No one answered. Apart from the thumping of a heart, Gao Ang also heard the sound of someone swallowing.
"Hmph, you're quite the actor!"
Since they weren't coming up, he had no choice but to go down.
Following the steps leading to the cave entrance, Gao Ang entered the underground cave.
It was still pitch black below, so I turned on my phone's flashlight, shone it around, and immediately spotted a figure leaning against the corner of the wall.
With an air of arrogance, Gao Ang approached the figure, shone his flashlight above it, and then crouched down, asking curiously, "Is this the once spirited and dashing Captain Xia Yu of Bureau 303?"
The figure, who had been hanging his head, slowly raised it, revealing a tall and familiar face beneath his disheveled hair.
"Long time no see, Mr. Gao. What brings you to this godforsaken place, you busy man?"
"Sigh, something happened at the company. Some things were stolen by certain people with ulterior motives, and they even tried to hoard them. I contacted many people and many units, but in the end, nothing came of it. I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands. You see, this is the difference between us. You, the former squadron leader of the 303 Bureau, even if you have problems, you have a bunch of people covering for you. But me? I clearly didn't do anything wrong, so why is no one helping me? Why are they even making things difficult for me? Captain Xia, explain this to me. Am I such a failure as a person?"
Xia Yu flicked his hair, squinting as he looked directly at the phone light above his head. "How could President Gao be a failure as a person? So many excellent companies were founded by President Gao. To be honest, I really admire President Gao. If it weren't for some misunderstandings, we might still be drinking tea in the office right now."
Gao Ang looked at the middle-aged, down-on-his-luck man opposite him, who was still putting on an act, with amusement, and shook his head. "Captain Xia, at this point, let's stop beating around the bush. I only have a few questions. Tell me the truth, and I won't care about any of our entanglements. As for how your department deals with you, well, you'd better pray for yourself. How about that?"
"Mr. Gao, since you've put it that way, I'll be frank with you. Ask away."
Xia Yu answered cooperatively.
Seeing his reaction, Gao Ang was not happy. Instead, he sighed and said, "You're not going to tell me that you don't even know Xiamen, and that all the things you've done are for your own selfish reasons, and that you even came here for personal gain, wanting to get some ROG to export abroad for profit, are you?"
This time, Xia Yu wasn't as calm as before; in fact, he seemed slightly flustered. "What do you mean?"
He swallowed again, probably due to nervousness.
"Do you see this phone?"
Gao Ang waved his phone and pointed to the flashlight. "None of the electronic devices around you, or the things you buried in the ground, are working properly."
Gao Feng shook his right index finger with disdain and pointed it at Xia Yu's head. "This phone can even detect what you're thinking and what tricks you're trying to use to deceive me."
"Captain Xia, you are really uncooperative. I didn't mean for you to suffer."
"What, Mr. Gao, as a law graduate, do you really intend to torture me, an Eastern citizen who has not been tried by a court, on Eastern soil?"
It was clear that Xia Yu was slightly nervous, because he had begun to use Gao Feng's high status to restrain him.
"Did I use torture?"
Gao Ang spread his hands and spun around. "Is there anyone who can testify? Are there any eyewitnesses? Is there any evidence? Captain Xia, even if it's slander, you should at least have some evidence, right?"
After fiddling with his phone for a while, Gao Ang made it emit a strange beeping sound before pointing the flashlight back at Xia Yu's head. "Speaking of which, do you think a high-IQ player like me would use such low-level tactics?"
Xia Yu stared nervously at the phone that was getting closer and closer to him, unconsciously leaning back as he tried to increase the distance between himself and the phone.
He didn't know if Gao Ang was telling the truth or not, but what Gao Ang had just said was indeed the rhetoric he had prepared long ago.
He never intended to fool this man, but he didn't expect that this man would have so much advanced technology, even beyond the scope of Bureau 303.
"Captain Xia, look here. Remember, absolutely do not think about anything related to Xiamen, and don't think about why you're colluding with those experts in Harbin, and don't think about what your purpose is in getting all this ROG stuff. Yes, yes, don't think about it, absolutely do not think about it..."
