisonous insects, run!

"This was delivered this afternoon. The postmark shows it was sent from Taiping Town at the foot of the Qinling Mountains three days ago." Director Chen rubbed his temples, looking ten years older. "We contacted the Taiping Town Police Station, and they said that Old Wang led two police officers into the mountains to investigate the 'livestock disappearance case,' and they've been out of contact for forty-eight hours."

Lin Wan's eyes instantly reddened when she saw those words.

"Director Chen, I need to lead a team into the mountains."

"No way!" Director Chen slammed his hand on the table. "The situation in the Qinling Mountains is unclear. The provincial supernatural ability monitoring equipment shows that the spiritual energy fluctuations there have exceeded the safety threshold. I have already requested special police support from the provincial department."

"It'll be too late by the time reinforcements arrive!" Lin Wan shouted. "Old Wang and the others might still be waiting for us to save them!"

Li Tuantuan watched from the side, sighing inwardly. This silly girl, still so impulsive.

He walked to the table, stretched out his paw, and gently pressed it on the blood-written letter.

Then, he raised his head, looked directly into Director Chen's eyes, and slowly gave a standard military salute.

Director Chen was stunned.