Chapter 42 Confrontation 4 (Part 2)

4 a.m.

On the balcony of Le Xiao's house, beside a round table, C and K looked at each other, holding their glasses. They hadn't sat together to drink for many years.

Because of the past incident, C and K had a disagreement. C was the one who led everything, and K was the one who implemented everything.

"If I were you, I might stop you, but you wouldn't listen. But in fact, I was at the scene, and you led the roundup plan."

The incident that year did not give people room for thinking. It was just a few minutes. If it failed, the train loaded with high-energy bombs would rush straight to Area 1. Even if it exploded somewhere in the middle, the scope of influence would be extremely terrifying. At least five or six square kilometers would be affected, and more than 100,000 people might be involved.

A total of 164 hostages were held hostage, and the number of people who died in the end was 79. Most of them were killed by criminals who were forced into a desperate situation, and some were killed when K led the people from Section 2 to fight back.

In less than 5 minutes, everything was over. After Hydra knew that the plan had failed, it detonated a building and turned into dust as the building collapsed.

"I have often thought over the years that this may be a punishment for us, a punishment for us who obviously have the opportunity and ability to do everything."

C smiled and exhaled a puff of smoke, took a sip of wine, and shook his head.

"Punishment? When did you become so indecisive?"

K waved his hand and looked at C with a little bitterness.

"We are no longer young. From the result, that incident was good, because we saved so many people and realized Hydra's true intention at the last moment, so as to prevent a large-scale tragedy from happening with a small-scale tragedy, but what can we do?"

Bang

After K drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, he pressed him on the table.

"Can't stand the condemnation in your heart?"

"Yes."

K answered without hesitation. He had been tortured by his conscience that suddenly came out over the years, because the people he killed were all ordinary people, men, women, old and young. The tragic situation at the scene was far beyond the imagination of others. Those criminals did not hesitate to perish together with their enemies.

Even if several gods were on their way, 5 minutes was still too short. In just a few seconds, K made a choice under the command of C.

In his mind, there was always a woman crying desperately after seeing him rushing over. Her head was shot directly through. He still remembered the splashing blood clearly.

"If you do nothing, things will only get worse."

K shook his head.

"I came to you tonight not to argue about what is right. I want to say what we and them should do."

"It's useless to rack your brains for such a thing."

K smiled sadly.

"Zhao Zhen is still alive, I can be sure of that."

C's expression became serious. K opened a light and shadow screen. It was a photo. C looked at it, but did not find any trace of Zhao Zhen. The photo was a candy store owned by a company. This store has been there for many years. C immediately recognized it through the logo on the store. This was originally run by Ye Lai, the father of Ye Jiao, the current secretary of Section 7.

Since the explosion on the upper floor, I would go outside this store every day and take pictures, because so many things happened in the city. If we trace it from a technical perspective, Zhao Zhen must be involved, because this heart rate mechanical technology is what he is best at. It is also a medical machine developed when he was a researcher, and it is still in use today.

Then C enlarged the light and shadow screen, and photos appeared one by one. After looking at it for a while, C immediately found that in the photos, there was always a man in a gray windbreaker who came to the store to buy candy.

"According to the little bit of information I got after I went to the hospital to find Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen's wife used to work in this candy store. At that time, Zhao Zhen was a small workshop operator who would use some open technologies to make some goods for sale and promotion. He met his current wife in this candy store."

The photos of the man in the gray windbreaker were all dated. Soon C called up the surveillance, but soon the AI ​​system found no such person. The surveillance did not capture this man. It was certain that the record of this man in the AI ​​system was dead.

This was indeed a major discovery, and then C looked at K and asked.

"You didn't take these photos by yourself, right? Because the shooting angles and methods are different."

K laughed.

"Indeed, I hired someone from the opposite store to help me take photos every day. One day I did see this man following me. Unfortunately, I didn't catch up with him. He seemed to have disappeared out of thin air."

"Quantum mobile technology?"

C asked, and K shook his head uncertainly.

"The enemy does have this mobile technology now, but what are the results of your investigation?"

C shook his head.

"So far, what we can be sure of is that this technology is related to the Hillman family's kidnapping of a group of physical science researchers. Any science and technology must have a direction and a certain foundation, and the kidnapped researchers just happen to have these two points."

"Very important information, thank you."

K stood up and poured himself another glass of wine, then carried the bottle to C's side and filled her glass.

"I'm just informing you about this matter. I will deal with Zhao Zhen."

C was a little surprised, K said with a smile.

"Can you leave it to me?"

C hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement. K drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and put it down. He turned around and jumped onto the roof opposite and quickly disappeared into the night. It was already this point, but the lights on the bottom floor were still in one piece. Some places were still working. After all, it was very difficult to clear the entire area on the edge of the gully.

This large-scale cleanup of those old and abandoned facilities in the past also brought some unexpected gains. Many criminals hiding in the gully area were found. So far, more than 500 criminals have been arrested. They will be sent to prison after trial.

Time waits for no one. Speed ​​often determines many things. Once the waste treatment plant for recycling and reuse of resources in the gully is built as soon as possible, the next larger plan, the plan to establish an agricultural base in the barrier area, will soon be realized.

The two plans have an extremely important role in mutual support. There are many renewable resources in the gully, which can be fully used in the construction of the agricultural base in the barrier area, so that the resources in the city will not be over-consumed. C has been in the barrier area for a long time, and she knows clearly what kind of place it is.

At this time, an emergency call came. After C turned it on, it was a surveillance screen. Several night patrol officers from Section 5 found a woman on the street and directly questioned her. The woman said that her husband was sick and she had to go to the hospital to buy medicine. It was closer to go this way, so she went straight through the street.

It was a very common thing. C ignored it and turned around to get up after resting for three hours. After all, it was already past 4 am.

