The Zeroth Line of Defense

On a rainy night in Ningcheng, the Special Biological Response Unit coordinates with the SWAT team for the first time and opens fire on something that should not exist. After the target is downed, it vanishes between two adjacent frames—right before the drones, body cameras, and everyone's eyes. Zhou Chi, rescued by the authorities, returns to the old shop his uncle left behind. When the back door opens again, beyond it is no longer the leaky little courtyard, but an abandoned station with only three containment rooms left. The monster that just disappeared is locked behind the first door. His uncle is missing, the staff have all been evacuated, and resources are running out. Outside the door, China's police, military, and researchers are trying to rebuild humanity's understanding of the anomalous through firepower, discipline, and science; inside, Zhou Chi must recruit employees, expand containment rooms, study the rules, and bring under control those beings that cannot be killed, must not be killed, and are even willing to help humanity. They guard the same city, conceal things from each other, and time and again save each other on the same battlefield. Not until a legend silent for a thousand years walks back into reality does Zhou Chi gradually understand: the peace of the past was not because there were no ghosts or monsters in the world, but because someone had always been closing the door for this world before anyone else could reach it. Before Blue Star's first line of defense, there was still a zeroth line of defense. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Zeroth Line of Defense — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