Chapter 351 Chapter 348 Tracking and Hunting

Suddenly hearing his name from someone else, Zhuang Xuteng immediately became alert. He pinched the fire door of the stairs with his hand, controlled its sound, slowly opened it, and then slipped in quietly. There is another corner from the stairs to the corridor where the sound came from, and there is a small room with a garbage well in the middle of the road. Zhuang Xuteng avoided the sunlight coming in from the corridor window and quickly hid in the small room.

Who is checking me? Why are you checking me? Zhuang Xuteng could only find clues from the other party's words. They mentioned the murderer and the witnesses. Combined with their visit to the neighbors at this old address, Zhuang Xuteng quickly thought of the night he met the Lich Master and Ge Gongdao.

Before that, he was an honest worker who had never caused trouble or been involved in any trouble. After that, his life changed a lot, and his previous self was almost only "honest and dutiful". He had a very deep memory of that day and knew that an important character died in the explosion caused by the Lich Master that night. Afterwards, PCPD handled the case in the usual way of lying. Are they still tracking down the real murderer?

Zhuang Xuteng leaned against the corner to hide his figure, and saw two people standing at the elevator door through the reflection of the glass of the corridor window. It was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a young man with curly black hair. The two people were wearing casual clothes, but they only changed their tops, and their pants and shoes were exactly the same. Zhuang Xuteng took a closer look and basically determined the identities of the two people through their pants and shoes: PCPD.

Investigating the case is indeed within the responsibility of PCPD, but that incident has been a long time ago, why are they still investigating? Zhuang Xuteng is a little unsure whether PCPD is derelict in duty or fulfilling its duties. You say it is derelict in duty, it is indeed investigating the case, it is not here to make trouble, and its investigation direction is accidentally correct. You say it is fulfilling its duties, how long has it been, how did it find itself? He was arrested and taken to the detention center on the night of the incident, and he has been recorded and completed a series of investigations. By the way, there were things like truth serum at the time, and the company also supervised the interrogation. Did the PCPD want to overturn these interrogation results?

Zhuang Xuteng really couldn't figure out why the PCPD would do this. The person who died was a company employee, and the company also intervened in the investigation. It was obvious that the company was more anxious than the PCPD. The PCPD had publicly announced the ins and outs of the case, claiming that the perpetrator had been tried, and it was no longer under pressure to solve the case. So what was the motive of the two PCPD who came to the apartment now?

The elevator came, and the two people frowned and looked inside, then squeezed in a little reluctantly. Zhuang Xuteng immediately turned around and entered the stairwell, jumping directly down the zigzag stairs. Using martial arts to precisely control his body posture for buffering, he rushed downstairs at a speed close to a straight fall.

He reached the first floor faster than the elevator, then leaned against the wall, hiding in the shadows and waiting. Then he continued to follow the two people, watching them go around the side of the apartment and get into their patrol car. While the two were changing clothes in the car, Zhuang Xuteng drove his car over and bit their tails again at a distance from an intersection.

At the same time, he called Lucy and told her that the two PCPD were investigating him. Lucy also felt very strange. She said that she had made arrangements for the previous "Zhuang Xuteng" and made him a quasi-missing person who went out to work.

"Are you going to track him back? Sure, I'll transfer you directly to the intelligence officer Liuxing." Lucy said on the phone: "Nightingale and Rock Bird are not as good as Liuxing in their investigation ability without prior preparation."

"I think so too, so I called you first." Zhuang Xuteng thought of the original case and reminded Lucy to pay attention to Ge Gongdao. That day, the two of them were arrested together.

"I will inquire about the situation through the PCPD channel, but I will give priority to your tracking. Be careful, this matter is a bit weird."

It is indeed a bit weird. If it is not weird, Zhuang Xuteng would not have to pay attention to it. The encrypted communication line was immediately transferred to Liuxing, but before Zhuang Xuteng could speak, Liuxing's sobbing sound came from the phone.

"You finally remembered me..."

Zhuang Xuteng was confused. What happened to Liuxing? I don't think I provoked her? Under normal circumstances, intelligence officers need to hide well, and any qualified mercenary should not disturb her. It is reasonable and regular for Zhuang Xuteng not to take the initiative to contact. Besides, Zhuang Xuteng has never refused Liuxing's legitimate request as long as she asked.

