Late spring was about to end, and the heat of the summer had arrived. Xu Le pulled down the brim of his hat, wrapped his coat around his arm, and hurriedly walked across the street, sticking close to the row of blooming trees. Using the last bit of twilight, he quickly left the area.
After passing through a few quiet alleys, and through the sea of people wearing black masks, he lowered his head and quickened his pace. Following the long and slanted tunnel, he entered the subway station. While no one was looking, he opened the door to the room behind the station, climbed over the windowsill, and jumped off the dark track.
In the distance, there was a subway coming at a high speed. He squinted his eyes and moved forward against the light. His body accurately stepped on the only safe zone that was found by the old guy's precise calculation. He didn't care about the vibrating air at all. The light from the subway shone on his face, but there was no trace of expression.
There was no sound of friction between the heavy carriage and the smooth special track. In the sometimes dark and sometimes bright underground tunnel, there was only the sound of the air being rapidly compressed. The high-speed carriage passed by him at high speed. His clothes fluttered in the wind, but it didn't move his silent body. Only his hat was blown away by the wind and rolled very far away.
The subway drove away. He opened a maintenance door in the dark tunnel, lifted the heavy mechanical pressure valve, and jumped down. He returned to his own underground world — the underground network of the Capital Special District.
In the depths of the slightly damp dark tunnel, there was a bed, a lamp, and a few books. He didn't know where he got these things.
Rubbing his hair that was messed up by the wind, Xu Le lay down heavily on the bed. While he was recovering from his exhaustion, he always felt that someone was coldly watching him.
It wasn't him or her, it was them.
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Somewhere in the Capital, there was a very ordinary looking building.
On the top floor of the building, there was a door made of alloy. A small eye pattern was hastily painted on the door with non-toxic paint. The paint hadn't completely dried yet, so it was obvious that it was painted not long ago. The exaggerated small eye in the pattern was particularly strange. The pupil under the single eyelid was deliberately painted red, which made it look somewhat terrifying.
Behind the closed door, there were more than thirty people sitting or standing. There were white-haired old men, outstanding graduates, majors from the special warfare room of the military region, experts from the research institute of the Federation, and even a few highly intelligent criminals who had just been pardoned by the government.
"Because of the reward, the legal reduction of sentence, the order of the superiors, the sense of honor, and various other reasons, you have agreed to join this team. Then, I must remind you that before this team completes the ultimate mission, you are not allowed to leave, you are not allowed to contact your family, and you must maintain absolute confidentiality."
A high-ranking official of the Federation government stood at the front. Looking at the crowd that did not seem to be anything special, he said coldly, "If you agree to this agreement, please sign the relevant waiver certificate and swear to the charter."
"Now, can you tell us what this damn ultimate mission is?"
A criminal who had just been released from the Fox Castle Space Prison muttered. Although he was willing to do anything for this damn government, including killing his own brother, in order to get rid of the miserable five-year black prison sentence, and he was known as the third strongest person in the Philadelphia Cultivation Gym, he believed that he had the ability to complete all the missions. However, everything he saw in the past two days made him, who had a sensitive criminal sense, catch the scent of extreme danger.
The high-ranking official of the Federation government said with a smile, "Your team is officially named Small Eyes. Your mission is to arrest or kill a very famous man with small eyes."
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In the following time, the members of the team nagged about their dissatisfaction with the name of the organization. Some people thought that the word small sounded too stupid, while some people directly thought that the name was naturally too stupid. Some people thought that it was mainly because they felt stupid when they introduced themselves, but in fact, they knew very well that these nagging were just to get rid of the pressure and fear in their hearts.
Perhaps not everyone knew what kind of terrifying ability the man with small eyes had, but the entire Federation knew the name Xu Le and knew what it meant. To arrest or kill him, this mission was like a terrifying mountain that pressed down on them, making them feel incomparably terrified and flustered, to the point where they almost could not breathe.
However, some members of Small Eyes did not complain incessantly. They were extremely silent. Some people were directly crushed by the truth of the mission, while others valiantly maintained their confidence and determination.
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"According to all the information we have seen in the past two days, we can confirm that because of Colonel Xu Le's first-sequence authority, it is fundamentally impossible to rely on the Bureau of Proclamation to locate his chip. Then, the most important problem for us now is to re-establish an effective monitoring and information collection system."
The expert from the Federation Bureau of Investigation pointed at the rotating images on the screen and explained to his colleagues, "We have now activated the thirty-six military satellites orbiting S1. At the same time, we have also activated the five high-precision electron telescopes on the Old Moon base and the New Moon base. At the same time, the Federation Bureau of Investigation has granted us access to the second-level monitoring network. This means that we can see all the images that are happening through the six billion probes that are spread across every corner of this planet."
"What kind of comparison system are we using?" someone asked.
"Human data filtering system and facial recognition technology," the official of the Federation Bureau of Investigation explained.
