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We were in fear all the way, but there was no sign of the Nian beast along the way. That monster is hiding somewhere in the darkness. It may be waiting to attack us, or it may have given up and left.

Chen Yihan did not receive any news. Nangong Yao did not see the Nian Beast on the surveillance camera. The police checked the surveillance frame by frame and found the Nian Beast. The police call was not recalled. The Nian beast seemed to have completely disappeared.

The police car turned and drove into the police station's training ground. The training ground was brightly lit, but no one was seen and no sound was heard.

Chen Yihan's voice came from the mobile phone, "The police car will leave later, leaving only me, Nangong Yao, Gu Mo, and the sniper at the training ground. You follow the police car into the parking lot and change into a bulletproof car with automatic navigation inside. It will drive to the designated location. The next thing to do is to wait."

I looked at the fat man.

The fat man wiped the sweat from his head and followed the police car into the underground parking lot. As soon as our car entered, the parking lot lowered its sliding door. All the lights were on in the parking lot, which was empty except for one police car.

The police car in front stopped and two policemen got out.

"It's just this car. You can get in. The navigation is here," the policeman said.

Fatty and I changed cars obediently and listened to the police officer explain how to use navigation and autonomous driving. He also taught us about the environmental structure and available escape routes in the training ground.

"This is a bulletproof vest and a helmet. I won't give you the gun. It will be dangerous for you to hold it. This is a dagger. If something happens, you can use this. Hang the baton here and pull it out directly."

The two policemen patiently taught us some skills. Finally, they patted both of our shoulders.

I don’t know how Chen Yihan told these policemen, but judging from their looks, they must have known about the existence of Nian Beast. I also don’t know what they think of us two “ordinary citizens”. The current situation is indeed a bit delicate, but it is not the time to talk about this.

"Be careful."

"You too."

The two policemen did not get into the police car, but went to the stairwell nearby.

Fatty and I sat in the police car and looked at each other.

The police car's intercom was on the whole time.

"Is it possible?" the fat man asked.

Chen Yihan said calmly: "If it doesn't work, just think of another way. We will prioritize your life safety."

The fat man took a deep breath and started the police car.

After leaving the exit on the other side of the parking lot, the police car entered autonomous driving mode, the steering wheel automatically turned, and slowly drove to the center of the training ground. The police should have designed a device on the police car. After the car stopped, there was a muffled sound under the hood, and a few wisps of black smoke came out and dispersed immediately, as if the car suddenly broke down and stalled.

The fat man and I froze and didn't move. The only sounds in the car were our two slightly heavy breathing.

The Nian beast is obviously an intelligent monster with some "character". Such a little trick may not be able to fool it, but it is obviously even more unreliable to arrange everything and make the car stop stupidly.

This rudimentary plan is really because we don’t have that much time.

The more delay there is, the more danger there will be.

I prayed that the Nian beast would appear quickly and be killed quickly to put an end to this matter for the time being. I can then try to find the ghosts killed by the Nian Beast and find ways to change the past.

Anyway, killing it here is the first step in the plan. The first step is the appearance of the Nian beast.

However, I didn't see the Nian beast until dawn.

Having been mentally tense for so long and experiencing the death of a fat man, I was really tired.

"Didn't you see it?" I asked Chen Yihan.

"No." Chen Yihan's voice was low.

"Where else?" I asked again.

"No one died either."

I was puzzled, "Is there a limit to what it... can eat? Or is there a limit to the time it can be active?"

These are the only two possibilities I can think of.

"We don't know this." Nangong Yao's voice appeared on the intercom, and I seemed to hear Gu Mo yawning.

Nangong Yao continued: "This is the first time we have encountered the Nian beast entering the reproduction period and showing its true form. Wu Ling has conducted investigations before. Basically, every time it appears, it will kill at least a dozen people. The activity time ranges from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The inference within the circle is that two-digit people are simply not enough for it to accumulate enough energy to reproduce. It is like the animal's estrus period. Although it is in estrus, it has not completed mating and reproduction. The purpose of pregnancy is to wait for the next time.”

"A dozen people aren't enough?" I gritted my teeth.

Nangong Yao was very calm, "In ancient times, it was said that it would eat everyone in a village. Even considering the population density and village layout at that time, there were at least dozens or hundreds of people. It should have eaten at least twenty or thirty people. Only humans can meet their own energy needs. Of course, this was the situation in ancient times. Nowadays, it has evolved, but it still retains some of the characteristics of its ancestors. We can only make guesses about how much food the Nian beast needs to reproduce. "

I reluctantly accepted Nangong Yao's statement and asked, "What about now? Are we going to stay like this until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?"

"If this was just a close call, we should laugh." Gu Mo floated a word.

I have to admit that what Gu Mo said makes sense. If this is the case, it seems that we are already safe and can continue to be peaceful for more than ten or decades until the Nian beast enters its next reproduction period.

But I am somewhat unwilling to do so. The headless corpse lying on the ground and the dazzling blood... The most important thing is that Nian Beast's naked provocation made me unable to care. There was a bad breath swirling in my chest, rushing into my body.

"There is food, water, and urine bags in the back seat." Chen Yihan said, and then added, "No matter what you do, you have to report to me, and you two have to work in shifts, and always be vigilant. If we here If there is a need to change shifts, we will remind you.”

"good."

I asked the fat man to look at it, turned around, stretched out his hand and took the two bags placed in the back seat. There is water and dry food in the bag. In this case, it is impossible for us to eat and drink. I had never used a urine bag before, so I took the plastic bag and read the instructions on it carefully.

This situation is really embarrassing, but we can't just drive away at this moment. At the very least, we should wait a little longer and not waste this precious first trap.

After sitting in the car for more than ten hours, Nian Beast never showed up.

Compared to us, Chen Yihan's place was even more difficult.

If the Nian beast doesn't appear here, it's probably somewhere else.

I can't be distracted by looking at my phone, but I think the series of beheadings last night have caused thousands of waves on the Internet, and may have triggered huge panic in Minqing City. The police department and the government should be extremely busy. The few who know the truth will collapse even more. Things like the Nian Beast... are very fantasy no matter how you think about them.

Gu Mo's voice suddenly sounded on the intercom: "Comrade Director has just received bad news."