Chapter 351 Bait
"Stop investigating..."
It turned out to be a threat.
Su Xia frowned. How did the other party know the news so quickly?
Was the hole he dug outside the dump discovered, or was the villa being watched?
With his ability, if there really was someone monitoring outside, there was no way he wouldn't notice it.
"Sir, what is this?" Ding Can walked over and asked.
"Take a look." Su Xia handed him the iron plate.
At the same time, Su Xia dispatched countless nanorobots to form mechanical hummingbirds, which wandered and inspected in the surrounding darkness.
Just now in the basement, all his attention was on the newspapers, and he didn't even notice the approaching robot, which was a major mistake.
He did not activate Metal Sensing throughout the entire process because it would consume too much spiritual energy to use the skill for a long time.
Psionics are similar to the mana bar in many games.
They searched for more than an hour after entering the villa. They couldn't use their skills all the time during this hour, so they had to save as much as possible.
This thing should be saved as much as possible. Even the psychic energy of the mechanical race is not enough. Normally, more than half of the mechanical race members are in a dormant state with the lowest power consumption.
"Sir, the other party is threatening us." Ding Can said, holding the iron plate.
"Yes." Su Xia nodded.
"I didn't expect that we would be exposed so quickly." Ding Can was not worried, but full of fighting spirit. "Sir, this shows that the other party is not absolutely sure of dealing with us, otherwise they would not threaten us at all, but would directly deal with us."
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
Of course, it may also be because the other party does not have enough power for the time being and only wants to use this warning to delay their investigation.
When the other party gathers enough strength, the danger will gradually approach.
Su Xia stood next to the car, and the surrounding nanorobots were feeding him reconnaissance information.
[Inspection completed, no special threats within a radius of 200 meters]
[Check completed, no special threats within a 500-meter radius]
【……】
From the ground to the sky, countless nanorobots spread out and gradually explored, until they reached an area with a radius of five kilometers, but nothing abnormal was found.
During this period, Su Xia also took some action and also found no suspicious creatures.
Not to mention people, there are not even stray dogs.
The biggest source of life is a group of .
And it is certainly impossible for wild boar to be the mastermind behind this.
"Let's go to the reporter's house!" Su Xia made a prompt decision, "Don't worry about anything, just go there as fast as possible!"
"yes!"
Ding Can got in the car immediately and realized the problem.
Although the other party cannot deal with them for the time being, they can deal with those unarmed related personnel.
Their investigation may make the other party desperate.
“Buzz——!”
The engine roared and the car body shook, as if a steel beast was rushing out.
The speed exceeded 160 in a very short time, and was still rising. The world outside the car window became a series of afterimages.
Su Xia chose the back seat this time. She checked Su Qi's physical condition first. After confirming that she was fine, she turned on her metal sensing ability to the maximum.
He was like a human-shaped metal sensor, moving rapidly along the road with the car.
A large area in front, behind, left and right of the vehicle is within his sensing range.
The greater the distance, the weaker the induction force.
But the close-quarters area is completely his home turf.
"Sir, fasten your seat belts. They may attack you on the road." Ding Can reminded, "The car is going too fast now. If it is attacked, there is a risk of overturning."
"It's okay, just keep this speed and follow my instructions."
Su Xia was very confident and asked Ding Can to concentrate on driving.
After all, he is a level five creature, and is like a god in other places. It is too inappropriate for him to be worried all day long.
In a small city like Kaiba City, if it weren't for the masked monster incident, there would be no level 5 creatures coming.
Su Xia lowered her eyes slightly, stopped talking, and sensed carefully.
The vehicle speed increased steadily and finally maintained at an extremely fast range.
About ten minutes later, Su Xia suddenly raised her hand and said to Ding Can, "Slow down the car. There will be explosions around you in a few seconds."
"good!"
Ding Can lightly pressed the brakes, the pointer on the dashboard slowly moved to the left, and the car slowed down.
Six seconds later, a loud bang was heard on the left side of the road, about fifty meters away from the vehicle.
“Boom!”
Flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke rose, and the shock wave of the explosion slightly affected the car body.
Fortunately, the distance is far and the impact is not great.
Just two seconds after this explosion, another explosion was heard thirty meters away on the right side of the road.
