Chapter 352: Death is Certain
This old-fashioned fax machine doesn't even have a simple phone display, nor does it show the other party's location.
Two pieces of fax paper fluttered down, with only two simple sentences on them.
Su Xia looked at it carefully for a few times, and a very ordinary prompt popped up in front of her.
【Fax paper: auxiliary items】
Just this one line, nothing else.
He was very sure that the people opposite him were the reporter's parents.
If we can gain the trust of the old couple, perhaps we can get other clues and make greater progress in the mission.
But the problem is that trust cannot be built overnight.
Therefore, Su Xia was stalling for time.
He lowered his head and touched his chin, seemingly in deep thought, but in fact he was waiting for the small nanorobots around him to give him feedback.
Ding Can showed Su Xia the photos of the reporter's parents, and the nanorobots only needed to perform facial matching.
[No high-matching target found within a radius of 500 meters]
[Nothing found within a radius of 800 meters...]
【……】
Messages came back one after another.
The nanorobots that were dispatched checked the surrounding residential buildings, shops, hotels, etc. one by one, comparing the people in them one by one, and even the homeless people on the street were not spared.
In the room, Su Xia was still in deep thought.
In fact, as long as he demonstrated his ability to control metal, given his current reputation, the old couple would most likely believe him.
However, there is a tiny possibility...that is, the people on the other side might not be the old couple, but might really be the ones used by the mastermind to fish.
Therefore, Su Xia cannot expose too much.
After a few minutes, the fax machine suddenly made a "buzzing" sound again, and another piece of fax paper was spit out.
On this piece of paper, there was also only one simple sentence: "The driver of the car outside is the city lord's son Ding Can?"
Seeing this, Su Xia's heart moved, and she nodded to the hidden monitor next to her and said, "Yes, it's him."
After receiving a positive answer, less than half a minute later, the fax machine spit out another piece of paper.
The other party said: "Let him enter the room. If it is confirmed to be him, we can meet."
"good."
Su Xia was not expecting this sudden change of attitude.
He called Ding Can this time just to ask Ding Can to help him look up some basic information and be his driver.
Unexpectedly, the other party actually asked to see Ding Can.
He took out his cell phone and sent a message to Ding Can outside: "Come in, be careful."
“Here it comes!”
After receiving the message, Ding Can got out of the car immediately and walked quickly towards Room 102.
Before he could even walk in, the fax machine in the room rang.
The other party said: "It is indeed him, you did not lie to me, it seems you are trustworthy."
At the same time, Ding Can entered the house.
Seeing the fax machine working, he felt strange, so he reached out to pick up the papers that had just been spit out and read every sentence sent by the other party.
"Come to me by name?"
Ding Can was delighted, he could finally be of some use.
In the previous operation, his biggest role was driving. Apart from that, he just rummaged through the garbage and sundries in the villa and did not feel too involved.
Soon, the fax machine spit out the next piece of paper: "You have a good reputation. You are different from those people. I know some friends in the refugee resettlement area. They all praise you. I hope you are a person who is consistent in your appearance and heart."
"Of course I am what I appear to be."
Ding Can lifted his collar and said this.
He also didn't expect that the things he had done in the slums before would be rewarded today.
Su Xia didn't say anything, but stood quietly by and accepted the feedback from the small nanorobots.
[No high-matching targets found within a radius of 3,700 meters]
【……】
As the search area expanded, the nanorobots slowed down.
After all, the small robots in Su Xia's hands are still not enough. If the number can be several times or ten times more, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.
Soon, the fax machine started buzzing again, and the other party sent over the next sheet of paper.
The paper read: "Do you have a tail behind you?"
The other party was quite cautious, asking them to confirm whether anyone was following them.
Ding Can was not sure about this. He was just driving and his speed once exceeded 200.
In Haima City, almost no one dares to stop his car.
Even if there was a car following behind him, he would most likely have left it behind. After all, other cars would be stopped by the city defense patrol cars if they drove too fast.
The whole city is now under martial law and will soon be closed. Drones are not allowed in the sky.
"Sir, is there anyone following us?" Ding Can asked Su Xia.
"No."
Su Xia could be sure that she had temporarily escaped the other party's tracking along the way.
But the other party might guess their target and come looking for them after a while.
After receiving the reply, the other party sent a new message: "Okay, then you hide the car outside, and then go into the second alley from the left on this street. There is an abandoned telephone booth inside. Enter the telephone booth and I will tell you the next step."
