Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

There was a hint of surprise and curiosity in the tone of the person who spoke. She was the woman who had secretly climbed onto the platform from the water and dived into the depression lagoon. She was wearing a special tight suit that not only reduced resistance in the water, but also made it difficult for her to be discovered when hiding in the dark.

Lin Ji held the knife in his hand and looked dimly in the darkness at the reckless guard who called himself Xiaolu and accidentally broke in.

She initially thought he was just an ordinary gang member, and she witnessed the dirty things they did along the way, so she just threw a knife at him and didn't care.

I'm just worried that the noise might be too loud, so I want to wait until the secret door and chamber are completely locked before taking action.

Unexpectedly.

The other party actually dodged it.

With her strength, if she approaches this distance again, even if her realm is one level higher than his, she can only take it head-on and there is no possibility of a temporary reaction... In other words, he had predicted this in advance.

Lin Ji became interested:

This is quite interesting.

But just as she asked this question, before she could get an answer, she heard a "click" and the whole dark room was brightly lit.

The light was turned on.

Even though Lin Ji's eyes were dazzled, she just panicked and noticed that it was the guard in front of her who pulled out the light cord.

And there are no unnecessary movements.

As if he was frightened, his hands trembled and his body tilted slightly, as if he was trying to find and reach the switch.

In this way, he just avoided the path of the flying knife.

Is it a coincidence... Lin Ji felt a flash of disappointment in his heart, and then he shouted: "What are you doing!"

"Turn on the light." Lu Meng said.

With sufficient light, he could clearly see the surroundings and the other party's situation.

The four walls of the secret room are made of steel rivets, and there are locked ventilation and water valves on the walls. It seems that it was converted from an isolation room in the mines in the past.

But now there is blood everywhere.

There was also a headless corpse lying on the ground, with a hunched body but still showing the strength of his youth. It should be the old man guarding the secret room. The wounds and bloodstains were sprinkled with unknown powder to cover up and neutralize the smell. What a meticulous person.

His head was in the hands of the woman in front of him, held flat and facing Lu Meng.

The weapon that was holding Lu Meng's neck and emitting a chill was actually a scabbard. If it was in the dark, it could indeed scare many people. The opponent just now used his skills to change his voice and made those disguised sounds.

But now that I can see it clearly, the movements seem a little funny.

Not to mention Lu Meng, even for an ordinary guard, Lin Ji might not be able to kill him completely with a heavy blow, but could only knock him out.

That's why the female prosecutor was a little flustered.

But when she heard Lu Meng's answer, she could only remain silent...it seemed to be the truth.

Fortunately, Lin Ji noticed that the guard didn't seem to have any intention of resisting, perhaps he was just frightened for a moment, so he felt relieved.

She had just sneaked into the secret room and got rid of the guard not long ago. She was a little nervous when she felt the combination lock of the secret door turning.

Fortunately, the person who came in was just an ordinary guard.

It just so happened that he had tried to force some clues out of the old man who was guarding the place, but the old man remained tight-lipped. Not only did he not reveal any clues, he also did not say a word and just resisted. Later, in his eagerness to get away, he had no choice but to kill the old man.

Now there are new people coming.

Maybe this is a breakthrough.

This shows your identity.

“You just said…” Lu Meng said, “Are you the Inspector of Black Scratches?”

"Humph, you are scared now. You should have heard about the relevant matters during this period." Seeing that the other party was timid, it was useless to continue to put pressure on him, so Lin Ji changed his strategy and threw away the head in his hand, and changed to a set of persuasive words: "You are so young and you can know the password of the secret room. You should not be a simple guard. You should know that there is no good end to confront the headquarters. Now there is still a chance to turn to the light... Where is the information of this house?"

Lin Ji searched for a long time, but he didn't expect that the specially opened compartment was empty.

Lu Meng glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on the headless body on the ground and her head that had been thrown away: "It's all in there."

"What do you mean?" The Inquisitor frowned.

"In order to prevent leaks, Du En had already burned all the materials, and even the ashes had been scattered into the lake in the lower city... Now, the only person in the world who still remembers them is the caretaker who has been guarding this place and reading and sorting the files." Lu Meng pursed his lips, "Yes, they are right there."

