Chapter five hundred and thirty eight: Zhou Chen's routine: robbery
The bus exploded, which was not beyond the expectations of Zhou Chen and the others.
Zhou Chen looked at the time, it was one forty-two.
He was now certain that if they had done nothing, the bus would not have been in a car accident and would have been detonated by a bomb on the bridge at 1:45.
And if they forcefully get off the bus and delay the bus, the bus will crash and explode at the traffic light at the intersection at one forty-two.
The Boiler Cafe is different from the usual cafes that open in downtown areas. Its location is relatively remote, and its layout and structure are also different from normal cafes. It has a bit of a heavy metal style. Generally, those who come here are regular customers.
Xiao Heyun took Zhou Chen and Li Shiqing to the Boiler Cafe. Although it was afternoon, there were not many people in the cafe, only two or three.
The three of them found a remote corner to sit down. Zhou Chen and Li Shiqing looked around curiously.
The coffee shop is very large and secluded. Zhou Chen feels that the owner of this coffee shop definitely does not open this coffee shop to make money. How many people can come to drink coffee in such a remote place?
"It's very quiet here, and there wasn't much surveillance on the way here. We are safe here."
Seeing Zhou Chen nod, Xiao Heyun asked curiously: "But why didn't we call the police and why did we have to come here? We didn't blow up the bus anyway."
Zhou Chen replied: "Because we have been taken to the Public Security Bureau for questioning in another cycle before. It turns out that no matter what we say, they will not believe us, and they will treat us as suspects and lock us in the interrogation room."
Until we enter the cycle again."
He really didn't want to go to the Public Security Bureau, because Zhang Cheng and the others wouldn't believe them at all, and they wouldn't give them information, so he had to find a way on his own.
Li Shiqing asked: "We have confirmed that there is a bomb in the car, but we don't know where the bomb is or who controls the bomb."
Zhou Chen said solemnly: "So we must use our own methods to find the bomb, find the real murderer, and investigate the truth of the matter."
"Then what method are you going to use?"
"I already have an idea, but I still need the cooperation of the two of you."
Li Shiqing: "I will definitely cooperate with you."
Xiao Heyun didn't hesitate much: "I will also cooperate with you."
As a game planner, he has now accepted the reality. What's more, the three of them can be said to be grasshoppers on the same line. If they want to get rid of the cycle, working together is the best choice.
"My method is..."
After hearing Zhou Chen's method, Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun were dumbfounded.
"This, this is too, too..."
Zhou Chen looked at the two of them and said slowly: "I know what you want to say, but I have a reason to do this because I can't last many more cycles."
"What does it mean if you can't last many cycles?"
Li Shiqing asked Zhou Chen blankly, and Xiao Heyun also looked curious.
Zhou Chen did not answer directly, but asked Li Shiqing: "Li Shiqing, let me ask you a question. Have you experienced any changes in your body after eight cycles?"
Li Shiqing answered in confusion: "Change? No, except for feeling fear and fear, there should be no changes in the body."
Zhou Chen sighed: "You don't have it, but I do."
"What changes have happened to you?" Li Shiqing didn't understand even more.
Zhou Chen solemnly said: "After six cycles, I clearly feel that my body is getting weaker and weaker. If the cycle continues like this, I'm afraid I will die from physical exhaustion."
Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun both had their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.
Xiao Heyun asked tremblingly: "Zhou Chen, this, you, what you said is true? If this is the case, wouldn't I also..."
"It's hard to say, my own situation is like this, but Li Shiqing hasn't changed, and maybe you won't change too, so you don't have to worry too much."
But how could Xiao Heyun listen and not worry? Li Shiqing was Li Shiqing. He didn't think he was special. Even Zhou Chen would change. He felt that he would most likely be like Zhou Chen.
Li Shiqing looked at Zhou Chen worriedly: "Is everything you said true? Is your health really serious?"
Zhou Chen sighed: "After going through the cycle, what else do you think is impossible to happen? You see, I don't look like much on the outside, but I know my body best. My physique, strength, etc., have all declined significantly. That's why
Because of this, I want to get out of the cycle as quickly as possible. If I can't get out of the cycle while I still have the strength, it will be even more impossible to get out of the cycle when I can't move."
"Now you understand why I want to use such extreme methods."
Li Shiqing's eyes were red. Although she didn't get along with Zhou Chen for a long time, they had gone through many cycles together and fought side by side. They were closer than friends who had known each other for many years. So after hearing about Zhou Chen's situation, she
I will be particularly worried and scared.
"Zhou Chen, I will definitely help you. I will do whatever you ask me to do."
Zhou Chen smiled and patted her head, "Don't talk nonsense. If I ask you to do bad things, do you still want to listen to me?"
Li Shiqing said firmly: "You can't do it, I believe you."
Zhou Chen smiled and said nothing. He judged himself that he was not a good person. He had lived for so many years and had done many shady things.
