Tactical command center on the first floor of the Qidao City Security Bureau.
The atmosphere is extremely solemn.
Claire rubbed a cigarette into pieces, and Jin Shounan beside her also looked gloomy.
There are less than 40 minutes left before the Eden Paradise is scheduled to set sail. There are currently 8,744 crew members, service staff and passengers on the cruise ship.
Ten minutes ago, the city hall received an anonymous call from a virtual network. The other party claimed that explosives were placed on the cruise ship in order to blackmail the administration.
The other party's offer is 100,000 "rose dinars".
"Rose dinar" is an encrypted virtual currency circulating on the Internet. The current market price of a rose dinar fluctuates around 300 SP points.
Unlike the SP point account, which is completely monitored and controlled by the Economic Investigation Department under the Administration, Rose Dinar’s transactions are entirely based on the encrypted network. Relying on its advantages of security and relatively stable value preservation, it has long occupied the top spot in the virtual currency trading market, which can be called
Virtual gold.
"Commander, Team D on the cruise ship reported that they did find a bomb at the location provided by the suspect." The correspondent on duty conveyed the news from Team D to Claire.
A photo appeared on the electronic screen in the command center. The commissioner of Team D found a bomb hidden in a box in a storage room on the cruise ship.
Claire looked back at Jin Shounan: "Now we can at least confirm that the other party is not bluffing. If what he said is true, there are more than ten such bombs on the ship. I suggest that the Eden Paradise's maiden voyage be immediately aborted and the passengers evacuated.
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"Contact the suspect and tell him that it will take time to raise 100,000 rose dinars and hold him back." Jin Shounan instructed, "Send more people on board to remove the bomb."
Claire was furious: "You know this is unrealistic! Even if all the specialists at the dock are sent on board, it is impossible to complete the investigation of the entire cruise ship in 40 minutes. What if the suspect has an accomplice on the ship who acts as an informant and notices us?
It is more likely that votes will be thrown out after such actions!"
"The arrow is on the string, so we have to shoot it." Jin Shounan tugged on his collar and said resolutely.
"I cannot execute this order! I am responsible to all the field department specialists!"
"This is what the city official meant. The 100,000 rose dinars requested by the suspect are being collected." Jin Shounan stared at Claire with serious eyes.
"What...that means..." Claire looked in disbelief.
Jin Shounan nodded affirmatively: "The Security Bureau will do its best. If the bomb cannot be eliminated in the end, the city official is willing to use 300,000 rose dinars as a price in exchange for the cruise ship to sail smoothly."
Claire shook her head: "How to ensure that the suspect will satisfy his appetite? If we cannot use deterrence, such extortion will continue during the cruise ship."
"This is not something we should consider now." Jin Shounan stubbornly insisted on his opinion, "We need to respond to the expectations of the city official."
Claire understood that she could not convince the director, so she stood up and prepared to leave the command center.
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the dock. Since the boss insists on betting, I must be with the commissioners." As she walked to the elevator, she connected the communication of the flight team and ordered them to prepare the Falcon on the roof.
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On the Eden Paradise, the storage room where bomb zero was found.
Yu Zhesen and An He hurried over and saw Wu Xuan, the captain of Team D, who was standing guard, and Chu Yuexi, who had prepared bomb disposal tools.
"You are here." Wu Xuan raised his hands to the two of them.
"Why hasn't the ship started to be evacuated yet?" An He asked puzzledly, "On the way here, we found that all the passengers were still wandering around, and there was no emergency announcement on the radio."
"The superiors asked us to block the news to avoid causing panic." Wu Xuan adjusted his glasses, "Negotiators are dealing with the suspects, and our task is to try to find the bomb and remove it."
Yu Zhesen knelt down next to Chu Yuexi and reached out to her for the bomb disposal tool: "Give it to me."
"Be careful, there is a balancer detonation device inside the bomb." Chu Yuexi reminded anxiously.
Before Yu Zhesen and An He arrived, she had already used a screwdriver to unscrew the fixing screws on the bomb shell, but found that the cable connecting the detonator was pressed under a delicate balancer device.
It is difficult to cut the cable without moving the balancer device, but if there is a slight mistake when moving the balancer, the bomb will be detonated directly.
