Chapter 458 Is there any way back? Will the trick be taken? (Six thousand chapter request
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The illusory soul stretched out a long line in mid-air and submerged under the floor.
He Ao immediately left the ward, rushed out of the corridor, went down the stairs, and reached the ward at the same location on the floor below.
Sure enough, there was also a long dotted line of souls in this ward, falling from the ceiling and sinking into the floor.
He Ao continued down the next level.
The soul lines on this level no longer spread downward, but left the ward and drifted into the corridor.
He Ao followed the direction of the soul line and found an old fire box at the corner of the curved corridor.
That wandering soul was submerged in this fire box.
He Ao opened the fire box, and inside the box was a normal fire hose.
The line of the soul disappeared into the wall behind the fire box.
He Ao closed the fire box, turned around and walked into the ward behind the fire box, but there was no soul line spreading out of this ward.
Something is in the wall.
He Ao withdrew, opened the fire box again, opened the water pipe, and used super memory to look at the entire internal structure of the fire box.
At this time, his actions had already attracted the attention of the nurses and patients in the corridor. If he waited a little longer, these people might become suspicious.
He Ao's eyes finally came to rest on a small piece of odd-colored 'iron piece' covered by the water pipe. He lightly pressed the iron piece, and an interface for entering a password was displayed.
He directly immersed his consciousness into it and figured out the internal structure of the lock. Then he pulled out his dagger, and under the cover of the fire box door and the water pipe he took out, he penetrated the gap on the edge of the lock and cut off the lock core.
The electronic lock that lost its restraints naturally popped open, revealing the silver metal device inside.
The upper part of the device was hidden into the wall, leaving only the lower part, which appeared to be a metal base, exposed.
But looking at the structure of the device, you should be able to pull the device out by grabbing the metal base.
He Ao reached out and grabbed the metal base.
And the moment he touched the metal base, endless chaotic murmurs exploded in his mind.
It was as if countless different types and shapes of life were roaring crazily in his mind, pulling at his soul, trying to penetrate into his soul, and pulling his soul into a twisted, indescribable monster.
So maybe this is why the 'lock' that 'protects' this device is so simple to make. This device does not need the protection of a lock, it can protect itself to a certain extent.
However, no matter how strong the murmur was, He Ao's hand movements remained steady. He grabbed the base of the device and slowly pulled the device out of the wall.
The shape of the entire device is very special. The lower layer is a cubic silver metal base, and the upper layer is a tall and pointed transparent long cone that seems to be made of glass or crystal.
At this moment, the soul that was attracted into a thin line is entering from the tip of this long transparent cone, and then filling the inside of this transparent cone little by little.
"Hey, that doctor over there...are you..."
A person who seemed to be the head nurse came over. As she approached He Ao, she opened her mouth and shouted, "This box cannot be moved casually... Sir, please give way, eh... where is the person?"
She stopped in front of the fire box door and looked around in confusion.
She clearly remembered that there was a doctor standing here just now. Was it because she was dazzled?
She looked at the fire box next to her. The door of the fire box had been closed, as if nothing had happened.
When I opened the fire box, everything inside was restored, and nothing seemed to be taken away.
You've been working too much overtime recently, and are you hallucinating?
The head nurse shook her head.
If nothing was lost, there was no need to worry about it. She closed the door of the fire box and turned into the corridor.
In the corner at the end of the corridor, He Ao stared at a 'transparent marble' in his hand that was only the size of a finger and filled with lavender smoke.
He got this marble from the device. When he took off the long transparent cone, he could see that the marble was embedded in the metal base.
After removing the marbles, the entire device loses its ability to attract souls.
In order to make it easier to carry, He Ao only took out the marbles and stuffed the rest of the device back. He was so fast that the nurse who came over didn't even react.
Playing with this translucent marble, He Ao could feel the faint attraction of this marble to his soul just by holding it in his hand.
However, as long as He Ao does not touch the marble, this attraction will become extremely weak.
This transparent marble should be the core of the entire device, or in other words, the device is just some kind of 'ability amplifier', which is to amplify the marble's ability to attract souls so that it can attract souls on a large scale.
After losing the marble, the device also lost its function.
However, even the increase should be limited, and it is impossible for this small device to cover the entire hospital building.
He Ao put away the marbles and began to quickly 'check' the fire boxes in the hospital one by one.
His movements are very fast and skillful, and he basically completes the inspection before anyone notices him.
Finally, after searching in the middle of the night, he found five transparent marbles, each with lingering purple mist.
This reminded He Ao of the puppet crystal ball after absorbing the soul.
