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Zhong Kui's Diary
That's right, it's the Jigong Mountain Tunnel.
Due to the explosion, the tunnel has collapsed, and there are definitely no vehicles passing through the Jigong Mountain Tunnel now. Since there are no vehicles passing, parking the dump trucks inside will go unnoticed.
Mr. Qian deliberately triggered explosions at two locations: one in the sewer near Jinshan Road close to the People's Bank Underground Vault, and the other in the Jigong Mountain Tunnel. If the collapse of the Jinshan Road sewer was meant to prepare for robbing the vault's gold, then what was the purpose of the collapse in the Jigong Mountain Tunnel?
There is only one answer.
Retreat!
Mr. Qian is preparing for a retreat!
He has parked various vehicles inside beforehand. As soon as these three dump trucks enter, all the gold on them will be transferred to those vehicles, and then they will exit the tunnel separately. Since all surveillance cameras in Star City have been disabled, no one will know which vehicles came out of the tunnel or where they are headed.
In this way, five tons of gold can be transferred without anyone noticing. If these vehicles change several times on the road, it would be foolproof.
There are two important nodes in this plan.
The first important node is to use traffic congestion to draw all police forces in Star City to maintain traffic, ensuring that the dump trucks can reach the Jigong Mountain Tunnel smoothly without interference. A crucial aspect of this node is the Chief of the Public Security Bureau of Star City; only by controlling this position can one mobilize all police forces openly. Moreover, if someone notices something amiss, having this position allows one to turn a blind eye and even deploy police forces at critical moments to ensure smooth passage between Jinshan Road and Jigong Mountain Tunnel.
The second important node is all surveillance cameras in Star City. To avoid detection, it is necessary to disable all cameras in Star City. To attack all surveillance cameras and delete past data in the shortest time possible requires an insider within the traffic police monitoring center.
I suddenly thought of Jiang Minghao, the traffic police captain who was suspended at the beginning of this incident, and his acting deputy captain Meng Wei. Who could be a better insider than the traffic police captain? In other words, occupying this position would easily allow one to accomplish everything.
Lingfeng once mentioned that Meng Wei is a confidant of Wan Dahai; thus, he could also be Mr. Qian's person.
Knowing this makes it easy to understand why Mr. Qian wanted us driving around town and set a specific time for it. Under such circumstances, only temporary control of traffic lights could ensure reaching designated locations within a specified time.
Temporary control of traffic lights inevitably causes traffic congestion. It was precisely because of this congestion that the city secretary was stuck on Entrepreneurial Road for half an hour. In a fit of rage, he directly suspended Jiang Minghao and temporarily assigned Meng Wei to take over his position. There must have been some gray transactions involved; otherwise, even if the city secretary was angry, he wouldn't have acted so swiftly to suspend Jiang Minghao.
In summary, due to the Kidnapping Case, Meng Wei has taken over the position of Traffic Police Team leader from Jiang Minghao, and Meng Dahai has replaced Lingfeng as the Public Security Bureau Chief. These personnel changes have fully prepared Mr. Qian for robbing the vault.
This Mr. Qian has truly calculated everything meticulously.
Is there still any use in going to the Jigong Mountain Tunnel? A considerable amount of time has already passed, and according to Mr. Qian's meticulous thinking and watertight plan, it is likely that the gold has long been transported to an extremely secure location.
Damn, is it really too late to salvage this?
The phone in my hand rang; it was a call from Lingfeng.
“Zheng Nan, tell me everything you know. I just received a call from the Provincial Secretary; I have been reinstated and will begin investigating the theft of the gold from the vault,” Lingfeng said urgently.
Upon hearing this, I didn’t bother with any congratulations and relayed everything I knew to Lingfeng. He decisively responded, “I will immediately arrest Wan Dahai and Meng Wei. No matter what, we’ll apprehend them first. Yes, I will have Tang Zian take charge of crowd evacuation, and then mobilize all police forces to block various exits and check vehicles.”
After a pause, Lingfeng added, “Zheng Nan, you hurry to the Jigong Mountain Tunnel. I’ll arrange a Helicopter for you right away.”
“Alright, I’ll be at the Jinshan Road People's Bank.”
After hanging up, I informed Kong Xuan about Lingfeng’s reinstatement, which lifted his spirits: “Damn, finally some good news!”
The armed police captain Hua An and bank director Zeng were particularly concerned about this matter. Upon hearing what I said, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Captain Hua even exchanged contact information with me, stating that if support was needed, troops could be transported immediately by helicopter.
