Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 122: Chapter 114: First Encounter with Officer Wang

Before setting out, Yu Dong assigned the day’s essential tasks to the group.

"Huang, I need you to investigate the Caribbean International Cruise ship. Find out when it’s docking at Huangyang Port, how long it’ll stay for resupply, where the crew rests, when the passengers board, and when it departs again. Get every last detail. Keep a few packs of good cigarettes on you and don’t be shy about handing them out."

"Youcai, you’re in charge of figuring out the ship’s fuel source. What kind is it, where can we buy it, do we need special permits, and where can we get our hands on a large supply? I need every detail. This is critical for keeping the cruise ship operational."

The two accepted their assignments and headed to Huangyang Port together.

Xufeng asked, "What about me? What about me?"

Seeing Xufeng’s enthusiasm, Yu Dong decided not to turn him down. ’Maybe... maybe this time, Xufeng really can avoid turning into a zombie. I’ve looked into a few ways to make that happen.’

"Xufeng, you’re with me. We’re going to see Officer Wang."

With Xufeng on board, Yu Dong had a partner ready to lend a hand at a moment’s notice.

"Let’s go. We have a lot... to do today!"

"Alright, let’s do this together!"

Having Xufeng as part of his apocalypse team in this life was a huge morale boost for Yu Dong!

Before they left, Yu Dong thought of another old partner.

He made the call.

"Ding Ming, your hometown is Jiaozuo, right? I need you to head back and procure a batch of supplies for me... I’ll cover your travel expenses, 500 a day... It should take about seven days. Good. Leave right away. I’ll send you the money and the supply list on WeChat..."

After hanging up, Yu Dong and Xufeng quickly headed for the Huangyang Port Police Station.

It was the closest police station to the port, so there was a high probability Officer Wang worked there.

Just then, a thought suddenly struck Yu Dong...

’I don’t think I even know Officer Wang’s full name.’

Xufeng immediately said, "That’s easy. We just go to the police station and find the highest-ranking, most capable, core officer with the last name Wang. Can’t be anyone else!"

Yu Dong figured that made sense.

A man like Officer Wang—sharp, decisive, a natural leader—would stand out in any crowd. You couldn’t miss him.

The two of them hailed a cab and quickly arrived at the Huangyang Port Police Station.

The station wasn’t far from Huangyang Port itself. Yu Dong guessed it had been established specifically to police the port’s rough-and-tumble environment. A place like this must see a lot of action on a normal day.

When they walked into the station, they found the lobby unexpectedly packed to the brim with people waiting to file reports.

"Officer, my Carter went missing at the port! She’s just gone! Someone must have deliberately taken her!"

"Officer, I have a feeling someone’s been targeting me with a high-powered radiation machine. At night, everyone’s wearing Bluetooth devices. I’m telling you, it’s being broadcast into Dragon Country from right here in Huangyang Port."

"I can’t go on! My two sons are ungrateful monsters! They’ve abandoned me! After all these years I spent raising them, they’ve just abandoned me! I want them to pay for my emotional distress! Officer, you have to go drag them over here! WAAAH—"

"Officer, I want to file a report! Someone is smuggling diseased beef through the port. I recommend a full investigation!"

The whole station was louder than a marketplace, and none of the complaints were coherent. Everyone was just shouting and wailing. The female officer at the front desk was completely overwhelmed, unable to calm a single person down.

Finally, relying on her police intuition, she decided the "smuggled diseased beef" report was the most serious and called toward the back offices:

"Director Wang, we need to dispatch officers to Huangyang Port!"

Standing by the entrance, Yu Dong and Xufeng’s eyes lit up.

’He’s here!’

’The real master is about to make his entrance!’

Yu Dong and Xufeng stepped to the side, ready to observe how this "Officer Wang" handled things. A man’s methods revealed his character.

Director Wang emerged from his office holding a teacup. He was slightly bald and looked to be in his fifties. He took one look at the scene and... shouted to someone behind him:

"Liu, Han, go check out that smuggling business. If the details are fuzzy, just confiscate the meat for now. Report it to customs and the quarantine bureau. Don’t let the case get stuck here at our station."

"Yes, Director!"

Two young officers hurried out from the back, gathering their gear.

Meanwhile, Director Wang glanced at the rest of the chaotic crowd, took a sip of his tea, and disappeared back into his office.

Yu Dong: "..."

