Those people did not take them.
I was speechless and also felt fortunate for myself. There was no time to consider so much now. Ling Xiaotao must have been taken away by them, and her fate was waiting, likely to be murdered and her blood drained.
I cannot let this happen.
I fiercely pulled the trigger at those strange figures, and with my feet constantly pushing, I struggled and finally broke free from their grasp, crawling out of the fountain.
Standing up and looking around, I realized this factory must have been modified. The surrounding workshops had been cleared out one by one and turned into several laboratories. As I passed by, I noticed densely packed iron bunk beds and surgical tools inside, along with numerous reagent bottles and flasks.
I went into one of the laboratories to check. I found some research materials in a few cabinets, seemingly from 2010. Ling Xiaotao had told me earlier that she had been kidnapped more than a decade ago.
Could it be that the organization started this plan in 2010?
It is now 2022. I checked the time: September 17th, 12:14 PM. I had to find Ling Xiaotao quickly, rescue her, and escape this place to go back and analyze the pills.
After passing through many laboratories, as I reached a corner of a corridor, I suddenly heard many footsteps. I quickly found a dark corner to hide, holding my gun, not letting go even a bit.
I saw many mercenaries passing nearby. Fortunately, they didn't notice me. I carefully passed by, bending down and reaching the bottom of a staircase. I saw many footprints and followed the stairs upwards.
It was a strange spiral staircase with countless turns. I tiptoed all the way to an edge, crossed a balcony, and entered another room.
This place looked like a woman's private suite, furnished with elegant furniture. The bed was covered with a purple mosquito net resembling a yurt. The overall layout was very Western. A dresser, also purple and adorned with numerous medieval patterns and decorations, was placed against the clean wall.
Unable to suppress my curiosity, I rummaged through the drawers of the dresser. I found many photos. Some of them showed a woman with several white men. Although the woman was still wearing a mask, I recognized her – the woman who had just lifted me up.
Her strength was inexplicably immense. Perhaps they didn't take me seriously at all, which is why they didn't take my police ID, gun, or even my electric baton.
I put away a few photos and was about to turn back when I suddenly felt something cold pointed at my waist!
"Officer He Sheng, you are so clever to have found this place! Was the Psoriasis stimulation from earlier uncomfortable?"
The woman's voice suddenly came from my ear, her lips seemingly only half a millimeter away from my earlobe.
"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" I asked quickly.
"I am the mastermind behind the research, oh no, behind the killing of those old forensic investigators. My name is Kelly Pierce, ahahaha, the sister of Croft Pierce."
"You... When did He Qing become yours?"
"No, he was always Croft Pierce. Ahaha, they are not the same person at all. My brother just killed your brother and then had his face altered. Do you understand now? So, theoretically, He Qing did not betray you!"
"What?"
My head buzzed with a deafening sound!
So that's what happened! How could I not have thought of it? No wonder I felt He Qing was like a different person. It turned out it wasn't him at all, and I had wronged him.
It's all my fault. If only I had paid a little more attention to him back then, he wouldn't have died.
Seeing my silence, Kelly seemed a little impatient. "What are you thinking about, Officer He Sheng? You are now one of us. According to the organization's plan, if this is successful, you won't be killed. You should feel lucky. After all, a living person is better than a dead one!"
I still didn't speak, just closed my eyes silently, recalling everything about He Qing in my mind.
"If you don't speak, I'll assume you agree. Welcome to the Polaris International Criminal Organization!"
I still didn't open my mouth. In fact, I was thinking about what to do. But if I resisted now, I would surely die. Why not play along and go with the flow?
This was no longer a matter of arresting one or two criminals. These madmen... if I could infiltrate them, slowly penetrating their inner circle, that would be the true way to crush them.
However, my primary task this time was to deal with Kelly. The rest would likely take a very, very long time.
With this thought, although my neck felt a bit reluctant, I nodded helplessly.
"Hehe! He Sheng, we've finally waited for this day. With your help, I believe all of Guangming City, no! The whole world will soon be occupied by our Polaris. Look, the Polaris pendant on your chest is emitting an excited glow!"
In fact, after I put on this pendant, I had already understood the plan.
It was time for me to sacrifice myself.
I told Kelly to send a message saying that He Sheng, while searching for Ling Xiaotao, had fallen into an ambush by the organization's criminals and died from multiple gunshots. I asked them to find someone with a similar height and weight, who had undergone cosmetic surgery to look like me, to replace me. I handed over my police ID, ID card, and gun.
Kelly said excitedly, "Excellent! This way, no one will know you came here. I will give you a new identity immediately."
From tomorrow on, there will be no He Sheng in the police force...
I would adopt a new identity, so that Liu Yuning, He Xin, and everyone else would not know where I had gone. They would all think I was dead.
After a long time, no one would mention the story of the genius detective again. I would appear under another name: He Tiandao.
Yes, this name was actually the original name of my ancestors. He Shenlong, with the courtesy name Tiandao, and his given name was He Yan.
Of course, no one knew the meaning of the two characters "Tiandao." I intended to slowly teach Kelly what Tiandao meant.
After my death was announced, the police force was said to have fallen into unprecedented panic. Outside, people said Detective He had died in the line of duty, and the Polaris World Criminal Organization was going mad. I didn't know what Liu Yuning and He Xin would react, but to fight this detestable organization, I had to make a choice.