18. Endless mysteries, endless evil
See with your ears and hear with your eyes.
The direction of the investigation lifted the entire seven groups, and even though it was midnight, no one showed any signs of fatigue.
Two hours after many failed attempts, the petite female member of Group 7 provided the right idea for deciphering the noise, and I have to say that sometimes as long as the idea is right, you will find that the answer is actually very simple, such as the noise is actually used to see as the prompt said.
Exporting the noise audio as a spectrum reveals a drone overhead photo of a place in the wilderness, and the mystery is as simple and straightforward as it gets, but how long would it take to be discovered without the previous prompt? It will take a lot of time.
After obtaining the map, the seven groups paused to decipher the puzzles in the video, whether it was comparing the photos to satellite images to determine the location or deciphering the code that the tentacles that might contain information waved and pointed, all of which had entered the exhaustive stage, and the advantage of the technical team after entering this stage was huge. In other words, even if you don't continue to decrypt the video, relying solely on the previously obtained overhead map, AI can obtain location information by comparing satellite photos, and with location information, drones carrying life detectors can analyze their approximate location.
The theme of the next meeting became the analysis of the criminal psychological portrait of the prisoner and the discussion of the preliminary plan for future rescue, it is clear that a forced burglary and kidnapping of a little girl through a zipline in broad daylight fully demonstrates the arrogance and confidence of the criminal, and the ability to leave no clues that can be used to lock the identity and the familiar methods of crime also fully indicate that she is likely to be a repeat offender or has received professional training. Not only that, with the cooperation of the police at the place of the crime, it has now been determined that the motorcycle used by the suspect to run away at the garbage dump was transferred by a truck transporting municipal garbage, and the original driver of the truck was attacked and robbed two hours before the crime, which shows that the criminal is more than one person.
The team leader kept writing and drawing on the paper, his face was stiff and tired but not slack, and finally he concluded: "The current situation in this case is that the criminal forcibly entered the house of the councilor and kidnapped his young daughter, and after the kidnapping, he has not asked for ransom but sent a provocative letter and video to S.H.I.E.L.D. In addition, given that the father of the kidnapped little girl is a member of parliament, it is possible to use the provocation of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a cover for her real motive to retaliate against the congressman, but again, the kidnappers' actions are efficient and professional, and no matter what the motive is, it is impossible to be easy. ”
The young deputy leader also added: "The fact that the kidnappers are efficient and professional means that they cannot be random, so why they targeted the daughters of parliamentarians needs further investigation, or it is possible that these prisoners have a reason to kidnap the daughters of parliamentarians and provoke S.H.I.E.L.D. at the same time, or it may be the only way to achieve some of their goals." ”
"Well, it's possible." The group leader nodded in agreement and continued to write in the notebook and continued, "What else do the others think. ”
"Could it be that the kidnapping of the daughter of a parliamentarian is to create a huge influence?" Chen Zhengping guessed at this time.
"If you want to make an influence, the prisoner can publish the threatening video online." It was still the petite woman who retorted.
The team leader is naturally a little wary of the criminals who have seen too many criminals who show their presence in extreme ways: "It is also possible that we will detonate a certain public opinion point and create influence in our next mission, we need to be careful to ensure the safety of the hostages and the smooth landing of the mission." ”
At this time, the technical team came to the news that the puzzle of the tentacle waving part had been solved, and after trying various combinations, the technical team successfully converted the string of garbled characters into a sound.
“Gold e
sectio
ATIO (Golden Section)".
There are countless points on a plane, but there are only four golden section points, and the search area is much narrower.
The location on the picture was also found, and the technical department sent back the good news, and the method used was also very straightforward, and the method of comparing the image with the satellite image through AI was very efficient, after all, there are no two identical green leaves in the world, and there will be no two identical landscapes.
After getting enough information, the team leader began to arrange the work: "Lao Li, you go and organize drone and ground robot reconnaissance first. Isn't there any news from Xiaohu yet?"
