In the darkness, a dozen or so policemen greeted me, and at the front was a slightly fat policeman, dressed in an iron-gray shirt and blue tie, which was extremely conspicuous against the backdrop of the light blue short-sleeved shirts of the others, and there were still some distances at this time, I couldn't see his epaulettes clearly, but he should be the highest commander in charge of the on-site command of this operation.

The other party walked up to me quickly and shook hands with me: "Hello, I am Xiao Wu, deputy director of the Nan'an District Police Station, you should be Mr. Jiguang, right?" ”

At this time, I had already seen the second-class superintendent epaulette on his shoulder, and replied: "Hello Deputy Director Xiao, I am Jiguang." ”

The other party nodded, signaled to the people around me, and immediately two police officers stepped forward, and when I saw the equipment in their hands, I naturally understood that this was a necessary procedure, so I let them help me put on body armor, install bugging and communication equipment.

We both knew that time was pressing, so I walked briskly with Xiao Wu and his party towards Senhai Mansion while putting on their equipment.

Xiao Wu introduced: "We arrived ten minutes ago, although we took silent action, but we do not rule out the possibility that the suspect has been discovered, so you must be careful about your own safety when you act for a while, and don't force it." Mr. Ji, I said ugly things in front - at the critical moment, please obey the order, and we will arrange the necessary means to solve it, otherwise, you will be responsible for any accidents! ”

I could hear the dissatisfaction in Xiao Wu's tone, he must not have agreed to let me, an "outsider", intervene in the police's action, but the decision had already been made, and he could only obey. He said this to warn me not to make a claim when the time came.

Of course, I can't raise any objections to this stall, nodding my head again and again, otherwise I will definitely be intercepted by them, and it will be impossible to enter the scene.

It is estimated that Xiao Wu is also waiting for me to object, so as to provide him with this excuse to intercept me, because my undisputed style and exaggerated acting skills make him frown, but I can't do anything about it.

I'm equipped by this point. The upper body is a bulletproof vest, a bug and pinhole camera are pinned to the chest, a miniature wireless communication headset is inserted into the right ear, and a communication signal transceiver the size of a cigarette case is pinned to the belt behind the back.

One of the male police officers who helped me get my gear on asked me, "Do you know how to use a knife?" Seeing me nodding, the other party asked again: "Right-handed, right-handed?" ”

I replied, "Fine." ”

He raised his eyebrows slightly, didn't reply, squatted down, rolled up the left trouser leg of my jeans, tied a police dagger to my left calf, and then pulled out an electric shock baton and stuffed it into my trouser pocket, I refused: "This thing is too big, too conspicuous on my body, and it will affect my movement, so I don't need to." ”

The officer turned his head to look at Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to, and the officer stepped aside.

At this time, we were already close to the entrance of Senhai Haoting, and Xiao Wu came over and shook hands with me again: "Mr. Ji, be careful, I wish you all the best." ”

"Thank you." I nodded in thanks, then turned around and walked briskly towards the entrance of Senhai Mansion.

Like many lone heroes in movies, I waved goodbye to the people behind me with my back behind me...... Well, I must look stupid like that.

Jinguancheng is about 105 degrees east longitude, according to the standard theory of world time zones, it belongs to the seventh eastern district, so it is an hour later than Shengjing time, plus this season is the summer of the northern hemisphere, and the sunset time will be relatively delayed, but despite this, the last ray of light on the distant horizon at this moment has also disappeared.

It's also a suburb and you need to look far away to see the sparse lights.

It's like grinding ink for a long time, and the night is getting darker.

Senhai Mansion, an unfinished real estate in the suburbs, looks like a veritable "ghost town" under the cover of night.

And I'm walking through this "ghost town".

"I'm walking towards Senhai Mansion now, everything is normal, and I haven't found any communication signals from the criminals for the time being."

I looked like I was talking to myself, but I was actually telling Xiao Wu and them through a bugging device pinned to my chest — I was asked to give a live report every once in a while before I came in.

"You're under our surveillance now, please try not to approach obstacles to ensure we can clearly monitor your situation, over."

Xiao Wu's voice came from the earphones, and I said "um" to show that I understood.

I turned the aperture of the tactical flashlight wider so that I could maximize my range of vision, and at the cost of not being able to illuminate the distant scene.

I do this because I have my own considerations: as long as I turn on the flashlight, my position will inevitably be exposed, and if the other party has any long-range weapons, I can't dodge them, so it is better to expand some close-range field of vision to guard against dangers in the near distance.

