As spiritual energy revived, I, having acquired certain attributes, gradually ascended to immortalit

Chapter 108 Road Closure

The next day, in front of the Hummingbird headquarters building.

A minibus was parked on the side of the road. The exchange meeting had ended, and Shen Qing and his group were preparing to return home.

Chen Chen looked at his phone and said excitedly, "Did you all see that news yesterday? Such a huge mirage!"

This is the first time I've ever seen one. I heard it might appear again today. Maybe we should go check it out on our way?

Everyone present had seen yesterday's news and had no objections.

Seeing this, Shen Qing nodded, "Then let's ask the driver if it's on our way."

The driver is a member of the logistics department.

The other party did not refuse, since the distance to Binhai City was about the same from their location.

The bus soon drove away from the city center.

From skyscrapers to scattered bungalows in the suburbs, the weather, which was sunny just moments ago, is now gradually turning gloomy.

Shen Qing looked out the window, her brows furrowed slightly. "It seems unlikely we'll see that mirage today."

He looked at the increasingly gloomy sky and felt uneasy.

Everyone looked out of the car.

"Wait, after all that excitement, how come it suddenly turns cloudy? The weather forecast is so inaccurate!"

As soon as the bus entered the highway, a heavy rain began to fall from the sky.

Ordinary people might not care about this and might just complain a bit, but Shen Qing and his group all became slightly serious.

Something seemed different in the air, especially after entering Binhai City.

"team leader."

Li Yang looked at his phone and suddenly spoke up. His sister, Li Yinxi, chimed in, "Isn't something wrong here?"

They inquired with their respective team leaders, but none of them replied.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for team leaders to go for long periods of time without checking messages; maintaining open communication with team members is a basic requirement.

Unless something serious happens, no one sees the message or is too busy to attend to it.

Shen Qing didn't speak, but her gaze remained fixed on the increasingly sparse buildings outside the window.

Until the driver suddenly braked.

"No, driver, why did you suddenly brake?"

Before the team member could finish speaking, everyone stared in surprise at the scene before them.

After exiting the highway and entering the national road, we drove for a while longer.

They abandoned their plan to see the mirage and decided to detour back to the base first, passing through a county road in a village.

Even from several cars away, you can see the particularly eye-catching red and blue flashing lights at the front.

A sheriff had set up a cordon ahead, prohibiting passage.

The driver turned around and explained, "Major Shen, there's a police cordon ahead for some reason, and the road is blocked."

Although it was just a county road, quite a few vehicles were stopped, about ten or so, and the drivers all stuck their heads out.

"Why is the road closed?"

"What exactly happened up ahead? Give us an explanation!"

"What are you shouting for? The road ahead has collapsed; it's my fault for not wanting to move!"

Hearing the complaints outside, Shen Qing frowned and stood up from her seat. "I'll go down and take a look."

"Captain, the umbrella."

It has to be said that girls are a little more sensitive.

Shen Qing took Li Yinxi's umbrella and got out of the car. The raindrops pattered against the umbrella, making a loud noise.

It's raining heavily.

He walked around the vehicles in front of him, ignoring the water splashing onto his trousers, and headed towards the sheriff stationed behind the cordon.

Before I could even ask anything, the other person spoke first.

"Sir, the road ahead has collapsed and there is a risk of landslide. It is temporarily closed to traffic. Several other roads nearby are also in the same situation. Please take an alternate route."

Road collapse?

Shen Qing frowned, his gaze sweeping past the cordon to look further into the distance. The road was blocked due to heavy rain and had collapsed; he sensed something was amiss.

The spiritual energy in the air seemed to be getting thicker from the moment it started.

"Comrade."

Shen Qing reached into his pocket, pulled out an ID card, and handed it over. "Is there heavy fog ahead?"

While asking the question, he interrupted the other person's attempt to salute.

"Comrade Major, we also received orders from above to seal off the surrounding ten kilometers. We don't know the specifics."

Shen Qing nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

He had just gotten back into his car, and before the door was even closed, his phone suddenly vibrated.

Before Shen Qing could even pull his phone out of his pocket, Xie Chong abruptly looked up, his face serious, and shouted, "Shen Qing, the Rain and Mist incident!"

The carriage was silent for a moment.

Most of the people in the team looked blank when they heard this, before realizing that the bureau had just conducted a special vigilance training session a while ago.

However, Shen Qing and his group were on fieldwork and should not have been within the assembly area.

The situation is clearly quite serious.

Shen Qing paused, closed the umbrella in her hand, placed it at the feet of the passenger seat, and then turned to get off the bus again.

"Everyone except the driver, get off the bus."

Without further explanation, the other ten people followed, except for the driver who remained in the car.

Ignoring the heavy rain, everyone was soaked to the bone.

The gloomy, rainy weather made it difficult to see clearly, but everyone still stuck outside the cordon noticed that the group was allowed to cross the cordon.

It was raining heavily and they were already blocked from passing through. They were simmering with anger, and seeing that others could get through immediately became the outlet for their frustration.

A middle-aged man leaned out, ignoring the rain soaking his shoulders, and roared, "Isn't the road collapsed? Why are they allowed to pass?!"

That shout was like lighting a fuse.

"Exactly! We've been waiting in the rain for most of the day, why should we get special treatment!"

"My home is not far away, and I don't necessarily pass by the collapsed section of road, so why can't we go through it!"

"This is an abuse of power! I'm reporting you!"

The crowd's protests rose and fell, though they were difficult to hear due to the rain, but their anger was undeniable.

Several car owners even got out of their cars and approached the cordon despite the heavy rain.

Shen Qing couldn't care less about any of that.

He was standing inside the police cordon, explaining to the leading sheriff his need to borrow the car.

The other party simply nodded, gave the order to stop the drivers, turned around and waved, preparing to have his colleagues call over the police car.

"Why should they be transported in a police car?!"

Seeing this, the drivers became even more dissatisfied and started shoving the sheriff.

Just as the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, with a loud "bang," the roof of an unmanned police car suddenly caved in, the windows shattered, and shards of glass scattered in the rain.

If Shen Qing hadn't reacted quickly and pulled the sheriff away, there would have been serious injury.

The protests stopped instantly, and the drivers also stopped pushing and shoving.

Everyone was startled by the sudden noise and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

In the dim rain, visibility was poor, but one could vaguely make out a four- or five-meter-tall creature with a human-shaped outline on the dented police car.

In addition, it has two pairs of thick arms.