Therefore, if it were just a simple force field, Zhou Ziwei could easily make it move with incredible speed, like a streak of light.
However, with the addition of Zhou Ziwei, a living person, there is now more air resistance, so while the speed can still reach an extremely high level, it is not excessively fast.
Even flying at extremely high speed through the force field space, it still took Zhou Ziwei nearly half a minute to cover a distance of more than ten kilometers. As the troop base ahead came into view, Zhou Ziwei thought that in such an important base, especially with a small military airfield, there would be no way that it would lack advanced detection and alarm systems, or even military radar devices.
Therefore, if he were to fly straight over like that, he would immediately fall under the military's surveillance system.
Considering that this force field space was completely undetected when it passed through the airport security checkpoint, he figured that because of its ability to reverse the direction of force, this kind of force field space should be able to shield itself from detection and scanning.
With a thought, Zhou Ziwei instantly deformed the force field beneath his feet, surging up from all sides and transforming into the shape of a huge egg, completely enveloping his body.
Zhou Ziwei unexpectedly discovered that using this method to propel flight through the force field space increased the speed by nearly double. However, this also doubled the rate at which his soul power was consumed... It was truly a discovery that brought both pain and pleasure...
With a "whoosh," Zhou Ziwei, using a speed that was almost beyond the speed of sound, bypassed the layers of blockade around the military base in the blink of an eye and entered a small military airfield behind the base.
Upon closer inspection, the rotor of a military transport helicopter was seen spinning from slow to fast, clearly indicating that it was about to take off.
Damn... these guys really have a strong sense of time; they won't wait even a minute longer... Luckily, I used my force field space flight skill at the crucial moment. Otherwise, even if I were driving a Bugatti Veyron, I probably wouldn't be able to speed up much faster than a Santana on that busy road, and I'm afraid I still wouldn't make it in time.
Zhou Ziwei snorted inwardly. In a flash, the force field space suddenly stopped in front of the helicopter that was about to take off, and at the same time, Zhou Ziwei jumped down to the ground.
However, the inertia of such rapid flight is difficult to completely eliminate all at once. Zhou Ziwei still staggered forward two steps, and with a "thump," he slammed his hands heavily onto the landing gear of the military transport helicopter, finally eliminating the inertial force completely.
Because Zhou Ziwei was flying so fast, even someone with excellent eyesight could only see a blurry shadow passing through the air. So no one could see how Zhou Ziwei got there. The soldiers in pilot uniforms in the cockpit only saw a blur before their eyes, and suddenly a living person appeared out of nowhere in front of the helicopter, leaving them completely stunned.
"Who...who are you?" It took pilot Hao Wendong a long while to come to his senses. He opened the cockpit window, leaned out, and shouted at Zhou Ziwei in front of him.
Zhou Ziwei felt a sense of weakness and exhaustion throughout his body. He checked his surroundings briefly with his consciousness and was horrified to discover that just this short flight had directly depleted nearly three thousand of his soul power, causing his already low soul power to plummet to a dangerous level of less than five hundred.
It seems that this kind of force field space flight skill is useful, but it's also too wasteful to use... Fortunately, he didn't impulsively use this terrifying flight method on the way, otherwise... he probably would have died on the way because his soul power was exhausted before he even reached the troop's base. Soul power is the foundation of a soul. If the soul power is completely depleted, then no matter how strong your physical strength is, you may still be able to be completely destroyed at any time.
Zhou Ziwei gripped the helicopter's landing gear, feeling a pang of heartache for a moment. Then, he casually pulled out a high-quality soul bead that had fused with more than twenty souls from his pocket, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it.
Generally speaking, a complete soul possesses a soul power of around ten values. However, the souls that Zhou Ziwei used to refine the Soul Beads were mostly not ordinary people. They were either assassins or mercenaries. These specially trained individuals had much stronger soul power than ordinary people, with each of them possessing a soul power of around twenty values.
Therefore, the soul power contained in this soul bead, which has fused with more than twenty souls, is as high as more than five hundred.