The deputy leader answered this question: "Xiaohu found that the copy of the file and the birth photo of the little girl in the hospital have been lost, and now he is trying to go to the Federal General Archives to find the original files, but now the management of the General Archives has not yet gone to work, and he has not been contacted through many ways, and is now preparing to go directly to the door through the address to find it." ”
"They're happy 9 to 5." The team leader scolded dissatisfiedly and continued: "Let Xiaohu come back first, we are going to go out on duty." ”
"Do you need my cooperation in contacting other groups?" The deputy leader asked.
The team leader shook his head and said: "If that group of people is coming to S.H.I.E.L.D., then there must be eyes staring at our S.H.I.E.L.D. secretly, and our seven groups will go to further reconnoiter the specific situation and then consider whether reinforcements are needed, so that our target is smaller and not easy to expose." ”
After the basic task deployment was completed, the discussion gradually subsided, and the team leader asked again: "Is there anything else to add?" If not, let's go, there is breakfast I prepared for you in the car, and we will definitely succeed in this mission, but the premise of success is enough attention and caution. ”
"Understood, team leader." The seven groups of members present except Chen Zhengping shouted loudly.
The team set off at 6 o'clock on September 24, 2022, a full forty hours before the deadline in the provocative video, and there was still plenty of time to rescue the seven sharp knife teams that had to spend nearly half a day on the road for concealment.
It was not until he was in the car that Chen Zhengping finally met all the members of the seventh group under the introduction of the deputy leader of the seventh group.
Team leader Tieqiu, a genetic awakening warrior at the beginning of the B-rank, was born as a mercenary.
Deputy team leader Zhang Zichen, a C-level peak genetic awakening warrior, and a top student of the Federal Police Academy.
Among the remaining team members, Wang Lang (Xiao Wang), Zhao Hu (Xiao Hu) and Bai Jing, the only female petite woman in the seven groups, are from different police academies, the first two have a genetic awakening level of C-level primary, and Bai Jing's level is slightly lower than the peak of D-level. As the old man of S.H.I.E.L.D., except for Li Zhongkai (Lao Li), who has no gene awakening as a mechanic and does not participate in frontal battles, the two brothers Duda and Du Kai are both subordinates of the group leader mercenary period, and although the level of gene awakening is only C-level primary, the strength will not be weaker than that of ordinary medium-gene warriors.
The suspects' stronghold was quickly locked on, located in a basin in the mountains north of City One, in a semi-underground structure that would be difficult to detect without a definite clue under the cover of the forest.
When the seventh group and Chen Zhengping and his party arrived at the target location, the time was already 6 o'clock in the evening, the sky was about to be dark, and the remaining light turned the sky red, and naturally cut out the silhouette of the forest with the red sky as the background. The scenery was spectacular but unnoticed, and seven groups were sending several tiny spy robots the size of their thumbs into the base through the ventilation tunnel to observe the inside of the site.
This stronghold is divided into four areas, connected by a north-south one-way main passage, the main area in front is the main activity area of the stronghold's personnel, and only through this area can you reach the back three areas, of which the left and right sides of the rear area are the power distribution room and the monitoring room, and the rear center area is a children's playground.
Everyone in the seven groups was a little shocked, because at this moment they found that there were more than thirty children in this children's paradise.
After a period of observation, the seven groups were able to roughly figure out the number and status of the personnel. There are 14 adults in the entire base and a total of 36 children between the ages of 2 and 6 in the rear children's playground. Usually the distribution of personnel is a person at the main gate, a patrol person, a person in the monitoring room, a person in the power distribution room, and someone at different times will be responsible for taking care of children's food and playing with them at different times, and most of the rest of the personnel gather in the front living area for various games, movies, table tennis and other leisure and entertainment. The microrobot has collected the appearance information of the insiders and is transmitting it back to S.H.I.E.L.D. for technical comparison.
