Chapter 142 A Thousand Miles of Soul-Binding Entanglement! You Can't Escape My Palm!
The night was as dark as ink.
Qin Lie stood in the command center, his eyes bloodshot as he stared intently at the huge map of the capital in front of him.
Countless red dots are flashing on the map, representing key transportation routes that have been controlled and potential hiding places.
The air was thick with a suffocating tension.
"Report! The Dongcheng District Branch has searched all eligible abandoned factories and warehouses within its jurisdiction, but found none!"
"Report! The Third Division of the State Security Bureau is currently reviewing all of Zhao Jianjun's social connections, but there has been no breakthrough so far!"
"Report! The traffic department has retrieved surveillance footage from all intersections around the military compound during the time of the incident and found no suspicious vehicles!"
One bad news after another poured like ice water on Qin Lie's heart.
The enemy did it too cleanly!
Just as the guard said, the child seemed to have "vanished into thin air".
There were no witnesses, no surveillance footage, and not a single clue.
This is something a demobilized officer who has been discharged from the army could never do!
There must be someone behind Zhao Jianjun!
Is it the Lu family? Or that mysterious "Mr."?
Was that heretical cultivator known as "Black Crow" also involved?
Countless thoughts swirled in Qin Lie's mind, but he couldn't make sense of them.
He felt like a trapped beast with its eyes covered, possessing immense strength but unable to find a direction to attack.
“Vice Minister Qin,” Vice Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Public Security, who was in charge of the joint task force, walked over and patted him on the shoulder, his voice heavy.
"Their counter-surveillance capabilities are extremely strong, and they are clearly being trained by a master. There are less than three hours left until midnight, and we..."
Vice Minister Zhang didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was already quite clear.
The chances of finding the person in such a short time using conventional methods are slim.
Qin Lie's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
The only hope now is that he goes to the so-called "mailbox number ten" alone, as the kidnappers demand.
He would trade his own life for his child's.
Even if it's a deadly trap.
"Get the car ready," Qin Lie said hoarsely.
"Minister! No!" the adjutant immediately cried out, "This is clearly a trap! If you go, you'll..."
"Execute the order!" A fierce glint flashed in Qin Lie's eyes, and the murderous aura of a killing god in the army burst forth, choking the adjutant's words.
Just then, the door to the command center was pushed open.
Grandpa Qin Weijun and Zhong Tinglan entered, accompanied by guards.
Zhong Tinglan's eyes were red and swollen, but her expression was unusually firm.
She was holding something wrapped in red cloth.
"Lie'er." Zhong Tinglan walked up to Qin Lie and handed him the things in her hand.
"This is... Xiao Wu asked me to give it to you."
Qin Lie was taken aback and then opened the red cloth.
Inside was a folded piece of paper and a small, compass-like object.
The object was entirely black, its material unknown, but the pointer was a strange, blood-red color.
Qin Lie opened the paper.
The above is Jiang Wu's neat yet powerful handwriting.
“The abandoned No. 7 Cement Plant in Fangshan District, Beijing.”
The short line of text exploded in Qin Lie's mind like a thunderbolt!
He suddenly looked up at Zhong Tinglan.
"What is this? How did she know?!"
"I don't know." Zhong Tinglan shook her head, her face showing a hint of confusion and shock.
"She came back shortly after you left. She asked me for a drop of your blood, then locked herself in her room. When she came out again, she gave me this."
“She said…this is called ‘Soul-Guiding Charm,’ and the pointer on it will guide you to find your child.”
"She also said that you should immediately take our most elite action team and go directly to this address. She said she would first go and keep the other side calm until you join them."
"She said...we should believe her."
Everyone in the command center was stunned by these words.
Abandoned No. 7 Cement Plant?
This place was not even within the scope of their previous investigation!
Because a major fire occurred there three years ago and the area was completely abandoned, even homeless people don't go there anymore.
How did she know?
And what exactly is this "soul-binding spell"?
All eyes were focused on the strange compass in Qin Lie's hand.
The blood-red pointer was trembling slightly, but it was pointing firmly towards Fangshan District on the map!
"absurd!"
Vice Minister Zhang was the first to react, and he frowned as he spoke.
"Without any intelligence support, just based on something of unknown origin and a note, you mobilized all our armed forces? This is against regulations! What if it's a diversionary tactic?"
“Yes, Minister, this…this is too far-fetched.” Several staff officers beside him also looked troubled.
This was completely beyond their comprehension.
Qin Lie remained silent.
He just stared intently at the "Soul-Binding Charm" in his hand.
He remembered his wife's cold yet resolute eyes.
I remembered what she said: "Trust me."
He recalled the terrifying killing intent emanating from her that made even him tremble.
He didn't know what it was.
But he now knows very well that it is Jiang Wu's power.
"Everyone, heed my command!"
Qin Lie suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with an unprecedented brilliance.
"Order! 'Snow Wolf' Special Forces Squad 1 and Squad 2, all members, assemble downstairs in five minutes, fully armed!"
"Order! The technical department must immediately retrieve all architectural drawings and surrounding terrain data of the abandoned No. 7 Cement Plant in Fangshan District and transmit them to our communication channel in real time!"
"Order! The public security department shall immediately deploy a perimeter control system within a three-kilometer radius of the cement plant and silently infiltrate to cut off all possible escape routes!"
“Vice Minister Zhang,” Qin Lie turned to the leader from the Ministry of Public Security and said in an unquestionable tone.
"I'm not discussing this with you right now."
"I vouch for this as the chief person in charge of the 'Black Shark' project, and with my personal military achievements and future prospects!"
"If the intelligence is wrong, I will take full responsibility!"
"I only need one word from you: will your people come with me or not?"
The entire command center was completely silent.
Everyone was awestruck by the resolute and do-or-die aura emanating from Qin Lie.
Deputy Minister Zhang looked at Qin Lie's burning eyes, and then at the strange "Soul-Binding Charm" in his hand.
He remained silent for a full half minute.
Finally, he slammed his hand on the table.
"Let's do it!"
"I've been a policeman my whole life, and I'll only go crazy with you, you king of soldiers, this once!"
"Notify the Operations Department! All SWAT officers on standby outside, immediately assemble at Fangshan No. 7 Cement Plant!"
The orders were issued in a continuous stream.
Because of Jiang Wu's note and her "soul-binding spell," the entire massive national machine began to operate at high speed in a completely new and unpredictable direction!
Qin Lie gripped the "Soul-Binding Charm" tightly in his palm.
The blood-red pointer seemed to carry his wife's warmth, giving him endless strength.
Xiao Wu, wait for me!
Please wait for me!
Meanwhile, in Fangshan, a few dozen kilometers away from the capital...
Under the cover of night, the abandoned cement plant resembled a colossal steel beast crouching in the darkness, eerie and terrifying.
A black figure appeared silently outside the rusty wall of the cement factory, like a ghost.
Jiang Wu looked up at the massive building in front of her, which exuded an ominous aura.
Her divine sense had already scanned the entire factory area countless times, like a radar.
She could "see" five life signals in the main production building at the very center of the factory area.
Two of them, weak and terrified, were her children.
The other three were filled with an aura of violence and bloodshed.
very good.
Everyone's here.
Jiang Wu's lips curled into an extremely cold smile.
She did not choose to enter through the main entrance.
With a flash, he silently leaped over the three-meter-high wall, disappearing into the thick darkness, as if he were a weightless feather.
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