Gu Yanran was also brought here. Chen Lie had given her a sedative, and she was sleeping in the back of the plane.
Huo Shaoheng ignored Song Jinning's complaints. He was still thinking about what Gu Yanran said before she fainted.
The purpose of their trip this time was to verify her statement.
Huo Shaoheng actually didn't like to use torture when interrogating suspects.
In ancient times, there was a saying, "There's nothing you can't ask for." That was to say, no matter what kind of testimony you wanted, the other party would say it under torture.
However, Huo Shaoheng and the others were in this line of work. They wanted the truth, not testimony that suited their own preferences.
Therefore, during the process of searching for Gu Xiangwen, they had tested Gu Yanran's nerves and gone through many exhausting interrogations, but they had never tortured her.
The main reason was that they knew nothing about Gu Xiangwen, so they couldn't verify whether Gu Yanran was telling the truth or not.
A confession that couldn't be proven with circumstantial evidence wasn't reliable.
That was because apart from a confession, it also had to be logical and compatible with physical evidence to be considered a complete chain of evidence.
As for Gu Xiangwen's whereabouts, no matter what Gu Yanran said at the time, they couldn't verify her confession.
Therefore, Huo Shaoheng and the others didn't do anything unnecessary.
But this time was different.
Putting aside the fact that Gu Nianzhi was someone they were very familiar with, Huo Shaoheng already had He Zhichu's text as a foundation. Deep down, he was already inclined to believe that Gu Yanran at least had some clues about Gu Nianzhi's kidnapping.
Therefore, when Gu Yanran finally said something when she couldn't resist the torture, Huo Shaoheng almost subconsciously believed her.
Because not only did she have a confession, but she also provided the most important physical evidence.
Now, they were going to the place she said to find this physical evidence.
Huo Shaoheng turned to look out the window. In the layers of clouds, the sun was like a sugar egg close by.
If Nianzhi was here, she would definitely pull his arm and ask him to make sugar eggs for her …
Huo Shaoheng's eyes dimmed. He pulled down the window cover and stopped looking at the scenery outside.
…
The plane flew through the clouds. After more than ten hours, they arrived above the Caribbean Sea. The small country of Barbados was not far ahead.
At this time, the plane was flying over the Caribbean Sea. The round blue hole on the surface of the sea was a deeper and richer blue than the seawater elsewhere.
Song Jinning looked out of the plane window and was full of praise for the scenery here. She said, "Did Gu Xiangwen really install an electric fence in the blue hole's waters?"
Huo Shaoheng pulled open the window partition and peeked his head out to take a look. "Okay."
However, the purplish-blue lightning that had almost buried them at the bottom of the sea had disappeared.
He remembered that Gu Nianzhi had damaged the solar battery of the electric fence here last time.
After such a long time, the remaining power supply for the electric fence should have run out.
Now, the blue hole was just a blue hole. There were no longer those frightening purplish-blue electric arcs.
"Tsk tsk, that's amazing." Song Jinning regretted that she did not see the shocking scene of the blue hole with her own eyes. "A so-called genius is someone who can think of things that no one has thought of and do things that no one has ever done …"
…
The plane landed at the airport in the capital of Barbados. The Special Operations Forces field personnel in the Caribbean Sea area came to welcome Huo Shaoheng and the others off the plane.
When Huo Shaoheng and the others came here, they were on a private vacation and did not announce their official identities.
A small country like Barbados was an undefended country. The governor and high-ranking government officials had all gone on vacation at this time, and the people relied on themselves to maintain the operations of the country.
The special operations forces' private plane was different from the private planes of other departments. It did not have those blinding national symbols.
Of course, the more ordinary their private plane was, the better. It would definitely not attract attention.
In fact, there were many wealthy people from all over the world who came to Barbados for vacation, so the air traffic controllers at the airport did not take Huo Shaoheng's private plane seriously. They treated it as a private plane.
After getting off the plane, Huo Shaoheng asked the field personnel who had been waiting there for a long time, "Have you prepared everything we need?"
"Everything is ready," the man quickly said. "Five diving suits, a medium-sized salvage ship, and an undersea drone."
He had only prepared the things according to Huo Shaoheng's instructions and did not ask what he was going to do.
This time, Huo Shaoheng had brought a few special operations forces members who were especially good at diving with him in addition to Yin Shixiong and Zhao Liangze.
Everyone got off the plane and went to the detached villa that the field personnel had prepared for them to rest.
..
In the evening, their group boarded the medium-sized salvage ship that looked like a cruise ship and arrived near the blue hole.
It was quiet here. There were no other tourists, only their group.
The afterglow of the setting sun was still rippling on the surface of the sea, and half of the river was rustling and half of the river was red.
The gray-backed seagulls spread their wings and glided at low altitudes, and the white seabirds walked back and forth on the reef with their tails up.
The blue hole's waters were as beautiful as a dark blue dream, quietly appearing in front of them.
