Chapter 214: There Is No Cave (02)
The Republic of Grange is located in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of nearly 100 islands of all sizes, also known as the Glenway Islands, the largest island of Glenway Island, 30% of the country's population lives here, and the rest of the population lives on dozens of surrounding islands, because of the cold climate near the Arctic, 90% is covered by ice and snow, the temperature tomorrow is only 11 °C, the lowest temperature in winter is more than minus 50 degrees, many volcanoes, almost the entire country is built on volcanic rocks, most of the land can not be cultivated, and it snows almost all year round in the northern region.
In the local language, Glenway means above the snow, meaning that it is a country built on ice and snow.
"Are you sure that guy is going to have his headquarters in this perennial frozen place?" The ghost felt a little incredible, who likes to live all the time in the winter when the lowest temperature is below 50 degrees, could it be that this guy is a polar bear?
"This kind of place is unobtrusive, it is the safest, and as long as it is low-key enough, who would have thought that a big conglomerate would have its headquarters here?" The medic took them to a hotel that was almost 90 percent made of ice sculptures.
"Are you sure you want to live in a place like this?" The ghost shuddered at the translucent ice-carved structure, and it was hard for him to imagine sleeping here.
"The exterior is just decorated, and the inside is a normal hotel." The military doctor did not go to the front desk but went directly inside, his people had already chartered the two villas on the inside, everything had been arranged, and they were waiting for them to come.
After entering the villa, they felt the warmth on their faces, the fire in the fireplace was burning, and the smell of burning wood wafted in the air, which was very good.
"Our people are scattered in different parts of the island, and there are only three of them here." The subordinates of the military doctor reported.
The Medic nodded and introduced them to both of them, the agent codenamed MK, who was the Medic's assistant.
"What did you find?" Heavy Punch asked impatiently.
MK looked at the medic and got permission before he spoke: "We're conducting a full surveillance of the hamster's office building, but we haven't found him, but there are quite a few bodyguards here, so it's more likely that he's here." ”
"Did you conduct an internal investigation?" The ghost asked.
"No, we can't get in." MK shook his head, "All the jobs in the entire company are done by their own people, from the cleaners to the security personnel, and we couldn't find the right opportunity. ”
"What about the power system and the water system? Can't the maintenance workers get in? The ghost asked.
MK shook his head: "We have checked, their power system is completely independent, and the water supply pipes are buried underground, and they do not need to be repaired by outsiders. ”
"They actually shut themselves off." The worm thought it was a little incredible.
"I just didn't find a chance, so I can find another way." The heavy punches don't think so.
"We checked, except for the chef who is a local, all of them are outsiders, and some of the people we can find are British, but also French and Italians, they rarely go out, every Monday and Thursday together the chef and the support staff go out to buy consumables for the week, and the rest of the time almost everyone stays inside and does not come out." MK said.
"What is this, does it make sense to centralize management to prevent leaks?" The ghosts felt that this kind of behavior was too abnormal, and they were not afraid of arousing the suspicion of the locals.
"The climate here is cold, except for the locals, most outsiders will choose to stay indoors and rarely go out, unless there are more people on the street during the tourist season, and now the temperature outside is too low, in order to prevent frostbite, even the official media recommend that everyone stay in the room, this time is called the hibernation season by the locals, to escape the damage caused to them by the winter cold."
"This should be called Maodong in our country." Heavy punches scratched their heads, they never thought about the weather, but now it seemed that the weather was really starting to cause them problems.
"It's okay, check slowly, it's too late, as long as he's here, I'm not afraid of no chance." The medic sat by the fireplace and said, "What about the rest?" ”
"We haven't found any business dealings with any of the 'clock tower' companies that we know of so far, so maybe we don't know enough about them." MK said, "The company's foreign business is international trade, and the promotional materials say that they sell agricultural products, but they are engaged in intelligence and smuggling arms trading, which is high-end arms smuggling, and Interpol has been investigating them for a long time, and no direct evidence has been found, and it is unlikely that we will find out so quickly after only a few days." ”
"Where's the equipment?" The ghost didn't seem to be interested in the problem they were talking about, in his opinion, since it was already a formal cooperation, since it was the military doctor who was in charge of the investigation, then there was no need for them to continue to worry about it, it was better to be ready to go to war at any time, once it was confirmed that the hamster was here, they would just arrest people.