Xufeng: "That’s Officer Wang...? He seems so... indifferent. And he looks less fit than either of us."

This was nothing like the Officer Wang that Yu Dong had described.

"No, that’s not him... Definitely not. Officer Wang is from the Northeast through and through. He doesn’t talk like that..."

Just as Yu Dong was walking over to the wall to check if the deputy director’s surname was Wang, a sharp, scraping sound erupted nearby.

A disheveled police officer in his thirties, with a crumpled uniform, messy hair, and a scruffy beard, was dragging a stool toward the center of the room. The screech of its legs on the floor drowned out every other sound.

Many people stopped talking, looking with displeasure at the slovenly officer.

He dragged the stool to his chosen spot, plunked it down, and sat in the middle of the lobby.

He yelled at the two officers who were about to head out, "You two! Get back here! What case? What beef? Brother Jiu is here to file a report. How many times do I have to say it? When he comes, you send him straight to my office. My office doesn’t have any cameras..."

The man who had filed the report, Brother Jiu, looked slightly awkward. "Officer Wang, I’m filing a legitimate report. You can’t just rough up a citizen..."

"Then let me ask you, whose beef are you reporting? Isn’t it that batch of meat Old Zhang from the wholesale market ordered from Brazil? You muddy the waters for him, and all his customers go to your place to buy beef, is that it? You know... I don’t think we need to investigate this batch of beef. Maybe we’d have better luck investigating *your* market, Brother Jiu..."

Hearing this, Brother Jiu’s forehead was instantly beaded with sweat.

"Officer Wang, I just remembered... my eyes must have been playing tricks on me. I... I won’t file a report. No need to waste public resources. I’ll just be going, I’ll go now..."

Wang Dingbei sneered. "You dare pull these dirty little tricks in my house? Trying to teach an old dog new tricks, are we? For your trouble, you’re fined an extra 20% on this month’s ’sanitation fee.’ Deliver it to my office."

"Ah, but..."

Even though Wang Dingbei was extorting him in public, Brother Jiu didn’t dare say a word. If his own market was investigated... it would cost him a lot more than a simple ’sanitation fee.’

"Get lost."

After saying that, Wang Dingbei helped the old woman who was complaining about her ungrateful sons to one side.

"Auntie Mao, your sons have abandoned you. You can’t blame anyone but yourself, you get me? You didn’t raise them right. Coming to the police station is pointless. Go home and think about what you did wrong. And pay more attention next time you decide to have kids."

"They ate my food, drank my water, I raised them to be this big, and now they ignore me! They owe me money! I don’t have a pension, I can’t survive!"

"Alright, alright, you’re unbelievable... You come every single month with the same old story. Look, when Jiu brings by that ’sanitation fee,’ you can take a few bills and go home. Don’t take too many, though. I need the rest for booze!"

He then turned to the other neurotic young woman. "You’ve got electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Here, put on this anti-electromagnetic radiation cloak. Now no one can interfere with you. Go home, lie down, and get some rest."

Looking at the soft, silver cloak with its metallic sheen, the woman seemed to feel herself shielded from countless electromagnetic waves. Her expression relaxed.

"Thank you... thank you... I can finally get some sleep..."

The woman then left, wrapped in her silver cloak.

The young, newly-recruited female officer at the desk looked at him with admiration.

"Brother Wang, that was amazing... How did you even have an anti-electromagnetic radiation cloak on hand?"

"Oh, that? It’s the foil insulation liner from a package I just opened. She has a persecution complex. Just give her something to ’block’ the ’rays,’ and she feels better."

Now, facing the last person left in the station, Wang Dingbei rolled his eyes.

"Ma, if you use that dumb cat of yours, Carter, as another excuse to come in here and hit on my female officers, I’m going to show you what six baton strikes in one second feels like!"

Seeing Wang Dingbei pull out his telescopic baton, the man bolted out the door.

"Tch. Just scaring you. Cops don’t hit people."

Wang Dingbei shot a disdainful smirk toward the doorway.

And just like that, with only a few sentences, the utter chaos in the police station was completely resolved.

In that moment, Yu Dong knew... this was the man they were looking for.

Having seen enough, Yu Dong and Xufeng nodded to each other. This was their man. They stood up to leave.

Wang Dingbei, still seated on his stool, spoke calmly.

"You two lads. You came all this way to the station to find me... and now you’re leaving without a word?"

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