Chapter 140: Cement Corpse Ground

Ning Yutong smiled and shook her head. Such comradeship made her voice choke a little: "You silly girl, you really pay money to come to work."

Xia Lili smiled, her eyes curved. "It's worth it." She gently patted the police badge on her chest, her eyes gentle and satisfied. "What I get from this has long exceeded what I gave."

Xia Lili caught a glimpse of Li Qihan returning from the corner of her eye.

She immediately reported her findings in the new hallucination fragment to everyone.

"The cement house where Lao Gui's men were interrogating Ah Quan was actually located near an abandoned construction site filled with cement barrels!"

Xia Lili's face was tense and serious. "In the first vision involving Ah Quan, I could only deduce from the image of the cement barrels that this was an abandoned construction site."

"But in my hallucination about Captain Li, when Captain Li was fighting the criminals, I heard the regular sound of a train whistle."

"And there are high-voltage power towers to the southwest of the construction site."

Luo Xiao touched his chin: "The sound of a train whistle... a high-voltage power tower..."

"With these two things, we seem to be able to find the location of this abandoned construction site!"

With this clue, we are like a tiger with wings.

——"The sound of a train whistle, a high-voltage power line tower, and the direction of the southwest..."

Li Qihan repeated these key words in a low voice, his brain working rapidly.

Yangcheng has transformed from an old manufacturing city into a first-tier city. There are many abandoned construction sites, but not many of them meet these characteristics.

His eyes flashed, "Help me get the city's railway map."

The police officer from the technical department pulled up the city's railway distribution map on the computer.

Yangcheng has three freight railway lines, two of which are trunk lines still in use, and the other is an old industrial line that has been abandoned.

"If the train whistle sounds regularly, it means it's not a random train passing by, but a freight train on a regular schedule."

Li Qihan pointed at the map and said, "Although the old industrial line is abandoned, it still occasionally carries temporary freight missions, especially the section near the northern suburbs industrial zone."

He then instructed, "Pull up the power facility distribution map."

The technical police officer opened the distribution map of power facilities and found that most of Yangcheng's high-voltage power towers were concentrated on the outskirts of the industrial area, especially in the northern and eastern suburbs.

"There are high-voltage power line towers in the southwest, which means that this construction site is not directly under the railway, but on the southwest side of the railway."

Li Qihan quickly narrowed down the area. "There are three abandoned construction sites near the Northern Suburbs Industrial Zone, but only the one southwest of the former Yangcheng Cement Plant has a high-voltage power tower."

Leng Xiaohe listened to him and said, "Then let's pull up the satellite map and compare it?"

The technical police officer called up the satellite map and zoomed in on the former site of the North Suburb Cement Factory.

"Here." Li Qihan pointed at the screen. "After the cement factory was abandoned, the main factory building has been deserted for many years. There are a lot of cement drums and building materials left around it, and there are also small cement rooms around it."

"And—" He dragged the map and pointed southwest, "There is indeed a high-voltage power line tower here, about 500 meters away, which matches the perspective in Xia Lili's hallucination."

Luo Xiao quickly contacted the railway dispatching center to confirm whether there were any freight tasks on the Beijiao Industrial Line recently.

"I found out!" Luo Xiao looked up after hanging up the phone, his expression extremely excited. "Around 1:45 AM, a temporary freight train passed through the North Suburbs Express Line and blew its whistle twice at regular intervals."

Li Qihan's eyes darkened.

"It's right here—the former Yangcheng Cement Factory in the northern suburbs."

Everyone was excited when they learned the address of the final scene.

Leng Xiaohe checked the map for directions: "Aquan's home is 9 kilometers away from the Yuanyangcheng Cement Factory in the northern suburbs!"

Li Qihan quickly ordered, "Luo Xiao, notify the SWAT team to secretly surround the area, and notify the traffic police to assist in the investigation. Don't alert the enemy."

Luo Xiao said firmly: "Yes!"

The murderer was so close that the emotions of all the police officers quickly became excited.

Li Qihan's eyes were cold and gloomy. "In Xia Lili's hallucination, our arrest took place at around 1:45 AM."

"Based on this, it can be inferred that the murderer committed the crime around 11 o'clock in the evening."

He raised his wrist to check his watch: "It's ten o'clock in the evening."

His sharp eyes swept over everyone like a hawk, "Everyone cheer up!"

"Yes!" the police officers answered in unison, with fighting spirit in their eyes.

11:10 pm.

Suddenly, a police officer's low voice reported over the communication channel: "Captain Li, a silver van is parked downstairs of the self-built house!"

His voice was slightly tense with nervousness. "A total of six people came down. The driver stayed in the car, the remaining two were keeping watch from the outside, and the remaining three were knocking on the door on the first floor with their weapons."

Xia Lili's breathing stagnated when she heard this, and her fingers unconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes - Lao Gui's men are coming!

Ning Yutong quickly compared the surveillance footage, her brows furrowing ever tighter. "The figures and gaits of these six people don't match... The old ghost isn't among them."

Li Qihan held down the earphone and said in a terrifyingly calm voice, "Is there any opportunity to arrest him at the scene?"

A few noises echoed through the channel, and the officer on the other end seemed to be trying to keep his voice down: "No... They're all holding their phones and standing too spread out." The sound of swallowing was clearly audible. "If we act now, someone will definitely tip off Old Ghost..."

The temporary command point was suddenly filled with an anxious atmosphere. Some people pounded their thighs hard, while others gnashed their teeth unwillingly.

Li Qihan's jawline was tense, but he remained calm: "Hold still, let them take Ah Quan away."

Five minutes later, Xia Lili stared at the transmitted screen - A Quan was put in a sack and roughly stuffed into a van.

Her throat tightened and her nails dug deep into her palms. She had thought she could catch the man in the self-built house, but she didn't expect the old ghost to not come.

Just like in the hallucination, Li Qihan had to lead a team to assault the cement factory and rescue the hostages.

The protective wristbands she gave could only protect the chest, back, neck, wrists, and ankles. After all, they didn't really cover the entire person, so one could still get hurt if not careful, but the probability of being fatal would be much smaller.

Xia Lili prayed frantically in her heart that everything would go well and the crisis would be resolved.

"Everyone, attention!" Li Qihan stood up suddenly, his combat uniform rustling. "Move to the cement factory immediately!"

On the way to the North Suburbs Cement Factory, Li Qihan received a message from the SWAT team: "SWAT is in place."

"When the old ghost appears, arrest him immediately!"

"And we are responsible for rescuing Ah Quan."

To be cautious, the van that was used to capture Ah Quan circled the city several times, while Li Qihan and Xia Lili had already taken a shortcut and arrived near the cement factory in advance.

*

The former Yangcheng Cement Plant in the northern suburbs.

There was only moonlight for illumination, and it was pitch black everywhere.

A van came speeding and stopped casually in the open space of the cement factory.

A Quan, covered with a sack, was taken off the car and pushed into a cement house.

The SWAT message came: "Three people are on guard around the concrete house, and two people are watching Ah Quan inside the room."

10 minutes later.

An excited voice came from the communication channel: "The old ghost has appeared!"