Fantasy Game: Infinite City

There are many luxury cars parked in the parking lot of the beach park. Although it is impossible to see who is sitting inside, judging from the restriction that an invitation is required to enter the parking lot, the people in the parking lot should all be major "VIPs".

Han Zu noticed that the invitation letter he received was somewhat different from some of the others, so he did not park his car in the parking lot, but parked outside the beach park.

"There's actually an open-air concert on the tourist pier. I thought that only important guests would come to this kind of event."

What Zhao Xuan said made sense. Indeed, there were quite a few people at the tourist pier, but almost 80% of them, both men and women, were wearing formal attire, so these people should have invitations as well.

"It seems that what I thought was right. The invitation letters are also divided into different grades. I just don't know if the ones I got can successfully board the cruise ship."

Su Qing used a scanner disguised as a pair of gold-rimmed glasses to observe the direction of the pier. After searching for a while, he found a tourist holding an invitation letter. He compared it with the invitation letters that Han Zu had obtained before and found that they were generally similar, but there were some subtle differences.

"Most invitations have a silver diamond mark on the upper right corner, but the three invitations the boss got have two silver diamond marks on the upper right corner."

"Just now I saw someone in the parking lot holding an invitation letter with three diamond marks and successfully passed the guard. So the number of diamond marks should represent the level of the invitation letter. But I don't know what the levels of these invitation letters mean for the time being."

When Han Zu and Zhao Xuan were discussing the invitation letter, Su Qing noticed that the cruise ship that was supposed to be docked at the tourist pier was not here at the moment, and there was no trace of the cruise ship nearby. It seemed that the cruise ship was still very far away from here. However, compared with the docking time of the cruise ship mentioned in the invitation letter, it should have been about half an hour before boarding. Logically, the cruise ship should have stopped here half an hour in advance, but now it is nowhere to be found.

"boss."

Su Qing told Han Zu about this matter, and discussed with Zhao Xuan the possible emergencies. However, after thinking about it, Han Zu put forward a possibility that he thought of.

"With so many important 'guests' here, if it was a normal postponement or a normal technical problem, the cruise ship should have sent someone or a message to suspend or postpone the date of this banquet. After all, if a cruise ship has a problem at sea, it is not easy to deal with it. But you see there is an open-air concert going on at the dock now, which is clearly a delay."

"Delaying time... But boss, isn't this closely related to the possibilities you just mentioned? Is there something fishy going on here?"

"What the boss means is that according to what Night Owl did, the real cooperation or transaction should have been completed long ago. After all, they only need to talk to the most important few people. As for the others, they have resorted to kidnapping and blackmail. This is enough to prove that everyone in the beach park is not the most important to them. Those truly important partners may not even appear on the cruise ship."

Su Qing found the hidden meaning in Han Zu's unconventional way of thinking and explained to the confused Zhao Xuan what Han Zu actually meant. However, after explaining Han Zu's thoughts, she and Zhao Xuan had the same questions again.

"But if that's the case, why did Night Owl go to all the trouble of organizing a cruise ship party? It would be too conspicuous."

"I can only guess that they did this in one way, that is, to use this party to deliberately attract attention, but I have no idea why. Boss, what do you think?"

In fact, Han Zu did not have an accurate answer to the questions raised by Su Qing and Zhao Xuan. While thinking, Han Zu tried to connect all the information he had obtained so far in a certain way. However, since the information he obtained was not much, many clues were disconnected and could not be connected together. So Han Zu gave his answer very honestly.

"I don't know. The information we have investigated in the past two days has basically no connection with each other. The only thing that can be called related is that there is a teleportation array in the cargo dock that can lead to the farm. If we want to find out the connection between these locations and advance the goal of our mission, we can only make plans after we board this cruise ship."

The cruise ship probably wouldn't show up for a while, so the three of them left the car, walked to the tourist pier, and mingled with the crowd around the open-air concert, hoping that they could get some useful clues from these people.

However, half an hour passed and the three did not get any useful information from the crowd. It seemed that these people holding the one-star invitation letters really could not access anything valuable.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Boom~~Bang!"

A gunshot suddenly rang out in the crowd, and even the band that was singing hard stopped, preparing to see what was going on. But then, a ball of fireworks exploded in the sky above the tourist pier, and soon all kinds of exquisite fireworks began to bloom in the air.

"It turned out to be a fireworks show. I thought someone was shooting!"

"Yeah, yeah, since it's just a fireworks show, then there's nothing else to do, let's just continue with the concert!"

The people nearby just talked casually for a few words before their attention was diverted by the blooming fireworks. The band also resumed its performance. Everything was in order and the tourist pier became lively again.

Su Qing and Zhao Xuan, who had just dispersed and tried to search for information, also returned to Han Zu's position. Both of them had serious expressions, completely different from Han Zu who seemed immersed in the music.

"boss.."

"I know that although the latter sound was indeed the sound of fireworks exploding, the first two sounds were definitely not. They were indeed gunshots."

"The sound of a rifle. A very new model."

Su Qing, who often deals with firearms, accurately identified the source of the gunshot. It was a new model of rifle. Today, when energy weapons are gradually becoming the main research direction, a new model of live ammunition rifle is not so common.

Han Zu looked in the direction of the concert and pointed to the location behind the beach park parking lot. The gunshots came from that direction. Su Qing was about to go to investigate the location of the gunshots, but was stopped by Han Zu.

Han Zu raised his chin towards a direction on the sea. Following the direction Han Zu pointed out, Su Qing and Zhao Xuan saw a large cruise ship approaching the tourist pier and preparing to dock.