Before long, a helicopter landed on the street outside. Kong Xuan and I crouched as we boarded the Helicopter. Inside the cabin, besides the pilot, there were two armed Special Police. Once we boarded, the helicopter trembled slightly as if it were anxious to take off.
I put on my headset and greeted the two Special Police. I learned that they had been specifically assigned to us by Lingfeng, one named Lu Yao and the other named Mali. When I heard their names, I was somewhat surprised and asked, “Are you two families close?”
To my surprise, Lu Yao nodded: “Yes, my grandfather and his grandfather were sworn brothers.”
Wow, no wonder. Lu Yao knows Mali, time reveals a person's heart; what a good name! However, I'm not sure how to interpret this 'time'.
The helicopter quickly arrived above Jigong Mountain Tunnel. Just as the pilot was about to land, I suddenly said, "Brother, can we land at the other end of the tunnel?"
The pilot nodded and maneuvered the helicopter to the other end of the tunnel. Once it was stable, I got off with Kong Xuan, Lu Yao, and Mali, and we headed towards the tunnel.
Kong Xuan was a bit curious and asked as we walked, "Zheng Nan, why did you want to land here?"
"What's with all the questions?" I laughed. "There's no reason; I just suddenly had that thought. Haha, I like deeper caves. Is that a problem?"
Kong Xuan scoffed, and we quickened our pace.
Fortunately, the tunnel lights were still on, so we didn't have to walk in the dark. After walking briskly for about twenty minutes, we saw three dump trucks parked at the site of a tunnel collapse. The truck beds were raised high at the back, and the ground behind them was a mess of trampled mud.
As we approached, we noticed that besides the chaotic footprints on the ground, there were countless tire tracks. It was clear these were left by vehicles that had come to assist; it seemed we had arrived a step too late.
I took photos of the tire tracks and sent them to Lingfeng. Regardless of whether they would be useful or not, I figured a professional might be able to deduce something from them.
Searching through the cabs of the dump trucks, I found that all three were very clean and left no clues behind.
Just as we were about to leave empty-handed, Kong Xuan suddenly stopped me: "Zheng Nan, wait a moment."
I replied irritably, "What? Are you planning to stay and take some photos for WeChat?"
Kong Xuan ignored my teasing and frowned. "When we entered the tunnel from that end, the bomb activated automatically. The timer was set to zero seconds, meaning Mr. Qian had calculated that at a speed of 60 yards per second, traveling for zero seconds would trigger the explosion. We tested it afterward; zero seconds is exactly where the tunnel collapsed."
"Uh-huh." I nodded, unsure what Kong Xuan was getting at.
"We all thought Mr. Qian must have had a reason for setting the explosion point here," Kong Xuan continued.
"Exactly!" I shrugged my shoulders. "But we searched thoroughly at the collapse site and found nothing unusual."
"But we have only searched the collapsed end of the tunnel; we haven't searched this side, have we?" Kong Xuan pointed at the collapse point of the tunnel, his eyes shining.
"What do you mean..." I vaguely thought of a possibility.
"Let's analyze it again. Mr. Qian used the tunnel collapse to park the dump truck inside the tunnel, and then used various means of transportation to transfer the gold out, right?" Kong Xuan asked me.
"Yes," I nodded.
"In theory, this plan is quite good. However, what if there are special circumstances and the entrance gets blocked? Don't say it's impossible; there are too many possibilities. The simplest example is if the theft of the Underground Vault is discovered early, and the stationed soldiers report the situation up the chain. At that point, there could be officials even more powerful than Wan Dahai who would mobilize troops to seal off all entrances. That possibility does exist, doesn't it?" Kong Xuan cleared his throat lightly. "Given Mr. Qian's meticulous thinking, he would definitely design a backup plan for this operation. Even if an emergency occurs and these transport vehicles are captured, it wouldn't affect his plan."
I slapped my forehead in realization: "If Mr. Qian wants to leave a backup plan, the best way would be to hide the gold somewhere. And this hiding place needs to be both concealed and convenient."
A location that is both concealed and convenient must be this tunnel in front of us, right? In other words, at this collapse point, there must be something else going on; there might even be a secret passage. Otherwise, Mr. Qian wouldn't have designed a collapse here.
After exchanging glances with Road Distance and Horse Power, the four of us began searching for a possible secret passage along the collapse site.
Initially, I thought this search would take us a long time, but unexpectedly, just half a minute later, Kong Xuan shouted loudly: "I found it! Over here! Over here!"
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