Chapter 344: Unanswered Conjecture
"Okay, do you have a tranquilizer gun?"
"Yes, I have weapons that can be equipped with anesthetic bullets and incapacitating drugs... Alas, it's already this time, and you're still thinking about not killing them." There was some displeasure in Xia Xiaoyu's tone.
Su Ming glanced at the other party in the rearview mirror and explained, "They are innocent and are just following orders. There is no need to kill them if I can escape. Besides, those people wrongly accused me. If I kill them, those unfounded charges will be confirmed and no one will stand on my side."
"I know. I won't use live ammunition," Xia Xiaoyu replied.
Su Ming glanced at the red light ahead and tapped the steering wheel with his fingers. Impatience quietly grew in his heart, eating away at his patience.
His intuition told him that continuing along this route was not a good option.
There was something strange. The alternation time of the red and green lights was not right. Su Ming stared at the traffic lights, observing the jumps in the numbers of the green and red lights. He was sure that there was something wrong with the alternation of the traffic lights!
Although the countdown numbers for traffic lights are the same, both are thirty seconds, but it is obvious that one second for a red light is longer, while one second for a green light is much faster.
There is a twenty-second waiting time after the green light, but a forty-second waiting time after the red light.
People from the Ministry of Public Security adjusted the traffic lights. What was their purpose?
"After we change trains, they will definitely find that the car is empty. In that case, they will have no chance of finding us." Su Ming touched his chin, put himself in the perspective of the Ministry of Public Security, and thought seriously.
If he was from the Ministry of Public Security and came to arrest me, what would he do at this time? Why would he adjust the traffic lights?
Shouldn't the first thing to do when we lose direct clues is to cut off any way for him to leave the island? For example, set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the Black Gate and also at the dock.
But why do we need to adjust the time between red and green lights? For such trivial matters... Wait, we should not think about the motivation, but the impact of this change on ourselves. If the time between red and green lights becomes longer, then the time for us to arrive at the Lingyan Mine will be delayed.
"They already know my destination is the Lingyan Mine!" Su Ming said, "The traffic lights are adjusted to delay my arrival at the Lingyan Mine. If I run a red light, I will be easily identified. If I wait for the red light, they will attack me from other intersections... and they don't even wait for the red light."
Su Ming showed a smile that showed he felt a lot of pressure. From this kind of detailed control, it can be seen that some of the people sent by the alliance are quite capable.
He opened his mobile phone to check nearby shops, and after confirming the nearest store where he could buy the suitcase, he drove the car around a corner and stopped in front of a store a few hundred meters away.
"Go get a bigger suitcase." Su Ming said.
Xia Xiaoyu got out of the car without saying a word and walked into the store. Half a minute later, she came out dragging a large suitcase and threw it into the trunk.
The car started again and left the straight line leading to the Lingyan Mine.
Su Ming was almost certain that the other party had already ambushed in the Lingyan Mine, and his chances of escaping from Dongyang Island had been greatly reduced.
"Su Ming, I just thought about it. You don't have to leave now. If I put you in a suitcase and run around, they won't be able to find you. They won't have to wait too long. They will think that you have left Dongyang Island without anyone noticing, and the inspections at Lingyan Mine and other places will be relaxed." Xia Xiaoyu suddenly said.
Su Ming drove silently without responding to the other party. Xia Xiaoyu's method seemed feasible at first glance, but it was actually impossible.
You must look at a higher level when looking at something. This time the frame-up was not led by the alliance, but by some bad apples in the alliance. In Su Ming's guess, those bad apples were most likely the Mysterious Eye hidden in the top leadership, and those members of the Mysterious Eye had already cooperated with the time travelers.
In this way, as long as the people from the Ministry of Public Security in Dongyang Island pass the news of his escape back to the alliance, the members of the Mysterious Eye in the alliance will easily think that there are people with unknown forces helping him, and then call on the city's surveillance, they will discover Xia Xiaoyu's existence.
From the incident with Ding Yu, it has been proved that the members of the Mysterious Eye have some means to see Xia Xiaoyu, and Ding Yu is the lowest existence in the Mysterious Eye. If the other party sends senior cadres to this island to find Xia Xiaoyu, not only will he who stays on Dongyang Island be in danger, but Xia Xiaoyu will also be in danger.
