Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 187 The Missing Person_1

"The tracking moves of the Death Series require opening up the Death Domain to use, and they can only search within the range of the Death Domain. If I could use my own power, it would be fine, but now relying solely on Agunas, this is all we can do."

Understanding what Ye Hanlei wanted to say, Feng Yuan hurriedly explained. Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Ye Hanlei said with some regret,

"Then forget it..."

"What exactly happened?"

Feng Yuan looked at Ye Hanlei curiously and, after putting away the evidence bag, Ye Hanlei lit up the computer screen and began to review the files while saying,

"The most recent case happened yesterday when a parent reported their child missing in the Xicheng District at Mutong Road. The officers who responded were only able to track them this far, so they reported it to us here."

"The most recent case?"

"Yes, the earliest known case was during the third day of the National Day holiday. It was similar to the current situation, we could track the child, but after reaching a certain point, we could no longer find them."

"As for these red shards, we only started finding them progressively from last week."

"Progressively?"

"In the early cases, nothing suspicious was found at the scenes where the children went missing or at the last tracked locations."

"Now, there are already dozens of similar cases of missing children."

As Ye Hanlei brought up a file, Feng Yuan could tell from the photograph that the subject was a mischievous little boy, whose playful nature was even evident in his ID photo. Feng Yuan suddenly realized something and said,

"You mean yesterday? What time did it happen? Has it been over twenty-four hours?"

"It should not be, the parent reported the case around six or seven o’clock last evening. According to what she said, it was around three or four o’clock in the afternoon when the child went missing."

"Then we must hurry to the site of the disappearance! There might still be a chance!"

Feng Yuan said, memorizing the appearance of the boy from the photo on the screen, Ye Hanlei hesitated a moment and then said,

"Are you sure?"

"I have a way to replay what happened at a location within the past twenty-four hours, but I’m powerless if it exceeds that time frame."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Ye Hanlei quickly gathered her things and said to Xiao Liao,

"Xiao Liao! Let’s go!"

Scratching his head, Xiao Liao returned to his spot and started to pack his things, and under the impatient gaze of Ye Hanlei, he hurriedly stuffed his belongings into his carry-on bag. Upon seeing Xiao Liao ready, Ye Hanlei said to Feng Yuan,

"Let’s go!"

Following Ye Hanlei out of the special duty team’s hall, Feng Yuan noticed that Big Cat and Qi Chen were still outside and said to Ye Hanlei with some confusion,

"Wait for me."

Seeing Feng Yuan run to the doorway, Ye Hanlei, though a bit puzzled, told Xiao Liao,

"You go bring the car to the front, I’ll go see what he is up to."

"Qi Chen? You haven’t left yet?"

Seeing Qi Chen with his phone, seemingly waiting for someone, Feng Yuan called out in confusion. Hearing Feng Yuan’s shout, Qi Chen turned his head to look at Feng Yuan and said,

"Why are you coming out? You’re not skipping out on your first day, are you?"

"How could that be? I’ve got something to attend to. What about you?"

"I... I’m waiting for someone... Don’t worry, I won’t delay Big Cat’s matter."

"You haven’t checked in yet?"

Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Feng Yuan turned around to see Dou Yanlan holding Cotton, looking at him with curiosity. Feng Yuan smiled in a strange way and said to Qi Chen,

"Yo~ So you did have a rendezvous arranged? No wonder you offered to take me here, using me as an excuse, weren’t you?"

"That’s not it. Come on, you said you had something to do outside, right?"

"Is this your friend?"

"Mm-hmm,"

"Alright, since you’ve said hello, hurry up and go. We’re in a rush."

Ye Hanlei glanced at Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan as they grabbed Feng Yuan’s hand and ran towards Xiao Liao, who had brought the car around. Watching Feng Yuan being dragged away, Qi Chen shook his head and said something to Dou Yanlan, then got into the car. Ye Hanlei turned to Feng Yuan and asked,

"Where to? The last place he was seen or the place he went missing?"

