This private hotel called Detective House was a place Aaliya rented for them by placing an order online. They brought a lot of professional equipment and needed a place to spread it out.
And this small hotel happens to have a big enough yard and enough bad reviews that almost no one will bother them.
Ethan got out of the car happily and asked Martin to help him move various equipment out of the car. He also yelled to Surte: "Be careful, that box is full of precision equipment. If it breaks,
Well, Tang Ji will definitely starve you for three days!"
Surte was carrying a box that was taller than the others on his shoulders, and his face was a little sly. He had a bad expression after hearing Ethan's words, as if he was considering smashing the box into Ethan's face.
Don't doubt, he has the strength...but not the courage. Since he was locked in a carriage and starved for three days last time, this once unruly boy has become a lot more honest.
The restraint ring did restrict Surte to a certain extent, but it was more like an excuse for him to stop trying to escape.
Along the way, he listened to Ethan bragging endlessly in the saint's ears, listened to the saint reciting the Bible, and listened to Anthony occasionally telling him interesting things in school, these were things he had never been exposed to before.
These things made him yearn for it, and Soult suddenly realized that his vision and ambition were limited to the Skull and Bones and the wilderness. This contrast even made him resist revenge against Martin to a certain extent.
That annoying big man's favorite thing to do along the way was to eat in front of him.
From compressed food to puffed food, from barbecue to burgers, even just a piece of chewing gum, Martin could chew it in front of him for half an hour, and then use his poor rhetorical skills to describe the process of the gum gradually fading away.
"It's like a rainbow. Do you know what a rainbow is? There are seven... well, maybe six? Anyway, the taste is very complex. When you chew it, its taste will keep changing. This is really
Enjoy." Martin also deliberately made a loud chirping sound at that time: "The taste will become lighter, just like... like a colorful rainbow with lighter colors, that's it."
Damn it, simple language combined with Martin's rich body movements made chewing gum become an elusive thing in Soult's dream in just three days.
When Soult was put down from the restraint bed by Tangji, his first request was: "I want to eat chewing gum!"
Now, Soult was chewing a piece of gum, blowing a huge bubble in a demonstration, and raised his eyebrows at Martin.
With a wicked smile on his face, Martin took out a flat metal pot from his pocket, unscrewed the lid with slow movements, poured the clear wine into a big mouth like a pilgrim, and let out a sigh of praise after drinking.
Soult swallowed, glanced at Tang Ji with some fear, lowered his head and continued to move the boxes.
Tangji prohibits minors from drinking.
"Did you see those boxes marked with anti-surveillance labels? Find them first. I need to decorate this as our safe house." Ethan didn't know when he changed into a beach suit similar to the previous hotel owner's style.
Carrying a folding chair with half of the chair on it: "Then put the box marked with the sky on the other side of the yard. That is our small plane. Next, we will rely on them to find people."
"Where should I put this box that is marked important and should not be moved?" The saint asked Ethan, carrying an extraordinarily huge box.
"Ah, it's here with you, just put it here, I can handle it myself!" Ethan patted the open space next to him.
"Are you sure? This thing weighs almost a hundred kilograms!" The saint looked at Ethan's small body and gently placed the box next to him.
"Of course I have no problem." Ethan shrugged, held the buckle of the box with both hands, opened the box with force, rummaged around inside, took out a bottle of sunscreen, sprayed it on himself, and said to Saint
The disciple asked: "Do you need it? The sunshine here is very strong, you're welcome, I brought fifty bottles!"
The saint was almost defeated by Ethan. Ten thousand words starting with F were held in his stomach, which made him feel uncomfortable.
When they were throwing salutes on the bridge, in order to make enough space, they threw away nearly fifteen guns, eight thousand rounds of ammunition, and a bag of religious books he carried.
"Haha, this is the advantage of mastering knowledge. Learn more." Ethan picked around in the box and found hundreds of bottles of toiletries in a short while: "I can usually use
These things have a very high quality of life. You can use these things to make bombs during wars. If you are uneducated, you can move boxes. Smart people should start doing skin care now."
