Fire to the Abyss

Xia Yan didn't get in touch with Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan sent a message a while ago saying that there has been a lot of turmoil recently and that he might lose contact. He told Xia Yan not to care too much and wait until he takes the initiative to contact him.

After Xia Yan called Lu Yuan twice but no one answered, he sent him a message and left him alone. Then he called the leader to report today's findings. Nine's case was returned to the district for unified dispatch. Next step How to act depends on the instructions above.

The instructions from the district came down quickly, and Zheng Xing said in a calm tone: "The higher-ups want us to send people to help figure out the meaning of the numbers as soon as possible, and to help thoroughly investigate Nine's identity. Immediately rush to the district with the key. Yan, you have been in direct contact with Nine, I want you to..."

This time Xia Yan didn't wait until Zheng Xing gave the order to hang up the phone, and interrupted him forcefully: "He Rong, she has a flexible mind, excellent technology, proficient in semiotics, and the computer level is top-notch in the region. I think she Perfect for the job."

There was no answer on the other end of the phone for a long time, Xia Yan leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette in boredom, quietly waiting for Zheng Xing's reply - this old man was probably desperately weighing the pros and cons, that's why he bald so quickly.

Xia Yan took a random glance with a cigarette in his mouth, and suddenly saw a familiar figure in the frozen traffic at the door—Xia Lin was rushing towards the detachment.

He knows that my younger brother has no athletic skills. The most hated exercise is long-distance running. Although his footsteps are staggering, his speed has not slowed down at all. He is like a survivor being chased by zombies. With both legs, he rushed forward desperately.

Xia Yan's heart sank.

"Did something happen to Chen Mubai?" In the blink of an eye, Xia Lin had already arrived at the door of the detachment, Xia Yan stepped forward in three steps at a time, and stretched out his hand to support him.

Panting heavily, Xia Lin spit out a few mouthfuls of sweet saliva, took out the mobile phone from her arms and handed it to Xia Yan.

After a while, Zheng Xing shaved a lot of his remaining hair, and finally got rid of the serious relationship - Xia Yan's plan is obviously feasible, He Rong is qualified for the job there, and he can stay It was a good decision to support Zhong Qing's case.It's just that the only uncertain factor in this is Xia Yan's violent temper and impulsiveness, which is harmful to the handling of the case but not beneficial.However, Zheng Xing still believes that Xia Yan has the ability to control himself.

Zheng Xing lowered his voice, making his voice sound as soft as possible: "Just do as you say, Nine sent He Rong over there. Xia Yan, you add to Zhong Qing's case, Liang Song is the main person in charge, You listen to him in everything, and you must not be emotional anymore, you know? The situation has not been clarified yet, so don't blame yourself, I believe this matter has nothing to do with you. "

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Zheng Xinglian "Hello" a few times, but there was no response.Broken mobile phones often break down, and they often accidentally touch the mute button. Just when Zheng Xing was about to take the phone away to check it out, Xia Yan's trembling voice came from the phone——

"No, it's about me..."

There is a photo and a message on Xia Lin's cell phone.

The photo is dark and looks like it was taken in an old factory building.The background is a wall that cannot be called white, with irregular peeling marks scattered around, and the surface is covered with stains full of age, like a dark realistic painting, which still depicts the surface of festered skin.

There is an exhaust fan on the top of the wall, and in the middle is a woman hanging on an iron frame. The woman is blindfolded, her clothes are a bit messy, and there are many stains on her coat, but it can be vaguely seen that this is a set Elegant and decent intellectual style outfit.

She raised her arms above her head and was bound by a thick hemp rope. The other end of the hemp rope was hung on an iron frame an arm's length above her head. The middle section of the hemp rope was wrapped with tape around a small box with a An electronic display that reads "24:00:00".

Directly below the woman is a sink filled with an unknown liquid. As long as the rope above is broken, she will fall into the sink without hindrance.

It was Zhong Qing.

"I didn't want to hurt my teacher at first, but it's too difficult to find someone who is important to both of you brothers, and I have no choice. You forced me to be a bad person.

"It's really laborious to make this device. It took me a lot of time. There is an igniter in the box. The countdown will automatically ignite when the countdown reaches zero. The rope should be burnt within five seconds. There seems to be some kind of corrosive liquid in the sink. It will also break if you fall into it without dying. I think the picture should be very interesting, hahaha...

"I've given you plenty of time. I'm such a kind person. Kind people should be rewarded. So, quickly return Nine to me unscathed. I'll give you an hour to prepare, timer It will start at [-] o'clock tonight, and Nine will contact me after ensuring safety. If I don't hear from Nine, the time will be reduced by one hour. If I don't hear from him after another hour, the time will be reduced by another hour. In short, if you hand over Nine one hour late, the time will be reduced by one hour. Of course, the timing will not stop after you hand over Nine, but as a reward, I will give you an extra hour. The rules of the game are like this, I have already I gave you a lot of tips, come on~”

This message was very long, with a lot of emoticons inserted, and the font in the game chat window was small, it took Xia Yan nearly 5 minutes to fully understand its meaning.

At this time, a bell ringing sounded from the bell tower not far away, and a group of crows resting on the big bell were startled by the heavy bell, fluttering their wings, and flew towards the gradually thickening black sky not far away.

It's six o'clock, the day turns to night, and the devil makes his debut.

The location of the Chengzhou detachment was not satisfactory. In front of it was an old two-way four-lane road. The width of the old road had shrunk due to the layout of the buildings on both sides.In addition, the lane on the far side is designated as a police car passage, which actually only allows two cars to pass through.