When I first came in from the entrance of Senhai Mansion, I was still walking on a cement avenue, but it was only less than 100 meters, and it was replaced by a gravel road, and this building has been abandoned for too long, and the weeds on the gravel road have grown almost to knee height.

Unfinished buildings stand silently in rows.

These man-made objects made of steel and concrete are lifeless, like countless rotting corpses, emitting a corpse stench of rust and lime.

All in all, this place makes me feel very uncomfortable.

I'm trying to find traces of someone else getting into here. But because it was night, my vision was too limited by the flashlight, and I wasn't a superman with perverted vision, and some of the details on the ground couldn't be detected at a glance, so I had to give up on this attempt after a few attempts.

Silence and limited field of vision will cause people a sense of pressure similar to being in a claustrophobic space, which is why horror films emphasize and use dark light and shadow, pale and oppressive background music to create a terrifying atmosphere.

And I am now in such an environment, although I know that these are all psychological pressures created by my own sensory illusions, but there is still a kind of irritability in my heart.

After walking for a while, I guessed that I must have reached the center of Senhai Mansion by now, and glanced at my watch, 8:50.

It had only been ten minutes since I came in, but I had the illusion that it had been half an hour.

At this time, Xiao Wu's voice came from the earphones again: "Please report the current situation, over." ”

I understand that in fact, Xiao Wu and the others must have other equipment that is clearly monitoring my every move, such as high-powered telescopes. There were even snipers who kept the crosshair of their sights dangling around me, knowing full well that I wasn't in a situation right now. The reason why they still have voice calls with me every minute or two is so-called "routine".

"There is no situation." I replied angrily, "Over." ”

But just as I finished speaking, I suddenly noticed that a red point of light appeared at my feet!

I instantly remembered the laser sight of the sniper rifle in the movie, and suddenly hit a spirit!

But in fact, this is an exaggeration of film and television works. In fact, generally speaking, assault rifles and other firearms with a close attack range will be equipped with infrared aiming, and sniper rifles are useless, because sniping needs to be counted as wind resistance.

This one of my spirits belongs to the memory reaction, like the knee jerk reflex in the nerve reflex, that is, I am very familiar with the things (sniping) suggested by a certain iconic cue (red light dot), and only when I come into contact with the iconic cue, I will instantly remember the things it suggests. In simple and unrigorous terms, it is roughly similar to "inertial thinking".

Obviously, under the strict control of the country, it is unlikely that the other side will be in possession of firearms, and if there is, it should be something like a pistol or a shotgun or an earth-made bird. Not to mention that its effective range is very limited, even if you can get a standard pistol with a longer range, people who have only received general military training can only grasp the shooting distance of about 20 meters.

With the place I was at the center, the closest hiding object to me that could fire a cold gun at me was a ruined building, but that building was at least thirty meters away from me.

So, it's just a laser emitter – it sounds lofty, but in fact, I'm sure a lot of people have been exposed to this thing, such as a toy laser pointer.

I tried to find the location of the light source in the direction of the laser, but when I looked in the general direction, I couldn't find it!

Almost at the same time, I thought of another possibility.

As soon as I could think of it, I turned off the flashlight.

I leaned down, almost on my stomach, my eyes close to the red dot of light, and looked in the direction of the possible launch—

Sure enough, this time, I saw the light source!

In an unfinished building about two hundred meters away from me, it should be the third floor according to the height!

It occurred to me that if you wrap the laser emitter in a long paper tube, you won't be able to see the emitter's light source from most angles, and you can only see where the light source is if you look backwards along the spot where the laser red dot appears.

I resisted the excitement in my heart, stood back in the position I had just been, and turned on the flashlight again.

Xiao Wu's voice sounded in the headphones: "What happened just now, why did you turn off the flashlight?" ”

Xiao Wu was obviously a little anxious, and even forgot to say "finished".

"I'm sorry, I accidentally turned off the flashlight just now." I tried to answer in a calm tone.

Xiao Wu muttered something, but he couldn't hear it clearly, and it wouldn't be a good thing to think about, and I didn't care about it.

In fact, at this time, I have another layer of consideration: why did the other party wait for me to walk here before contacting me with the laser emitter? Was it an accident?

Maybe he's got a bug or something nearby, and if he finds out I've seen through his little tricks, he'll probably change the game.

I had to trick him into playing the game the way he was supposed to play.

Only then can I be taken by surprise.