Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 992 Late Clear Sky (Part )

On the way to Aries, he was speeding and nearly hit someone when he ran a red light, which made him regain some reason. If he insisted on driving like this in the downtown area, he might be arrested before he even got on the highway. So he forced himself to slow down and took the new phone out of his bag when the light was red.

The overwhelming amount of unread messages and missed call reminders occupied the notification bar after turning on the phone, as if he had become the most important person in the world in the 24 hours when he was out of contact, and the planet couldn't rotate without him. Nan Mingguang called him six times, and finally sent a hasty message to tell him that Nan Yunqiong was fine and he was buying a return ticket. Yu Qingshu also called, probably to ask about Yu Xiaorong's recent situation. There was no news from Zhou Yu. But Zhou Yu never took the initiative to greet others, which didn't mean anything. He called, and the voice prompt said that the phone was turned off, which was not uncommon for Zhou Yu.

He changed to sending a message through social software to see if Zhou Yu would happen to be in front of a computer. While waiting for a reply, he once again suppressed the various fantasies that surged in his head. There was no need to rush. Regardless of whether Zhou Wenxing was lying or not, and how much truth there was in his lies, he had to calm himself and figure out the situation first. After all, there are not so many close calls in the world. Zhou Yu was killed right in front of him just because he didn't run a red light? This possibility is very small. And the greater possibility is that he made a mistake in his haste and knocked some unlucky passerby away - he had to rely on monocular vision to drive - and then he rushed into a new round of traps in a hurry.

  Maybe Zhou Yu wasn't in the wetland at all. Maybe all these tricks were just to trick him into going to the wetland, and then threaten Zhou Yu to save him. Isn't this a simpler and more effective plan? Of course, that would definitely alert Zhou Yu in advance, and Li Li would help... But how clever is a weird poem? Zhou Yu couldn't be so obsessed with a few lines of rhyming lyrics that he would go to his death, right?

The message alert rang. Luo Binhan slowed down to look at the message. It was not from Zhou Yu, but from "Alice Kettler" with a black forest avatar. He immediately turned his eyes back to the road and no longer paid attention to the content on the phone screen.

"Li Li." He asked as he turned the corner, "Is Zhou Yu on Dongyun Road?"

He didn't hear an answer right away. At least half a minute passed before Li Li's voice came out: "I'm afraid he's not there."

"What took you so long to be sure?"

"They use an intranet there, and there are no cameras in non-working areas. I can only contact specific people through a dedicated line."

"That's your territory, Li Li. I thought you were lying last time when you said you couldn't find out."

"No sir, the standard security measures for the research facility were based on my prototype, and you can imagine that I am the typical threat she is trying to protect against."

Luo Binhan didn't want to talk to her about these messy things at the moment. "Where did Zhou Yu go?" he asked directly, "When did she leave?"

"The earliest was after 3pm yesterday afternoon, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"Whereabouts unknown?" Luo Binhan slammed on the brakes - God, he really wanted to kill the idiot in front of him who turned without turning on the signal. "You can view the surveillance cameras of the entire city, Li Li. You can even check his ticket records for going to the Wetland Park!"

"No record, sir."

"What do you mean no?"

"You need to slow down first."

"what?"

"According to facial expression analysis, your attention is not on driving. If you want to understand what I am going to say next, please slow down first."

Luo Binhan simply stuffed the front camera of his phone under his backpack. "I surrender."

Li Li said nothing. He had no choice but to slow down until the car behind him began to overtake him. "I'll remember this, Li Li," he said through gritted teeth.

Li Li just pretended that nothing happened. "I have checked all the relevant monitoring equipment and entry and exit records," she said in a deliberately calm tone, "At 2:40 yesterday afternoon, Radumos returned to the base. At 2:53, he met with Mr. Zhou Yu in the chairman's office to report his whereabouts after the emergency deployment. At that time, he noticed that Mr. Zhou Yu's attitude was abnormal. He was not very interested in the content of his report, and he was worried when he asked questions. Radumos described it as 'considering some extremely difficult options.' Their conversation lasted less than ten minutes. Then Mr. Zhou Yu claimed that he needed to rest - except for the necessary insiders, we have always explained his special situation as some kind of rare disease - so he asked Radumos to leave, and then closed the entire rest cabin, but Radumos noticed that most of the facilities in the rest cabin were damaged at that time. In addition, before they parted, Mr. Zhou Yu specifically asked him to continue to help take care of his pets, and he also thought that the timing of this sentence was unreasonable."

