Chapter 2400 How could she forget?

"Professor Wang has been behaving very abnormally recently." Fan Tianlei continued, "He often goes to some remote places alone, and also buys a lot of materials that are completely unrelated to his research field, such as high-energy batteries, signal transmitters, etc..."

"Could it be that Professor Wang is conducting some secret research?" Qin Yuan asked.

"It's possible." Fan Tianlei nodded, "But we can't rule out other possibilities, such as... he may have been subverted by foreign forces and is providing them with intelligence."

Hearing this, Zhang Qiang couldn't help but take a breath.

"So, your mission is..." Fan Tianlei paused, "Find Professor Wang and find out what he has been doing recently. If you find that he has really been subverted, arrest him on the spot!"

"Yes!" Qin Yuan and the team members responded in unison.

"This mission is very important and full of unknown dangers." Fan Tianlei looked at them with expectations and trust in his eyes, "I believe you will be able to complete the mission excellently!"

After receiving the mission, Qin Yuan immediately began to investigate Wang Fengpu's whereabouts.

By retrieving Wang Fengpu's mobile phone location records and bank statements, Qin Yuan discovered that he had been going to a place called "Starry Sky Observatory" recently.

"Starry Sky Observatory?" Qin Yuan frowned, "Why does this name sound so familiar..."

He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard of this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Boss, I found it!" At this time, Li Ergou, who was responsible for the online search, suddenly shouted excitedly, "Starry Sky Observatory, it's on a mountain on the outskirts of the city, it's the largest private astronomical observatory in the country!"

"Private astronomical observatory?" Qin Yuan frowned even more tightly, "A professor who studies quantum mechanics, why would he go to an astronomical observatory for nothing?"

He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, feeling that this mission might not be as simple as he imagined...

Qin Yuan lit a cigarette, and the thick smoke spread in front of his eyes, blurring his knife-like firm face. Starry Sky Observatory, this name is like a thorn, piercing his mind, making him vaguely uneasy.

"A professor who studies quantum mechanics goes to an astronomical observatory... Is he studying time travel?" Zhang Qiang touched his chin, looking incredulous, "This is too much!"

Li Ergou rolled his eyes at the side: "Do you think you are making a movie? Time travel! I think this Professor Wang is probably crazy about his research and thinks he is an alien!"

"Shut up!" Qin Yuan blew out a smoke ring coldly, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

The Starry Sky Observatory is located on a sparsely populated mountain on the outskirts of the city, with only a rugged mountain road leading to the top of the mountain. Qin Yuan and his group drove a military off-road vehicle and meandered up the mountain road in the night.

"Boss, do you think Professor Wang has really been turned?" Wang Yanbing, who was driving, suddenly asked, "If this country's number is really leaked, it will be a big trouble!"

"No, Professor Wang is an internationally renowned physicist, how could he do such a thing?" He Chenguang, who was sitting in the co-pilot, retorted, "I think there must be some misunderstanding!"

"Whether there is a misunderstanding or not, we will know when we find Professor Wang." Qin Yuan said coldly, "Everyone, cheer up and be vigilant!"

As the altitude increases, the mountain road becomes more and more difficult to walk, and the off-road vehicle moves slowly in the bumps. The beams of light from the headlights penetrate the dense woods and project two strange beams of light in the dark.

"Stop!" Qin Yuan suddenly shouted.

Wang Yanbing slammed the brakes, and the off-road vehicle shook violently and stopped on the side of the road.

"What's wrong, boss?" Wang Yanbing asked in confusion.

Qin Yuan did not answer, he opened the car door and walked down.

"Hush!" Qin Yuan signaled everyone to keep quiet. He squatted down and carefully observed the ground.

Under the illumination of the car lights, a row of clear tire tracks appeared on the ground. These tire tracks were very new and were obviously left in the past few days.

"Someone has been here." Qin Yuan stood up with a cold look, "and there was more than one car."

"It seems that our Professor Wang is really 'welcome'." Zhang Qiang sneered, "I just don't know if these 'guests' are here to visit, or..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a shrill alarm from the direction of the top of the mountain, breaking the silent night sky.

