"There's an explosion down there!" Mitz cried out in frustration, yelling at the officers in the distance, "no one is allowed to go, ready to save people, ready to save people—" He stomped his foot hard in the dust, unwilling but helpless to bear another defeat.

I pushed Shevi away, but she grabbed my wrist with her backhand: "Eagle, don't go anywhere, you can't go anywhere, now is not the time to be a hero." Listen to me, everything will be resolved by the police, and we won't get involved anymore. ”

Her voice was sharp and high-pitched, surpassing even Miz's roar.

My gaze passed through the dust and met Miz's gloomy gaze. When the explosion occurred, the detection team had many people and few people, and it was no longer possible to control the situation by relying solely on the strength of the police.

"I have to go down, I'm sorry. "Nobody wants to be a hero, I just want to do what I need to do and clarify all the puzzles.

Xiwei was stunned, let go in despair, and hid her face and wept. She could read my mind and knew that she couldn't stop me, so she had to give up the idea of stopping me.

I stepped up the stairs and jumped down, instantly reaching the corner of the first and second floors, and felt the smell of something burning in the air. Continuing down, when I reached the fourth floor, I saw a priest in a black suit standing in front of a round hole, staring blankly into it.

"Priest, what about Shagai, and what about the people of the inspection team?" I couldn't see the shadows of the others, only curling green smoke floating up from below.

The priest turned slowly, facing me with a stiff expression. At that moment, his eyes took on a strange gray, lifeless, and extremely weird. I gasped and reached for my knife, realizing that the person in front of me was not my kind at all, but a different kind of creature.

"What did you say?" he raised his hand to cover his face, rubbed it vigorously a few times, and then lowered his palm, his eyes already returning to normal.

"They were all down there, Shagai was fine, but four officers were seriously injured and the debris from the explosion hit them in the heart. Good thing you come down, please help them call an ambulance. His eyes rolled, black and white, not gray at all.

My eyesight was normal and I rarely hallucinated at critical moments, so I was sure that the priest's eye was wrong. But who shows gray eyes and under what circumstances?

"Mr. Chen, it was that cube metal that exploded, you shouldn't stop Xia Gai from taking it away, otherwise there wouldn't have been so many things. The priest stopped looking, walked down the stairs with ease, and motioned for me to retreat and inform the police.

I leaped down the stairs, got ahead of the priest, and hurried downward. At all times, I only believe what I see with my own eyes, and I never listen to hearsay. Moreover, Xia Gai and the priest are all the way, and I have suspicions about Xia Gai, so I am naturally full of distrust of the priest.

"Mr. Chen, didn't I ask you to report to the police, where are you going?" the priest raised his voice.

I ignored him and reached the bottom of the stairs in a matter of seconds. The situation at the scene was very tragic, the gold nuggets had been blown into seventeen or eighteen small pieces, penetrating the protective clothing of the police officers, and almost every piece was worn through, which showed the power of this explosion.

"Report it...... Officer Miz ...... The radiation is weakening, and this piece of metal is the source of the radiation, but it has ...... Exhaustion to the point of 1 in 100,000. We're all gone, somebody...... Someone ...... "The police officer leading the team gave me a faint briefing, and there were fragments embedded in his chest on the left and right, and the blood had long since soaked the white protective suit into a dark red."

"Someone took it...... Take the ......," he said, pointing up the stairs, and the priest hurried down, his face growing more and more ugly.

"Took what?" I leaned over and pressed my ear close to his mouth.

The half-sentence "Took a key...... was his last words, and it also left a difficult puzzle to solve. Does his gesture point to the stairs or to the priesthood, and where does the "key" come from?

"Hey, Chen Ying, I'm here. You're disappointed that the explosion didn't kill me, aren't you?" Shagai peeked out from behind the metal door, still smiling.

I straightened up and faced the priest coldly, "What did you take? ”

He and Xia Gai are both martial arts people, and it is not surprising that they were able to successfully avoid the explosion, but the key question is, why did the gold nugget explode suddenly?