"With so much redundant information, how do we pick out the images we need? According to the information, even the Federal Central Computer is on Colonel Xu Le's side … "the person continued to ask.
The official interrupted him and emphasized, "It's first-sequence authority, it doesn't mean that the Federal Central Computer is on the other side."
"Well, no matter what, the Federal Central Computer doesn't seem to want us to catch him. Then, where are you going to build a large scale computational synthesizer to filter this redundant information?"
"The calculation is still done by the Federal Central Computer. You don't have to worry about this." The official of the Bureau of Proclamation, who had been sitting silently by the podium, raised his head and looked at the investigation team members. "The Federal Central Computer's work is divided into many areas, and they don't affect each other. It will respond to all data calculation requests."
"Even so, I still don't think this is feasible." The person shook his head and said, "This planet is so big. Besides, he might have already left and gone to Dong Lin or somewhere else."
The professor of psychology from Linhai's Evergreen College raised his electronic pen and gestured to speak. "After a comprehensive evaluation of the target's behavior pattern over the years, it can be confirmed that he is extremely confident and has extremely strong love and hate. He belongs to the typical hidden bigotry mentality. A person like this will never leave the place where the incident happened before he completes what he wants to do. He will definitely stay at the nearest place and observe the development of the situation closely."
The professor put down the electronic pen and shook his head. "Although I don't know what Colonel Xu Le wants to do, I believe in my own judgment. Right now, he is definitely in the capital special district, and the range is no more than two hundred kilometers."
"The military and the Federation Bureau of Investigation sent countless people to spread out in the streets and alleys of the capital. If he really stayed in the capital special district for a long time, he would definitely have left some traces of his life. It's impossible that after so long, they still haven't caught him or even discovered these traces," someone retorted.
"That's because he didn't stay on the surface for a long time."
The criminal investigation expert from the police academy looked at the information on Xu Le's file on the screen and frowned. "Colonel Xu Le came from Dong Lin. His entire family died because of an excavation disaster. However, it is clear that he has no psychological trauma about the underground tunnels of Dong Lin. On the contrary, his childhood and youth were closely related to these tunnels. During his first escape in the 65th year of the Constitutional Era, he clearly used these tunnels to escape the Federation's pursuit."
The criminal investigation expert used his fingers to quickly scroll through the screen and pointed at two pieces of information that were marked as top secret. "According to Colonel Xu Le's own report after he returned from the Empire, the reason why he was able to escape the pursuit of the Empire's people on Tianjing was also because of the underground water system. It is clear that sneaking underground is his usual method of escape."
He looked at his colleagues with a smile and said, "Habit is the most powerful force. The greater the pressure and fear, the more humans will choose the most familiar and most familiar method to face it. Facing the pressure of the entire Federation's pursuit, I believe that Colonel Xu Le is currently hiding in the underground water system under our feet."
"In summary, his current location is the underground water system of the capital special district. Since we can't risk a social uproar and send hundreds of thousands of soldiers down there, then we can only watch all the exits of the underground water system and patiently observe where he will come out and where he will enter. We can slowly find a pattern until we have the confidence … to guess where he will come out from next time."
"What if he stored a large amount of supplies in advance and just hid there and didn't come out?"
"If he didn't come back to the surface, then he wouldn't have stayed in the capital special district. Why didn't he go back to Dong Lin or the West Woods or even further away to Bermuda? As mentioned before, he stayed to do something. If he wants to do something, then he must go to the surface, "said the psychology professor in front.
"Next, we will evaluate the target's lethality."
A bespectacled researcher with slightly gray sideburns walked up the stage nervously. His name was Chen Yijiang, and he was from the 19th Research Institute of the Federation. He specialized in military weapon identification and analysis.
He graduated from school in the 65th year of the Constitutional Era and had worked in the warehouse of the Research Institute for a full seven years. Seven years of boring research had not changed his personality except for his hair turning white earlier. He couldn't adapt to this kind of situation, and he was even more afraid of some of his colleagues who seemed very dangerous.
"Early investigations have found that there is a whole box of firearms in the Wangdu Youth Apartment. The models and firepower structures are all different. Now there are snipers on standby around the apartment, but he hasn't gone back to get them. Uh, the Bureau of Investigation believes that he has the ability to get a lot of guns at any time, anywhere, so there is no need to consider this."
Chen Yijiang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said in a trembling voice, "In terms of close combat lethality, I found something in the file. Colonel Xu Le is good at making and using military knives with electricity. Here is the evidence number, AW3728."
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Next on the stage was a young man in a loose suit. His slender eyes flashed with pride and arrogance. He leaned on the table and looked at his colleagues in the room mockingly. In a sharp voice, he said, "I know what you are afraid of, what you are worried about, but don't forget, although the Federal Central Computer seems to be omnipotent … it is, after all, just a pile of cold machines!"
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