nyslfriends Chapter 5 Welcome to the "Police Graveyard"
Chapter 5 Welcome to the "Police Graveyard"
The green train roared past, leaving the bustling capital of Handong Province behind.
The scenery outside the car window gradually changed from towering buildings to low-rise houses, and then to endless farmland.
Finally, the farmland disappeared, replaced by endless loess and barren hills.
Train to car.
The car was replaced with a dilapidated military green Jeep.
The road became increasingly bumpy, and with each rise and fall, one's internal organs churned.
Qi Tongwei sat in the bumpy car, showing no impatience whatsoever.
He simply gazed quietly at the desolate, majestic scenery outside the window, feeling the increasingly thin and biting wind in the air.
Finally, after another violent jolt, the jeep came to a stop.
"arrive."
The driver was a dark-skinned middle-aged man. He spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth and gestured towards the road ahead.
Qi Tongwei pushed open the car door and jumped out.
A dilapidated two-story building stands alone in the wilderness.
Large areas of the wall plaster have peeled off, revealing the mottled red bricks underneath.
The flagpole at the entrance was rusty, and a faded national flag hung limply.
Above the door of the small building hangs a similarly dilapidated wooden sign, the red paint almost completely worn away, with a few words barely legible: Mopan Town Narcotics Enforcement Station.
This is where he will fight in the future.
It is also known by countless anti-drug police officers as the "police graveyard" where no one can return.
Qi Tongwei carried his simple bag and walked step by step into the small building.
The lobby on the first floor is more of a storage room than an office.
Several tables with peeling paint were haphazardly pieced together, piled high with yellowed case files and leftover instant noodle containers.
The air was thick with the smells of smoke, sweat, and mold.
There were three or four people in the hall. When they heard footsteps, they lazily raised their heads.
An old policeman with gray hair, wearing a faded old police uniform, and with a face full of wrinkles, was dozing off in a chair.
He seems to be the boss here.
Qi Tongwei stood at attention and gave a standard salute.
"Reporting! Newly appointed probationary police officer Qi Tongwei, reporting for duty!"
The voice was loud and resonant, echoing in the empty hall.
The dozing old policeman was startled awake, opened his cloudy eyes with displeasure, and looked him up and down.
"Qi Tongwei?"
He rummaged through a pile of messy documents for a long time before finally pulling out a crumpled transfer order.
"Oh, a top student from Handong University."
The old policeman's tone was indifferent, showing no sign of welcome; he simply pointed to the side.
"My name is Liu Jianguo, and I'm the director here."
"Find a place to put your things down."
After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes again, as if he was too tired to say another word.
They were completely indifferent.
Qi Tongwei didn't care. He knew that in a place like this, respect was earned, not based on the school's reputation.
He was just about to find an empty seat when a policeman next to him, who was picking his toes, suddenly spoke up in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh, a college student?"
"Still from Handong University? The law department?"
The man was about forty years old, with a slick and oily face. He looked at Qi Tongwei as if he were looking at a rare animal.
"Oh, young man, here to get your resume polished?"
"Let me tell you, in our place, it's true that we don't get gold plating, but we do get a layer of skin peeling off."
The other person laughed along, their laughter filled with undisguised mockery.
They had seen far too many troublemakers and idealistic youths who had been sent here.
At the beginning, they were all very arrogant, but within three months, they either cried and begged to be transferred, or... stayed on this land forever.
They had no interest in even being polite to young people who had clearly offended someone and been sent here.
Qi Tongwei listened silently, his expression unchanged.
Director Liu opened his eyes impatiently and yelled at the two men.
"Shut up, all of you! Have you got nothing better to do?"
He pointed upstairs.
"Qi Tongwei, go and tidy up the dormitory room at the very back on the second floor."
"Yes, Director."
Qi Tongwei carried his bag and walked up the creaking wooden stairs.
The dormitory door was broken and ajar.
Pushing open the door, a strong musty smell hit me, making me cough.
The room was small, containing only a creaky iron bed and a broken table.
Spiderwebs were growing in the corner, a pane of glass in the window was broken and haphazardly stuffed up with some newspapers, and cold wind was howling in through the crack.
This is his new home.
In his past life, he had to beg and plead to get a place in Liang Lu's luxurious villa.
In this life, however, he felt more at ease in this drafty, dilapidated house than anywhere else.
Because everything here was earned by his upright character.
He didn't complain. He put down his backpack, found a rag and a bucket, and began to clean silently.
He swept the floor spotless, wiped the table so clean you could see your reflection, and even cleaned the cobwebs from the corner of the wall.
He did it very seriously, as if he were performing a sacred ritual.
Just as he finished making the bed.
"Waaaaah—waaaah—"
A sharp, piercing alarm suddenly shattered the tranquility of the entire narcotics control station!
A series of sounds came from downstairs: the clatter of tables and chairs and the clatter of footsteps.
Qi Tongwei's heart skipped a beat!
He rushed out of the dormitory and ran to the second-floor railing to look down.
Just moments ago, Director Liu was lounging lazily in his chair, but now he seemed like a completely different person.
He was yelling at the others while tucking a pistol into his waistband.
"Urgent mission!"
"We received a tip from an informant that the 'Long Serpent' group will be conducting a transaction in Calabash Valley, twenty miles to the west, in half an hour!"
"Everyone, fully equipped, assemble downstairs within three minutes!"
"Long Serpent!"
Qi Tongwei's pupils suddenly contracted.
He was certainly familiar with this name.
This is the largest drug trafficking force entrenched along the border, ruthless and vicious, with their hands stained with the blood of anti-drug police officers.
In his past life, he went deep behind enemy lines alone to track down the "Long Serpent," and was shot three times, nearly losing his life.
Unexpectedly, I encountered this so soon after arriving in this life!
Downstairs, several veteran police officers who had been nonchalant just moments before now looked grim, quickly donning their gear and checking their firearms.
That languidness and slickness vanished without a trace in an instant.
Instead, it possesses the fierce spirit of a seasoned veteran.
Without hesitation, Qi Tongwei turned around and rushed back to his dormitory, grabbed the backpack he had just put down, and ran downstairs.
When he ran to the assembled group, Director Liu was just about to give the order to set off.
Upon seeing him, Director Liu frowned.
"You're new here, so you'll stay at the station and watch the phone!"
This is an order, but also a form of protection.
Qi Tongwei stepped forward and stood up straight.
"Chief!"
His voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear.
"I'm a police officer!"
"I need to be there!"
Liu Jianguo stared at him intently, a complex emotion flashing in his cloudy eyes.
He saw the unwavering determination on Qi Tongwei's face.
That wasn't impulsive, nor was it showing off.
It is a police officer's most instinctive reaction when faced with crime.
Several veteran police officers around also stopped what they were doing and looked at this arrogant young man with surprise.
The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds.
Liu Jianguo finally waved his hand impatiently.
"Keep up!"
"Just don't hold us back!"
"yes!"
Qi Tongwei's heart pounded violently at those two words.
He quickly caught up with the group and got into a bumpy police jeep.
The car engine roared, like a ferocious beast, as it charged into the vast Gobi Desert.
The moment the jeep drove out of the narcotics station, that long-lost mechanical voice suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding! A god-tier option has been triggered!]
A battle that could change your fate as a 'Lone Wolf' is about to begin...