After swallowing the soul bead, Zhou Ziwei's soul power reserves immediately surged from less than 500 to nearly 1,000 before stopping.
The replenishment of his soul power immediately alleviated Zhou Ziwei's weakness considerably. Just then, he heard Hao Wendong's questioning. Zhou Ziwei immediately pulled out the business card that Director Liu had given him, waved it in his hand, and said, "I was introduced by Director Liu Haining. He said I could take your plane directly to Kunming..."
Upon hearing this, Hao Wendong glanced at the business card in Zhou Ziwei's hand, then his expression changed, and he stammered, "You...you are Zhou Ziwei...you...you actually managed to get here from downtown Dangyang City in just fifteen minutes."
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"What? He actually got from downtown Dangyang to the military base 80 kilometers away in just fifteen minutes?"
In his office somewhere in Beijing, Liu Haining received a phone call from his subordinates and was speechless for a long time. After a while, he asked incredulously, "Um... are you sure he was actually in the city of Dangning at the time? Maybe... maybe he was already in the suburbs when he made the call?"
After a moment's pause, Liu Haining exclaimed in surprise again, "It really happened! His car flew into the river, but he appeared inside the military airfield at the troop's base less than a minute later... Even the military's monitoring system couldn't detect how he got inside the base? This... how is this possible... Okay, send me the video footage immediately... Oh, and immediately upgrade all information about Zhou Ziwei to Level C security..."
A few minutes later, when Liu Haining vaguely saw on the computer screen that the black Santana sedan leaped up like a black eagle and plunged straight into the surging river, he couldn't help but gasp.
He then replayed the scene in slow motion several times, but still couldn't figure out how Zhou Ziwei had left.
I couldn't help but wonder, could he have fallen into the river and then swam upstream to the military base...? Uh, that's highly unlikely. When Zhou Ziwei appeared at the base, his clothes weren't wet at all... And... swimming over ten kilometers upstream in less than a minute... I'd rather believe he grew wings and flew there than believe he could swim that fast. Anyway, it seems I underestimated this kid... Looks like I'll have to pay him more attention and take better care of him from now on...
More than three hours later, the military aircraft arrived at its destination—Kunming—a destination that would take civilian flights almost half a day to reach.
Zhou Ziwei was dropped off in an open space on the outskirts of Kunming, and he immediately dialed Liu Xiaofei's home phone number.
The phone rang for only a couple of rings before Liu Haiyang's urgent voice came through, "Is this Mr. Zhou? That's great, you finally called."
"What? Is there any news about Xiaofei again?" Zhou Ziwei asked, somewhat puzzled.
"They called again just half an hour ago. They said... that if you want Xiaofei to come back alive, you have to... you have to go and personally... to replace Xiaofei."
Liu Haiyang put it very difficult to say this. Asking someone to go to the hands of bandits to exchange his daughter for her was, as anyone would know, tantamount to handing his life over to someone else.
Liu Haiyang didn't want to say these words, and he believed that even if he did, Zhou Ziwei would scold him severely. Although he knew that Zhou Ziwei's feelings for Liu Xiaofei seemed to be quite good, he didn't think that Zhou Ziwei would sacrifice himself for Liu Xiaofei.
There are selfless people in this world, but Liu Haiyang has never met one in his life. Sacrificing one's own interests for the sake of others in small matters is not a big deal, but if it requires sacrificing one's own life to save others... I'm afraid no one would be willing to do such a thing.
Although Liu Haiyang had heard that Zhou Ziwei had once rescued Liu Xiaofei from a group of terrorists and even risked being blown up to remove the time bomb from Liu Xiaofei's body.
However, Liu Haiyang did not witness it firsthand and only had a vague understanding of what happened. In short, he did not quite believe that Zhou Ziwei was the kind of person who would be willing to take such a big risk just to save Liu Xiaofei. Perhaps there were other hidden reasons involved.
Zhou Ziwei was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that this was just a kidnapping incident carried out by a group of inexperienced novices. If it were an experienced kidnapper, he would be very careful in choosing his target. Not only would the target be rich and powerful, but the target would also be someone without a strong background.