"What happened?" Zhuang Xuteng asked hurriedly. Although he was anxious to investigate the PCPD, he was more concerned about the status of his friends around him.

"It's okay!" Liuxing was embarrassed to say that she already knew what Zhuang Xuteng and Morgana did upstairs. This sour feeling can only be digested by herself. If she said it out, it would probably cause a chain reaction. "I told you that you can come visit, but you never came once!"

"If you are bored or have a headache and need me to come over, just call me and I will come." Zhuang Xuteng frowned slightly. He felt that it was unprofessional for Liuxing to bring up this matter at this time. "Liuxing, now I..."

"I know that you are investigating two PCPDs who are investigating you. Do you have any identification information? Name, badge number, etc.?"

Hey, Meteor immediately entered the state? Zhuang Xuteng was a little surprised, but immediately interpreted this as a favor that she owed Meteor to by letting Meteor do the work; it was reasonable for her to take the opportunity to get some favors from Zhuang Xuteng.

"We have their license plate numbers," Zhuang Xuteng kept on the phone while driving to follow: "Thank you for your help on this matter. I know you can definitely be relied on at critical moments."

"No need to flatter me, just remember me no matter what happens. I'm not satisfied with your team hiring two frontline intelligence officers. Why don't you want me? I'm better than both of them combined!"

"Uh... are you optional?" Zhuang Xuteng was stunned for a moment. Was this why she was angry just now? "Can Sister Lucy let you go? Or have you overcome your phobia now and can you go outside for activities?"

"I'm not afraid of empty spaces or crowds of people when I'm with you."

That is the result of the absorption of resentful spirits. Without that, you would still be trembling with fear. Zhuang Xuteng rolled his eyes and could only complain in his heart. Using vengeance magic to absorb other people's negative emotions may appear to be a form of treatment on the surface, but it will actually weaken that person's emotional ability. Over time, it may gradually turn the person into an emotionless zombie.

"I can't always take you with me when performing tasks. Your current position can not only display your own strength, but also protect yourself better, so..."

"No need to say it. What you said makes sense. I'm just complaining because I'm not willing to give in." Meteor sighed softly. Her unwillingness and complaints were not because she couldn't join Zhuang Xuteng's team. "I found it. There are two detectives with low grades. The older one is a deputy detective. He can investigate cases independently, but he can only investigate cases independently. The younger one has only joined PCPD for two and a half years and just graduated from the traffic police department. Transferred here, I don't have much detective experience. These two people... don't seem to be a threat."

Zhuang Xuteng frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then asked: "Was the deputy detective responsible for the 623 bombing two years ago?"

"I'll run a search, please wait a moment. After all, it was almost three years ago, so the search will take a while. In addition, I'll try to take over their car communications and eavesdrop on what the two people are saying."

"Can you still do this?" Zhuang Xuteng felt amazing.

"Yes. The car radios are on when the PCPD is on duty, but they are in answering mode by default. You can pick up the phone and press the button to speak. Except for some special models, the vast majority of car radios are always listening, but they are not sent to It’s just on the public channel. Well, they don’t know this either, they…wait, what is this?”

There was suddenly no sound from Meteor's side. Zhuang Xuteng was anxious but could only wait. After a while, Meteor said: "I discovered something suspicious: the cars of those two people are being followed."

"Are you being followed by me?" Zhuang Xuteng immediately slowed down his speed and distanced himself to reduce the risk of being discovered.

"It's not you. Their car radio uses a secret frequency to continuously send their location information, or it is done through PCPD's own communication channel. Look around, are you following them?"

"I didn't find it." Zhuang Xuteng had been paying careful attention to the surrounding situation before, and now he quickly confirmed it again. "Still not found. I will distance myself slightly. Is their location information accurate?"

"I'm not sure. The address information is not the street and number." Meteor thought for a while and said, "Nike, did you know that there is an emergency rescue positioning signal transmitter on the PCPD patrol walkie-talkie?"

"I know." Zhuang Xuteng also made some money selling walkie-talkies.

