"Little Ze, do you have a map of New York?" Huo Shaoheng turned to look at Zhao Liangze. "Can you add a map of New York to your graphics and data analysis software?"
"Sure, that's easy." Zhao Liangze focused on his laptop. "Maps nowadays are all digital. It's too easy to add in."
His nimble fingers flew as he entered a few commands on the keyboard to embed the map data of New York City.
After running it a few times, Zhao Liangze moved the computer to Huo Shaoheng. "Look, Huo Shao. This is the map of the entire city."
Huo Shaoheng looked at the image on the laptop screen and fell into deep thought.
The old Juilliard School building was covered in green creepers. It was lush and lush. One of the windows was half open, and the setting sun shone through the curtains and fell on the dark red floor.
Green vines spread across the dark red floor, and the tips of the vines shone with a warm yellow light from the setting sun.
From there, a straight line extended outward in the direction of 7 o 'clock, past Manhattan's Central Park, the Empire State Building, and all the way south until it was stopped in front of a skyscraper.
"Where is this?" Huo Shaoheng asked, pointing to the skyscraper.
"This is the New World Trade Center." Zhao Liangze hesitated and pointed to the location next to the building with the mouse. "There used to be two buildings standing side by side here. They were called the Twin Towers, but they're all gone now …"
As for why they were gone, the American people, and even the entire Blue Planet, probably wouldn't forget.
Huo Shaoheng looked at the place where the beam of light stopped and silently counted. "… The 80th floor?"
"It should be."
"Let's go." Huo Shaoheng got up and put on his sunglasses. "To the World Trade Center."
They left the office building and hailed a taxi to the World Trade Center building on the south side of Manhattan, New York.
The building had more than 100 floors, and the 80th floor was already a very high floor.
They took the elevator to the 80th floor and Huo Shaoheng quickly found the place indicated by the light guide map made by data analysis on the computer.
It was a bookstore hidden in a small corner.
Huo Shaoheng didn't go in. He and Zhao Liangze walked into a bar opposite the bookstore and ordered two Bloody Marys. They sat near the bar and occasionally looked up at the bookstore across the street.
There were quite a lot of people there. Did New Yorkers like to read?
The sunglasses Zhao Liangze and Huo Shaoheng were wearing were specially made with a video recording function.
Soon, they had captured the entire interior and exterior of the bookstore.
After finishing two Bloody Marys, they paid the bill and left.
After returning to the office of the Special Operations Forces New York branch, Zhao Liangze once again integrated the photos into his image and data analysis software.
A panoramic view of the bookstore on the 80th floor of the New World Trade Center appeared on his computer screen.
"Is there anything noteworthy here?" Zhao Liangze asked in confusion. He fiddled with the vine pattern on the floor of Tan Guiren's dormitory, and the light gradually fell into the bookstore on the 80th floor of the New World Trade Center.
On the computer, the light passed through the walls of the building and fell on the bookshelves of the bookstore.
Huo Shaoheng was slightly taken aback. He took the mouse from Zhao Liangze and clicked a few times to enlarge the books on the bookstore shelves.
The place where the light was pointing was a picture album on a bookshelf.
The picture album was of the Statue of Liberty.
Huo Shaoheng rubbed his chin and nodded. Then, he enlarged the map of New York City and included the surrounding terrain. He said to Zhao Liangze, "Look, the sun at eight o 'clock in the morning indicates the direction of sunset. In this direction, it's right here. "
The mouse moved slowly and stopped on the Statue of Liberty in the southwest of New York City.
Zhao Liangze suddenly understood and rubbed the back of his head with a smile. "After so many twists and turns, it's the Statue of Liberty?"
They spent an hour deciphering each other's messages.
"The Statue of Liberty is in the Statue of Liberty Park. It's already closed and won't open until eight o 'clock tomorrow." Zhao Liangze checked the situation of the Statue of Liberty Park. "Huo Shao, should we go take a look tomorrow?"
Huo Shaoheng nodded. "Of course."
In the end, early the next morning, the police station on the Upper West Side of Manhattan received another voice changer message. This time, it gave them another clue.
