The crisp sound of gunfire was particularly clear and shocking in the quiet woods, and in an instant, a large flock of forest birds were startled into the air, hula hula and fled.

Zhao Liang and the others were also startled by this sudden voice, and they all stopped and were on guard.

"Oh my God, what was that sound just now?" Monchi asked in surprise.

The head of the lights out muttered hesitantly: "I don't know, I don't know." I couldn't tell what was going on, but it was definitely not a good sign. ”

The two of them were suspicious and suspicious, and they both felt a little confused, but Zhao Liang and Zheng Luya's hearts couldn't help but sink.

"Xiaoya, is that a fucking gunshot?" Zhao Liang's voice trembled slightly at this time: "I'm afraid I'm not so tired that I'm hallucinating, I heard it wrong, right?" ”

Zheng Luya's face was also a little ugly, and she shook her head and said, "You heard it right, it was indeed a gunshot, and it was the sound of a semi-automatic pistol of 9 mm caliber!" ”

I'm Nima! Pistol?! Or 9 mm caliber? Zhao Liang's head immediately oozed beads of sweat: Meteor actually carried a pistol with him? I didn't mention this stubble in the previous mission briefing, huh? Isn't it playing with me to let me be a bare-handed rookie to deal with an ace agent with a firearm?

At the same time, another worry also came to his heart: at this time, only the Yulin Iron Guards of the Dongdu Battalion were blocking the outer part of the dense forest, and Meteor used pistols, and the targets of the attack were naturally those Iron Guards. If this shot is taken out, it won't kill anyone, right?

Zheng Luya obviously also thought of this possibility, and stamped her feet anxiously: "Hurry up and take a look, otherwise something big will happen!" ”

Zhao Liang first grabbed the lights that Wen Yan was about to leave, and then shouted to Meng Qi, and quickly admonished: "Listen to me, that voice just now was made by a very powerful artifact in the Heavenly Realm. It was about the size of a hand's hand, and it was jet black, but if it was pointed at you, it would kill you in the blink of an eye. So, if you see someone holding it for a while, don't rush forward, find some tree trunks or big rocks as cover, and follow my command before acting, understand? ”

Neither the lights-out nor Meng Qi dared to slack off, so they nodded hurriedly, and then took a twelve-point caution and walked towards the place where the gunshots rang out. Just in case, Zhao Liang also specially extinguished the torch, so as not to become the target of the opponent's shooting.

The four of them walked forward in the dark light in the dense forest, their faces, hands and clothes were hung in many places by the branches, and they didn't care about it at all, just so deep and shallow, staggering forward.

After about seven or eight minutes, the surrounding woods gradually thinned out, and the ground became much flatter, and faintly, the four of them could still see the light of torches and a large number of people on the woodland not far away. Hearing their approaching footsteps, a shout came from the figure in front of them: "What people! ”

Meng Qi was the first to react and shouted, "White Feather Long Tassel! ”

The other party replied, "Black Armor Blade!" ”

Seeing that this was the night patrol password of the Yulin Iron Guard, Zhao Liang suddenly relieved his mind and shouted loudly: "My own people!" I'm Zhao Liang. ”

Hearing that the little national teacher had arrived, all the iron guards hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute him.

Zhao Liang didn't care about being polite at this time, and asked urgently, "What happened just now?" Has anyone been hurt? ”

The leading Yulin Tiewei replied: "Lord Qiyu, I also heard a deafening strange sound, so I hurried here with my brothers, and the situation has not yet been ascertained. However, a body was found over there. ”

"Corpses?!" Zhao Liang said in his heart: It's over, it's over, it's still a dead person after all. I don't know if I can carry this pot.

Meng Qi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Is it our people who died?" ”

"No," Yulin Tiewei replied very neatly, "General Meng, the brothers have not suffered any casualties. ”

Zheng Luya, who was standing next to her, was stunned when she heard this, and then hurriedly crossed the crowd and went straight to the corpse lying on the ground in the distance. In the blink of an eye, I heard her exclaim: "Ah! Oh, my God! ”

Zhao Liang was so frightened by Xiaoya's reaction that he trembled in his heart, and hurriedly ran over: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

At this time, Zheng Luya's face turned pale, pointed to the corpse on the ground with his finger, and stammered: "It's him, Meteor!" ”

With this sentence, Zhao Liang suddenly felt that the blood in his whole body was instantly frozen, and asked in disbelief: "!" You're not mistaken?! With that, he leaned down and approached the corpse to make a closer look. With the light of the torches around him, Zhao Liang finally saw clearly: That's right! The man who fell to the ground and died was exactly the same as the photo shown in the mission briefing, and it was indeed the missing agent Meteor!

"Gunshot wounds?" Zhao Liang's gaze moved to the position of the meteor's chest and muttered to the red bloodstains.