"No! We've been tricked!" Qin Yuan's face changed, "Quick, go up the mountain!"

The alarm sounded louder and louder, echoing in the empty mountains and forests, like a spell to urge death, making people tremble with fear.

"Damn it, I told you this mission is not that easy!" Zhang Qiang cursed as he jumped out of the car and skillfully checked his equipment. "What on earth is Professor Wang doing? Why is he running to this desolate mountain? He made me follow him and be scared in the middle of the night!"

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!" Qin Yuan growled, like a vigilant cheetah, and rushed into the dark woods first.

They ran quickly towards the observatory on the top of the mountain in the faint moonlight. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, with thorns and gravel everywhere. From time to time, the strange cries of nocturnal animals were heard, adding a bit of weird atmosphere.

"Boss, look!" He Chenguang, who was running in front, suddenly stopped and pointed to an open space not far ahead and said, "What is that?"

Qin Yuan looked in the direction of He Chenguang's finger and saw several black SUVs parked in the open space, which looked particularly awkward in the night. The car door was wide open, and several corpses were lying on the ground. The ground was stained red with blood, which looked particularly shocking under the pale moonlight.

"They're all dead..." Wang Yanbing took a breath, and cold sweat broke out in the palm of his hand holding the gun. "Look at this technique, it's so clean and neat, it doesn't look like it was done by ordinary people."

"They are mercenaries." Qin Yuan squatted down and carefully checked the bullet casings on the ground. His tone was cold, "And he is a well-trained professional killer."

"Damn, these guys are so audacious, they even dare to touch our scientists!" Zhang Qiang was furious and wanted to pull these guys out and cut them into pieces immediately.

"It seems that Professor Wang is in danger." Qin Yuan stood up, a cold light flashed in his eyes, "We must find him as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

They approached the vehicles cautiously, alert to the surrounding movements. Suddenly, Qin Yuan's ears twitched, and he seemed to hear something. He turned back suddenly and roared: "Who?!"

Before he finished speaking, a black shadow sprang out from the woods like lightning and rushed towards Qin Yuan's door. Qin Yuan was on guard for a long time. He turned sideways to avoid the black shadow's attack, and at the same time swept his whip leg towards the opponent's waist.

With a muffled sound of "Bang!", the black shadow was kicked away by Qin Yuan and hit a big tree heavily, letting out a painful groan.

Qin Yuan took a closer look and saw a tall foreign man struggling to get up from the ground. He wore a black mask on his face, revealing only a pair of murderous blue eyes.

"Who are you?" Qin Yuan asked coldly, the gun in his hand already pointed at the opponent.

"The person who wants your life!" The foreign man laughed ferociously, suddenly pulled out a dagger from his waist, and rushed towards Qin Yuan...

Before the foreign man finished speaking, the dagger in his hand pierced Qin Yuan's throat with a cold light. Qin Yuan remained calm and tilted his head slightly, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow. The dagger slashed across his ear, and the sharp blade even cut off a few of his hairs.

"It's quite fast!" Qin Yuan sneered, flipped his wrist, and the gun in his hand wound up like a snake, tightly clasping the foreign man's wrist.

The foreign man's expression changed, obviously he didn't expect Qin Yuan to react so quickly. He exerted force on his wrist, trying to break away from Qin Yuan's grasp, but found that the other party's hands were like iron pliers, motionless.

"With this little strength, you still want to kill me?" A trace of disdain flashed in Qin Yuan's eyes, and his fingers suddenly exerted force.

"Crack!"

The sound of broken bones was particularly harsh in the silent night. The foreign man let out a scream, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground.

"Tell me, who sent you here?" Qin Yuan pulled off his mask and put the muzzle of the gun on the foreign man's forehead, his tone as cold as if he came from the Nine Nether Hell.

"Want to know? Go to hell and ask the King of Hell!" the foreign man said through gritted teeth, his eyes full of resentment.

"You're quite tough!" Qin Yuan sneered, tilting his gun slightly, "Don't tell me? Then I'll beat you until you tell me!"