"The direction of sunset, the fall of the Twin Towers, and the rise of new hope."
The police station felt like they had obtained a treasure and immediately held a press conference to announce the news to the media.
The American people, who had been guessing all day yesterday, were excited again. Almost all of them threw themselves into the guessing game.
The popularity of the guessing game even spread from the other side of the ocean to the Hua Xia Empire.
Social media, TV stations, newspapers, and magazines were all flooded with these two new clues.
The case of the pitiful female exchange student from before had disappeared without a trace.
Thus, Tan Guiren's disappearance case once again became the center of everyone's attention. Tan Dongbang's popularity also rose at the same time and surpassed Bai Jiancheng again. This time, he was a full eight percent higher than Bai Jiancheng and three percent higher than the last time he surpassed him.
However, Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze had already arrived at the next location while everyone was pondering about the Twin Towers: the Statue of Liberty.
The two of them followed tourists from all over the world to the Statue of Liberty Park early in the morning and were prepared to go up to the top of the statue to take a look.
The tall Statue of Liberty was 46 meters tall, but the base was 47 meters, so the entire statue was 93 meters tall. It held a torch that never went out all year round.
Huo Shaoheng looked up at the statue and pondered silently.
Was this place related to where Tan Guiren was imprisoned?
Or was she imprisoned here?
Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze followed the crowd into the Statue of Liberty and took the elevator to the highest point, which was the crown on top of the Statue of Liberty.
Standing on top of the crown, they looked down at the land. The Hudson River around New York looked like a shallow stream, and the boats on the river were as small as toys.
They walked around the crown but found nothing. They didn't find any clues.
Huo Shaoheng held the railing and looked at the vast sea of clouds in the distance. He wondered if they were really heading in the right direction.
The other party had left one message after another. Was it really to guide them, or was it to lure them into a trap?
If they followed the clues provided by the other party, even if they could really find it, they would definitely fall into the other party's trap.
As Huo Shaoheng thought about it, his eyes wandered around the Statue of Liberty and looked down.
He could see further from here.
He could clearly see all of New York from here.
He turned around and faced the direction of New York. At that moment, the sun shone from behind him and shrouded the entire city in the morning light.
The quiet city seemed to erupt in an instant. Cars raced back and forth, sirens sounded on the river, and the sound of planes rumbling in the sky grew closer and closer as they flew towards the New York airport.
Amidst the hustle and bustle, Huo Shaoheng realized that from this angle, the direction the sun was pointing in was darkness.
The darkness wasn't really dark, but because there were too many tall buildings nearby, it blocked the light and only left a dark shadow.
Huo Shaoheng narrowed his eyes and pointed in the direction the sun was pointing. He turned slightly to ask Zhao Liangze, "Where is that place? Which borough of New York? "
Zhao Liangze took out his phone and opened the map to scan the location. He looked up at Huo Shaoheng and said, "That's the Bronx, the worst place in New York."
This borough was very close to the Upper West Side where Juilliard was located. They were practically neighbors.
So it was here …
Huo Shaoheng was relieved. He patted the railing and had an idea. He said to Zhao Liangze, "Alright, let's go back. We don't need to be led around in circles. "
"Huh? Go back? But we didn't find any clues at all! " Zhao Liangze answered blankly. He hadn't given up yet and was still taking pictures of the inside of the Statue of Liberty from all angles. He wanted to go back and reassemble them.
Huo Shaoheng shook his head. "No need. The other party won't use the same strategy twice. We've already used this method in the bookstore to find the Statue of Liberty. "
"But …" Zhao Liangze frowned. "Does Huo Shao know what they're going to do next?"
"I don't know what these lunatics are going to do next," Huo Shaoheng said calmly. "But I know what I'm going to do next."
"Huh?! Huo Shao, you already have a clue! That's great! "Zhao Liangze was overjoyed and put away all the cameras." Then let's go back and set it up! "
They needed the clues provided by the other party, but they absolutely couldn't be led by the nose by the other party.
Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze quickly walked to the elevator of the Statue of Liberty as they started setting up.
He called his man stationed in New York. "I want the recent month's staff turnover data in the Bronx. Send it to Team A's email in five minutes."
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