Meng Chao looked around.
The cursor on his retina danced like fireflies.
He immediately switched to Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong, Multi-armed Bear Hong Li, Snake Eye Mo Lan, and Bullet Xue Rui.
It could even compress the image that everyone saw into tiny windows that overlapped with each other.
Not only did it not obstruct his own vision, but it also allowed him to constantly pay attention to his teammates' situation.
He also heard the voice of the command center outside the lair. "Signal connection is normal. Communication is clear. Inputting the information of two located targets."
Meng Chao blinked and noticed that two small red dots had appeared at the edge of the crystalline 3D lair model. They were moving slowly.
When his eyes focused on the two red dots, several images appeared beside the red dots.
They were all captured by the hidden surveillance cameras around the red dot.
The two robbers who had committed major crimes in the outside world had already changed into large hooded cloaks, which were commonly seen in the lair. They also used wide sunglasses and filter masks to cover their faces.
If it were not for the fact that they had planted locating chips in their bodies a long time ago, it would have been difficult for them to distinguish them from the one million lair citizens.
"Move out."
Zhou Chong observed for a moment and said, "Judging from their fleeing posture, the two bandits are not running around like headless flies despite their panic. They are obviously looking for a destination. Perhaps, they have a contact. If we follow the contact of the bandits, it's possible that we can find the mastermind!"
Everyone immediately set off.
He pushed open the warehouse door and snuck into the dark and winding alleys.
Even though they had already changed their appearances, they still imitated the lair citizens and pulled down their hoods.
Even though he wasn't running as if he was flying, his speed wasn't slow at all. With his rich experience in hunting in the forest and stalking his prey, along with the 3D map that was constantly refreshing in real time, he quickly approached the two robbers from all directions without making a sound.
Even though the gang members were willing to open up some of the surveillance data to them, they did not dare to do so.
But most of the sensitive areas in the lair, such as the monster coliseums, underground casinos, black markets, and secret drug refinement factories, could not be installed with CCTVs and tapping devices.
Even if some gangs thought of ways to secretly install them, others would use high-powered equipment to disrupt and destroy them.
Therefore, the surveillance footage was only a support. Most of the time, the tracker had to lurk in the dark and use his naked eyes to observe whether the two bandits were in contact with others.
This was the value of a veteran hunter.
The two bandits were heavily injured and had lost a lot of blood. They were even staggering when they walked, and they had no time to care if there were any watchers or followers around them.
Heaven Realm superhumans poured spirit energy into their eyes and greatly increased the functions of their retina and optic nerves. They were basically like human binoculars.
Ace snipers like Meng Chao and Bullet Xue Rui could even temporarily activate the sight function of a sniper rifle's scope and achieve the effect of blind sniping.
The two bandits did not notice them.
However, there was a small problem ahead.
It was a colossal monster coliseum.
He had just finished a thrilling battle with monsters.
Close to a thousand spectators and gamblers were either unsatisfied, pounding their chests, or overjoyed. They gathered into a bustling stream of people and squeezed out of the arena.
Many of them had transferred their wealth during the monster gladiator fights just now.
The lucky ones who won a lot of money naturally did not want to be targeted by the unlucky ones who lost everything and only had daggers and guns at their waists.
Hence, they put on hooded cloaks to hide their faces, chips, and weapons, and they instantly looked like a crowd.
In another ten seconds, the two bandits would run into the crowd.
They had GPS chips implanted in their bodies, so they were not afraid of losing them.
They were just worried that the other party's contact would hide in the crowd and use the commotion of the crowd to quietly send them information and resources.
"Mo Lan, Xue Rui, go in front of the bandits and squeeze into the crowd!" Zhou Chong ordered.
Snake Eye Mo Lan and Bullet Xue Rui immediately appeared from the alleys to the left and right. They crawled into the crowd like loaches and moved agilely. They did not cause any displeasure or commotion in the crowd, but soon, they arrived at the path that the two bandits had to take.
The others stared at the two robbers and the lair citizens who brushed past them to make sure that they did not miss out on any of their little tricks.
Mo Lan and Xue Rui brushed past the two bandits.
Intentionally or unintentionally, Mo Lan gently rubbed against one of the bandits.
If the bandits' contact was really hiding here and wanted to exchange information and resources by brushing past them, the bandits would definitely react.
In the end, the two bandits just hunched their bodies and obediently moved against the crowd. They did not even dare to look at Mo Lan, afraid that they would cause unnecessary conflict.
It was only when the two bandits moved through the crowd that the hunters sighed in relief.
The two bandits circled around the monster coliseum and arrived at a crossroad where the alleys branched off like a spider web. They stopped to observe for a while.
"Pay attention. Their destination might be nearby," Zhou Chong reminded them.