"Then what?" Robinson asked, "When did he leave the room?"

"He has not opened the rest cabin again. All entrances and exits are monitored, and the backup system was restored to operation an hour after you left."

"That……"

"He's not in there anymore, sir. Radumos became suspicious four hours ago and convinced the maintenance team at the recovery module to force the hatch open with him. There's no one inside."

Luo Binhan suddenly laughed. "The case of the missing person in the secret room."

"Yes, sir. The missing person case in the secret room. You may encounter an unstable electric car at the intersection 50 meters ahead. I strongly recommend that you pay special attention to it. During this period of time, Radumos organized people to search all the blind spots of surveillance and confirmed that Mr. Zhou Yu was no longer in the base. If you don't mind, his original words were, 'There is no place where a living person can be hidden.'"

Luo Binhan walked around the electric bike she mentioned. The man riding it looked suspicious, as if he had drunk two kilograms of liquor. It was really a birthday star hanging himself. The worst drivers in the world all came to his face today. "Then do you know where he went?"

"I have a rough guess. Judging from your route, our guesses are consistent."

"So you didn't know that Zhou Wenxing came to see me just now?"

"No, I tracked him on a surveillance camera thirty meters away from you, but there was no radio equipment nearby. But you were in a public place at the time, and I inferred that the probability of a conflict between you was very low. He could only appear to deliver information or items to you."

"You don't even know what he said to me, so how do you know where I'm going?"

"That poem, sir. Mr. Zhou Yu left it in the rest cabin. Radumos thought it was likely related to the reason for his disappearance, so he scanned all the contents of it and gave them to me as soon as he organized the search."

The image of the old man with a beer belly, strong arms, neat clothes and a smiling face appeared in Luo Binhan's mind again. It seems that his feeling is right. This is another cunning and difficult old man. "I don't see the meaning of that poem, Li Li. How do you know it refers to the wetland?"

"Where the birds sing, sir, this riddle is very simple."

"That's too vague. And I remember it mentioned Jasmine and Bodhi. I haven't done much research on Bodhi trees, but Jasmine is what my mom likes to grow. It smells similar to jasmine, right? That thing likes sandy loam and can't grow in wetlands. I also said it was a flower and bird market."

"Yes, if this poem was written for you, I would think so too. But since the purpose of this poem is for Mr. Zhou Yu to see, you have to consider this issue from his perspective."

"So what do you think his thinking is?"

Li Li was silent for a moment. "I have a question that I need to confirm with you, and I'm afraid it may be a little offensive."

"Li Li, stop writing nonsense."

"Has the body of your deceased friend been found intact?"

Luo Binhan glanced in the rearview mirror. "No."

"Did Zhou Wenxing mention her to you just now?"

"Yes."

"Did he tell you that the body Zhou Yu found was incomplete?"

Luo Bin sighed deeply, venting his pain and expressing his admiration. "How did you know?"

"It's not a coincidence that there are two allusions to beheading in that poem. The Stone of Samothrace refers to the Victory of Samothrace, which has been missing its head and arms since it was discovered. But the more important message is the second half, sir, which refers to the story of the Rose Fairy. I guess you may have read it, because it was written by Andersen, and it's a fairy tale with the themes of murder, love and revenge."

"Fairy tale." said Luo Binhan.

"Yes, sir. Children are often more receptive to cruel plots than adults think. This story is about a girl whose lover was secretly murdered by her brother and whose head was buried under a bodhi tree. An elf living in a rose witnessed the incident and told her the secret in a dream. The girl found the head, took it home, and buried it in a pot of jasmine flowers. She often cried in front of the pot and soon died of exhaustion."

Luo Binhan could only shake his head. He probably hadn't read the story, because it wasn't something Yu Xiaorong liked. "You know what's going on from this?"

"I also know all of Mr. Zhou Yu's travel records and information data over the past two years, although the total amount is very small. From the existing data, it is estimated that he was dormant for 80% of the time, and the rest of the time he was always searching for something. What's interesting is that he organized at least four excavation operations, and Radumos participated in two of them voluntarily, one of which was on Dongyun Road. At that time, they found many peculiarly structured remains, but Radumos believed that Mr. Zhou Yu was 'not satisfied with what he found, and was very confused.'"

"He's really a good helper to you."

“He was my archetypal shooting coach.”

