But they never imagined they would see such a monster in reality.
This is the real world!
How could monsters from fantasy works appear here?
"There can't be such creatures on Blue Star…"
A police officer said with great shock and a heavy heart.
"This is definitely not a creature from reality… just look at this gelatinous substance, how could there be such a so-called unknown creature in real life?"
"These are creatures from fantasy works, demonic creatures from fantasy works!"
"But—how can creatures from fantasy works appear in reality?"
"How is it possible?"
As the police officer spoke, his voice began to tremble.
This was the reaction after their worldview, their perception of reality, and another perspective were shattered.
A natural reaction.
But all the police officers present couldn't understand at all.
Why would monsters from games and fantasy works appear in reality, causing a large group of students on an outdoor trip to disappear—several bodies had already been found, clearly dead!
Why would they emerge from games to slaughter civilians?
This was a question that couldn't be figured out no matter what.
Some officers began to avoid reality…
"Am I dreaming?"
"I'm going back to sleep."
These were the words of a police officer who thought he might be having a mental breakdown, perhaps due to fatigue, and was hallucinating.
It was time to go back and get some sleep.
The officer said this.
But in his heart, he didn't believe it was a dream at all.
The monster before him was as real as it could be, how could it be a dream?
He was merely struggling in his final moments, unwilling to let his worldview be shattered like this.
"Is this… a doll? Just the kind made for children to play with…"
Another police officer said this.
He gritted his teeth, holding his firearm, and gently tapped the slime corpse with the butt of his gun.
Then, using stones, branches, and other objects, he continued to prod the slime's corpse, examining it thoroughly from all angles.
He was very meticulous.
And he examined it patiently.
But it was precisely because of his patient and meticulous examination that his face grew increasingly grim.
Even though he desperately tried to find any evidence to prove that the monster corpse before him was just a doll.
But every piece of evidence fully confirmed the monster's reality—he deliberately searched for false proof from the monster, but couldn't find a single shred of it!
Upon realizing this, he suddenly sat on the ground, breathing heavily.
His worldview, the worldview he had barely maintained, was shattered.
Not a doll.
It wasn't.
It was a real monster.
The police officer thought this in his heart.
"Absurd! Truly absurd! A missing persons case has turned into a case of supernatural creatures and fantasy beings appearing…"
The search team leader, his voice and body trembling.
Having been a police officer for decades and promoted to captain, he had handled all sorts of difficult cases, but he had never encountered such a supernatural case.
This was simply a case beyond human imagination!
This was an invasion of reality by fantasy creatures!
"Captain! What should we do now?"
"Should we continue searching for the remaining missing students, or…"
After being stunned for a while, some officers finally came back to their senses.
No matter how bizarre or incomprehensible things were, they still had to face reality, not ignore the facts.
Even if creatures from fantasy works like slimes appeared, such an outrageous event would ultimately have to be resolved by them, the police.
They couldn't just leave it here, could they?
They couldn't do nothing, could they?
After all, the monster corpses and the bodies of the missing persons were here! What about these bodies?
Therefore, the police officer asked the captain how this matter should be handled.
"How to handle it…"
The captain tapped his pipe, deep in thought.
The seriousness of the situation had far exceeded his initial expectations.
At first, it was just an ordinary mass disappearance case—though rare, it wasn't uncommon, not just in the entire beautiful country, but even in the local state, it wouldn't be considered a major case.
It was just a disappearance.
Many people went missing on Blue Star every year.
To say it was a big deal was clearly an exaggeration.
But after the monster corpses appeared, the nature and severity of the situation changed completely.
Before the monster was discovered, the officers' main task was to find the bodies of the missing persons.
After discovering the monster, the bodies of the missing persons, the opinions of the missing persons' families, all became secondary, even peripheral tasks.
The real focus was: how did this monster appear? Were there more monsters on this crystal mountain? How many?
Understanding all these questions, and then submitting this monster corpse to the highest scientific research institution of the beautiful country, that was the real focus, and the true mission of the police officers at this moment.
The captain saw clearly that since the monster appeared, their work focus had shifted.
Certain matters were no longer the focus of their work.
At this moment, the captain was no longer considering the missing students.
His current focus was whether he should continue to track the monster's whereabouts and find out where and how many more monsters there were.
Or should he report the situation to his superiors, escalating it layer by layer, to bring in a more professional team to take responsibility for this matter?
Should they have the agents of the beautiful country's investigation bureau or the military directly seal off the mountain and deploy?
Undoubtedly, if they chose the former, their situation would be quite perilous. No one could guarantee how many monsters were on this crystal mountain, nor what their strength would be.
If they considered the biological principle that finding one cockroach in a room means there are already dozens of them, the total number of demonic creatures was truly unpredictable.
And if they chose the latter, their immediate withdrawal as police officers would be the safest option… but then, his credit wouldn't be much.
Yes.
Between the two choices, which one was safer? Of course, it was to retreat immediately and let more professional personnel handle the matter here. The safety rate was extremely high.
It was a no-brainer to choose the second option.
But the captain considered not only safety but also credit. Once credit was factored in, these two options became completely different.
Direct withdrawal was certainly safe, but once this case was handed over to the investigation bureau agents or the military, it was clear that no matter how big the case was, he wouldn't get much credit.
This case would no longer be related to him, and he would have nothing to do with it—the captain still hoped to be promoted further!