The priest shook his head expressionlessly: "No, nothing." ”

Xia Gai coldly burst out and said, "It's not him, it's—" Next, he was supposed to say a person's name, but the priest flew over like black smoke and covered his mouth.

"What a great light skill. "I took the style of conversation and digressed for a moment.

"We didn't see anything, and if we didn't believe it, let the police interrogate us. The priest kept his face composed, and covered it for a full minute before letting go of Xia Gai, so that he would not speak indiscriminately.

Miz and his backup came down a few minutes later, carrying improvised stretchers, and slowly lifted the four officers up.

"Mr. Shagai, how did the explosion happen?" Miz began his routine note-taking work, but Shagai was reluctant to cooperate, spread his hands, and made a "no comment" gesture.

I had been thinking about what he had said, and the name of the person who was put in his stomach must have been very familiar to me, so he said it without hesitation, and accidentally violated the priest's taboo.

The priest has just shown his supreme skill, and he should be above me. Of all the people I know, the only one who can surpass him is Sikong Xingxing.

Two police officers in charge of the scene recovered most of the fragments and kept taking pictures in a "click-click" manner, recording the scene from multiple angles.

I found two large pieces of fragments that were relatively intact, and when they were put together, they had a narrow dent in the center. From this, it can be concluded that gold nuggets are not only the birthplace of radiation, but also a wonderful collection space. In this respect, it is similar to the lead ingot outside the hole.

The density of the lead block is much greater than that of the iron ingot, so the workers should feel a huge difference in weight when they remove it from the tripod, but none of them asked the question. The only explanation may be that the lead ingots are also hollow, which compensates for the density error between lead and iron.

Thom is an old oilman, keenly aware of this, and must be working on the idea inside the lead ingot at the moment.

"Shagai, what kind of key did someone take? You should recognize that person, huh?" I continued to put pressure on Shagai. Miz didn't dare to touch Charlotte's people, but I didn't.

"I have nothing to say. Of course, the police report could have written something like this—'How about 'Shagai and the priest hid in the metal house and didn't see anything?'" he laughed mischievously and followed the priest as he prepared to leave.

I reached out to stop him, holding firmly on the stairs leading to the entrance of the cave.

"Get out of the way. The priest stared at me coldly, and reminded me once again of the horror of his gray eyes.

"Sikong Xingxing listens to me the most, and if he tells the truth, I can force him to hand over what he has taken. So, let's all make a deal, okay?Shagai, you tell me the truth about the explosion, and I'm in charge of getting that thing back—"I don't want to talk to the priests, Shagai is an easier candidate to find a gap in his mind.

"We don't know anything, beware of me crooking your nose. As he spoke, the priest's left hook hit me in the jaw, and I dodged it.

"Chen Ying, what you can do, we can also do, why do you want to negotiate a deal with you?" Xia Gai showed a gloating expression, "Besides, the mansion was built by my family, what happened here, even the police have no right to ask, why do you rely on my confession?"

The priest's second punch landed directly in my palm, and when my right arm suddenly struck, it slammed him into the corner.

"It's just a small warning, don't mess with me if you're smart. I shook it off, got out of the way, and let them go.

"What kind of picture can the death of the key, the star, and Bai Xiaoxie weave?" I didn't enter the metal house, but walked up to the place where the priest had stayed. He had looked into the cave, and it was here that his eyes had a strange gray.

I lit my flashlight, shone it carefully into the hole, and then drilled in. If I don't enter the tiger's den, I will get the tiger, and I must at least find something before I can further consult the relevant personnel for verification. After extending inward for 20 meters, the hole turned to the left at a perfect 45-degree angle, and after a little further, the front was blocked.

"This is the end of the story?" I speculated that the priest was standing here because the thief had gone into the hole, and he had not been able to catch up. The fact that the priest is as light as a dragonfly and as fast as a white horse and can't catch up with that person really makes me sigh that "there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky".