Luo Binhan did not ask her why she arranged such a person to be with Zhou Yu. None of this mattered now. "Zhou Yu didn't find what he was looking for." Luo Binhan said, "Then what did he find?"

"Personally, I think those are the corpses of creatures that were affected by the high spirit zone."

"Is it human?"

"There may be some humans, but this conclusion is not reached by technical means. The state of the remains at that time did not look like any creature we know. The identification of these remains is almost entirely Mr. Zhou Yu's one-sided statement. Therefore, we cannot return the remains to their relatives." "Then how can he tell them apart?"

"He can not only identify the species of the remains, but also the specific identity of the victim. Radumos checked a small number of relics and the records of disappearances in recent years, and the results he obtained are consistent with the information provided by Mr. Zhou Yu. Let us assume that he has some kind of psychic ability. Through this ability, he has been looking for something for a long time, and he is always very careful about the images related to it. I can tell you that he has repeatedly browsed the art books collected in his account, and he is also very familiar with the story of the rose essence. Half a year ago, he looked up the precautions for the cultivation of jasmine flowers, and in the process clicked on an introduction page about the legend of jasmine flowers. He stayed on that page for more than half an hour, and then stopped looking up the cultivation information. You can imagine that for a person who is worried about something day and night, he is extremely sensitive to any information related to it. When you are puzzled by two completely unfamiliar texts, Mr. Zhou Yu only needs to take a glance to understand what it points to."

When she talked about the second half, Luo Binhan hardly listened. He was observing a dark blue semi-old SUV following behind him. It had been following him five minutes ago. There was also a silver van that joined him from an intersection after he slowed down, and was driving slowly in front of him. He did not point out the two silent companions, but continued: "This only means that he may have gone to the wetland. But the wetland is very large, how did he know where to go?"

"I don't think he knows, sir. Perhaps he can use his own methods to search within a certain range. In the past few experiences, Radumos noticed that he had already determined the approximate depth of the wreckage before the excavation began. And if you consider it from the perspective of a trap setter, it is also a good idea not to give the opponent too clear coordinates, because that will reduce the risk of being ambushed. Do you understand the details of the trap?"

"Zhou Wenxing mentioned the spirit field blocker. How big is the range of that thing?"

"It depends on the user's settings. Given that the target is only one person, I estimate that the range will not exceed five hectares."

"But the entire wetland and the surrounding area are tens of thousands of hectares."

"That's right, so Mr. Zhou Yu has probably not been attacked yet. But I still ask you to continue driving at your current speed, because even if you get there a moment earlier, it will be as difficult to find Mr. Zhou Yu immediately as if he had stepped into a trap. I hope you will follow my plan now."

"Then what's your plan?"

"I have organized a search team. The fastest response team arrived at the wetland fifteen minutes ago. Their problem is that they don't have enough search equipment. I am mobilizing aerial drones and electromagnetic induction equipment."

"What are you doing adjusting the electromagnetic induction equipment?"

"Sir, if we have to do a ground search in the reeds, it would be much easier to find a five-hectare area of ​​electromagnetic disturbance than to find a person."

Luo Binhan leaned back in his seat silently. At this moment, he finally felt a little more grounded. Li Li had already done everything, and he really couldn't add anything. Not only was she always proactive in doing things, but she was also a very powerful lobbyist. Maybe Zhou Yu had learned some teleportation magic, but it was not that easy to search the entire wetland by himself, otherwise more than two years would be enough for him to search the land all over the country. Unless Zhou Wenxing still wrote down the specific coordinates in his notebook, Zhou Yu probably didn't even walk through the core area of ​​the wetland.

Moreover, although Zhou Yu was a bit dull, he was not really an idiot. He had to doubt whether the poem in the notebook was real, right? The thing he had been looking for so long suddenly came to his door. Couldn't he see the excessive coincidence? Why did Zhou Wenxing just write the answer he wanted to know in the diary? Why was Chilabin's name written on that card? As long as these questions were there, there was no reason to accept everything even if it was handed over by a friend. It wasn't like Zhou Yu had never been implicated by him when he was studying.

He gradually felt relieved, especially when he recalled Zhou Yu's obvious reaction when he mentioned the name Chilabin yesterday. There was no doubt that the guy was still a little wary, and he must have thought about why this name appeared out of nowhere. Maybe Zhou Yu had another plan in secret, pretending to go to the wetland and run straight into the trap, but in fact he was playing a trick to lure Zhou Wenxing's accomplices to show up.

