Mystery Hunter - Chapter 196

[Chapter 196 Time Bomb]

“Don’t move, there’s something in this box.” Jiang He said in a cold tone to Shui Xinlan who was still worried.

Jiang He’s seriousness made Shui Xinlan’s heart keep pounding. She squatted down slowly, and got out from under Jiang He’s arm. Jiang He, on the other hand, moved the box slowly. Old Shao also saw the clue, he swept the debris on the table beside him on the ground, allowing Jiang He to lay the box flat on the table.

The “crackling” sound of debris falling to the ground caught the attention of the rest. They all looked this way, but saw Jiang He and Shao Lao carefully looking at a boxy box. The box is a very ordinary cardboard box, except that the opening and closing of the carton are sealed with tape, there are no other signs or decorations on the outside of the carton.

You can’t see what’s inside from the outside of the box.

“What’s wrong?” Shui Xinlan asked nervously, standing aside.

“Listen to the sound,” Jiang He said.

“Sound?” Shui Xinlan stared at the box.

All held their breaths, paying attention to what was in the box. Even Guan Deng, who was playing games on the side, and Xu Yiman, who was cooking in the kitchen, felt the sudden solidified atmosphere in the room, and could not help but approached, but the atmosphere didn’t make a sound and listened quietly.

Like the deep night, the long night is extremely silent.

“Da, da, da.” The voice was extremely low, but very rhythmic, like the sound of the hands of a clock ticking. But across the box, the sound is a little misty, sometimes it can be heard, and sometimes it is hidden in the box. But what is in this ordinary box?

Is it a clock? It feels weird to think about.

“Who sent the box?” Shao Lao looked at Shui Xinlan.

Shui Xinlan hurriedly said: “When I went to open the door just now, there was no one outside the door. I saw the back of a child descending the stairs and disappearing into the distance. It is estimated that the child placed it at the door. But I didn’t see the kid’s face, he was about 1.34 meters tall.”

“Could it be some kind of courier?” Yuan Jun scratched his head.

Jiang He shook his head, no nonsense: “Any courier will have the order number on the box, and even if it is torn off later, it will definitely leave a tear mark, but this box is obviously not. I have a percentage. Ninety percent of the confidence is that this box has not been couriered, and the person who delivered the box placed it directly with us.”

“It may be a prank.” Xu Yiman was still wearing an apron and holding a spatula in his hand: ” Didn’t it come from a child? Sometimes children are so naughty.”

“Time bomb.” Jiang He opened his mouth, but it was a bit surprising: “Bring scissors.”

“Bomb, bomb?” Xinlan obviously did not expect such an exciting thing to happen to him.

Jiang He nodded, sniffed the box again, and said, “There is a benzene smell on the box, and there is no way to determine what kind of benzene it is. And there are obvious rhythmic ticking sounds in the box, which may be Watches and the like. It’s hard to tell what’s in the box from just one point of analysis, but if you combine the two, I’m 70% sure that the box is a bomb, and it’s a time bomb ”

To be precise, it should be yellow explosives, which is TNT, then this smell should be TNT. And the ticking sound is the sound of the time repeater, that is, the bomb is controlled by time. But if you can’t see the inside of the box, there is no way to determine the specific situation of the bomb, so we must be careful.”

Jiang He turned around and asked, “Where’s the scissors?”

Yuan Jun said, “Call the bomb disposal experts. ”

Jiang He shook his head and said, “It will take at least an hour for the bomb disposal experts to come here. We don’t yet know how long this time bomb will detonate, but it will probably only take about ten minutes. From the outside of the box, we can’t tell that The amount of explosives in the box, and if there is so much explosives in the outer box, it is enough to blow up the building.”

“Ordinary bombs are detonated by remote control, pressure firing, tilting, compounding, etc.” At this time, Jiang He already had the scissors in his hands: “But this box was sent by a child, and the bomb inside must have undergone collision and friction, so it has basically ruled out pressing, pulling, tilting, etc. The most likely thing is Detonation methods such as remote control detonation and timed ignition.”

At this time, Guan Deng took out his mobile phone and saw on the screen: “I have blocked the nearby signals with a shielding device, if it is a remote control detonation, the other party’s The remote control has been disabled.”

Jiang He nodded, and gently cut along the edge of the cardboard box with scissors: “So this cardboard box is not part of the detonation, don’t worry.”

After speaking, Jiang He carefully cut around the box . Open, and suddenly, a rectangular box appeared in front of everyone.

This is a cuboid about twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide. The whole body of this cuboid is yellow, and there are four detonators tied together around it. It seems that this is the detonator used to detonate TNT. The part connecting the detonator and the explosive is a tangle of colorful wires.

Jiang He did a rough count and found that there were more than thirty wires connecting the four detonators, explosives, and time repeaters.

