Chapter 11 Underground Pipelines
Heather Avenue is not far from the Moriel neighborhood, Liu Minghao left the back alley, returned to the place where he got off before, and followed his memory to find the bus stop sign on the side of the road, just as a bus came slowly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ten minutes later, Liu Minghao jumped out of the car and stood under the stop sign that said Heather Avenue, looking at the clean and tidy street in front of him.
It's much more prosperous than the Moriel neighborhood, with a lot of hurried pedestrians, shops on both sides of the road, and not far from Liu Minghao is a cake shop, the door is open, and the smell of sweetness wafts through the air.
In front of the store, there is a red telephone booth, and on the left side of the door, there is a metal nameplate engraved with the Arabic numeral 3.
Liu Minghao walked into the phone booth, took off the microphone, and inserted the black card in his hand into the card slot under the phone.
"Municipal Library, I286.5/596-7."
The voice was repeated twice, and then it resumed the busy state, Liu Minghao put down the microphone, only to find that the phone card inserted in the card slot had also disappeared.
On the way here, the bus happened to pass by the Municipal Library, that set of numbers should be the bibliographic number, Liu Minghao pushed the door out of the phone booth, walked forward along the street, turned the corner, and when he looked up, he could see the gray and white roof of the Municipal Library.
The Municipal Library is a three-story building with a large lawn outside the door, and the walls are covered with green vegetation, surrounded by greenery, and the environment is very quiet.
In the self-service query system, the partition of Class I books was found, and Liu Minghao took the elevator to the third floor according to the navigation map in the center of the hall on the first floor.
The library was very quiet, except for the occasional person getting up and moving, and the slight noise of tables and chairs, except for the rustle of turning pages.
Liu Minghao followed the signs at both ends of the bookshelf and found a copy of "History of European Philosophy" in the penultimate row.
These kinds of books seem to be unpopular, placed on the bottom of the shelves, covered with dust, apparently not touched for a long time, and the information is left here, without fear of being accidentally discovered.
Just as he was about to lean over and pull out the book, a figure suddenly flashed in the aisle, and a man with a baseball cap quickly turned the bookshelf and almost hit Liu Minghao's body.
Liu Minghao took a step back, his back was attached to the bookshelf behind him, and the man immediately dodged back, taking two steps back, and his movements were very flexible.
The two looked at each other, both stunned, and a look of surprise flashed in their eyes at the same time.
Liu Minghao was still expressionless, but the shock in his heart was not small, from the other party, he could feel an extremely familiar fluctuation, without any proof, he could be sure that the other party's identity was the same as his own, and he was also a trialist selected by the system.
And when the man saw him, the subtle change in expression on his face also made Liu Minghao immediately understand that the other party was not like him, the first time he saw other trialists.
is also surprised, but there is a clear difference, the man simply didn't expect to meet people here, and Liu Minghao didn't expect to meet the same kind without warning.
Although he had thought more than once about whether there would be other trialists, it was just a baseless speculation that suddenly became a reality, and the shock in his heart was self-evident.
Liu Minghao didn't speak rashly, he was cautious by nature, he never did anything unplanned, and the other party obviously didn't have the idea of dealing with him, he glanced sideways at the aisle behind him with a cold expression, then lowered his head and pressed the brim of his hat, and hurriedly turned around and left.
Looking at the back of the other party who quickly disappeared between the bookshelves, Liu Minghao frowned slightly, it seemed that he was hiding from something, but as long as they didn't interfere with each other, he had no interest, and he didn't have time to think about strangers.
Retracting his gaze, Liu Minghao bent down and pulled out the book, wiped off the floating ash on the outside, turned the page, and found a line of small words on the inside of the cover.
"Underground Pipe Network, C6-3."
Looking at the simple prompt in front of him, Liu Minghao was also a little helpless, although the secret information is as simple as possible, but this is too concise, the underground pipe network should refer to the pipeline system under the library building, C6-3 is not clear what it represents, maybe it refers to one of the pipelines.
Looking at the watch on his wrist, the task time limit is only 12 hours, and the Trojan horse must be implanted in three places, the top priority is to find the task prop first, and other things do not need to be considered for the time being.
Putting the book back in place, Liu Minghao turned around and walked towards the escape door in the distance, no matter what, first find a way to find the entrance and enter the underground area, and then naturally know what C6-3 represents.
Just a few steps away from the stairwell, a stumble of footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, breaking the quiet air of the library.
Looking back, I saw a team of heavily armed police officers pouring into the third floor, searching along the aisle row by row, behind them, three men in black suits and sunglasses, both of them were expressionless, and the most surprising thing was that the appearance was exactly the same, without the slightest difference, as if they were mass-produced dolls.
