Xia Yibing had no idea what her new pet was thinking. She had already read the letter, and when she came to the part where Hitzfeld described the deceased, the expression on her face turned gloomy.
"So that's how it is..." She clenched the letter.
"She did mention wanting to find those two, so she got the information from the last case... They are in grave danger."
This kind of thing is not something to be joked about.
If it were someone else, she would say indifferently: Anyway, you have never been with them since childhood, and there is no process of building up feelings, so there is nothing to be sad about.
But this is Hitzfeld.
Her girl is not the kind of pretentious person. If she is sad, there must be a reason for her to be sad.
"I always feel that things are not as simple as she wrote."
After reading all the content, Xia Yibing's attention was still on the first half.
"She's sad now, and Ashley can only go back once a week. Isn't that the same as living alone?"
"Will she be able to rest well?"
"No... She will definitely force herself to stay awake..."
"It would be nice if I could teleport..."
Feeling a little irritated, Xia Yibing began to feel resentful about the job at hand for the first time.
She didn't regret having this ideal, but she felt that there were too few people Sarah could use in this area.
The king is a woman, the leader of the allied tree people is a woman, the ruler of the mysterious realm is a woman, and she, the leader of the number one violent agency, is also a woman.
Is it really so that yin is stronger than yang?
Would Mr. Senard consider abdicating and supporting a girl to succeed him as Pope?
At least give me a few assistants who can be used like animals.
After slapping her thighs a few times to relieve her frustration, her attention gradually shifted to the second half of the letter.
Hitzfeld hinted later that she was taking a new path…
A new path? A new path to the realm of the extraordinary?
This is a groundbreaking event, right? ...She?
Xia Yibing looked a little dazed.
She felt that the world was changing too fast and she could hardly keep up. It wasn't that she looked down on Hitzfeld, but this field... was not what she was good at, right?
"She also asked me to approve the materials."
"Well... not for free but willing to pay for it... a small thing."
Xia Yibing's mood improved, and she felt the girl's thoughtfulness for her.
Given their relationship and her position, it wasn't difficult to get a free note.
Shadow Lion is a violent agency that reports directly to the king. Even though her official position is obviously not high, almost no one can supervise her.
In this situation, Hitzfeld still did not ask for a free job, obviously taking into account that Xia Yibing's foundation was unstable and he could not leave too many handles in the first two years after taking office.
Her little angel has not changed, she is still so gentle and considerate...
If Xia Yibing could still barely endure this kind of touching feeling, then what she got after opening the small package made her completely unable to sit still.
This is actually... ?
She took out the ball of black silk material and unfolded it. Before she could get excited, she immediately noticed that there was something else stuck inside.
this thing……
This thing……!???
Her little angel is too bold...
Breathing rapidly and with a flushed face, Xia Yibing held the pile of things tightly in her arms.
Then she couldn't help it after all, and did something even more extreme - she pressed them directly on her face, trying to smell the fragrance through close contact.
"Gah——!"
The black owl stood on the table and flapped its wings.
This kind of scent contact is only possible between spouses, right?
Well……
It decided to be nicer to the gray-haired human the next time it saw her.
"Black Owl, wait for me."
After finishing the "breathing", Xia Yibing immediately sat up straight and took out a pen and paper.
I can't stay on this broken island for even a second.
She wants to apply for a transfer!
Even if she could only go back for a few days... She couldn't wait to go back and hold that person in her arms...!
"Gah..."
The Borean Sea Eagle took a few steps back, feeling that its current owner was a little dangerous.
Bang bang bang!
There was a sound of banging on the door downstairs.
Xia Yibing ignored it.
"Boss! Boss!"
But the shouting still came up.
"It's not that I have to disturb you...but..."
The voice paused.
“…Another person died in prison!”
Chapter 12 Dark Clouds in the Research Institute
Dongquan Island consists of 1 main island and 8 subsidiary islands. Its history is very old, but it is indeed not as old as that of the current Sara royal family.
It is a new island discovered after the founding of Sara. Archaeologists have dug up many maps and books from ancient times underground, but none of them recorded the existence of this island.
Some geologists have studied the ocean reefs under the island and discovered many traces that can only be seen in the deep sea.
So the nature of this island was determined from the beginning. It was because of crustal movement - there was once a very terrible, huge crustal movement that affected the ocean, which caused this piece of land to be squeezed up.
Strictly speaking, it is not far from Wien, located in the northeast of Wien. It can be reached by sailing from Wien Port in one day and one night.
This is why the black owl can find its owner so quickly. For a Borean sea eagle, flying from Blackwood City to Dongquan Island is not much more difficult than flying to Wayne Port.
This place is very special, because most areas of the ocean in this era are shrouded in gray fog. Only by holding special tools to open up a channel and dispel the gray fog on that channel permanently - can this road be considered truly safe.
Most ships go out to sea via this route, and there are not many of them. This results in a large area of the ocean being covered in fog, and Dongquan Island is just wrapped in the fog.
Its existence is a secret to most merchant ships, and the entire island is also shrouded in fog. Without a dedicated, matching compass that can resonate with the equipment on the island, it would be difficult for ships to enter the port even if they sailed very close.
It is said that the first people to discover this place were a group of pirates.
They were desperate and came here as a paradise. They planned to make it a bridgehead and ocean base for their plundering, but they all died before their dream could take off.
There were many reasons for the deaths. Some of the pirates died during the second entry into the island. They did not have anyone with outstanding vision to discover the disordered magnetic field underground in the island. In the panic, the ships did not turn to the correct entrance to the port. Some scholars found some ship fragments under the beach of the island reef on the western outskirts of the island.
