Xie Gang took a three-hour drive and finally arrived on the outskirts of the imperial capital, Fanjing, a town whose name few people knew.

The scenery here is completely different from the bustling imperial capital, it looks like a relic left over from a hundred years ago, and it is hard to imagine that this place is so close to the imperial capital, but it seems like a completely different world.

As an elite agent of the Colonial Security Federation, Xie Gang only came to the imperial capital a month ago, relying on the relationship of the smuggling group and a large amount of money, he got a legal identity as the imperial capital.

Although the situation in the imperial capital is very complicated now, and several warlords have many agents active here, the city still seems to be prosperous, but it is still a lot worse than in the past.

Originally, Xie Gang's task was to find a way to break into the army and do everything possible to obtain the distribution information of the imperial capital and the system, but the difficulty of this matter was far more difficult than everyone imagined.

Xie Gang thought of a lot of ways, but he still didn't even touch the door, and his eyes were still black.

Fortunately, the superiors could also understand Xie Gang's distress, and did not force it in terms of time, so that Xie Gang could gain a firm foothold in the imperial capital first, find a way to establish a contact point, and then think about it in the long run.

Just as Xie Gang was preparing for the establishment of a contact point, an urgent order was suddenly sent from above, asking Xie Gang to immediately find a person named Li Mingheng, and if he found it, he would find a way to send him out of the galaxy.

So Xie Gang followed the information provided by his superiors and drove to the suburban ironworks town early in the morning, hoping to find the target person-Li Mingheng.

The town of Ironworks is not large, it takes an hour to walk through, and there is a smell of decay everywhere, most of the shops on both sides of the street are sealed, and there are very few pedestrians and vehicles on the road.

"This place is really deserted, where should I go to find this person?" Xie Gang thought with a frown.

In the end, Xie Gang decided to use the old method, find a place to eat, and inquire while eating, this town is so small, presumably the people in the restaurant basically know each other, right?

Looking around, there were only two restaurants in the town, Xie Gang randomly chose one and walked in and sat down in front of the bar.

"A cup of coffee, a little pie or something." Xie Gang didn't even look at the menu, and casually ordered some food and drink.

The waitress behind the bar was a very fat middle-aged woman, and she could tell at a glance that Xie Gang was from somewhere else.

"A cup of coffee, a pie, it's 15 pieces." The waiter said in his mouth, poured the coffee in his hand, and put it in front of Xie Gang quickly.

Xie Gang paid the money, picked up the coffee and tasted it, the taste can be said to be quite bad, there is no aroma of coffee at all. But Xie Gang didn't care, the purpose of his coming here was to find someone, and it didn't matter what he ate or drank.

"Good coffee." Xie Gang said.

The waiter laughed and said, "Come on, this coffee is worse than medicine, so don't pretend." ”

Xie Gang smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, you're right. It's my first time in Ironworks, and it's a unique place. ”

"No one wants to come to this place, unless they're here to do something, what are you here for?" The waiter said.

Xie Gang saw that the other party didn't eat the usual set at all, so he simply said directly, "I'm here to find someone, is there such a person in the town." ”

Xie Gang said, projecting Li Mingheng's photo to the waiter, the waiter leaned over to take a look, and immediately denied it: "I've never seen it." ”

"Really? I heard he was in town. Xie Gang asked again unwillingly.

"Definitely not, there are not many people in this town, I know them all, there has never been such a number."

"Well, thank you."

After eating in a hurry, Xie Gang was about to leave, and in order to express his gratitude, he specially added a few yuan as a tip.

As soon as one foot stepped out of the store, the waiter suddenly raised his voice and said, "You go to the recycling yard and take a look, there are many people of unknown origin, and you may be able to find the person you are looking for." ”

"Thank you."

The so-called recycling yard is a place where all kinds of scrap metal are piled up, and there are not only a large number of rusty scrapped vehicles, but also many unnamed machinery, and even damaged parts of mechas.

These rags are piled up in an entire valley, looking like the apocalyptic scene in a film and television drama, if Xie Gang hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have thought that this was a place only a few hundred kilometers away from Fanjing.

There are many people in the recycling yard who are rummaging through various scrap metals, apparently dismantling parts that can be recycled from various vehicles and machinery.

Xie Gang took Li Mingheng's photo projection and asked these scavengers one by one, and most of them just glanced at it and shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know.

I don't know how many people have been asked, it seems that no one has ever seen Li Mingheng here, Xie Gang is already a little discouraged, it seems that the information given to him above is not very accurate.

Just when Xie was about to give up, a middle-aged scavenger suddenly walked up, and with the mentality of trying one last time, he walked over.

"Have you seen this person in your neighborhood?" Xie Gang asked.

The other party tilted his head and looked at the holographic projection for a few seconds, then shook his head, Xie Gang didn't say anything, this was the expected result.