A straight line distance of 500 meters from the detachment compound is a main road connecting the north and south districts of Chengzhou City. From [-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m., all passing motor vehicles are in a creeping state. At this time, some car owners will choose to wear Take a shortcut, turn into an alley, pass through the North Ring Road at the gate of the detachment, drive across a bridge, and turn back to the main road.

It's just that the road here is too narrow, and it will be blocked occasionally. Even so, it is much faster than queuing on the main road for an hour or two.

On Friday of this day, the gate of the detachment was already blocked. Some car owners came up with the idea of ​​a police car passage. Because of the terrain, the reserved police car passage here is extended to a relatively long distance. Skilled old drivers can pass this distance. Dozens of cars are stuffed in front of the center—anyway, no points will be deducted for occupying the police car passage.

This kind of thing happened a lot, and it was trivial and troublesome to manage it. Anyway, it only lasted a few 10 minutes a day, and the detachment turned a blind eye to it.

But this day was different. The car owners found that there were several fully equipped police cars parked in the special parking spaces for police cars at the entrance of the detachment. There was also a barrier belt on the passage of police cars. Occupied.

A few curious car owners couldn't help but take a second look at the detachment's compound. It was completely dark at this time, but the lights there were brightly lit. The courtyard was full of buses and private cars, and it looked quite lively.

A car owner couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he stopped the car and lowered the window, and asked the traffic police who was pulling the barrier: "Comrade, is there any serious crime?"

The traffic policeman couldn't count how many times he was harassed today, and he made a quick pass gesture to him with a cold face.

At this time, a black car suddenly turned into the intersection in front of it. Facing the isolation belt and plastic roadblocks, it did not slow down at all.

The owner of the car was afraid that the traffic police would not see him, so he yelled loudly: "Hey, comrade, there is a car occupying the road over there!"

The traffic policeman hurriedly looked back, and showed a exhausted expression when he saw the license plate clearly.

The owner of the car was quite proud of his success in reporting, and spontaneously replaced himself as a good comrade in arms of the traffic policeman, and danced to make an idea: "Impound the car, it must be impounded! Then fine three hundred, no, with such an arrogant attitude, five hundred..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the car turning into the yard of the detachment, making a turn into the parking space and stopping. Then a man in a black jacket got out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth and closed the door with his foot.

The man twisted his cigarette, and waved to the traffic police outside who were handling the roadblock: "Comrade, I'm really in a hurry here, I'm sorry."

The traffic policeman smiled helplessly, waved his hand to signal him to go in quickly, and muttered in a low voice: "I never saw you being gentle when you were not in a hurry."

It wasn't until the man put out his cigarette and entered the gate of the detachment that the car owner came out of the stunned state, and his attitude took a sharp turn: "Wow, who is that? It's so cool!"

Comrades from the traffic police were concentrating on dealing with the destroyed protective belt. Naturally, no one answered him. The car behind kept honking its horn. The owner had no choice but to pay more attention to the gate of the detachment, stepped on the accelerator and left.

Liang Song trotted all the way into the conference room. The conference room was full of people standing and sitting.

As soon as Liang Song entered the room, he successfully attracted the attention of everyone in the room and caused a small commotion.

Zheng Xing coughed twice while sitting on the chairman seat, and then he drew everyone's attention back, and waved to Liang Song. Liang Song passed a group of people and sat down on the vacant seat next to Xia Yan.

Liang Song took a quick glance. There are criminal police from the detachment, leaders from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, armed police officers and soldiers, middle-aged people who look like educated people, and college students with childish faces. The electronic screen is connected to the meeting of the District Public Security Bureau. In the living room, there is also a room full of people, and in the middle sits a full set of members of the leadership team in the district-it is not so lively during the New Year and holidays.

Liang Song whispered in Xia Yan's ear, "Where did it go?"

Xia Yan turned his head and glanced at him, stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "The leadership team has just finished speaking, now it's Han Chu's turn to make a battle plan."

Just as Xia Yan was talking, the camera on the big screen began to move, aiming at a man with graying hair. The nameplate in front of him read "District Criminal Investigation Division Director Han Changsheng".

Han Changsheng turned over a stack of materials on the table, and began to deploy with a serious face.He spoke clearly, with a loud voice, neither fast nor slow, and it took only ten minutes to complete the strategic deployment of "the most important case in Chengzhou District" that the leadership team said.

The district leader meant that Nine could not be handed over until the critical moment. The definition of the word "critical moment" is rather strict. It can't be done if Zhong Qing can't be found, and it can't be done if the remaining time is almost running out. The location of Zhong Qing must be confirmed. , and it would take an extra hour to rescue Nine before she would be considered for release—it’s no wonder the leaders are unreasonable, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such an excessive kidnapping case, and through this case, After Eleven and Nine, Zero became the third criminal who made the leaders of the whole district gnash their teeth. It has to be said that the puppet masters of the criminal organization are really "talented".

Of course, the public security organs are not little sheep at the mercy of others, especially after Party Secretary Liu Yaowen took the lead in making a statement that "no crime will be tolerated", the crowd in the conference room was indignant, and calls for "taking this opportunity to eradicate the puppet masters" kept coming and going. Liu Yaowen said "quiet" several times before suppressing his voice.

Therefore, Han Changsheng shortened the operation time by half as soon as he opened his mouth. The first task is to rescue the hostages within 12 hours. As long as the hostages can be successfully rescued, Zero’s operation will be meaningless. This difficult task is led by the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Chengzhou City. The public security fully cooperated to complete the task. In addition, the district public security had another task—to follow the clues to find Zero.