Just as they expected, the two bandits entered a dark alley. After taking a few steps, they entered a small door.
The two sides of the alley were typical residential areas in the lair.
The alley was at most 1.5 meters wide. Forget about a heavy fighting vehicle, even a normal sedan could not enter.
In the beginning, the residential buildings on both sides were at most seven to eight stories tall. But as the illegal buildings continued to be built, they reached the height of around thirty stories. To strengthen the buildings, countless steel pipes and steel beams extended out. They were like X's that supported each other.
Then, the residents took the opportunity to lay steel plates between the steel beams, causing the swollen and teetering building to protrude outwards in a deformed manner, drowning the short space of one and a half meters above the alley.
The people living in the buildings on both sides could not just shake hands through their windows. They could even climb from one building to another easily through the windows.
Besides, Meng Chao knew that the buildings in the lair usually had underground areas that were not any smaller than the ones on the ground. They were like insect nests that were intertwined with each other.
If there were twenty floors above the ground, there would be at least twelve or thirteen floors underground. Even though it was dark and damp, the rent was cheap, so there were usually more residents living there compared to the ones on the ground. The underground areas were connected to shelters and air-raid shelters built decades ago.
In other words, this place was a paradise for fugitives, but it was also a nightmare for captors.
This sort of place naturally had a lot of surveillance blind spots.
Besides, it was located in a lawless zone between two gangs, so no one knew the internal structure of the buildings nearby.
Even if they could get the original blueprints of the buildings from decades ago, the residents had been building illegally, separating them, adding more floors, and doing all sorts of simple, crude, and even insane modifications over the years. The insides of the buildings had long since changed beyond recognition.
Zhou Chong could only have the hunters spread out and monitor the exits of the buildings around them.
Fortunately, the two robbers had locating devices and eavesdropping chips in their bodies.
It allowed the hunters to see that once they entered the building, they arrived at the third underground floor. It was a facility that had been modified into an air-raid shelter.
Fortunately, it was not far from the ground, so the signal could still penetrate it.
Even though the robbers' muscles and bones trembled and the sound they received was a little distorted, they could still hear the general content of their conversation.
First, it was the conversation between the two robbers.
"It's here?"
"That's right. The email said it very clearly. After we bypass Bloody Claw Coliseum, we'll reach the third alley. There's a graffiti of a tiger with wings at the entrance."
Then, there was a light knock on the door.
The robber knocked on the door hurriedly five times before he paused for half a second. Then, he knocked on the door hurriedly four times before he paused again and knocked on the door thrice.
With a creak, the door opened.
The sound of guns being loaded could be heard from inside.
The heartbeats of the two bandits also quickened.
"Big Brother Knife?" they asked nervously.
The person inside was silent for a while before a hoarse voice said, "You're late by three hours."
"Tonight, the secret police increased their guard. We spent a lot of effort before we managed to get in," one of the robbers argued.
"In the end, while we were fleeing, we ran into the secret police. Quite a number of our brothers were captured by them, and only the two of us were sent flying by the impact. We landed in the blind spots of the surveillance cameras by the side of the road, so the secret police didn't notice us. We spent a lot of effort before we managed to escape into the lair!"
"That's right!"
The other robber said anxiously. "Even though we were a little late, fortunately, we got quite a lot of rewards. We got more than ten crystalized neurospheres from Nightmarish Beasts, an active spinal cord from a Hell Beast, and some refined supreme-grade crystals. We got all the things we were supposed to get in the email!"
"It's not about the rewards."
The hoarse voice was still as cold as ever. "How would I know whether you were captured by the secret police during the three hours you were late and betrayed your brothers or even became their eyes and ears?"
"That … Absolutely not! Big Brother Knife, trust me!"
"We stole a lot of things, so the secret police will definitely not let us go! We won't betray our brothers!"
The two robbers started making a ruckus.
"Then, hold this and repeat what you said just now," the hoarse voice said.
"This is … a lie detector?" The two robbers were stunned.
Then, they heard the sound of guns being loaded. "What? Is there a problem?"
"N-No problem."
The two robbers obediently repeated the process of how they fled to the lair after they robbed the lair.
While Meng Chao listened, he thought, 'Thank goodness Shen Yupeng chose the right strategy.'
The two robbers had undergone minimally invasive implantation while they were unconscious, and their wounds were mixed with their bloody wounds.
They did not know that they had inadvertently become the eyes and ears of the secret police.
Naturally, they would not be able to pass the lie detector.
Just as they expected, the lie detector did not make any strange sounds.
The two robbers released long sighs of relief. "Big Brother Knife, can you trust us now?"
"Wait," Big Brother Knife said.
"Come here and stand here. I'll scan you to see whether you're carrying anything you shouldn't have."
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