Because of the existence of space dust, the sky in Donglin District was never bright and blue like a picturesque scene. Naturally, it was difficult for the blazing sunlight to dazzle people. But at this moment, Xu Le thought he was dazzled by the sun. Otherwise, why would there be a large group of wolf-like, fully-armed, and ice-cold soldiers in the quiet Zhonglou Street? What was even more absurd was why these soldiers would point their guns at him.
A soldier wearing a black cotton mask seemed to say a few words to him, but when it entered Xu Le's ears, it became a buzzing sound because he didn't wake up at all. He opened his mouth woodenly and looked at everything around him stupidly.
With a bang, a soldier smashed his head with the butt of his gun. A stream of blood flowed out. Xu Le's body swayed, but he didn't fall to the ground. Instead, it was the smell of blood and the pain on the left side of his head that made him wake up. He confirmed that he was in an extremely absurd situation. This group of fully-armed soldiers … were pointing their guns at him!
The gun barrel that was still pressed against his temple was incomparably cold and hard.
Xu Le was naturally calm and steady, but after all, he was only a 17 and a half year old orphan. Facing the gun barrel so close to him, he shuddered at the thought of a careless movement that could make his big head become a half-rotten watermelon by the metal bullet fired from the gun barrel. So, he shivered and trembled. His thighs twitched as if an electric current had passed through them. Fortunately, he didn't wet his pants.
"Name." The buzzing sound from the already impatient soldier's mouth finally became a clear and cold-blooded question. Xu Le subconsciously replied with a trembling voice, "Xu Le."
A flat metal detector extended to the back of Xu Le's neck and stuck to his skin. A chill from the depths of his heart made countless small bumps appear on his skin again. Among the beeping sounds, the data collector in the shortest amount of time read the data of the chip in his neck and transmitted it back to the branch database. It confirmed his identity and all the records from his birth to this day.
"Target 2 confirmed." The soldier who asked the question coldly said into the communication device. Then, he grabbed Xu Le's hair and violently pushed him into an armored vehicle at the back of the alley.
Xu Le didn't struggle because he knew it was useless. Although the soldier who grabbed him didn't seem to be stronger than the bison in the sanctuary, the dozens of cold gun barrels around him were too intimidating. He did not shout for help, either. All these years, he had always wanted to pass the National Defense Officer Examination, so he had a certain understanding of the military. Naturally, he could clearly distinguish that these silent and solemn soldiers were real and not daring kidnappers who dared to impersonate the Federal Army.
But he did feel insulted, because being dragged by the hair on the ground was a very insulting posture in itself.
It only took a very short time for Xu Le, whose face was covered in blood, to figure out why these soldiers had come. It seemed that Uncle Feng's identity had finally been exposed. But Uncle Feng had been hiding in this city for more than a decade. Why would the Federal Army suddenly find traces of him? And why would a mere mechanic who escaped from the military attract so many fully armed soldiers to come and arrest him?
The ones in charge of arresting Xu Le were the garrison troops of Donglin. After they dragged the young man into the carriage, they tied a special plastic wristband around his wrist and covered his face with a black cloth. After that, they no longer paid any attention to him.
The vehicle started moving. Xu Le felt a burning pain on his wrists, and the wound on his forehead was still bleeding. Such rough treatment made the youth realize that he was facing a truly heartless state machine. He would not make any meaningless resistance. He could only silently calculate in his heart where this military vehicle was going.
The military vehicle stopped. No soldiers paid any attention to the poor youth. There was not even a sound. The tough quality of the Federal Army was evident. In this long and unbearable silence, Xu Le, who was huddled in the corner of the vehicle, was as pitiful as an abandoned shrimp.
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Angry footsteps crushed an ammo box outside the military vehicle. The angry voice scolded the soldiers around the vehicle until they could not raise their heads. "You guys have been keeping an eye on him. Why did you let him escape?"
What person escaped? Xu Le turned his body slightly, silently praying that the officer was talking about Uncle Feng.
Colonel Lake took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose. The fury in his eyes was enough to burn the dozens of fully armed soldiers around him to death, but he forcibly suppressed his emotions. After all, these people who were cooperating with him on the ground were soldiers of the Donglin garrison. Except for this operation, they were not under his jurisdiction.
He had enough reason to be angry. In order to capture or kill that mechanic named Yu Feng, the Federation had prepared for several months. There had been no problems with the ground surveillance. Why was it that when his mecha squad had just arrived on the planet's surface in a battleship, the mechanic had suddenly disappeared from the repair shop at Fourth Street of Fragrant Orchid Avenue?
It was three o'clock in the afternoon, the time when humans were at their laziest. It was also the time when the attack was scheduled to begin, but before the attack began, they suddenly lost their target. Lake felt a chill in his heart.
In the temporary operation camp outside the Fourth Street, a large ultra-thin light screen had been erected. Countless light dots were moving slowly and quickly. The target circled by a black line and marked as 1 was flickering in and out of existence on the light screen, making it impossible to catch a glimpse of it.
Lake stared at the light screen coldly and did not speak for a long time. He knew the entire process of this operation. From the Bureau of Proclamation finding the taser baton, the Federation's early investigation easily found the deputy director of Hexi Prefecture's second branch, Bao Longtao. Then they found the leader of the orphan gang, Li Wei. Then they found Li Wei's good friend, Xu Le. Finally, they locked onto the owner of the repair shop.
From the chip's data, they easily eliminated Xu Le, so the owner of the repair shop was naturally Yu Feng. But Lake did not expect the most wanted criminal of the Federation to have the ability to avoid the glory of the First Charter and slip away under the eyes of the surveillance officers in the electronic surveillance network that covered the entire human world.
The Eastwood Region was too far away from the Capital Planet. The central computer's surveillance could not be real-time, and there was at least a four-minute delay. The mechanic obviously used this delay to fool everyone. And the opponent must have a way to temporarily block the chip's signal.
With this thought in mind, Lake's heart became heavier. He now fully understood why the Bureau of Proclamation's central computer listed this as a top priority, and why he received the order to kill the target directly. A criminal who could avoid the First The Glory Of The Charter was a terrifying figure. If the truth of this incident were to spread to human society, it would set off an unquenchable wave.
"Target 1 was already injured when he escaped," a military officer reported. "At this time, the entire planet has completely sealed off all aircraft takeoffs and landings. He can't escape. Even if there is a four-minute time difference, the encirclement will become smaller and smaller. At most, in one more night, we will be able to catch him."
"I can't wait one more night," Lake said with a cold expression. "Where is the apprentice of the repair shop?"
Xu Le, covered in blood, was brought over. Lake frowned slightly. He was not very satisfied with the methods of his Eastwood colleagues, but he knew that the situation was urgent. Naturally, he would not say much. He looked at the youth and said coldly, "I want to know where your boss might be hiding."
The black cloth was pulled down, and the light in the room made Xu Le squint. He looked at the colonel in front of him and maintained his silence.
A fist smashed into his abdomen. The intense pain almost made him vomit. However, Xu Le still only squinted his eyes and looked at the soldiers around him, maintaining his stubborn silence.
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