【Ruijin】Eye of the Storm

The location of the basement written on the note is not difficult to find, but it is really difficult to drive in.The road that can be opened to traffic itself is not wide, and there are still a few illegal/built/built simple sheds on the side of the road, and several narrow and steep [-]-degree turning angles are made.Lei Shi tried several times, but there was really nothing he could do.They got off the car at the intersection of the main road, took their equipment and walked in to wait for An Mixiu's arrival.

After about 40 minutes, Jin glanced sideways at the watch on Gray's wrist, and heard a car honking its horn in the distance.They looked up together, the driver's seat glass slowly rolled down, and Reid held the steering wheel with one hand and poked his head out to wave at them.

"This place is really out of the way," Kelly said while brushing a lock of black hair hanging on her chest behind her ears, "I'll be out of town in a few kilometers."

Jin followed An Mixiu forward, followed by Grey.After hearing Kelly's voice, he also looked around, and then turned around and passed the sentinel to add to Kelly: "Not only is it biased, the houses in this area are all built ten years ago, and there is no surveillance on the roads. Camera."

Everyone found the entrance of a unit building according to the instructions, walked down a dozen steps, and saw a locked iron door.The surrounding light weakened, and Reid at the end of the line turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone to illuminate, and found that the iron door was very dilapidated, and the original brown-red paint on it was peeled off and mottled.The chains hanging from the handles were thick and large, and looked very heavy.

The leading sentinel, Lei Shi, tentatively stretched out his hand and pushed the door, and the iron door immediately collided with a loud sound.Everyone tensed their bodies and put on the guns on their waists.

"...Wait," Jin whispered, raising his hand to support Gray's forearm who was standing sideways in front of him at some point, his eyes drifted away for a few seconds and then gathered again, "It seems to be empty inside."

As soon as Jin's voice fell, An Mixiu on the other side also spoke in a timely manner: "I didn't feel the fluctuation either. Either there were guides above A level who set up shielding barriers, or there was indeed no one inside."

"The possibility of the first case is not very high. There is no reflected band around here." Zitang said in a phantom.

Everyone was silent, and turned their attention to the highest-level sentinel in unison.Gray frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Go in and have a look."

After receiving the order, everyone started looking around for unlocking tools such as wire.At this moment, An Mixiu was patted on the shoulder.He turned around and found that Lei Shi was standing in front of him, with a bunch of keys lying in the palm of his hand.An Mixiu frowned and asked, "Where did this come from?"

"Just before I left, I took it from the landlord's trouser pocket." Lei Shi smiled with the corners of his mouth hooked, "I thought it might be useful, so I just took it."

An Mixiu looked at the bunch of keys, but his body didn't move.Lei Shi gave a soft "tsk", and turned the key ring around his index finger with his backhand. The whole bunch of keys drew an arc in the air, and fell right into An Mixiu's arms in the next second: "An Mixiu, it would be boring to haggle over such trivial matters at this time."

An Mixiu snorted: "Sneaking, robbers are doing it." He paused, picked up the biggest key, inserted it into the lockhole, tried to twist it around, and said: "I am I don't understand you, Leo."

Lei Shi squinted his eyes and chuckled: "It's not surprising, how can a person who can't even understand himself understand others."

There was a crisp sound of gears turning in the lock, and the door was opened.Everyone withdrew their attention, slowed down and stepped into the door.

The basement was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.The air is filled with the damp musty smell unique to places that don't see the sun all year round, and there is also a faint smell of chemicals.Gray took a few keen sniffs, and suddenly said: "It's morphine." Reid also hissed in response: "The smell is too strong, like a hospital." Jin shined a flashlight on the wall. After groping for a while, I found the switch.There was a buzzing sound for a second or two, and the only incandescent light bulb on the top of the room finally lit up, and the scene of the entire basement was fully exposed to everyone.

In the not-too-big space, one side of the wall is filled with computers and several large machines and equipment, as well as a medium-sized iron cabinet for storing items.And in the center of the basement, there is an anatomy bed, and a section of more than a dozen catheters connected to the back row of computers and various equipment are lying on the concrete floor beside the bed. This basement is like a simple bed. Human Science Laboratory.

An Mixiu made a gesture, and all the sentries scattered around to search.Jin and Zi Tang walked over to An Mixiu, and the three guides stood in the open space in the middle of the basement.

"What did you find?" An Mixiu asked.

"There are two remaining pheromones in this space, but there is only a very weak wave frequency." Zitang Huan said, "It is obvious that one of these two people is a guide, but the level is definitely lower than A... Maybe it is me The scope of their mental domain is not wide enough to feel that they are leaving in which direction."

"It's not about the range of extension," An Mixiu knelt down and wiped the ground with his fingertips and rubbed it lightly a few times. A small amount of white powder was immediately stained on his fingertips, "I can't feel the direction they left either. .”

The brown-haired guide stood up and wanted to ask Jin for his opinion, but found that the other party was staring at the dissecting bed with a dazed expression.

An Mixiu called him, and Jin turned his head belatedly.He first subconsciously rubbed his blond hair to cover up his distracted behavior just now, and then said: "I just think it's strange, a sentry, a guide, why did they choose such a basement to do these so-called 'research'?"

"An Mixiu," Kelly on the other end suddenly called out, "You'd better come and have a look."

The three guides looked at each other and walked towards Kelly at the same time.The only female sentinel has already opened every drawer of the cabinet, and various surgical tools and a large number of large and small medicine bottles are displayed inside.Jin randomly picked up a few bottles and looked at them. The labels on them had been artificially scratched, and the ingredients inside could not be completely determined just by smell and color.A drawer at the bottom of the iron cabinet has a combination lock, which has been destroyed by Kelly.An Mixiu opened it and saw that there was a black box inside, and when he opened the flap, it was revealed that there were chips that Gray had dug out from the back necks of those modified sentinels before.