In the middle surrounded by lines, there is a small square circuit board, and next to the circuit board is a mechanical watch, which is walking forward every second at this moment. And that ticking sound came from this watch.

Shui Xinlan stood aside, watching this living bomb. She was scared, confused, excited at the moment, all the emotions were intertwined at this moment, making her breathless, cold sweat streaming down from her head: “Bomb, bomb should not have a red and blue line, and a countdown screen what…”

While observing this bomb, Jiang He said without looking back, “That’s a plot that only exists in movies.”

“Four detonators, each of which may be a detonator, or all four are detonators. . The bomb does use a time repeater, but from this watch, we can’t tell when the killer set the explosion time. That is to say, the bomb may explode at any time, just in case, you Everyone leave.”

Jiang He gently fiddled with the wires with scissors, and said, “The TNT equivalent is not enough, and the explosion range is not wide. You are waiting downstairs. If there is an explosion, no one will be affected, but the person who defused the bomb It will definitely die.”

“The murderer also set up a lot of pseudo-wires to interfere, four detonators or in a certain order, if the order of removing the detonators is not correct, it may also cause an explosion.”

Jiang He said, but he has already started Going to work, he set about subtracting the wires that wouldn’t affect the bomb, the killer was apparently using to distract the bomber’s attention.

“What is this?” After cutting the interference wires and throwing them aside, Jiang He saw a USB flash drive fixed in a bomb.

“U disk?” Shao Lao looked at the black U disk and suddenly asked Guan Deng: “If this U disk is blown up by a bomb, is it possible to restore the data in it?”

Hearing this question, Guan Deng resolutely asked. He shook his head, very determined.

“The power of this bomb is just right. If it explodes unfortunately, it will only kill the person who defused the bomb. If everyone leaves and let the bomb explode, the USB flash drive that is fixed to the bomb will become fragments. , we will never know what the contents of this USB flash drive are.”

Mr. Shao said softly: “The maker of this bomb is aimed at us.”

“And we don’t know how long this bomb is. Time is exploding, so the other party is playing games with us.” Mr. Shao added: “We don’t have time to study slowly, we have to make a choice in a short time.”

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter what U-disk or not.” Yuan Jun said: “Nothing matters, just put the bomb here and blow it up.”

“That’s right.” Xu Yiman said.

Shao Lao did not speak.

Jiang He shook his head and said, “I’m fifty percent sure that I can defuse this bomb. Come downstairs and wait for me. Wait for it to explode, or wait for me to take out the USB flash drive. I want to see, the USB flash drive. What’s inside.”

Xu Yiman threw the apron on the ground and said to Jiang He, “Jiang He, are you kidding about our lives again?”

Jiang He shook his head: “It’s not us, it’s me, you all go downstairs quickly. ”

Xu Yiman stood still and said to Jiang He, “Jiang He, why don’t you understand that a person’s life is not just about him alone. The moment you join the task force, your life will change. It’s linked to us. If you die, we will be sad, you understand?”

“Sad?” Jiang He’s movements suddenly slowed down and he said, “If I die, will you feel sad?”

“Of course. Xu Yiman said: “It’s not just me, Shao Lao will do it, Guan Deng can do it, Yuan Jun can do it, and Shui Xinlan can do it too. Never make fun of other people’s lives, let alone your own life. No matter what is in the USB flash drive, it’s not as important as the lives of the few of us.”

“Yes, we are a team. If we want to leave, we will leave, or we will stay.” Yuan Jun said indifferently. .

Guandon also nodded.

Shui Xinlan looked at the crowd and was a little scared, but she also said, “I, I also want to stay with you.”

“Are you sure?” Shao Lao said.

Jiang He was silent for a while, then said, “If it’s me alone, I’m 50% sure. If we all stay, I’m 70% sure. I guess the murderer doesn’t know that there are people in our house. How many people, but by coincidence, there are four detonators.”

“Seventy percent?” Xu Yiman said, “Why didn’t you say it before?”

“Because you said that even a small probability event could happen.” Jiang He replied.

“So you chose one person to die?” Xu Yiman said, “If one more person gives you more confidence, then I’ll stay.”

Jiang He said, “TNT is a very stable explosive. It is difficult to explode even if it is hit or exposed to an open flame, so a detonator must be used as a detonator. These four detonators are outside the explosive, so just remove the detonator. But inside the explosive can’t be seen, I don’t Know if there is a detonator.”

“If there is a detonator hidden under the detonator, then pulling out the detonator may detonate it directly.” Jiang He said, “If not, the four of them will pull out the detonator at the same time, and cut off all the detonators in an instant. Wire and the bomb will be defused by us. Five of us, just the right number.”

[End of This Chapter]