Chapter 235 Chapter 232 Locating Bain

Bain was hiding in the "valley" formed by the containers, with the XAST1 box next to him. Since he contacted the "friends" of the Blood Bat Gang about the transaction, he came to the transaction location and stayed there. The location he chose was not something Zhuang Xuteng could find just by looking at it from the roof. Only when he went to the ground and searched carefully could he find the half-collapsed container, and the missing part was supported by other surrounding containers, forming a shelter. Place.

Here he hid, rested to regain his strength, and thought to calm himself. He judged XAST1 to be a very valuable item, especially to the Blood Bat Gang. He believed that the Blood Bat Gang was willing to pay a large price to buy him back, and he also made tricks in the box to ensure that the Blood Bat Gang could not do anything to him.

A figure just passed by at such a fast speed that Bain couldn't see it clearly. He regarded the figures as gangsters from the Blood Bat Gang, guessing that they were setting up sentries to clear out danger for important gang figures who were present today. His location is very hidden. For the guy who was moving at high speed just now, the shadows here will flash past, making it difficult to attract his attention. Bane thought he was well hidden and that he would make a grand and mysterious appearance soon.

If you only rely on sight, hearing and smell, Bain's shelter is indeed difficult to find, but Zhuang Xuteng also has the Eye of Shadow. Just as he was rushing to the observation point, the supercomputer super cache·Four Flashes gave him a strong and short-lived shadow energy signal, as if there was a "dong" knock on his skull. Zhuang Xuteng immediately became alert, immediately adjusted his body posture and direction of movement, drew an arc and climbed onto the stack of containers. Relying on the "touch force" skill of super-calculated martial arts, he wandered between the containers like a gecko, circling back to the location where the strong signal had just been. During this period, he could still have his hands free to tap the signal for Ge Gongdao.

Metal objects can attenuate shadow energy signals, with lead having the best effect. If the container door is closed and there are so many containers on the dock, the signal of the XAST1 object can be completely blocked. However, Bain needed to observe the external situation, so he left an open channel, which allowed Zhuang Xuteng to discover the leaked signal.

Zhuang Xuteng sneaked over carefully, his movements as light as a cat. After learning the "touch force" technique, he was able to accurately distribute the weight of his body evenly, move his center of gravity coherently and smoothly, and greatly reduce the noise caused by collision and friction. In addition to his hands and feet, he also lowered his knees so that when he lifted one leg, the other leg still had two supporting points: the toes and knees. This posture of his comes from the meat bag, which is what the snow leopard does when it lowers its body and sneaks around. However, he uses his forelimbs, while Zhuang Xuteng uses his hind legs.

There is no essential difference between the front legs and the back legs in terms of physics. Zhuang Xuteng held his breath and approached patiently, successfully getting around to the back of the shelter where Bain was. He noticed the trip wire traps on the ground, as well as a few empty jars and broken glass seemingly placed randomly, but they were actually used as warnings - but these could not affect him. To avoid trip wires, choose to step on or press other obstacles to move forward. Zhuang Xuteng can also ensure that they receive even force and will not deform, shift or break.

He saw Bane, with his back to him and the XAST1 box at his hand. Zhuang Xuteng leaned over, put his index and middle fingers together, and pressed them between Bain's neck and the back of his head, which is where the brainstem is.

"Don't move if you don't want to die." Zhuang Xuteng said, "Are you Bain?"

Bain's skin was sweating, his right hand was moving slowly, and the muscles of his arm affected his shoulders, causing changes in the skin of his neck. Zhuang Xuteng felt this. "Stop your right hand and stop rubbing your left foot. Before you push forward, I will smash your brainstem. This is the last warning. Except for speaking, any other action means your death."

"Kill me, and the box will explode. I installed a safety device." Bain said, "You Bloodbats can help you pay, so don't even think about it for nothing."

"Listen, I'm not from the Blood Bat Gang." Zhuang Xuteng said: "You replaced the mercenary to accept the commissioned task and took away extra things. Now you have been targeted, which is extremely detrimental to you. I have been tasked to take The thing returns to its original owner, and your best choice is to give up this hot thing and save your own life.”

"Mercenary kills without blinking an eye, you..."

"I'm not a professional killer. I just need to complete the commission safely." Zhuang Xuteng pressed his fingers a little harder and said at the same time: "Beck and Becky are not dead. They have food, drink and a place to sleep. If you are honest, I will also let you go. You are not responsible for disrupting the industry by pretending to be a mercenary. I can pretend that I don’t know what you look like.”