Zheng Luya squatted next to the corpse, although she was still a little flustered, she still checked back and forth several times, nodded and said, "Yes, the fatal wound came from the left chest, and it was killed by one shot." Judging from the wound situation, it should be caused by a semi-automatic pistol, fired at close range. ”

Zhao Liang gasped: "Damn, this time it's an evil sect!" Someone killed the meteor before we did? Could it be that the compass of the lights out road chief was corrected, and there are other traversers here! ”

"And it's a traverser more terrifying than a meteor." Zheng Luya's mood gradually returned to normal, and he said in a deep voice: "This person can not only accurately find the location of the meteor in the complex environment, but also can approach the meteor without warning, and then pull out a gun and shoot him. Its identity, means, and ends are all puzzles with no clue. The only thing that can be determined at the moment is that this murderer is a strong enemy of our Anti-Crossing Investigation Bureau! ”

Zhao Liang raised his hand to stop the lights out and Meng Qi who were about to go closer, signaling them not to come over for the time being, so as not to destroy the scene, and then asked in a loud voice: "Dao Chief, is your compass still reacting now?" Are there any new discoveries? ”

The lights out chief looked at the small compass in his hand, shook his head and said, "No, not at all." ”

Zhao Liang made an expression of "I knew this was the case", and said to Meng Qi: "Disperse all your subordinates, and search quickly within a radius of ten miles to see if you can find the whereabouts of any suspicious characters...... Alas, even if it is a little bit of personnel. ”

Seeing Meng Qi leading the order and beckoning Yulin Tiewei to start searching, Zhao Liang analyzed Zheng Luya again: "The puzzle you are talking about is not completely clueless. Judging from his identity, he must have known Meteor, so he was able to launch a surprise attack at close range while he was unprepared. Moreover, the angle of the pistol shot was not from behind, but from the front, indicating that this person was not only familiar with the meteor, but also that his skills were definitely not much inferior to that of this X-class agent. ”

Zheng Luya nodded and said, "Well, you're right. Such a relationship and level, if it were not for spies from abroad, could have narrowed the scope of suspicion among our insiders. ”

Zhao Liang continued: "The possibility of foreign spies is extremely low. First, in the field of science that travels through time and space, we are one of the few top countries in the world that have mastered the core technology. There is no clear evidence that competition between nations has crossed historical and moral boundaries. Therefore, the more likely suspect is still from his home country. Second, those things of our ancestors for 5,000 years basically rely on all kinds of ancient books and documents as a reference for action, and foreigners don't even understand Chinese characters and classical Chinese. ”

"I completely agree with this," Zheng Luya said, "so I also think that there is still an internal problem." ”

"Well, it's a matter of identity. Then there is the means. Zhao Liang continued to analyze: "Let's not talk about how he crossed over here, and how he found the meteor before us, just talk about the shot just now." This mode of operation is quite a bit of an illegal traverser. ”

"Do you mean those guys who travel back in time to antiquity with advanced weapons?"

Zhao Liang nodded: "Yes." When I came to work in Xianqin on the first day, I saw the relevant information in the office materials. Some stupid people lack two hundred and five, in order to be greedy for a momentary pleasure, they even took all kinds of modern weapons to go to ancient times to commit adultery, and this practice is not just an exception. ”

"But that doesn't mean anything?" Zheng Luya was slightly puzzled: "You also said that carrying weapons is not an exception. So whoever comes here with a pistol can come here and kill people. ”

Zhao Liang shook his head and said, "I haven't finished what I said just now. It is true that it is impossible to tell who he is from the point of crossing with a gun for the time being. But the key problem is that the operation after the use of the gun can solve many doubts. Seeing that Xiaoya still didn't understand, he explained: "In the criminal investigation class of the police university, the most sensitive thing for this kind of case is the situation of the bullet casing and warhead. At least so far, I haven't heard of a single illegal traverser who had the consciousness to clean up the garbage after shooting in ancient times. Therefore, if we can find those two things and send them back to the bureau for analysis, it will not be difficult to find out the corresponding clues; If you can't find the shells, it means that the other party is very cautious in this regard, and it is likely to come from within our organization. ”

Zheng Luya came to her senses and said hurriedly: "Then why don't you hurry up and look for it?" With that, she turned and took the torch from one of the Feather Guards, and searched the ground around the corpse for the empty bullet casing. At the same time, Zhao Liang gently flipped the body of the meteor over and carefully examined the penetrating wound on his back. After observing for a moment, he then stood up again, measured the distance with his footsteps, sometimes raised his arms from different angles to shoot, and sometimes changed directions to observe the marks on the ground. At the end, he also called a Feather Forest Iron Guard, who was about the same height as a meteor, and stood motionless next to the corpse so that he could refer to the gesture and aim.

After a long time, Zheng Luya said deflatedly: "Nothing was found, it seems that the bullet casings were taken away by that person." ”

"This guy is really good," Zhao Liang also lowered his head, stared at the ground and circled around again, and then said slowly: "I know that our brigade is searching for meteors nearby, and he may chase him here at any time, but he not only dares to shoot blatantly, but he can also calmly recover the bullet casings and then escape, very sophisticated and calm." Hehe, but ......" Speaking of this, he slowly spread out the palm of his right hand and sneered: "He didn't have time to find this deformed warhead in the dark environment." ”

Zheng Luya's eyes lit up, and she leaned over to take a closer look: "My God, did you really find it?" Detective Zhao, you can! ”

"Hurry up and report to the director." Zhao Liang couldn't care about being complacent, and said to Zheng Luya: "The current situation may be regarded as an end for the operation of the Golden Twelve Star Palace, but for the anti-penetration bureau, it may only be the beginning of the disaster." ”