Chapter 319 - 263: Apocalypse Descends: Each Shows Their Prowess

Chapter 319: Chapter 263: Apocalypse Descends: Each Shows Their Prowess

Sunday, 5:00 PM. Two hours until the zombie virus outbreak.

Huangyang Port. Due to a fire that morning, boarding time had been delayed until 6:00 PM.

Wang Dingbei had evacuated the crowd with his colleagues from the public security station and the fire department. Once the fire was out, he led his team directly onto the ship.

"Captain Chen Guangzong, this is our search warrant. We’ve received a tip from a reliable informant that your cruise ship is hiding an international fugitive and is being used to smuggle firearms and drugs to the mainland. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Chen Guangzong: "!!!"

It was the middle of the afternoon, and when Chen Guangzong saw a squad of police officers approaching with a search warrant, he nearly died of fright!

’What the fuck are these charges?’

’Why does the top of my head feel all tingly and cold...’

"Officer, I didn’t do it! You... you... you... you must have made a mistake, right?"

Just as he said that, Xiao Dabe ran in from outside, carrying a large woven plastic bag. It was filled with individually wrapped smaller bags of white powder. Beside him was an old crew member who looked as if he’d just lost his parents.

"We found it, Officer Wang!"

Staring at the large bag of white powder, Chen Guangzong’s legs gave out and he collapsed into his chair.

’I’m screwed!’

’Looks like I won’t be having my favorite seaweed and egg drop soup today.’

’Because there’s no cauliflower, and no soup.’

Xiao Dabe pulled a handheld scale from his coat and weighed the bag.

"Officer Wang, 3,250g. That’s well over 1,000g. According to Article 347 of the Criminal Code... that’s the death penalty."

A look of delight crossed Wang Dingbei’s face. "Good! We’ll submit this right away. We’ve cracked a major case."

Chen Guangzong: "Officer Wang!!! No! Don’t! This must be a frame-up! It has nothing to do with me! This... a firing squad... isn’t that a little hasty?"

"Oh, you misunderstand. We were just speaking off the cuff. The judge is the one who will actually sentence you. Our job is to take you and this bag of 3,250g of unknown white powder back to the station, submit the evidence, and have it recorded as a key exhibit."

"Officer Wang, I’m an honest man! I’m not that bold! You’ve really got the wrong person! How would I dare transport this stuff? Why don’t you check some other people? And that fugitive you mentioned... I don’t know anything about that either!"

"Hm? It’s really not your merchandise?"

"It’s really not, Officer Wang! Even if you gave me three times the courage, I still wouldn’t dare transport this stuff! I’m begging you... please check the others! Anyone on my ship, check them all! I want to see which son of a bitch is pulling this shit on my cruise ship!"

"If you’re truly innocent, then you’ll need to cooperate fully with me... to investigate today’s events."

"Cooperate! I’ll cooperate completely! I’ll do whatever Officer Wang tells me to do!"

"My informant said another international fugitive boarded today. Did they get on through your connections?"

"Absolutely not! You can check anything you want! I’ll cooperate with everything! I’ll make the entire crew cooperate with you officers!"

Wang Dingbei smiled.

"Very good..."

Subsequently, the cruise ship’s crew was placed under strict investigation because of the bag of unknown white powder. The crew members were confined to their own rooms, one by one, to await police questioning. No one dared to make a move.

At a time like this, whoever ran would just be admitting the bag was theirs, right?

And that was truly enough to get you the firing squad...

Wang Dingbei commandeered a portion of the crew to assist them in guiding the tourists.

Using the excuse of searching for a fugitive, they guided the tourists onto the cruise ship one by one, having them occupy the still-empty rooms and areas, ensuring that each room held only one person.

When the tourists heard that a bloodthirsty international fugitive had slipped aboard, they were too scared to just shove their way on. Many of them turned right around and left.

They’d rather miss the cruise than risk their lives...

The remaining half of the tourists, about 2,000 people, were temporarily placed by Wang Dingbei and his team in various lounges and shipping containers at Huangyang Port to undergo investigation...

The people on the cruise ship were completely spread out across its 16 decks.

The area below A Port was partitioned off with fences and barricades brought by Wang Dingbei’s team, leaving only a single channel to board the cruise ship.

The crowds of onlookers outside were dispersed and ordered to go home immediately. There was an armed, bloodthirsty international fugitive on the loose!

This wasn’t the kind of spectacle you stick around to watch!

The crowd scattered in an instant. Even those who had just been planning to stroll around outside hurried home and locked their doors. In no time, the only people left in the Huangyang Port area were the cruise ship passengers and some staff, all isolated and undergoing checks.

Seeing that it was now 6:30 PM, Wang Dingbei keyed his walkie-talkie.

"Have all the trains on the Huangtong Railway stopped. And get Yin Shuangyang’s henchmen separated and locked up."

Following the dispatcher’s orders, all operating trains on the Huangtong Railway pulled over and stopped at the nearest station. The bustling, dedicated coal transport line slowly fell silent...

Time passed as they continued their "search" for the international fugitive. The crowds were now clearly segregated. At the same time, Wang Dingbei and his men all gripped their pistols tightly.

Today, Wang Dingbei had brought over all the ammunition magazines from their station.

Looking at the evacuated and controlled crowds, Wang Dingbei felt his heart settle a little.

’If this is real, then we’ll have saved so, so many people... If it’s fake, the impact won’t be too great...’

After Yu Dong had thrown the problem in his lap, the lives of everyone in the area became his responsibility.

Wang Dingbei couldn’t be sure if Yu Dong had included some false information, but he could use the methods with the least impact to achieve a preventative effect.

At most, it would just mean shutting down this part of the port for two hours. It wouldn’t cause a public panic.

Jing Yanwei squeezed Wang Dingbei’s tense arm. "Officer Wang, don’t be so nervous. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. We’ve done what we were supposed to do. Maybe it’s just a false alarm."