"Wait!" At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from the woods, with a hint of panic in her tone, "Stop, don't hurt him!"

Qin Yuan frowned, turned around and saw a woman in a white coat walking out of the woods. The woman was tall, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and had an anxious look on her face. She was exactly the target of their trip—Professor Wang’s assistant, Li Xiaolin.

"Miss Li, are you okay?" Seeing Li Xiaolin appear, Wang Yanbing and others quickly gathered around and asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Li Xiaolin shook her head, her eyes fell on the foreign man who was subdued by Qin Yuan, a complicated look flashed in her eyes, "He is my friend, don't hurt him."

"Friend?" Zhang Qiang laughed out loud as if he heard some joke, "Miss Li, are you sure you're not mistaken? This guy is here to kill people. Do you call this a friend?"

"He's not a bad person, he's just..." Li Xiaolin opened her mouth, as if she wanted to explain something, but didn't know what to say.

"Just what?" Qin Yuan asked coldly, staring at Li Xiaolin sharply, "Miss Li, I hope you understand the current situation. We are performing a mission, not playing house. If you knew something What, it's better to say it now, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, what?" Li Xiaolin took a deep breath and seemed to have made some decision. She met Qin Yuan's eyes and said word by word, "Otherwise, I will die with him!"

Before she finished speaking, Li Xiaolin suddenly took out a scalpel from her waist and put it against her neck. The sharp blade instantly cut her fair skin, and blood slowly flowed down the blade, which looked particularly dazzling under the pale moonlight...

Qin Yuan narrowed his eyes, the muzzle of the gun was still pointing steadily at the foreign man's head, as if he had not seen Li Xiaolin's movements, and his tone was so cold that there was no warmth: "Miss Li, it seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet, not now." When you are willful."

Li Xiaolin's fingers trembled slightly, and blood dripped down the blade of the scalpel, glowing with a strange red light in the moonlight. She bit her lip, looked at Qin Yuan stubbornly, and said word for word: "I don't care who you are or what you want to do. I only know that he is my friend. I can't just watch." You hurt him!"

"Friend?" Wang Yanbing, who had been silent, suddenly laughed, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Ms. Li, your friend is really special. He stayed up late at night and ran to this wilderness with a knife, just to reminisce with you?"

Li Xiaolin's face turned pale, but she was powerless to refute. She couldn't say that this foreign man was a mercenary she hired at a high price, and his purpose was to snatch the research results from Professor Wang, right?

"Ms. Li, you'd better put down the knife and talk it over." Professor Wang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke with a hint of fatigue in his tone, "You should know that you can't solve the problem by doing this."

Li Xiaolin turned her head to look at Professor Wang, with a trace of struggle in her eyes. Of course, she knew that doing this would not solve the problem, but what could she do? She was desperate!

"Put down the knife?" The foreign man who had been pointed at his head by Qin Yuan suddenly spoke in poor Chinese with a hint of disdain in his tone, "Li Xiaolin, what are you still hesitating about? Have you forgotten the agreement between us? As long as you help me get the things, I promise..."

"Shut up!" Li Xiaolin turned her head suddenly and interrupted the foreign man's words harshly. She never thought that this foreign man who was always polite in front of her would say such words at this time!

"What? Am I wrong?" The foreign man sneered with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Li Xiaolin, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Do you think they will let you go if you do this? Don't be naive! What they want is Professor Wang's research results. Once they succeed, you and I will have only one way to go!"

Li Xiaolin's body trembled violently, and her face turned pale in an instant. The words of the foreign man, like a thunder, exploded in her ears, making her feel like she was falling into an ice cave.

Yes, how could she forget it?

These people are not good people at all!

What they want is Professor Wang's research results, and she is just a chess piece, a chess piece that can be sacrificed at any time!

"Li Xiaolin, don't listen to his nonsense!" Professor Wang's face changed, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop Li Xiaolin, but it was too late.

Li Xiaolin took a deep breath, and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. She suddenly put the scalpel against her neck, and her tone was cold without a trace of warmth: "You go, let him go, I promise not to tell anyone about what happened today!" (End of this chapter)