Chapter 58: Prelude of Despair (7) Carefree

  He actually went!

  Xī Bǎo felt like he had picked up a treasure, how could this team, apart from Lín Yuǎn Kè, have such a stubborn person?

  It turns out that what kind of captain leads what kind of people?

  Xī Bǎo Wēi smiled faintly, his hand involuntarily trembling slightly.

  In his palm, he was holding the detonator of a bomb, but for now, he still didn't plan to press it.

  I hope to see more tangled scenes and deeper human nature. Just like Saw, until the very last moment, you can never see anyone clearly.

  He firmly believed in it, his fingers trembling slightly, and a smile at the bottom of his eyes.

  "Master." Ah He stood behind him, seemingly somewhat perplexed.

  "Watch closely......" Xi Bao said in a low voice with a smile: "If this bomb is not defused, it will also explode in five minutes. By then, they won't be able to help themselves."

  There are five bombs in the villa area. This one is the core. Once it's destroyed, the other four can't be detonated. However, if this bomb isn't destroyed, there won't be enough time to defuse them within five minutes.

  A Hua actually had some misgivings about his own master, who regarded human life as cheap and never knew what benevolence was.

  But now, if it's according to his idea, wouldn't directly pressing the detonator be more in line with a thrill?

  Why wait necessarily.

  A He was at a loss, he could only stand beside Xi Zuo, silently waiting for the outcome.

  The team member walked up to the couple and carefully and quickly removed the explosive vests from them, nodding to indicate they could leave.

  Soon, team members came over and took them away.

  The young man with a doll-like face laid the bomb flat on the ground and shouted loudly: "30 seconds."

  "Can you do it?" asked Zou Muyuan.

  The young man furrowed his brow: "Captain, please give the order to withdraw the troops."

  Zou Mianyuan's expression sank as soon as he heard the sound: "Withdraw to a safe area, don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

  Not one of the riot police moved, all standing in a line behind Zou Mianyuan.

  Time was running out, with only twenty seconds left, Zou Mianyuan's face turned cold as he ordered: "Withdraw."

  The people from the homicide team looked up: "Captain, we're waiting for you."

  Zou Mianyuan's face looked increasingly unpleasant: "A soldier's duty is to obey orders, now I order you as the head of the major crimes unit, retreat beyond the safety line."

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay, but was finally broken by the young man's "ten seconds" timing.

  "Fall back!" Zou Mianyuan waved his hand, and the team members retreated in unison, leaving the empty space to Zou Mianyuan and that young man.

  Every minute and every second, they were fighting against death.

  Zou Mianyuan's eyes widened in anger: "You have five seconds, come out!"

  The composition of the bomb is too complicated and can't be truly disarmed.

  But if it can't be removed, once the madman puts a bomb elsewhere, it's likely to cause a big disaster.

  Thinking of this, Zou Mianyuan's face felt a chill, how could such a person always escape the law's punishment?

  "Captain!" The doll-faced team member suddenly exclaimed.

  "What's going on?" Zou Muyuan heard the countdown end, but the expected explosion was nowhere to be seen.

  He strode past in giant steps, watching as the bomb froze forever at 0.03 seconds left.

  "I didn't dismantle it," said the team member.

  "So......" Zou Muyuan was somewhat perplexed: "Could it be......"

  What's going on? Anyway, this option sounds too scary, Zou Mu Yuan never thought of it.

  The team member nodded, his face didn't look too good either: "It's a remote-controlled bomb that stopped."

  In the last second.

  Zou Muyuan couldn't figure it out, what was Xi Biao doing after all. He suddenly missed Lin Yuanke a little, if Lin Yuanke were here, maybe all of this wouldn't be like an unsolvable riddle anymore.

  Just then, Lin Yuan's phone came in: "How is it on your side?"

  His voice was somewhat urgent, and the urgency in it could be heard.

  Zou Muyuan briefly explained the situation and then asked, "Why did he want to do this?"

  Lin Yuanxiao on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before smiling slightly: "He thinks it's very interesting."

  Zou Yun furrowed his brow.

  Lin Yuanlie further explained: "The current Xiban is no longer satisfied with playing with the lives of the victims, he likes to make things mysterious and likes to speculate on human nature in everyone's actions. He thinks that he is a god in this world, or it can be said... he is too smart and too boring."

  Zou Mianyuan felt a little weak and thought he didn't quite understand.

  He ordered the blast squad members to sweep the entire villa area before continuing: "In that case, how can we catch him?"

  "Video." Lin Yuanxiao fell silent for a moment before saying, "That's the clue he gave us."

  Whether it's true or not, at least it's a glimmer of hope.

  Zou Muyuan could only nod: "You accompany Xia Zhu for now, I'll find you later."

  "Alright." Lin Yuanxi responded and turned into the ward.

  He now makes phone calls outside the house, a little further away from Xia Zhu, and the guilt in his heart will also be slightly less self-deceived.

  Xia Zhu has fallen asleep, with tear stains still under her eyes, but her expression is calm and quiet, just like the person she loves.

  Never bother others, always like to take on everything by myself.