I looked up at the top of my head, and there were a dozen round holes the size of rolling pins, light and dark, arranged irregularly, and the lighted ones seemed to lead all the way to the roof, because when I looked closer, I could see the blue sky and white clouds over Egypt.

This aimless pursuit wasted an hour of my time, and I finally reluctantly backed out.

Miz's men removed everything from the metal house, but most of it was rubbish and of little value.

"Bai Xiaoxie was abducted here, but ...... But how could he cross the foundation of the building and come here out of thin air? Mr. Chen, the situation is just as strange as it is, and it really confuses me. Miz kept tapping his forehead, unable to find an answer.

In fact, the mere fact that Bai Xiaoxie turned into a drop of water in the sun is unbelievable enough. I'm afraid that if I search the legendary classics all over the world, I will never find the same example. There is no way to write that incident into the police case file, otherwise if you see it from your superiors, you will definitely shoot the case and scold it, and all the police officers related to this matter will be dismissed and investigated.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. "That's all I can do to comfort Miz.

Miz shrunk his neck and smiled bitterly at himself: "No way, let's take one step at a time." Fortunately, there is one point, the dead are all Jiangyang thieves on the underworld, and they can make up a report on the cause of death indiscriminately, and they can withstand it for a while. Mr. Chen, I wonder if you and Miss Xiwei should go to the hospital for a check-up, so as not to ...... lest you ......"

Exposure to radiation is not a trivial matter, and I do need to go to the hospital, if not for myself, but for Shevie's sake.

"Miz, do you think Shagai and the priest will also go to the hospital? He took the nugget down with his own hands and held it in his arms for several minutes, and the possibility of radiation is far greater than that of me and Sylvie. If they're okay, so will my body. "According to this line of thought, as long as you follow Xia Gai, you can get close to the core of the truth.

Miz nodded: "Yes, I thought so too, so in addition to arranging for police officers to follow them, bugging devices and trackers were also installed under the cars of the two." On the other hand, Shagai is the younger brother of Miss Charlotte and belongs to one of the celebrities of Egyptian high society, and in the event of an accidental death, it is also a heavy blow to the police. Alas, at the moment our work is really in a dilemma, and we can't help it-"

I am glad that he was able to do this, and it is precisely this kind of "minimise loss" approach that is needed in a devastated situation.

Back at the cave, I told Shelvie about my suspicions about Lead Bars and Thom. At that time, Thom and the workers were already under the control of the police, and they made detailed notes one by one, and never one of them was missed.

"No wonder Thom had been staring at that lead ingot, why didn't we immediately notify the police to continue dismantling it and see what was hidden inside?" Under normal circumstances, lead ingots can be used as NMR radiation shielding materials in two ways: shielding and sealing. If our initial consideration was wrong, and some kind of nuclear radiation source was placed in a hollow lead ingot, and blindly cut, wouldn't it be just setting ourselves on fire?

"I'm sorry, but I was too impatient. Sylvie immediately apologized, shaking her head in frustration and sighing.

Police monitors showed that after leaving the building, Chagai and the priest drove all the way to Charlotte's estate and had no intention of going to the hospital.

Miz was finally relieved and prepared to rush to the hospital to see the members of the testing team. Of course, today he still has to write a report on the case that satisfies his superiors, and this is the most headache thing.

The computer in the metal house has been sent to the police station as evidence in the case, and the basement three floors of the building have also been temporarily closed for approval from the superiors. When we walked into the lobby, there was already a large number of media reporters outside the revolving door, and long guns and short guns were aimed at everyone who walked out of the door, clicking and clapping.

"Mr. Chen, let's go to the side door where the staff enters and exits and avoid them for the time being. Alas, in the past month, I have been exposed to the media more than 10 times more than in the previous 30 years as a police officer. Miz sighed again, and as you can imagine, he had sighed far more often than he had been in the comfort days before the desert robbery.

