Ruan Shiqing returned home without saying a word and went straight to the workshop.
He called up the virtual screen and opened the map of the outer city. He marked two red dots on the map one by one.
These were the places where the murderer committed the first and second murders. Both incidents were within one kilometer of the repair shop, and the second murderer was even a customer who had just left the shop.
These coincidences make it hard not to think that the murderer is likely to be active near the repair shop.
Such a time bomb is likely to be hidden near the repair shop, and may kill people again one day.
This speculation made Ruan Shiqing's expression even more solemn.
That is, during this period, the cubs are out training and not at home. When the cubs come back, they may be targeted every day when they go to school, play and have activities.
There is always a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as being on guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Instead of worrying about the cubs getting into trouble, it is better to solve the problem directly at the source.
Ruan Shiqing's face darkened and he called 09 into the workshop.
The bodies were always found in the morning, which meant the murderer was active at night. The easiest places to hide during the day were not garbage dumps, except for places with complex terrain.
Ruan Shiqing found a few miniature full-view cameras, disassembled their outer shells, and converted them into small trackers.
The trackers are camouflaged in appearance, so they are inconspicuous when thrown in a garbage dump or on the ground. After locking onto the target, they can move and track quickly, and transmit video images in 360 degrees without blind spots.
Ruan Shiqing spent half a day modifying more than 30 trackers, and then handed them all to 09, asking him to find an opportunity to quietly spread the trackers. The range is the repair shop as the center, with a radius of one kilometer.
In this way, whenever the murderer comes out again, Ruan Shiqing can immediately lock his coordinates through the tracker.
Although he has always tried his best to avoid killing, it does not mean that he dares not to kill.
Ruan Shiqing's eyes were filled with anger, and before the little robot left, he warned, "Don't tell anyone else for now."
The little golden robot nodded in agreement, left the workshop, and drove out on its flying motorcycle.
Ruan Shiqing went to the warehouse and looked for a handy weapon.
After reaching a contract with Marin, he has been committed to researching weapons with greater power, more stability and lower cost. For this purpose, he has drawn countless design drawings and made countless samples. However, many first-generation samples have defects of one kind or another and need to be improved before they can be put into mass production. And those first-generation or even second-generation samples that do not meet the standards are finally piled up in the warehouse and covered with dust.
Although it has not reached the standards for mass production, it is powerful enough to be used as a weapon alone.
Ruan Shiqing picked out five blaster torpedoes, two miniature blaster guns, and two handheld blaster cannons. After thinking about it, he also brought out the recently developed light armored walker for safety reasons.
This was converted by him using a recycled retired large fighter jet.
All redundant parts of the entire fighter were removed, leaving only the core (computer system, cockpit, and weapons and equipment).
Equipped with heavy armor plates outside the cockpit and four heavy mechanical legs at the bottom for support, the abandoned fighter was converted into a steel behemoth on the ground. Through the huge computing power of the computer, as well as the cooperation of the gyro stabilizer and ground sensors, the four mechanical legs of the armored walker can imitate the walking of animals. Even on rough terrain, it can move forward quickly.
According to Ruan Shiqing's optimal idea when he first designed it, this light armored walker can not only be responsible for the factory's daily patrol and reconnaissance work, but can also be used as combat power when needed.
The armor plates of the walker are extremely thick and can only be blasted open by heavy turbo cannons. It is also equipped with heavy turbo blasters, twin blasters, and blaster torpedo launchers. After improvements, the energy storage unit can also provide power more stably and effectively to support the firepower of the armored walker.
This is the first armored walker that Ruan Shiqing spent a lot of effort to make. He originally planned to wait until Marin came back from his business trip to unveil the walker, but now, he may have to do the first round of testing himself.
After planning everything, Ruan Shiqing returned to the workshop. The cub tugged at the corner of his clothes and followed him closely.
I don't know if it was affected by the two consecutive murders, but the cub became obviously restless and more clingy. He almost refused to separate from Ruan Shiqing. Wherever Ruan Shiqing went, he would follow him. Even when Ruan Shiqing went to the bathroom, he would wait outside.
The long and thin tentacles on its forehead were always swaying slightly, and its eyes seemed to be sticking to Ruan Shiqing.
The current situation is no exception.
