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As soon as Gu Chen entered the factory, he immediately adopted a crouching position. He glanced around and confirmed that there was no one else present before slowly beginning to move.
"Don't rush into action," Mary said through the radio. "Take a look at the terrain and layout. I need to create a 3D model on the computer for real-time calculations, so we won't be caught off guard."
I stood beside Mary, watching her computer screen. On the left side were images from a row of cameras, while on the right was software displaying a rotating model of the building, nearly identical to what Gu Chen was seeing. Mary truly lived up to her reputation as one of our country's top computer experts, managing such rapid calculations.
Through Gu Chen's camera feed, we could see that after entering through the main door, there were garages on the left side, but not a single car inside. This further confirmed that the factory had long been abandoned. On the right side were the factory's roll-up doors, currently closed, obscuring what lay beyond.
Gu Chen pressed against the wall, moving swiftly like an agile cat. Before long, he reached the side of the roll-up door. Unsure of what awaited him inside, he hesitated to open it. He pressed his ear against the door, seemingly trying to listen for any sounds from within.
After lingering by the door for a moment, Gu Chen circled around it. After turning a corner, several windows with iron bars came into view. Instead of peering inside, he pulled out a rubber camera from his pocket and gently tossed it in.
The camera rolled twice before coming to a stop. During its movement, we saw no signs of life. However, it was positioned too low to capture anything beyond a few dozen centimeters above the ground. In other words, if there were people inside, we would only see their legs.
Mary's voice came through again: "Gu Chen, it seems there's no one inside at the moment, but we don't know how many floors this factory has. Take a look around."
Hearing Mary's words, Gu Chen made a 'K' gesture in front of the camera before leaning in to look inside. Through the camera on his chest, we could confirm that indeed there was no one in the factory. The interior was spacious and filled with some iron racks, broken tables, and discarded boxes.
From the marks on the ground, it appeared this place had once housed lathes; however, after being abandoned, it seemed that the owner had sold off all the machinery, leaving behind empty rooms. The space was large, and along one wall was a staircase leading to the second floor.
The second floor had a square layout with an empty center.
There were several closed doors upstairs with windows that provided no view of what lay within.
The factory itself wasn't particularly large; it was just located in a remote area. No wonder there was such a long line of garages—transportation seemed to be a major issue for this place.
After circling around the yard and tossing out several cameras, Gu Chen realized that this former workshop was indeed the most suspicious area. However, it was strange that such a vast yard had no guards at all. This was quite unexpected; did the kidnappers really believe we wouldn't find this place?
Gu Chen threw out several cameras and deliberately tossed some onto the roof so we could gain a comprehensive understanding of the factory's layout. Meanwhile, Mary's software continued calculating details about the factory's structure; at this point, the exterior had taken shape while work on the interior remained incomplete.
The workshop was the most likely place where Liu Yinyan and Liu Fei'er were being held, as well as the most probable hideout for the kidnappers.
Gu Chen continued walking forward until a building appeared in the yard. Seemingly noticing something, Gu Chen paused to assess the situation of the house. After waiting for a while, no one came out. He drew his handgun from behind, attached a silencer, and slowly approached the building.
In the footage, Gu Chen was seen using hand signals. Since his face was not visible, the tactical gestures could not be clearly interpreted; we could only guess what situation he had discovered.
He cautiously moved forward and tossed a camera inside.
"There's no one inside!" Mary said upon seeing the footage.
Only then did Gu Chen feel relieved enough to enter. As he stepped inside, the camera feed revealed that this place was a kitchen. There was an induction cooker and a large pot inside, with the lid carelessly thrown aside. The pot still contained some broth and a few leftover fish.
It seemed that the kidnappers indeed had Braised Fish for lunch; they really had gone all out.
Next to the induction cooker was a rice cooker. Gu Chen squeezed it gently; the rice inside had not completely hardened, indicating they had just finished eating not long ago. It appeared there were no guards in the yard because they had just had their meal. In one corner of the room stood a large water tank, half-filled with water, suggesting that these people had been living here for some time.
Beside the water tank was a faucet. Gu Chen turned it gently, but no water flowed out.