"Oh, it's in the storage room next door." MK pointed to a door near the kitchen, "There's still some of it that hasn't arrived." ”
"It's useless to say anything else, arm yourself first." The ghost said as he walked over there, he didn't want to get involved in the discussion here, anyway, there was a heavy punch, so he didn't bother to worry about it.
"There is still a batch of reconnaissance equipment that will arrive tomorrow, and this batch of equipment can initially help us solve the problem of internal investigation." MK said.
"Scout robots?" The medic immediately understood what he was referring to.
"Yes, small reconnaissance robots, test products." MK nodded, "For now, we can only count on these things to help us get to the bottom of things." ”
"Hmm." The medic nodded, "I see." ”
"I've synced the images of the front surveillance to your devices and can view them at any time, and we have three people over there to monitor the building from different directions." MK continued, "We found a clue from the intelligence black market, the target was at a local drinking party a week ago, someone saw him appear in it, I have found the person and confirmed through the photo that he is the hamster we are looking for, but there is no way to determine if he is still here. ”
The military doctor nodded: "According to the intelligence, he has spent 70% of his time in Glenway in the past six months, so there is a good chance that he is here." ”
"We've reconstructed a 3D image of the city based on reconnaissance over the last few days, and the city is quite different, and the target company is on the top of a hill that can overlook most of the city, on the ......edge of the tallest complex," MK began to explain some of the information they had, and it wasn't until half an hour later that they gave a full account of the situation.
"Well, okay, you go back and rest, it's been a hard two days." The medic was quite satisfied with MK's work.
"It's a matter of internal affairs, as it should be." MK nodded and said very humbly, "I have prepared a local special dinner for you, please enjoy it." ”
The so-called dinner speciality is nothing more than smoked fish, cured meats, caviar, toast and local spirits, which are covered in snow and ice all year round, all of which are traditional local foods.
"This bacon is saltier than Maozi, the smoke of the cured meat is too strong, the caviar is too fishy, the bread is a little overdone, and the taste of the wine is not bad." The ghost begins to comment on the food.
"The locals have relied on these things to survive the cold for thousands of years." Eating cured meat, he said, "The taste sense of the cold is weakened, and I can only rely on these to stimulate the taste buds." ”
"It's a good fish." Worms love the taste of this smoked fish.
"The so-called specialty, that is, is what it is, is not necessarily a food." The military doctor ate expressionlessly, he was faithfully showing the state that a soldier should be, it doesn't matter whether the food is good or bad, as long as it can fill the stomach and provide the calories consumed by the body.
"This kind of weather should fucking eat fish head hot pot." The ghost gulped down the cured meat, and although it was raw, it was very delicious, and it was hard to swallow at first, but it was smooth to eat, and the taste was really okay.
"There is no shortage of fish here, there is no shortage of pots, what is lacking is seasoning." "It's a pity that we don't have that leisure, and we'll have a good time when this matter is over." ”
"This matter is over, so it will be the year of the monkey? After catching the hamster, we can simply celebrate. The ghost began to drool at the mention of hot pot.
"Don't be too happy, we can't be sure if he's here yet." It's a good time to pour cold water on insects.
"He's definitely here because I want to eat hot pot." The ghost said without a head, and there was no logic at all.
"Since it has been found that they are engaged in arms smuggling, have you not intervened accordingly?" Heavy punch asked the military doctor.
"The investigation is not over yet, and there is not enough evidence yet, and the follow-up may be handed over to Interpol, which I don't care too much about." The medic said.
"I mean, whether the countries he smuggled arms from had anything to do with the Clock Tower." Heavy punch said.