When they got closer, the blue hole's waters were filled with reefs. The salvage ship could not enter at all and could only stop at the periphery.
Fortunately, the mechanical arm could stretch freely at the bottom of the sea, so it was not afraid of these reefs.
After the sky was completely dark, Huo Shaoheng carried Gu Yanran to the deck and said, "Are you familiar with this place?"
Gu Yanran opened her eyes and was at a loss for a while.
Ever since she had fainted in the torture chamber on the high seas, she had been sedated and had been unconscious.
However, when she opened her eyes again, she realized that she was already at sea.
The sea in front of her was vast, and the night was dark. She could only tell where she was from the sporadic starlight above her head.
Her heart sank, and she looked up at the night sky. She thought that today might be the last time she would see the starry sky of this sea.
Although she had been mentally prepared ever since her identity had been exposed and she knew that she would not be able to escape death, she was still quite afraid when death really came.
Huo Shaoheng put his hands behind his back and looked at the blue hole in front of him calmly. He said calmly, "You'd better pray that you're telling the truth. Otherwise …"
Gu Yanran's eyes immediately revealed a look of fear. She looked at Huo Shaoheng timidly, no longer having the arrogance she had before.
She never thought that Huo Shaoheng would not only be bold, but also ruthless. He would actually torture her for that fake?!
Her hands and feet were still shackled, and she was also wearing an electronic collar around her neck.
As long as she made the slightest movement, the electronic collar would make her wish that she was dead but unable to die.
At this point, the only comfort in her heart was that the fake would not end up well … Gu Yanran blinked.
Gu Yanran blinked. Based on the light on the island in front of her, she was able to confirm the location.
Or rather, from the moment she revealed the secret in her heart, she knew that she would be brought here to take out the "evidence".
Gu Yanran smiled bitterly. "… Do you know why I let that fake take over the Gu family's property, leaving me with nothing and almost going to jail? Do you know why I didn't dare to say it?"
Huo Shaoheng's face was dark. "If you have something to say, just say it. I don't have time to beat around the bush with you."
"… Because I know that if I don't say it, I'll only lose the Gu family's property. But if I say it, I'll lose my life. If I lose my life, what do I need money for? Don't you think so? Huo Shao? "
Gu Yanran looked at Huo Shaoheng with a helpless expression. "If that fake didn't pretend to be Gu Xiangwen's daughter, you wouldn't even look at her, would you?"
Huo Shaoheng pursed his lips. "She's Gu Xiangwen's daughter. The DNA has already been verified."
"Impossible!" Gu Yanran said firmly again. "I don't know how she lied to you, but she definitely lied to you! If you don't believe me, you can go to the bottom of the blue hole and find out! "
Huo Shaoheng glanced at her. "The bottom of the blue hole? Do you know how deep this hole is? "
"I don't know," Gu Yanran answered calmly. "But if you want to know the truth, you have to go down."
"Bring her down." Huo Shaoheng waved without looking back.
A few people came up and blindfolded Gu Yanran. They sealed her mouth and immediately dragged her down.
Huo Shaoheng stood alone on the deck for a while. He recalled how Gu Nianzhi had risked her life to save him and Little Ze the last time they were in this sea.
At that time, the most important thing in his heart was still his duty, his troops, and his comrades.
At that time, it wasn't that he didn't love her, but it wasn't as much as she loved him.
This realization stabbed into Huo Shaoheng's heart like a needle.
He pursed his lips, turned around, and changed into his diving suit. He took a few good divers and dove into the blue hole.
It wasn't the first time Huo Shaoheng had come to the bottom of the blue hole.
The surrounding seawater was quiet, and there were slight ripples above his head.
The sky was beautiful. There was no moon in the Caribbean Sea that night. There were only a few stars that dotted the dark blue sky.
The few of them slowly sank with their scuba gear on their backs.
This place was even more desolate than the last time he was here.
It was already more difficult for creatures to grow in the blue hole. Moreover, the blue hole had been baptized by high-voltage electric fences, so it had a more lifeless and stagnant feeling than other places.
There wasn't even a single seaweed, let alone any animals that were commonly seen at the bottom of the sea. There were only grayish-black reefs standing there.
It was as if time had stopped here. There was no past or future.
Huo Shaoheng and his men stepped on the water and continued to dive until they reached their maximum diving depth and couldn't go any further.
However, from here, the bottom of the blue hole was still bottomless. It was dark, like a black hole that could devour everything, including light.
They couldn't see anything below at all.
They looked up again.
This distance was already deeper than the last time they came here.
Last time, he and Little Ze were busy trying to survive here. Moreover, there were electric fences above and around them, so they couldn't see anything else.
Huo Shaoheng and his men swam for a distance and confirmed that they couldn't see anything at all.
"Go up." He gestured and brought them to the surface.