"I'll strangle that fellow," he muttered. "I thought I asked enough questions yesterday."

"I heard you had a sincere and effective communication."

"Who told you that?"

"Radumos had his cell phone with him during his last conversation with Mr. Zhou Yu. He briefly explained the reason for your presence at the base and asked Radumos to stop investigating your situation. Apparently, he thought he had fulfilled all his obligations to inform you."

"Is he crazy?" Robinson said. "By the way, where's his cell phone? Can't you locate his cell phone?"

"All of Mr. Zhou Yu's personal belongings are kept in the chairman's office."

"He's crazy." Luo Binhan said affirmatively.

"Perhaps there is a simpler reason. Considering that he disappeared in a closed space, perhaps this mode of movement itself cannot support electronic equipment, just like crossing the well of the high spirit belt."

"Maybe he's watching out for you, you voyeur looking at other people's browser history. Don't do that to me again, okay?"

"I'll try, sir. But you must know that courtesy is the enemy of efficiency."

Luo Binhan barely managed to make a face in the rearview mirror. The dark blue SUV behind him had already dragged him along without any cover. The driver behind the windshield was quite young, and the three people sitting behind him were not so clear. They were undoubtedly Li Li's lackeys, and perhaps they all had some fashionable nicknames.

"Where did Cai Ji go?" he asked. "Did he go with Zhou Yu?"

"No, he's back in the store."

"Why don't you ask him to go with you? He seems to care about Zhou Yu a lot, and he can help a little bit, right?"

"I think it's better for him to stay now," Li Li said. She didn't explain the reason, and Luo Binhan didn't ask again, because the road ahead was almost out of the downtown area. He increased the speed a little, and Li Li didn't object again, but the two cars also blatantly sandwiched him, so he couldn't go too fast.

"Li Li," he pulled out the camera on his cell phone from under his backpack to show his friendliness, "Is this really necessary?"

"Just making sure you don't have any more accidents."

"If Zhou Wenxing's real target is Zhou Yu, what accidents can happen to me now?" Luo Binhan asked, "He doesn't seem to be able to kill me. Do you know this?"

"That does explain a little confusion I had."

"what?"

"Do you remember that you caught him after he lost his gun on Dong Numa Island and asked me to detonate the explosives? In fact, I was not prepared to do what you asked at that time, because the detonation point was behind you. Once the explosion occurred, the most reasonable action for the opponent to take was to use you as a cover in front of him. Any explosion that had the hope of destroying him would undoubtedly take your life first."

"But you did set off the explosives."

"You might as well recall what happened after you made that unreasonable request."

Luo Binhan could hardly remember. He was driving now, and the memory was just torture for him. "I really don't remember it, I just know that I was blown away..."

"You were not blown away, sir. The truth is that he quickly broke free of you and threw you in the direction of the detonation point. On the surface, this put you closer to the source of danger, but in fact it saved your life because he brought you back into my control. The distance between you two was thus created, and I was able to eject the platform to serve as a blast shield for you, and then I immediately detonated the explosives. If his intention was to kill you, this was an unwise and uninstinctive decision."

"Because he just needed me to be alive." Luo Binhan said, "He needed me to tell Zhou Yu that he was dead, and then hand the notebook to Zhou Yu personally... Li Li, you were suspicious at the time, but why didn't you say it at the time?"

"Because I made another assumption at the time, sir. I agree that he needs you alive, but the purpose is not Zhou Yu, nor is it because he is restricted by certain conditions. And I still have this doubt now."

"what is that?"

Li Li was silent for a while. "I'm afraid you have to make a promise first."

"It seems like you are going to say something offensive that I don't like to hear again."

"I hope you can make the right decision no matter what the premise is."

"What does this mean?" Luo Binhan asked in confusion, "What do you think I will do?"

"Would you agree with that?"

"Li Li, what do you mean by 'right decision'?"

"I won't define it for you. You can make your own judgment on the value issue. But no matter what, you must do what you recognize as the 'right thing'."

"That's an easy request. But let me be frank. I have very flexible values."

"Then you agree?"

"Okay. I agree. And then what? What exactly was your assumption about my salvation?"

"I think you may be Mr. Zhou Yu's successor."

Luo Binhan stepped on the brakes. A huge red light flashed in front of his aching single eye.

(End of this chapter)