151: Zhang Ju's attitude reversal

Liang Yuzhu asked about Abyss's recent situation and the condition of his gunshot wound.

Unexpectedly, she was directly rebuffed by his single phrase, 'Charge extra.'

"He really doesn't care about friendship at all..."

Looking at the message from Abyss, Liang Yuzhu could only give up grudgingly.

Unable to glean any information related to Abyss, she turned her attention to the intelligence Abyss had sent.

The photo received on her phone appeared to be a dilapidated, unfinished building that had long been abandoned.

However, strangely, in this desolate, unfinished building,

a certain empty window on the second floor reflected a faint green firelight...

"What is this?" Liang Yuzhu examined the photo repeatedly, furrowing her brow in confusion.

Based on the clues she currently possessed, the investigation into black scale disease had reached a stalemate.

She was currently unable to confirm whether there were some unknown shady dealings behind the black scale disease.

In that case, after returning and reporting the hospital situation to Director Zhang, it would likely be impossible to formally file a case for investigation.

She did indeed want to obtain some intelligence from Abyss to find a new breakthrough.

But what Liang Yuzhu didn't expect was how strange this intelligence was?

At first glance, it didn't seem to have anything to do with black scale disease.

What did this ruined, unfinished building and the firelight at the window truly signify?

Liang Yuzhu murmured in confusion.

However, at this moment, how could Liang Yuzhu know the importance of the photo Su Yue provided her?

The clue it implicitly pointed to could allow Police to bypass the tedious investigation into why the six patients became infected simultaneously.

And thus directly pinpoint the source of the black scale disease infection and the masterminds behind the scenes whom the Homeless person mistook for Fat Bears.

Before Liang Yuzhu could even ask, Abyss's message was sent again.

"Officer Liang, I need you to investigate someone."

"It's a Homeless person who once lived in this unfinished building."

This message from Abyss, combined with the previous photo, left Liang Yuzhu even more bewildered.

Look for a Homeless person? What does this have to do with the current black scale disease?

Or could it be... Liang Yuzhu couldn't help but recall the condition she had previously agreed to with Abyss.

She had to do something for him, so perhaps she was overthinking things?

The intelligence he was providing now was just for some purpose of Abyss's,

and actually had no connection to the matter she was currently investigating?

Recalling Dr. Chu's response at the hospital, the sudden appearance of this black scale disease was indeed somewhat strange.

It was as if someone was maliciously spreading it in the dark.

Liang Yuzhu also understood the seriousness of the matter and knew she needed to investigate against the clock.

She then replied with a hint of seriousness:

"Abyss, a strange infectious disease has appeared in the City recently. I think you should know."

"Because the situation is special, we must investigate the source of this disease as quickly as possible before the situation further escalates..."

Liang Yuzhu sent a series of messages, seemingly trying to remind Abyss of something.

"Officer Liang, find this Homeless person."

"You definitely won't be disappointed." Abyss simply replied with a calm message.

Seeing this, Liang Yuzhu immediately stopped typing on her screen.

As if she had made a decision, she deleted the text she had prepared.

"Alright..." Liang Yuzhu still chose to believe Abyss.

"However, there's no lead on the black scale disease right now, and suddenly we're going to investigate a Homeless person?"

"Director Zhang... will he agree?"

With this thought in mind, Police car Liang Yuzhu was in gradually drove towards the Municipal Bureau.

...

"Director Zhang, this is the situation I investigated from the hospital."

When Liang Yuzhu returned to Police Station, Director Zhang was leading police officers in a meeting and discussion.

She handed the organized documents to Director Zhang and continued:

"These are the recent activity trajectories of the previous six confirmed patients."

"There is currently one more confirmed case at the hospital, but after investigation, it was found that he was infected at the hospital during a company medical examination."

Director Zhang glanced through the documents, which clearly listed the places and times the six confirmed patients had recently visited.

"Hmm..." Director Zhang nodded and handed it to a police officer:

"Hurry up and publicize these situations through various channels to remind people who have recently entered and exited these places to see if there are any potential infected individuals, to prevent the situation from further escalating."

Police officer took the document and began editing on the computer.

"Have the causes of these patients' illnesses been found? How did they all get sick at the same time?"

As Director Zhang asked, Liang Yuzhu frankly stated:

"Not yet, the doctors at the hospital are also looking for the cause of the infection."

"And from the recent activity trajectories of these confirmed patients... they haven't been to the same places."