"So, I still want to thank you?"

"Your life is in my hands, do you still care about suffering a loss in terms of etiquette?" Zhuang Xuteng scanned Bain with the eyes of shadow, trying to find the thing that "the box will explode as soon as he dies." He found several skin implants and several imaging slave signals, but couldn't tell which one was the key.

"The Blood Bat Gang is willing to pay 800,000 euros to buy the box. If you nod and let me go, you can take half of it." Bain said: "The commission to recover the items can't make so much money, right? It's enough to make up for your losses. , and you can earn another sum of money. By the way, you can sell the whereabouts of the box to its original owner, and this information can also earn you another sum of money."

"Not interested at all." Zhuang Xuteng gathered the shadow from the energy to his fingertips, forming a state of readiness, and said at the same time: "Last chance: disarm the so-called bomb, hand over the box, and you still have a chance to leave safely."

"There is a living head in the box. He is an important figure in the Blood Bat Gang. They will definitely buy it back and install an implant body for him. The things inside are very fragile. The Blood Bat Gang dare not act rashly. No matter how many people they come, I can complete the transaction. Similarly, you can't kill me, because..."

Zhuang Xuteng sighed, then raised his left hand and chopped it down hard, hitting Bane's neck hard. With a pop, something broke, and Bane's body softened and fell like mud. Zhuang Xuteng grabbed his clothes to prevent him from kowtow and hard landing, and then used the container as a bell to ring.

"What's wrong with me..." Bane said tremblingly.

"The cervical vertebra is fractured, the nerves are compressed, and you are temporarily paralyzed. I have a good grasp of my strength. If you are sent to the hospital earlier, you can still be cured. But if you delay for too long, you will definitely be paralyzed for life, unable to move below the neck, and unable to control your bowels and bladder. Oh, don't get too excited, don't despise yourself when you smell the stench of urine and feces later."

"How dare you..."

"Yes, how dare you waste your chance." Zhuang Xuteng pulled out a strip of cloth, tied Bain's mouth, and then began to grope his body, taking out the shadows one by one. When he turned to his chest, Zhuang Xuteng noticed that there was a fresh wound on the skin here, and a wire was connected to a metal box the size of a finger.

"Pacemaker? Oh, if your heart stops beating, it will send a signal to activate the explosives?" Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said, "Of course there is another possibility. As long as your heart beats, it will send a signal not to explode, so as soon as you die, the bomb will detonate. Seeing that you are quite confident, I guess it is the latter type."

"Woo... woo..." Bain couldn't speak, he could only cry.

"Wait for my partner to come and take you and the box away." Zhuang Xuteng patted Bain's face and said, "I'll give you another choice: either I hand you and the box over to the owner and let him worry about how to defuse the bomb, or you take the last chance and defuse the bomb for me, and I'll just take the box. Now I'll untie your mouth, you choose."

The cloth strip loosened a crack, enough for Bain to speak. In the current environment, he finally softened and said, "The signal will stop if the heart stops beating. The bomb is inside the box, taped to it, just open the box, remove it and throw it away. Take me to the hospital, take me to the hospital..."

"Have you finished? Nothing else to add?" Zhuang Xuteng heard the affirmative reply, so he put the cloth strip back on his mouth and began to check the XAST1 box. This is a silver-white metal box, 50 cm square, not small, but not big. Based on the feel, Zhuang Xuteng can be sure that this is a completely enclosed box, at least it was designed and manufactured to be fully enclosed. Therefore, any problem that does not meet the "full closure" must be related to Bane.

His idea is very simple: since continuous signals can ensure that the bomb does not explode, and the bomb is inside the metal box, in order to ensure that the bomb can receive the signal, there should be a receiving device inside and outside the box. According to this idea, Zhuang Xuteng groped along the sealing line of the box and found a thin metal wire connected to a thumbtack-shaped object. The metal wire was pressed by the box mouth and connected to the inside.

This is probably the signal receiver and the connecting line. Zhuang Xuteng put his finger on it, and then moved it away. He was not sure if he could accurately control and absorb only the shadow energy of the bomb series. After a simple thought, he opened the box with the most gentle movement, revealing only a slit that was less than the thickness of a coin, and then probed the ghost servant into it.

