traces of all things

After receiving Geng Zhizhong's call for help, the anti-riot force set off very quickly and approached the destination quietly together with most of the police force from the city bureau.

The Primary School Affiliated to Provincial Normal University is the best school in the province. The location of the old campus is very good, just in a green and landscaped area in the city center.However, on the one hand, the facilities are outdated, and on the other hand, the expansion of enrollment has caused the school to be unable to accommodate so many children, so they had to choose to rebuild the new campus. Lu Zheng and Tang Shaoyuan would go to the stadium of Provincial A Normal University to practice at the time. The reason was that The elementary school attached to the Normal University, which is the most suitable distance from the provincial government office, has just been demolished, and the basketball court cannot be borrowed.

It was the end of the new year, and the workers were on vacation. The construction site was deserted, and there seemed to be no one there.

Armed from head to toe, the explosion-proof troops nervously and carefully drilled into the primary school.

"Guard room, clear."

"receive."

"Playground, clear."

"receive."

"Canteen, clear."

"receive."

There was a creaking electric current, and the voices of members of the anti-explosion force continued to come from Xian Hongru's walkie-talkie.

In the small car sat Huang Ying and Xian Hongru in the front row, and Lu Zheng, Geng Zhizhong and Bi Yun in the back row.The atmosphere in the whole car was almost frozen, and only when the voice came from the intercom, it would flow slowly for a while.

Bi Yun and Geng Zhizhong held each other's hands, trying to gain strength and support from each other's warmth.

On a flat panel in the front row of the car, there was a satellite plan of the old primary school site, which was divided into pieces by the anti-explosion troops in advance, with background lights of different colors on.These areas are gradually turned off with the sound of the walkie-talkie from the inside to the outside, and the hearts of the people in the car are also lifted a little bit.

Since deciphering the message left by Geng Panpan, they have been with Bi Yun and Geng Zhizhong.Geng Panpan’s small cell phone only has their couple’s phone numbers saved. If Yu Zhi chooses to communicate with the police, he will definitely call them, but now more than an hour has passed, and Bi Yun and Geng Zhizhong are already nervous. He took out his mobile phone countless times, but no calls came in except for a sales call.

Apart from Geng Zhizhong and Bi Yun who were worried about their daughter's comfort, the one who suffered the most in Che Zhong was Lu Zheng.

A straight...

What are you doing...!

Looking out of the window, part of the top floor has been demolished, Lu Zheng looked like a pile of dilapidated elementary schools, silently clutching his heart.

The penultimate block marks the playground lights off.

There is only the last block left on the entire satellite plan, which is the lower grade teaching building closest to the center of the school.

Lu Zheng and the others waited nervously.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound, and a voice came from the intercom.

"Report! Suspicious items were found in the teaching building! There are more than one! We are investigating!"

Lu Zheng's tense nerve twitched.

Sure enough...it appeared.

Geng Panpan's words, the imprints in the cave...it seems that Yu Zhi was planning to detonate it, but why did he install the bomb in this way?

"Jingle Bell--!"

When a group of people were puzzled, Bi Yun's cell phone rang suddenly.

Bi Yun frantically took out her mobile phone, and saw the word "Panpan" on the screen of the mobile phone, her face turned pale.

Team leader Huang Ying signaled Xian Hongru to turn off the walkie-talkie with a look, and turned on the recording device, implying that Bi Yun would release it publicly.

"Hello, Panpan?" Bi Yun swallowed and asked in the calmest tone.

"Mrs. Geng, good afternoon." A voice with a 90.00% similarity to Lu Zheng came through the receiver: "Isn't it strange, why didn't your daughter come home for dinner?"

"What's wrong with Panpan? I need to hear her voice!" Bi Yun was so nervous that her teeth chattered, and read according to the note Huang Ying handed over.

"Okay, I'll satisfy you." The man on the other end of the phone chuckled.A second later, a little girl's scream came from the receiver.

"Panpan!" Bi Yun and Geng Zhizhong could no longer control themselves and yelled out of control.

"Oh, is Mr. Geng by your side? Hello, officer." Rui Chengye was slow, as if he was just making the most common greeting call: "Then it seems that I have been exposed, and I made a mistake."

"Rui Chengye, what do you want? Money?" Geng Zhizhong pondered for a moment and said, "Don't hurt this child, Bi Yun and I will try our best to meet your request."

"Money?" Rui Chengye sneered, "I want someone."

"All of you let Lu Zheng come to see me, he's the only one." He said flatly, "Within half an hour, I want to meet someone, in the classroom of Class [-], Grade [-] of the Primary School Affiliated to Provincial Normal University, don't take weapons, don't Take any communication tool. Otherwise, you don't want your daughters."

**

half an hour.

