Chapter 1236
[Immortal Realm Chapter] Making a Name for Oneself, Investigating Zombies
The scene was quite dramatic, with several burly men forcibly dragging people out of the car. The black men let out heart-wrenching squeals, attracting many onlookers.
Someone came up with a camera and asked:
"May I ask which law enforcement agency you are? According to the Fourth Amendment, without a court-issued search warrant or reasonable evidence to prove that he has criminal evidence or contraband in his car, the police have no right to forcibly drag him out of his private space!"
Lin Shan saw a beautiful white woman approaching, professionally holding a camera up to his face, seemingly about to expose herself to the camera, yet she remained calm and composed.
“Miss, we are a functional department under the Department of Homeland Security, which in theory has a higher level of law enforcement authority than the police. I suspect he is an illegal immigrant, so I am asking him to cooperate and show his documents. If he refuses to answer my reasonable questions, we can forcibly ask him to get out of the car. This does not violate the Constitution.”
"But aren't you afraid of being prosecuted for what you've done, which involves suspected racial discrimination and excessive force?"
"Sue? Even if someone dies, at most it'll just be paid leave. Please don't interfere with us performing our duties. If you don't mind if we meet privately afterward, I can give you my personal apartment address."
"You shameless! You're shameless!"
The white female reporter had never seen anyone so arrogant. After being harassed, she was so frightened that she left in a hurry, fearing that she would be targeted by this masked thug.
Blackie finally exhausted himself and held out for less than two and a half minutes against the four Star Warriors. He was dragged out of the car along with the steering wheel, letting out a desperate howl!
He was clutching the steering wheel, sobbing and yelling:
"Where are you, you racists? This must be exposed in the media!"
"You even exposed us? You're lucky we didn't shoot you!"
If you refuse to cooperate with the document search, that means you don't have any! What human rights does an illegal immigrant have to talk about? You're not protected by federal law at all, just wait to be deported!
Among the onlookers were many Black people. Although they were angry at what they saw, no one dared to speak up in front of them, and they could only leave angrily.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Shan put the man into his car, and then called a tow truck to deal with the black guy's beat-up secondhand car.
After returning and being interrogated, it turned out he was indeed an unregistered resident without a license!
"It's unfair! You have no regard for human rights here! The immigration agent promised that if I worked here for ten years, I could get a green card, but I still haven't received it. I've contributed so much to your federal government, why should people of color enjoy everything?"
Listening to Blackie's angry roar, Lin Shan and the others couldn't empathize with him and could only apologize, saying it was just their job.
After all, Colonel Brun had set KPIs for them: each group had to catch at least thirty illegal immigrants every month, or they would all be fired!
All four team members marveled at their team leader's extraordinary talent, noting that he had accurately identified the target on his very first shift, implying that their future performance would be assured.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
Lin Shan had been working as an immigration agent for three months, which meant he had passed the initial training period.
He was very skilled at duty and completed all the tasks assigned by his superiors perfectly, which earned him the favor of his captain and supervisor.
After quarterly assessments and evaluations, he was surprisingly named the top performer in the team and the second best in the region!
Moreover, his cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds over these days, reaching the seventh level of Star Warrior, which is equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Being a group leader is a bit of a waste of his talents, but he is still a little far from becoming a captain.
No one found it strange that the cultivation was so fast, because this was a technological universe, which, as the name suggests, had many 'black technologies' that could improve martial arts cultivation. As long as you had money, you could do it. Besides, the federal capital was a place like the Immigration Bureau, where hidden talents were everywhere!
In contrast, Xiao Zhong's group was at the bottom of the entire team.
Their group had four weaklings like Ze Yu, who were only at the seventh level of Star Warriors, dragging them down. In addition, they themselves had little social experience and didn't dare to randomly stop cars or arrest people in big cities. On the first day, they guessed wildly and managed to arrest an assistant to a federal judge.
The very next day, I received a lawyer's letter warning me!
If it weren't for the recent rise of the new president's power, his conflict with the Supreme Court, and the immigration authorities' strong intervention, all four of them would have been in serious trouble.
Later, Lin Shan secretly helped them by giving them some of the people he had captured, which barely allowed them to meet the quarterly KPI.
Even so, the team still finished last and received severe criticism.
Colonel Brun addressed all the new recruits:
"Recently, the situation in the Steel Furnace World has become increasingly unstable, with more and more disturbances caused by cultivators, and the trend of them spreading and escalating everywhere. There are no fewer than a hundred such incidents across the entire Aiser Federation alone. Therefore, the President plans to send his trusted personal guards, that is, you, to various places for training!"