It was quiet outside the side door, and Miz told his men to drive over on the phone, and then said goodbye and left.

"You're going to Miss Charlotte?" said Sylvie, who hadn't spoken for a long time, "don't explain anything, just do what you have to do, if that will give you peace of mind." ”

I was touched by her attitude: "Maybe Charlotte is the key to solving the puzzle, and I have to go." You and I both know that Professor Leng and Leng Xin must have a specific reason for staying at the Moonlight Hotel every time they come to Cairo, and at this time, it has become the most important thing to understand the ins and outs of the building first. I'll call you as soon as there's any progress. ”

After straightening out the context of all the problems, it can be found that the note that Leng Xin threw in the wastepaper basket also reveals incomprehensible mysteries everywhere. She and Leng Hannan are both conceited and intelligent people, and everything they do will not be for no reason, but will have a deep meaning.

Xiwei looked up at the towering building, and suddenly asked a strange question: "Eagle, if you ask Charlotte to tear down this building, will she agree? Of course, this request is too extreme, and at first glance, it will definitely be strongly opposed by the other party." Come to think of it, strange events have happened on the eighth floor, the eighteenth floor, the nineteenth floor, and the three underground floors, and by extension, if there is a hidden danger of treachery on each floor, there is no need for this mansion to exist, is it?"

I've thought about it before, but reflecting on the trouble I went through when I asked to tear down the west wall of Room 1808, I know how Charlotte would have responded to such extreme demands.

"She wouldn't agree. "I think that's the obvious answer.

"Well, meet all her demands, whether it be money, power, or anything else. Eagle, Leng Xin said that in business, there are only conditions that cannot be met, and there is no deal that cannot be negotiated. It is precisely because all the strange things that are happening in Cairo today have reached the extreme level that we are considering more extreme ways to solve the problem. ”

Xiwei's thinking is very clear, and dismantling the building into rubble layer by layer in the way of "killing chickens and eggs" is indeed a thorough solution to eliminate hidden dangers fundamentally.

I thought about it for a moment before clapping my hands gently: "Good way, good way, but it's also the stupidest way." ”

It would be quite difficult to get Charlotte to agree to this request, but I could try, at least to find out what she was saying.

I flagged down a taxi and rushed to Charlotte's estate alone.

At that time, Sivi was still standing alone under the eaves of the side door of the building, watching me leave. Looking at her from the rearview mirror, my heart was inadvertently pricked, as if I felt like I owed her too much. Maybe you should put down what you are doing at this time, accompany her to the hospital for a detailed examination, and confirm that she is okay before leaving.

She is not a lone traveler like Leng Xin, but a lonely woman who needs the care and mercy of others. For a moment, I even had the idea of going back to take her with me, and for the time being, I would give up the pursuit of the mystery, even if it was only for half a day.

The car turned around the corner, and Xi Wei disappeared in the rearview mirror all of a sudden, and I tried my best to suppress my mind and let a depressed and restless heart slowly calm down. If this situation is known to the instructor, he will definitely be severely reprimanded, because at the beginning of the training, it was necessary to make everyone feel like water, cold and hard as iron, and not be touched by the changes in the external environment.

On the way, I called Charlotte, who was not surprised by my visit, and smiled indifferently on the phone: "Welcome, welcome, a glass of wine, welcome to your arrival." ”

The next time I saw her, it was still in the study with the binoculars, and there was indeed a bottle of fine wine from a south-French château on the desk, and she was sitting leisurely behind the desk, flipping through a book of Shakespeare's poems.

"I heard, you've been busy all night and made a mess under the building?" she got straight to the point.

I knew that Xia Gai had already reported everything that had happened, and he would not say half a good word for me, so he simply admitted everything: "Yes, if it weren't for the urgency of time, the whole building would have been razed to the ground at this moment." However, before I do that, I'm going to think about coming here and talking to you, so that you don't get into trouble. ”

Charlotte jumped up from the swivel chair and stared at me with wide eyes as if she were staring at a monster. Her hands gripped the straps of her silk pajamas tightly, and she tried so hard to restrain her anger that her whole body trembled slightly.

