Chapter 58 Chapter 58 (Updated)
Ruan Shiqing returned home without saying a word and went straight to the workshop.
He called up the virtual screen and opened the map of the outer city. He marked two red dots on the map one by one.
They were the places where the first and second murders took place. Both incidents were within a kilometer of the repair shop, and the second murderer was a customer who had just left the shop.
It is hard not to think from these coincidences that the murderer is likely to be active near the repair shop.
Such an unscheduled bomb is likely to be hidden near the repair shop, and may kill someone one day.
This guess made Ruan Shiqing look even more solemn.
That is, during this period, the cubs are out for training and not at home. When they come back, they may be targeted every day when they go to school, play, or have activities.
There is always a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as being on guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Instead of worrying about the cubs getting into trouble, it is better to solve the problem directly at the source.
Ruan Shiqing's face darkened and he called 09 into the workshop.
The bodies were always found in the morning, which meant the killer was active at night. The easiest place to hide during the day was not a garbage dump with complex terrain.
Ruan Shiqing found several miniature full-view cameras, dismantled their casings, and reinstalled them into small trackers.
The appearance of the tracker has been disguised, so it would be inconspicuous if thrown in a garbage dump or on the ground. After locking onto the target, it can move and track quickly, and transmit video images in a 360-degree angle without blind spots.
Ruan Shiqing spent half a day modifying more than 30 trackers, and then handed them all to 09, asking him to find an opportunity to quietly spread the trackers around the repair shop with a radius of one kilometer.
In this way, whenever the murderer moves out again, Ruan Shiqing can immediately lock his coordinates through the tracker.
Although he has always tried his best to avoid killing, it does not mean that he dares not kill.
Ruan Shiqing's eyes were filled with anger, and before the little robot left, he said, "Don't tell anyone else for now."
The little golden robot nodded in agreement, left the workshop, and drove out on its flying motorcycle.
Ruan Shiqing went to the warehouse to look for a suitable weapon.
After cooperating with Marin, he has been committed to researching weapons with greater power, more stability and lower cost. For this purpose, he has drawn countless design drawings and made countless samples. However, many first-generation samples have defects of one kind or another and need to be improved before they can be put into mass production. And those first-generation or even second-generation samples that did not meet the standards were finally piled up in the warehouse and gathered dust.
Although it has not reached the standard for mass production, it is powerful enough to be used as a weapon alone.
Ruan Shiqing picked out five blaster fish torpedoes, two miniature blaster guns, and two handheld blaster cannons. After thinking about it, he also brought out the recently developed light armored walker for safety reasons.
He converted this from a recycled retired large fighter plane.
The redundant parts of the entire fighter were removed, leaving only the core computer system, cockpit, and weapons equipment.
With heavy armor plates installed outside the cockpit and four heavy mechanical legs installed at the bottom for support, the abandoned fighter was transformed into a steel behemoth on the ground. With the huge computing power of the computer, the coordination of the gyro stabilizer and the ground sensor, the four mechanical legs of the armored walker can imitate the walking of animals. Even on rough terrain, it can move forward quickly.
According to Ruan Shiqing's optimal idea when he first designed it, this light armored walker can not only be responsible for daily patrol and reconnaissance work in the factory, but can also be used as combat power when needed.
The armor plates of the walker are extremely thick and can only be blasted by heavy turbo cannons. It is also equipped with heavy turbo blasters, twin blasters, and blaster fish-ray launchers. The improved energy storage unit can also provide power more stably and effectively to support the firepower of the armored walker.
This is the first armored walker that Ruan Shiqinghua spent a lot of effort to manufacture. He originally planned to wait until Marin returned from his business trip to unveil the walker, but now, he may have to do the first round of testing himself.
After planning everything, Ruan Shiqing returned to the workshop, and the cub tugged at the corner of his clothes and followed him closely.
I don't know if it was affected by the two consecutive murders, but the cub became more restless and clingy. He almost refused to separate from Ruan Shiqing. Wherever Ruan Shiqing went, he would follow. Even when Ruan Shiqing went to the bathroom, he would wait outside.
The long and thin tentacles on his forehead were always swaying slightly, and his eyes seemed to be glued to Ruan Shiqing.
Today is no exception.
