Starting from the Red Moon

"The intersection point?"

Lu Xin was slightly startled when he heard what they said, and asked: "How long will it take?"

Corporal Han Bing in the channel hesitated for a moment and answered: "It's not certain yet!"

Lu Xin understood the problem she was talking about.

In today's high-walled city, especially in the satellite city that serves as a buffer for the main city, the personnel are very complicated. I don't know how many of them have entered the high-walled city not long ago and have not obtained permanent residency status, or even sneaked in. Not everyone's identity can be quickly checked, and public facilities such as surveillance cameras are not popular in satellite cities.

This is not the main city. Except for important areas such as the administrative office and the material department, there are no cameras installed or they are damaged.

Lu Xin has no doubt about the execution and energy of the special operations team.

But in this case, it is very troublesome to find out the routes of these people before their death and find the intersection point in a short time.

So he hesitated for a moment and said, "Is there any faster way?"

After a slight pause, he explained, "After all, tomorrow is the eighth day, and it is very likely that someone will be infected again!"

After listening to his words, there was a moment of silence in the channel.

The three members of the investigation team also cast a complicated look at Lu Xin at this time.

They understood Lu Xin's concerns.

If we follow the pattern of those who took revenge on Qin Ran before, one person took revenge on him on the first day, two on the second day, and four on the fourth day, then tomorrow, there should be eight people seeking revenge on him. In fact, it may not take until tomorrow. Theoretically, eight new "avengers" may appear after twelve o'clock tonight.

In other words, there are eight more innocent victims.

Such concerns are a very normal thing, but it is a bit surprising to hear them from Lu Xin.

"I agree with Lu Xin!"

After a while, Chen Jing's voice came from the channel: "It's not about saving people or not. What we do has always been saving people. As long as the pollution source can be removed, many people will be saved invisibly. This cannot be the focus of our work!"

"The focus of our work and the highest priority goal is to remove the pollution source, always!"

"I agree with his opinion because efficiency is very important in dealing with the source of mental pollution!"

"If we thoroughly investigate the routes that the polluted people took before their death and compare them, it will take too long!"

"During this period of time, the pollution source is likely to undergo unexpected changes..."

"..."

After a brief pause, she said: "According to the current information, since the polluted 'Avengers' all claimed to seek revenge on Qin Ran, and Cui Wang was the first 'Avenger', it means that Cui Wang must have some connection with the pollution source. Even if there are no suspicious points at the place where he was killed and the place where his body was dumped, it does not rule out the possibility that the real pollution source is nearby, and the possibility is very high!"

"Let's assume that the pollution source is in that area, and then analyze it!"

"There are no residents in that abandoned industrial area, and there are few people, so the focus does not need to be on where the intersection is..."

"You can focus on where in the vicinity of that area is more likely to be the intersection!"

"..."

Hearing this, Lu Xin's eyes lit up slightly.

Chen Jing's analysis was a little unexpected to him, but she made him like her decision.

"Yes!"

Han Bing's voice disappeared in the channel for a while, and there was a sound of turning over a blueprint, as if she was observing the map and data. After a while, her voice sounded again: "There are about four places near the abandoned industrial area in the south of the city where people may gather!"

"One is the fertilizer factory in the southwest, where about 200 workers work. Usually, workers go to and from work by shuttle buses, but it is not ruled out that some employees may walk home alone and pass by the abandoned industrial area; in addition, about 3,000 meters west of the abandoned industrial area, there is a large garbage station, where some street children and beggars often gather to pick up garbage..."

"In addition, according to the information, there will also be some illegal elements who choose to trade in that area!"

"..."

Lu Xin subconsciously glanced at Qin Ran.

Qin Ran couldn't hear the sound coming from the channel, and was squatting on the side smoking. Lu Xin looked at him inexplicably.

At this time, Chen Jing had already made a decision: "Send these locations to the investigation team!"

"Ding ding..."

Soon, a faint light appeared on the black screen on the arms of the three armed members of the investigation team.

Lu Xin leaned over to take a look and saw that it showed some maps with complex lines and signs.

He carefully distinguished it and saw that it was the map of the entire south of Satellite City No. 2, with several red dots marked on it.

"Sent it right away?"

"Really high-tech..."

He secretly smacked his lips in his heart: "But I heard from the dean that such technology was common before the Red Moon incident?"

"Now you can go over and check one by one!"

Chen Jing's voice rang out in the channel, as if explaining to Lu Xin, "Spiritual pollution seems to be disordered and chaotic, but as long as it exists, there are certain rules and characteristics, and as long as we summarize these rules and characteristics, we can clean it up at the lowest cost. A professor once said that in the face of these crazy things, reason is the only advantage of human beings!"

Lu Xin listened and admired: "Who is that professor?"

Chen Jing was silent for a while, and said: "You are focusing on the wrong point!"

Lu Xin blushed and said, "Oh".

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"Go straight, then turn left!"

The jeep drove slowly through the desolate factory area in the south of the city. The night had already fallen, and the surroundings were shrouded in a dark night. Only a red moon hung in the sky, sprinkling scarlet moonlight on this dead and chaotic city.

As the lights of the jeep tore through the dark red night, illuminating the weeds and broken roads on the roadside, Lu Xin and his team had arrived at the southern edge of the city, approaching the high wall. Every high-walled city is the same. The closer to the high wall, the more desolate and sparsely populated it is. Except for the patrol troops on guard on the sentry tower every three kilometers, no human figures can be seen.

And this is already the last place that Lu Xin and his team will check this time.

Unlike Lu Xin's imagination, the pollution investigation does not seem as exciting as imagined, but rather a bit boring. Every time they arrive at a location, they stop and use instruments to carefully test it. After confirming that there is no problem again and again, they will rush to the next place.

During the inspection, everyone's nerves were tense, and they would relax only after getting in the car.

Soon, the car drove into the fourth suspicious location marked on the map. It was a half-built construction site, and even some building foundations that had been laid long ago but were now overgrown with weeds could be seen.

Han Bing's whispered explanation came from the channel: After the situation inside the high city wall stabilized earlier, there was a period of rapid population growth. At that time, the Administrative Office had considered renovating this place again and making it a mixed residential and industrial area. Unfortunately, it was patronized by the Church of Science and Technology, resulting in a heavy loss of personnel in Satellite City No. 4. The excess population moved there, and this place was abandoned.

In fact, the entire southern area of ​​Satellite City No. 2 is now a reserve land to be developed.

It is said that the biggest dream of the Administrative Office is to have more people to fill these places.

...

...

With the lights of the jeep breaking through the darkness ahead, it soon illuminated a sparkling place.

Lu Xin and others got off the car, only to find that there was actually a pond.

It should have been a big pit, but the terrain was too low, and the rainwater accumulated, turning it into a wild lake that looked quite large. By the lake, the weeds were knee-high, and there was a path that was invisible unless you looked carefully, passing by the lake and extending all the way to the city.

As soon as he got off the car, Lu Xin realized something was wrong.

His sister, who had run away while he was in the car, appeared by the lake at this time.

She was squatting in the weeds by the lake, her eyes shining, staring at the lake carefully.

Hearing the sound of Lu Xin getting off the car, she suddenly turned around and said excitedly: "Brother, there are fun things here..."

"Fun things?"

Lu Xin's heart tightened a little, and he hurried over.

He knew that his sister's aesthetics were different from others, so the fun things she said...