Ruan Shiqing picked him up and placed him on a small chair beside him. He then turned on the smart computer and placed it in front of him, turning on the children's channel to prevent him from getting bored.
He called up the protection system again and began to debug the trackers that had been spread out - these trackers were all connected to the protection system, allowing him to adjust them at any time.
09 drove the shuttle motorcycle out for a circle, evenly spreading out the thirty trackers. On the virtual screen, thumbnails popped up one after another, eventually filling up the entire virtual screen.
Ruan Shiqing debugged them one by one and exited the interface only after confirming that there were no faults.
The next thing to do is to wait.
Because another dismemberment incident had occurred, the atmosphere in the outer city had become noticeably more tense.
Even the homeless people have found places to hide and dare not wander around outside anymore.
But there are also some brave people who think that everyone goes home early during this period, and some timid people even dare not go out during the day. They think that there may be some good things in the garbage dump that have not been turned over completely, so they bravely search in the garbage dump at night.
The cold white moonlight poured down, casting the man's shadow very long.
The noise of rummaging through the garbage covered up the rustling sound coming from behind. It was not until the cold breath sprayed on the back of the neck that the person who was bending down to rummage through the metal garbage realized something was wrong.
His body froze, his eyeballs trembling uneasily, staring at the shadow on the ground - a huge black shadow cast by the cold moonlight, completely covering him.
The rustling sound of the rubbing joints rang in my ears, causing goose bumps on my skin.
The man suppressed his fear and slanted his eyes to the left little by little. He finally caught a glimpse of part of the creature behind him out of the corner of his eye—several thick, sharp, and hairy limbs waving, with the ends of them connected to a body covered with a hard shell.
It was a giant insect, at least three meters tall, with a flat body, a hard shell, and twelve pairs of long, thick, and sharp limbs.
The man was gripped by a huge fear. His hands and feet were stiff and he dared not move. His screams were stuck in his throat and could not come out. Only his eyes widened in fear, showing his fear.
The huge insects behind him had already touched his body, and the man's mind flashed through the broken bodies. His mind was screaming to run away, but his body was frozen in place by fear, motionless.
“Get down!”
Suddenly, there was a sound like a sharp blade that cut through the stagnant time and space. The man squatted down instinctively. A buzzing sound rang in his ears, and then he heard a heavy object fall to the ground and the sound of a struggle.
The man turned his head in fear and saw the huge insect lying on the ground, struggling in pain and trying to get up again. There was a big hole in its head, and green liquid was slowly flowing out, dripping onto the metal garbage, and emitting wisps of white steam.
The man finally broke free from his paralyzed fear and crawled away from the insect.
"Zerg! It's the Zerg!" he screamed in fear.
Ruan Shiqing and his group came out from the darkness with solemn expressions.
He held the handheld blaster steadily, pointing the muzzle at the struggling Zerg: "09 and I will deal with it. You take him away, and notify the others to confirm if this is the only one." The second half of the sentence was said to Xiong Yuanyuan who followed.
The descendants of the Galactic Empire would definitely not be unfamiliar with creatures like the Zerg.
The history of fighting against the Zerg is almost closely linked to the entire history of the Galactic Empire.
It was only because this ferocious species was blocked on the front lines by countless imperial soldiers with artillery fire and flesh and blood that peace was achieved in the rear of the empire.
But now, Zerg have appeared on planet B3024.
It was really unexpected.
When preparing to capture the murderer, Ruan Shiqing imagined many races and identities for the murderer, but never thought that the murderer was a Zerg.
This giant insect has strong vitality and powerful fighting ability. But if it is just one, it is not scary. What makes people afraid is that the insects often like to act in groups.
Ruan Shiqing fired another shot at the struggling Zerg until it completely stopped struggling. Then he climbed onto the armored walker and said to 09, "Search the area to see if there are any more hidden Zerg."
09 activated the anti-gravity device and rose to the air to search. Ruan Shiqing drove the armored walker, turned on the infrared detector, and searched the garbage dump.
As he went deeper into the garbage dump, a dozen red dots flashed on the virtual screen. When he saw the distribution of these red dots clearly, Ruan Shiqing's eyes became even colder.
—His guess was correct, the Zerg were indeed hiding near the repair shop.
The eleven red dots will form a circle that surrounds the repair shop.