Embers Ad Infinitum

As soon as he landed on the ground, Jiang Baimian rushed towards the jeep and said to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"You go to Moore's room to look for any clues related to the Eighth Research Institute, and then wait for the Sheriff of Gerstburg to come over."

This is an orderly place and an important settlement area for subordinates of the "White Knights". If something like this happens, it cannot be like in the wilderness. No one will care about how many people die. Therefore, the "Old Tune Team" must Consider the existence of official forces and provide certain cooperation, so as not to have to hide and hide in Gerstberg to investigate, which will seriously affect the progress.

The most important thing is that the "White Knights" is a big force, and it is not without strong people. Maybe one of them is sleeping in Gerstburg. It is not that easy for the "Old Tune Group" to really make waves here.

Once they are exposed, the official forces in the open and the Eighth Research Institute in the dark will be enough to make them very uncomfortable, and they will be finished if they are not careful.

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong heard the sound of breaking glass and knew something had happened above, so they left the jeep without hesitation and ran into the apartment in front.

Because they had to cooperate with the Sheriff of Gerstburg in the investigation, they only brought basic weapons and walkie-talkies, and did not carry military exoskeleton devices and bionic smart armors.

At the same time, Jiang Baimian didn't think much, opened the door and sat directly in the driving position.

Shang Jianyao took one look, hurriedly got into the passenger seat, and shouted:

"Follow my command!"

Jiang Baimian said "uh" and woke up, not trying to be brave.

After Gnawa got on the jeep, Shang Jianyao began to give directions.

This place is only four hundred meters away from the Mining Federation building. If you take the avenue instead of the alley, the route is not complicated. Therefore, the "Old Adjustment Team" did not get lost and quickly arrived at the brown-colored exterior wall. Yellow destination.

There is a small square in front of the building. There are not too many people at this time, and no one stops here.

As soon as they parked their car, Jiang Baimian and others pushed out the door, crossed the square, and rushed to the main entrance of the Mining Federation.

There were many armed guards there. When they saw two humans "attacking" with a robot, they suddenly became nervous and raised their guns.

Just when the captain of this group of guards was about to give a warning to stop the intruders, Shang Jianyao shouted:

"Don't be afraid, my own people!"

The word "our own people" was deeply imprinted in the minds of the guards, and they relaxed one after another and lowered their guns.

"What happened, so urgent?" the guard captain asked curiously.

Shang Jianyao rushed towards them like a gust of wind and replied simply:

"There's a sniper on the roof!"

He ran past the guards and left a final sound in the wind:

"Kill old Moore..."

The guards of the Mining Federation suddenly understood and believed it.

A few seconds later, Jiang Baimian and others entered the hall of the Mining Federation. It was paved with stones excavated from the mountain. It was gorgeously decorated and resplendent. It was so spacious that it seemed like two teams could be formed to play basketball.

Before the woman in charge of the front desk could ask who she was looking for or what happened, she saw the group of people rushing to the elevator, leaving only the echoing footsteps.

She was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly picked up the phone and informed her boss.

"There is an elevator, as expected of the Mining Federation." Shang Jianyao pressed the button with great pleasure.

While waiting for the elevator, Jiang Baimian took the opportunity to take a breath:

“After all, it is Gerstburg’s pillar industry.”

Raised one rich man after another.

She then looked around and said thoughtfully:

“There are no cameras in the elevator...

"Is there such a shortage of electronic products here in the 'White Knights'?"

So much so that in places like the Mining Federation, there are only a few surveillance cameras.

"That seems to be the case." Gnawa responded based on the intelligence collected so far.

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"Maybe some people just don't want to install it so it doesn't get in the way."

No one responded to him, because the elevator reached the bottom floor, and the hall door and compartment door opened.

Jiang Baimian and Gennava took the lead in entering the elevator, and Shang Jianyao was not too slow.

"There are cameras here." Jiang Baimian looked up.

Shang Jianyao raised his hands without hesitation, pressed the corners of his eyes and mouth, and made a face at the camera.

With the elevator in hand, the "old tune team" quickly reached the top floor and climbed to the rooftop through the nearby stairs.

After finding the shooting location calculated by Gnawa, the three of them spread out and started checking for traces and searching the scene.

"It is indeed here..." It didn't take long for Gnawa to come to a conclusion.

