City-wide ban

The absence of Qi Luyao's video made the entire command room tense.

Those Alphas who had listened to "The Colonel's Love History" all looked at Xia Xinghe in unison—as expected, his expression was quite ugly.

Qi Luyao's "dog" shrank on one side, also flashing anxiously.

But Xia Xinghe didn't make any drastic moves, he just let out a deep breath, turned his head, and said in a calm tone, "Is the location implemented? Check with the platform to see if you can find the IP address."

The technician shook his head: "The other party is using the I2P network, and the information we received has been split and reassembled, and there is no way to locate it."

——Due to the strong privacy of the dark web, the Tor network and I2P network have basically become criminals' favorites.A slightly smarter criminal would not expose himself on a simple IP address.

The surveillance camera at the kidnapping scene was missing again, apparently someone deliberately interfered.

"Has the technical analysis team arrived, and can any useful value clues be extracted from the video?"

Xia Xinghe pondered for a moment: "Don't stop tracking information, there are still 3 minutes, the government has to negotiate with Qing Shui over the line, get ready."

"Send someone to analyze the model of the camera equipment to see if the buyer's information can be traced."

"Criminal psychology profile is also done immediately, to see if there are any Alpha or Beta candidates who have suffered academic setbacks in recent years, consult the content of online speeches in recent years, and mark the IPs with radical tendencies."

Xia Xinghe seemed to have found his status in an instant.He calmly arranged and commanded, and this emotion also drove the other officers in the room, and the anxious atmosphere dissipated instantly.

After the arrangements were made, he clicked on the videos of several hostages again.

"The room of Lu Chai and Qi Luyao, the light comes from the window on the right." Xia Xinghe pointed to the shadow in the picture.

"Based on the time of the incident, the time when this video was shot was around nine o'clock in the morning. The shadow at this time was on the northwest side of the object."

Xia Xinghe pointed at the black shadow with his finger, and then connected to the window on one side: "The windows of these two rooms face east."

"Hou Yuanzhou and Yuan Ding's room is relatively dark, there is no obvious direct light, it should be a room facing west."

As the reasoning progressed, everyone's fighting spirit obviously recovered.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Xinghe exported the audio track of the video separately, enlarged the waveform on the computer, and listened to it almost every second.

The people on one side involuntarily pricked up their ears and held their breath.

"I want to continue to return to my post and devote myself to the scientific research work of the empire..." Yuan Ding's voice was clicked and repeated repeatedly.

Xia Xinghe stared at the slightly unnatural abnormal waveform in the middle of the two words, intercepted and enlarged it.

Finally, on the verge of amplifying to a near-explosive frequency, a trace of sound that does not belong to the room is played.

"Dang, dang..." Two steel pipes fell to the ground.

Everyone's eyes lit up at the same time: "Construction site!"

Xia Xinghe nodded: "Ancheng has been completely sealed, so it is impossible to leave the market."

Xia Xinghe "Circle all the areas in the city where there are construction sites. There are at least ten stories of high-rise buildings on the east side of the construction site, which are most likely unfinished or empty."

Under everyone's excited eyes, Xia Xinghe stood up: "Start the investigation."

Compared with the anxiety and tension in the command center, Qi Luyao's side was so peaceful that it was outrageous.

The magnanimous Mr. Omega not only drank iced Coke as he wished, but also climbed up the pole to eat freshly baked popcorn.

"It's a paper cup." Although Qi Luyao was blindfolded, he was not restricted at all from sipping Coke.

"It's a bit out of steam, but the ice hasn't melted, so it's barely acceptable."

The leader wearing the voice changer didn't bother Qi Luyao in the end, and went out after ordering him to have extra meals.

Facing the other Qingshui members in the room, Qi Luyao seemed to be more relaxed.

"Pepsi?" He shook the Coke that was only half left in his hand, and said regretfully, "Actually, I prefer Coke..."

At this time, the cameraman who had been watching over him for almost two hours had already adapted to Qi Luyao's hedonism of putting life and death aside.

——I couldn't help but chat with him: "I've always been confused between Pepsi and Coke. Is there any difference between the two?"

Qi Luyao was silent for two seconds, and said with emotion: "Someone really can't tell the difference."

Qi Luyao: "Pepsi contains citric acid and higher sugar content, so it tastes like citrus. Coca-Cola tastes a little sour because of the phosphoric acid, and it also has a vanilla flavor."

The camera guy nodded, expressing that it was very useful.Qi Luyao continued to eat popcorn, eating could soothe his emotions.

In previous reincarnations, there were similar kidnappings—but the time and details were different from this time.

The previous kidnapping cases, without exception, occurred three months later, and the kidnapping targets were only three other people.

——Qi Luyao has always been a bystander, and has never participated in the kidnapping and rescue.

No matter how he informs in advance, or forcibly takes people away, these three people will be kidnapped by members of Qingshui on June 2078, 6.

Li Feng, the former head of the army's mechanized infantry regiment, was shot in the process of rescuing the hostages and unfortunately died.

Qi Luyao was so calm, first of all because in the previous hijacking cases, although the hostages were injured, all the hostages survived in the end.