Kelly patted Jin on the shoulder: "The evidence is solid, no matter what, these two people must have something to do with this matter."

Before An Mixiu had time to express his opinion, Red's voice came again.Everyone gathered on the other side again, and Red and Gray were standing by the computer unit to operate.

"There is a problem with this computer," Lei Shi said, "If the other devices are all systems prepared to transform the human body and transmit the sentinel wave frequency, then this computer is completely independent."

"Then open it and have a look, maybe there are some clues. Otherwise..." Jin urged anxiously.Gray glanced at him and interrupted: "I'm trying, don't worry."

Reid tried several sets of codes on the keyboard with his hand, and finally "password is correct" was displayed on the screen after 10 minutes.He yelled happily, and impatiently manipulated the mouse to hack into the main console of this computer.Just when everyone was caught off guard, a video window suddenly jumped out on the screen.

When Jin saw that scene, a chill instantly spread from his back, and his whole body froze in place as if falling into a cellar of ice.Lei Shi took the lead in cursing a curse word in a low voice, everyone stared at the picture reflected on the screen with bated breath, and the air fell into a terrifying silence.

They saw their own faces at this moment on the screen.It was like there was a pair of eyes outside the window, staring closely at everyone present, and showing a treacherous smile.

"...we are under anti-surveillance," An Mixiu gasped after a long time, and said softly, "They lured us here on purpose."

Gray always felt that something was not quite right.He ignored the camera on the computer and turned around to check the instruments near the dissection bed.Jin followed him and saw Gray half-kneeling on the ground staring at the chip box they had dug out at the bottom of the cabinet.

"Gerry," Jin called him, squatting down to be at eye level with him, "the pheromone here is very strange, do you feel it?"

The silver-haired sentry nodded and touched his forehead hair: "The spiritual tips of the bonded guides are much more sensitive than those of the unbonded ones. What do you see?"

"Afterimage," Jin replied honestly, "although it's only a little bit, the two of them went southeast."

Pheromone representation is a method of guide and investigation with very strict conditions. It can integrate the remaining pheromones and mental waves in the air, so as to piece together a rough three-dimensional image of the pheromone owner.Because the requirements for the sensitivity of the touch points are extremely abnormal, only a few high-level combination guides have been able to do it under specific circumstances.

"They probably used neutralizers to try to lower their pheromone levels," King continued, "but it didn't seem to work very well. They left in a hurry before they even had time to wait for the effects to kick in."

Gray gave a low "hmm" and reached out to grope along the edges and corners of the cabinet.When he poked his palm into the gap at the bottom of the cabinet, his fingertips suddenly touched a hard object.Gray lowered his body again, almost close to the ground, and hooked out the thing at the bottom of the cabinet, which was a very thin needle barrel.

Jin got up and tried to push the closet in front of him, and suddenly made a new discovery.He hurriedly called Gray over, and the two of them worked together to drag the cabinet open, slowly revealing a complete hidden door behind it.

Ge Rui blocked Jin and the others who came after hearing the sound, and said "back off" in a low voice.After a little estimation of the distance, he suddenly slammed into the seemingly solid hidden door with all his strength.

There was a loud noise from the secret door, and a large amount of dust flew up for a while, making people blinded by the choking. The explosive power of the S-rank sentry should not be underestimated, and the door was easily knocked open.And as the secret door was opened, the smell of blood in the air suddenly became stronger.Several people quickly rushed in and raised their guns, only to find that there was only one man leaning against the corner of this cramped and dark room.

Gray walked over and laid the man with his hands bound behind his back flat on the ground.His clothes were already stained with a large amount of blood, and there seemed to be a faint residual warmth in his body.Gray checked his vital signs cautiously, with a serious look on his face, before turning his head to shake his head at the others at the door after a while.

"There is only one wound on the whole body, a puncture wound at the junction of the carotid artery," Kelly said as she turned the corpse's head sideways, revealing the bloody wound on the neck. Come and see..."

"See what?" Jin asked.

Kelly glanced at him: "It can be seen that he was stabbed to death by a dagger or something. This technique is sophisticated enough, quick and quick, and kills him with one blow. He is an ordinary person, and he probably didn't even have time to shout."

Jin stopped talking, and looked at the corpse with either pity or anger.After Kelly left, Jin took off his coat and gently covered the face of the corpse.

Walking out of the basement door and returning to the car, everyone present looked pale.An Mixiu handed Zitang the phone with the photo taken, and asked him to send the photo to the tower headquarters as soon as possible to verify the person's identity and history.

"Integrating what Jin said just now, and the chip found in the drawer," An Mixiu analyzed, "The person who died in the basement is likely to be the No. 14 innocent victim. The other party should have discovered We're coming here, killing him before we can implant the last chip in him."

"Do you need to tell the City Bureau about the situation here?" Reid asked.

"...Let's just say it," An Mixiu rubbed his brows, "But this is not an ordinary murder case. How they investigate it is their business, but in the final analysis we still have to catch the person."

"Then, this basement, do you still want to continue to deploy and control? Do you need some people from the tower to support?" Zitang Huan asked in a low voice.

Reid sighed: "Look at the lineup here, one S-level sentry, and several guides, it's more than enough to bring a helicopter to the border to do anti-//terrorist missions, and call for support, it's considered lost Whose face is it?"

"There's no need to control them," Gray interjected suddenly, "They will definitely not come back here again. Go southeast and chase them right now, there should be still time."

"I have a hunch," An Mixiu said silently, "We are already very close to the truth."

TBC