Lu Xin listened and looked at the gecko calmly. The gecko's face became serious and he quickly calmed down.
"It's not as simple as looking at the distance."
He explained honestly: "Whether it's the black market here or the gathering place for vagrants, they respect and hate the people of our High Wall City. What they respect is that they now more or less rely on our High Wall City to survive. A lot of food, daily necessities, and even alcoholic beverages come from our High Wall City. And in terms of weapons, they are far inferior to us."
"But the reason for hatred is a natural conflict of interest, or simply because they can't stand it. After all, in recent years, many people they gathered have been attracted to our High Wall City. It is also because of the orders of the High Wall City that they are usually restricted in robbing or doing anything else. They probably have been holding back their anger for a long time."
"On the surface, they usually obey the orders of the High Wall City and cooperate with our work, but in some special times, people or convoys from the High Wall City appear in these places, and they are killed silently by them. It is also a very common thing..."
"..."
As he spoke, Gecko tapped the map and said, "There are only two of us, and we have a lot of stuff in the car."
"In their eyes, we are probably the most suitable fat sheep..."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded and said, "Then if we go in, will it be dangerous?"
Gecko glanced at Lu Xin and muttered, "You sound a little worried, but you don't look worried..."
He sighed and smiled, "Don't worry, the word Qinggang is still a bit intimidating."
As he spoke, he got out of the car again and looked at the surrounding environment. He said, "However, for safety, I'd better report it."
"In this way, even if we really get into trouble here, at least someone will come to look for us."
"..."
As he spoke, he had already opened the trunk with ease and moved out a sturdy iron box from it, which contained a small signal receiver. After setting up the line, he made a phone call and reported the specific location.
"The two missing agents have been found. Please report to the higher-ups. They have died."
"It is suspected that the Knights have entered Blackwater Town."
"We are now preparing to enter Blackwater Town for investigation."
"Report again in three hours. If there is no signal, something has happened."
"..."
After the report, he packed up his things, got in the car quickly, and drove along the current road.
...
...
"The latest progress notification shows that the special operations team has found the two missing agents and has initially locked the location of the Knights."
"They have entered Blackwater Town for investigation!"
"..."
Even Lu Xin didn't know that when the report from Gecko reached Qinggang City, an emergency meeting was held immediately.
Or rather, this meeting has been waiting for the news from Gecko to come back.
"..."
"He is really investigating this matter seriously..."
In the huge conference room, beside the oval long table, sat bald professors and professional intelligence personnel.
Usually, such a lineup will only appear when facing a war.
After hearing the news of the announcement, many people subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
"But, they have been out for less than a day..."
A strange voice sounded, it was a fat researcher wearing a wig. He lifted the wig and scratched his head, his face was indescribably strange: "With almost no intelligence support, in the vast wilderness, the bodies of two "missing" agents thousands of miles away were found, and the location of the Knights was initially locked. This..."
"Isn't this unreasonable?"
"..."
Several other professors listened to these words, and their faces were similar to his.
Obviously, as researchers, they don't like this kind of thing that is completely beyond their understanding.
Subconsciously, many eyes turned to Professor Bai at the front of the conference table.
Behind him, there were two electronic display screens, on which were Mr. Su and Minister Shen, who were also concerned about the progress here.
"The ability of a psychic mutant is sometimes mysterious, but it is not without logic!"
Professor Bai also looked down at the latest bulletin and said slowly: "You can try to understand how he did it."
Everyone in the conference room frowned.
A researcher with messy hair and a very witch-like temperament sighed: "It's useless to study these..."
"Maybe his ability is to locate directly?"
"..."
"Haha!"
Professor Bai smiled, not wanting to pay attention to her, and said to everyone: "Or, try to think about how he can do it?"
Several professors and researchers whispered for a while.
At this time, Professor Chen, who was wearing glasses and had a hairline that reached the back of his head, raised the pen in his hand and said, "If we rule out the possibility that he is omniscient and can know the location of the knights with just his brain, or that he had already placed a tracker on the knights, then there is only one explanation for his ability to find the location of the knights in such a short time..."
He seemed a little guilty at this point, and paused, saying, "It may not be so rigorous, but at least it is logical."
Professor Bai smiled and said, "Old Chen, we all know what happened, just tell me."
Professor Chen nodded, stood up, and marked the location of Blackwater Town on the writing board map behind him, saying, "Blackwater Town is at least 700 kilometers away from Qinggang City, and they arrived at this place in one day, which can only mean..."
