Chapter 145 Detour
Wang Wenzhong looked at Rong Yuan hesitantly - there were countless people surrounding him from behind. The more corpses and blood left behind, the more determined the enemy was to achieve their goal. The current situation was that the sooner they reached the rendezvous point, the better. Otherwise, they would be caught in a melee and he would always be unable to do it alone. But if he wanted to cross this blank area, he would have a 30% chance of survival if he was alone. If he took Rong Yuan, who was an ordinary person, with him, the chance of the two of them escaping successfully was zero.
Rong Yuan understood and asked, "Where is the meeting point?"
"Nanhu District Public Security Bureau."
——Rong Yuan originally thought it would be a more mysterious place, but he didn't expect the answer to be so ordinary. But think about it, with the official identity of the Sugar Country, do they have to hide in their own country when facing foreign enemies? Moreover, the enemy intercepting them in a remote grove and attacking the Public Security Bureau to intercept them are two completely different concepts.
Rong Yuan took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on. He tapped the dial of his watch twice and looked ahead. Outside the woods was a free park for citizens to rest. There were some simple fitness equipment and stone tables and stone benches. In front of the park, what really blocked them was a two-way ten-lane highway. There was a green belt more than five meters wide in the middle of the highway. In addition, there were wider sidewalks and non-motorized vehicle lanes on both sides of the highway, totaling about fifty meters wide. The park could be passed by other places, but this highway would completely expose them to the eyes of those with ulterior motives.
City A is the economic center of Sugar Country and a city that never sleeps. It is impossible for this city to fall into complete silence at any time. Even a ten-lane road near the suburbs at night cannot be so quiet that no vehicles can be seen passing by.
At this time, such silence means danger.
Across this road is Nanhu District.
Fifty meters, with Rong Yuan's speed, he only needs one second to cross the distance. Even the best sniper in the world can hit him in such a short time, but he would not expose his unusual physical fitness unless it was absolutely necessary.
"It's too dangerous to go through here. There must be an ambush nearby. We have to take a detour." Wang Wenzhong made the decision in a moment. After explaining to Rong Yuan the reason for doing so, he changed direction and took a detour.
"Where are we going?" Rong Yuan asked.
Wang Wenzhong said: "There is a tunnel to the south and there are residential areas nearby. Maybe there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it."
Rong Yuan was quite familiar with this area. He recalled the nearby terrain and said, "Then we have to walk at least three kilometers."
"That's right." Wang Wenzhong said, "This journey may be more dangerous than before. Can you hold on?"
Rong Yuan said, "That's fine with me. But why put the pick-up point so far away? Why not arrange a vehicle nearby?"
Wang Wenzhong was silent for a moment, then said, "The person originally assigned to pick us up should have shown up immediately when the fight broke out at the warehouse. The Nanhu District Public Security Bureau was just a backup location."
——The contact personnel who did not show up might have been delayed or died. Those people might be his comrades, but this man did not allow himself to show weakness or worry, always appearing calm and composed, as if everything was under control.
Rong Yuan said, "Whether it's the contact personnel or this road, the enemy was able to dismantle your preparations in such a short time, which is enough to prove that your plan has been seriously leaked. The Nanhu District Public Security Bureau cannot guarantee that it will be a safe place to stay."
Wang Wenzhong had already thought of this possibility before he saw his companions coming to support him. A hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but it was not directed at Rong Yuan.
There are always some people who, when the soldiers are sacrificing their lives on the front line, treat countless people as disposable pawns and sacrifice them easily for a little insignificant personal gain.
He quickly concealed his emotions and said to Rong Yuan: "Don't worry, I'm here to ensure your safety."
Having said that, it doesn't take a brain to imagine how dangerous this three-kilometer journey will be.
Rong Yuan shook his head and said, "If the other party has already known your original plan, it is impossible for them not to make arrangements for subsequent changes. Perhaps the place we are going to now is the real place where the net is set. Instead of taking risks, it is better to go through the underground waterway."
Wang Wenzhong frowned. "The underground waterways are complicated. Without a road map, you will definitely get lost. The danger is unpredictable. If you are not careful, you may never get out."
City A has a history of more than a thousand years, and the well-documented history of underground drainage pipes is also several hundred years old. During the World War a hundred years ago, in order to resist foreign enemies, many people in this area dug crisscrossing tunnels under their houses. Today, most of the underground pipes left over from history have been buried or abandoned, and a small part of them have been used in the construction of the latest sewers in Sugar Country. Now, I am afraid that no one can tell what the underground of City A is like.
"Don't worry about that. I've seen the distribution map of sewers and tunnels around here." Rong Yuan saw that Wang Wenzhong seemed a little confused, so he added, "I wrote it all down."
Wang Wenzhong had a shocked expression. Who would watch this kind of thing? Even if they did, it would be a mess and they wouldn't be able to remember it at all! Perhaps because he was too surprised and couldn't control his expression, his face had some strange wrinkles, which made Rong Yuan, who was more observant than ordinary people, confirm that he was indeed wearing a highly realistic mask.
——At this time, the benefits of Rong Yuan's repeated reputation brushing were reflected. If ordinary people said this, it would be regarded as a dream, but because it was Rong Yuan who said it, Wang Wenzhong was surprised but did not doubt it.
