Although I can't go to the north of the city to look for someone, I still have things to do tonight.
We arrived at the garage outside the residential complex.
Two incredibly sturdy iron cages were welded overnight to house the python and the panda.
9 a.m. the following morning.
Power was restored to the Lishiquyuan residential area, and a few minutes later, the signal base station was also restarted.
"Ding-dong! Ding-dong..."
The moment the signal was connected, Liu Kai's phone started ringing incessantly.
He was a loner with few friends, and no one cared about him or showed him any concern.
All the messages came from two people.
Tilapia sent 12 messages, all of which were just casual chatter with no discernible information.
The last message said she was about to be transferred to the provincial capital, and it also included Lieutenant Colonel Zhong Linyu's contact information.
The man who climbed the Eiffel Tower only sent one message.
"Brother Qiu, Secretary Qin said he hasn't been able to get in touch with you. I've been too busy with other things and haven't had a chance to properly thank you for saving my life. I'm really ashamed. May I ask when you're free? If you don't mind, come to my house for a drink and let's catch up."
Liu Kai was quite surprised when he saw these messages.
He sent a message to "Tilapia": "Gold received. Congratulations on your promotion. Be careful in everything."
He immediately frowned slightly when he saw the message from Mr. Ji.
The message was sent six days ago.
According to Qin Luofei's description in the USB video, this time seems to be exactly the day after Mr. Ji "cleaned house".
His first impression of Mr. Ji was alright, but it was only a one-time meeting.
Therefore, it's not a question of trust or distrust.
But the timing is just too coincidental.
But then I thought, since I was going to check things out anyway, I might as well arrange to meet this person at noon.
So he immediately started typing and making things up.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, I've been visiting a friend out of town these past few days and haven't seen the news."
"However, I would also like to make friends with an elite like Mr. Ji. I wonder if you are free at noon today?"
The message has been sent.
Before he could even put his phone down, the other end replied instantly.
"Great, Brother Qiu, let's meet at noon today. This is my house, do you need me to send someone to pick you up?"
Immediately afterwards, a location message popped up in the message bar.
Upon seeing these two messages, Liu Kai was surprised once again.
First of all, the location is actually in Qingyun Township, 4 kilometers north of the city!
Satellite images taken before the cold wave arrived showed a luxuriously decorated country villa.
He immediately recalled the notes in designer Chen Jian's notebook.
Beneath this villa lies a post-apocalyptic survival bunker.
I didn't expect my previous guess to be correct.
To everyone's surprise, Mr. Ji was so generous in revealing the location of his hideout.
But presumably, they only revealed the location of the villa; the existence of the underground fortress would not be easily disclosed.
Is this honesty?
Or is there another motive?
What puzzled him even more was that the other party replied to the message instantly. Was it because they happened to be in a place with a signal?
Liu Kai couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
He replied again: "Mr. Ji, you don't need to be so polite. I can come by myself when the time comes."
"Alright, I look forward to Brother Qiu's arrival."
Next, Liu Kai used the information left by Qin Luofei to contact Lieutenant Colonel Zhong Linyu, whom he had never met before.
The call was answered quickly.
A slightly young but very steady voice came from the other end.
And there was a hint of surprise in her voice: "Hello Consultant Liu, I was just thinking about when to meet you, I didn't expect you to contact me on your own initiative."
Liu Kai was not surprised that Zhong Linyu knew his identity.
He immediately chuckled and said politely, "Hello, Staff Officer Zhong. I heard from Secretary Qin that you've come to take over Fenghai City. I hope you'll take good care of me in the future."
"I wouldn't call it taking care of you, let's just help each other out. You called today because..."
"Here's the thing, I recently took a trip to another city and caught two large animals infected with the virus along the way, which is what expert Zhu Chaomin needs."
"Mr. Zhu really needs live animals. Could you tell me what kind of animals they are so I can prepare a cage in advance?"
"A 13-meter-long python and a panda weighing over 500 kilograms. No need to prepare cages, I have them ready-made."
Upon hearing Liu Kai's description, the person on the other end was visibly stunned for a moment.
Then, with a hint of surprise and admiration in his voice, he said, "Advisor Liu's skills are indeed well-deserved; he was able to capture such a ferocious beast alive."
There wasn't much small talk.
Zhong Linyu immediately dispatched two helicopters to transport the animals and also invited Liu Kai to meet and talk.
Liu Kai didn't glean anything from that short conversation either.
All I can say is that Staff Officer Zhong had a good attitude and appeared very polite and well-mannered.
We need to actually get to know them to be sure.
...
After hanging up the phone, Liu Kai rushed to the garage outside the residential area and put the iron cage away.
They then put the unconscious python and panda inside as well.
Soon after, the roar of engines filled the sky.
Two transport helicopters slowly descended, creating strong winds and ice shards.
The hatch opened, and a squad of heavily armed soldiers filed out.
The leader was also an acquaintance: Captain Yu Dalong.
His identity is now transparent to the authorities.
So although he was still wearing a powered exoskeleton, he was wearing a helmet without any attempt to conceal it.
Upon seeing Da Long disembark from the plane, I greeted him with a smile.
"Captain Yu, it's been a long time. I didn't expect it to be you delivering the goods."
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