Ruan Shiqing picked him up and placed him on a small chair beside him. He then turned on the smart computer and placed it in front of him, tuning in to the children's channel to prevent him from being bored.
He called up the protection system again and began to debug the trackers that had been spread out - these trackers were all connected to the protection system, allowing him to control them at any time.
09 drove the shuttle motorcycle out for a spin, evenly spreading out more than 30 trackers. On the virtual screen, thumbnails popped up one after another, eventually filling up the entire virtual screen.
Ruan Shiqing debugged them one by one and exited the interface only after confirming that there were no faults.
All that remains to be done is to wait.
Because of another corpse dismemberment incident, the atmosphere in the outer city became noticeably more tense.
Even the homeless people found places to hide and dared not wander around anymore.
But there are also some brave people who think that everyone goes home early during this period, and some timid people even dare not go out during the day. They think that there may be some good things in the garbage dump that have not been turned over completely, so they bravely search in the garbage dump at night.
The cold white moonlight poured down, stretching the man's shadow very long.
The noise of rummaging through the garbage covered up the rustling sound coming from behind. It was not until the cold breath sprayed on the back of the neck that the person who was bending over to rummage through the metal garbage realized something was wrong.
His body froze, his eyeballs trembled uneasily, and he stared at the shadow on the ground - the cold moonlight cast a huge black shadow that completely enveloped him.
The rustling sound of the rubbing joints rang in my ears, causing goose bumps on my skin.
The man suppressed his fear and moved his eyes slightly to the left. With the corner of his eye, he finally caught a glimpse of part of the creature behind him - several thick and sharp, fur-covered limbs waving, with the ends connected to a body covered by a hard shell.
It was a gigantic insect, at least three meters tall, with a flat body, a hard shell, and twelve pairs of long, thick, and sharp limbs.
A huge fear seized the man. His hands and feet were stiff and he dared not move. His scream was stuck in his throat and could not come out. Only his eyes widened in fear showed his fear.
The huge insects behind him had already touched his body, and the man's mind flashed through the broken corpses. His consciousness screamed to run away, but his body was frozen in place by fear, motionless.
“Get down!”
Suddenly, there was a sound like a sharp blade that cut through the stagnant time and space. The man instinctively squatted down, and a beeping sound rang in his ears. Then he heard a heavy object fall to the ground and the sound of a struggle.
The man turned his head in fear and saw the huge insect lying on the ground, struggling in pain and trying to get up again. There was a big hole in its head, and green liquid was slowly flowing out, dripping onto the metal garbage and emitting wisps of white steam.
The man finally shook off his paralyzed fear and scrambled away from the insect.
"Insects! It's insects!" he cried in horror.
Ruan Shiqing and his group came out from the darkness with solemn expressions.
He held the handheld blaster steadily, pointing the muzzle at the struggling Zerg: "09 and I will deal with it. You take him away, and notify the others to confirm if this is the only one." The second half of the sentence was said to Xiong Yuanyuan who followed.
The people of the Galaxy Empire are no strangers to Zerg.
The history of the battle with the Zerg is almost closely connected with the entire history of the Galactic Empire.
It was only because this ferocious species was blocked on the front lines by countless imperial soldiers with artillery fire and flesh and blood that peace was achieved in the rear of the empire.
But now, Zerg have appeared on the planet B3024.
It was really unexpected.
When preparing to catch the murderer, Ruan Shiqing imagined many races and identities for the murderer, but never thought that the murderer was a Zerg.
This giant insect has strong vitality and strong fighting ability. But if it is just one, it is not a big deal. What is frightening is that insects often like to act in groups.
Ruan Shiqing fired another shot at the struggling Zerg, and only climbed onto the armored walker when it completely stopped fighting, and said to 09: "Search the area to see if there are any hidden Zerg."
09 activated the anti-gravity device and rose to the air to search. Ruan Shiqing drove the armored walker, turned on the infrared detector, and searched the garbage dump.
As they went deeper into the garbage dump, a dozen red dots flashed on the virtual screen. When Ruan Shiqing saw the distribution of these red dots, his eyes became even colder.
——His guess was correct, those insects were indeed hiding near the repair shop.
The eleven red dots will form a circle that surrounds the repair shop.