"At present, there are no relevant discoveries, to be precise, it should not have been found, however, most of these arms buyers are some underdeveloped countries with low technical level, they are eager to improve their official defense strength, and they are very interested in the mature technology that the big countries have mastered and used, so they do not hesitate to buy samples for research, and hamster's company relies on this to make money." The military doctor said, "However, it is completely impossible to speculate whether the 'Clock Tower' is involved through these, after all, the scope is too large, and the business of the hamster company involves almost all the regions on the earth that are experiencing wars and conflicts, and some countries and regions that want to improve their defense technology in this way, it is impossible for all trade partners to have anything to do with the 'Clock Tower'." ”
"But you can't rule it out, right?" Heavy punch said.
"Yes, but we can't set up an imaginary enemy that is too strong for ourselves, and it's better to make less pointless speculations before we find out his true strength." "Actually, we're all worried that this 'clock tower' is not easy to deal with, but he can't have the strength to compete with an organization like ours. ”
The military doctor's words are quite confident, after all, he is backed by the world's number one power, and no matter how strong the "Clock Tower" is, it is impossible to have the strength to compete with a country.
"I hope you're right, but it's still the same sentence, don't underestimate our opponents." Heavy Punch doesn't think there's any point in talking like this, after all, they don't know their opponents well enough.
Although the miniature reconnaissance equipment mentioned by HK arrived as scheduled, the follow-up reconnaissance work did not go as smoothly as expected, and although the equipment quickly entered the headquarters of the hamster company, there was no special discovery inside, let alone the whereabouts of the hamster.
"He's not here?" The ghost figure understood that this trip was probably in vain.
"Don't jump to conclusions." Punch looked at the images sent back by those devices and said, "This is his headquarters, even if he is not here, there should be a lot of valuable information here, can these things get information from the computer?" ”
"Yes, we can access it wirelessly, and someone has already started this work, hacking into computers and communication equipment, and I believe that the situation inside will be grasped soon." HK said.
"Since this is the headquarters of the hamster company, then he should be in constant contact with this place, and we can find his whereabouts through this line." The medic said.
"What if he's a hands-off shopkeeper and doesn't care about the company's business?" The ghost doesn't think it's a good idea.
"If he was like that, the company would not have developed so fast, and it can be seen from the intelligence gathered from all sides that he has been personally involved in the operation of the company, so it is impossible for him to leave all the business behind, and he will definitely make decisions when it comes to decision-making issues, so we still have a chance, besides, we are not sure that he is not in this place." The medic stared at the constantly bouncing data on the screen and said, "Judging by the big data, he didn't leave Glenvie. ”
"He's a spy-turned-person, who knows how to hide himself, and there are 10,000 ways to leave without being discovered, how do you know that he's not gone?" The ghost didn't find the Medic's words convincing.
"My gut tells me we can't go wrong this time." The military doctor said confidently.
"My gut also tells me that you might be wrong." The ghost pursed his lips disdainfully.
Soon, then the device will send back a large amount of data, but most of the content is processed, after all, most of the hamster's business is not visible, so even the documents circulating internally must be processed accordingly, only people who understand their meaning can understand, in fact, these things are not particularly complicated, mainly many sensitive words are replaced by symbols or abbreviations, if there is no relevant knowledge reserve to see these things will definitely be confused, I don't know what to do.
The military doctor looked at it for a moment and said, "I can probably see that some of them are sales records and agreement documents, which have to be handled by analysts to figure out the specific contents; How can there be anything sold to the Iraqi rebels? This hamster is really black and white, no matter whether the other party is a state or a terrorist, as long as he makes money, he shouldn't care! ”
"They can only focus on those small countries that do not enter the stream, and those with a little scale and influence may be directly supported by the big countries, how can it be their turn to call the shots?" HK said.
"In fact, in order to avoid becoming vassals and puppets of major powers, some countries are more willing to seek the support of the consortium, so as to avoid becoming the handle of public opinion, after all, the word puppet is not good, and accepting the funding of the consortium, which can be realized, is called economic cooperation, which is far less sensitive than state aid." "In fact, in the case of factions in some countries, it is possible to avoid being attacked by other factions to a certain extent, although in many cases, the so-called big conglomerates are also supported by some countries to complete the country's economic penetration, in contrast, this kind of ostensible economic cooperation is more acceptable to the people than national economic aid." ”
"If you want me to see it, it's still the same set if you change the soup or not the medicine, and it sounds better to change the name, but in essence, it's still the same thing." The ghost said.