"Let’s see the timeline. We must confirm that the person appeared at that location, and it would be better if we had the exact timing."

"If that’s the case... then let’s head to Central Street Park. According to the parents’ description, their family was still playing there around two in the afternoon."

Upon hearing Ye Hanlei’s words, Xiao Liao drove the police car swiftly through the city. Feng Yuan looked at the speeding police car with some confusion and said,

"Aren’t you afraid that the traffic police will send a ticket to the special task force?"

"Don’t worry - I’m familiar with all the city restrictions. I won’t give them a chance to send a ticket~"

Xiao Liao said somewhat proudly. Feng Yuan looked out of the window noncommittally, while Ye Hanlei seemed to be used to Xiao Liao’s ways. She let the police car speed up and slow down on the city roads and leaned back in her seat with her eyes closed, as if resting.

"According to the parents, they were playing around here at the time, around 2:30 in the afternoon."

"Okay, Agunas, Time Phantom."

Upon Feng Yuan’s command, Agunas tossed the book in his hand into the air. The book expanded and Agunas waved the pen in his hand, making the enlarged book float and slowly open in mid-air. A sky-blue light emerged from the book, and the space around it seemed to shatter as if pierced by the light, revealing the afternoon scene of Central Street Park. Ye Hanlei said,

"Is this the time point?"

"Yes, Agunas, speed up the elapse."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Agunas waved his pen again. Everything around seemed to be fast-forwarded. After a while, Feng Yuan spotted a little boy resembling the one in the photo walking by with his parents and signaled Agunas to return to normal speed. Pointing at the boy, Feng Yuan asked Ye Hanlei,

"Is that him?"

"Yes!"

After confirming the target, the elapse speed increased again. After a moment, the little boy left Central Street Park with his parents. Following the boy and his parents, they arrived in front of a shop. The boy, bored, fiddled with things at the door while his parents shopped inside, touching this and that. After a while, as if he found something interesting, the boy took a glance at his shopping parents and stealthily slipped out.

"What’s happening?"

After following for a bit and realizing they couldn’t move forward, Ye Hanlei said to Feng Yuan anxiously, gesturing to Agunas to dissolve the Time Phantom. Seeing the park return to its original state, Ye Hanlei immediately realized they hadn’t moved at all. Feng Yuan took the lead and ran towards the interrupted location, saying,

"Let’s go, continue the chase."

Following Feng Yuan to the point of interruption, Agunas once again unfolded the Time Phantom. They chased after the little boy’s figure, running all the way into the depths of a small alley. Ye Hanlei said excitedly,

"That child’s last traced location is not far ahead."

After a while, the trio followed the little boy to the location mentioned by Ye Hanlei. They saw a strange rectangular area, seemingly made up of data, at the end of the alley. Feng Yuan’s expression turned grim as he watched the boy run into the data area and disappear without a trace. Surprised, Ye Hanlei said,

"What on earth is that!"

As the data area began to fade after the little boy entered, Feng Yuan shook his head and said,

"I don’t know."

Agunas dissolved the Time Phantom, and the group returned to the breakpoint. Ye Hanlei hesitated slightly and then said,

"Why don’t you come with us to see if we can find anything?"

"Alright."

Following the two to the site of the data area, Xiao Ji and Dreaming Dragon Baby vigilantly scanned their surroundings the entire way. Xiao Ji was even in a state ready to invoke the Incarnation of Power the moment Feng Yuan got out of the car. After inspecting the surrounding area, Feng Yuan sighed and said,

"No use, can’t find a single clue."

"Can’t you track their location? This should be some kind of ultimate Spatial Transfer technique, right?"

"No good, I don’t have any Space Series power to use right now." ƒreewebɳovel.com

Feng Yuan said helplessly, and after Ye Hanlei looked around a bit more, she sighed and said,

"Well, let’s go back for now. At least we have a lead."