The impact range of his words was a bit large. Martin and Soult both raised their heads, and even Tang Ji glanced at him. However, considering that the Law Enforcement Special Academy can be regarded as a higher vocational and technical college, Tang Ji
I quietly removed myself from this range.
When I go back next time, I should introduce Ethan to Wu Qianying, Tang Ji made arrangements silently in his heart, and then walked into the detective's house.
This hotel is consistently ranked among the top 50 least popular hotels in Baja California, and it’s not without reason.
The entire building has three floors and a basement with eight rooms on each floor. From the rooftop, you can clearly see the surrounding area for several kilometers because it is the only building for several kilometers around.
The nearest neighbor is 7.5 kilometers away, a restaurant close to the highway. It is worth mentioning that they have the same bad reviews on the Internet. The boss there is also very characterful. He never does business with repeat customers. He relies on quality and
Xinhei squeezes out all the remaining value of customers in one go.
There is no decent scenery around the Detective House. Apart from the endless sea of sand, there is only the water collection tower built by United View Company along the road.
It is hard to imagine that the climate environment on both sides of a highway is so different, but United View Group has done it. Their 40-year monopoly on the climate of this area has almost eliminated the possibility of natural rainfall.
It is said that the first company to put weather weapon systems into the civilian market was Paul Fu Industrial, the predecessor of Night City Construction Group.
They use this method to artificially create natural disasters for their competitors, and they also use this method to expel the residents of the developed land.
Very few people can sustain rainfall for several months, especially when water and electricity are cut off. When Night City was first established, it was not built on unclaimed land, but its speed from planning to completion is the fastest among human beings.
most.
Tang Ji picked a room he liked on the top floor. To be honest, it was difficult. Even from the perspective of a rough guy like Tang Ji, the rooms provided by Detective House were far from comfortable.
If he didn't know how long he would stay here, he would rather live in the car or set up a tent in the yard.
In order to increase the number of rooms as much as possible, the rooms here are terribly low and Martin can only live on the first floor because that is the only floor where he can stand up straight.
The floors and walls were full of traces of time. Tang Ji was grateful for the desert environment here, which kept the room at least from being damp, otherwise the mold spots here might have become carpets.
With a gentle tap on the mattress, a thin layer of gravel bounced on the bed, and several frightened camel spiders crawled out from under the bed, looking for the culprit.
This thing was seven or eight centimeters big. Even Tang Ji couldn't help but frown, feeling that the money he spent was not worth it.
A few minutes later, Ethan's scream broke the dullness of the hotel. He carried his luggage and jumped from the second floor window. His body was so dexterous that he didn't look like a patient who had just gone through the withdrawal period.
"Spider! Spider! A spider as big as a basin!" Ethan looked like he had seen a ghost. He didn't even realize that he was standing barefoot on a pile of sand with a body temperature of over sixty degrees.
Martin leaned his upper body out of the first-floor window, accidentally crushing a few pieces of glass, and holding a camel spider more than ten centimeters long in his hand: "Is this what you are talking about?"
After saying that, Martin threw the spider at Ethan's feet, which scared the drone expert into doing a 'dance' on the beach. Martin burst out laughing, clapping his hands and humming an Indian tune.
Look for spiders in every corner of the room and throw them at Ethan.
"Strictly speaking, this thing is not a spider." Anthony carried the recliner that Ethan had set up before, sat on it, and watched Ethan's performance with a smile on his lips: "It is a special kind of arthropod insect, similar to
Scorpions are somewhat related, but they are not poisonous."
"Are you sure?" Ethan was already gasping for air at this time. He had just realized the high temperature under his feet and was constantly changing his feet back and forth while avoiding the terrifying monsters thrown by Martin.
"I'm sure, but I didn't say they don't bite. That thing bites really hard." Anthony recalled, "They can swallow prey one-third the size of themselves, and they can run up to ten times an hour in the desert."
At a speed of five kilometers, they are particularly difficult to mess with. You'd better be careful or you might step on them."