However, Li Shiqing's words "I believe in you" really moved Zhou Chen. After all, she was a young girl who had never experienced any beating from society.
"Now, do you all agree with my proposal?"
"Agree, agree." Xiao Heyun replied impatiently.
Li Shiqing also nodded and said: "As long as it doesn't really hurt people, I agree."
Zhou Chen added: "Actually, according to my speculation, finding the bomb and preventing the explosion may not break out of the cycle. The purpose of this cycle is probably to let us find the real culprit of the explosion, or even let us find the real culprit of the explosion.
We investigated the truth behind why the other party bombed the bus."
Xiao Heyun agreed: "It's very possible, from what you said, this cycle is like a game. According to the usual routine of the game, preventing the explosion and investigating the truth may indeed be the way to get out of the cycle game."
"We were not killed, so how will we enter the cycle next?"
Although he went through the cycle twice, he was killed both times by bombs, so Xiao Heyun didn't know much about how to enter the cycle.
Li Shiqing said: "We were not killed once and were taken to the public security bureau. Then I don't know how long it took. I fell asleep and entered the cycle."
"I know this. If you want to enter the cycle, you will either be killed or wait until twelve o'clock in the morning, because when I was at the Public Security Bureau, I lost consciousness at twelve o'clock. When I woke up again, I would enter
cycle."
Zhou Chen has long known the characteristics of circulation through the system.
Xiao Heyun said: "That means that as long as we wait for twelve o'clock, we can automatically enter the cycle?"
"Yes."
"This coffee shop shouldn't be open 24 hours a day, right? Where should we go when it's closed?" Li Shiqing asked.
Zhou Chen said calmly: "We'll see if our old friends will find us before we close."
After all, the world is still in 2019. Technology is advanced. If law enforcement agencies are determined to find them, they will just spend more time.
But Zhou Chen is not in a hurry. Even if they are found, it is estimated that they will not be far from the cycle, so just wait patiently.
Just as he expected, not long after the bus exploded, the police targeted the three people who got off the bus inexplicably, and then launched a search.
However, when they found Zhou Chen and the others, it was already night, and not long after they were brought back to the Public Security Bureau, it was already time to cycle.
This time, Zhou Chen and three others woke up from their slumber at about the same time. The first thing Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun did after waking up was to look at Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen raised his head and looked at the time. It was one thirty-seven, which was one minute earlier than the last time. This cycle setting was really similar to the game setting.
"Pay attention to your cooperation."
Zhou Chen opened his mouth and whispered to Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun, and then got up from his seat.
The bus was driving normally, and no one noticed Zhou Chen's movements, so Zhou Chen smoothly arrived at the place where the anti-theft life-saving hammer was placed.
Zhou Chen stretched out his hand and picked up the anti-theft life-saving hammer. The next moment, a piercing alarm sounded in the bus.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Master driver, what's this alarm sound about?"
"Hey, what do you want to do with the hammer?"
Several passengers in the car screamed in panic, especially the old lady, who was even more frightened.
The driver also looked confused. He saw Zhou Chen holding a life-saving hammer through the rearview mirror, and Monk Zhanger was also confused.
Zhou Chen didn't care about them. He wanted to be the villain in this cycle. He suddenly shouted: "Don't make any noise."
Then he rushed to Li Shiqing, pulled her over roughly, put his left hand around her neck, and held the life-saving hammer in his right hand, aiming it at Li Shiqing's head.
Li Shiqing cooperated very well and let out a scream: "Ah..."
Hearing Li Shiqing's scream, Zhou Chen's mouth twitched. This acting was too amateurish.
But amateurs are amateurs, anyway, everyone on the bus was shocked when they saw this scene.
Xiao Heyun shouted with "fear" on his face: "Brother, what are you going to do? Let go of my girlfriend."
"Shut up, if you dare to scream again, I will kill your girlfriend."
Zhou Chen shouted fiercely at Xiao Heyun, then looked around with a 'ferocious' look, and shouted: "Don't scream, I'm just asking for money. If you cooperate well, I promise not to hurt anyone.
Otherwise, I will kill this woman and then you."
This was what they had discussed before the cycle. Zhou Chen acted as a robber, and Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun pretended to be lovers. He held Li Shiqing hostage, forced Xiao Heyun to submit, and then used the stolen property to determine the location of the bomb.
As long as the bomb is in the car, they can find it. If it cannot be found, then it is ruled out that it is in the car. It is most likely under the car.
"robbery?"
The driver and passengers on the bus were all blinded. What happened? Robbery took place on the bus? Is there something wrong? How many rich people could be on the bus?
Zhou Chen swung the hammer violently and hit the car hard, making a huge noise that frightened everyone.
The sirens kept sounding, coupled with Zhou Chen's rough behavior, making all the passengers frightened.
"You all listen to me, I can do anything. You, the one in the flowered shirt, do you think I can't see your little tricks? Put down the phone, quick."
The man in the flowered shirt originally wanted to quietly call the police while Zhou Chen was not paying attention, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chen would notice him before he even started.
