A furious and booming voice erupted from the other end of the line.
"Sir, you need to calm down..."
The small captain quickly said, desperately trying to placate his superior.
Finally, after his continuous explanations, the voice on the other end calmed down.
Five minutes later, as Qi Tian and Lin Xiao got into the car, the small captain rushed to get in as well and said, "Headquarters has agreed. I'll grant you access now, but they said you need to prioritize helping deal with that demon first. The permissions have been granted to you, and you can access them at any time."
"Good."
Qi Tian nodded with satisfaction. This was precisely the "sincerity" that Lin Xiao had been talking about.
"Very sincere, I'm very satisfied."
Lin Xiao chuckled, feeling exhilarated. But then, he got down to business and asked, "Related materials?"
"Here, please take a look."
The small captain immediately handed a tablet to Lin Xiao. It displayed the locations of all recent disappearance cases in Pretty Country, with the routes also marked.
"Population density..."
Lin Xiao operated the tablet and was somewhat surprised by the results.
The population density at these incident sites was not high, even sparse. Compared not to Dragon Country, but to Pretty Country itself, these were sparsely populated areas.
Essentially, if he were to devour everyone in one of those locations, there wouldn't be another human settlement visible nearby.
"Strange, this guy seems different from those two things back in Dragon Country," Qi Tian also glanced at the information, saying curiously, "And he actually chooses to directly devour humans."
"That's where the difference lies," Lin Xiao said. "In Dragon Country, there are too many people. This kind of thing doesn't need to specifically devour humans; it only needs to absorb a part of the life force from each individual. If I weren't there, it might not even be discovered in the end. But here, it's different."
"So, he simply chose to completely devour people. And in the beginning, his strength probably wasn't very high, which is why he chose places with fewer people. This way, he wouldn't be discovered immediately."
"I see."
Qi Tian expressed his understanding, "That makes sense when you put it that way."
"If my guess is correct, then he might go to this place next..." Lin Xiao said, zooming in on the map and pointing to a city: "Sazhou."
The small captain driving froze for a moment, his face showing surprise. "As expected of Lin. The location we deduced is also here!"
"So, we are currently heading towards that place, aren't we?" Lin Xiao asked.
"Yes, we will arrive at our destination in two hours at the earliest," the small captain replied.
"Two hours?"
Lin Xiao shook his head upon hearing this. He said, "This speed is too slow. By the time we get there, it will probably have become a ghost town."
"...There's no airport there, we can only take the highway," the small captain quickly said, instinctively pressing the accelerator.
"It's alright."
Lin Xiao said, "With us here, we will definitely arrive in advance."
After he spoke, the small captain felt as if everything in front of his eyes had shifted.