Chapter 20 Six Task Forces
Dawn.
Chen Xuan stood on the balcony of the police station, holding a cigarette in his mouth, staring blankly at the sky.
Zheng Guofu took out the cigarette box from Chen Xuan's pocket, took out a cigarette from the red box, lit it tremblingly, and then took a deep puff, and his trembling body finally .
"Chen Xuan."
Chen Xuan was startled, turned around, saluted and said:
"Hello, Director Zheng."
Zheng Guofu shook off the ash and took another puff. His smoking posture became increasingly familiar. He leaned against the railing and asked:
"What are you thinking about? You look so absorbed."
Chen Xuan's eyes dimmed a little, and his tense body relaxed a little. He had a lot to say, but he didn't know who to say it to or how to say it.
"I... was wondering what the Pen Fairy looked like."
"How terrifying does it look? Why does it scare everyone who sees it?"
"Tell me, was Li Yuan afraid before she died?"
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome."
“Not being able to see is scary.”
Zheng Guofu took a puff, coughed, and then said jokingly:
"I'm sorry, I quit smoking a long time ago, but after seeing such a weird scene, I felt like I couldn't survive."
Not very funny.
"Chen Xuan."
"Yes, Director Zheng."
"I will submit your report tomorrow morning. Li Yuan used his life to prove to us the existence of the Pen Fairy. As an old man, I will fight to make them believe it."
"What new ideas do you have for the Pen Fairy?"
Chen Xuan paused. He was the person who had the most contact with the Pen Fairy so far.
Their lips touched lightly, and Chen Xuan continued:
“No solution.”
Anyone who touches it will die, there is no cure.
“Tsk.”
Zheng Guofu shook his head and said:
"That's not the attitude I had when I interviewed you. You said everything has clues. Humans have clues... but ghosts don't?"
"Are you that desperate?"
Chen Xuan also shook his head and explained:
"I'm not desperate. On the contrary, I hope more than anyone else that he has weaknesses. But... I can only find a way out of this unsolvable situation by treating him as an unsolvable one."
Director Zheng's tone became much more serious, and he said:
"But you know what? Something even more serious has happened in the past few days."
"The family that Li Qiqi infected started sleepwalking after Li Qiqi died."
"And the three of them...went to different homes. There was also an incident of sleepwalking yesterday, and it's initially suspected that Li Qiqi was responsible."
Li Qiqi did not die, but turned into a pen fairy and disappeared from the world. Chen Xuan also speculated that with one more pen fairy, would there be another chain of infection?
Sure enough, his guess was now confirmed.
Although this substance was very dry, it was as dry as eating raw military biscuits that were only watery and choking.
Zheng Guofu continued:
"If it's really contagious as you say... then these three families will start a new chain of infection."
"At present, all members of Zhang Chao's family are dead, which also means that a new cycle is about to begin."
"If three families infect three families, and then the infection continues, it will grow exponentially. If it infects a family of three every time, then after ten times, 60,000 people will die."
“It won’t even take two months.”
"The entire Tang City will be killed by the Pen Fairy, and then another city, and another."
"Do you know why I smoke?"
"I don't think we can wait that long."
"Because I'm scared too."
Zheng Guofu turned his head and looked at Chen Xuan. He tried to find a hint of collapse and helplessness in Chen Xuan's eyes. This was what should appear on a person's expression.
But Chen Xuan didn't.
"Director Zheng, do you know what the saying is among those of us in the paranormal investigation business?"
"Tell me about it."
“Only people who are afraid of ghosts would want to use them to scare others.”
"You kid."
Chen Xuan finished his last cigarette, then threw it on the ground and stomped it out.
He had smoked enough cigarettes during this period and he didn't want to smoke anymore.
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The next day, Zheng Guofu brought the report to the Xia Party. Such a shocking report was considered to be nothing short of heresy by the conservative Xia Party, and immediately attracted widespread condemnation. However, Director Zheng also expressed his position, saying that he could testify that if this was a rumor, Zheng Guofu would bear the consequences and he would not sit in the position of police chief.
But if it is true, who will be responsible for the subsequent deaths?
If nothing is done to stop it, Tang City will be wiped out in just one and a half months.
Just this one sentence stunned all the others, but it didn't calm their hearts. Some scoffed, thinking they were all scared. How could such a daydream possibly happen? They were just waiting for Director Zheng to make a mistake so they could kick him when he was down.
After hearing the report, Mayor Tang Cheng did not express his belief or disbelief, but instead issued a more concise order:
The infection trend must be controlled and not allowed to spread any further.
Whether it is a ghost, a disease, or even a mutation, it must be controlled.
In the face of existing victims, contact dermatologists and plastic surgeons to ask whether the plum blossom spots can be removed externally through surgery. At all costs, force the victims to undergo facial reconstruction, strive to modify all the Pen Fairy marks, and prevent them from changing.
If a victim wants to die... help them with euthanasia.
In short, we must not allow them to become so-called "pen ghosts" and infect other people.
As for the most important control of the transmission chain.
After Zhang Chao's family passed the virus on, there were a total of three families with six people infected, including a couple, a family of three, and a bachelor, which means six chains of infection.
Six special task forces will be set up today to target these six people. Each task force will be responsible for one transmission chain and must stop the spread as much as possible, or at least prevent it from spreading further.
If the epidemic continues to spread, police forces will be the first to be challenged and will be stretched thin in the future.
Due to time constraints, each task force only needs to obtain approval from the relevant leader before it can be implemented. Due to the urgency of the situation, no reward and punishment mechanism will be arranged for the time being. Everything is done out of responsibility for the safety of mankind.
Even if it is a small matter, we must be prepared for it. When facing such a big event, whether it is true or not, since it has already happened, we would rather believe it than not.
The six task forces were headed by elite backbones from each bureau. With the recommendation of Zheng Guofu, Chen Xuan became the head of the sixth task force, responsible for the transmission chain of people living alone.
After receiving the news, Chen Xuan immediately began to prepare.
Because he doesn't have much time left.
After organizing the plan in his mind into a proposal, Chen Xuan immediately submitted it.
However, this plan has caused great controversy .