The other party was so cautious that he refused to tell them his location.
This method of guidance made Su Xia feel like he was playing an old-fashioned spy game.
"Okay, wait a minute."
Su Xia agreed to the other party's request.
He already knew the surrounding buildings, so it would be easy to hide the car.
"My Lord, I'll drive."
Ding Can turned around and prepared to leave the room.
But before he walked out the door, he suddenly noticed the lock on the front door.
"Why, sir, I thought you had forced your way in."
Ding Can looked at the door lock in surprise, and found that it was intact, so he asked: "Sir, do you know how to pick locks?"
"Yeah, I understand a little bit."
"You're really amazing. I saw you just turned the doorknob a few times and the door opened." Ding Can turned the doorknob and tried to open and close the door.
Even he needs special gadgets to open the lock. How did this adult manage to open the lock with his bare hands?
Looking at the intact door lock, Ding Can was reminded of the explosion that had occurred on the road before.
Sir, how did you detonate those ambush devices?
Could he control objects remotely?
Or...
A strange thought emerged in Ding Can's mind, and it was difficult to suppress it once it appeared.
He took a few deep breaths, feeling a little excited but not sure.
They then drove the car to a secluded location and hid it temporarily.
Afterwards, following each other's instructions, the two walked into the alley.
There is indeed an abandoned telephone booth in the alley. Its surface is dirty and covered with graffiti. The top is covered with dust and dead leaves. It is unknown how long it has been abandoned. The front is also covered with various small advertisements.
When the two men approached, a "buzzing" sound suddenly came from the phone booth.
The sound is so faint that if you don't listen carefully you might confuse it with the rest of the ambient sound.
"Sir, they probably want us to answer the phone," Ding Can said.
"Yes, go and pick it up."
Su Xia sensed silently and found that there were several surveillance cameras in this alley.
They are all special wireless monitors, placed in extremely hidden corners and camouflaged in appearance, making them difficult to be discovered.
The other party was watching their actions through these monitors.
At this time, countless small nanorobots were still providing feedback to Su Xia.
[No target found in radius of 4,900 meters]
[No target found in radius of 4,930 meters]
【……】
The search is becoming increasingly difficult.
In the pavilion, Ding Can put the old phone to his ear and said, "I'm here. What's next?"
There was a hoarse voice coming from the other end of the phone, very low, as if it had been processed through a voice changer.
"Leave here and go north. Go to a flyover. There is an old mailbox underneath. Take the letter out of the mailbox and find a coordinate inside."
After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.
Less than thirty seconds, no chance to track.
This level of vigilance is even higher than that of formally trained human soldiers.
The overpass that the other party pointed out is only about 300 meters away from here and can be reached quickly.
Ding Can put down the phone, walked out of the pavilion, and said to Su Xia: “Sir, should we continue to do as instructed?”
"Well, go ahead, there's no rush."
And so, following the instructions, the two walked slowly through the neighborhood under the cover of night.
It was past eleven at night, and under normal circumstances, the area would have been filled with roaming gang members, but it had been quite quiet the past few days.
The two walked under the overpass and saw the mailbox that the other person mentioned.
It's called a mailbox, but it looks more like a trash can.
It looks tattered, and the green paint on the outside has almost fallen off, leaving only brown rust, which is gradually disappearing under the wind and rain day after day.
Ding Can opened his mailbox and found dozens of letters in it, which made him feel overwhelmed.
"Sir, time is running out. How can we find the location of that old couple among so many letters?" Ding Can glanced at the time and felt that the old couple was making things difficult for him.
"Go find it."
Su Xia carefully sensed and found several hidden cameras under the overpass.
On the side, Ding Can suppressed his complaints and began to look for what he needed in a pile of letters.
If it were just ordinary coordinate locations, it would be fine.
I was afraid that the old couple would come up with some weird coded text or strange combinations, which would waste more time.
At this time, the small nanorobots that had been searching around brought back good news to Su Xia.
[The target task has been found, with a matching degree of up to 99%]
Through shared vision, Su Xia saw the target's location.
It was a supermarket five kilometers away and it was closed.
The old couple actually lived on the ceiling of the supermarket, in a mezzanine less than two meters high.
It was filled with all kinds of mechanical equipment. There were more than twenty small monitoring screens alone. Various black wires were tangled together, making it look very messy. In addition, there were a large number of piled-up paper documents.
