The Rise of a Special Forces Soldier Abandoned by a Wealthy Family

Chapter 487 Base Decision, Clues Like Thunderclap

Mountain and forest base, operations command center.

The twelve members of the Dragon Return team sat around a circular tactical table.

The atmosphere was heavy.

Xiaoya stood in front of the main screen, which displayed a split-screen feed of Wu Jun's phone's decryption information.

"The boss is taking a deep rest; we shouldn't disturb him."

Xiaoya's voice was calm, but the knuckles of her fingers gripping the laser pointer were white.

"Now, we have to decide for ourselves—what's the next step?"

"Tell me, what should we do?" Guo Wei's loud voice rang out, "How about...! We just grab Wu Jun first!"

Xiaoya, didn't you say he had found a lot of clues on his phone?

Yes, Xiaoya's words were a bit agitated:

I found many clues on his phone!

The clues indicate that he frequently contacted people overseas!

And although he used code to send messages on his phone, I've already cracked it!

There are many hidden words inside, all of which are related to the Zhou Organization, the boss's name, and even my name, Ye Feng's name, and Tie Zhu's name.

The most important clue is that the leader sent out a message an hour before he was attacked!

The message I deciphered is: the prey returns to its nest, the hunt begins!

"Bang!"

Tie Zhu slammed his fist on the table, denting the alloy surface.

"What are you waiting for?! That bastard Wu Jun's phone is full of clues!"

"Grab him right now! I'll break his bones one by one! Let's see if he confesses!"

Qi Liang said coldly, "I agree. He's definitely the inside man. The timeline of those encrypted messages matches perfectly with the timeline of the boss's attack."

Xiaoya raised her hand, signaling for quiet.

Her gaze swept over the crowd, finally settling on Ye Feng's face.

Ye Feng closed his eyes, as if he were dozing.

But everyone knew—he was listening.

"Capturing Wu Jun is very simple."

Xiaoya slowly spoke:

"But only we can make the arrests; the boss can't be involved."

Jiang Tianhua frowned: "Why?"

"Because the eldest brother has now returned to the Zeng family."

Xiaoya's voice carried a hint of complexity:

"Before there is conclusive evidence directly proving that Wu Jun is the inside man, if the boss forcibly arrests him, the Wu family will definitely retaliate, put pressure on the Zeng family, and say that this is the Zeng family using this as an excuse to eliminate dissidents."

"Once the eldest son personally handles this matter... he will represent the will of the Zeng family."

"Ye Feng, Tie Zhu, and I all know that the eldest brother's original intention in not wanting to return to the family was that he didn't want the family to be dragged into his battlefield."

Everyone fell silent.

Ye Feng slowly opened his eyes, his gaze as still and lifeless as an abyss.

Xiaoya continued:

"Moreover, I found something even more serious on Wu Jun's phone."

She operated the console, and Xiaoya decrypted several highly blurred fragments of information that had been encrypted multiple times before—projecting them onto the big screen.

The fragments are incomplete, and the vocabulary is disjointed, but some information can still be pieced together:

[...Eighteen years ago...the person who switched the body...is still alive...]

[...the target...must be eliminated...]

"This information points to—"

Xiaoya's voice trembled slightly with suppressed excitement:

"The clues behind the case of the boss being switched at birth eighteen years ago."

"brush--!!!"

All eleven members of the Dragon Return team stood up from their chairs at the same time!

Everyone's eyes were glued to the fragmented vocabulary on the screen!

Eighteen years ago...the target was switched...and eliminated...

These words, like red-hot iron spikes, pierced their hearts!

The eldest brother's life that was stolen and switched.

Those who suffered abandonment and separation from their bloodlines without knowing why.

The dark truth hidden for eighteen years—

Surprisingly... clues were found on Wu Jun's phone!

"This...how is this possible..." Fang Rong's voice trembled.

Tang Long's eyes were bloodshot: "Wu Jun... is he involved in the switch case from back then?!"

Jiang Tianhua gritted his teeth: "Then it's not just an inside man...it's a blood feud! A blood feud that will never end!"

Ye Feng slowly stood up.

His face remained expressionless.

But deep within those eyes, it seemed as if ancient ice was frantically cracking, revealing boiling magma beneath, ready to incinerate everything.

Xiaoya forcefully suppressed her turbulent emotions and continued operating the screen:

"My decision to keep those three scions of prominent families on trial was just a smokescreen."

"Take Wu Jun's breath and make him think we haven't found anything about him yet."

She pulled up another set of data:

"There is another key time point in Wu Jun's call log."

"As we tracked them down to the office building, searching for the killer's safe house—"

"He has a phone call, the recipient's location is..."

Xiaoya zoomed in on the map.

The location where the red dot is flashing —

It was that residential building.

"The boss's reasoning is completely correct."

Xiaoya's voice was icy:

"There have been people monitoring the residential building the whole time."

"That suicide bomber was a 'monitor' who had been lying in wait there all along."

He must have used a rope to climb out of the window onto the rooftop, thus avoiding all indoor surveillance cameras.

"The real sniper enters the rooftop from the outside, disguises himself with the same face, and deliberately lets the surveillance cameras capture it, creating the perfect illusion of 'one person going up and one person coming down'."

Qi Liang suddenly realized:

"So the electronic equipment fragments I found at the explosion site...were not suicide detonators!"

"It was remotely detonated!"

"That assassin's final, maniacal laugh and chest-pounding—were a signal to his accomplices in the shadows!"

"At the same time, it was also a deliberate attempt to mislead us, making us believe that he was desperately trying to commit suicide!"

The logic is completely closed-loop.

Xiaoya retrieved the 3D structural diagram of the residential building.

"There are 23 residential units in the building that can be seen from the windows of the office building."

"Screening through property registration information and recent water and electricity data—"

"Seven male residents whose height is between 180-185cm."

"Among them, those living alone..."

She highlighted one of the units in red:

"There's only this one household."

"The registered name of the resident is 'Zhang Jianguo,' 42 years old, a programmer."

"But in the past week—his home has zero access control records, zero food delivery and courier orders, but his water and electricity usage is 30% higher than usual."

Ye Feng spoke slowly, his voice hoarse like sandpaper scraping:

"So... the real sniper..."

"They might still be hiding in that building."

"It might even be... hidden in Zhang Jianguo's house."

The operations room was deathly silent.

Only the low hum of the server cooling fan could be heard.

Everyone understands—

Wu Jun is a big fish that must not be disturbed.

He may be involved with more than just the inside agents behind tonight's attack.

It is also a shocking secret about the eldest brother's life being stolen 18 years ago.

And the "sniper" still hiding in the residential building...

It is the key to unveiling the mystery of "everything".