So, in fact, Su Ming’s only chance to escape from Dongyang Island is now. If he delays, even Xia Xiaoyu’s ultimate trump card will become useless.
"Xiao Yu, after I leave, you cannot stay in Dongyang Island. Pick an island with the largest area and the largest population among the islands connected to the Black Gate, settle there, and never pass through the Black Gate again, understand?" Su Ming warned.
"Why do you do this? I don't understand." Xia Xiaoyu frowned and looked at Su Ming's reflection in the rearview mirror in confusion.
"I suspect that the mastermind behind this is Mystic Eyes. You are the queen they have been looking for. I used your power when I escaped from the Seventh Bureau before. As long as the police chasing me are a little smarter and tell the alliance about the strange situation, the Mystic Eyes members in the alliance will guess that you are helping me."
"I understand. After sending you away, I will leave here immediately." Xia Xiaoyu nodded solemnly.
The two had just finished their conversation when Su Ming turned the steering wheel and took another turn, taking a longer route.
He knew that there were people being pursued by the Ministry of Public Security passing by ahead, because that route gave Su Ming a bad feeling. If he continued along that road, he might run into the other party by chance. If he was seen by others, a fight in the street would be inevitable.
In Su Ming's mind, the nearby roads have become a flat network structure map, and when he drives on this map, Su Ming will have an intuitive impression of any route within a certain distance - dangerous or safe.
"It's really useful. I can still stay calm at a time like this. This is probably the benefit of this ability ." Su Ming murmured to himself.
Since traveling through time, Su Ming has always had a little prejudice against super intuition. Although his super intuition tells him that super intuition is very strong, in many cases, the performance of super intuition is not so outstanding. It is Hell Return and Annihilation Mode that have saved him from danger many times.
But now, Su Ming feels that the super S-level rating of Super Intuition is well deserved.
In this situation, if Su Ming did not have super intuition, it would be very likely that he would go to war with the special forces sent by the alliance in the center of such a densely populated city.
Those people seemed to have some containment objects. Su Ming had no chance of winning unless he used the annihilation mode. However, once he used the annihilation mode, innocent people would inevitably be hurt, and it would more likely cause a chain reaction, flying around the entire city and annihilating a large number of psychics.
The energy of the annihilation mode will be exhausted in a short period of time, and his identity as a rebel will inevitably be confirmed.
By then, the master will be forced to take action, and the situation will take a turn for the worst.
However, it’s different if he has super intuition. With super intuition he won’t be caught.
From this escape incident, we can see that super intuition, annihilation mode and hell return are two completely different abilities. The latter is a huge advantage at the tactical level, while super intuition is a cheat. It is an abnormal ability that is not included in Murphy's Law.
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Liu Lingshan was running on the road.
Under normal circumstances, it is very dangerous for a human to run on the road at a very fast speed.
But in fact, this is just the subjective judgment of most people. When people move faster than cars, running on the road is a very easy and safe thing. Except that there is no metal body on the outside, it is actually no different from driving on the road.
In addition, humans are much lighter than cars, so they have less inertia and are more flexible.
"Wow! Mom, look, there's someone running outside!" a little girl said, pointing at Liu Lingshan outside the window.
The mother looked up and saw a figure passing quickly outside the window. Then the person changed lanes in the middle of the road, blended into the traffic beside him, and quickly went away.
"Hey, honey, I just saw someone passing by!" the woman said, pulling the man next to her.
"It's okay for a kid to say that, but why are you like this? I'm driving!" the man said impatiently.
His attention was completely focused on driving and he didn't notice Liu Lingshan at all. Moreover, according to common sense, no one would speed with cars in the middle of the road. People cannot drive at such a fast speed.
The speed of an ordinary car at 40 yards per hour is 11 meters per second when converted to seconds, while Liu Lingshan's average speed when running at full speed is 30 meters per second. In other words, if a driver sees Liu Lingshan next to him, he will feel as if he is walking on the street while a car is passing by on the highway.