As for the remaining deaths... they speculated that it was due to the "Spirit Sea".
She dressed quickly and threw a bunch of keys downstairs. When Xia Yibing came downstairs with Black Owl in her arms, she saw a young man with a thin face, very white skin, and a face that looked a bit like a monkey sitting there.
Although he was sitting, he was not sitting still. His hands on the table were always moving and closing their fingers, and his legs were always moving the soles of his shoes to change their positions.
"You finally woke up." He stood up immediately after seeing Xia Yibing, "You will never guess what happened..."
"Someone died in prison again." Xia Yibing said.
The young man was stunned for a moment before he realized that he seemed to have said this just now.
"You're confused, Jia Lei." Xia Yibing poured him a cup of tea and poured herself a cup. "Tell me from the beginning, and give me details."
Gary Feldmod, a Level 7 agent of the Security Bureau, is currently her assistant and sometimes does some secretarial work for her.
At first glance, such a young Level 7 agent can be described as young and promising, but in fact, this is not the case at all.
The mystery of Dongquan Island has not been solved to this day. There is still a cost for ships to enter and exit the port, so the fewer people transported, the better. It is best to limit the number of times except for transporting supplies.
It is not difficult to imagine that there are some young agents who have lived on the island since they were very young, when they were still teenagers or even children, and after officially serving, they will be stationed here for 15-20 years before they can leave.
Level 7 authority is nothing. Dongquan Island itself is above this level. All agents and researchers here have level 7 authority or above.
But if you can’t leave the island, what’s the point of having such high authority?
Gare truly envied his colleagues in the outside world. Although they were of low rank and knew little, at least they could move freely, unlike him who had to stay for at least 10 years.
He was considered a young man on the island, and many of his peers were middle-aged or even "old men." They were all stronger than Gareth... much stronger, but according to Gareth's observation, they had lost hope in their eyes.
It's not the kind of hope in the big picture, but that kind of hope still exists. But he thinks that they should have transformed their "yearning for the outside world" into "yearning for the future."
Some of them have no intention of leaving. They are willing to die on Dongquan Island just to protect the dream of civilization.
Gare admired them very much. He thought he didn't have that awareness, so he was quite proactive in trying to please the new director - maybe the other party would like him and take him out?
Even if he was not transferred out of town, but just taken on a business trip and would eventually come back, Gare felt that he would be satisfied.
He was really fed up with this place, this damn island... living here for a long time was extremely mentally torturous.
"It's like this..." He took a sip of hot tea and used it to calm his restlessness. "I went to see Dr. Qiao in the morning. We had an appointment... Dr. Qiao asked Kaiji to get the key, and I went in to take over after I got the key..."
"This is routine patrol work." Xia Yibing nodded.
Dongquan Island is both a research base and a prison. Many evil criminals are imprisoned here, and there are even some terrifying monsters imprisoned in the deeper death cells.
"Everything was normal at first." Gare nodded, "But when I inspected the fourth floor, I felt something was wrong as soon as I stepped through the door."
"There was a bad smell... an evil smell, very strong... I immediately realized that something must be wrong inside, so I rang the bell at the stairwell and ran inside, checking the cells one by one."
"Several cells are empty."
He gestured to Xia Yibing: "The prisoners inside are gone. I only found some disgusting mucus on the edges of the iron bars... It looks a bit like melted flesh and blood, very sticky."
"Then I walked in... I kept walking in... and some sober prisoners started shouting at me. They begged me to confess and repent as long as I could save them and move them away from this place."
"I think they must have seen something, so they caught a few people and questioned them, and confirmed that the missing people had transformed into monsters."
"A monster that looks like a dissolving corpse?" Xia Yibing frowned.
Foul odor, dissolving flesh.
She seemed to have seen this kind of monster somewhere before...
"No." Gare shook his head. "There are bones, although the bones have softened... The outer skin and flesh have dissolved into soft flesh similar to that of a snail. The upper body's physical signs are mostly preserved, and the lower body... The legs have disappeared and turned into a tail that is connected together, but that part has completely rotted away..."
His description was detailed enough for Xia Yibing to picture the corresponding image in her mind.
But she had seen storms before, so she didn't think this kind of distortion was worth being afraid of.
"Go on." She stared at Gareth. "Did you find them? Where are they?"
"The seventh cell from the bottom." Gare swallowed.
"The prisoners in the surrounding cells are already dead. Those things did something very horrible... Can you understand? They are actually all male, but after those monsters mutated, their flesh softened and they were able to get through the bars. They mistook other prisoners for the opposite sex... and wanted to... forcefully mate with them."
! ? ?
Xia Yibing opened her mouth. She had never seen such a world before.
"The dead bodies were in terrible condition. Their stomachs were swollen and filled with rotten meat... There were some people around being attacked by those monsters. I tried to use silver bullets to deal with them but it didn't work. In the end, I had to light them on fire to kill them... That's what happened."
Gare swallowed nervously and asked tentatively: "So, boss, what should we do now?"
The woman in front of him, Shasha Imaar, had risen to prominence a little too quickly, which many people were dissatisfied with, but she had already established her personal prestige on the island through her handling of several crisis situations.
There are actually no such bloody plots inside Dongquan Island.
No one was suspicious or fighting for power… Some people were disobedient at first because they didn’t think she could do the job well, but as long as she proved that she could, they obeyed her orders unconditionally.
So she is 100% the head of Dongquan Island. She can mobilize not only these agents, but also people from the research institute.