Immediately afterwards, explosions began to occur continuously on both sides of the road.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
They seemed to be driving in a war zone, with dangers everywhere.
Dirt, metal pieces, dead branches and leaves, etc., countless tiny debris flew everywhere in the explosion, and many of them splashed onto both sides of the car.
However, after countless explosions, the roads and vehicles did not suffer much damage.
In the car, Su Qi was uneasy, her face was slightly pale, she stroked her belly and asked in a low voice: "Is it those people?"
"Yes, it's them."
According to Su Xia's perception, both sides of the road were filled with unmanned mechanical equipment.
If there are no countermeasures, then the moment the car enters that road, the mechanical equipment on both sides will start at the same time and fire terrifying armor-piercing bullets at the car.
Fortunately, under Su Xia's control, those unmanned equipment either became ineffective or exploded.
There were some anti-tank mines on the road, all of which were moved away by Su Xia and posed no threat to them.
"Keep speeding up. There is a fork ahead. Take the left one and try to arrive before the other party knows our destination." Su Xia said to Ding Can.
"Sir, doesn't the other party know that we are going to the reporter's house?" Ding Can suspected that their conversation and discoveries in the villa were probably already known to the other party .
Therefore, the other party may have gone to the reporter's home before them and killed him to silence him.
But Su Xia knew very well that there were no monitoring devices in the villa or around the villa. The other party only knew that they were investigating the matter and had no idea about their progress and goals.
"The other party might guess it." Su Xia said, "Speed up, we don't have much time."
The reason why the other party was able to deploy unmanned equipment on that section of road in advance was because this was the only road in the area.
Most of the roads in this world are built with private capital.
It’s quite different from the domestic situation on the other side of the Earth.
In this world, as long as roads are usable and sufficient, it is fine. Some roads may not be repaired for decades.
Only when you enter an important urban area will there be more roads.
"Sir, at the current speed, it will take another eighteen minutes to reach the reporter's home." After arriving at the fork in the road, Ding Can turned the steering wheel and followed Su Xia's instructions to enter the road on the far left.
They have already entered the main urban area. The roads in the city are interconnected and there are patrol teams from the city defense department everywhere. The possibility of the other party launching another attack is not great.
Shortly after entering the main urban area, Ding Can, who was speeding, attracted the attention of a patrol team.
Soon, there were several more cars behind them.
“Ding ding!”
The patrol team honked their horns at the back, signaling Ding Can to stop.
Time was running out, so Ding Can naturally couldn't stop the car. He simply rolled down the window, took out a stack of business cards from his pocket, and threw them out of the car.
"call……"
The car was going too fast and the wind was blowing very fast outside the window.
After being thrown out, those white business cards fluttered in the air like snowflakes, which was very beautiful.
At this time, the patrol cars all realized that something was wrong. After all, there were not many people who dared to be so arrogant in the city.
"Damn it, stop the car and stop chasing him. It's that little bully!" the experienced old patrolman said immediately.
"What, it's him?"
After receiving the order, several patrol cars stopped and stopped chasing.
Facing Ding Can, what can I do even if I catch up with him?
Someone got out of the car and picked up a business card on the ground. After seeing the information on it, his face changed.
"Fuck, it's really him!"
The other party was Ding Can, the son of the city lord, who had the power to speed in the city.
This is the joy of power.
Not to mention speeding, even if he killed someone in the streets of the city, the city lord would do everything he could to protect him.
In this way, Ding Can traveled freely on the city roads at night, ignoring all patrols and traffic lights, with almost no stops along the way.
When we finally arrived at the destination, we were five minutes ahead of schedule.
"Sir, we're here!"
The car began to slow down, Ding Can stepped on the brakes and slowly stopped the car under a row of old apartment buildings.
The reporter's parents live in room 102 of this apartment building.
It was late at night and the area was very quiet, with only a few lights on in the apartment buildings.
Recently, the municipal government issued a notice, informing everyone that the city is in chaos and asking everyone to stay at night as much as possible, so every household went to bed early.
Through the car window, you can see that the windows of Room 102 on the first floor are also dark.
Su Xia did not rush to get out of the car, but instead sensed a large area around him and sent out a large number of nanorobots for reconnaissance.
