Chapter 2433

Led by Wan Pojun, Li Yalin arrived at the core area of the Wanlong Palace base.

The so-called core area is a four-square-kilometer center located right in the middle of the Wanlong Palace base.

Although the base is not yet complete, the core area has already been enclosed by high walls, and inside these walls are a large number of frame-style buildings of varying heights.

These frame-style buildings are modular construction units purchased by Wanlong Palace from China; after rapid assembly, they can be put into use in the shortest possible time.

However, these buildings are only a temporary transition; once the permanent base is built, these structures will be gradually dismantled and phased out.

Wan Pojun brought Li Yalin into a six-story building. At this time, the interior renovation had already been completed. Although the outside was still a bustling construction site, the interior showed almost no traces of ongoing work.

A few minutes later, Li Yalin met 547, who had lost his hands and feet, on the top floor of this building.

During this time, 547 had become a tactical instructor for Wanlong Palace. Although he lacked hands and feet, he taught all the various formations he had mastered while he was a dead soldier, making the Wanlong Palace soldiers feel as if they had suddenly opened the door to a new world and mastered many unprecedented, flexible tactics.

In order to study how to crack the tactics of these dead soldiers, Wan Pojun arranged for several senior members of Wanlong Palace to study methods to counter dead soldier tactics together with 547.

To ensure that 547's secret would not be leaked, only the true high-level members of Wanlong Palace were qualified to set foot in this building, and 547 himself never left the building by even half a step.

At this moment, 547 was communicating and discussing tactics with several instructors from Wanlong Palace. Wan Pojun asked the others to leave, then invited Li Yalin in and said to 547, "Xiao Wu, this is Detective Li, invited by Mr. Ye. He is here to investigate the mysterious organization behind you. I hope you will cooperate well with Detective Li and tell him all the information you know clearly."

When 547 saw Li Yalin, he was as terrified as if he had seen a ghost!

He had never heard of Li Yalin's great name, nor did he know his origin or background, but he remembered Li Yalin's face. He remembered that when he went to assassinate the An family, the moment the elevator door opened, the first person he saw was this Li Yalin in front of him.

At that time, he was even the first person to open fire on Li Yalin.

Therefore, he knew very well how many shots Li Yalin had taken at that time, and he could conclude that Li Yalin had absolutely no chance of surviving.

Precisely because of this, when he saw Li Yalin's familiar yet strange face, he was extremely panicked.

Li Yalin also knew that this person was the culprit who had almost killed him, but he didn't get angry; he just smiled slightly and said, "Looking at your surprised expression, you should still remember me, right?"

547 was stunned and couldn't help but say, "This... how is this possible... at that time... at that time that person... was it you?!"

Li Yalin smiled indifferently and said, "If the person you are talking about is the one you turned into a beehive at the elevator entrance, then I can tell you responsibly that it was me."

"But... but this doesn't make sense..." 547 said suspiciously, "You were shot so many times at that time, your body was already dead, it was clearly impossible to save you..."

Li Yalin nodded and said seriously, "I was supposed to die, but fortunately there was Mr. Ye, so I came back to life."

"Mr. Ye..." 547 suddenly recalled Ye Chen's shocking strength, and the fact that Ye Chen could break the poison that had plagued him for more than thirty years with a flick of his finger. Then he thought of Li Yalin lying on the ground with dozens of bullet wounds, and he admired Ye Chen even more.

So, he said very shamefully, "Detective Li, I offended you in the past, please forgive me..."

Li Yalin nodded and said indifferently, "You were also following orders, it's understandable."

547 breathed a sigh of relief and quickly added, "Detective Li, no matter what questions you have, as long as I know, I will tell you everything without reservation."

547 had long hated the organization that controlled his fate, and had even been hoping that Ye Chen could find the station of his branch of dead soldiers and save his wife and children along the way, so naturally, he was absolutely cooperative with Li Yalin.

Li Yalin nodded, and without too much nonsense, went straight to the point: "The most urgent task now is to find a way to locate your station on the map. Before that, I wonder if you have any valuable clues you can share with me?"

547 shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, Detective Li, I have been thinking about this problem during this time, but the organization is too cautious and didn't let me leave any valuable information."

Li Yalin smiled slightly, took out the list of major natural disasters he had sorted out, and asked him, "Mr. Wu, how old are you this year?"

547 hurriedly said, "Back to Detective Li, I am probably between thirty-six and thirty-eight years old this year."

Li Yalin asked curiously, "How did you calculate your age?"

547 explained, "Inside the dead soldiers, there is a 'calendar' that is quietly recorded. We roughly recorded the time based on our daily routine, but because there is no absolute reference standard, there is still some error."

Li Yalin nodded and said, "Then let's count it as thirty-eight years old."

As he spoke, he sorted out the major natural disasters of the last thirty-five years. While looking at the items, he asked, "From the time you were born until the last time you left the station, has your station ever migrated or changed?"

"No." 547 replied, "The station where I was born is an underground facility that I don't know where it is or how deep it is. It hasn't migrated in so many years."

Li Yalin asked again, "Then in your memory, has there ever been a very strong earthquake?"

"A big earthquake?" 547 thought for a while and said, "There was one relatively strong earthquake, but that was many years ago."

"Many years?" Li Yalin asked again, "About how many years is 'many years'?"

547 frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "About twenty years or so, but my timeline might have some deviation from reality, with a margin of error of plus or minus two years."

Li Yalin nodded, reached out to cross out the 2008 China earthquake, the 2011 Japan earthquake, and several items closer to the timeline, and then said, "In that case, we can rule out the areas around Japan, as well as central and southwestern China."

As he spoke, he saw the 2004 Indonesia entry and asked, "Was the earthquake in your memory strong?"

547 said without hesitation, "Very strong, it even caused great damage to our station at the time. Some people were injured, and some even died."

Li Yalin's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "That might be the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami."

As he spoke, he took out a map, found the epicenter of the Indian Ocean tsunami on it, and muttered, "The epicenter at that time was in western Indonesia. Many countries and regions felt the earthquake, but the tremor you felt was relatively strong, so it should be around the Indian Ocean, or possibly even in Indonesia."

"However, in 2003, there were major earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher in Hokkaido, Japan, and the Solomon Islands, and a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan in 2005. Your timeline is not precise enough, so there may be deviations here."

Having said this, he looked at 547 and asked, "Do you have any other clues about that earthquake?"

"Other clues?" 547 was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No other clues. Although the earthquake was scary, no one died, so we didn't take it too much to heart."

Li Yalin looked at the map and asked, "If the earthquake you mentioned was the big tsunami in Indonesia, you lived underground. Was there any water seepage accident after the earthquake?"

"Water seepage..." 547 pondered for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and blurted out, "There was indeed a water seepage accident at that time. At least twenty centimeters of water flooded the entire station. Later, we relied on pumps to drain the water."

Hearing this, Li Yalin couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Was the water salty?"