Chapter 351 Zhoubao (I)

Half an hour later, Cui Jian and Yu Ming returned to Hancheng. The phone vibrated and they answered it: "Hello."

Duanmu: "I'll send you a location."

Cui Jian asked: "Me?"

Duanmu: "Yes, alone. Someone from Yu Ming's side will contact him."

"Okay." Cui Jian hung up the phone and turned the steering wheel to the small road. The ground of the small road was torn into pieces by weeds. It was obvious that there were not many cars and people using this small road on a daily basis.

Yu Ming asked: "What's going on?"

Cui Jian said: "Let's go see Duanmu." He slowed down the car, took out his cell phone, clicked on the location, and started navigating.

Navigation: "Please turn around, please turn around, please turn around."

Yu Ming pointed at his phone and said, "Turn around."

Cui Jian said: "The navigation doesn't know there is a small road here."

Navigation: "Please turn around, please turn around ahead."

"Got it, Sister Zhiling." Cui Jian finally stopped the car and started to turn around. The road was not wide, but it was not difficult for Cui Jian, and he successfully turned around smoothly.

Cui Jian stepped on the brake and looked at Yu Ming, smiling, "Duanmu said he only wanted to see me, and someone will contact you soon."

Yu Ming sighed: "Is it because I chased you away from the hot pot an hour ago?"

Cui Jian denied: "I'm not such a petty person. You know, Duanmu just lost a team member and is in a heavy mood. He said he only wanted to see me and I couldn't take you with me."

Yu Ming smiled bitterly: "Brother Cui, at least you pulled me to the intersection. You've been driving in for three kilometers, right?"

Cui Jian said: "Three kilometers is already for the sake of our brotherhood." Brothers should settle accounts clearly, one account at a time. The one million yuan is compensation for Yu Ming's previous tricks on him. Three kilometers is the price Yu Ming paid for not letting him eat hot pot.

Yu Ming asked: "No room for negotiation?"

Cui Jian is a sincere man who knows how to give others a way out. He replied, "One hundred thousand dollars per kilometer."

Yu Ming immediately opened the car door, got out, closed the door, and made a gesture of invitation.

Cui Jian waved goodbye and drove away.

Duanmu decided on a location in the suburbs, near a farm. When he came to see Duanmu, Cui Jian passed by the container command vehicle. Apparently, they had held a meeting. But was the meeting so brief?
Cui Jian parked the car behind Duanmu, who was leaning against the car smoking a cigar. Cui Jian noticed that Duanmu did not have the leisurely feeling he should have when smoking a cigar, and his right hand was always hovering near the handle of the pistol. If the team had such awareness, they would not have been attacked.

Duanmu saw Cui Jian, and his tense nerves relaxed a little. He picked up the phone on the hood, clicked play, and handed the phone to Cui Jian. This was a voice-changed recording, and the person in it asked him and Cui Jian to arrive at Zhoubao between 11:0 tonight. If other people appeared in the vicinity of Zhoubao, something bad might happen.

Cui Jian felt that this was a game. The NPC asked them to arrive at Zhoubao on time. No one else was allowed to participate and they could only carry pistols. They were given four hours to rescue Hailan. During these four hours, they had to search Zhoubao for fragments of clues to Hailan's hiding place. At four o'clock in the morning, Hailan would die.

After listening to this, Cui Jian asked, "What the hell does it have to do with me?"

Duanmu said: "I asked too, but I didn't expect it was really none of your business. He said you killed his confidante. Because of his professional ethics, he only found the opportunity to avenge his confidante today."

Cui Jian asked, "Did I kill his woman?"

Duanmu said: "I prefer to be a lover."

Cui Jian thought about it for a while and found it meaningless because he had killed many women in his life, including other people's confidants. Cui Jian said: "But, I am an accessory, you are his target, right?"

Duanmu did not give a direct answer, and said: "In the past hour or so, we have eliminated three people, one of whom was a life manager who had worked with Luke for 30 years, one was a driver who had worked for Luke for 20 years, and one was a reporter who was his crazy fan. My captain sent a message that we will kill all those who have helped Luke in the past, present and future. The top management of Nemo is concerned about this matter, and a few people also said that we lack evidence to prove that it was Luke who did it."

Duanmu said: "So I want to be alive."

Cui Jian said, "Are you okay? You have a hostage in someone else's hands. We don't know anything about the other side, and we don't even know how many people they have. Besides, I didn't agree to go to Zhoubao. So what is Zhoubao?"

Busan is a city surrounded by mountains. There are many famous peaks here, such as Hwangnyeongsan Mountain, and there are also various unnamed mountains.

The original owner of Zhoubao was a traitor. After Japan was defeated in the Midway War, he had his confidants build a large house covering an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters in the mountains. This is Zhoubao. This person hoarded a large amount of supplies in Zhoubao. His purpose was to live in seclusion in the mountains with his family after Japan was defeated. After 20 years, or after his death, his family can reappear in front of the Chinese people.