"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded first, then frowned and said, "I have no other clues. I can only initially judge that he left through the stairs."

They found no items left by the sniper at the scene, nor did they find that the other party had left fingerprints or other things.

"Judging from the situation on site, this is indeed the case." Gnawa agreed.

Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist with his left palm and said:

"He knew there were cameras in the elevator!"

"Follow him and have a look." Jiang Baimian gave the order.

The seventeenth floor was not too high for the three of them. Just going down the stairs required very little physical exertion. After a while, they returned to the ground floor and found that the exit of the stairwell was very close to the back door of the building.

Going out from here is a wall and a sentry post.

Outside the guard post, because it was working time, there were not many people on the street, and they were coming and going in a hurry.

"Did you see a person just now?" Shang Jianyao asked several guards in the sentry.

Jiang Baimian helpfully added:

"He was carrying a longer box, or carrying it on his back."

The guards thought it was the sheriff investigating something, so they recalled it carefully and shook their heads one after another:

"never seen it."

"Did anyone leave through this door in the past ten minutes?" Jiang Baimian asked.

The guards once again gave a negative answer.

After looking at each other, Shang Jianyao and others returned to the stairwell.

"Either that person didn't leave the building at all, or he influenced the guards and made them ignore his existence. Well, the possibility of deleting the memory cannot be ruled out..." Jiang Baimian whispered to himself.

The reason for not considering climbing over the wall is because as soon as you exit the back door of the building, you will be seen by the soldiers at the guard post.

Gennava then said:

"On the street where you go out from the back door, most people seem to be working. No one is home during the day, so it is difficult to have witnesses."

Perhaps some pedestrians passing by encountered the sniper, but these pedestrians had already left the place, and the "old investigation team" would not be able to find them for a while.

Shang Jianyao suggested:

"Search the entire building, talk to everyone, and check the surveillance video."

"This will take too much time. The Sheriff of Gerstburg should be arriving soon and will not give us this opportunity." Jiang Baimian thought for a while, then showed a slight smile and said, "Hey, you and I will go back to More Under investigation there, Lao Ge, you stay nearby, find a place to monitor the front and back doors of the building, and see if that person will show up and leave in a big way after we 'give up'."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded this idea.

This is called luring the snake out of its hole.

…………

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao drove their Jeep back to Moore's apartment without any cover-up.

At this time, two sheriff's cars with white background and blue stripes were parked downstairs.

"It's pretty fast." Shang Jianyao praised.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"This shows that Gerstburg is relatively orderly."

The two chatted and made their way to the top floor, where they saw two security guards wearing bulletproof breastplates guarding the door.

"Who are you?" one of the security guards, who was taller than Shang Jianyao, asked angrily.

"Witness." Jiang Baimian replied with a smile.

After being notified, the two were allowed into the house and saw Bai Chen and Long Yuehong being investigated by a police officer.

The sheriff had a thick blond beard and blue eyes. He couldn't tell how old he was, but he couldn't be more than fifty.

He pointed at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, and said to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong:

"Is this your companion?"

"Yes." Bai Chen and Long Yuehong nodded at the same time.

The Sheriff then looked at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao and said:

"According to other eyewitness accounts, it was the two of you who visited Moore in the apartment."

"That's right." Jiang Baimian had already figured it out and replied calmly, "We did witness Moore being shot, but obviously, it has nothing to do with us. The bullet came from outside the window, from far away."

The on-site investigation can fully prove this. The blond-bearded Sheriff did not question it, nodded and asked:

"What did you do with Moir? Why did you leave in a hurry after the accident?"

"Looking for information from him, don't you know that he is an intelligence dealer? The answer to the latter question is to chase the sniper." Jiang Baimian smiled, "We are relic hunters, and this kind of opportunity to make a fortune is impossible. If you miss it, I think you won’t be stingy with the bounty, right? Moreover, don’t we still have our companions to protect the scene and wait for you to investigate?”

Before the Sheriff could ask any more questions, Shang Jianyao interjected coldly:

"If we really wanted to kill Moore, we wouldn't choose this time or this way. Instead, we would first control him and pretend that everything was fine with him, then secretly take him to the factory area and find an opportunity to throw him into molten iron. inside."

The audience was silent for a moment.