Zhou Chen's violent roar startled him, and his cell phone fell uncontrollably on the car.
"come over."
Zhou Chen forcefully dragged Li Shiqing to the front of the car. The man in the flowered shirt thought Zhou Chen was looking for trouble for him, so he was so frightened that he fell on the seat next to him.
But Zhou Chen didn't even look at him, and walked straight to the driver's seat. Just when he was about to arrive, the strong man sitting in front suddenly stood up.
But Zhou Chen seemed to have expected it, and he kicked him in reverse. The strong man was unprepared, and was directly kicked in the stomach by Zhou Chen. He flew a meter away in embarrassment and fell to the old aunt in the middle. The frightened old aunt was again A shrill scream.
"If anyone dares to have any objections again, I will smash his head with a hammer next time." Zhou Chen shouted fiercely.
This kick was really genin, even Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun were shocked. They didn't expect Zhou Chen to be so fierce and powerful.
Zhou Chen did not say any nonsense, but directly threatened the driver: "Don't stop and drive normally, otherwise I will kill you, and then everyone will die together."
His fierce aura leaves no doubt that he is a real robber and an extremely fierce murderer.
The middle-aged driver didn't say anything and just nodded. Such a change was really beyond his expectation. He had been driving a bus for several years and had never heard of anyone robbing a bus. At most, he encountered Some petty theft.
Zhou Chen's repeated operations made no one dare to resist, but Zhou Chen did not stop, but pointed at the person in the last row, wearing a mask and hat, and shouted.
"You, sit in front so I can see you, hurry up."
The man in the last row heard Zhou Chen's order and did not dare to resist. He stood up carefully and sat in the middle seat.
Zhou Chen then said: "Everyone, I only want money today, not life, so please hand over the money obediently. I guarantee that you are not in any danger, but if someone dares to play tricks, no one will end well. Don’t disbelieve my warning, let me tell you one more thing, I have a bomb tied to my body. Even if you call the police and the police come, I will definitely detonate the bomb before they rescue you and die with you."
The passengers, who were already frightened, were even more frightened when they heard there was a bomb. Zhou Chen could even commit robbery, so the bomb didn't seem so unbelievable.
But some people's expressions became sarcastic and weird when they heard that Zhou Chen had a bomb on him.
Zhou Chen pointed at Xiao Heyun: "You, come out and open all the bags and pockets of all the passengers for me and find out the valuable things inside. If you dare to play tricks, I will kill your girlfriend." "
Xiao Heyun pretended to be a coward and said with a slight trembling: "Okay, brother, I will do as you say, and you must not hurt my girlfriend."
"Stop talking nonsense and move faster."
Xiao Heyun 'didn't dare' to delay, and immediately walked to the nearest man, that is, the uncle sitting in front of Zhou Chen.
"Uncle, please open the suitcase."
This uncle, who looked a bit like a migrant worker, might have been frightened by Zhou Chen and did not dare to resist. He very obediently opened the red suitcase at his feet, revealing a lot of sundries inside.
"There is nothing valuable in my suitcase. I work at a construction site. I have not been able to survive for many days. I only have a little money left in my body. I really have no money."
To act in a show, you have to do a complete set. In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the real murderer, Zhou Chen shouted again: "Stop talking nonsense. Search carefully and give me all his money."
Under Zhou Chen's threat, Xiao Heyunzai carefully searched the suitcase, and finally found that it was filled with clothes and miscellaneous items, but no bombs.
The uncle, a migrant worker, could only reluctantly take out the only money he had left on him, which were all small-denomination bills, as much as a handful.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up." Zhou Chen shouted again.
The first time he acted as a 'robber', Zhou Chen acted very hard. However, while he was acting, he also kept an eye on the time. He knew that the car accident was at 1:42 and the bomb exploded at 1:45, so he had to
Be prepared.
"Continue!" Zhou Chen shouted again, and at the same time he exerted force with his arms, Li Shiqing let out a scream in cooperation, and her appearance was even more "horrified and miserable."
Xiao Heyun did not dare to resist, and walked to the aunt who had taken the medicine before, but before he could say anything, the aunt cooperated and took out her wallet.
"My money is all here, all for you."
He opened the zipper and poured all the money inside directly to Xiao Heyun.
"Bag, open the bag." Zhou Chen shouted.
So the aunt opened the bag again, and Xiao Heyun looked carefully. There were some sundries and medicine inside, nothing valuable, let alone bombs.
After searching the aunt, Xiao Heyun looked at the strong man still sitting on the ground. In fact, he didn't want to search the strong man. After all, he didn't bring any big bags and he was very clean.
But who knew that this strong man was very conscious and said: "I don't have any cash on me, all the money is in my mobile phone."
Xiao Heyun had no experience in robbery and didn't know how to proceed, so he looked at Zhou Chen helplessly.
Zhou Chen was well prepared and said, "Let him wait first. After searching other people, let him transfer money via mobile phone."