Chapter 350 Stealing a Home
It is not strange to eat hot pot in winter, but it is rare to eat hot pot outdoors in winter.

In the wilderness of the suburbs, there was a motorhome, a stream, and two women. The hot pot was on the open space beside the stream and the motorhome. The hot pot was steaming, and the table was full of ingredients. Duanmu took chopsticks and fished food out of the hot pot. Cui Jian parked the car, and walked down the slope with Yu Ming, stepping on the frost-covered ground, leaving shallow footprints.

The two sat down in silence. It's fun to eat hot pot outdoors in winter, especially when the sun is shining and there is no wind.

"You know how to enjoy yourself." Cui Jian praised.

Duanmu prepared the ingredients and said, "It was my beautiful housekeeper who thought of this carefully." The housekeeper standing next to the RV bowed and smiled. The RV behind her was filled with drinks and a refrigerator full of ingredients.

Duanmu said: "It's getting late, you should go have lunch too."

The housekeeper and the maid responded and drove away in the car parked in front of the RV.

Cui Jian rubbed the chopsticks with both hands, and seeing that Yu Ming didn't move, he said, "You're welcome, eat."

Duanmu picked up the drink and poured it for Yu Ming, and asked, "What's the situation now?"

Yu Ming picked up the cup and thought for a while, then said, "Cui Jian, you should go have lunch too."

The chopsticks in Cui Jian's hand were only 3 centimeters away from the hot pot. He tilted his head to look at Yu Ming. What did you mean?
Yu Ming explained: "It is only with your intervention that we can sit down together. Thank you very much. But what we want to discuss involves privacy."

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian with a smile, but he was full of vigilance in his heart. Indeed, as Yu Ming said, since Cui Jian arranged for them to sit together and chat, at least he could not use force to physically eliminate Yu Ming now.

Cui Jian smashed his chopsticks, cursed and left.

Duanmu saw Cui Jian driving away and said, "Be careful he might cheat you next time."

Yu Ming sighed: "He has already cheated me, although I cheated him first."

Duanmu said seriously: "Please speak if you have anything to say."

Yu Ming said: "Then I will get straight to the point. I hope you can convince the special forces captain to destroy the purpose of cyborg technology."

Duanmu said: "My captain does not intend to use the cyborg technology to make a profit."

Yu Mingdao: "But your captain wants to use the technology of cyborgs to kill people. But he forgot that technology is technology after all, it can be copied and is not protected by intellectual property rights. Only by making this technology public can we force the government to intervene in this matter with high pressure."

A few years ago, the news: The success of gene editing of babies shocked the world, and the laboratory was shut down a few days later. If no one broke the news, would the laboratory be shut down or would it continue to develop?

Yu Mingdao: "We must overturn the table and make this game impossible to continue, so as to prevent the technology from being used by the powerful."

Duanmu asked: "Don't you already have the chips to overturn the table?"

Yu Ming said: "No, I can only overturn the table temporarily. I need your captain to destroy the two cyborg technologies from the source."

Duanmu: "Speak clearly."

Yu Ming said: "You killed Luke. Luke couldn't have been unprepared, so the technology couldn't be lost. The technology will not be leaked unless it is in the hands of Luke and Li Jie."

Duanmu said: "Just tell me what you want to do."

Yu Ming said: "In exchange for Luke's life, you must promise not to hunt Luke down again, but require Luke to hand over the technology and make sure there is only one copy. Luke's family can be used as a penalty for breach of contract. I will try my best to persuade the investigation organization to fully cooperate with you and help you catch Luke. You know, we opened files on people like Luke decades ago, and we must know him better than you do."

Duanmu ate beef in silence and asked, "What's the benefit for us? Keeping Luke and letting him make a comeback? Even though he is a 70-year-old man, he is still capable of doing something if he really wants to."

Yu Ming said: "Without our help, it will be difficult for the special forces to catch Luke in a short period of time. The most you can do is to reduce his living space. During this period, he will inevitably fight back. With Luke's personality, every counterattack will be fatal."

Duanmu said: "Where is Li Jie?"

Yu Ming said: "Li Jie is easier to deal with. He is just a simple businessman. He doesn't care about the flood after his death. The technology he mastered will only make profits for himself. He will not let the technology spread after his death. I believe that your captain instructed you, Duanmu, to get close to Li Jie and Zhao Ai by pretending to be in love with Yun Xueshan."

Duanmu smiled and said, "Yu Ming, you may have misunderstood our captain. Our captain is not a savior. To put it bluntly, he is a criminal. He has trampled on countless criminal red lines, and he does not have very high moral sentiments. Since your organization is willing to save mankind, you should pay the corresponding price and negotiate with our captain with your sincerity. Our captain is not an unreasonable person."

