After listening to Lieutenant Colonel Su's story, Feng Chen said, "Since we can't find any trace of them, then the code box is the key now."
"Code box?" Lieutenant Colonel Su and Wang Ping looked at Feng Chen together.
"Where's the cryptex? Can you get it? I want to see it."
Lieutenant Colonel Su said: "We don't even know where the code box is."
Feng Chen pondered and said, "The institute's claim that it received a password box is false. Then who received the password box at that time?"
Lieutenant Colonel Su immediately sat up straight: "His name is Kong Siyin, he was the director of the institute at that time, and it was he who received the code box from Major General Lin."
"Have you investigated this person?"
"I have investigated. Before the earthquake, he was the director of the Ehart United States Research Institute. He was neither a member of the Eastern Alliance nor the Western Alliance. His background is clean and there is nothing suspicious about him."
Feng Chen asked: "After the incident, did you ask him about the situation?"
Lieutenant Colonel Su shook his head: "His position is very transcendent. Our military rank is not high either, so we can't even get close to him."
"If I want to get close to Kong Siyin, can you think of a way?"
Lieutenant Colonel Su said, "Think of a way... Actually, we don't need to think of a way, you two can get close to him."
"What's the meaning?"
Colonel Su smiled at Feng Chen: "He is now the dean of the Sentinel Guide Academy."
"You mean to let the two of us enter the Shaoxiang Academy?" Feng Chen hesitated: "But if there is something wrong with the dean, and he finds out about me and Yan Bubu..."
"Don't worry, we are the only ones who know that you gave the code box to Major General Lin. And I have followed the Major General for many years, and I know that he is a cautious person. He will definitely not mention you when he handed over the code box, and will make up a source."
Feng Chen blurted out: "Why?"
As soon as he asked this question, he guessed the answer in his heart and closed his mouth in silence.
Lieutenant Colonel Su stared at him for a few seconds and said, "He said when he was leaving for the central city that after delivering these people safely, he would immediately return to pick you and Curly... No matter what Curly becomes, he will find a way to get him into the city."
Wang Ping glanced at Yan Bubu and added, "I heard him discussing building a house with Colonel Yu. The wall of one of the rooms is made of metal and covered with a thick layer of cushions. This will not only be soundproof, but also prevent people in that room from getting hurt."
Yan Bubu bit her lip, lowered her head and used her fingers to pick at Feng Chen's trousers at the knees, and Feng Chen held her hand.
When the two returned to the resettlement site, Wang Ping offered to take them to the bus station. As they walked out of the gate, he glanced at Binunu sitting in the Yanbubu bag and said, "The people on the first floor are all ordinary people. Basically no one can see it."
Yan Bubu smiled and said, "It likes to sit in the bag."
Feng Chen asked: "How are the ground floor and the second floor allocated? Who lives on the ground floor and who lives on the second floor?"
Wang Ping thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I take you to see the checkpoint so that you can have a clearer understanding of the central city."
The checkpoint of Area A on the first floor was nearby. Wang Ping led the two on foot, introducing as they walked: "The central city is divided into two floors. The bottom floor is for people who have not yet experienced mutation. But once you have survived the mutation period, whether you become a sentinel guide or recover as an ordinary person, you will move to the second floor and be separated from the people on the bottom floor. The East-West Allied Forces have headquarters on both floors. Soldiers who have survived the mutation period go to the second floor, and those who have not go to the first floor. There is a separate area on the second floor, where the research institute, sentinel college, and children's welfare home, which are under special protection, are located. Without special reasons, the East-West Allied Forces are not allowed to enter."