Super Zoo-Chapter 643 - 634 Destiny in My Hands!
"Did you find the gap?" blurted out Nangong Hua.
Suming gave a wry smile and shook his head, "No..."
Nangong Hua was taken aback and then glared fiercely at Suming.
Are you joking with me, kid? You just gave such a long spiel, you got my hopes up like everything was falling into place and the case was as good as solved, but when you come to the very last, most critical step, you say something like this.
Wasn't everything you said before just a waste of breath?
Having been a criminal police officer for some time, Nangong Hua had quite a temper and an expletive popped into his mind: If you didn't find it, then why the hell mention it!
But you really can't blame Suming; the area around Yangchuan City Airport simply had no walls. In all four directions, part was blocked off by fencing, another by expensive tempered glass, and one side was open, of course guarded, not allowing casual access, let alone a herd of animals disappearing beneath the security's watch.
"But, I did find a hole!" grinned Suming.
Yangchuan City Airport, being on the outskirts of the city and over twenty kilometers from the city's edge, was initially a wasteland. One side faced Yangchuan City, two sides were boundless fields, and another faced the Qinling Mountains... It was precisely due to its remote location that it only started operating last year, so many facilities were incomplete, resulting in blind spots in surveillance. If it had been a mature airport in use for many years, there would be no blind spots at all. At an airport like Xiangjiang Airport, where planes landed, there were cameras everywhere, eliminating the possibility of animals escaping there.
Suming found a large hole under a secluded fence facing the direction of the Qinling Mountains!
The dirt around the hole was fresh, clearly dug out recently—it looked like construction work at first glance, but based on the information Suming had, among the escaped animals was a full-grown pangolin...
For a pangolin to dig such a hole to escape from the airport was no difficulty at all. Not to mention among the animals traveling together this time, there were far more than just the solitary pangolin skilled at digging, even pandas had this ability.
Theoretically, any animal with claws could partake in digging...
Upon seeing the large hole, Nangong Hua's face turned ashen!
What a joke, his subordinates had been investigating the airport for two days and didn't notice such an obvious clue! What was going on? If it hadn't been for Suming's discovery, and should it turn out later that the animals indeed escaped through this hole, his position as team leader would be tantamount to dereliction of duty!
In fact, you can't really blame the officers who investigated earlier. The airport had only been in operation for a year, and many parts were still under construction. Building materials and semi-finished facilities were visible everywhere around the airport's perimeter. And since everyone habitually assumed that the animal disappearance was related to humans, who would have thought this inconspicuous hole was dug by animals?
Even if the animals were breaking out, based on the strength and size of the ones leading the breakout, they could have easily smashed through the fence with sheer force—why bother with the trouble of digging a hole?
However, Suming felt that if the ringleaders of the jailbreak were the two pandas, it was completely possible. Those pandas were quite clever, having spent so much time with him and being baptized by "spiritual power," they were nearly human-like. They used to be like Huskies, incredibly fond of wreaking havoc. Every time they visited his office, they'd make a complete mess, and he had severely taught them a lesson several times.
So, under his own influence and guidance, the moral standards of the two pandas had greatly improved, developing a deep sense of preserving public property... Thinking about it, he was quite proud of their noble character.
"Su, you've made a meritorious discovery!" Nangong Hua patted Suming on the shoulder, "I'll immediately request specialists from the bureau to come and gather evidence at this hole! With so many animals, if they indeed crawled out through this hole, they're bound to have left behind fur and traces!"
"Heh heh, aren't we experts from the zoo."
Both parties made their calls, and soon enough, a veterinarian came with several professional keepers, and the bureau also sent a forensic expert.
"I'll go down first!"
Wearing a large mask, the veterinarian hunched over and crawled into the dark hole, only to soon back out, bottom-first.
Covered in mud and a vomit-inducing stench, everyone looked at him.
The veterinarian, sweating profusely, removed his mask and took a deep breath, "I can't take it anymore, it's suffocating!"
"What's the situation?!" Nangong Hua asked impatiently.
"Goddamn... son of a bitch... Oh oh oh, I'm not talking about you, boss," the veterinarian waved his hand, "Below is all animal feces covered thick, producing methane. It almost suffocated me; good thing we caught on early. If someone had been smoking at the entrance, it could have ignited..."
One forensic expert, undaunted, crawled down and quickly came back with a stern face, "There's definitely a smell of methane inside. I suggest we immediately open up the hole to let the gas dissipate..."
At these words, everyone present felt a tingling on their scalps—this was an airport, after all. If there were a fire, it would be a deadly disaster!
It was indeed fortunate they had discovered it early, just as the veterinarian had said.
"It's animal feces, not human?" Nangong Hua was still not reassured and continued to inquire.
The folks at the zoo nearly laughed. What kind of human would dig a hole and go to poop underground?