Of course, these should not be all transparent marbles in the entire hospital. There are also some marbles that should be installed in more secret places.
However, when Ho Ao was looking for marbles, he discovered that these marbles should be arranged in a specific formation, and each marble increased the attraction of other marbles.
After He Ao took away the marbles one by one, the amplification effect became weaker and weaker. By the time he took away the fifth marble, the amplification effect had been weakened for the most part. It should be the entire amplification 'magic circle'.
It has been destroyed.
He Ao didn't know where this marble came from, but this kind of extraordinary item that can absorb and store souls should not be so easy to obtain. In a short time, this hospital should not be able to build a new magic circle to absorb souls.
After collecting enough transparent marbles, He Ao went down to the underground parking lot and searched carefully.
He even found a way to enter the nearby sewer, but still could not find any trace of other spaces beneath the underground parking lot.
There doesn't seem to be any other 'facilities' underneath Qunxing Zhimei Hospital.
However, during the process of exploring the sewers, He Ao unexpectedly discovered that there are many types of creatures living in the sewers of Limen City, and even some mutated small alien beasts also live here, forming a complete underground ecosystem.
He Ao wrote down this information. He didn't know if this was normal, but it didn't matter. He could ask Roger directly.
When Roger was in Chenxi City, he directly dug through the sewers of Chenxi City and built his own laboratory.
After packing up everything and returning the access card to Coles, He Ao left the Stars Hospital.
Five transparent marbles were put into his pocket.
These marbles not only have a suction force on the soul, but also distorted and chaotic ravings. These ravings are trying to corrode He Ao every moment.
But they are all within the range that He Ao can bear.
These marbles are very likely to have a strong connection with the Fountain of Youth, or some existence related to the Fountain of Youth.
Used at the right time, it may produce unexpected results.
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After leaving the hospital, He Ao did not go home, but went directly to the gate of Limen City.
By the time he arrived at the city gate, it was already morning.
The people who were 'watching' at the city gate were still there, but there was another group of people.
He Ao drove his stealth car and blended into the flow of people entering the city. Then he lowered his head and hid in the crowd as he moved deeper into the city.
At the same time, at the door of the cafe in the distance, a thin man who was eating fruit suddenly patted the short, fat man with tattoos on his arm who was napping next to him, "Look at that one in the crowd, is it the one from above?"
Who are we staring at?"
"who?"
The short, fat man woke up suddenly. He straightened up and looked around.
"That, that," the thin man quickly pointed in one direction, "that's going over there."
The short and fat man quickly looked in the direction of the thin man's finger, but there was only a vague flow of people in that direction, and there was no trace of the target they were looking for.
"There isn't one over there. Could it be that you saw it wrong?"
The short, fat man rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. Indeed, he did not see the target.
"Disappeared?"
The thin man looked at the crowd carefully. He seemed to be a little suspicious, but he quickly shook his head firmly, "No way, I will never be wrong, that is definitely the target! I want to report this matter
Get up!"
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"Look at these."
Red handed the tablet in his hand to the officer in front of him. The computer was displaying pages of documents that seemed to be reports.
"Is that guy back in town?"
The officer briefly flipped through the documents, then looked shocked, "If he comes back safely, then our special operations team..."
"Our men may have been wiped out."
Rhett said calmly, "Theoretically, if he runs away, he is unlikely to come back. He has no interests involved with us. His coming back can only prove one point. He either came back to pick up some things that he didn't take away, or...
Come back for 'revenge'."
"The information shows that he has a daughter, but this time he came back alone..." The officer thought for a moment, "Could it be that his daughter was raped by our people..."
"There is a possibility."
Rhett pondered for a moment, "If that's the case, we will be in a fight to the death with him. He should have obtained some extraordinary item in the wilderness, otherwise it would be impossible to kill our special operations team.
"Of course, it's also possible that his daughter is not dead and he just came back to 'clean' us.
"He probably doesn't know about our relationship with the group yet. Based on the strength we have shown so far, he may be able to defeat us if he is strengthened."
"Then what do we do?"
The officer was obviously panicked. He suppressed his emotions and asked as calmly as possible.
"Don't panic," Rhett glanced at his expression and said with a smile, "No matter how powerful he is, he is just one person and cannot escape from my grasp."
He took the tablet back from the officer and said, "After reading these reports, what do you think we should do?"
"The report states that several spies have seen his whereabouts. He went to Newkor Street." The officer lowered his head and tried to make an analysis. "We should strike first now and take people directly there first."
make him···"
The officer made a 'bang--' gesture, and then he continued to add, "But Newkel Street is the most prosperous neighborhood in Limen City. How can we find him? If there is too much fanfare, it will easily attract people.