[Safety within a radius of 50 meters]
[Safety within a radius of 100 meters]
【……】
The small robots acted quickly and efficiently, and in a short period of time they checked a large number of hidden corners for Su Xia, even the sewers were not spared.
At the same time, some nanorobots sneaked into room 102 through the gaps in the room.
They quickly searched the entire room.
By sharing the perspective, Su Xia also saw what they saw.
[No living organisms were found in the living room]
[No living creatures were found in the bedroom]
【kitchen……】
【……】
Soon, the conclusion came out.
"They are not here." Su Xia said.
"Ah?" Ding Can was surprised. "Sir, we haven't gone in to check yet."
"I've seen it."
"Your Excellency is truly amazing."
Ding Can said this sincerely and attributed this conclusion to some special ability of Su Xia.
He asked, "Sir, has the other party already taken action? Where should we go next?"
Su Xia shook her head: "Don't worry, things shouldn't be that simple."
In room 102 of the apartment building, he found something very strange.
The first is the entrance area, where there is a weight sensor under the floor, and there is also a sensor on each side of the door frame.
That is to say, as long as someone enters the room through the main door, the person who places the sensor will be immediately notified.
There’s even a hidden camera right above the door frame.
Similarly, there is a similar arrangement at the locations of each window.
Even areas connected to sewer pipes such as bedrooms, kitchens, and toilets are equipped with sensors.
If it were not a nanorobot, but a larger robot, it would be easily discovered.
Throughout the room, the number of hidden cameras reached double digits.
"This room is not for living, it's more like a bait." Su Xia said.
"Bait?"
Ding Can was startled and asked, "If anyone goes in, they will be noticed?"
Su Xia nodded: "Yes."
"Sir, could it be that the other party has already made arrangements in advance?"
"No, not so fast." Su Xia was sure. "There are no other arrangements around, and no ambushes. It doesn't look like the work of those people. There are more than ten hidden cameras in the room. The internal hardware number of the earliest camera can be traced back to half a year ago."
"Sir, could it be... that this was arranged by the parents of that reporter?"
Ding Can was surprised. According to Su Xia's description, the whole house had been changed in a big way.
This kind of change cannot be completed in a day or two, and the owner of the room cannot be unaware of it.
"It's possible. You wait for me in the car."
There was something in the room that interested Su Xia.
It was an old-fashioned fax machine.
Apart from this, there was nothing else in the entire room that could communicate with the outside world.
Su Xia got out of the car, closed the door, then walked to the door of Room 102 and knocked.
“Boom boom boom…”
There was no one in the room, so naturally no one would open the door.
Su Xia's knocking on the door was for the people behind the surveillance camera to see.
Then, he thought about it, and the metal door lock opened automatically with a click, and the door opened a crack.
Su Xia didn't hesitate, stepped into the room and stepped on the weight sensor area.
He walked step by step to the living room and made a gesture to a hidden camera, indicating that he needed to communicate.
"You don't have to be afraid. I know there is something wrong with your son's death. I am in the same boat with him." He said this to the camera.
Then, Su Xia stood there and waited quietly.
About half a minute later, the fax machine in the living room suddenly started up automatically, making a "buzzing" sound, and a thin piece of fax paper was slowly spit out.
There were only three words on the paper: "Who are you?"
Seeing this piece of paper, Su Xia confirmed what she was thinking.
This room, which looks like a bait, was actually set up by the reporter's parents.
Perhaps the two of them realized the danger very early on, so they moved out of the house and are now in some safe place, quietly watching Su Xia on the monitor.
At this time, Su Xia was letting those small nanorobots expand the search range.
He thought that the reporter's parents would not move too far away.
Because the old couple is currently involved in a lawsuit, they need to occasionally show up in this house to show the outside world that they are still living here.
According to Ding Can's investigation, the two men appeared nearby last night and were captured by surveillance cameras in nearby supermarkets.
Su Xia raised her head and said to the camera: "I'm here to investigate the truth."
Having said that, he continued to wait.
Soon, the fax machine next to it spit out the next piece of paper: "I don't believe you."
This old-fashioned fax machine can only hold ten sheets of paper at a time, and Su Xia did not see any fax paper nearby, which means that the other party will only answer ten sentences.
This might have been a deliberate arrangement by the old couple. Su Xia needed to gain their trust within ten sentences.
Two sentences have been used up now.
