Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 852 - 506: Traveling Cultivator’s Cloud Technique (Support Monthly Ticket) (2)

Li Banfeng said, "I want to go in and take a look at this meatball."

Song Qingwen shook his head and said, "Director Li, the explosives are already set up, no one is allowed to enter the operational area."

Shen Jingye said, "Little Li, not every operation requires a charge into battle. Today’s main players are the Demolition Team. The main task of the Public Security Team is to coordinate well and prevent unexpected situations."

Chen Changrui finally understood that this meatball didn’t just appear; the Dark Star Bureau had been involved for a long time, but the Public Security Team was unaware and acted as backup personnel in this operation.

Shen Jingye’s secretary handed several photos to Li Banfeng. These photos were taken on-site. The meatball was dark red, with an uneven surface, and overall looked like a walnut made of meat.

The Demolition Team was busy in the factory area, while Chen Changrui stood outside, and Preserved Fruit snorted, "So much fuss, and we’re just here to watch the show."

Light Bulb laughed, "What’s wrong with watching the show? Director Shen said it himself, not every mission requires a head-on charge, and I think that makes sense!"

Dumpling was also disappointed; she had high expectations for this operation and hoped that under Li Qi’s guidance, she could make substantial progress during the mission.

Now, she could only hope the operation ended soon so she could return to the Bureau, find an excuse to do something for the Seventh Master, and seize the chance to learn some real skills.

No need to return to the Bureau necessarily; the Seventh Master wasn’t busy, she could go and chat.

Dumpling just started walking towards Li Qi when Chuuni beat her to it and started talking to Li Qi.

This fool is so annoying!

Chuuni lowered his voice and said, "Director, I feel something’s off."

"What’s off?"

"There’s something wrong with how Director Shen is handling this matter."

"What’s wrong with it?"

"The blasting itself has issues. Although he did it in a way that leaves nothing to nitpick, there are better ways to handle it."

As they spoke, a countdown began at the scene.

After ten seconds, the countdown ended.

Boom!

A cloud of dust rose as the blast concluded.

Because Puluo State is rather unique, Li Banfeng was not very familiar with blasting and didn’t notice anything unusual.

The expression on Demolition Team leader Song Qingwen’s face was noticeably off, and even Chen Changrui, who rarely dealt with blasting, felt that the explosion was lacking.

Shen Jingye looked at Song Qingwen, "Was there a problem?"

Song Qingwen didn’t dare to answer lightly; he called his subordinate, "Send a drone inside to check."

The subordinate prepared a drone and flew it into the textile factory.

The signal inside the textile factory was poor, seemingly with a jamming device, making the drone footage blurry. However, it showed that a large amount of explosives hadn’t detonated and were left untouched at the scene.

Looking at the big meatball again, the surface seemed undamaged.

No, there was damage!

Song Qingwen saw a wound on the sphere, located in the shadow part between the meatball and the ground, with dark red fluid oozing out.

The whole wound was about the size of a fist, and the laboratory personnel stated, "This size of wound typically heals within one minute."

The wound was wriggling slowly, and Shen Jingye glared at Song Qingwen, "What on earth is going on?"

Song Qingwen couldn’t explain.

Shen Jingye said, "Quickly clear out the unexploded explosives!"

Song Qingwen hesitated for a moment and said, "Director, my suggestion is to reconnect and detonate."

Clearing out the unexploded explosives is inherently dangerous, and reconnecting to detonate is the right choice.

Shen Jingye urged Song Qingwen to start the action immediately, and Song Qingwen personally led the team into the textile factory to rearrange the wires.

Li Banfeng looked at the footage from the drone and felt something was wrong, "What is this fluid that’s coming out?"

Shen Jingye said, "It’s a fluid similar to blood."

The laboratory technician next to them said, "We’ve also found similar fluid during sampling, its composition is very similar to blood, but it doesn’t have blood cells..."

The footage was not clear, but Li Banfeng still noticed the problem, "This isn’t fluid, these are worms."

The staff manipulated the drone’s flight direction, adjusting the shooting angle. The flowing dark red "fluid" was extending further away.

Shen Jingye was startled, such a long distance was clearly not following the laws of fluid dynamics.

Although blurry, Li Banfeng could see they were worms, reminding him of his encounter at the Iron Thread River.

Shen Jingye picked up the radio, "Detonate immediately! Prevent the unidentified creature from leaving the factory."

Song Qingwen didn’t respond; the drone located him; he was wearing a bomb suit standing next to the meatball, motionless.

Li Banfeng stared at the footage for a moment and noticed a red line at Song Qingwen’s feet.

It was the red line formed by the worms crawling out from his bomb suit.

The on-site demolition team members successively stopped their actions, neither struggling nor calling for help, standing like sculptures. Soon worms crawled out of their bodies.

After a moment of shock, Shen Jingye issued an order, "Public Security Team, deploy, prevent the unidentified creature from leaving the textile factory."

Chen Changrui received the order and quickly organized the Public Security Team, but according to the drone’s perspective, the red worms were about to leave Workshop No. 2.

Shen Jingye said, "Burners go first, Drinker assist, keep the unidentified creature confined within Workshop No. 2."

Burners are Fire Cultivators.

Drinkers are Alcohol Cultivators.

Sending Fire Cultivators to burn the worms and Alcohol Cultivators to assist seems like a correct tactic.

Chen Changrui shouted, "Burners can’t go! Workshop No. 2 is full of explosives!"

There are tons of unexploded explosives, and if Fire Cultivators rashly set fire, it could very well cause a secondary explosion.