"Don't worry, you have colleagues from the Special Operations Bureau and even the Special Forces to provide support. As Star Warriors, you are the main force against cultivators. You can only win, you cannot afford to lose!"
"If we can capture them alive, we must do so. We must uproot these filthy menaces and live up to the President's expectations of us!"
Speaking of cultivation, the Senate and the House of Representatives have not yet passed a budget. Their salaries for this quarter are paid in two installments and one in three, and many people are struggling to afford food.
Upon hearing that they were going to fight against evil cultivators again, grumbling inevitably arose within the team.
Colonel Brun shouted, "Silence!"
"The federal government was short of money, so even Congress was temporarily shut down for ninety days. Your salaries were only obtained through the President's efforts!"
Xiao Zhong and Zeyu curled their lips in the crowd. Who didn't know that the president was trading stocks and cryptocurrencies every day, and that he was worth over 100 million and owned a seaside manor? It was said that he also frequented some Shaoluo Island. We soldiers risked our lives every day, but we never managed to date a Shaoluo baby.
Despite feeling wronged, everyone has tasted the sweetness of this experience these past few days and is even reluctant to leave the team, because the feeling of enforcing the law on the street without any scruples is simply too great!
What is ICE?
With the special permission of the Emperor, I can act first and report later. I can handle people the FBI dares not handle, and I can kill people the FBI dares not kill!
They act recklessly and domineeringly. When something goes wrong, they have the president backing them up. All they have to do is charge ahead!
Everyone knows that even though they are struggling financially now, their future is limitless if they follow the right person, so they are willing to wait.
Once you've tasted the sweetness of power, you can't let go of it.
After a period of mobilization, each team was quickly assigned tasks. Because time was tight, they could not afford to dawdle. Three months was enough time, and now it was time to put their abilities to the test!
The higher-ups need a complete victory to consolidate their political position within the ruling party, so these lackeys have to work hard.
late at night.
In the Immigration Bureau's Situation Room in Carleton, an electronic map is projected onto a screen, and a dozen people are discussing and analyzing intelligence.
"This biohazard has infected over ten thousand people, spreading to more than a dozen surrounding villages and towns. Anyone bitten, whether human or animal, will turn into a zombie, losing their mind and becoming extremely aggressive! Our researchers suspect that this is some kind of virus created by cultivators, so we have sealed off the entire city to await external eradication."
"Headquarters sent us here by air. Our mission is to infiltrate the surrounding villages and towns, eliminate all the zombies, and clear out the cultivators hiding among them."
"Our team consists of a hundred people, divided into twenty organized groups. Four groups will remain inside the city for mobile rescue, while four groups will be deployed in each of the four cardinal directions outside the city. We will conduct special operations using a unit infiltration model. Each group leader will have one main and one secondary walkie-talkie to maintain contact with me. Report to me immediately if there is any situation!"
The team leader, with his eagle eyes, scanned the entire room. All the team leaders unanimously agreed, each brimming with confidence. After the meeting adjourned.
Lin Shan and Xiao Zhong walked together. Their two groups were responsible for searching the desolate northern suburbs of the city, a vast and sparsely populated area with only four villages and towns, but it was said that they had all fallen.
"Brother Lin, is the virus carried by these zombies really that terrifying? If you get touched by it, you'll be assimilated. Are the Federal Biopharmaceutical Company just sitting around doing nothing? They haven't developed an immune serum after all this time?"
Xiao Zhong now completely idolizes Lin Shan, following his lead in everything. He can be considered the number one fanboy in the Microcosm!
They were no strangers to zombies, having seen them countless times in movies. In their minds, an ordinary person could take on two zombies with a shovel, so these Star Warriors had nothing to fear.
The only thing to be wary of is its so-called contagious nature.
After all, they are only low-level Star Warriors and are not completely immune to various viruses. When they are entangled with worldly affairs, they are helpless even if they contract sexually transmitted diseases!
Not to mention the advanced corpse poison invented by cultivators!
"Enough with the nonsense. When you go out later, the person leading you should be on high alert. Connect the team leader to the main walkie-talkie, and connect me to the secondary walkie-talkie. Let me know immediately if anything happens, understand?"
"Understood, that's what I've been waiting for you to say!"
Xiao Zhong rushed back to prepare his team. Lin Shan couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head when he saw this. This kid was still too green. He had no social experience and no practical experience. But he was still one of his fans. He would lend a hand if he could. One more person would increase the probability of finding the target.
