Hidden moth

Chapter 56 Old Qian is also missing
It wasn't just the residents of Pugang Town who started cursing after being woken up.

He Kao could only hear the noises coming from Pugang Town. Actually, tonight, in the urban area of Qiyuan, the sound of firecrackers could be heard from many places, such as in secluded parks, small community squares, and even in the open spaces of construction sites.

Several of the incidents were done by masked men, but not all of them were done by masked men.

People have a habit of imitating. Some people are still awake in the middle of the night and have firecrackers on hand. When they hear firecrackers going off everywhere outside, they run out to find a place to light them.

The police did catch a group of people setting off fireworks, but they were not masked men, but staff on duty at a construction site.

There happened to be firecrackers and salutes in the construction site's warehouse, originally intended for the topping-out celebration, a custom in the real estate industry. Hearing the fireworks going off elsewhere, a few workers on duty brought out some and found an open area to set them off.

But the location they placed it in was very unfortunate, as there was a police station across the street, which attracted the police officers on duty.

Compared to the commotion in the city, the commotion in Jiangbei was relatively quiet. The masked man seemed to be desperate for life; after all, he eventually took all the red ribbons and firecrackers left on the third floor of He Kao's house.

When He Kao drove to the main entrance of Happy Valley, he found that there were a lot of scraps of paper from firecrackers in the open space not far away. It seemed that the masked man had come here specifically to set off firecrackers.

He continued driving inside and when he passed the indoor pedestrian street, he found that the cars parked outside and the bodies on the steps were gone. He walked further along the park road, turned past the Ferris wheel and roller coaster, and arrived at the foot of Baimashan Mountain.

When the developer built Happy Valley, he enclosed a large piece of land, and included the foot of Baimashan Mountain to the middle of the mountain slope within the wall.

It is said that the second phase of the project also has supporting commercial real estate projects, including parent-child hotels, leisure resorts, etc., which allow people to stay there for a few days without leaving the park... Unfortunately, it was not finally developed.

There is also a very old "relic" here, which is the air-raid shelter.

About seventy years ago, a wave of preparations for war and famine swept across the East, with civil air defense projects being constructed across the country. Some of these projects, with their high specifications and quality standards, are still in use today, and the relevant information is kept secret from the public.

Some places have been transferred to local civil air defense offices. In peacetime, they are either sealed or used as storage warehouses. I heard that there are hot pot restaurants there. If war breaks out, they can still be used as air-raid shelters.

Some civil air defense projects have been developed into tourist attractions, such as the underground works at Shengui Lake in the center of Qiyuan City and the complex military tunnels of various dynasties beneath the Guanliu Tower on the riverside.

From this, we can also see that Qiyuan City attached great importance to the construction of civil defense projects in those days. Various air-raid shelters were dug very wide and deep, and tried to pursue higher specifications and scales.

Some air-raid shelters were built by official organizations, while others were built spontaneously by the public in response to calls.

This air-raid shelter in Happy Valley was dug by the township, which gathered strong laborers from dozens of natural villages and concentrated various vehicles and machinery that were limited at the time. It took nearly two years... He Kao's grandfather also worked here.

It is said that the township has very high requirements, and the main passage can even be used to pull field artillery in and out.

Unfortunately, this air-raid shelter collapsed later in its construction, and it is said that several people died. The project could not be advanced for a time, and later, due to changes in the international situation, the project was stopped.

Because of the risk of landslides, it was abandoned in the wilderness, with a large iron gate locking the entrance. It is not far from the CS live-action shooting game field.

At this moment, the large iron gate unexpectedly opened, revealing a dark tunnel entrance, like the huge mouth of a monster ready to devour people. He Kao turned on the car lights and drove in. It felt a little damp inside, and the air had a foul smell that was very unpleasant.

After walking a few dozen meters, forked passages and rooms appeared on both sides. It was pitch black and no one knew what was inside. Before tonight, He Kao would never have dared to come to such a place at this time.

But after experiencing what happened tonight, his soul seemed to have been cleansed. It’s not that he became braver, but he seemed to have become a different person, including his views on many things.

Driving further ahead, He Kao couldn't help but marvel at the sheer scale of the project the township had undertaken back then. He was almost two hundred meters in! Just then, the main tunnel turned a corner, and he saw a reflection ahead.

It was the reflection of the taillights. Several cars were already parked in the tunnel. It turned out the masked man had driven them in here as well. He got out of the car and ran out of the air-raid shelter the same way he had come, not wanting to stay any longer.