"Major General Huo, what's down there?" Yin Shixiong pulled them up and asked curiously.
Huo Shaoheng didn't answer. One of the people who went down with him spat out a mouthful of seawater and said, "Nothing. Major General Huo, are you sure what you're looking for is here? "
Huo Shaoheng took off the scuba gear and said, "It might be too deep. Let's put the underwater drone down first."
This time, Zhao Liangze could control the underwater drone by himself.
They put the ginger underwater drone into the sea, started it, and watched it drill into the bottom of the sea.
The underwater drone's diving distance was 5,000 meters.
It carried the camera and dived into the bottom of the blue hole.
Huo Shaoheng stood behind Zhao Liangze and watched the surveillance video of the underwater drone.
The underwater drone was shaped like a torpedo and was very fast in the water.
The number of diving distance continued to rise on the surveillance video.
1,000 meters, 2,000 meters, 3,000 meters, 4,000 meters. Finally, when they dived to 4,500 meters, something flashing with fluorescence entered their field of vision.
A black object appeared on the surveillance video. It looked like a huge bullet-shaped streamlined object, and there seemed to be something flashing on the top of the object.
This scene was too familiar.
Huo Shaoheng's heart beat violently.
Yin Shixiong and Song Jinning also walked over curiously. They stood on both sides of Huo Shaoheng and watched the surveillance video together.
Chen Lie saw that they had all come over and also tiptoed to look inside.
Zhao Liangze nervously increased the clarity of the surveillance video. They could finally see the fluorescence on the bullet-shaped streamlined object clearly.
It was a line of fluorescent cursive words.
“Cereus
II”。
Huo Shaoheng's heart almost skipped a beat.
"Pause first." Huo Shaoheng took the keyboard from Zhao Liangze and pressed the pause button.
“Cereus
II！ There's really Cereus.
II! "Yin Shixiong almost shouted." Is this also a submarine?! Why is it so small?! "
If this thing was also a submarine, then it was about half as small as Cereus.
It was very small and exquisite, and looked more like a banana boat ice cream.
Huo Shaoheng thought of the situation in Cereus.
His heart, which had just jumped up, suddenly fell again, as if he had fallen into the unfathomable Mariana Trench.
Zhao Liangze also shouted, "Use the mechanical arm! And my little hummingbird robot go down together! "
Zhao Liangze's hummingbird robot was actually an intelligent pinhole camera.
Last time, they had used the mechanical arm to bring this intelligent pinhole camera down with them. They had entered the submarine and investigated the situation inside.
Huo Shaoheng's hand holding the mouse trembled slightly, but his voice remained calm.
"Release the mechanical arm and Little Ze's hummingbird robot."
..
On the deck, the staff responsible for operating the mechanical arm's cables hung Zhao Liangze's hummingbird robot on a special thin rope. At the lower end of the long rope, they carefully placed it into the pipe in the middle of the mechanical arm.
This hummingbird robot was about the size of a freshwater pearl with a diameter of about two millimeters. It was almost impossible to tell that it was a camera.
When they reached their destination, it could be reassembled. There would be three miniature rollers about one millimeter in diameter at the bottom that would carry it around to film.
There was also a pair of wings that were as thin as cicada's wings that could stretch out from its back and fly with it to film.
Just like the last time, the mechanical arm sank into the deep sea and finally touched the top of the small submarine.
Then, the mechanical arm opened its five fingers, and the steel spikes at the top of its fingers pierced into the submarine's outer shell.
Soon, the air collected from inside was continuously pumped up through a special pipe.
Chen Lie and Song Jinning acted as measurement experts and nervously measured the composition of the air.
Just like last time, Chen Lie said in surprise, "It's also nitrogen!"
Huo Shaoheng's vision went black.
He gripped the back of Zhao Liangze's chair tightly and said calmly, "Continue, get your hummingbird to upload the image quickly."
While they were measuring the air inside the submarine, Zhao Liangze's hummingbird robot had already entered the submarine through the small hole pierced by the steel spikes on the mechanical arm's fingers and began to film along the way.
This submarine was much smaller and simpler than Gu Xiangwen's.
It was as if it was really a toy.
Although it was a toy with real submarine functions.
The largest cabin in the middle of the submarine was arranged like a game room.
There was a pink princess bed against the wall, and a little girl in a dress was lying on the bed.
Although he hadn't seen the little girl's face yet, the corners of Huo Shaoheng's eyes couldn't help twitching when he saw the dress.
This dress was almost exactly the same as the dress Gu Nianzhi had worn seven years ago!
As the hummingbird robot flew above the little girl, the camera sent back a clear image.
The little girl was fair and chubby. She lay there with her eyes closed, exactly the same as Gu Nianzhi from seven years ago.
※ ※ ※
This was today's chapter of 4,500 words: Chapter 1452, "The Secret Buried by Time (10)".
A reminder for the monthly votes and recommendation votes ~
Muah!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