"His main scope of business includes underdeveloped countries in the Middle East and parts of Africa, repackaging and reselling some obsolete technologies to these small countries that urgently need to arm themselves." HK looked at the information and said, "It's easy to make money." ”
"How can there only be low-end technology trading? Didn't we find that they were selling a lot of cutting-edge military technology in our previous investigation? "The ghost looked at those things and felt something was wrong.
"It's just part of it, there's a lot more to come, maybe there's a lot going on." Gazing at the vast amount of data that quickly swept across the screen, HK said, "Found a document that the hamster signed two days ago, and he must still be here." ”
"Judging from the current level of transportation, in two days, he can appear anywhere in the world, which doesn't mean much." "Besides, it's just a scan, it may have come from somewhere else, and I wonder if he's really here to ask, so why bother." ”
"Capturing prisoners and asking for confessions is the lowest-end solution, and it is the easiest to startle the snake." The medic didn't want to do that, "Wait, these reconnaissance devices will definitely bring us some new news." ”
"I hope you're right, I don't want to run so far just to have a good time." The ghost simply stopped looking at the papers and got up and went out for a cigarette.
"Your people seem to be in a very negative mood." The medic said with a heavy fist.
"He's always been like that, but it's not negative, it's that there's no hope." Without raising his fist, he said, "We are moving too slowly, and you have exhausted your patience and passion, and you just rely on inertia to move forward." ”
Although they had gathered a lot of valuable information, none of them pointed to the whereabouts of the hamster, let alone whether he was here, and it was certain that even if he was still in Glenway and not at his so-called corporate headquarters, they could only wait patiently, and the ghost called this the capital to wait for the rabbit, and waited hopelessly.
However, on the fifth day, things took a turn for the worse, and they overheard the hamster's phone call, which one of the managers had answered the hamster, and they found out that the hamster's phone signal was in Glenwe, which was really encouraging news.
"As long as we can confirm that he is here, can we make the final positioning?" The ghost asked with some excitement.
"We're trying, but it's not a fixed communication, and there's not enough talk time, so we may not be able to pinpoint it." HK spread his hands and said helplessly, "Give me more time." ”
"It's still the same old question." The ghost put on a look that I had known for a long time, "This was the case when Wade was captured, and it still is like this." ”
"It's finally progressive, it's good." Heavy punch is very content, "Can you roughly lock the range?" ”
"I can only be sure that in the northern part of Glenway Island, close to the mountains, there are hot spring resorts, large and small, a dozen hot spring resorts, the scope is too large." HK said.
"Send a few people over to understand the situation first, determine the scope as soon as possible, and we have to find him in the shortest possible time." "It's rare for people to come on vacation this season, and of course, there are some people who like snow and ice to enjoy the unique arctic spectacle on earth," said the medic who zoomed in on satellite images of the area. ”
"This is a big glacier?" Worm said looking at the image.
"A glacial tip of the Arctic, if it weren't for this volcano, it might have been completely frozen here." The military doctor looked at this picture a little at a loss, this range is too large.
"It's good to know that he's here, and not in a hurry." Heavy punch breathed a sigh of relief, he was still very optimistic, after all, so many days of hard work were not in vain, at least confirmed that the hamster was still on this land.
"We should also go and find out what is going on there." "Although we are not sure exactly where the location is, it is necessary to do a preliminary investigation, and some details cannot be seen from satellites." ”
"Hmm." The military doctor nodded seriously, "That's right, leave a few people here to continue to monitor, and the rest will all go over." ”
The site is far away from the city, most of them are covered by glaciers, there are a large number of hot springs under the action of volcanoes, and the hot springs form a unique regional climate point near the surface, where the temperature is higher and the glaciers melt, and many convenient places have been developed and utilized in recent years, and one hot spring resort after another has been built, and the hot springs under the glaciers have created a huge greenhouse, and guests can enjoy the frost and snow outside the spring-like interior, forming two completely different worlds.