A loud, incessant murmur echoed in Xia Yu's ears.
Xia Yu really wanted to cover his ears, but for some reason, he suddenly felt weak all over. "You poisoned me?"
His words were panicked, and he looked completely lost.
"Nonsense, how could I, a company CEO, do such a despicable thing? Maybe... you've been in this dark place for too long, and suddenly being exposed to the light from a cell phone made you feel unwell."
"Nonsense! I've undergone all sorts of training; there's no way I could be fooled by your pathetic tricks..."
Xia Yu was still cursing, but Gao Ang didn't care at all.
With his eyes narrowed, he focused most of his attention on Xia Yu's neural synapses.
"Phone, tell me, why didn't Captain Xia run away?"
"Oh, someone tipped you off. Let me check the phone number. Sure enough, it's a satellite phone... No problem, we still have a connection..."
Hearing that familiar voice, Gao Ang narrowed his eyes. "I didn't expect Xia Weiwei to actually trust you so much..."
Upon hearing Xia Weiwei's name, Xia Yu truly broke down. "Shut up! It's not what you think! What you saw and heard isn't the truth..."
Gao Ang ignored him and continued reading, "You've never seen the real Xiamen?"
Gao Ang opened his eyes wide, looking somewhat taken aback.
Hearing Gao Yang's surprised tone, Xia Yu closed his eyes in relief and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the secret had not yet been discovered.
Seeing his expression and actions, Gao Ang felt that things were not so simple, and there must be some details that he had not considered.
Keep reading.
"Every time we meet in Xiamen, it's in a pitch-black room. We can only hear the sounds, but we don't know the location... Hey, bro, were you kidnapped? And also, you're really getting ROG just to make money? You're actually smuggling it to Saudi Arabia?"
The more Gao Ang looked at Xia Yu's memories, the more suspicious he felt.
He always felt like he had been tricked, and that these memories seemed to be pieced together.
Yes, it was pieced together.
Apart from Xia Weiwei's story, the others have no timeline at all, and it's very disorganized.
The neural synapses that store these memories are as if they were deliberately placed in a conspicuous place, just waiting for Gao Long to decipher them.
As for the other neural synapses, most of them are details from Xia Yu's daily work.
It is virtually impossible to find synapses that are even older.
Because Xia Yu's neural synapses in other areas are gone!
It's as if an external force has smoothed out those synapses.
"That's interesting, Captain Xia. It seems I underestimated you. I didn't expect your skills to be so superb... to be able to forcibly erase one's own memories. I have to admire you!"
Stopping the search for Xia Yu's memories, Gao Ang gave a thumbs up.
Xia Yu did not reply, but just stared coldly at Gao Ang.
"I must say, the play you put on was quite good. If it were anyone else, they might very well have been deceived by the real information about Xia Weiwei that you deliberately released. You released Xia Weiwei to cover up the false information that followed, right? Well, if it's all lies, it's very difficult to make it coherent. But if the beginning is true, and some lies are mixed in, the credibility will seem very high. I must say, Captain Xia, you're brilliant!"
Xia Yu listened to Gao Ang talking to himself, but still did not reply.
But Gao Ang had already discerned something from his slightly agitated heartbeat. "Am I right? Otherwise, your heartbeat and breathing amplitude wouldn't change so much."
"So, it was indeed Xia Weiwei who gave you the information, and all the other information was false. That means you definitely met him in Xiamen, and you know who he is. Even Xia Weiwei knows who he is. Am I right?"
"I can speculate further. Your scam has made Xiamen seem very mysterious. Can I make a guess that your purpose in hoarding ROG is for this mysterious Xiamen?"
Perhaps sensing that his subtle changes would attract a lot of attention, Xia Yu simply closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.
Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Gao Ang finally had no choice but to give up.
Should he be instructed to take drastic measures against this person?
No, this is China. He can't cross his own bottom line and become a lawless person.
