Chapter 588: Chapter 207: Destruction Level Catastrophe, Emergence of the Immortal Object!

The known sources of infection were nothing new; the promotion rules publicly visible at the inspection station were for outsiders, while internally, the standards were much more stringent and harsh.

From the third-phase onwards, it’s basically "one radish per pit," competing not just on professional ability, but on genuine intelligence and achievements.

The ability to go on field missions to bring supplies to Happiness City and generate revenue for the inspection station is one aspect, but the key is to have demonstrable hard achievements.

And "containing the source of infection" happens to be one of the core indicators for evaluating an inspector’s ability.

The current fifth-stage inspector must have contained three "destruction" level sources to ascend, the fourth-stage must have contained at least one "destruction" level, and even the third-phase must gather five "disaster" level plus a bunch of "plague" level sources to qualify.

Therefore, unless a destruction-level infection source appears, there’s no need for extra intervention.

After flipping through the information on all known sources of infection, Liu Kun clicked on the section for "unknown infection sources."

This category of completely unrecorded infection sources only had site photos taken by inspectors and a segment of voice descriptions on the page.

At the top were materials returned from East Valley Town.

"So unlucky? Not only two known disaster-level sources nearby, but also an unknown disaster-level source mixed in?"

Liu Kun raised an eyebrow in surprise, and only relaxed a bit when he saw that the person in charge of East Valley Town were Gu Xinjing and Zhang Wen, two third-stage inspectors.

With experienced old inspectors watching over, deaths might happen, but at least no major mistakes would occur.

He refocused on the photo, five corpses lay side by side, each with a red mark imprinted on the forehead.

Magnifying it revealed a blurry pattern, but no matter how he analyzed it, he couldn’t extract more useful information.

He clicked on the voice recording, Gu Xinjing’s voice came through, tinged with a bit of gravity: "All five people’s internal organs were completely burned empty, the corpse weight only one-tenth of a normal person’s. Before entering the outbreak state, there were no obvious differences from ordinary living people..."

Troublesome.

Another malignant infection source!

Liu Kun smacked his lips; this kind which becomes deadly upon outbreak needs to be quickly dealt with, as once it spreads, it can easily induce regional panic.

Fortunately, malignant infection sources have a weakness; their symptoms are too obvious, and the spread scope is usually narrow, so as long as they are discovered in time, targeted control is possible.

Exiting East Valley Town’s page, scrolling down to North Yuán Town’s unknown infection source, also evaluated as likely disaster-level and malignant, it took seven lives upon outbreak. The dying condition was even weirder than that of East Valley Town.

The deceased’s skin shimmered with a crystalline glow, and several salamander-like antennae grew atop their heads.

"This one also needs urgent handling, tut, looks really creepy." Liu Kun glanced for a moment and then looked away.

These assessment levels were provided by institutes, indicating that the harm had been fully analyzed.

He continued scrolling through the material of unknown plague-level infection sources; his gaze suddenly halted.

Dapo Town?

Just recently talking about transferring equipment to Dapo Town, how could there be an unknown infection source hidden here?

Liu Kun clicked in surprised, there were three corpses in the picture, the one on the left was clearly an infected body of a Ghost Water Cave Crab, he glanced and moved his gaze to the right.

Two men shot in the head by a pistol lay on the ground, their skin was as pale as if soaked in water for days, and wrapped around their bodies were eerie purple spiral patterns.

"What is this ghostly thing?"

Liu Kun’s brow tightened instantly.

Compared to the previously gruesome dead bodies, this inconspicuous purple pattern instead made his heart skip a beat, a vague feeling of ominousness crawled up his spine.

He swiped the screen; the following several images were close-ups of the infected body’s body, the camera specifically focused behind the earlobe.

As the starting point of the purple pattern, it exuded an inexplicable eeriness.

"This..."

Liu Kun’s brow furrowed tighter; even though he had been the police bureau chief for many years, the Fire Eye trained during his inspector days had not degraded.

Whether it was a high-risk infection source and whether there was anything unusual, he could generally judge it with a glance.

"Old Ding?" he suddenly spoke.

"What’s up?" Ding Yishan was still contemplating the earlier debate about "experience and protection," instinctively looked up when he heard the call.

Seeing Liu Kun already cross the tablet over to him, pointed at him, "Look at the patterns on the body, are they a bit weird?"

"Patterns?" Ding Yishan paused, hurriedly leaned towards the screen, examining it meticulously several times, "Are there any patterns?"

"Huh?"

Liu Kun’s complexion sank sharply, the once ruddy face turned reddish in an instant, and he quickly held the tablet toward Jiang Chuan.

"Chuan, can you see the purple pattern on the corpse?"

"No, I don’t." Jiang Chuan scratched his head, looking confused, "It’s just two corpses soaked pale, like drowning victims?"

Buzz.

A chilling sensation exploded in Liu Kun’s heart; he stood up abruptly, his eyes flooded with disbelief.

How is it possible?

How could such things exist around Happiness City without being discovered?

After a brief pause, he instantly pressed the voice play button, Luokuke’s slightly hoarse voice came through:

"Dapo Town, an unknown source of infection discovered, initially judged as a spiritual contamination-type source, suspected to cover Ghost Snapping Turtle rules, prompting water ghosts onto shore!"

"Threat level assessment: extremely high, on-site situation: temporarily controllable, immediate support needed."

"Please the inspection station provide complete underwater exploration equipment promptly, assist in pinpointing the infection source!"

"Please the institute provide analysis support, assist in determination of infection source!"

The voice playback ended.

Unknown when, Liu Kun’s complexion had completely turned crimson, the temperature in the office seemed ignited like firewood, instantly soared above 40 degrees.

He gripped the tablet tightly, suppressing the surging rage mixed with shock inside, turning to Ding Yishan: "Old Ding, what was the content of the voice you just heard?"

Ding Yishan startled by his reaction, instinctively recited: "It said a normal water body-type infection source discovered, threat level extremely low, temporary no support needed, still needs more observation..."

Before the words were finished.

The office, where Liu Kun was, suddenly vanished.

In the next instant, a fiery red light fiercely tore through the air.

With a loud crash sound exploding, the entire massive floor-to-ceiling window shattered.

The sharp glass fragments hadn’t had time to splash around before being burned into primordial sand by high-temperature, raised by the night wind.

Even the wind rushing from outside carried a scorching sensation, rustling the documents on the desk.

Looking outside.

A colossal red eagle with a wingspan of at least eight meters soared into the sky, the eagle’s body wrapped in dancing flames, the wings flapping stirred billowing heat waves, like a roaring fire meteor, merely a few breaths, tore through the thick night, rushing out from the inspection station into the wilderness.

It wasn’t until the next second, that finally Liu Kun’s shouted voice echoed through the office repeatedly:

"Old Ding!"

"Quickly report to the research institute! At least destruction level spiritual contamination-type ’Immortal Objects’ have appeared!!"