On the way back to the town, Liu Zhan's mind kept involuntarily replaying the images of the killing, and he still remembered how the wrench had sunk into Liu Kai's soft brain tissue, the expression on Liu Kai's face, and the blood that dripped to the feet of the car seat.

This is not a good sign, he must remain calm and alert.

The seismic vibrator hasn't been found yet, and the Omega Archives haven't been found.

He told himself that killing Liu Kai was just a simple step, and the next thing to do was to blind Deng Zhigao, but what to do? A burst of car slammed him back to reality.

The sound of the car coming from behind him, and from the sound, the car was heading into the town, and no one was going to walk in this kind of wilderness, and when the average person saw him walking in this kind of place, they would think that his car should be broken, and someone would stop and give him a ride.

Mr. Liu tried to concoct a reason why he was walking from the dump to town at half past six on Saturday morning.

But unfortunately, he had no inspiration at all.

He tried to turn to the gods who inspired him to murder Liu Kai, but the gods did not respond.

Within fifty kilometers of the surrounding area, there was nothing but a garbage dump, and he couldn't say that he had come from the garbage dump, because there was Liu Kai's charred body and pickup truck.

The car slowed down, getting closer and closer to him.

Liu Zhan restrained his desire to lower the brim of his hat to cover his eyes.

What am I doing here? I'm here to see in the desert? Or, my car broke down, so where is it? Why didn't I see it? Actually, I came out to pee, so why did I go so far?

Liu Zhan kept making up lies for himself.

Although the morning air was cool, he was already sweating.

The car slowly passed him, it was the latest model of the Dodge, the body was painted metallic blue, and the license plate was Texas.

There was only one person in the car, a man. He could tell that the driver was looking at him through the rearview mirror, trying to see what he was doing.

Maybe it was an off-duty police officer, and he felt depressed and had to restrain his impulses.

The car stopped, and it started to roll backwards again.

The driver lowered the window on the side of the car, and it was a young Asian Chinese man wearing a suit. He said, "Hey, buddy, do you need a ride?"

What shall I say? "No, thanks, I just want to take a walk. ”

"I have a bit of dust on me. Liu Zhan said, looking down at the jeans he was wearing on his feet.

"Who isn't, where this kind of bird doesn't. ”

Liu Zhan got into the car, and after the car started, the driver said, "Why are you walking here alone?"

I just killed my friend Liu Kai with an adjustable tube wrench.

At the last moment, Liu Zhan casually made up a story. "I had a fight with my wife. ”

He said, "I pulled over the car, got out of the car and left. Unexpectedly, my wife left me alone and drove away. ”

"I remembered, I was fifteen to twenty kilometers away from here, and I saw a woman who drove a blue Honda, and she looked very tall

Pretty, isn't that your wife?"

"Oh my God, who are you, Superman of Memory? ”

The driver smiled, "When you walk through this kind of desert, every time you see a car, you think it's very strange. ”

"No, that's not her," Mr. Liu said, "My wife drives a broken pickup truck. ”

"I didn't see the pickup truck. ”

"That's good. Maybe she hasn't gone far yet. ”

Maybe she parked her car on a farm road. I'm crying so much that I hope you can go back. ”

Liu Zhan grinned, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The driver listened to his lies.

"What about you?" Liu Zhan said, "Why did you run out early Saturday morning?"

"I didn't quarrel with my wife, I was going to go home and be with her. I live in San Francisco, and I travel a lot, and I go all over and sell weird ceramic plates, figurines, baby room numbers and all sorts of things, which are very eye-catching. ”

"Really?"

What a waste of life.

"We generally market things to grocery stores. ”

"The grocery store in town isn't open yet. He shrugged helplessly.

"I'm not going to work today anyway. I'll probably stop for some breakfast halfway through. Is there anything you can recommend?"

Liu Zhan was tempted to advise the salesman to go straight through the town without stopping, so that he wouldn't have a chance to chew his tongue with the locals that he had picked up a man with a beard near the dump.