"No wonder the bomb is not designed with a countdown timer," Yu Zhesen said after observing the design of the bomb. "The sensitivity of this balancer is well controlled. When the cruise ship is anchored in the port, the slight fluctuation of the waves will not trigger it. But once it sets sail and leaves the port, it will not trigger it.
A little bit of wind and waves might blow it up."
"The suspect extorted 100,000 rose dinars. He was betting that the superiors would not mess up this huge event." Wu Xuan smiled bitterly.
The three-dimensional structural analysis diagram of the bomb has appeared in Yu Zhesen's mind, which is naturally Shi Xin helping him.
He already understands the methods and principles of bomb disposal, and he also has a way to smoothly remove the balancer, but the problem is that there may be more than one bomb on the ship.
After all, the location of the bomb was revealed by the suspect on his own initiative in order to increase the credibility of his threat.
If he only had this one bomb, no matter how confident he was in his bomb design, he would not have exposed his location an hour in advance.
"How about Xiaosen, can it be dismantled?" An He asked.
"It's not a big problem, but you'd better go out first." Yu Zhesen said.
Wu Xuan has no objection to this. All members of Team D do not have professional explosion-proof equipment. It is common sense to stay away from explosives during demolition operations.
But neither An He nor Chu Yuexi had any intention of leaving. Instead of leaving, they squatted down on both sides of Yu Zhesen.
"You can't dismantle the bomb alone, can you?"
Yu Zhesen glanced at her in surprise.
The fact that Chu Yuexi can say this shows that she has a certain understanding of the structure of this bomb.
"You...know the key to this thing?"
Chu Yuexi pointed to the buckles on both sides of the balancer detonation device and said, "Are they these two?"
"That's okay, intern. I'm impressed after three days apart." Yu Zhesen praised.
I think back when they were debugging bombs at the Dream Journey Theme Park in Youbu District, Chu Yuexi was still a novice in this field and couldn't even understand the simplest bombs.
"I took the time to learn some bomb disposal knowledge from the people in the equipment department."
Then she briefly and concisely stated her views on dismantling the bomb, which were very different from Yu Zhesen's thoughts.
The most dangerous small square of the balancer presses the cable below. There are compressed springs at the bottom of the four corners. The balancer device is completely fixed by two metal buckles.
If you want to remove the balancer, you must first open the movable buckle. At the same time, be careful of the spring rebounding after losing the limit of the movable buckle and pushing up the small square of the balancer above.
Yu Zhesen's original plan was to take advantage of his superior speed when time was stagnant, open the lock, move the balancer, and cut the key wires in one go.
If no one else present understands the construction principle of this bomb, then it is the best choice to move them all away and activate time stasis to complete the bomb disposal operation, and no one will question his method.
But Chu Yuexi understood that the bomb could not be dismantled by one person according to normal procedures, which put Yu Zhesen in a bit of a dilemma.
Without using the time-stop ability, it is extremely risky to follow the normal process to defuse this bomb. None of them are EOD experts, and it is hard to say how well they cooperate with each other.
But after calming down and thinking carefully, he found that this was an unavoidable challenge.
Because his time stasis can only be activated twice a day, if there are more than 2 bombs that need to be defused on the ship, this shortcut will not work.
No matter what, they have to find a way to defuse the bomb through normal procedures.
"Does it mean that multiple people are needed to defuse this bomb? Then I will listen to your command." An He cast a trusting look at the two of them.
"An He... you'd better go out first." Yu Zhesen frowned, "That's enough for two people."
An He insisted on staying, and she said: "Then I'll see, maybe I can help you at some point."
At this time, Chu Yuexi raised a question with some unconfidence: "Who will move the balancer?"
"Me." Yu Zhesen replied without hesitation.
He is convinced that with the help of Shi Xin, he is definitely the one with the highest precision of movements among all the people present. With his physical fitness strengthened by the blood of God, he is the one most likely to maintain the balance meter without touching the critical point of detonation.
"Then I'll cut the cable." Chu Yuexi said.
"Before you take action, listen to my instructions." Yu Zhesen instructed, "If I say yes, you can cut it off."