He stretched out the writing pen in his hand, drew a long straight line, and said, "He was going here from the beginning."
Several professors looked at him seriously.
The fat man with the wig asked, "Why would he go there?"
"Two possibilities!"
Professor Chen said, "One is that he knew the other party was there, and the other is that he guessed they were there."
"Guessed?"
There was a faint commotion in the conference room.
"Yes, I guessed it."
Professor Chen emphasized his tone, and stretched out his hand to draw a few circles on the map, saying: "You can imagine that after the knights escaped from Satellite City No. 2, they must have been eager to escape except for the initial half an hour they stayed. But in the wilderness, their supply is a big problem. If they want to travel long distances, their food, water, and gasoline are all big problems."
"So, as a rigorous knight group, I think they must need a suitable supply point. They will definitely not go to a supply point that is too close to Qinggang, because there are many of our people there, and if it is too far, they can't hold on..."
While speaking, he circled several gathering points around: "So, there are only these few places that meet their requirements."
"And our initial investigation has confirmed that they fled to the south..."
"Then, in the south of Qinggang City, the only place that meets this condition is Blackwater Town."
"..."
Professor Chen's words caused a moment of silence in the conference room.
Professor Bai, who was sitting at the head of the group, nodded with a smile on his face.
"I have a question..."
A female researcher in a white coat said: "There are many places where they can get gasoline, food and water. They may not choose this place. If it is for concealment or safety considerations, some small gathering points are more suitable for them to choose."
"But they need to replenish more than just these."
Professor Chen answered softly, holding up his hands and pressing the conference table, saying: "Among them, there is a puppet-type ability user. This is a power system that has been studied thoroughly. We all know that the first-stage puppet-type ability user can control a maximum of ten mental transformations. And the puppet-type ability user is not strong without mental transformations around him."
"Since they want to escape, they must be prepared to deal with the enemies chasing them."
"So, this puppet-type ability user should also be eager to replenish the number of mental transformations around him."
"From the previous investigation of Satellite City No. 2, six mentally modified people were destroyed when the ambush on Colonel Chen and the single soldier, and three were found when cleaning the battlefield under the south wall of Satellite City No. 2. So we have reason to suspect that the mentally modified people around the puppet-type ability user are almost exhausted, and even with our two agents, the number is far from enough."
"So, in addition to food, water, and gasoline, the supply point they choose must meet one condition."
Here, he paused slightly and said: "Labor market!"
He emphasized the syllables of these four words, and then said:
"Among these places where supplies can be supplied, only Blackwater Town can meet their conditions!"
"..."
The conference room began to become quiet.
"My guess is this..."
Professor Chen emphasized his tone and said slowly: "The single soldier has all the information about the Knights, and the most detailed military map of the surrounding area. And when they just left the city, they had already obtained information from the investigation team about the Knights fleeing to the south in the abandoned city ten kilometers away."
"If at that time, he conducted a quick summary and analysis, and finally speculated that the Knights fled to Blackwater Town for supplies, then he and Gecko rushed there at the fastest speed, and found our two missing agents on the roadside not far from Blackwater Town, and used it as evidence..."
He paused slightly, tapped the table lightly, and said: "Then everything can be explained."
For a while, the conference room was silent.
"Very good."
After a while, Professor Bai, who was at the head of the conference table, nodded slightly and said: "We can analyze it from this angle first."
When many people in the conference room nodded silently.
Even in my heart, I felt relieved: "It turns out that it can be explained..."
Only the female occult research expert rubbed her face helplessly and said: "I still insist that he located it directly..."
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, no one paid attention to her, and buried their heads in analysis and recording.
"In addition..."
When the conference room finally began to fall into a busy silence, a girl in military uniform raised her hand gently:
"What arrangements should we make for their investigation into Blackwater Town?"
"..."
After hearing this, Professor Bai did not answer, but turned to look at Minister Shen on the screen.
"Full inspection!"
Even on the screen, Minister Shen could make people feel a sense of cold majesty, and his voice came out indifferently: "The special dispatch team will immediately rush to the outskirts of Blackwater Town and stand by ten miles away. Once there is a distress signal, attack immediately..."
As he said this, he seemed a little unsatisfied and continued: "When necessary, you can use ultra-long-range plasma weapons!"
"Just flatten it for me!"