"If we want to complete this operation, we must take the lead in paralyzing its power system and monitoring system, only in this way can we ensure that our personnel do not have enough time to threaten the children when we operate, and we can also minimize the potential defense system to cause unnecessary attrition to our side." Fortunately, with the information sent back by the spy robot, the inside of the ventilation duct is accessible to adults, perhaps because the building is in some disrepair, and most of the filters in the middle have been damaged, so we can reach the distribution room and the monitoring room through the ventilation duct for the first action. ”
"The operation can be placed in the second half of the night patrol and the handover time of the gatekeepers, first of all, the spirit of the personnel will be more relaxed during the rest time, and secondly, the children and adults are separated during this period, which can also ensure the safety of the children to a large extent."
At this time, Chen Zhengping was staring intently at the picture that was transmitted back, he had always felt that something was not right since he came into contact with this case, and at this time, he looked at the stronghold of this criminal and felt that something was wrong.
Chen Zhengping also immediately expressed the doubts in his heart: "I think the situation here is very abnormal, it stands to reason that if the criminals inside have deliberately provoked S.H.I.E.L.D., they should not be in the current state, they are too relaxed, even if we have avoided the eyes they have planted to spy on S.H.I.E.L.D., it is impossible for the people here to be as defenseless against us as they are now." ”
"Is it possible that the current state of relaxation is a trap that they deliberately show us? After all, the councilor's daughter has already determined that she is inside this stronghold, and we are not mistaken. Tieqiu pointed to a little girl in the picture who was holding a red apple and nibbling on it.
Chen Zhengping rubbed his temples, seeing that so many kidnappings had aroused the anger in his heart, at this moment he needed to try his best to calm down his emotions, and after calming down for a long time, he said: "According to the general criminal logic, this stronghold is more like a mature criminal industry stronghold, first of all, there are too many children in it, and secondly, the division of labor among the people inside is too clear, which is completely inconsistent with the purpose of the prisoners we analyzed before to challenge S.H.I.E.L.D. or revenge councilors." I think there's something we don't know about kidnapping the kidnapping, sending the provocation letter, and the kid being in this stronghold at the moment, and it's because of this breakpoint that the people in this stronghold may not know they're being targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
Team Leader Tieqiu pondered, realizing that if Chen Zhengping's claims were true, it was a hidden third party who kidnapped the children and sent the provocative letters, and this third party might be using S.H.I.E.L.D. to serve their ulterior purposes.
"Team leader, someone is going to enter that stronghold again." Bai Jing, a petite woman who had been holding a telescope to observe the stronghold, said.
Team Leader Tieqiu also held up the binoculars to look, he knew the person who had just arrived, it was the world's famous international human trafficking group Pettydeale
(PD Group) of the leader of the Assics.
"Get this message back to headquarters." Tieqiu hurriedly ordered.
At this moment, the appearance information data that had just been collected and handed over to the headquarters for analysis also came out, and the fourteen people in it were all people with criminal records in the police system, and several of them were people who fled into the wilderness without punishment after committing crimes. According to the division of strength, among the fourteen people, there are two B-level, seven C-level, and five D-level, which is not too tricky for S.H.I.E.L.D. characters.
Tieqiu, who got the new information, said to Chen Zhengping: "Whether we are really used by others or not, the child cannot be saved." Xiao Jing, you can tell us more about the specific situation and the bureau here, and we will always be vigilant in the next tasks. ”
In the footage sent back from the spy robot, Ass followed into the children's park to inspect the children inside, and it was not until this moment that the seven groups of people found out from the picture that the children in the children's park were actually genetic beast mutations, and the Ass in the camera was smiling like a pervert from time to time to make sure that the clothes covered the child's tail, animal ears or small horns. The girl from the councilor's family also showed a pair of cat ears after taking off her woolen hat, who would have thought that the councilor's family, who relied on the power of the Purification Church, would have a genetically alienated daughter, after all, one of the main teachings of the Purification Church is that the only God created man is perfect, and the genetic alienation is polluted by demons. After seeing the child, Assers left in a helicopter satisfied, apparently sending another helicopter to "pick up the cargo" later.
"The headquarters sent back an order that the Ass helicopter would be shot down in two hours, and the mission should be completed within two hours to ensure the safety of the children." Bai Jing relayed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s instructions.