Liu Xiaofei's family was clearly not very wealthy, and Liu Xiaofei himself was a policeman. Kidnapping a policeman would be very troublesome and would not bring much benefit. If those kidnappers were not novices, why would they do such a stupid thing?
However, upon hearing Liu Haiyang's words, he realized that the other party's real target was not Liu Xiaofei at all, but clearly himself. It seemed that the kidnappers knew that he was not easy to deal with, and they also found out that Liu Xiaofei and he had a close relationship, so they took this roundabout route.
Zhou Ziwei was secretly furious. He thought that after dealing with the potential threats from the Night Elves and the Black Market Assassin Network, he would have no worries for the time being. But he didn't expect that he would have such a thing happen again after only two days of peace and quiet.
The other party was clearly after him, but they also targeted Liu Xiaofei. This was what Zhou Ziwei found most intolerable. Zhou Ziwei wouldn't have ignored Liu Xiaofei's situation in the first place, and now that he knew she was kidnapped because of him, he was even less likely to ignore it. He immediately asked, "How can I get Xiaofei out of the kidnappers' hands?"
"Ah...you...you really want to go and get Xiaofei out...you...you're not kidding, are you!" Liu Haiyang could hardly believe his ears when he heard Zhou Ziwei's answer. After a long while, he stammered, "Those people said...that they'll call again later, just that we need to get in touch with you as soon as possible...I've already called you countless times, but I just can't get through..."
Zhou Ziwei nodded. He had been on the plane the whole time, and his phone had been switched off, so Liu Haiyang naturally couldn't get through to him.
There was no time for idle chatter. He quickly found out the exact location of Liu Xiaofei's house, then ran to the nearest road, flagged down a car, and arrived at Liu Xiaofei's house in less than ten minutes.
Hearing a knock at the door, Liu Haiyang and his wife immediately tensed up. But when they saw through the peephole that it was Zhou Ziwei, they were both stunned.
They thought Zhou Ziwei should still be in Dangyang at this time, and they never expected that he would actually arrive in Kunming in just three hours...
"Come, come...please come in quickly..." While Liu Haiyang was still in a daze, Liu Xiaofei's mother had no choice but to invite Zhou Ziwei in. She then hurriedly asked Liu Haiyang to invite Zhou Ziwei to sit down and talk. She then ran around serving Zhou Ziwei tea and water, and took some fruit from the refrigerator, placing them all in front of him.
Zhou Ziwei waved his hand somewhat awkwardly, about to say there was no need to be so polite, when the pink cell phone on the coffee table suddenly rang. The expressions on Liu Haiyang and his wife's faces immediately changed. Liu Haiyang then carefully picked up the phone, scanned the screen, and seeing that it was indeed an anonymous caller ID call, his expression grew even more serious. He turned to Zhou Ziwei and said, "This must be them calling again..."
Zhou Ziwei nodded and said, "Then let me pick them up! Anyway, the person they're looking for is me..."
Seeing this, Liu Haiyang hesitated for a moment, then handed the phone to Zhou Ziwei.
Zhou Ziwei took the phone and pressed the answer button. He then heard a hoarse male voice, clearly altered, say, "Zhou Ziwei should be at your house by now, right? Let him answer the phone!"
Upon hearing this, a strange light flashed across Zhou Ziwei's face. He had only been inside the Liu family for less than two minutes, and they already knew about it. He didn't believe this was just a coincidence. Clearly, the kidnappers had informants around the Liu family. While calmly answering their questions, he used his soul connection to release all the Kun pets he had brought with him, sending them to quickly search all the suspicious locations around the Liu family.
Liu Xiaofei's parents had been watching Zhou Ziwei closely as he answered the phone. Suddenly, a swarm of mosquitoes, fruit flies, ladybugs, and other insects flew up from his body, startling them. Liu's mother even instinctively covered her nose, wondering how many days it had been since Zhou Ziwei had showered, and how he had attracted so many flies and mosquitoes…
The sudden appearance of so many mosquitoes in the house was absolutely intolerable for Liu's mother, who was very clean. So she couldn't help but get up and find a piece of cardboard, intending to start a mosquito-killing campaign. But just as she found the right tool, Zhou Ziwei, who was on the phone, walked over and opened the door a crack. As a result, the entire swarm of flies and mosquitoes flew out through that narrow crack, leaving not a single one behind.