Come to the attention of the FBI."
"Actually, it's not difficult to find him," Rhett smiled, "He has an 'old friend' in Newkle Street."
He opened his tablet and pulled out a photo. In the photo was a man wearing formal clothes, holding a cigar, with some gray hair, and a wild smile.
"Romock, the chairman of the Limen City Construction Guild, was born in a gang. He used to be a thug of the Shalang Gang. Later, he started working in construction on his own and spent decades becoming the largest construction boss in Limen City.
"He is very good at controlling costs and avoiding responsibilities. If he can use poor materials, he will never use good materials. If he can't make some structures, he will try not to make some structures. Even if it is necessary, he will 'find a way' to make it happen.
It becomes 'can't do it'.
"Similarly, if he can't be responsible for his employees, he will never be responsible for them.
"He registered and controlled a large number of small-scale professional employer companies through cross-shareholdings, agency holdings, etc., and then signed all his construction workers under these professional employer companies, and then these professional employer companies 'dispatched' the employees to him
project site work.
“In this way, the employee’s employment responsibility is transferred from his main project company to these professional employer companies, which are the employees’ direct employers.
“Then he kept the assets of these professional employer companies very low, so that if an employee had an accident and he had to pay compensation, he could directly liquidate the professional employer company to avoid debt liability.
"The remaining employees will be hired by their other professional employer companies.
“Because of this guy’s poor character and cutting corners, accidents to his employees often happen, and he has saved a lot of compensation by this method.
"Most of those employees did not have high academic qualifications. They initially thought they were employed by their main company. It was not until after the incident that they realized that they were being 'dispatched' to work."
At this point, Rhett laughed, "And our Mr. Pat, his father, once worked under Mr. Roemok and fell seriously injured at work, but he did not
No matter how much compensation he received, his father also passed away not long after."
"You mean that Pate will go to Romek?" The officer understood the logic.
"If he wants to take revenge on us, he will no longer be constrained by rules in his heart. It is indeed very likely that he will directly eliminate his former enemies. But if it is so easy for us to guess, isn't this goal too obvious?
"
"Yeah," Rhett sat back on his chair and looked at the bright sunshine outside the window.
"But the most dangerous place is the safest place, isn't it? We can all easily guess that he is looking for his enemies, so we will think that he will not expose himself so easily, and will not go to such an obvious place. In this way
Instead, he went, which was beyond our expectation."
"Then I'll take people there right away."
The officer straightened up.
"Not urgent."
Rhett waved his hand to stop him.
"Um?"
The officer looked confused.
"Don't you think there are too many people seeing him?"
Rhett asked softly with a calm tone.
"Ah? Indeed."
When he said this, the officer seemed to remember something, "All the spies we sent to follow him before were lost, and even the shadows were eliminated by him. Although our spies were in the dark and he was in the light, but
It’s a little too unreasonable for him to be seen by so many people this time.”
"What if..." Rhett put his hand on the table, "What if he let us see it on purpose?"
"Um!?"
The officer was shocked.
"You think, if he was exposed to us on purpose,"
Rhett did not turn his head to look at the officer beside him, he was still staring at the bright sunshine outside the window. He seemed to be talking to the officer, and also seemed to be talking to himself.
"He was able to deal with the special operations team we sent out, which proves that he should be very strong now. In order to deal with him with such a strong strength, I have to send out most of my strength. His strength against us
There should also be a judgment.
"And if we send the main force to Newkor Street to surround him, then the Institute,"
Rhett turned his head and looked at the officer beside him, "Who will defend us?"
The officer was horrified, "You said this is a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain? His purpose is to lure our main force away and then attack the research institute?"
"Yes," Rhett smiled, "To judge a person's behavior, you must look at his ultimate purpose. He did not come back just to avenge Romok. The real focus is on us, and our feelings towards him.
The threat is much higher than that of Romek.
"As long as we are together, he will not be able to eat well and sleep well. He is very smart and a person who can distinguish priorities."
"Then what should we do now?" The officer felt a little confused. "Transfer everyone back to the Defense Research Institute? This seems safer."
"This is the safest way," Rhett seemed to be lost in thought again, "but being beaten passively will only make you more passive, and... I always feel like something is wrong..."
officer:???
Why is there more?
Rhett looked at the officer's dazed expression, smiled softly, and slowly expressed his worries, "What if we predicted that his plan to 'leave the tiger away from the mountain' was also in his prediction?"
officer:
Are you building a tall building in your mind? Why are you building one floor after another?