Yu Ming asked: "What about you? What do you think?"

Duanmu replied: "I don't, and shouldn't, have strategic ideas."

Yu Ming asked: "Have you forgotten how your sister died?"

Duanmu's grip tightened and the chopsticks broke in the bowl.

Yu Mingru didn't notice: "I believe that the reason why your captain is looking for trouble with the cyborgs is largely to avenge his confidant, that is, you. Therefore, I speculate that you have a great influence on your captain in the matter of targeting the cyborgs."

Duanmu said: "You know a lot."

Yu Ming replied: "Since we are called the Investigator Organization, we should have a deeper understanding of all the famous people in the underworld."

Duanmu spoke after a long while: "How can you guarantee that Luke won't do anything bad?"

Yu Ming: "He doesn't dare to gamble with more than 20 people. He has two daughters, three sons, 13 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Maybe he won't agree to the agreement, but if he agrees, he won't dare to regret it."

Duanmu said: "I remember that Luke's youngest great-grandson is only three months old? Who will be the intermediary killer?"

Yu Ming: "I will convince the investigators to be the guarantors. If the organization does not allow it, I will do it. You can give me a sum of money, enough to buy the lives of their entire family. I will keep this money in a safe account. Once Luke violates the agreement, I will not hesitate to use this money to buy murder. If there are more people born, I will subsidize it personally."

Duanmu asked back, "Why are you doing this?" Yu Ming said, "You should be young if you don't act frivolously. Now is my chance to make a name for myself. How could I give up? As long as this succeeds, I will not only gain a good reputation, but also establish my position in the Investigator organization and even in the circle. After all, both Luke and your captain are giants in the circle."

Yu Ming: "I have ambition, I have a platform, and I need opportunities."

Macron's first pot of gold was a merger involving two giants worth more than 10 billion US dollars. He gained both fame and fortune, and established his status and value in the upper class in one fell swoop.

Duanmu didn't ask Yu Ming whether he was telling the truth. It didn't matter whether something like this was true or not.

Yu Ming added: "George fell into your hands." George used to work as a teacher at an American university, so he knew Duanmu's sister. Because of his research on brain nerves and preliminary experiments on human transformation, Duanmu's sister died. Duanmu was busy building a criminal empire at the time and accepted the explanation of a laboratory accident.

This is also Duanmu's most regretful and sad thing. As for why they met and why they died, that is Duanmu's story.

Yu Ming tried to persuade Duanmu with his words, and his biggest bargaining chip was the rebellious scale hidden in Duanmu's heart. He also knew that Duanmu didn't want anyone to know about this matter or ask about it, so he sent Cui Jian away.

Meanwhile, 20 kilometers away from the hot pot place, Hailan and the other three were parking for lunch. The next job had nothing to do with Yiyi. Hailan had planned to learn more about computer knowledge with Yiyi, but Yiyi was in a hurry to get the car at the traffic police parking lot. She also had to meet with the insurance agent to discuss this year's premium.

After driving for a year, she had five accidents. The reason why Yiyi had driving problems was not because she was a woman. First of all, Yiyi was a wild driver. She got her driver's license by hacking into the platform. She had not received basic training and assessment. Even though she had made up for her road knowledge, she still lacked systematic training.

The second is Yiyi’s mobile phone. She has a lot of computers, and some messages must be read and replied to immediately.

Besides, other new drivers drove slowly and cautiously, but Yiyi was young and brave. She dared to drive directly through places where experienced drivers would get off the car to check whether they could pass.

Yiyi has driven 8,000 kilometers now and is a decent driver. But she still has a bad luck physique. Among the five accidents, at least two were not due to objective mistakes or violations of traffic rules. One was the overtaking she and Cui Jian complained about. Her car had already passed, but the car on the right suddenly turned sharply and hit the rear of her car with its front. Another time, when the two-lane road was changed to a single lane, the red car did not follow the principle of taking turns to pass, so she was forced to turn the steering wheel when she was about to enter the road, and hit several guardrails.

Fence-type guardrails may look simple, but they are expensive. After hearing the quote, Yiyi decisively contacted the insurance company. The insurance agent arrived and told Yiyi that if she had to hit another car in the future, she should hit the unruly car. The guardrail didn't provoke you, so why did she provoke it?

Hailan and his team's command vehicle was a modified dining car, and it still retained the function of cooking instant noodles. Although instant noodles are called instant noodles, they taste better when cooked. Pulling out a folding table and putting three stools on it, Hailan and the other two had a meal on the roadside.

Koreans love to eat instant noodles, topping the global list with 73 packs per person per year and has dominated the list for many years.