Did Rong Yuan memorize the sewer distribution map? He did, but not in the past, but just two minutes ago. When he realized that the road ahead could not be passed by normal means, he chose to go through the underground sewer. So he put on his glasses, and Wandou only needed a little hint to understand what he wanted. He immediately retrieved the city government's sewer distribution map and projected it on the lenses of the glasses. Rong Yuan quickly engraved the picture in his mind.
Most of the sewers in City A are actually "downpipes" with very limited width and height. An adult can only crawl through them. There are only a few main roads that are like the aorta of the human body, with enough space for walking. The nearest entrance is near the warehouse where they came from.
So the two of them returned the same way, with Wang Wenzhong leading the way in front, and Rong Yuan took the opportunity to fall behind and took out the control button of Yusuo and gave it to Wandou.
" Scan the underground passages in this area and plan a possible route for me."
Only the images of the city government's sewer distribution map in recent years can be searched online. The previous maps are basically paper versions, which Wandou can't get for the time being. But the latest ones mean the most commonly used ones. Although Rongyuan's cleanliness obsession has to be put aside at the critical moment of life and death, he doesn't want to challenge his tolerance if possible.
Yusuo's scanning system had been updated during its second trip to the moon. It was originally designed to scan underground caves or mineral resources on the moon, but it could also scan the distribution of tunnels below the surface. When Rong Yuan returned to the warehouse, he had already received the scan results, and the route planning map was also sent to the lens display.
There was nothing else on the way except the blood and corpses they left behind. Perhaps the enemy did not expect them to return the same way, so they did not make detailed arrangements for this, resulting in the two of them not encountering the enemy again after they got out of the encirclement. But if they thought they could escape from the gap in the encirclement, they would be wrong. If they did not reunite with their own people as soon as possible, they would always be in danger.
A dark shadow swayed in front of him, and Wang Wenzhong suddenly raised his gun and aimed at a big tree in front of him that was so thick that a man could hug it.
A piece of clothing was revealed behind the tree.
Wang Wenzhong turned on the safety, signaled Rong Yuan to hide with his eyes, and approached the tree quietly.
"Don't shoot!" someone said hastily, and seemed to sense the approaching murderous intent, and said in time: "I have no ill intentions."
"Come out!" Wang Wenzhong shouted.
A man slowly walked out from behind a tree, as if to show his harmlessness. He raised his hands and moved very slowly.
There was a little light in the forest, which made the man's face look dark blue. But it was still clear that this man was Zhou Dong.
There were some bruises and unwiped blood on his face, his body was covered in dust, and his clothes were torn in several places. The road from the warehouse to the woods must have been difficult, but he was not a target. In the eyes of the enemy, he was probably equivalent to a small shrimp. All the firepower was concentrated on Rong Yuan and Wang Wenzhong. Perhaps that was why he was able to walk here alive.
Zhou Dong said again: "I have no ill intentions. I have been hiding here all the time."
"Is there anyone else?" Wang Wenzhong asked.
Zhou Dong swallowed and said, "No."
Wang Wenzhong had no sympathy for the murderer. He observed carefully and was about to shoot after confirming that he had no accomplices. Suddenly, he heard Rong Yuan say behind him: "Wait, take him with you."
He was stunned for a moment, then looked at Rong Yuan with doubt.
"I've heard about him and I believe he is not a bad person and should not be killed by you here." Rong Yuan said.
—— Are you kidding? Will you lose merit if you allow innocent people to be killed in front of him? There was nothing he could do about the enemies in front of him, but Zhou Dong's merit was quite high, so he would definitely lose a lot of merit. And he admired this person. Even if it was because Zhou Dong had saved him from being harassed by flies before, he didn't want to watch Zhou Dong being killed.
Wang Wenzhong did not intend to have a conflict with this naive little scientist. He made a suggestion: "You can just knock him out and leave him here. There is no need to bring him along."
"No." Rong Yuan rejected: "If we are discovered by those people, he will either be killed or tortured to find out where we are."
——This is his real thought.
Time was running out, and Wang Wenzhong didn't intend to argue with Rong Yuan here. After seeing the boy's persistence, he sighed inwardly that he was too young after all, acquiesced to Rong Yuan's suggestion, and said to Zhou Dong: "Follow. But it's best not to make any suspicious moves, otherwise I will shoot you immediately!"
Zhou Dong had no choice but to nod. Wang Wenzhong quickly searched him and found no weapons, so he asked him to walk in front. Wang Wenzhong walked in the middle, separating Zhou Dong and Rong Yuan.
The tour in the underground sewer was one of the memories Rong Yuan never wanted to recall in his life. He had tried his best to choose clean, dry, and preferably abandoned passages that had not been used for a long time, but sometimes he had to step into some not-so-wonderful places. They all found some plastic bags and other things to wrap around their feet and legs, so they didn't actually get dirty, but Rong Yuan still felt nauseous. The many dark residents in the sewer added to the unpleasantness. They even saw mice as big as kittens and strange creatures that looked like fish and shrimps and were bigger than watermelons.
Finally, they reached the manhole cover closest to their destination. Zhou Dong climbed up first, pushed open the manhole cover and carefully looked out, then he froze and his face turned ugly.