After going out and closing the big iron gate, he found a large open padlock on the bolt. The surface was a little rusty. He didn't know where he found this old lock, so he locked the door.

This time there were no cars, so he had to walk back. After walking a few hundred meters, he suddenly heard a muffled sound behind him, and even the ground under his feet was shaking.

The Ferris wheel nearby had a car knocked off its seat, causing a huge crash and a series of rolling noises. The large iron gate in the distance also seemed to have been struck by a huge impact, emitting a prolonged thumping and trembling sound.

He Kao suddenly understood how the masked man planned to destroy the body. The car was driven into the tunnel, and the body might be thrown deeper. Then the explosives were ignited to collapse the air-raid shelter... Perhaps the batch of fireworks and firecrackers that disappeared from his house were among them.

The power of explosives is not only determined by the equivalent, but the explosion environment is more important. If it happens in an open space, it may just be a free fireworks show, but if it happens in a sealed space, the destructive power becomes particularly huge.

That air-raid shelter collapsed seventy years ago and has been abandoned for so many years without any maintenance. I'm afraid there is a risk of collapse at any time. After such an implosion, the entire structure is likely to have collapsed.

The construction of this air-raid shelter required enormous manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Once it collapsed, digging it out safely would be at least an order of magnitude more difficult...

Nowadays, no unit has the budget for this kind of funding, let alone the need for it.

He Kao walked through the amusement park and left. Before leaving, he remembered to close the gate but couldn't find the lock, so he walked alone in the moonlight.

Shortly after his figure disappeared, the masked man appeared out of nowhere at the gate. He was wearing gloves and holding a large, half-rusted padlock that he had found from somewhere. He locked the rusty and broken gate of the amusement park.

Then the masked man turned around and disappeared mysteriously on the spot.

We have finished the work here, but there is still work to be done tonight. We have to find a few more places in the city to set off a few more strings of firecrackers so that people all over the city can have a lively festival.

The drive home from Happy Valley was quick, but He Kao dragged his aching legs on foot for over forty minutes. As he passed the Xiawan River, he suddenly remembered something. He pulled out the phone he had stolen from the gangster and threw it far into the river.

After returning home, Gao Xue'e was still sleeping, occasionally making unclear sounds from her mouth, and her long eyelashes sometimes trembled rapidly. He Kao sat beside the bed and could sense it clearly without turning on the lights.

In fact, he was also very tired, but he was still waiting for news from the masked man. At this time, there was a noise outside.

Walking out of the bedroom, he saw the masked man coming down the stairs. He asked, "Is everything done?"

The masked man asked back, "What's wrong with you? I can't even appear in your room, not even behind you!"

He Kao: "This is a kind of perception ability. I seem to be able to perceive the things around me without using my eyes. I didn't turn on the light just now, so I was using it unintentionally."

The masked man said, "No wonder! It's so dark here. Did you learn this from those sorcerers?" He Kao said, "It's hard to explain in a few words. This can't be considered true spiritual consciousness, it's just that my perception ability is a bit extraordinary."

Masked man: "Where is President E?"

He Kao: "He's already asleep, maybe dreaming."

Masked man: "Let's go upstairs and talk. There are some things I must tell you right now."

He Kao thought about it and turned on the light in the main room, then followed the masked man upstairs. They did not go to the rooftop terrace, but came to the large room with a secret room on the third floor.

There were tables and chairs in the room. They were the ones they had moved up to the rooftop when they were drinking tea that day. It seemed like they had been moved here again by the masked man.

The masked man turned on the flashlight on his phone, illuminating the pile of things on the table. "I also brought you the useful things you left at the testing site... You clearly didn't bring your keys, so how did you get into the house today?"

On the table were the mobile phone, keys, wallet, ID card and other miscellaneous items that He Kao left at the E-era community testing site. Without these things, he would not be able to leave the house tomorrow.

He Kao: "You just thought of it? Let me tell you a little secret. I usually hide the key to the courtyard gate behind it, so you can touch it with your hand. I also hid the key to the door of the house in the yard..."

"You actually have such a hidden trick. It really fits your character." As he spoke, the masked man finally took off his mask, put it on the table, and then took out two bottles of fat otaku happy water from under the table and handed one to He Kao.

He sat down with his arms and legs spread out, unscrewed the Coke and drank half of it in one gulp, then burped with great satisfaction.

He Kao also suddenly felt very thirsty at this time. He also raised his head and drank most of the bottle. He also sat down and said, "I knew it was you."

The words came naturally, like a chat between friends, lacking any sense of surprise. The atmosphere was relaxed, but both of them couldn't help but tremble slightly as they gripped the bottle, as if they had just experienced the aftereffects of excessive distance exercise.