"Now someone can turn this place into a rainforest." The ghost looked at the lush vegetation in the huge greenhouse and said that compared to the bitter cold outside, it was as warm as spring.
"If there were no hot springs for heating, it would definitely be a big ice mound." Worm said.
"Using the heat from the ground to maintain the temperature here, and then using the cold water from the melting of the condensed ice outside to neutralize the heat of the hot springs, this complex will require at least hundreds of millions of dollars to build, and this boss is really rich." The ghost sighed.
"Don't just look at the excitement, we're not here to have fun." He looked at the detached houses built on the rocks and said, "Go and take a stroll and see if there's anything you can catch." ”
"If there is a place like this to live, I don't care about the snow outside, no wonder he has been living in Glenwe." The ghost said as he surveyed his neighborhood.
"The data has been updated, and the positioning range is 16 kilometers north of here." Worm looked at the data from HK, "Let's go." ”
"I have to walk another 16 kilometers, this island is not that big, could it be that he is by the sea?" The ghost glanced at the map, "That's the real polar cover of the North Ice Crust." ”
"The safest places are those that others can't think of; Let's go! Heavy punch said.
The three of them continued all the way north, the snow was still falling in the sky, the snow on the ground was knee-high, fortunately they were driving snowmobiles, otherwise they would not have been able to continue in this situation, and after half an hour they met up with the medics.
"The scope is still too big." The military doctor said helplessly, "Although this is not an urban area, as a tourist area, there are indeed many people who come here, even though it is the off-season, there are not a few people who come here to play." ”
"The terrain of this place is too complex for extreme skiing." The ghost looked at the ropeway leading to the top of the mountain and said.
"Only rich people will choose this kind of place away from the city, how clean, someone will buy a property here, come and live for a period of time every year, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoy the pure ice and snow world, our target may be this kind of people." The military doctor tugged at his collar, "This hellish place is too cold, and it's not suitable to go out at night and not be able to freeze to death." ”
"It's only minus forty-two degrees and you can't stand it? In the extreme cold, it can exceed minus 50 degrees Celsius, and even in the early hours of the morning, when the temperature is at its lowest, it can hit 47 degrees Celsius in the morning. Heavy punch said.
"As long as you don't let me live in this place, I don't care if it's minus 100 degrees occasionally." The military doctor pointed to the ropeway not far away and said, "Split up, you go south, I will lead people to the north, find out the situation from top to bottom, be careful, the hamster may be somewhere near here." ”
"It's strange that it can be recognized when wrapped like a rice dumpling." The ghost is not worried about being discovered.
"It's better to be careful." The military doctor straightened his mask and put on ski goggles, "It's been a long time since I've skied, everyone has a good time." ”
"It made him feel like he was on vacation." Worm picked up his skis, "But it's been a long time since I've been to such an extremely cold place, let's go." ”
They are dressed as extreme sports enthusiasts and do not attract the attention of people here, and there are many people who come here every year to find excitement, and this person has long been surprised.
In the process of advancing to the top of the mountain by ropeway, they took advantage of the high altitude to observe the situation in the vicinity, and found nothing of value.
"I always feel like I've come for nothing." The ghost said that he was a little upset in the face of the white world all the time.
"Not necessarily, a little bit of patience." Heavy punch confirmed his position, the mountain wind was very strong, and he could barely stand on his feet, he pointed in one direction and said, "Let's start from this side and search all the way down, there are many end buildings along the way, pay more attention." ”
"This place is too big." The ghost squeezed his hands hard and slid down the slope at great speed.
The "......" punch also rushed straight down.
The worm looked at the sky where the snow flakes flew: "I hope we won't toss in vain." He followed closely behind with his skis as he spoke.
"Alpha, when will this snow stop?" Heavy Punch asked while skiing.
"The weather forecast shows that it will turn to heavy snow in three hours." "Thirty-six hours later, the snow subsided. "Take a hundred plating, the latest chapter of "God of War: Regeneration Soldiers: Bloodless Blade Claw Book House" is the first time to read it for free.