The super cache martial arts of the Lich Master allowed Zhuang Xuteng to connect his senses with the ghost servant, forming a skin-like effect, so as to increase the tactile perception ability in disguise.

When the ghost servant enters, the effect is almost the same as putting your hand in, and Zhuang Xuteng can extend his "touch power" ability. Although it is far inferior to touching with real hands, under the effect of Supercomputing Four Flashes, it is at least more sensitive than the touch of ordinary people.

"Thin wire, cylindrical metal tube, and then... it is really taped together, too simple." Zhuang Xuteng complained in his heart. He was roughly sure that Bane chose to save himself at the last moment, and finally told the truth. Then, he groped around from the bomb tape to prevent other traps. As he groped, he touched a human face.

A human head, it really is a human head. Zhuang Xuteng was very surprised. Could it be that the current technology has developed to the point where a human head can be separated from the body and still survive? Huh... What research is the company conducting? If it is possible to replace the head, as long as there is no problem with the brain, can you keep changing the body and survive? But think about it the other way around. If the whole person except the head is a shadow slave, then the side effects will be terrible? Although the body can be replaced, it is not a problem if there is a problem, but how to solve the mental side effects?

Well, I am not researching this, why worry about the company? Zhuang Xuteng did not touch the second suspicious object, so he slowly opened the box. He was going to tear off the tape of the bomb and throw it away, then he could return the box to the owner and send Bain to the hospital. But after opening the box, he was stunned, staring straight inside, and his whole body was like frozen.

The head had an otter's face.

For the first time in his life, Zhuang Xuteng could not believe his graphic memory. He forced himself to close his eyes, think carefully, and then open them again. The head in front of him was still the face of the otter, the only difference was that it was shaved, the eyes were closed, the face was ashen, and the whole head was smaller.

At this time, Zhuang Xuteng felt dry mouth and his ears were buzzing, and then turned into sharp screams. He opened his mouth wide, balanced the ear pressure to eliminate the tinnitus, and tried to control his emotions, slowly letting his mind regain the initiative. Only then could he move his hands, slowly tear off the bomb, and throw it at Bane casually-during the whole process, his eyes never left the otter's head.

He should be dead. There is only a head left, dead. But in the sight of the Shadow Eye, the shadow slave in the box continuously inputs the energy into the head and concentrates it in his brain, and this energy will fluctuate in intensity when passing through the brain, as if there is still thinking there.

Zhuang Xuteng sat on the ground, patted his head with both hands, and told himself that he must cheer up at this time. He was finally able to take his eyes off the head, and then he saw the other devices in the box. According to the buttons on it, this box can keep the human head "alive" and allow him to communicate. The human head can hear sounds, and his thoughts can be projected onto the display screen. If an external device is added, it can also restore vision and even speak.

How did the otter become a human head in the box? Zhuang Xuteng's fingers were suspended in the air, stopping on the "Start Communication" button, hesitating for a while before pressing it. At this time, a strong shadow energy was generated from the inside of the box, pouring into the human head like a torrent. The otter's face trembled, his expression was hideous and distorted, and his eyelids twitched constantly, but he just couldn't open them.

A line of words appeared on the screen: What's the matter?

After these two words, there was a three-minute countdown.

"Otter, how did you become like this? Are you still alive?"

Zhuang Xuteng approached the microphone, his voice trembled involuntarily, and he barely said this sentence. Then, the answer appeared on the screen: "I don't know. And, I don't know."

"Otter, I am..." Zhuang Xuteng wanted to say Naike, but he hesitated. This is the company's equipment, there may be a recording device inside, and every word he said may leave a trace. Even if he doesn't hand it over, who can guarantee that what he says now will not be transmitted?

Leaving the otter's head... Leaving it can't save him, what's the point? The current conversation has a three-minute countdown. What is the countdown for the entire box and the otter's head? If Zhuang Xuteng had a way to find a body for the otter and bring him back to life, he might try, but in this situation, he has very few options.

"What do you need?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"Death, certain death. (Ignore this answer, it is not instructive. For a specific explanation, refer to the 77th test summary of the XA00 project.)"

XA00 project, the box is called XAST1, this ST is not an otter, right? Zhuang Xuteng became more and more heartbroken and at a loss the more he thought about it. At this moment, the headset came with Ge Gongdao's call in clear language:

"Support! The fight has started!"

I drove out of the city today for something, so I didn't write much, sorry...

/me slipped away quickly.