But when he crosses the main street, he's sure to see Erie's restaurant, so he can't hide it.

"There is a small restaurant. ”

"How's the dish?"

"The oatmeal was not bad. That shop was just behind the traffic light. Just send me there. ”

A minute later, the car stopped in a small parking space outside the Erie restaurant.

Liu Zhan thanked the salesman and got out of the car. "Enjoy your breakfast well. As he left, he shouted at the car. Also, don't talk to the locals,"

A block away from the tavern is the local office of the Iron Head Seismograph, a small seismic survey company that he currently works for.

The office is a large trailer parked in the open field.

Liu Kai's seismic shaker was parked in the open space, next to Deng Zhigao's private car, a milky white BMW.

Liu Zhan stopped and stared at the truck for a while. It's a 10-wheeled vehicle, and the off-road tires on it are oversized, and they look like armored dragons, and it's clear that the general has invested in this.

There was a layer of Texas dust on it, and he wanted to jump in and drive away.

He looked at the big machines in the back of the car, the big engines, the huge packs, the fuel tanks, the hoses, the valves, the gauges. It only takes a minute for Liu Zhan to start this thing, and he doesn't need a car key at all.

But if he steals it now, within minutes, highway patrol officers all over Texas will come out and hunt him down.

He will

Be patient.

No one could stop him, and he walked inside the trailer.

The office was busy.

Two supervisors of the geophone team are standing in front of a computer, and a color map of the area is slowly coming out of a printer.

Today, they will collect the equipment from the survey site and prepare it for moving to New Mexico.

A surveyor was arguing in Spanish on the phone, and Mr. Deng's secretary, Dai Mengfei, was reviewing a list.

Liu Zhan walked through an open door and entered the office inside.

Deng Zhigao was drinking coffee, one ear to the telephone receiver.

His eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of red spots due to the alcohol he had drunk last night.

Seeing Liu Zhan walk in, he just nodded symbolically.

Liu Zhan stood by the door, waiting for Deng Zhigao to answer the phone. His heart was already in his throat.

He already had a rough idea of what to say.

But will Deng Zhigao be fooled? Success or failure is here.

After a minute, Deng Zhigao hung up the phone and said to him, "Hey, Liu Zhan, did you see Liu Kai early in the morning?" His tone was annoyed.

"He should have driven away half an hour ago. ”

"Well, I see him. Liu Zhan said, "Early in the morning, I have to say a sad news, he has let you down. ”

"What are you talking about?"

Liu Zhan told him the prepared set of lies.

It was the moment before he raised the wrench and rushed towards Liu Kai, and the idea suddenly came to his mind.

"He missed his wife and children so much that he drove his old pickup truck and left town. ”

"Oh, okay, this kid is quite capable. How do you know?"

"I saw him on the street this morning, and he was going to Mexico City. ”

"Why didn't he call me?"

"He let you down, he doesn't have the face to tell you. ”

"Hmph, I just hope he can drive all the way to the border, drive into the sea and stop for me. Deng Zhigao rubbed his eyes with his knuckles.

Liu Zhan began to improvise: "Listen, Deng Zhigao, he has a young family, don't be too him. ”

"Harsh? Are you serious about this? He has already been fired. ”

"He really needs the job. ”

"I need someone to drive his broken truck to New Mexico. ”

"He's saving up for a house with a pool. ”

Deng Zhigao's tone became scathing: "Don't make trouble, Liu Zhan, you're about to make me cry. ”

"Or else. Liu Zhan swallowed his saliva and pretended to be relaxed, "If you can promise not to fire Liu Kai's squid, I'm willing to drive his truck to New Mexico." He held his breath.

Deng Zhigao stared at Liu Zhan and said nothing.

"Liu Kai is not a bad person, you know. Liu Zhan continued. Don't panic, you sound weirdly nervous, take it easy, don't let people see it!

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