Under the cover of night, dozens of bulletproof SUVs drove out of the city.
“vu~vu~vu~vu~vu~”
On the vast wilderness, the roar of a V8 engine broke the silence of the night, and the desolation of the highway was awakened by the uninvited guest. Only the headlights illuminated the road ahead.
Inside the carriage, four crew members, fully armed and equipped with helmets, night vision goggles, and thermal imaging, inspected their supplies, feeling utterly speechless at the deafening roar of the train outside.
Is this what you call infiltration?
"Team leader, we should switch to a quieter car. This one might alert the enemy before we even get there, and then how will we complete the mission?"
Lin Shan, who was driving in front, remained calm and composed, occasionally shining his flashlight on both sides to search for targets, telling those four little brats not to rush.
"Do you think they're afraid of us? If they see us, they probably won't hide; instead, they'll come at us wave after wave to test us, and might even try to devour us all!"
No one knew the abilities of cultivators better than him.
Their methods are varied and difficult to defend against, far more complex than those of Star Warriors, and they are known for their unpredictability. Their only weakness is close combat, but who gives you the chance to get close?
The entire route was through open fields, and the car drove north in the darkness for about half the night. The four people in the back of the car were drowsy, but Lin Shan was still full of energy.
He listened to the messages from the other three groups while wearing headphones.
They've all encountered a situation; gunshots are coming from over there, sounding quite intense, and there are even the roars of wild beasts!
"Brother Lin, we encountered a huge horde of zombies in town. These zombies are not afraid of bullets. Unless their legs are blown off, they will charge at us fearlessly!"
"Damn it, turn off the headlights right now, and drive straight ahead, out of town!"
"You two figure out how to deal with those two zombies on the roof of the car!"
The other teams were all pretty much the same; they chose three different towns, and Lin Shan's group happened to choose the furthest one.
He was still halfway there when battles broke out elsewhere.
This is a bit different from the covert infiltration I imagined. The whole thing is in full swing, and the secrecy of the operation is immediately exposed. How can we carry out the mission then?
It's not hard to imagine that their team will soon become an open secret, but since things have come to this point, they can only grit their teeth and move forward.
Nearly twenty minutes later, the gunfire from the other teams gradually subsided until it stopped.
One of the walkie-talkies had lost contact, while the other two had full signal strength, but no one was making a sound.
"Hello, can you hear me? Please reply if you receive this. How's the situation on your end?"
Meanwhile, Xiao Zhong and the other four were hiding in an apartment when Lin Shan's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie, instantly alerting the zombies on the floor, who immediately rushed to attack in the dark!
"No, this is really bad!"
In a fit of anger, Xiao Zhong nearly threw the walkie-talkie away. He quickly broke through the window and ran away again, only to be met by a dark mass of figures that pounced on him.
After that, Lin Shan heard no news from the other three groups.
The night was quiet, except for the roar of the V8 engine, which was really annoying. He suddenly noticed that there was a small text in the lower right corner of the control interface that said "Turn off internal combustion engine sound effects".
shuh~
Suddenly, the world became completely silent.
Lin Shan was shocked. After driving for so long, it turned out that the vehicle provided for this operation was a tram, and the engine sound effect was just a mimicry?
The four sleepyheads at the back of the carriage woke up and asked him if they were about to reach their destination.
"Not yet, the other three groups are out of contact. I'll call the team leader to report first."
Soon the situation room received the message. The captain did not reply immediately, but instead checked the relevant frontline information in the background.
Finally, a vague conjecture was reached.
"Two of the other three groups should have been wiped out, but Xiao Zhong's group is still alive. According to satellite positioning, they seem to be hiding in a small corner of the town waiting for rescue. You don't need to rush to rescue him. Go explore the pre-booked destination first. I will send a reserve team to carry out the search and rescue!"
The captain remained relatively calm, and this is where the role of the city's reserve team came into play; he didn't need to worry about the rescue mission.
Finally, after most of the night had passed, he drove to a place not far from the northernmost town, about five kilometers away.
There is a large charging station here, specifically for charging passing vehicles. His car has driven nearly a thousand kilometers, so it definitely needs to be charged.
However, there were no staff members here, so we had to get off the train ourselves and do it. The crew members at the back of the train also jumped off to take a short break.
But then, in the next moment...
The door to the charging station suddenly opened, and a dazed figure appeared before them.
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(Wishing everyone a prosperous Year of the Horse 2026 at the start of the Lunar New Year!) (End of Chapter)