Huang Xiaopang sighed: "Xiao Kao, I suddenly feel that you are a truly terrifying person. You are so meticulous that it's outrageous. Fortunately, we are friends!"

He Kao: "It's not as exaggerated as you say. I'm also careless sometimes and often make mistakes. For example, I don't know a lot of situations and I keep thinking about them blindly."

Huang Xiaopang: "Do you know why I say this? It's because of what I experienced tonight! You clearly knew it was me, but when there were outsiders present, you never called me by my name, not even a title.

Even though we've returned home, because Ms. E is still in the next room, you didn't even call out my name when we were downstairs just now."

He Kao laughed and said, "Because you are wearing a mask! You wear a mask because you don't want to reveal your identity. I definitely can't shout it out, and now you are taking it off yourself.

Thank you so much for what happened today. I'm really sorry. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to take such a big risk and do so many unthinkable things."

Huang Xiaopang waved his hand and said, "What's there to be afraid of? When we were playing CS back then, I often imagined this kind of scene. Later, when I had the chance to play with real guns, I even went to a deserted place to play with them.

What you said just now was wrong. It's not you who implicated me, it's me who implicated you. They came after me. If it weren't for me, you and E Zong wouldn't have encountered this kind of thing.

I should be the one to thank you. If it weren't for your help today, I would have lost my life... I was so careless, I almost thought I was omnipotent!"

This is also the truth. The biggest danger Huang Xiaopang encountered today was that after he appeared, he could not disappear on the spot. Instead, he was bitten by the spiritual consciousness of those sorcerers, so he could only run away first.

Later, He Kao fired a gun, which aroused the kidnappers' vigilance and hesitation. Xiaopang then found an opportunity to make a circle and run back to the commercial pedestrian street.

If He Kao had not killed the two kidnappers who remained in the pedestrian street, protected him in the corner, and killed the third-level warlock who was chasing him closest, it would have been useless even if Huang Xiaopang had successfully run back.

When Huang Xiaopang changed to an automatic rifle and reappeared, He Kao reminded him of the characteristics of the kidnappers' spiritual consciousness and how to avoid and interfere with the spiritual consciousness lock before leaving. In fact, he was already in an invincible position.

Thinking carefully at this moment, the power of the Hidden Moth is really terrifying. No wonder so many people are crazy about it. Just an ordinary person like Huang Xiaopang killed so many warlocks and finally successfully destroyed the bodies.

Hearing Xiaopang's words, He Kao suddenly asked, "Where's Lao Qian? The kidnappers asked me to find someone to call for help, just to lure Yin Moth out. I called Lao Qian and hinted to him that I was in Happy Valley. He was the one who informed you, right?"

Huang Xiaopang: "I was the first to discover you were missing, and then I called Lao Qian. We both went looking for clues separately, and then I discovered that Ms. E was also missing... Later I received a call from Lao Qian, and Lao Qian said that you were in Happy Valley."

He Kao grabbed the phone on the table and said, "What about Old Qian? He must know by now that you are Yin Moth."

Huang Xiaopang: "The phone call is unavailable. Lao Qian is missing."

He Kao stood up in surprise: "What? Lao Qian is missing too! Are you sure?"

Why "also"? Because if Xiaopang hadn't come to rescue him and Gao Xue'e, they would have been considered missing tonight in the eyes of outsiders.

But after tonight, it was Zhao Huanzhen and others who disappeared.

But he didn't expect that the money also disappeared!

Huang Xiaopang: "I received a notification from Lao Qian and rushed to Happy Valley in the shortest possible time. I was so busy that I didn't have time to contact him.

But there's no traffic tonight, so he's coming from the city. Calculating the time, he should have arrived by the time you and Ms. E get home. I just called to ask where he is, but I couldn't get through. It showed his phone was turned off.

I searched along the route he took to get here, and also went to places where he might be, but I found nothing. I don't know where he went, or maybe he was hiding on purpose."

He Kao: "Old Qian is likely in trouble."

Huang Xiaopang: "If we can't contact him, we need to know where to look for him. I've searched everywhere I can, but there are probably other places we don't know about."

He Kao: "Those people tonight..."

"There's not a single survivor. It's too late to ask now..." As he spoke, Xiaopang gestured with his hand, "Even if you want to find Lao Qian, it's too late now. My time is limited.

Sit down, there is something I must tell you right now, it’s very important!”

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PS: While the double event is not over yet, I will continue to ask for monthly tickets!
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