Liu's mother held the cardboard in her hand, stunned for a long time before finally putting it down. She was puzzled, wondering how the swarm of mosquitoes and flies could be so obedient, flying away in a swarm without leaving a single one. Could it be... that these things were actually raised by Zhou Ziwei?
She had never heard of anyone keeping flies and mosquitoes as pets, but... if they weren't pets, would there be such united and obedient flies and mosquitoes in the world?
Zhou Ziwei ignored Liu Xiaofei's parents' doubts. After Zhou Ziwei identified himself, the other party was silent for a few seconds, then let out a dry chuckle, followed by a cold snort, and said, "It seems this little girl is really important to you... to make you travel from Dangyang to Kunming in just three hours... impressive... impressive..."
Zhou Ziwei had no intention of wasting words with them. He also snorted coldly and said, "I agree to exchange myself for Liu Xiaofei. Since you've come to me, don't drag others into this. Tell me! How do you want me to exchange her? As long as you release Liu Xiaofei, I'll let you do whatever you want with me."
"Very good... He really is a kind and loyal man!" The hoarse voice on the phone exclaimed in praise before continuing, "If you really want to get Liu Xiaofei back, take this phone and go out right now. We'll let you know what to do later."
The other party hung up the phone immediately after speaking. Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment, but did not go out immediately. Instead, he turned to Liu Haiyang and said, "Uncle Liu, may I use your computer?"
Liu Haiyang vaguely heard some sounds from the side, especially the last sentence, and knew that the other party wanted Zhou Ziwei to go out immediately to bring back Liu Xiaofei. However, when he saw that Zhou Ziwei did not go out, but instead said that he needed to use the computer, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and for a moment he didn't know what kind of feeling he was.
It's understandable that Zhou Ziwei didn't want to take the risk. Although he secretly hoped that Zhou Ziwei would really give up his life to save Liu Xiaofei, he couldn't bring himself to ask for it.
For the time being, I could only pretend not to know, nodded, pointed to a door on the left, and said, "There's a computer in Xiaofei's room, you can use it yourself! Sigh..."
Hearing Liu Haiyang's sigh, Zhou Ziwei knew what he was worried about, but he didn't explain. He simply walked over quickly, pushed open the door, and without even taking a good look at Liu Xiaofei's room, rushed to the computer desk, turned on the computer, and after the boot process, Zhou Ziwei immediately went through a series of complicated operations to access the backend of the black market assassin network, contacted Vincent's ID, sent him a message, and then immediately shut down the computer.
This is the only way Zhou Ziwei can contact Vincent, because for members of the Black Market Killer Network, the internet is the safest place. If they use the phone, they could be intercepted and have their information leaked at any time. But if they use the internet, there should be no one who can access the system created by the so-called world's number one hacker behind the Black Market Killer Network and obtain any information.
After Zhou Ziwei turned off the computer, he didn't linger. He immediately picked up his phone, told Liu Xiaofei's parents, and then opened the door and went out.
After a brief search, the group of mosquitoes had basically identified two or three suspicious targets. However, Zhou Ziwei couldn't immediately take action against them. Instead, he sent a mosquito to each of them as a backup plan. In case he went out as arranged and found nothing, he could find other clues through those who might be informants.
As for the other Kun pets, he took them all back and kept them temporarily in his pocket.
Holding Liu Xiaofei's phone, Zhou Ziwei ran into the street, but before he could decide which way to go, his phone rang again: "A taxi will stop next to you in a bit. Don't say anything, just get in..."
The other party hung up the phone immediately after saying that sentence, and almost at the same time, a speeding taxi screeched to a halt next to Zhou Ziwei.
Without saying a word, Zhou Ziwei immediately opened the car door and got in.
Without a word, the taxi driver immediately started the car and drove at a moderate pace toward a street ahead...