Just as Xie Gang was about to turn off the projection and leave, the middle-aged scavenger suddenly said, "Wait! Let me see again. ”

Xie Gang was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Do you have eyebrows?" ”

The man stared at the projection for a while, and said uncertainly, "Look...... It seems to be somewhat similar...... But I'm not sure ......."

"Have you seen this man?" Xie Gang hurriedly asked.

"It looks a little bit like ...... It's over there...... There's a crazy old man...... The eyes and eyebrows are somewhat alike, and you can't see them anywhere else......"

"Where's that guy?" Xie Gang asked.

The middle-aged scavenger pointed in the direction and said, "It's over there, where there are a lot of vehicles, everyone knows that crazy old man, go and see for yourself." ”

Xie Gang suppressed the excitement in his heart and thanked him again and again: "Thank you!" Thank you! It's a little bit of a thing, you take it! ”

As he spoke, Xie Gang was about to transfer money to the other party from his portable computer, and the middle-aged scavenger hurriedly said, "I don't want money, do you have anything to ...... Wearable device ...... I'm already broken......"

Xie Gang hurriedly touched his body, and finally found a spare bracelet, which is also a portable computer, which can be used as long as the chip is inserted.

"Is this okay?" Xie Gang asked.

"Okay, that's it!" The middle-aged man was also polite, and took Xie Gang's bracelet.

Xie Gang thanked him again, and then walked towards the place pointed by the middle-aged scavenger.

After passing through a pile of abandoned vehicles, Xie Gang finally found the crazy old man that the middle-aged scavenger said was in an inconspicuous corner.

I saw that next to a pile of scrapped vehicles, an old man with a crumbling back and white hair was rummaging for something in the scrap metal, and he was still muttering to himself words that others could not understand.

Xie Gang walked up quickly and patted the other party's shoulder, the old man seemed to be frightened, turned around suddenly, and shouted, "It's not me!" ”

Xie Gang stared at the other party's face and looked at it carefully, this person's face was covered with black oil, his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were cloudy, and his expression was extremely nervous.

"What for?" The old man shouted in panic.

Xie Gang said in his heart: "Looking at this look, I really can't tell if it's the person I'm looking for...... By the way, analyze it with a computer. ”

Thinking of this, Xie Gang gently rubbed his eyes with his fingers, and the smart contact lens in his eyes was immediately activated, and a selection menu immediately appeared in Xie Gang's eyes.

Xie Gang used the movement of his eyes to select the scanning recognition function, and then began to scan the old man's face with the smart contact lens.

After a second, the scan is complete, and the image is then sent to a cloud server for facial comparison.

In order to stabilize the other party, Xie Gang said in a gentle tone: "Old man, do you know Li Mingheng?" ”

"Li Mingheng......" The old man muttered the name in his mouth, and his eyes became even more hollow, as if he was caught in thought.

At this time, the results of the computer's analysis have come out, and the similarity is more than 80%, which is almost certain to be Li Mingheng.

Xie Gang was a little surprised, this old man was too different from the appearance in the photo, but he didn't expect it to be him!

"Are you Li Mingheng?" Xie Gang asked again, although the computer's analysis results were almost certain, it was safer to ask again.

"Dead ...... ...... dead," the old man replied in a mournful tone.

Xie Gang asked in surprise, "Who died?" ”

Li Mingheng...... He's dead...... I'm dead...... "The old man said vaguely.

Xie Gang didn't know if he really had a mental problem, or if he was pretending to be on purpose, so he had to say patiently: "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you, you just have to go with me, I guarantee your safety." ”

Unexpectedly, this sentence seemed to suddenly stimulate Li Mingheng, and he suddenly shouted: "Kill!" Help me! ”

As he spoke, he was about to drill into the pile of scrapped vehicles, and seemed to be greatly frightened.

In fact, it was Xie Gang who was really frightened, he didn't expect Li Mingheng to suddenly make such a crazy move, and he was stunned in place for a second or two before he suddenly reacted.

"Don't run!" Xie Gang jumped forward and grabbed the old man's back.

After all, Xie Gang is a strictly trained agent, and Li Mingheng is old, so he can't be fast, so he was caught by Xie Gang.

Li Mingheng struggled hard to get rid of it, but where would Xie Gang let him escape easily, he stumbled under his feet, and his other arm hooked Li Mingheng's neck and dragged him back, and when he heard a "bang", Li Mingheng was thrown to the ground.

"Don't move! I'm here to save you! Xie Gang said to Li Mingheng who was lying on the ground.

However, Li Mingheng didn't seem to hear Xie Gang's words at all, and still shouted at the top of his voice: "Murder!" Kill! ”

"You ......" Xie Gang was a little annoyed, knowing that Li Mingheng kept yelling like this would only attract other people, and it would be even more troublesome when the time came.

As a last resort, Xie Gang had no choice but to say: "Offended, you should be quiet first!" ”

After speaking, he pressed Li Mingheng's mouth, and with the other hand, he quickly took out an extremely small syringe and pierced it into Li Mingheng's thigh.