"If my current thinking is within his plan, then our actions of shrinking our forces and returning to the Defense Research Institute will also be within his plan."
Rhett pondered.
"But what's the benefit of him doing this?" the officer couldn't help but ask, "As long as we return to the Defense Research Institute, we will be invincible. There is no way he can defeat us in the research institute."
"Yeah, what good does he do?"
Rhett continued to ponder, and he seemed to be at an impasse. He opened the tablet computer with his free hand and opened Pate's personal information again.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind.
"He is a father..."
He pondered in a low voice for a moment, then looked up at the officer, "Do you still remember our conjecture just now? His daughter may have died in the wilderness, but it is also possible that she is still alive..."
He suddenly became excited, stood up, like a child winning a chess game, pointed to Pate's information on the tablet, and spoke in an upward tone,
"If his daughter is still alive, and if you are a good father, what should you do first when you are about to do something dangerous?"
"Find a safe place to protect my daughter?"
The officer thought.
"Then where will you put your daughter? Where is the safe place?"
Rhett asked further.
"Wildness?" the officer said tentatively, and then he immediately shook his head, "The wilderness is too chaotic. If I have to go through a dangerous time, with my life and death unknown, and leave my daughter there, I'm afraid I will die or not."
"Yes, then you have to take your daughter back to the city."
Rhett smiled and said, "Then where will you put your daughter?"
"FBI? No, if I am taken to the FBI, they will have to explain my identity, and then I will definitely not be able to do anything else later."
The officer thought, "And since Pat has hidden his identity for so long, there must be something that cannot be disclosed. The FBI is not a good place to go, at least not while he is alive."
Thinking of this, he seemed a little unable to react, "Then where will he put his daughter? Just find a place to put it? Is there any place safer than other places?"
"Yes," Rhett smiled, opened the map software,
"Pate is a bold and careful person. He is only exposed to us, just to mislead us and make us think that his daughter is 'dead'.
"Then he can continue the subsequent operations. His daughter is his only weakness, so he will definitely find a way to protect her in as safe a place as possible, for example,"
He pointed to an address marked on the map software and said, "Home."
"But not everyone around his house belongs to us..."
Halfway through his words, the officer suddenly froze and said slowly,
"The purpose of setting up sentries near his home is to see if he has come back. If he has already come back, then these sentries are meaningless. If we really shrink our strength as planned, most of these sentries will be deployed.
"If he succeeded in misleading us into thinking his daughter was dead, there wouldn't be much concern about his home, and it would be easy for him to bypass the remaining sentry posts.
"As long as his activity area is not near his home, we won't think there is anyone in his home, and after being caught by the police when we entered his home last time, we won't easily break through the door of his home.
"So his home seems dangerous, but it's actually very safe.
"The most dangerous place is actually the safest place."
"Not bad," Rhett praised appreciatively and continued,
"And if we shrink our power according to his plan, how can we defend against him? You think we are invincible, but we are not, because the institute still has to do business. As long as he keeps causing trouble, our 'business' will not be carried out.
, I have to send people to stop him, as long as the timeline is extended, he will be eaten bit by bit like an ant eating an elephant."
"This man's mind is a little scary."
The officer couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, if he is really alone, it will be difficult for us to deal with him. Unfortunately, he also has a daughter,"
Rhett smiled and said, "When people have relatives and concerns, they also have weaknesses. His best choice is actually to take his daughter to another city and fly away, but he still wants to get rid of us in one fell swoop.
"Maybe I can't let go of the house and the good time in Limen City, but greed will not end well."
The officer knew that his mission was coming. He straightened up and said, "Tell me, what should we do."
"Use the trick," Rhett said slowly, "shrink the power, move all the sentries originally guarding Pate's house, and then arrange a group of secret sentries to surround his house in a larger area. Her daughter is just an ordinary person, not
There will be too strong concealment ability.
"As soon as his daughter appears around, you should go there immediately with the strengthening potion."
"Yes! I will do it immediately."
The officer said quickly.
"Since he dares to come back," Rhett smiled and looked out the window at the light that was gradually obscured by dark clouds, "then he can stay forever."
Jingle Bell--
At this time, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Rhett pressed the speakerphone, and a gentle female voice came from the phone,
"Director, you have a phone call requesting access."
"who is it?"
"Professor Coles."
I wrote too much, it’s a little late, nearly 7,000 words! What a great chapter! Please give me a double monthly ticket!