About ten minutes later, the car stopped in what was clearly a newly developed residential area. Just as the car stopped, Zhou Ziwei's phone rang again: "Get out of the car, go upstairs... all the way to the rooftop..."
Zhou Ziwei silently turned off his phone, and then followed the other party's instructions to enter the new building, which looked like it had few households yet to move in. He climbed up the fire escape step by step to the top floor.
Zhou Ziwei didn't speed up; he climbed the stairs at a normal pace while releasing several Kun pets to quickly scout the situation on the rooftop.
When he saw the person standing on the top floor through the mosquito's sensory system, he was momentarily stunned...
How could it be her...?
Zhou Ziwei frowned, then had several Kun pets search the area again, but finding no other ambush, he suddenly quickened his pace and hurried forward.
Pushing open the small iron gate to the rooftop, Zhou Ziwei walked out expressionlessly, then went straight to a table and chairs under a parasol on the rooftop. He plopped down in a chair, faced the view below, sighed softly, and said, "Sun Xiaoyu, stop hiding... just come out and say what you have to say!"
"You... how did you know it was me?" A surprised voice rang out from behind Zhou Ziwei. Then, a tall, slender woman with a cold face jumped out from behind the water tank. It was none other than Sun Xiaoyu, the policewoman with a dual identity who had protected Zhou Ziwei for a long time in Tengchong.
Zhou Ziwei didn't turn around when he heard Sun Xiaoyu's voice. He just gently rubbed his nose and said in a pretentious tone, "I can smell your scent. It's been so long. Why are you still so cold every day?"
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he slowly turned his head, gave Sun Xiaoyu a meaningful look, and said, "Was it that Dr. Hong who sent you?"
Sun Xiaoyu's expression turned somewhat grim. She nodded slightly and said, "Xiaofei...she's alright. The doctor said that as long as you're willing to talk to him, he'll release Xiaofei immediately..."
Zhou Ziwei shook his head slightly, looked at Sun Xiaoyu with regret, and said, "You shouldn't have done that. You just wanted to talk to me. You could have just told me. Why did you have to kidnap Liu Xiaofei? Humph... I won't forgive you for this."
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 300 The Scavenger
Hearing Zhou Ziwei say he wouldn't forgive her, Sun Xiaoyu's face turned even uglier. However, she didn't explain anything further, only giving a somewhat awkward smile before saying to Zhou Ziwei, "The doctor wants to have a proper talk with you, but... he feels you're too dangerous, so... he asked me to discuss this with you. If you're sincere about wanting to talk to the doctor properly, please voluntarily put on these specially made handcuffs and leg irons..."
As Sun Xiaoyu spoke, she tossed a strangely styled ankle chain and a pair of exquisitely crafted handcuffs in front of Zhou Ziwei.
The handcuffs and leg irons didn't look very thick, and Zhou Ziwei believed that with his strength, even without any unlocking skills, he could probably break them with a single effort.
However, it's definitely not that simple in reality. Even Sun Xiaoyu has made it clear that these are specially made handcuffs and leg irons, so of course they can't be broken so easily.
Zhou Ziwei quickly used his soul power to see through it and immediately understood the mystery. It turned out that the handcuffs and leg irons were equipped with an inductive reactor, and the hollow parts of the handcuffs and leg irons were filled with something similar to a battery. The terrifying electrical energy contained in them was definitely several times stronger than that of an ordinary high-voltage stun gun.
Once someone puts this on, no matter how strong you are, it's useless. The sensitive inductive reactor will output high-voltage current according to the amount of force it bears. The greater the force on the handcuffs and anklets, the stronger the current it outputs.
This means that once you're locked up by this thing, you can only move around very carefully and quietly at all times. Otherwise, if the handcuffs and shackles on your body shake too much, they might automatically release a high-voltage current. And if someone tries to break it with great force, the electrical energy stored in the handcuffs and shackles might be released all at once, and it's not impossible that they could electrocute a person into a whole roasted lamb.
Having figured out the unusual features of the handcuffs and leg irons, Zhou Ziwei felt relieved.