“……”Lin Ji was silent.

"You really didn't ask anything?"

"He didn't say a word, so it seems he is really loyal. But you..." Lin Ji looked at Lu Meng suspiciously, "You just confessed everything like that?"

Moreover, she could not hear any respect for local managers and colleagues in the other party's words just now.

It's a bit arrogant and prelude.

"They treated me badly and now they still owe me three months' salary." Lu Meng made up a story and continued to ask: "Have you ever tried to get him to write it down himself?"

"What! And the salary, I have..." The black scratched examiner was shocked, then he thought of the business and pulled his thoughts back, wondering: "Why write something that can be said?"

She claimed that her memory was not bad, and without the support of any companions, leaving behind paper materials would be inconvenient to carry and it would be difficult to hide her identity once discovered.

"...It's okay," Lu Meng turned back, "it's already like this anyway."

"What are you doing? I'm asking you a question, don't avoid my question!" Seeing him put his ear against the wall of the secret door he came in from, Lin Ji couldn't help but exert force on the scabbard in his hand, trying to threaten him, "Don't force me to draw my sword..."

Her main battle sword was not at hand, but the Inquisitor covered the edge of the scabbard with her gloves and cuffs, making it seem that she was just being merciful and not going that far.

"Someone is coming." Lu Meng closed his eyes and listened, "Also, Judge, please don't hurt me... Your knife is about to fall."

"What..." When Lin Ji heard the first sentence, he was startled at first, and then he felt a little proud when he thought the other party had surrendered. Then when he heard the whole sentence, he seemed to remember something and looked up in surprise.

There was only a clanging sound.

A long knife with a snow-white blade came straight down from the ceiling and nailed directly to the floor - the entire floor was also made of fine steel, and the long knife was obviously extremely sharp.

Lin Ji was stunned, and immediately grabbed the handle, sheathed the knife, and pulled up his mask at the same time.

Covering all expressions.

The sudden change made her forget what she was doing for a moment.

She looked at the young man who was still listening to the voice, and was glad that he had his back to her.

This is how he avoided exposing himself to the embarrassment in front of the local guards.

Lu Meng sighed in his heart, then stood up and looked at her: "It's coming towards us."

"So what?" Lin Ji raised the corners of her mouth under the mask, and she didn't even notice it. "We can only fight our way out."

Since the only guard who knew the information was dead, the exploration of this secret room yielded nothing, and there was no point for her to stay in Community No. 1.

As the examiner of Black Scratches, Lin Ji is not a knowledgeable and meticulous technology hunter like Liu Si, but she is fully qualified to lead the team - based on her own strength.

Even if he ran into the manager Dunn head-on, he was not afraid at all. It would be more than enough for him to kill him and escape.

"It's you, little guard." After holding the knife, Lin Ji paused, remembered something, and looked at Lu Meng: "Since you are calm and sensible, I won't make things difficult for you... You should also be able to see the recent changes in the depression lagoon. This is a giant ship that is leaking. If you continue to stay on it, you will only end up being buried with it."

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Even as an investigator, Lin Ji knew that the most critical task of her trip was not to clean up the past one by one and get rid of all the so-called dirty and stained people, but to collect evidence and hand it over to Black Scratch, letting the big guys in the inner ring fight for themselves.

As for which level you can finally reach, that's up to fate.

To be honest, Lin Ji was not optimistic.

"'Giant ship'..." Hearing the female judge's metaphor, Lu Meng smiled, "I just wonder how many people outside the ship will be killed before it sinks and buries itself?"

"What you said is really vulgar," Lin Ji was stunned, and then a smile appeared under his mask, "But what you said makes sense."

She originally just wanted to advise and warn the guard. Judging from his previous calm and sensible performance, he would hopefully cooperate with the investigation when the formal review of the Black Scratch came.

In contrast, Lin Ji didn't care whether the other party would reveal his whereabouts.

I just didn't expect that after hearing these words, I ended up feeling like I was being lectured by the other party.