Liu Minghao's heart moved, in the world of the Matrix, there is only one possibility for this situation, and this is three terrible anti-virus agents.
The moment he noticed the abnormality, Liu Minghao alertly flashed into the stairwell, stood behind the door, looked at the chaotic scene outside because the police were searching around, and immediately thought of the previous trialist with a baseball cap, who was obviously the target of these people.
Since he didn't come for himself, Liu Minghao didn't want to have more rights and wrongs, so he immediately turned around and left.
If you are targeted by anti-virus agents, it is not a trouble that can be easily escaped, and if the mission is delayed because of this, it will be even more worth the loss.
As soon as he turned around, outside the stairwell behind him, there was a burst of gunshots, the sound of tables and chairs toppling over, and the exclamations of people.
Liu Minghao didn't dare to hesitate, made up his mind to avoid right and wrong, and went all the way down without looking back, came to the basement floor, and found the entrance to the underground pipeline in the northwest corner of the garage.
Easily breaking the lock on the iron door, Liu Minghao took advantage of the dim light in the corridor behind him to walk down the steps and walk forward along the downward sloping passage.
At intervals on both sides of the passage, there are dim emergency lights, and although the light is dim, you can see the road beneath your feet.
On the wall under an emergency light, Liu Minghao found a sign similar to C6-3, walked forward some distance, and soon found the pipeline where C6-3 was located.
In the wire box above the pipeline, Liu Minghao found a flat black box.
The box is only half the size of a palm, and when the lid is opened, inside are three round objects that resemble button cell batteries, which weigh little in the hand.
Everything in this world is formed by data, and as long as you accept this setting, these batteries are Trojan viruses, which is not so strange.
Liu Minghao closed the lid of the box, and suddenly moved, an inexplicable sense of crisis rose from the bottom of his heart, and he immediately bent his legs and rolled out with all his might.
A black shadow came close like lightning, and the iron rod in his hand fell heavily to the ground, smashing into the place where he had just stood, making a sonorous sound and sparks flying everywhere.
The body hit the wall, Liu Minghao jumped up, and before he could stabilize his body, the iron rod was wrapped in the wind again and smashed his head.
The other party seemed to have injuries on his body, and in the process of the stick falling, he suddenly paused slightly, Liu Minghao easily dodged it, and swung his fist towards the opponent's door, and at the same time slashed the right wrist of the person holding the stick with the other hand.
The other party hurriedly dodged, Liu Minghao took the opportunity to jump forward, and the positions of the two were immediately reversed, and he saw that the person who came was the baseball cap he had encountered before.
At this time, the man's body was almost stained red with blood, only the hat on his head was still intact, and the iron rod was still clenched in his hand, and it was on the ground to stabilize his somewhat shaky figure.
The right palm that had just slashed the opponent's wrist suddenly had a tingling pain, and then on Liu Minghao's bare arm, there was a sharp pain, and a deep wound suddenly appeared, and blood flowed out instantly.
Liu Minghao's eyebrows furrowed, and the dim light shone from behind, falling right on the arm of the baseball cap, and he clearly saw that only the black blood stains that had dried up were left, and the original deep scar had disappeared.
The baseball cap noticed Liu Minghao's gaze, and did not dodge, raised his head to look at him, with undisguised malice in his eyes, stretched out his right hand and pushed the brim of the hat, "It seems that my luck is not bad, I actually met you again in this kind of place." ”
Looking at the blood constantly flowing on his arm, Liu Minghao already had a faint guess in his heart, obviously the baseball cap has a very special skill, which can transfer the injury to others through physical contact, and he just happened to be his target.
The pain on the edge of his palm also reminded him that the other party had a strong defense at this time, and that palm was like a hard iron stone, which shook his metacarpal bones and felt a faint pain.
Liu Minghao had already seen through that the other party wanted to take the opportunity to speak, take a break, and naturally would not leave the enemy a chance to breathe, so he tore off a piece of iron pipe on the wall, held it in his hand, jumped out in one step, and slashed straight down towards the baseball cap.
The baseball cap raised the iron rod in his hand to block Liu Minghao's attack, and at the same time jumped backwards with his strength, and pounced again as soon as his feet landed.
The two quickly passed a few moves, and the strength of the baseball cap was obviously higher than that of Liu Minghao, even if he was seriously injured, Liu Minghao did not hurt him at all, but was contacted by the other party, and there were several more scars on his body silently.
Liu Minghao has not used all his strength, at this time he has seen that although the opponent's strength is not weak, but the speed is indeed slightly lower than his own, he made a false move, took two steps back, avoided the swept iron rod, threw the iron pipe in his hand towards the baseball cap, and at the moment when the opponent retreated, he suddenly increased his speed, drew his dagger, and jumped over in one step.