I was already sitting on the couch, my legs stretched comfortably, waiting for the storm to come.

"Eagle, your thoughts always surprise me. The last time three officials in charge of the cityscape planning of Cairo came here and asked me to agree to the demolition of the Moonlight Hotel – the hotel was not demolished, but the three people who did not know whether they were alive or dead were demoted. It's so hard for me to be here today to make the same request. She finally suppressed her anger and smiled as she gave me an example that would have made me feel embarrassed.

I nodded, "Okay, I see." You mean, under no circumstances can the hotel move a single brick?"

She frowned slightly: "I thought you would have understood this a long time ago. ”

A gust of wind blew in through the south window, making the two butterfly motifs on her white pajamas flutter.

"Eagle, Shagay told me about the underside of the building, is there any whereabouts of that ancient book, do you have to tear down the whole building to find it?"

Until now, I have no whereabouts of that book, and the death of Lao Ban and the little lady of the lotus, and the transformation of Bai Xiaoxie's body into water droplets are like endless nightmares one after another, leaving me with no time to parry.

"You look sleepy and tired, would you like a drink?" she said in a softer tone.

I was indeed extremely tired, and what I longed most for at this time was a soft bed, to fall down and sleep well, and no one would disturb me.

She opened the bottle of wine, and the aroma of it instantly filled the room.

"You're tired, drink this glass, go to sleep in peace, I'll stay by your side......" She poured two glasses of wine and walked over to me, her eyes full of gentle and delicate smiles, as if to melt all my vigilance with this affectionate smile. An even more violent drowsiness struck, from the tips of my fingers and toes to the tips of my hair, and I could no longer control my body, and slowly fell to the left, closing my eyes heavily.

"Alright, sleep, sleep, sleep......" Charlotte's voice lingered in my ears like the most beautiful lullaby, enough to help me fall into the deepest sleep.

The instructor once taught me a strange martial art called "Yedi Wandering Soul Technique", which was created by the masters of the Chang'an Taoist School in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was lost in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty and gradually forgotten by the world. In layman's terms, it is a more sophisticated thing than hypnotism, which can separate people's sight, hearing and thoughts, and still be able to hear other people's words and see other people's movements when they are asleep.

I spent eighteen months practicing this martial art day and night, and finally reached a state where even an instructor could not do it.

He once said: "The martial arts on the secret book are all dead, no matter how magical the theory, only the talented and intelligent can finally comprehend it." Honestly, if you give you enough time, you will definitely be able to overcome me and become the strongest warrior in the world. ”

I fell asleep on the couch in Charlotte's study, but my mind was so good that I could see what was going on.

"He's asleep, come out. She commanded in a low voice.

Xia Gai pushed the door in, rushed straight to the sofa, and made a "two-handed throat lock" gesture at me. He has been defeated at my hands many times, and this hatred can be imagined.

"Tell me more about what happened at the time, how could there be a star who suddenly came out?" Charlotte returned to the back of her desk, put on a gray jacket again, and used a silver hairpin to coil her hair high above her head.

"At that time, Chen Ying stopped me from taking the gold nugget, and then the inspection team came down and examined the gold nugget with a radiographic detector, and the priest followed suit. We didn't notice that anyone else was there, because the entrance to the cave was full of policemen and workers, and there were masters like Chen Ying, so it was impossible to let unrelated people get in. As a result, an hour later, the nugget exploded, and the scene was chaotic, and when the priest rushed to find the key, Sikong Xingxing swooped down the stairs and snatched the key. I can't be blamed for that, because that fellow's light skills are so clever that even the priests can't catch up with him, alas—"

He ended with a foul remark, not far from what I had inferred, but I couldn't figure out why the star had just appeared in the right place, giving Shagai and the priest a surprise blow.