"PCPD vehicles also have a positioning function. It is connected to the vehicle radio, and that is the one that works now. But this time, the feature code of the positioning message sent by the device is different from the normal one. The surrounding PCPD will not receive this distress positioning, only Only those who know the signature code in advance can carry out tracking with a special positioning device.”

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "If you want to do something like this, can you use the information network?"

"No, you have to tamper with the equipment, so this matter was probably done by someone inside the PCPD." Meteor immediately understood what Zhuang Xuteng wanted to know, and she said: "It is quite troublesome to make modifications. The best opportunity to do it is to take advantage of the situation. When the vehicle was under warranty. I just checked and found that their car was repaired yesterday because it was involved in a collision with another PCPD car at the entrance to the parking lot the day before.”

"Huh..." Zhuang Xuteng could already smell a huge conspiracy.

"I connected, and I can hear them talking, but the background noise is a bit loud, so it may not be completely accurate." Meteor frowned and said, "They... they seem to want to go to Gray Worm City, the seventh alliance town."

"Are you sure?" Zhuang Xuteng heard the basically certain answer and knew that the first two PCPDs were most likely going to find his parents. He asked Meteor to wait a moment, and then called his parents to give him a brief explanation.

When he told his family that he was looking for food for a group of mercenaries, he had already arranged his identity information. He was just afraid that his parents would forget about it and accidentally let it slip. Once a mercenary officially enters the industry, the middleman—especially a responsible middleman like Lucy—will conceal the information and allow the mercenary's original identity to "work" elsewhere. As "Zhuang Xuteng", he joined the freight fleet and did odd jobs on merchant ships on Peihe and other rivers.

If you insist on checking, you will definitely find the news that "Zhuang Xuteng" boarded the ship, because Lucy did send a real person on the ship under that name, worked for a few days, and then got off the ship after receiving the reward and disappeared. Generally, you will lose the clues if you trace it here. If you insist on tracing it down, you will most likely touch the intelligence and warning network of the middleman, which will attract attention. The real information of the mercenary is not only the responsibility of the middleman to whom he belongs, but also a secret that needs to be jointly maintained in this industry.

In addition to "traveling far away by boat", there are dozens of other possibilities, which are not listed here one by one.

Zhuang Xuteng's parents will definitely cooperate in answering questions, and they are also worried about whether Zhuang Xuteng has gotten into trouble.

"I'm not sure yet." Zhuang Xuteng told the truth. His parents know him too well. If he lies, he might be heard immediately. "All the things we are doing now are to avoid trouble first, and wait for me to figure out what PCPD wants to do. If the purpose is good, then I can cooperate with them, but I'm afraid that PCPD sometimes doesn't do human things."

"Well, you really have to be careful." His father agreed.

"I'm going to continue the investigation, so I won't say more. Don't worry about it. If anything happens, I will definitely take Zhuang Feifei away and protect her first, and at the same time let you run away quickly, don't you agree?"

"Yes, that's what we should do. Okay, pay attention to your own safety, and we will deal with it as you say."

Zhuang Xuteng hung up the phone, and before he could call Liuxing's number again, he saw a black truck coming from behind in the rearview mirror. It was a bit fast, but it was its driving method that made Zhuang Xuteng alert. On the closed road of the highway out of the city, the truck changed its position left and right, constantly overtaking the vehicles blocking the road in front.

It cares more about the driving progress than the (possible) safety of the goods. Zhuang Xuteng made a phone call while secretly glancing at the truck's driving route, and when it approached, he turned the direction slightly and made a move to block the road. He didn't really block the road, but just shook it, enough to scare people. Under normal circumstances, the truck would definitely honk to express anger and brake to slow down to ensure safety. But the truck immediately dodged, almost without slowing down, and used its driving skills to bypass Zhuang Xuteng and continue forward.

Zhuang Xuteng's car shook, and then straightened from the state of briefly crossing the line, and then continued to hold the steering wheel in one hand and the phone in the other. He was acting, acting out the "reasonable" reasons for dangerous driving, and performing it for the truck driver who might be observing through the rearview mirror. At the same time, he stole a glance at the truck's rearview mirror.

The truck used one-way glass, both on the front and sides of the cab. Zhuang Xuteng remained calm, he had a premonition that something was going to happen.