"Ah!" Anthony said too late. Unfortunately, Ethan had already been successfully attacked by one of the camel spiders.
At this time, the Saint also joined in the revenge against Ethan. He lived on the third floor and had just grabbed a large bucket of living creatures from all corners that had been brought in without paying. He fell down in the air and almost surrounded Ethan.
"Help! Come and save me! I'm allergic to these bugs!" Ethan jumped three feet high, almost making people think that he had awakened some kind of high jump and long jump ability. He jumped straight into Anthony's arms with the movement of a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
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The laughter of Martin and the Saint suddenly reached its peak.
Soult stood on the rooftop, looking downstairs with some envy and longing. This kind of happiness and emotion was something he had never experienced before.
In the wilderness, in the Skeleton Party, the only criterion for happiness is how many things you have grabbed today and how many women you have slept with. Even if they laugh, they always smile fiercely to let others know that they are not to be trifled with.
Soult looked into the distance. That was the way he came. He was now nearly a thousand kilometers away from home, but for some reason, he didn't miss home at all.
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After all the fun, this group of professionals finally arranged everything that needed to be arranged before the sun went down.
Anthony repaired a diesel generator in the basement. Fortunately, diesel was sold at a nearby charging station. If there was an unexpected power outage, they could rely on the reserved diesel to generate electricity for five hours.
Martin placed the mammoth exoskeleton and accompanying equipment he transported in the room on the right side of the hall on the first floor. If someone attacks them, he can break out of the wall at any time and surprise the enemy.
He also pretended to be a mortar on the rooftop, and the Saints helped him flatten the nearby terrain, divide it, and mark each one.
This purely electromagnetic-driven mortar fires silently. In addition to being able to freely switch between horizontal fire and parabolic fire, it can also play a guest role as an anti-aircraft weapon, as long as the corresponding ammunition types are complete.
Anthony built a decent operating room on the third floor. In the most pessimistic predictions, they might not be able to find a completely healthy Ice Princess.
According to the information sent by Alia, most of the kidnapping gangs that do not issue ransom demands are targeting people or organs, and now this market is expanding with the emergence of superhumans.
Ethan had the heaviest task. Although he was teased by Martin and the Saints and became a little angry, he still completed his work.
He turned the entire second floor into a command center. In addition to the large drone console, he also set up a simple monitoring network. Thanks to Aria's help, Ethan has now obtained the information of most of the cameras near the Sunshine Hotel.
Secondary authority.
As Ethan connected a few cables to himself, a total of seventeen drones of different sizes took off from the mini airport just built in the hotel yard.
One of the drones looks more like a kite than an airplane. This is a semi-permanent unpowered aerostat. When it flies into the sky, it will actively abandon its heavy energy package and power source, and then unfold itself for up to ten years.
The five-meter wings rely on solar energy, wind energy and heat source airflow to maintain their floating height.
"Very good, let's take off, my little cuties, show me all the secrets of this city." Ethan's tone gradually became abnormal.
As this batch of drones all took off, they quickly began their respective missions.
A hacker of Aria's level cannot find information that cannot be found on the Internet, and Tangji is also not good at it, but he knows how to obtain clues through other channels.
through the real world.
Aria's rough statistics show that in the entire Baja California seaside area, from the past three years to today, a total of seventeen kidnapping gangs have been active.
Corresponding to six local gangs and two dark networks, three completed sections of trading platform, protective umbrella, and operatives were formed, involving more than 900 people.
Of course, most of them are useless gang members. Tang Ji plans to bypass this part and start searching for the kidnapping gang first, visit them one by one, and politely ask for information about the Ice and Snow Princess.
When we go together like this, there is always someone who can provide valuable clues. Of course, in this process, Tang Ji and the others must have friendly exchanges with the local gangs, and naturally help each other, and finally find the Ice and Snow Princess.
He and they must and will definitely find the Ice and Snow Princess. This is the only ending. After all, the other ending is too big and more than 900 people will die. The local law enforcement officials will probably have a headache.