The result was not achieved. The owner was assassinated before the day of Japan's surrender. After the war, the surviving workers reported the situation of Zhoubao. After the army learned about it, they moved all the supplies away. Since Zhoubao was more than 12 kilometers away from the nearest highway, there was only one road that could accommodate carts, and it was in the mountains with no resources, Zhoubao was abandoned.

Decades later, the local government planned to repair the Banche Road and use Zhoubao as a patriotic propaganda attraction, but they thought it was meaningless and no mountaineering enthusiasts wanted to take this road, so Zhoubao was abandoned. However, a new road opened in Busan is only two kilometers away from Zhoubao. This road shuttles through the mountains and forests, connecting several towns and villages in the mountains.

The next news about Zhoubao was a haunted case half a year ago. Three high school students went to Zhoubao to play the corner game in order to prove their courage in the fight for the right to choose a spouse. Unexpectedly, they summoned a ghost and were so scared that they ran away.

The question about this news is: Do they really want to see a ghost?
Since no one was killed, the incident was treated as a joke. However, no one went to Zhoubao anymore, and the rangers who used to rest and hide from the rain in Zhoubao also took the initiative to avoid the road to Zhoubao.

The question Duanmu considered: Why does the murderer know Zhoubao?

Cui Jian finally agreed to go with Duanmu, after all, the other party was his enemy.

Cui Jian thought that others did not know Yue Yao's identity. Even if they knew that he was Qi Sha, it would be difficult for them to blame him for his confidante's death. It might have been done by Mu Yao or Huo Yao. From this, it was certain that he had killed someone's confidante when he was a bodyguard. However, this was said by the murderer, and no one knew whether it was true or not, so it was meaningless. Since the murderer wanted to drag him into the game, he also wanted to kill the murderer.

The first thing was to surrender their guns. Cui Jian and Duanmu returned their work guns, and Cui Jian got two pistols, several magazines, and a set of equipment from Duanmu.

Li Ran reported to Ye Lan about Cui Jian's return of the gun, and Ye Lan easily activated the love filter: "He is going to the United States soon, so it is normal for him to hand over the gun."

Li Ran wanted to say that in the past, when Cui Jian went abroad for a short period of time, he would put his guns in the safe at home. He knew that two people died in the special forces today, and Cui Jian's behavior should be related to this matter. But in the end, Li Ran still did not explain it to Ye Lan. His original intention was that Cui Jian did not need to get involved in the muddy water. He did not know that the murderer named Cui Jian, so he wanted to use Ye Lan to persuade Cui Jian.

Cui Jian had encountered more dangerous situations before, and Li Ran always regarded himself as a spectator. The reason why Li Ran thought so much this time was that he heard a rumor in the circle: Ghost 03 entered Hancheng through illegal channels. The rumor came from the dark market. Ghost 03 ordered a batch of equipment he often used for work from an old acquaintance in the market, and the delivery place was Hancheng.

The timeline shows that Ghost 03 may be the murderer of the secret service personnel. It can be seen that Ghost 03 entered the scene with a premeditated plan and preparation. Cui Jian rashly stepped into it, and the danger is self-evident.

There is another thing that many people don't know, there are small groups among ghosts, and people like 03 who have been in the underworld for more than ten years must know the contact methods of some ghosts. This makes the incident more dangerous.

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At 10 pm, after supper, the container truck of the Special Service Team 2 sent Cui Jian and Duanmu to the mountain pass. A modified jeep off-road vehicle was left near the intersection. There were seven armed men in the car, who were the armed forces of the special service team, and could also be called long-term mercenaries. These people lived in Hancheng on a daily basis and had a gathering point with no less than four people. When there was an emergency, they would intervene in the incident immediately.

Without any parting encouragement or speeches, after getting off the bus, Cui Jian and Duanmu each carried a backpack, wore black training uniforms, and stepped into the dark mountain road.

Baili Xiong is currently the deputy captain of the Nemo Execution Team. The captain of the Execution Team, Bai Qi, resigned, resulting in the Execution Team being without a leader, with each department working independently. A new captain will be selected at the Christmas meeting. Since Baili Xiong is related to the special forces, he is not eligible to compete for the captain of the Execution Team.

Today, Baili Xiong replaced Hai Lan and worked part-time as a special agent in the command work outside the siege.

Several drones took off, and Baili Xiong kept reporting the situation to Duan Cui and the others: "No heat sources were found on the road ahead or on the left and right... There are interfering radio waves in Zhoubao, and it is suspected that mobile phones cannot be used in the area." Relatively speaking, radio is difficult to completely shield due to its many bands.

Duanmu asked: "Have any heat sources been found in Zhoubao?"

