Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter-Chapter 546 - 269: Wax Figures Running in the Fog

Chapter 546: Chapter 269: Wax Figures Running in the Fog
Another peaceful year has passed, with the winter’s cool and auspicious snow honoring this year.
After the New Year, Luo Fei returned to the police team. His vacation was over, and he had to come back to fill in.
Zhang Wei and the others hadn’t arrived yet, but Liao Xingyu and several other team leaders had. If there were any unexpected situations, they could take charge first.
"Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year."
Luo Fei greeted everyone, and a few people sat in the office chatting about the New Year’s Eve dinner and what they did during the holiday.
Meanwhile, in the middle of Changyan Road, a small truck was driving along.
The driver and the freight supervisor sitting in the passenger seat were chatting away.
"This year’s New Year’s Eve was nice; everything was normal except for not watching the Spring Festival Gala."
"You’re kidding, who watches the Spring Festival Gala these days?"
"Do you watch the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Nope."
"Who seriously watches the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve?"
"Can it still be called the Spring Festival Gala now?"
"With a Photo Studio of First Sight, can it really still be called the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Hahaha."
While they were chatting casually, they suddenly approached a corner, and the driver noticed something wasn’t quite right. The visibility around them had become too low. Usually, even if it snowed in the days after the New Year, it was still clear skies. Why had it suddenly turned so gray and foggy?
The truck driver was named Old Nao, and the freight supervisor’s last name was Hu.
"Brother Hu, can you check the weather forecast? Why is there such a big fog today of all days? Even if the whole city is setting off fireworks, it shouldn’t turn out like this."
"Indeed, I also find it strange."
The supervisor picked up his phone to check and looked displeased.
"Ugh, really frustrating. Everything was fine, and suddenly there’s fog."
"Drive slowly. This is the first truck of the new year. It’s better to be steady."
"Alright."
And so they slowed down and continued driving forward.
Suddenly, with the fog lights on and dipped beam, a figure appeared ahead, almost instantaneously coming into their view.
Old Nao was so scared that he slammed on the brakes sharply.
The supervisor beside him also didn’t speak, just kept staring intently at the figure not far ahead.
Since it had just snowed on the second day of the New Year, and the weather was cold, some snow had not yet melted away. Apart from in the middle of the road, most of the surrounding area was covered in white patches.
Coupled with today’s fog, it gave off a special feeling as if being in a surreal fantasy world.
However, the figure was completely out of place in the surrounding environment.
It ran quickly past the two of them.
Under the car’s headlights, it made for a terrifying scene.
The figure seemed to be about two meters tall, without any joint movement, like a puppet darting diagonally across the open ground.
It was already dangerous to cross the main road like that, but the figure ran sideways, appearing like a ghost drifting by.
The supervisor, terrified by this scene, felt a bit disoriented and quickly looked at the driver.
"Old Na-Old Nao, did you see it? Did you see it?"
"I saw it. It really was a person, but they were so tall, looked over two meters—too terrifying."
"Don’t worry about it now, just drive past it."
The supervisor urged softly from the side, and just as the driver was about to gear up and move on, the figure ran sideways back across!
Using the same posture as before, but this time it was even closer to the vehicle, to the point where they could almost make out the person’s face.
"Oh my god!"
This sudden turn of events gave them quite a scare.
Fortunately, the driver was skilled and stopped the car in time, but he still felt very apprehensive looking ahead. Could it really be an encounter with a ghost?
"Old Nao, it looked like a wax figure to me."
"A wax figure? What wax figure?"
"Just like the ones in a wax museum. I went to see those exhibitions with my son before; they all look like real people."
Hearing the supervisor say this, the driver began to wonder.
But, at present, he didn’t dare linger around here any longer, so he sped up, trying to find a way to leave quickly.
However, this was not the only encounter with such a situation.
Soon, news of a running wax figure on Changyan Road spread. Many people heard about it, but everyone disregarded it, treating it like an entertainment story since it posed no real harm.
Surely, no one’s really believing a wax figure became sentient, right?
Some skeptical individuals specially drove to Changyan Road.
But most people found no trace of the so-called wax figure there, because they discovered a candle shop nearby, which had suddenly gotten very popular.
The shop’s owner even launched a Spring Festival promotional discount for visitors.
This was seen as a marketing tactic.
As a result, most people on the internet started labeling the previous behavior as mere publicity stunts.
Any businessman wanting to become famous must first resort to some crooked methods. Those who consider themselves shrewd have developed immunity to such tricks.
Inside the City Public Security Bureau.
"A wax figure running in the fog? The level and integrity of this marketing is getting more and more deplorable; really, anything can be made into a stunt."
"Don’t they know you’re not supposed to become sentient after Jianguo?"
"Hahaha, if they sculpt a figure of you and it becomes sentient to solve cases, wouldn’t that be a chance to take life easy?"
"Comrade, your thinking is seriously flawed, pursuing style and vigor is the organization’s goal. How can you contemplate taking it easy?"
Zhang Wei and Lin Jie were joking around, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation and finding a good topic to chat about.