If he were abroad, he would have a million ways to lure him out of Xiamen.
For example, if Xia Yu were hung up and a video of him posted online, making the whole world know about it, unless Xiamen is a heartless person, it would inevitably reveal some clues, right?
Moreover, since this person has already forcibly altered their memories through surgery or other means, even if they go to extremes, they probably won't get anything.
At most, it might remind him of some minor details, but it might not be of much importance to the overall mystery.
"Fine, since you've chosen silence and are ruthless enough to yourself, what else can I say?"
After putting away his phone's flashlight, Gao Ang sent Xiao Ming his location: Come here, Xia Yu is right here!
Before leaving, Gao Ang glanced at the scruffy-bearded man one last time. "I admire you as a man. I hope Xiamen is really as you say, a good person. Otherwise, I swear, everyone who protects him will suffer!"
At the same time, he turned on the blocked signal and amplified his voice, saying, "To everyone who can hear me, I can tell you with absolute certainty that you had better pray that the Xiamen you're protecting is worth protecting. If you're using such cruel methods to deceive me for your own selfish reasons, your lives will certainly not be easy!"
After uttering these harsh words, Gao Ang left this wretched place without looking back.
Multiple monitoring rooms in Kyoto, as well as some other secret bases, heard Gao Feng's last words.
"Should we tell Gao Ang the truth? It's not a good thing he's keeping investigating like this."
"No need. It might be worse for him to know some things. Let him investigate. The clues will only go as far as Xia Weiwei. By the way, will there be any more problems elsewhere?"
"Theoretically, no, but who knows? You know how strange and unpredictable Xiamen is."
"This guy, why did he have to provoke this kid? If he wanted ROG, he could have just told us. Why did he have to sneak around like this..."
"Perhaps he has his own reasons!"
"What excuse? I think he's just used to being lazy. Take some time to warn him that if he keeps messing around like this, he'll have to quit!"
"You make it sound nice, but I need to actually see him. He's more mysterious than a dragon. At least a dragon has a tail to look at, but with him, I can't even smell a fart..."
...
On the high-speed train back to Shanghai, Qian Sui communicated with Gao Ang via mobile phone:
"Sir, aren't you going to see Xia Weiwei? She should be the one who knows the truth, right?"
"See her? It's useless. Since Xia Yu dared to push her out, would she be unprepared? Maybe she's pretty ruthless to herself!"
Gao Ang felt he was still too young. In the movie, the foreigners were ruthless to themselves, and even Lily and Wan were ruthless to their own people. But what he didn't expect was that the people in Bureau 303 were also quite ruthless to themselves.
As soon as he returned to Changming Island, Xiaoming called. Gao Ang glanced at it and hung up immediately.
Keep hitting, keep hanging.
Gao Ang was a little angry. On the one hand, this guy had actually canceled his flight, and on the other hand, he had been busy for most of the day but had gained nothing. It was inevitable that he would feel a little angry.
After being hung up on twice, Xiaoming chose to send a message:
"Mr. Gao, the flight issue really wasn't arranged by us. It was indeed a route problem. There have been air traffic control restrictions in some areas these past few days. You can see it on the news; relevant departments have reported on it. Also, regarding Xia Yu's matter, I genuinely had no knowledge of it. The leaders might know, but do you think I, a lowly soldier, have the right to hold them accountable? However, I've received information from other sources that Bureau 303 is absolutely innocent. As for the deaths of those three people you suspect, I'm still following up. There might be some misunderstanding. If there are any new developments, I'll keep you updated."
Looking at this rather long message, Gao Yang's frustration lessened slightly, but it was impossible for him to forgive these guys so easily.
Everyone has a temper, especially someone like him.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and Gao Feng wished he could find someone right now and beat them up.
But no one can withstand his fierce attack. No, we have to get our revenge!
"Damn it, I can't take this! What if I get sick from getting so angry!"
After glancing at the weather weapon that had been brought back from Terence, Gao Feng harbored a wicked thought...
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