Most importantly, he knew the date of his death by heart - Qi Luyao would die in the early morning of March 2081, 3 in Xingyuan, and before that, no one could kill him.

Because no one can break this cycle.

Shimizu proposed the first negotiation time at two o'clock in the afternoon, and the location was a link from the I2P network.

This time, there was no live broadcast on the public platform, but a private call channel was opened, asking the Prime Minister to personally participate in the negotiations.

Xia Xinghe followed the instructions of his superiors and used a stealth IP to observe.

"Be careful with the backdoor program." Xia Xinghe warned, "Be ready to break in at any time."

Information tracking personnel are quickly in place. As long as the connection time is long enough, it is possible to break into the other party's computer and obtain important information.

However, the speed of the I2P network is quite impressive. On the other side of Qingshui, except for the snowflakes that freeze frame by frame, there is almost no movement.

On the prime minister's side, the camera was not turned on, but the voice was kept online.

After about a minute or so, Qing Shui's image finally slowly emerged, and Dan Qing, wearing an ink-splashed mask, pushed open the door and appeared in front of the camera.

The negotiation officially started, and everyone gathered around Xia Xinghe's computer, sweating uncontrollably.

Prime Minister Rosen: "I need to make sure the safety of the hostages first."

Danqing interrupted violently and coldly: "It's not your turn to negotiate terms with me."

This person's unpredictable temper inevitably made the negotiation a bit difficult.

But in the next second, the camera cut to the four hostages——

Except for Qi Luyao who was already in good condition, the faces of the other three hostages were full of fatigue and despair, but no one was injured.

Xia Xinghe heaved a sigh of relief, his face that had always been sickly pale finally recovered a little.

When the screen cuts back, there is half a glass of water in Danqing's hand, as if he just drank it.

At this time, his tone returned to calm: "How about it, have you considered the negotiation terms?"

Luo Song's voice also sounded calmly: "You are challenging the dignity of the empire. It is impossible for the dignified empire to succumb to such a trick."

The Prime Minister's words once again made Danqing lose his patience.

He stood up irritably, kicked over the chair behind him, and then walked quickly around the dark room. When he returned to the camera, there was a hint of abnormal madness in his tone: "I will always find a way Let you compromise."

After finishing speaking, Danqing got up with a "wow", kicked the door of the room hard, and left in such a grandiose manner, there was no more movement in front of the camera.

— Negotiations seem to have suddenly been shelved.In the command center, everyone was in an uproar.

Only Xia Xinghe was not affected in any way.He stared at the screen, and analyzed in a low voice and quickly:

"Double doors, the camera is not full, but it should be a fire door. The scope continues to narrow, and it is very likely to be a high-rise civil building."

Immediately afterwards, he raised his head: "Narrow down the scope of suspect investigation, and focus on those with a history of mental illness. They may not have medical records in regular hospitals, but they will definitely take relevant drugs."

Xia Xinghe's calmness and determination made everyone present admire him.

——When he became a colonel by airborne, he inevitably suffered a lot of criticism.But after several actions, everyone had to admit that Xia Xinghe's knowledge and observation skills were definitely worthy of his position.

Just as the Alphas began to devote themselves to their new work, the scene in front of them changed again.

In front of the camera, Danqing grabbed Yuan Ding's hair and dragged him on the ground.The aged Omega was howling on the ground, his struggle was too weak, like a dying maggot in front of Danqing.

Danqing laughed and panted, and the camera moved slowly with his movements—a cage filled with zombies appeared in the picture impressively.

"Such old meat, I don't know whether to eat it or not." Danqing slowly unlocked the cage, and dragged Yuan Ding over with some disgust.

"But don't worry, I won't break the contract." Danqing opened the cage, speaking very briskly: "There is a doctor next door, you shouldn't let him die, right?"

Qi Luyao had just finished eating the last popcorn when he heard the screams.The voice was so heart-piercing that Qi Luyao was a little startled.

Then, he heard the door being pushed open, followed by the very familiar sound of metal clashing—it was the surgical instrument trolley.

Before he could react, the electronic blindfold covering his eyes was removed instantly.The light flooded into his retina like fleeing, and he even felt a little dizzy for a short time.

He squinted his eyes, and it took him a long time to finally get used to the light that he hadn't seen for a long time. Then what came into his field of vision was a pile of familiar surgical instruments.

Qi Luyao concentrated, glanced at the instrument trolley pushed in front of him, and the operating table that was set up quickly without knowing when, and frowned: "I won't perform any more operations."

Before the words were finished, a large stretcher was brought in outside the door, and lying on it dripping with blood was Yuan Ding who had just screamed.

Immediately afterwards, Danqing personally raised the lens of the camera in front of him, and said with a smile:

"you sure?"

The author has something to say: Moderator: What is your secret to keeping calm in the face of danger?

Teacher Qi: As long as you are full, I promise not to make trouble!

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Starting today, we will unify every night at [-]:[-]~

Tonight, the content of the first few chapters may be revised~The main change is to add an interstellar background~It will not affect the main storyline~Don't poke when you see the editorial prompt! (bow)