"Strictly speaking, this is the latest model that has been revealed. The real latest model has not yet been announced to the public," Yu Ye said casually while probing.

The reason he knew this so clearly was quite simple.

—He owns a military industrial group.

Many of the world's cutting-edge military equipment technologies originated from his group, including the detectors he currently possesses.

"Where did you get this?" Mingyun asked again.

Mino said, "A friend lent it to me."

Mingyun was somewhat skeptical, feeling that it couldn't be that simple.

But now is not the time to press for answers.

As the infrared detector continued to scan, the thermal outlines of various wild animals hidden inside the villa appeared on the screen.

The torrential rain caused many wild animals to use this abandoned villa as a refuge.

"Found it," Ono narrowed his eyes. "It's in the basement. Come with me."

Having pinpointed the location, he headed towards the basement.

Mingyun's heart was in her throat. She tried to hold her breath and followed closely behind.

After searching for a while, Mino quickly found the entrance to the basement.

It was obscured by a large amount of weeds and vines.

However, after fiddling with it a few times, a dark stairwell was revealed.

A foul, rotten smell wafted out.

Mino shone the flashlight on himself.

The walls on both sides of the passage were covered with moss, and soft-bodied crawling insects such as slugs were slowly wriggling in the moss.

The steps were covered in mud, leaving clear footprints.

Yu Ye took the lead and slowly walked down the steps.

Mingyun followed behind. The passage was very quiet, and she could almost hear her own heart pounding like thunder.

We were almost at the bottom of the steps.

Yu Ye's flashlight could already shine on the basement door in the distance.

Inside the basement.

A soft beeping sound suddenly came from Qin Pinsen's waist.

He's not exactly a pushover either.

Although the kidnapping operation was simple in its steps, he still took extra precautions.

Although he didn't initially intend to keep Tianheng locked in the basement around the clock, he considered that if any explorers broke in, he could use the basement as a place of confinement.

Meanwhile, temporary sensors were installed in the basement passageway.

It was a simple device that could be powered by batteries.

By simply placing them on either side of the channel, they can emit microwaves invisible to the naked eye, which can detect the movement of objects.

It works on the same principle as the most common sensor doorbells at store entrances.

However, the sensor doorbell at the store entrance will sound a "Welcome" message when customers enter or leave.

The sensors he installed would send alerts to the receiver he carried.

Tianheng tried to escape twice tonight, which angered him, so he simply took Tianheng down and whipped him with a rope.

Surprisingly, the alarm system that was set up just in case actually worked.

At this moment, Tianheng was covered in wounds and coughing up blood, and was almost unconscious.

Qin Pinsen turned off the receiver on his waist, slowly walked to the basement door, pressed his ear to it, and held his breath.

He heard very light footsteps.

And it's for two people.

They are slowly approaching this way.

The basement door can be locked from the inside, and the door panel is made of steel. He only hopes that people from the outside will leave once they explore this place and find that the door cannot be opened.

A short while later, Mino arrived at the door.

Mingyun gave him a light, and he fumbled around and examined it for a while before whispering, "It can't be opened from the outside, so it must be locked from the inside."

"Can you kick it open?" Mingyun asked.

Yu Ye shook his head. "It's quite sturdy; you can't even break it open by bumping into it."

"What should we do then?"

"We have no choice but to blow it up."

"Explosion...explosion?"

The two spoke in hushed tones.

But Qin Pinsen had his ear pressed against the door and immediately recognized Yu Ye and Ming Yun's voices.

Qin Pinsen could hardly believe that even though he had hidden himself so well, the two of them had still managed to find him.

Outrageous!

How did they discover it?

But now is not the time to dwell on these things.

If he gets caught red-handed, his plan, which is only halfway through, will completely fail!

A soft rustling sound came from outside the door.

You can tell from the sound that they're tinkering with something.

Qin Pinsen remembered that Yu Ye was in the business of mineral exploration and mining, so... it wouldn't be difficult to blast open this door with a blasting device.

It's true that your major is relevant to your job.

He dared not gamble that Ono wouldn't be able to blow open the door.

What's more, it wasn't some outsider who wandered in by mistake; it was Yu Ye and Ming Yun who came looking for them.

Then it's highly likely that they've confirmed Tianheng is here.

As for whether he discovered that Tianheng had been kidnapped by him, it's hard to say...

In any case, Qin Pinsen can't just sit and wait to die now.

Fortunately, he had already surveyed the basement.

Besides the passageway leading down from the villa, there is a hidden door in the basement. Behind the hidden door is a passageway about a hundred meters long that an adult can only pass through by bending over. After passing through it, there is a dense forest outside the villa area.

Qin Pinsen did not hesitate at all.

They opened the hidden door and dragged Tianheng inside.

He didn't know how long or how far he had walked in the passage when a muffled explosion came from behind him.

He quickened his pace.

the other side.

The thick basement door was blown open by Miyu, leaving a small gap.

He reached in and broke the lock behind the door.

Finally, the door was pushed open.

Then he rushed in, intending to take down Qin Pinsen as soon as possible to protect Tian Heng.

However, the basement was empty.

Mingyun was stunned. "There's nobody here?"

"There shouldn't be no one here. My infrared thermal imaging device can penetrate the room walls and clearly detected the outlines of two human figures, one large and one small, right here." Ono frowned and muttered to himself as he shone his flashlight around.

Judging from the environment and the messy clutter inside, it's roughly possible to identify that this is the place where Tianheng stayed in the video that Mingyun received.

"Then why don't you probe again?" Mingyun urged.

Mino took out a thermal imaging camera and scanned the screen, but no obvious human figure appeared on the screen.

Seeing that no image appeared on the screen, Mingyun's face turned pale. "Did Qin Pinsen and my son just vanish into thin air?"

"No, there are two possibilities in this situation," Mino calmly analyzed. "Either they have already exceeded the coverage of my instrument, or they have been blocked by something thicker than the instrument can penetrate. In my opinion, the former is unlikely..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly noticed a blurry spot of light on the screen.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there was a slight temperature anomaly in a corner of the basement.

He rushed over immediately, fumbled around for a bit, and then lifted a thick, hidden door.

"So there was a secret passage hidden here," Yu Ye said, peeking out. "It must have been shortly before we broke in that he took Tian Heng through here, leaving behind a bit of body heat near the secret door that was higher than the ambient temperature."

"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and chase after them!" Mingyun was anxious and grabbed the door frame, trying to squeeze inside.

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