  Lin Yuan couldn't help but reach out and gently trace her eyebrows and eyes, bit by bit, inch by inch.

  Such a good girl shouldn't spend her life in such displacement, but what she lacks most is stability.

  There has never been a moment when I can truly feel at ease.

  Xia Zhuo dazedly grasped Lin Yuanxi's mischievous fingers and fell asleep with a hint of a smile on her lips.

  Lin Yuanxi let out a soft sigh and tucked Xia Zhu's fingers back into the warm quilt: "Goodnight."

  Lin Yuanxi sat on the edge of the bed for a while, then quietly left the ward. The police station was short-handed, and this side had Zou Mianyuan's people guarding it, so he was still at ease.

  He left without a moment's delay, Xia Zhu opened her eyes, and there was no trace of sleepiness in the clear and calm look at the bottom of her eyes.

  But can only watch him leave, because Lin Yuanxi is after all Lin Yuanxi, his life shouldn't be occupied by Xia Zhu alone.

  Xia Zhu understands Lin Yuanqi's obsession, so she can only choose to understand.

  "How is it?" Lin Yuanxu strode into the office with big steps, and Bi Tianqi was slightly stunned, pulling over a chair for him: "I thought you would be in the hospital room."

  Bi Tianqi's question, Lin Yuanxi did not answer, only repeating: "What's going on? Was the decoding successful?"

  "It's fine frame by frame, but the strap has been cut off in some parts." Bi Tianqi said as he pulled the video back a segment.

  "Where is 43 minutes?" Lin Yuan asked.

  Bi Tianqi was somewhat perplexed: "Have you also found someone to take a look?"

  Lin Yuan shook his head: "I felt something was off when I saw it before."

  "I only noticed when I slowed down by a fifth, how did you... " Bi Tianqi smiled wryly: "Indeed the great god."

  Lin Yuan's face turned red as he smiled but didn't speak.

  The two of them repeatedly put on and took off that ribbon several times, and Lin Yuanxi closed his eyes.

  Bi Tianqi looked at him: "Tired?"

  "...?" Lin Yuanxi asked somewhat perplexedly: "If it were you, would you choose to edit like this?"

  Bi Tianqi took a look at the edited tape and shook his head: "Impossible."

  "Reason." Lin Yuan furrowed his brow.

  "It's too confusing, there is no time or place, and it seems that the shooting techniques are also inconsistent."

  "That's right..." Lin Yuanxiao smiled slightly: "These videos, only a part of them were shot by Xi Zuo, the others are just here to muddy the waters."

  His tone was too affirmative, Bi Tianqi was stunned, took a look at the edited tape and shook his head: "But this is the master tape, it looks fine, the shooting time is very close."

  "It's precisely because of this that I have an even deeper feeling." Lin Yuan said succinctly, "I'll give it to Meng Yuan."

  "Alright." Bi Tianqi nodded: "I'll do another location analysis."

  "No need to analyze." Lin Yuanxi put his hands in his pockets, leaving only a back view: "It's in the villa district, I'll send you the address later, and you can look at the photos on my internal hard drive. I have all the 3D framework diagrams there."

  Thinking of his past, Bi Tianqi tactfully didn't say much and just nodded: "Thank you."

  Lin Yuanxi waved his hand to indicate that it was unnecessary.

  Zou Mianyuan was busy looking at photos and saw Lin Yuanbo come in, so he waved his hand: "Take a look at the distribution map of this bombing location."

  "Was anyone hurt in the bombing?" Lin Yuan asked.

  Zou Mianyuan waved his hand: "It's nothing, Xi Bao that madman finally stopped the bomb, he probably just wanted to test us."

  "Not necessarily..." Lin Yuanfurrowed his brow, "I always feel that this time's incident is not so simple."

  Zou Muyuan could only look back with a seeking- guidance expression.

  "If it's according to regular time, how long will it take for that bomb to be dismantled?" Lin Yuan asked suddenly.

  "It should be around 45 seconds, and then I asked the team members." Zou Mingyuan's tone was firm, but his face suddenly turned very ugly: "You mean to say... he was doing an experiment?"

  If Xi Zhi was just experimenting and testing the current police's bomb disposal capabilities, then this time it really is troublesome.

  "Xí Bó may make a big move soon, he's been making the media buzz, I don't think it'll end like this." Lín Yuǎn bèi's expression was cold and stern, slapping the documents on his hand onto the table: "Strengthen security checks, also, I will find Xí Bó's hiding place as soon as possible."

  Zou Mianyuan's hesitant expression was seen by Lin Yuanbao, who comfortingly smiled: "You remember to take good care of Xia Zhu, don't let her be in danger."

  "That's for sure." Zou Mianyuan nodded: "Far Qi, you'd better rest for a while, your current state is a bit like that time."

  He didn't say anything, but Lin Yuanqi had already furrowed his brow, and it wasn't until after a while that he smiled faintly: "It's okay."

  It won't become the worst because there are still people waiting for him to come home.

  He still wants to accompany Xia Zhu through life and death, how can it end here?