At this time, the woman who was questioned refused the help of the members of Section 5. She claimed that her husband just had an old stomachache. Because the medicine was gone, she would go to the hospital to get some back.

After the people from the Operations Department left, the woman did not go to the hospital, but went directly to the outside of the mechanical ball rental shop. She entered the alley on the side, stretched out a hand, and aimed at the wall. As the nail shells opened one by one, accompanied by a strong substance spraying out, the wall began to slowly dissolve, and soon a big hole appeared, and the woman went straight in.

"Intelligence error, intelligence error!"

The woman repeated it twice, and then a pink light flashed in her eyes. After a long string of digital characters passed by, the woman turned and left the shop. There was no mechanical ball they wanted.

Until yesterday, the mechanical ball was still on the display cabinet, but it disappeared tonight. The AIs have promised the creators to have further in-depth cooperation. This kind of mechanical ball is something that the creators want very much.

The woman who returned to the street took out the medicine she had prepared long ago, and met the people from Section 5 again. After she said hello, she quickly disappeared on the street.

5:19 am

Ma Tao woke up in a rush of communication, and the woman next to him was also woken up.

"Old Ma, what's wrong?"

The lights came on, and the sleepy woman took a cigarette, lit it, and looked at Ma Tao with a horrified face.

"What the hell are you doing? I've already told you to guard outside the mechanical ball rental store 24 hours a day, but you ignored my words."

Ma Tao got up in a hurry, quickly changed into his uniform, and rushed out.

A few minutes later, Ma Tao was no longer sleepy. He looked at the big hole in the wall. There were people from Section 5 nearby, and people from other sections were also awakened. There was nothing on the surveillance. There was obviously surveillance in this alley, 360 degrees without blind spots, but only a big hole appeared slowly, and no one was seen.

"Check all the people who passed by this place last night, everyone."

Ma Tao looked at the 10 teams responsible for patrolling the area with anger. 300 people took turns patrolling 24 hours a day, which was more than enough, but there were still loopholes, and a lot of people felt panic.

"I'll go inform Master Le Xiao, you guys keep watch for me, clear the way for the people going to the hospital, and don't destroy the scene."

5:43

Ma Tao knocked on Le Xiao's door, and it was C who opened the door.

"I know, people from Section 2 and Section 10 should be here soon, you go back to the scene first."

At this time, Su Xin also went downstairs, and C asked her to wake Le Xiao up, and he had to continue sleeping for a while.

Su Xin came to the room and patted Le Xiao who was still sleeping. After a while, Le Xiao opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling dizzy, after all, he drank half a bottle of wine last night.

"Mom, what time is it now? Let me sleep a little longer."

"Something big happened, Le Le, you go over and take a look, Ma Tao from Section 5 just came."

Le Xiao gritted her teeth and struggled to get up, but lay back down again.

It was not until 6:09 when the sun came out that Le Xiao arrived at the scene. She had a dark face and looked aggressive. Many people in Section 5 felt extremely nervous. Ma Tao had ordered people to build sheds on all sides of the store. At least 5 people had to watch nearby for 24 hours and were not allowed to leave the store.

Le Xiao staggered as she listened to Ma Tao's report. She walked into the store, looked at the big hole, and Section 10 was analyzing the dissolved wall material, a lot of things she couldn't understand at all.

"Anyway, nothing is lost, just repair it, it should be fine now."

Le Xiao glanced at the staff of Section 5 sitting outside the store and went upstairs directly.

"I'll go up and take a nap. I didn't go to bed until around 2 o'clock last night. Come on."

A bunch of people were full of doubts and were completely at a loss. Ma Tao was also a little confused. He originally thought he would be punished, but other staff members were even more uneasy. In the past, their wages would definitely be deducted for this kind of thing.

After all, someone, right under their noses, dug a big hole into a store with such an important proposal and ran away without finding anyone. This can be considered a serious dereliction of duty.

Ma Tao breathed a sigh of relief. People in Section 10 also said that the thing that burns through the wall is a super acidic substance. It is impossible for materials that can carry this kind of substance to appear on the market at present.

The most important thing is that no one was captured in the surveillance camera. At this time, a woman was brought over. She went to the hospital to buy medicine because of her husband's stomachache last night, and it was so late at night.

There are surveillance records of the woman's journey, as well as records of the drugs she has purchased. The reason she was brought here was to confirm whether she saw anything.

Ma Tao looked at the woman helplessly. Soon the woman shook her head, indicating that she didn't see anything. At this time, C came over, and Ma Tao hurriedly leaned over.

As soon as C arrived on the ground floor yesterday, he had already given advice to Section 10. Do not place the mechanical balls in the shop. If the enemy is really serious about breaking into the house and taking away the mechanical balls, they will not be able to do anything.

Therefore, after the store closes every day, it is the safest way to directly assign people to transport the mechanical balls back. Those rented mechanical balls cannot be captured by the enemy. Once any problem occurs, these mechanical balls that have been activated will It will self-destruct immediately.

Moreover, these mechanical balls are actually monitored by people in the 10th department. On the contrary, the mechanical balls placed for display in the store are most likely to be taken away. C is thinking about some blind spots every day. Sure enough, years of experience have made this The emergencies were near misses.

"Stop investigating. Since the enemy can achieve this step, it means that the enemy has very hidden methods that cannot be detected by ordinary interrogation. This will also cause panic among local residents, so stop the investigation immediately."

After Ma Tao turned around and walked out of the alley, he issued an order to cancel the interrogation. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, there was no telling when such a large-scale interrogation would end.

At this time, the woman who was brought over to assist was in the crowd, quietly looking at the mechanical ball on the display cabinet, with numbers, characters and letters constantly changing in her eyes.