"How about this, if someone asks you about it later, you can say that you were held hostage by me and were unable to resist. This way you should be able to escape accountability." Lin Ji thought for a moment, "But in this case, should I knock you out or tie you up..."

"No." Seeing the Inquisitor draw her knife and point the back of the knife at her, Lu Meng felt that she seemed to have really made up her mind, and immediately said, "What I want to say is... why don't we just leave from another way."

Under Lin Ji's surprised gaze, Lu Meng turned over the headless body of the old man on the ground and found a hidden button following the direction of the other party's finger.

A pinch.

On the other side of the secret room, a small door just big enough for one person to pass through sideways slowly opened.

When it is closed, it looks like cracks left by natural rust on steel.

"So that's it!" Lin Ji said to himself in surprise, "So in the end, this old man wanted to point out the secret door to me. I thought he was just afraid of struggling..."

There were people patrolling at the entrance. If she could take the old man away privately, she would have plenty of time to interrogate him carefully instead of staying in this secret room in fear. She also wouldn't have to worry about revealing her whereabouts and taking action in a hurry.

"..." Lu Meng said: "Although the things in his mind are gone, the devices and objects involved are still in the depression lagoon."

The storm not only blocked the caravan from the Black Scratches' tech hunters, but also blocked the Depression Lagoon itself.

They originally had plenty of time to use Mongolian boats to transport the evidence by water to the town of Ai Mine or Stober's garden, but now it can only stay on this drilling platform or somewhere in the Thousand Ponds Lake.

"We can go to Community 0."

Lu Meng said.

That is the uppermost level of the lower town, or it can also be considered the lowermost level of the lower town.

It can be said that it is the place where light and shadow meet. When the lake is high tide, the platform rises, and it is also the best water port.

If someone has to transfer something they want, their plans will be hindered.

The best storage location is Community 0.

"I know," Lin Ji nodded, thinking, "But how do we get there?"

He hadn't even noticed that at some point, the person giving him advice had turned into the 'enemy guard' next to him.

To go from Community 1 to Community 0, you need to take a dedicated elevator, and the key to its hatch is the one that the manager Duen went to the dance hall to find.

Although Lin Ji, as a technology hunter, also mastered the lock-picking skills when exploring the ruins, otherwise it would be impossible to enter this secret room, but the environment where the ladder is located is different, and there are many people guarding it in real time.

You can open the door with your exclusive key and get through by stealth and disguise.

But to pick the lock in front of you like a thief...

But that doesn't make sense.

"And, wait..." Lin Ji realized something and looked at Lu Meng in surprise, "You said 'we' just now?"

"Yeah, I'm being held hostage by you." Lu Meng said as a matter of course, then touched his pocket and turned his fingers: "We'll use this."

A flash of golden light appeared.

Hanging on his finger was the key that Dunn kept close to him but couldn't find.

"It's with you!" Lin Ji said in surprise, "Didn't you say before that Du En forgot it in the dance hall..."

She had not forgotten what the other party had said to her when she was disguised as a caretaker for the old man.

"He left in a hurry and didn't check carefully. I just discovered it." Lu Meng evaded the question, "And Mr. Inspector, the reason why you didn't leave before was not because you didn't pry it open..."

The moment he turned on the light, he noticed that the opponent's long knife was stuck in the gap of the ceiling ventilation duct.

So it will fall down later.

However, this pipeline is just a mere form, a relic of the past oil drilling platform, and Dunn had sealed it up long ago during the renovation.

No matter how strong Lin Ji is or how sharp his knife is, it is impossible for him to open a path in a solid wall out of thin air.

"That's absolutely impossible!" the examiner said angrily, but soon his shame turned into joy. "It seems that I was right to 'hostage' you, the guard..."

He is indeed not an ordinary person!

……

Community No. 1, drilling wells 2-4.

In the dance hall, in a small room with bright lights, Duan was there, but the community leader who was originally well-dressed was now bruised and battered.

"So slow..." A man with a crew cut wiped his hands while looking at the clock on the wall.

"Wait another three minutes." Another petite woman in black jumped down from the beam and said, "According to the agreement, we will withdraw once the time is up."

(End of this chapter)