Half past one in the middle of the night.

Zhao Yu and the others finally arrived at the location of the exploration team's base, which was a wasteland where no grass grows. The mission of the geological exploration team is to help Tarstan search for mineral deposits in this wasteland.

The base was built on the side of a huge rock, and although it was leeward, the temperature close to zero still made Zhao Yu feel the cold of winter in advance.

As you walk, all of your breath can form a white mist......

Under the leadership of Bian Dong, Zhao Yu went straight to the simple room of the exploration team and met with the commanders of both sides of the Middle Tower.

The commander sent by the Chinese side is named Lu Kaixuan, who has been the head of the Central Asia region of the secret service. Because he was attending a meeting in nearby Kazakhstan at the time of the incident, he arrived a day earlier than Zhao Yu.

Moreover, due to the different levels, Lu Kaixuan flew directly from the capital of Tarstan by military helicopter, which naturally saved more time than Zhao Yu.

To Zhao Yu's surprise, the commander of Tarstan's side turned out to be a female officer in her forties, named Anal.

This woman has typical Central Asian female characteristics, tall and long-legged, and has a strong physique. She has thick eyebrows, long eyelashes and big eyes, and she is also very beautiful.

Although he came from the army, his smile made people feel very sweet.

"Thank you for your hard work, Officer Zhao!" When Zhao Yu entered the room to meet everyone, Lu Kaixuan took the lead in shaking hands with Zhao Yu and greeted, "Actually, last time in Fengping, we had a one-sided relationship. It's just that I was sitting behind the commissioner......"

"Oh......" Zhao Yu recalled with his heart, seemed to be a little impressed, and opened his mouth to ask, "You seem to be wearing glasses last time, right?"

"Yes," Lu Kaixuan nodded, "It's worthy of being a detective, my memory is really good! I'm old and a little blind, so I need to wear glasses to read documents."

"That time, the chiefs all praised you Detective Zhao!" Lu Kaixuan complimented, "Both civil and military, a talent like you is really rare."

"It's great that you'll be able to help me this time!

"Come, I'll introduce you," Lu Kaixuan said, pointing at the beautiful officer and said, "This is Commander Anar of the Tarstan side!"

As she spoke, the female officer took the initiative to stretch out her hand and shook Zhao Yu.

"Long admiration of the name," Anar said in authentic Chinese, "Just call me Ana! Our Tarstan's detection level is really limited, and I hope Officer Zhao can give more guidance!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome......"

In fact, don't look at Zhao Yu's ability to speak, but he is very resistant to these officialdom interactions, so after a few brief greetings with the two commanders, he went straight to the topic and discussed the case with them.

"During the day, we have already checked the environment near the exploration team," Lu Kaixuan said, "and we have not found any suspicious traces."

"The ground here is hard, the climate is dry and windy all year round, and it is difficult for ordinary vehicles to preserve traces, which is very unfavorable to our reconnaissance!"

"We can only have a preliminary suspicion that someone took advantage of the deep sleep in the middle of the night to control and kidnap 12 exploration team members, and then took them away.

"But ......," said Ana, pointing to the map hanging on the wall, "they may have fled in either direction, and the vast expanse of the Taouzi Wasteland is so vast that it will be difficult to find it." ”

"What about monitoring?" Zhao Yu asked, "Isn't there monitoring by the exploration team?"

"No," Lu Kaixuan replied dryly, "It's all a simple mobile house, and there is no need for monitoring at all." ”

"Our highland roads are also very rudimentary," Ana added, "and there are only a few checkpoints that have surveillance, and I've sent people to retrieve all the surveillance footage I can find!"

"To tell you the truth, this case is indeed a bit weird!" Lu Kaixuan said suspiciously, "We didn't find any traces of a fight from the base, and the room where everyone rested looked normal."

"Their mobile phones, wallets and other personal belongings have not been tampered with, and it is obvious that they are coming for people!"

"Yes," Ana said, "I've dealt with a few armed hijackings in the country, and the scene usually looks very chaotic, but everything of value is taken from it, and it shouldn't be like this!"

"The sleeping bag is open, the clothes are gone, and it feels ......," Ana frowned, "as if they were walking out with their clothes on!"

"I suspect ......," Lu Kaixuan said, "This hijacking was done by a professional team, and someone hired a master! After all, we have four experienced security personnel among them, if we encounter a hijacking, at least leave some clues to ......."

"Master?" Zhao Yu quickly and seriously thought about whether Lu Kaixuan's idea was correct?

"We were still discussing this issue just now," Ana said bluntly, "I also agree with Chief Lu's speculation, it may not be difficult to take 12 hostages, but it is not so easy to do it quietly!"

"The Talstanan election is imminent, and the storm and clouds are coming, and the undercurrent is surging," Lu Kaixuan said, "I think, there must be someone who wants to use the disappearance of the exploration team to achieve their own goals!"

"There are so many Chinese citizens missing in our country," Ana said, "and it will inevitably be very embarrassing and criticized by the ruling faction, causing them to lose the election!"

"So, our goal now is to start with who will benefit the most after the ruling faction steps down. Look at ......" Ana pointed out several cards on the table to Zhao Yu, "These are the most powerful opposition factions in the country at present, and we plan to use our intelligence agencies to find clues from these factions!"

"Wow...... Is there so many?" Zhao Yu picked up the card and looked at it, although he couldn't read the text, but he could see the number, there were as many as 6.

"Among them, these three factions are the current favorites," Ana said as she drew the three cards, "and this is also the target of our current investigation......

Listening to Lu Triumphant's introduction and Ana's introduction, Zhao Yu thought in his heart, but it was a completely different direction.

He always felt that the disappearance of the exploration team seemed to have nothing to do with the factional struggle!

Because, using 12 exploration team members as bargaining chips to threaten the election seems reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is not suitable for a situation of multi-factional struggle like Tarstan.

Think about it, if this incident is really the work of a certain opposition faction, then they may use this incident to get the ruling faction out of power, but how can they guarantee that they will come to power?

Moreover, the kidnapping of Chinese is not trivial, and once the East Window incident occurs, it is bound to be ruined in one fell swoop, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, Zhao Yu is more inclined to the term terrorist. Perhaps, this case is just that some terrorists want to take advantage of the election to kidnap and extort money, and knock a hard shot at the authorities!

But...... If it was a terrorist who did it, why hasn't anyone made a blackmail call until now?

Moreover, the terrorists have a limited level of ability, so can they do it so neatly and quietly? Also, they are all poor people, and they will not even take their mobile phones and wallets?

Gee......

Suddenly, Zhao Yu remembered Captain Si Rui's words, it seems that this kidnapping case about the exploration team is really not that simple!