"Someone must have tried to sneak in, but was discovered by the Night Owl members who are responsible for guarding and security here. This matter has little to do with us at the moment, so let's get on board first."

As the band finished their last song, the large cruise ship docked at the sightseeing pier. Amid the crowd's cheers for the band's performance, the gangway was lowered at the boarding point on the parking lot. The VIPs in the parking lot boarded the cruise ship one by one and, led by some waiters, went to the upper level of the cruise ship.

After all the VIPs had boarded the ship, the gangway they used to board the ship was quickly retracted, and the gangway at the sightseeing pier was lowered. The crowd that had originally gathered here began to board the cruise ship in an orderly manner under the guidance of the cruise ship staff. They were guided to the lobby on the first floor of the cruise ship.

Han Zu, Zhao Xuan and Su Qing also followed the crowd and boarded the cruise ship, but after the cruise ship staff checked their invitation letters, they were led by the staff to leave the first floor hall and come to the casino and entertainment area on the third floor. Although there were not as many people here as in the first floor hall, there were still about thirty or forty people.

It took about an hour for all levels of guests to board the cruise ship. By the time everyone was on board and the cruise ship officially set sail, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

After leaving the port, the cruise ship quickly accelerated and continued to sail out to the sea. It is estimated that it will reach the high seas in a few hours.

"The high seas outside of Q City are a well-known no-man's land. Bringing so many wealthy businessmen, politicians and their relatives and friends there at once, I have a feeling something will happen to this cruise ship."

"Your hunch is correct! Yes, although we don't know the specific cause yet, it seems certain that the cruise ship has an accident."

"But boss, didn't you say before that the deal with Night Owl has been finalized? If that's the case, then what's the point in killing these people?"

"There must be something that requires these people to agree to. Simply negotiating and trading with the leader is unilateral and very unsafe. At least for normal people's thinking logic, it is always right to leave an alternative option when doing things."

"Boss, what you mean is that there is a high possibility that one or several people failed to reach an agreement on the deal with Night Owl, so some backup measures are needed? Bringing these people to the high seas is to complete the deal as quickly as possible?"

"That's right. According to the style of the Night Owl, an organization that started out as a violent organization, no matter which side reaches a cooperation agreement, the people on the other side will be killed immediately. This situation is really..."

"very bad?"

After listening to Han Zu's statement, Zhao Xuan felt that this action was indeed a bit dangerous. Perhaps even the boss had a headache. However, he looked at Han Zu's expression and it seemed that Han Zu did not think it was troublesome. Instead, he seemed to be eager to try.

"No, this situation is really great, Zhao Xuan, your gadgets can come in handy, you can now arrange them as you like, but remember to be careful and don't attract unnecessary attention."

"Ah? Now, boss? But my things are used for..."

"I know, you heard it right, right now, go!"

Zhao Xuan scratched his head, unable to figure out what his boss was thinking, but he still followed Han Zu's request. He temporarily left Han Zu and Su Qing's position and began to wander around freely within the scope allowed by the invitation letter.

"Blowing up the cruise ship right now doesn't seem to be the best option, boss."

Su Qing confirmed what Zhao Xuan was researching from Han Zu's excited expression, took Han Zu's arm, and used this as a cover to tell his boss Han Zu his thoughts.

"You said that if half of the chips are taken away by others, then the remaining half of the chips will have no pressure and cannot be easily abandoned. In this case, even if the transaction is successful, the profit will be greatly reduced, right?"

Su Qing was still a bit thoughtful. From this short and concise paragraph, she was able to roughly analyze the reason behind why Han Zu asked Zhao Xuan to place devices capable of creating explosions at random places on the cruise ship.

"Boss, are you planning to take control of this cruise ship and disrupt the deal that Night Owl is doing?"

"That's the direction, but don't keep guessing. It won't be fun if the surprise is known in advance. Now we should stick to the original plan and search for information at the banquet."

"There are many banquet halls on the cruise ship, boss."

"Well, it seems that it is time for us to act separately. Go ahead, gather at the same location here every half an hour. Remember to be careful and don't get discovered too quickly.

"Yes."

Han Zu and Su Qing quickly separated and went to search for useful information respectively. As for Zhao Xuan, after Han Zu met him, he reported the action plan he had just formulated to him.

"At the current stage of this matter, we don't need your help, Zhao Xuan. You just need to concentrate on setting up those devices. After all the devices are installed, meet at Hall 4 of the casino."

"Good boss."

Zhao Xuan continued to install the devices according to Han Zu's instructions. After Han Zu made some inquiries, he decided to find a way to get information from those upper-level people who had high-level invitation letters.

After leaving the casino, Han Zu followed the corridor inside the cruise ship and rushed to the stairs leading to the top floor of the cruise ship. However, before Han Zu was about to climb the stairs, Han Zu noticed that these "Night Owl" members guarding the stairs did not seem to be simple. It was not that they were difficult to deal with, but because each of them carried some small devices. If Han Zu guessed correctly, once they were attacked, these small devices should immediately sound the alarm and notify the person in charge.

Now that the news has not been received, it is not a wise choice to conflict with them, so Han Zu temporarily changed his plan of action and prepared to find another way to reach the top area.

However, since they are now on the sea, no matter what method they use, it seems that it will attract unnecessary attention. Looking at the time, it is only a few minutes away from the scheduled rendezvous time. Han Zu temporarily left here and prepared to reunite with Zhao Xuan and Su Qing first. After exchanging information with each other, they will make plans for the next step.