At this time, the two old men huddled in front of the screen, watching Su Xia and Ding Can's every move.
"He's really alert." Su Xia couldn't help but say.
It is already the limit for ordinary people to achieve this level.
The old couple were also investigating the cause of their son's death. On the surface, they used the lawsuit to confuse their opponents and made people around them think that they were going to resolve it through normal channels. In fact, they were secretly collecting information.
On a paper document next to them, Su Xia suddenly saw the words "Left Eye Security Group".
Those weird security guards at the landfill belong to this group.
"Sir, the letters have been opened." Ding Can suddenly said, "But they are all ordinary letters, there are no coordinates at all."
"The coordinates should be hidden in some text." Su Xia said.
"Still need to solve a puzzle?"
Ding Can stared at the letter in his hand, frowning.
If the old couple really believed in him, they should have told him the location directly instead of wasting his patience here.
Time was precious, and he knew Su Xia planned to leave before six in the morning tomorrow.
"Sir, time is running out. Why don't we go back to that room and ask them?" Ding Can suggested.
“No hurry.”
"My Lord, we must hurry up."
Ding Can took out his phone and showed Su Xia the latest message he had received. He said, "Just now, the mechanical creatures entered the Zero Tavern. The two forces are going to join forces in Haima City. The people from Anluo Company are also setting up the position device..."
Su Xia stared at Ding Can's phone screen and looked at it carefully.
This message was actually sent by Ding Yixiu.
The middle-aged man was worried about his son after all, so he told him the details directly and repeatedly reminded him: "The masked man will definitely die. You must not interfere with the actions of the mechanical tribe and the Zero Point Tavern. If anything happens, go home immediately!"
That night, the atmosphere in the whole city became increasingly tense.
Many forces have smelled something unusual.
It is said that the Mechanical Clan calculated through various information and finally determined that the probability of the Masked Monster being in Kaiba City is as high as 77.4%.
The Zero Point Tavern was deduced by a member who possessed special psychic talents.
In any case, the fact that mechanical creatures entered the Zero Point Tavern was unusual and made people think more about it.
Many people thought that after this night, the masked man would disappear from the world.
"Sir, why don't you go first?"
Ding Can suddenly advised: "I will stay in Haima City. I have plenty of time. I can investigate slowly in the future. When the storm is over, you can come back and continue the investigation."
"Why, didn't you persuade me to stay for a few more days?" Su Xia smiled faintly, "You have no confidence in your underground mine?"
"No, I'm just worried about the underground forces of the Mechanical Clan."
Ding Can did want Su Xia to stay for a few more days.
He originally thought that Su Xia, like the others, came here for the matter of the masked man.
But during these contacts, he vaguely discovered that Su Xia's image was becoming more and more similar to that of the masked man.
This made him very excited, but also worried, after all, the city lockdown was aimed at the masked monster.
"No rush, there is still time. Let's go find the old couple first." Su Xia said.
"But... sir, we don't know the coordinates yet."
“No need.”
Su Xia suddenly reached out, pressed the back of Ding Can's neck, activated the boots of speed, and instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared from the surveillance.
At this moment, on the second floor of the supermarket, the old couple were both stunned.
In just a blink of an eye, Su Xia and Ding Can in the surveillance video disappeared. Where did they go?
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the surveillance?"
This was the first thing the two thought of, so they immediately began to check the lines and equipment.
The reason why the two of them made things so complicated was just to see Su Xia and Ding Can's attitude towards cooperation and test their sincerity.
For them, time is of the essence, as they plan to spend the rest of their lives investigating their son's death.
But just as they began to investigate, there was a knock on the door.
“Boom boom boom…”
Hearing the sound, they were both shocked at the same time and hurriedly looked at the surveillance camera at the door.
In the surveillance video, it was Su Xia and Ding Can who had just disappeared.
At this time, Su Xia withdrew his hand that was knocking on the door, slowly raised his head, as if he knew that the two were watching him from behind the surveillance camera, and made a gesture to open the door.
“How could it be…”
The old couple looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.
They thought they had hidden themselves well, so how did Su Xia find them? And wasn't he just under the overpass?
At this moment, Su Xia's calm voice came from outside the door: "You two, don't try to understand things with ordinary people's thinking. You should know that you may never be able to find the truth about your son's death by yourself... I don't have much time, please open the door."
