Enforcer Manual
Chapter 205: Uninvited Guest_1

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Uninvited Guest_1

With the addition of the mechanical Horn Bugs, the law enforcement department of District 17 experienced an unprecedented level of idleness. Within just a few days, the remaining gangs in District 17 were completely annihilated, leaving the street thugs and former members of criminal organizations in a state of panic.

A rumor began to spread throughout the city.

The Horn Bugs of District 17 seemed to have undergone an unprecedented mutation. Their flying capabilities were greatly enhanced, allowing them to become invisible, and they could even emit electric currents. A single cut from them was enough to instantly paralyze and convulse anyone, and in less than half an hour, a major local gang was decimated by the encircling swarm of bugs.

When the Law Enforcers arrived, all gang members were unconscious on the floor.

Having grown accustomed to commanding a mechanized Horn Bug troop, Lu Xiang felt she had become lazy.

She didn’t need to take action personally; all she had to do was issue orders from her office, and the Bug Swarm would autonomously handle everything, then she would dispatch a squad to apprehend the unconscious criminals and bring them back.

The Bug Swarm fully showcased their advantages—they could work for extended periods, at a low cost. Apart from food, they could even replenish their energy with nutritional injections.

In striking at the gang headquarters, they could completely replace manual labor.

Going to work on time day after day made Lu Xiang feel uncomfortably unaccustomed. In such a relaxed work atmosphere, the cases in District 17 plummeted dramatically, almost matching the Capital City of the Twelfth Nation.

The Capital City of the Twelfth Nation had Princess Lieyang, a belligerent General, who was constantly smashing gang hideouts with her troops, while they here had mechanical Horn Bugs active in the frontline of fighting crime every day.

If not for the different social structure of the Horn Bugs, she would have considered establishing a separate department for them.

After recruiting Ge Fu, the mechanization process improved significantly. However, Song Lan’s other investigation hit a dead end.

Medea.

The former senior advisor of Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical was still missing after several days of searching, with no trace of her to be found.

The criminal manual stated that her last known location was District 17, but that was two years ago.

"I’ve accessed most of the surveillance footage from District 17, and the Horn Bug scouting teams haven’t found any clues either. Maybe Medea has already left District 17 a long time ago," Lu Xiang said.

Trying to find someone who’s been missing for two years is extremely difficult.

On the bright side, maybe Medea was only passing through District 17 before immediately buying a ticket to the outside world; on the darker side, before she could escape the jurisdiction of the United Government, Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical might have found her and executed her in secret.

After all, Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical is a leading company of the United Government, not weaker than Tesla Tech, especially in the "outside world." Their biolabs are almost everywhere in the Neutral Countries. As someone who knew the corporate secrets, it was unlikely that Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical would let Medea live.

"But this is the only lead we have to find her," said Song Lan with a worried frown.

Talent in the field of gene research was far scarcer than those in the arms design business. Firstly, those who could get involved in gene research were almost all born into wealthy families, and only in a few elite educational institutions in the core areas were there courses related to gene research.

Upon graduation, these students would be immediately recruited by various biopharma companies, and unless an accident occurred, it was almost impossible for someone who had experience in gene research to willingly come to a place like District 17.

Song Lan was of course aware of the difficulties, but now they could only hope that Medea hadn’t left District Seventeen yet, even if that hope was slim.

Contrary to their expectations, the person who eventually provided them with clues was neither the surveillance cameras from each block nor the Horn Bug’s reconnaissance troops, but Ge Fu, with heavy dark circles under his bloodshot eyes, showing faint signs of madness.

"Something happened in the shop, you have to help me!"

As soon as he entered, Ge Fu started yelling.

He didn’t even care about the presence of Song Lan and directly said, "It was last night, something terrible happened in the shop!"

"What happened?"

"Someone... no, some kind of creature that looked like a human sneaked into my shop!"

Ge Fu pulled up a chair and sat in front of Lu Xiang’s desk, vividly began to narrate, "Last night I had a fantastic idea, a prosthesis design to compensate for the distant attack abilities of the Horn Bugs. I was working on it at the workbench until 2 a.m. I was worn out and went back to my room to sleep. Around 4:30 a.m., I vaguely heard strange noises coming from the workshop."

"I thought it was the Horn Bug troops returning, but when I peeked through a crack in the door, I found a creature somewhat like a human in the workshop. I didn’t get a clear look at the guy’s face, but I can say for sure, it had wings similar to those of Horn Bugs, a body covered in a black shell, and the scariest part was, it was standing in front of the King Bug’s ecological box, communicating with it through the glass."

"After it noticed I was awake, it disappeared in the blink of an eye!"

Ge Fu, highly agitated, never stopped as he relayed his experience from the previous night to the two of them.

Hearing this bizarre tale, Song Lan’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.

Ge Fu was an extremely rare talent for them; for the Law Enforcers of the Seventeenth District, his presence was tantamount to engineers like Swan, Klax, and Abathur. Every mature troop needed such a talent.

Therefore, to ensure Ge Fu’s safety, he had already sent the Horn Bug’s King Bug over there, now Ge Fu’s shop was both their technological research center and akin to the Horn Bug troops’ headquarters.

Based on Lu Xiang’s assessment of the current situation in District Seventeen, unless the rescuer from Triple Star deliberately sought trouble with Ge Fu, anyone forcefully entering the shop would undoubtedly be courting death.

The Kolo Film and Television Media crew and Su Li’s actions had been under surveillance by a Horn Bug scout team 24 hours a day, nonstop. The moment they headed to Ge Fu’s shop, they would know about it immediately.

The order Lu Xiang had given to the King Bug was that if anyone threatened Ge Fu’s personal safety, the Horn Bug’s combat troops would launch an attack.

In commanding the Bug Swarm, Lu Xiang had already made significant progress.

But according to what Ge Fu had just said, not only had some creature silently infiltrated his shop, but it had even engaged in simple communication with the King Bug.

Could it be...

Had a Horn Bug undergone an additional mutation, transforming into a human form without their notice?

"Let’s go, take us to see what’s going on."

To protect Ge Fu’s personal safety and to find out what was happening, Lu Xiang immediately said.