As soon as the phone was hung up, Xian Hongru immediately contacted the explosion-proof troops inside through the walkie-talkie.

"15 minutes is not enough. There are a lot of bombs here, and they are placed relatively firmly. We have found all the targets so far. It is conservatively estimated that it will take at least four to 10 minutes to eliminate them all."

The captain of the explosion-proof force responded decisively.

"Then what should we do?" Geng Zhizhong was extremely anxious, completely lost his usual calmness, and sweat began to drip down his face in the winter.

Bi Yun on one side has already closed her eyes in despair.

Pain, depression, helplessness, these negative emotions began to spread in the small car.

The current situation is really a dilemma. If we continue to detonate bombs, Geng Panpan's life will be in danger before all of them are eliminated, and if Lu Zheng is allowed to go in, it's hard to guarantee whether Rui Chengye will suddenly go crazy and detonate the bomb...

"I'll urge some captains of the explosion-proof troops..." Captain Huang Ying was about to make a decision.

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lu Zheng.

"I go."

All the people in the carriage turned their heads to look in Lu Zheng's direction, only to see him clenching his teeth and his eyes determined: "I'll go and stabilize him first, and give me the signal after the EOD is over."

"This matter is also caused by my two brothers. I can't find my brother to teach him well. I can't escape the blame. Boss, Captain Huang, Deputy Captain Xian, give me a chance, I will persuade him to surrender .”

"I hope..." At this point, Lu Zheng's voice became softer, and he took a deep breath: "He can still listen to my brother..."

With half an hour left, the criminal police began to prepare for Lu Zheng's action. He first quickly returned to the provincial office to get some things, and then returned to the scene, putting on a body armor under his thick coat.

Lu Zheng looked at the bulletproof vest on his body and smiled helplessly.

If Ah Zhi really wanted to kill him today, a headshot would be enough... This bulletproof vest is also a psychological comfort.

Xue Yiwei, who was helping him with his coat, squeezed Lu Zheng's clothes nervously in his arms, but suddenly touched a flat object in his pocket.

"What is this, Team Leader Lu?"

Lu Zheng glanced at the huge pocket on his coat, sighed, took it and put it on: "Don't worry about things that might be useful."

At this time, Captain Huang came to Lu Zheng with the electronic floor plan of the elementary school: "Captain Lu, our snipers have already ambushed on the tall building opposite, but Rui Chengye's location is not within range. , You lure him to the left side of the classroom within two meters of the window, and then make this gesture, and we will kill him immediately."

Hearing the word "killed", Lu Zheng's body shook uncontrollably.

"It's easy to be found if you wear a headset. If you have any instructions for us, you can also make gestures, try to adapt to the situation, and take the safety of the hostages and yourself as the first consideration, OK? After all the bombs are eliminated , we will give you the signal by the flag bearer visible from your front window."

Lu Zheng took a deep breath.

The minute hand on the dial has gone through nearly half a circle at this moment.

Only the last 5 minutes left.

Lu Zheng nodded to the people around him.

The eyes of the people around are different, some are nervous, some are worried, some are dependent, some are afraid, and there is the same concern hidden in different eyes.

He smiled, turned around without hesitation, and strode towards the school gate.

At the same moment, in the ward of No.1 People's Hospital in the provincial capital, Tang Shaoyuan, who was standing by the bed, suddenly felt palpitations.

This feeling was too weird and inappropriate. After thinking for a moment, he frowned and called Wei Xiongfeng.

**

Class one, grade one, is at the bottom of the entire teaching building. Compared with the third grade classrooms upstairs, which have been completely demolished and only a few steel bars are left, they are relatively well preserved. There are even multimedia podiums and several classrooms in the room. Stools, and some traces of chalk on the blackboard.

Lu Zheng stretched out his hand and pushed, and the old door slid open slowly with a rough sound.

There are two people in the room.

Geng Panpan was tied back to a stool, and the stool was firmly tied to the multimedia podium. With her little strength, she couldn't move even a centimeter. The moment she saw Lu Zheng, her red eyes burst into tears. The light of surprise came out, and I couldn't help struggling twice.

A person standing with his back to her turned around under Lu Zheng's gaze.

Thin build, pointed chin, small cut.

Lu Zheng suddenly felt a mirror appeared in front of him.

A baby face exactly like himself was reflected in the mirror.

The long-lost sense of familiarity came to my face.

"Brother, what are you doing hahahaha."

"Let me see if my face is dirty."

"Then why are you looking at my face?"

"Isn't it the same anyway?"

... The happy voice of the child in memory faded away from my mind.

The self in the front mirror raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"You're here, Yu Zheng." The smile on his face disappeared quietly like rainwater falling into the lake, leaving only a cold and numb look: "Or should I call you Lu Zheng?"