The three members of the team were old acquaintances, stationed in Hancheng for many years, and were very familiar with each other. After a meal, the atmosphere was still very good. Just when the driver finished eating and was about to take a cigarette, something unexpected happened. A man in a mask and a hat sneaked into the vicinity of the command vehicle at some point, turned around and shot the driver in the head. The guard who was holding the bowl of noodles with both hands to drink soup was also shot dead.

There should have been two more people assigned by Hai Lan to escort and interrogate George.

The masked man pointed the gun at Hailan. Hailan quietly put down the bowl and waited for death. She knew that everything that happened here had been recorded and transmitted by the vehicle surveillance, and someone would avenge them. She just regretted her carelessness. It was not her fault. The Special Service Team 1 had never had any enemies in Hancheng.

The masked man approached and put the cable tie handcuffs on the table, meaning that he was not going to kill Hailan and let her handcuff herself. Hailan picked up the handcuffs, suddenly jumped up, did a split on the spot, and kicked the masked man's chin with her heel. He didn't kick the gun, but chose to kick the chin, which was a way of dying together.

The masked man leaned back to avoid the attack, then leaned forward again. Hailan was grabbed by the collar by the masked man, who knocked her forehead against Hailan's head. Hailan was dizzy, and an electric shock device was pressed on her neck. Her whole body trembled for a while, and Hailan fell to the ground.

The masked man carried Hai Lan, put a mobile phone on the table, took another look at the dining car's surveillance, then turned and left.

The second special service team discovered the situation immediately and rushed to the scene. They must not let the phone fall into the hands of the police or others. At the same time, they contacted Duanmu: "Lightning strike, the first special service team was struck by lightning."

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When Duanmu arrived at the scene, the police had already arrived. Fortunately, the Special Service Team 2 took away the phone and drove away the food truck. Cui Jian and Yu Ming arrived five minutes later. The three of them parked their car and watched the scene like passers-by.

Yu Ming sighed: "Luke killed someone else's people, my plan is completely ruined." He planned to help the special forces catch Luke, and then threaten Luke's life, swear by his family, and force him to hand over the information of the cyborg. The most important link is that Duanmu will stand by him and speak for him. Now that two people from the special forces team have died and one is missing, let alone the captain of the special forces, Duanmu will not let Luke go.

Cui Jian looked at things from a different perspective: "I had long thought about the possibility that Special Service Team 1 would be attacked. They were too reckless in Hancheng, doing jobs that cost them their lives, but because logically no enemy would attack them, their defenses were very poor."

Yu Ming said: "Duanmu has left, let's follow him and see."

Cui Jian did not move. He said, "Special Service Team 8 is stationed in Hancheng. In addition to them, there are 12- armed personnel waiting to be deployed. Duanmu is most likely going to join Team to mobilize armed personnel and analyze clues. We should not join in the fun."

Yu Ming asked: "If you were the captain of the special forces, how would you take revenge?"

Cui Jian said: "Since you attacked my little brother, I will also attack your little brother. We must start an all-out war. Anyone who has helped Luke and has a close relationship with Luke will become a target of attack. The special forces have this advantage. Except for the special forces team, their people are still walking in the dark. Half of Luke's people are in the open. But in this case, Duanmu can only move from the ground to the underground."

Cui Jian got out of the car, met the old detective who was walking over, and said, "It wasn't me."

The old detective said, "I know it wasn't you, so don't feel guilty."

The old detective handed a cigarette to Cui Jian. Cui Jian waved his hand, and the old detective lit it himself and said, "Give us some information so we can avoid detours."

Cui Jiandao said: "The deceased was a member of the Special Service, and it is speculated that the person who attacked was Luke. But it does not make sense logically. Luke could choose to duel with the captain of the special service, but how could he not have thought of the chain reaction that such an attack would bring?" Luke is an old fox. This attack has the flavor of white terror, and its purpose is to deter the special service personnel.

The old detective asked, "Will the special forces fight back?"

Cui Jian replied: "There will definitely be a counterattack, but I don't know how big it will be."

Old detective: "Are you sure it's Luke?"

Cui Jian smiled and said, "Brother, there are some things that don't need to be confirmed. What's the point of the Secret Service blaming me or someone else for the murder of two people? It must be Luke if it's not Luke. Judging from the situation at the scene, the killer suddenly appeared in Thunder Strike, and it is obvious that he knows a lot about the Secret Service Team 1. The possibility that it is Luke is very high."

The old detective asked: "What about Hancheng?" He didn't care about the collapse of the United States, he only cared about Hancheng.

Cui Jian pondered for a while: "There may be three bodies missing from the scene. Maybe they were kidnapped by the murderer, or maybe they are not at the scene. I don't know the murderer's purpose, so it's hard to say."

In addition to Duanmu, there were five people in the Special Service Team 1. Cui Jian did not know that two of the guards were escorting George to the safe house when the incident occurred.

(End of this chapter)