Baili Xiong scanned the screen and said, "No. But Zhoubao is three stories high, with a basement and an escape passage. It's hard for thermal scanning to penetrate the wall... We found a surveillance camera above the stone pillars of the Zhoubao gate."

Duanmu asked, "Is there electricity?"

Baili Xiong: "Theoretically, there shouldn't be any. Does this mean that the enemy has some business in Zhoubao?"

Duanmu did not answer, the situation seemed to be worse than he thought.

Cui Jian, who was exploring the road ahead, suddenly raised his fist and squatted down, pulled up his night vision goggles, and used a flashlight to illuminate the road. This was a gravel road with weeds all over the place, and Cui Jian found tire tracks in the soft places: "Electric car, why didn't we think of electric cars?" He walked foolishly in the mountains and forests.

Duanmu asked: "Is this a discovery?" Is it necessary to stay?
Cui Jian said: "Don't you think this is a trace left by the indigenous people? Although I can't be sure that it must be the indigenous people, but considering the electric car and Zhoubao, I think the murderer may be a resident of a nearby town, or a resident in the suburbs or near the outskirts of Busan."

Duanmu: "So what?"

Cui Jian: "The murderer killed your people. From the scene, we can see that he is a cold-blooded, bloodthirsty and professional killer. Now he has the advantage of terrain. They set the time, and the weather is on their side. Finally, it's the people. Although you have a lot of people, they are all outside the siege. Do you know how many enemies there are in Zhoubao?"

Cui Jian added: "Although I like Hailan very much, Zhoubao is a trap."

Duanmu: "More money?"

Cui Jian: “It’s not about money.”

At this point, Baili Xiong's voice came from the headset: "Our infiltration team was discovered by the enemy. The enemy called and said that because we violated the rules, he decided to shorten the game time by half an hour. At 3:30 in the morning, Hailan will die."

Cui Jian: "They invited us to play games, and they acted as both players and referees. They even set the venue, time and rules. We didn't go there to play games, we went there to deliver food."

Baili Xiong also heard it clearly and said, "Captain means..."

Cui Jian said: "What your captain meant is that he would rather sacrifice Cui Jian and Duanmu, two idiots, than give up the opportunity to rescue Hai Lan."

Baili Xiong: "Duanmu is the captain of the team after all. When something like this happens, he has no choice but to take responsibility as the captain. He must go."

Duanmu and Cui Jian were still squatting. Duanmu looked at Cui Jian, but couldn't see his expression, so he asked, "Do you want to go back?"

This question made Cui Jian feel very uncomfortable. You could have put a gun to your head and told yourself: It's too dangerous ahead, go back immediately, or I'll shoot. I was forced to cry on the spot, and come back tomorrow to collect my friend's body and attend the funeral.

It was obvious that this was a trap, and Duanmu had to go as the captain of the team. If Cui Jian didn't go, Duanmu would be dead. If Cui Jian went, the chances of the two surviving would not be very high. Originally, Cui Jian would not hesitate, as there was nothing he couldn't do in his world, but Christmas was coming, and he really didn't want anything to happen at this critical moment.

One of the important reasons why Cui Jian did not directly reject Duanmu was naturally the detail that the other party had a deadly feud. Cui Jian was not afraid that the other party would seek revenge on him, but he was afraid that the other party would seek revenge on his confidante.

Even for Cui Jian, love would affect his decision.

After a long while, Cui Jian said, "I'm here now." My legs would go numb if I squatted any longer. Can't you just be polite?

Duanmu breathed a sigh of relief: "I owe you one."

Cui Jian: "You owe too much."

Duanmu: "Then you have to give me a chance to pay it back. Don't you want to drive a Ferrari? Don't you want to live in a big villa? Don't you want to own a yacht?"

Cui Jiandao: "I remember a saying: Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem."

Duanmu completely agreed, but he needed Cui Jian's help to deal with the problem, as it was not something that could be solved with money.

Duanmu thought so, but he could not be weak in momentum, and asked back: "Have you ever heard of a little rice being a favor, a peck of rice being a grudge?"

Cui Jian was surprised: "You are bankrupt?"

Duanmu said disdainfully: "Even if the United States goes bankrupt, I can't go bankrupt."

The two chatted and advanced slowly, and the vanguard Cui Jian paid special attention to the booby traps. Unexpectedly, there were no traps on the road, and the two arrived at Zhoubao very smoothly.

Zhoubao was built in the woods, surrounded by woods on three sides and a stream on one side. A three-meter-high wall separated Zhoubao from the woods. Thirty percent of the wall had collapsed, and the gate was gone, but the prototype of the gate was still there, with a flashing red monitor on each of the stone pillars on both sides of the gate.

Cui Jian used the cover to slowly approach the monitor. After checking, he said, "It has a wired connection, connected to the ground with a pipe."

This information shows that Zhoubao is their home ground.

(End of this chapter)