Upon hearing this, Director Zhang's brows furrowed unconsciously.

"That is to say... it's not necessarily that they got sick from going to a certain place?"

"And besides these six people, perhaps there are others carrying the bacteria?"

After a simple and quick analysis, Director Zhang continued to instruct:

"According to the clues currently available, continue to investigate their activity trajectories and see who they have been in contact with recently."

"The higher-ups also attach great importance to this matter. If we're not careful, it could affect a wide range, so we must ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate."

"Hurry up and investigate the whereabouts of these six patients, don't miss any clues."

As Director Zhang gave his orders, the surrounding police officers responded in unison and immediately rushed off to begin the investigation without delay.

And as Police officers left and became busy,

Liang Yuzhu remained seated in her original spot, not leaving her seat for a long time.

"Hmm?" Director Zhang saw this and asked while organizing the documents:

"Xiao Liang, your team members have all left. As the Captain, why aren't you leading them to work?"

Liang Yuzhu saw Police officers leave and recalled Abyss's message.

Only then did she express her intention to Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, I have an investigation direction and would like to apply for it."

"What direction?" Director Zhang asked in confusion:

"Why didn't you mention it during the meeting just now?"

Liang Yuzhu then explained the target she wanted to investigate.

"I want to apply to investigate a Homeless person who once lived in an unfinished building."

As Liang Yuzhu's decisive words fell, Director Zhang was taken aback.

He looked at Liang Yuzhu in confusion, wondering why she suddenly mentioned a Homeless person?

What did that have to do with anything?

Shouldn't the focus be on the six confirmed patients right now?

Director Zhang was puzzled, but he thought that given Liang Yuzhu's way of doing things, she should understand the priorities.

"Why do you suddenly want to investigate this? Do you have any clear clues?"

However, after Director Zhang spoke, Liang Yuzhu didn't know how to respond.

Because Abyss had only promised that what she would get from finding that Homeless person would not disappoint her.

He hadn't revealed the details behind it or what could be found, so she didn't speak for a moment.

Director Zhang saw that Liang Yuzhu didn't explain herself and couldn't help but be startled.

Then he couldn't help but say, "What, you want to investigate but can't give a reason?"

"If you have this much free time, you might as well put your mind to the real work."

"Hurry up and carefully investigate their activity trajectories and see if there are any clues..."

Director Zhang was anxious for a moment and reprimanded her a couple of times.

However, before he finished speaking, Liang Yuzhu finally spoke.

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"Director Zhang, do you remember Abyss?"

"He provided me with the intelligence. I think this Homeless person could be a breakthrough."

As Liang Yuzhu's voice sounded, Director Zhang's words suddenly froze, and he also caught the key point.

"Wait... Abyss?" How could Director Zhang not remember?

On the contrary, he could even be said to have a fresh memory of him!

From the surveillance footage Abyss provided before, and the fetal test report of Su Meili that he asked Liang Yuzhu to investigate.

To the underground warehouse of the Water Products Company later...

Abyss not only assisted Police in catching Wang Lin red-handed,

but also helped apprehend more than ten fugitives, truly a representative of an excellent citizen.

So upon hearing Liang Yuzhu's words, Director Zhang immediately became energized.

"Your friend?? He asked you to investigate?"

And seeing Liang Yuzhu nod honestly, Director Zhang's heart also began to ponder.

Could there really be something going on?

"Hmm... your friend, the clues he provided us before were very useful."

"He must have his reasons for doing this... maybe it really is a new breakthrough."

Liang Yuzhu listened to Director Zhang's murmuring, especially after mentioning Abyss, his attitude had undergone a complete 180-degree turn.

Seeing this, three black lines seemed to appear on Liang Yuzhu's forehead.

"Since that's the case... you go ahead and investigate first."

Director Zhang indeed relented, but didn't just let her do as she pleased, explaining:

"However, the situation is urgent, and I can't just allocate police force to you based on a piece of intelligence from Abyss."

"Based on the clues currently available, the focus should still be on those six confirmed patients."

"So, I will first coordinate the other police officers. You can only take two police officers to investigate the clue provided by Abyss."

Liang Yuzhu nodded, also agreeing with Director Zhang's approach.

After all, she wasn't sure what she could find from the Homeless person either.

Just after the task was assigned, Director Zhang took the documents and prepared to leave.

