Chapter 279 Deep Dive Plan (Script 14)
Heavy rain hit the freighter in the early morning.
The cabin shook violently with the huge waves, and Lu Yu began to have a fever due to excessive blood loss. Li Zheng stayed by his bed, listening to the roaring wind and rain outside and Lu Yu's intermittent groans.
"Lin Sheng..."
Lu Yu unconsciously grabbed Li Zheng's hand in his high fever and whispered, "The information is on... No. 7..."
Li Zheng was shocked.
This was the first time Lu Yu used his real name in front of him. He leaned closer and asked, "What information? Where is number 7?"
Lu Yu's eyelashes trembled, as if he was trying hard to stay awake.
He struggled to point to his suitcase and then fell into a coma.
Li Zheng quickly found the box and discovered a micro hard drive in the interlayer with the number 7 written on the label.
Just as he was about to check, the hatch was slammed open.
The first mate rushed in with three armed sailors, pointing their guns directly at Li Zheng: "Doctor Li, someone reported you for swapping cargo without permission."
Li Zheng slowly stood up and stood in front of the unconscious Lu Yu: "Whose order is this?"
"Of course it's Master Xiao."
The first mate sneered, "He has long suspected that there are rats around Mr. Lu."
One of the sailors stepped forward to capture Li Zheng, but when he got close, he suddenly turned his gun and shot the first mate dead.
Before the other two could react, Lu Yu, who was "unconscious" on the bed, shot them in the head twice.
"The action was three minutes and twelve seconds slow."
Lu Yu sat up, smoke still coming out of the muzzle of his gun, but his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
The sailor was one of the masked men who had dealt with the "corpse" earlier. He stood at attention and saluted: "Excuse me, sir, there are still six enemy personnel on board."
Only then did Li Zheng realize that the entire ship had already been infiltrated by deep divers.
Lu Yu was not carrying out Mr. Xiao's mission, but was setting up a bigger plan.
On the last day of the voyage, Lu Yu's high fever subsided.
Li Zheng pushed open the cabin door with the medicine in his hand and saw him standing in front of the porthole. His thin profile was gilded by the morning sun.
The notebook was spread out on the table, with several names written on the latest page. One of them was circled in red and marked with a question mark: Wang Jincheng - the full name of Li Zheng's direct superior, Director Wang.
"Have you checked the hard drive?"
Lu Yu asked without turning his head.
Li Zheng put down the medicine bowl: "I need a password."
Lu Yu turned around, a smile appeared on his pale face. He picked up the pen and slowly wrote a string of characters on Li Zheng's palm: CT107-LS-0421.
"It's my birthday."
He whispered, "Inside it is all the evidence I've collected over the past fifteen years, including the list of Mr. Xiao's protectors."
His fingertips lingered on Li Zheng's palm for a second longer. "If I can't go back... leave it to Director Chen at headquarters. He's the only one I can trust."
Li Zheng clenched his fists, as if this could retain the fleeting warmth: "Why not hand it over now?"
Lu Yu looked towards the distant horizon and said, "Because I want to know who betrayed the deep-sea plan back then."
His voice was as cold as ice: "Who made me what I am now?"
The cargo ship blew its horn, indicating that it was about to dock.
Lu Yu buttoned the last button and turned back into the elegant and cool second-in-command. However, before turning around, he did something that was completely inconsistent with his character - he gently hugged Li Zheng, so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.
"remember."
Lu Yu whispered in Li Zheng's ear, "After we got ashore, we were strangers, until..."
Suddenly an explosion shook the entire ship.
The alarm rang sharply, and the captain's panicked voice came from the radio: "We're under attack! All personnel, get to your positions!"
Lu Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp.
He handed Li Zheng a key: "Lifeboat cabin, boat number 7."
After leaving these words, Lu Yu rushed to the deck without looking back, and his back was quickly swallowed by the incoming smoke.
Li Zheng held the keys and hard drive tightly, his heart sinking.
The shock wave of the explosion knocked Li Zheng against the metal wall of the corridor.
Thick smoke immediately filled the passage, and the pungent smell of burning mixed with the alarm made the whole world spin.
He wiped the blood from his forehead, tightly grasped the key given by Lu Yu, and stumbled towards the lifeboat cabin.
"Boat No. 7..."
Li Zheng muttered to himself, his throat burning from the smoke.
At the corner, a figure suddenly pounced towards him. Li Zheng instinctively dodged sideways, but unexpectedly heard a familiar groan.
It was the Interpol undercover agent "Peacock". At this moment, there was a piece of steel pipe stuck in his abdomen, and blood had soaked his lower body.
"harddisk……"
Peacock grabbed Li Zheng's trouser leg and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "I can't... give it to Director Wang..."
Another wave of explosions rocked the ship.
Li Zheng hesitated for a second, then bent down and set up the peacock.
The policeman, who had once disguised himself as a drug dealer's liaison, was incredibly light, as if only skin and bones were left.
"Hold on!"
Li Zheng dragged him towards the lifeboat compartment, leaving a winding trail of blood behind him.
The lifeboat door had been deformed by the explosion.
Li Zheng used all his strength to insert the key into the lock. Boat No. 7 was the only lifeboat equipped with a motor - this was no coincidence.
He had just stuffed the peacock into the boat when he heard chaotic footsteps behind him.
"Over there! Kill them!"
It was the captain's voice.
The bullet hit the metal door, sending sparks flying.
Li Zheng jumped into the lifeboat, and the moment he pressed the release button, a bullet flew past his cheek, leaving spider-web-like cracks on the windshield.
The lifeboat fell into the turbulent sea and was quickly pushed away from the capsizing freighter by huge waves.
Three days later, Li Zheng landed in a remote fishing village.
Peacock died at sea due to excessive blood loss. Before dying, he gave him a coordinate and a riddle: "The mirror is broken... look at the back..."
The coordinates are a bank.
Li Zheng used Lu Yu's birthday as the password and successfully obtained a waterproof bag - inside was another hard drive and a key with a label "No. 7" on it.
"Another 7..."
Li Zheng stroked the key, remembering what Lu Yu said when he had a high fever, "The information is on number 7."
He bought a laptop and weapons on the local black market and followed the instructions on the hard drive to find a safe house.
The safe house is hidden on the top floor of an inconspicuous apartment building.
The furnishings in the room were extremely simple: a table, two chairs, and a map of Switzerland with a few photos pinned on the wall.
Li Zheng inserted the hard drive and the screen lit up, asking for a password.
He typed in "CT107-LS-0421," but the system prompted an error. After three failed attempts, the computer automatically played a clip of audio—it was Lu Yu's voice, altered:
"Li Zheng, if you hear this, it means I'm still alive but unable to show myself. Use the answer Peacock told you to unlock it."
The mirror is broken...
Look at the back...
Li Zheng stared at this sentence, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
He entered the password backwards: "1240-SL-701TC"
The system is unlocked.
The first folder was labeled "Deep Dive Project Original Files."
Li Zheng clicked on it and found a scanned paper document with burn marks on the edges. The information of seven teenagers was neatly arranged, and each person was accompanied by a photo and psychological assessment.
When he saw the seventh name, his breathing suddenly stopped - "Zhou Xiao, 16 years old, number CT-097".
The young man in the photo has sinister features, but there is no doubt that he is the current Mr. Xiao.
"This is impossible..."
Li Zheng's fingers were shaking.
If Mr. Xiao himself is a member of the "Deep Dive Project", then the relationship between the entire Shadow Group and the police will be completely overturned.
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