Liu Lingshan quickly ran across several streets, leaped up, and jumped onto the street lamp next to her, causing exclamations from passers-by around her. Her body was as light as a feather, and with a little leverage from the top of the street lamp, she crossed the roof of the building next to her and disappeared from the sight of passers-by, leaving behind a group of passers-by who were talking a lot.
While running, Liu Lingshan took out the ringing cell phone from his pocket. There was an unfamiliar number on it.
It must be him who called at this time, Liu Lingshan thought to himself.
I answered the phone, but there was no sound from the other end.
"Hello, is this Xiao Ming? I'm alone now."
"Master, what is their plan now?" Su Ming spoke.
"You got a new phone and number so quickly?"
"Well, it's not that hard to use someone else's phone. Isn't that the point?"
"The point is that they are chasing you. They should be faster than you. They are likely to reach the Spiritual Salt Mine earlier than you. I am also rushing there now."
"Can I call Flora?"
"I advise you not to do this. Flora is with a group of people from the Ministry of Public Security." Liu Lingshan was silent for a while and sighed, "Xiao Ming, you can't leave this time...if you are alone."
Su Ming on the other end of the phone was shocked when he heard this, and asked calmly: "What do you mean?"
"There must be someone around you who has the same abilities as the members of Mysterious Eye." Liu Lingshan said.
Su Ming: “…”
Liu Lingshan continued, "Bruel escaped from the Union Prison, and no prison guards on the scene noticed him. But afterwards we found traces of his escape, and that was when the Mysterious Eye first demonstrated its specific capabilities, or more precisely, when we first knew about it.
This time you knocked out two police officers, but the other police officer said that this was not normal, which means that the thinking of those of us who were present at the time was also influenced by you.
No, to be precise, I was not affected by you, but by someone we cannot observe. The reason why I am sure that this is not your ability, but the ability of another person, is because if you possess that kind of terrible causal ability, then you don’t have to flee so embarrassingly, and you can leave Dongyang Island openly.
So imagine there's someone around you that we can't sense or observe, and then everything makes sense."
Su Ming was completely shocked. For the first time, Xia Xiaoyu's existence was guessed by someone!
"Master, you guessed right. There is indeed such a person around me." Su Ming replied.
"Xiao Ming, am I right in my guess?" Liu Lingshan asked.
Su Ming was stunned for a moment, and repeated again: "Yes, that's right."
"If I'm not mistaken, can you tell me some information about the person next to you?" Liu Lingshan asked.
At this time, Su Ming had already noticed something strange. Although Liu Lingshan had guessed the existence of Xia Xiaoyu, he could not pass on the information about Xia Xiaoyu to the other party.
In order to prove that his guess was correct, Su Ming asked another question: "Did I answer your question just now?"
"You answered."
"What did I answer?"
"...You said something, can you repeat it again?" Liu Lingshan responded.
Just as Su Ming guessed, his answer about Xia Xiaoyu just now turned into meaningless sound in Liu Lingshan's mind. She could not understand the specific meaning of the sound, and could not even repeat it.
"Forget it, let's talk about how I can escape from here."
"Why don't you want to tell me about the person next to you? I think my guess is correct."
"No, you guessed wrong. I don't have such a person around me. That's my ability."
"Is it true? I hate it most when people lie to me." From Liu Lingshan's tone, it could be seen that she did not believe Su Ming's answer at all.
But the good news is that as long as it is not about Xia Xiaoyu, Liu Lingshan can successfully hear and understand it.
"Can you please stop paying attention to the person next to me?" Su Ming said.
There was no response from the other party. Su Ming hesitated for a moment and reorganized his words: "Don't think about your guess."
"Why? I have always trusted you, Xiao Ming."
This sentence was successfully understood by Liu Lingshan's brain.
"I beg you, okay?" Su Ming took a deep breath and uttered these cowardly words.
Su Ming was about to collapse. He couldn't even refuse Xia Xiaoyu's question. He had to either use a sentence about Xia Xiaoyu to temporarily skip the other party's questioning, or he could only ask the other party not to delve into it further.
There is no other way.
After a long while, Liu Lingshan finally said, "Okay, I'll let you go this time. Tell me about your next plan and I'll see if I can help you."