"It's animal feces, and not just from one animal. The quantity... is quite substantial," said the forensic expert who had gone down.
"The airline staff are too lazy. Look at what they've done to the animals—it's no wonder they wanted to escape, probably couldn't hold it in anymore..." murmured a very young intern in a low voice.
Although it was not yet known exactly how those animals managed to evade human sight and escape, the discovery of this hole indicated that the once-baffling case was trending toward a clearer resolution. The pressure on the police and zoo personnel present immediately lessened quite a bit. Hearing the youthful words of the intern, several people started laughing.
Nangong Hua waved his hand, "There's still a long way to go. For now, we can only confirm that the animals left through this hole. Everything else remains uncertain. I'll report the progress to the leadership. Su, you take charge. Continue to uncover the truth about how exactly these animals escaped, where they might be now, whether someone assisted them, and how they can be captured?"
"Oh," Suming thought, you really don't consider me an outsider, do you? Just like that, easy-peasy, you want me to investigate all the problems. It's not like I'm Sherlock Holmes...
But he would investigate nonetheless; he dared not offend this old comrade.
While he made a show of arranging for people to investigate, he sent his spiritual power surging out in all directions, hoping to find the missing animals within the reach of his spiritual power. Among these animals, two pandas were old acquaintances; they would be found as soon as they came into contact with his spiritual power. Additionally, many of them were foreign species not native to Huaxia, making them highly distinctive and easier to identify.
Suming's current range of spiritual power was astoundingly vast. If spiritual power were visible, one looking down from the sky would see a giant, transparent, dome-shaped covering centered on the airport, encompassing a radius of at least several kilometers, acting like a super large radar continuously scanning the area.
Chickens, ducks, fish... mice, birds, snakes... All the animals within several kilometers around him could not escape Suming's probe.
But he couldn't find the missing animals!
"Where on earth did these rascals run off to?!"
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Ordinarily, animals belong in the wild, and to Suming, those that ran off were not a major concern.
But this time, the circumstances were different. First, most of the escapees had grown up in the zoo and might not be able to adapt to the wild; second, many were exotic species that were not part of the Qinling ecosystem and did not exist in Huaxia at all. If they were allowed to live unattended in Huaxia's natural world, they could potentially disrupt the food chain and inflict significant harm on the local environmental habitat.
There was another reason: in addition to the three group leaders in charge of the leadership work, Nangong Hua, as the chief of Yangchuan Criminal Police, was the person specifically responsible for the case. If the case went unsolved, it might not bode well for Nangong Hua.
After finally overcoming the initial smaller bosses, the last thing he wanted was to fall at the hands of this major boss, especially in his area of expertise!
Unable to find the animals, Suming calmly thought about it and figured it was probably those two pandas causing trouble!
Because only they were clever to an unbelievable degree; the other animals, even if they wished to commit mischief, lacked the capability to do so.
If the clock were turned back two days to the day the animals boarded their transport, Suming would have realized how astute he actually was; it was indeed the panda troublemakers to blame!
Actually, Yingying and Lele were rather carefree. If they had been a different kind of animal, having spent so much time with Suming, they would have developed an attachment and not wanted to leave. For instance, the finless porpoises from before felt that way, in part due to Suming's influence with his spiritual power, but mainly because they themselves did not want to leave and thus rammed the wall.
After getting into the vehicle, the two pandas initially felt quite content, as they discovered that there were many diverse little friends inside with them: an elk with a large branching horn, a big bird missing feathers on its head, and a fat relative without dark circles under its eyes: the brown bear.
The animals had their ways of communicating with each other, and on the trip to the airport, a truck full of animals quickly "got to know" one another.
Animals may not be able to express thoughts as complex as humans can, but they possess a sharper instinctive intuition, easily discerning whether others could pose a threat.
In simple terms, they understood who they could bully, who was similar to themselves, and who was absolutely not to be provoked.
The two pandas, unremarkable in appearance, had undergone many subtle changes—or evolutions—after spending a long time with Suming, nourished by his spiritual power, to the point of even possessing a faint residual aura of spiritual power.
In the eyes of the other animals, these two pandas were the kind that absolutely should not be provoked. Before long, in the eyes of the ordinary wild animals, Yingying and Lele somehow became the leaders.
Confined in the small cages, the two pandas were initially curious, but it wasn't long before they couldn't stand it anymore.
In the zoo, they were used to running around everywhere with Suming, even having visited Sun Town. Accustomed to freedom, they couldn't bear being locked in metal cages that measured just a couple of cubic meters.
That stifling feeling, upon being lifted into the oppressive semi-enclosed space of the transport container, finally reached its breaking point and burst forth.
The two pandas decided to escape!
As pandas, we must take control of our own fate!