This factory had been abandoned; it must have been cut off from water and electricity. If the kidnappers had pulled a wire from a transformer, it would have been dangerous but still possible. However, there was no way they could have dug a water pipeline by themselves in just a month.
This indicated that among the kidnappers, there were not only desperate criminals but also some skilled individuals.
Not far from the kitchen was another building. Gu Chen walked over and made a gesture before opening the door, seemingly having caught a whiff of feces.
Continuing to walk to another side, he found a rectangular brick house with two doors on either side and windows in between, though all the glass was shattered. Gu Chen stealthily approached and tossed in a rubber camera. Through the camera, we could see that this place was a large dormitory with earthen beds built against the walls, enough for ten people to sleep on. Scattered bedding suggested that those fugitives had been living here for months.
Just as Gu Chen intended to move forward, we saw through the rubber camera he had left earlier that one person emerged from the restroom while another approached from the opposite side. We couldn't see their faces; we could only observe two pairs of feet moving about restlessly.
"Gu Chen!" Mary hurriedly said, "Two people are coming from different directions. Quickly hide under the bed!"
Just as Gu Chen was about to act, Captain Shao shouted, "Upstairs! Hurry!"
Mary had been born into a wealthy family and had likely never seen what a kang was. The kang was sealed off underneath, leaving no space; if Gu Chen chose to go in, he would definitely be exposed in no time.
Hearing the commands from Mary and Captain Shao, Gu Chen barely had time to express his gratitude. He stepped onto the window ledge and pushed himself up with force, pressing his body against the wall. With a strong effort from his waist, one foot climbed up. Just as Gu Chen was lifting his other foot, a figure appeared around the corner.
Gu Chen placed another rubber camera at the edge of the roof, and that was when we finally saw the face of its owner.
The person was none other than Old Zhang, who had escaped from us earlier!
Old Zhang was humming a tune as he walked in, and at that moment, another person came around the corner. This person was unfamiliar to us; he had long hair and a face full of flesh. A long scar ran from his left eye to the right corner of his mouth, giving him a menacing appearance. There was a large mole at the corner of his left mouth, with a hair growing out of it.
Old Zhang greeted this man before stepping into the house.
Once inside, Old Zhang lay down on the kang as if he wanted to take a nice nap. However, when he did so, it startled us. Old Zhang had unwittingly laid right on top of the rubber camera that Gu Chen had thrown in earlier.
Suddenly, Old Zhang sat up abruptly, rubbing his back. Although the camera couldn’t pick up sound, we could easily imagine what happened; Old Zhang must have yelped in surprise. Immediately after, a hand grabbed the camera, and the screen went black.
Then, the black screen disappeared, replaced by Old Zhang's large face as he scrutinized the camera closely.
Our expressions turned serious as cold sweat broke out on our foreheads. Although this camera was well disguised, if he removed the outer rubber layer, he would reveal the internal circuit. If Old Zhang were careless, we could easily be exposed. And right now, we didn’t even know where our hostage was.
At that moment, Old Zhang turned his head to one side; it seemed Scarface had entered.
Old Zhang shrugged and tossed the camera into the corner of the bed. Unfortunately for us, it was aimed at the wall, so all it captured was a yellowed wall with nothing else visible.
We let out a sigh of relief; it seemed that Old Zhang had not become suspicious.
Gu Chen remained on the rooftop, hesitant to make any sudden moves for fear of being exposed.
Five minutes later.
"Gu Chen, come down from the spot with no windows, and be careful," Captain Shao said slowly.
Gu Chen made a 'K' gesture but immediately climbed down. It turned out that two more people were approaching from one side. One was wearing a hat and carrying a backpack, looking quite youthful—he seemed to be only in his teens.
The other person wore a mask, a black face mask. On the dark mask was painted a wide-open mouth, bright red, and at the position of the left eye, there was a painted tear of blood.
After waiting for a moment, no one else appeared.
Gu Chen flipped off the wall and headed toward the kitchen.
He found a rag in the kitchen, dampened it in the water tank, and then moved to the workshop's barred window from the other side.
There wouldn’t be too many kidnappers; with four men in that room, there were likely very few people left in the workshop.
And Liu Fei'er and Liu Yinyan must be inside.
Gu Chen planned to sneak in and investigate.
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