Just as he reached the meeting room door, Liang Yuzhu's voice sounded again:

"Director Zhang, I need to retrieve the City's surveillance footage."

"...I'll approve the paperwork for you." Director Zhang said without looking back.

...

Su Yue provided the intelligence about the unfinished building to Liang Yuzhu, and then contacted Old Sha from the hospital room.

What he needed to do now was actually very simple.

It was to utilize others' needs to profit from them and maximize his interests.

And now Old Sha wanted to protect himself, fight back against those crazed Fat Bears with the homeless people, and find his missing brother.

Since he was in the hospital room, he could just use this to give Abyss's identity a vague explanation.

Now that Liang Yuzhu had received the intelligence, she should have already taken action, and it was time to use Old Sha as a pawn.

So Su Yue sent a message:

"Someone is already investigating the person you are looking for."

After seeing the news reports, Old Sha had been waiting for Abyss's message.

He had been rallying the surrounding homeless people and searching for the tracks of those Fat Bears, also hoping to find his brother.

At this moment, seeing the message from Abyss, Old Sha first breathed a sigh of relief, and then inexplicably felt that the other party's words carried a lot of weight.

Did Abyss mean that he had sent someone to investigate?

"It seems... the Deep Abyss Organization's influence is not small?"

Old Sha thought to himself, also quite curious about their method of investigation.

But before he could think further, Abyss sent another message.

"According to the previous conditions, I need you to do something..."

Seeing this message, Old Sha narrowed his eyes.

He still didn't know Abyss's background, he had just decided to join due to the current situation.

This time, what did Abyss want him to do?

Could it be... the wolf was about to show its tail?

Old Sha speculated in his heart, feeling a bit uneasy for a moment, and just quietly waited for Abyss's message.

However, the next second, when Abyss's request was made.

Old Sha's uneasy expression froze, and then turned into surprise.

"Ah??" Old Sha couldn't help but let out a strange cry.

He had never expected Abyss to make such a strange request.

And following his gaze, he saw a line of text on the screen:

"Can you do one-handed push-ups?"

"..." Old Sha stared blankly at the line of text, pondering for a long time.

He wanted to guess Abyss's intention, but no matter how he thought about it, it didn't seem right.

Why would he ask him to do push-ups? What could that bring him?

Moreover, no matter how you looked at this request, it seemed like just a punishment for losing a dare among friends.

Old Sha was completely puzzled and finally typed a reply:

"I can do some push-ups, but one-handed... I haven't tried."

However, his reply didn't seem to have any effect on acceptance.

"Left hand, one-handed push-ups, one hundred."

As Abyss sent another message, there was no further movement.

Old Sha was stunned in place again for a moment.

What? One-handed push-ups, and a hundred of them?

And it had to be with the left hand? What in the world did that mean?

If he did as he was told, with his physique, his left hand would be ruined, wouldn't it?

Old Sha thought in confusion and couldn't help but look around.

Besides Huang Mao, there was no one else around, not even many surveillance cameras.

Even if he didn't do it, Abyss might not know.

However, Old Sha recalled the situation in the unfinished building. At that time, he was alerted by a brief message from Abyss telling him not to approach the stained cloths, which had saved him half his life.

After contemplating for a moment, Old Sha still decided to roll up his sleeves.

"Alright, it's just a hundred push-ups, let's do it!"

He then lay down on the ground and began to try supporting himself with his left hand.

And this action of his completely dumbfounded Huang Mao, who was beside him.

Seeing Old Sha looking like he was about to do push-ups, and they had just finished eating.

Huang Mao was startled, as if he understood something, and sincerely admired him: "Good heavens, you're working out right after eating?"

"Bro Sha... you're quite disciplined?!"

...

On the other side, Liang Yuzhu found the area of the unfinished building according to the photo provided by Abyss.

She stood by the dilapidated road, comparing the building in front of her with the photo.

"This is it." Liang Yuzhu confirmed.

Then she turned around to look around, searching for nearby surveillance cameras.

Since the area was abandoned, there were no cameras installed in the community.

Liang Yuzhu searched for a long time and finally found a camera in a store that the owner used to film the storefront.

And the surveillance range could only barely capture the entrance of the unfinished building area.

Liang Yuzhu went to check the surveillance footage, and the store owner was quite cooperative when she took out her identification.

She retrieved the surveillance footage from the past few days and began to watch it at high speed.

However, soon, Liang Yuzhu noticed something unusual in the surveillance video.

...

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