Chapter 1828: Escape Route
Chapter 1828: Escape Route
Anderson swallowed, turned his face away, and fell silent.
Inside the tool cab, there wasplete silence. Apart from asional stern shouts from the men in
ck outside, the entire activity center seemed to be immersed in utter stillness.
Fair quietly hid inside the cab, feeling scared herself, tightly holding onto Anderson''s arm.
Anderson didn''t push her away.
The two young children embraced each other,forting each other''s fears.
As time passed, second by second, the sky outside gradually darkened.
Anderson felt a sense of confusion, not knowing what the next steps should be. He didn''t even know if
he could sessfully escape today. But as a man, he tightly held onto Fair, deciding not to dwell on
past matters with her. At least for today, in front of his eyes, he had to protect her.
In the midst of darkness, he opened his familiar miniputer, skillfully infiltrating the activity center''s
security system, connecting to all the smart devices, and making preparations. However, he didn''t act
rashly. He was waiting for his dad and mommy to send him a signal.
Outside the activity center,
Joyce, Luther, and the others were anxiously waiting for negotiations and formting their action n.
Justin couldn''t be of much help, so he canceled his own ns for the day and stood aside, waiting.
Suddenly, Commander Zhao ran over, holding a wirelessmunication phone in his hand. He
covered the microphone and lowered his voice as he said to Joyce, "Commander, our wireless
Joyce frowned, could it be Cloud?
Darrin stood in front, "The other party''s level isn''t qualified to directly talk to the Commander. Let me
take the call."
Commander Zhao hesitated for a moment.
Luther nodded, indicating his approval.
So, Commander Zhao handed the phone to Darrin.
Sure enough, the person calling was Cloud.
Darrin got straight to the point, "It''s you, Cloud."
Cloud didn''t deny it.
Darrin sneered, "We just received the letter you had someone send. Why are you so impatient? What
kind of y are you staging now? Don''t involve innocent people in our matters. Release them quickly."
Cloud casually replied, "This is just a warning. You have three days to hand over the blueprints.
Otherwise, none of the hostages inside will survive."
"How long do you think you can control the people inside? It''s not realistic. Release half of the
hostages first, show some sincerity. Then we can discuss whates next." Darrin gestured to Joyce,
signaling them to expedite their actions.
"Fine. Release half of the hostages first. But I''m curious about one thing. Why were you all at the
amusement park? Do you know anyone among the hostages?" Cloud suddenly asked.
As it was on speakerphone, Luther also heard it. His face darkened.
Darrin was taken aback. How could he not have thought that Cloud was so shrewd? The fact that they
appeared so quickly at the amusement park could only mean that they were already inside, and if they
came to the amusement park, they must have brought children with them. This was bad. If Cloud found
out that Anderson was inside, it would be even more dangerous. He had underestimated this situation.
How should he respond? He was momentarily at a loss. But if he hesitated, it would only increase
Cloud''s suspicion.
Just then,
Justin suddenly shouted next to them, "Joyce, please help me think of a solution. We must rescue
Fair."
Upon hearing this, Joyce immediately understood, "Justin, don''t worry. I''m working on a solution. Just
be patient."
On the other end of the phone, Cloud didn''t say anything further.
Darrin breathed a sigh of relief at this moment and replied, "We can''t carry the blueprints with us.
Release half of the hostages within half an hour. We''ll be in touch."
"No problem." Cloud finished speaking and hung up the phone.
Darrin handed the phone back to Commander Zhao; he had just broken out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, Justin hade up with a clever n, making Cloud think that Joyce''s friend''s daughter
was in the activity center. Otherwise, their cover would have been blown.
Justin let out a long breath. After all, no one knew Fair, so it didn''t matter if her nickname was
mentioned.
Meanwhile, the person in charge of the construction finally designed an escape route. It involved
leaving through the venttion ducts of the women''s restroom, passing through the upper part of the
activity center''s lobby, and finally reaching the northwest corner''s chimney. They could have people
lying in wait there to provide assistance.
The engineer handed the blueprints to Joyce.
After confirming it together with Luther, Joyce immediately sent them to Anderson with amessage.
"This is the escape route to leave the activity center through the venttion ducts. Take a look and
remember it. Within half an hour, the criminals will release half of the hostages. It will cause some
As long as Anderson didn''t fall into the hands of the criminals, she had the confidence tounch a
strong attack.
At that moment,
Commander Zhao and the negotiation expert received thetest instructions.
After a round of negotiations, both sides decided to release half of the hostages in ten minutes.
Commander Zhao made an OK gesture to Joyce.
Joyce nodded.
She sent another message to Anderson, "In ten minutes, they will start releasing the hostages. Get
ready to take action. We will use a loudspeaker to shout ''begin'' as a signal from the outside. Once you
hear it, leave with Fair immediately. Don''t cut off the power unless there''s an emergency. It might cause
panic and alert inside. If there''s an urgent situation, cut off the power for three seconds and then turn it
back on. It will be our secret signal."
Anderson quickly replied, "Understood."
After giving the instructions, Joyce took a deep breath, and Luther helped her sit on a chair.
"You''ve been standing for too long. Your legs must be numb. Don''t worry, believe in Anderson."
Joyce nodded, watching the time tick away, minute by minute.
Inside the activity center,
Anderson opened the escape route map in the tool cab and looked at it with Fair. The route was
somewhatplex, but fortunately, he had a good sense of direction. However, after reviewing it
multiple times, the route was still too convoluted and difficult to remember.
"Can you memorize it?" he asked Fair, knowing that she was a math genius and extremely sensitive to
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"Mm, the directions, the distances, I''ve memorized everything. No problem at all," Fair nodded,
beginning to recite, "West-southwest by 15 degrees, 6 meters, then east by 7 meters, followed by
north-northeast by 25 degrees, 15 meters..."
"Alright, stop reciting. We''ll go when I say so," Anderson instructed.
"Okay," Fair clung tightly to Anderson, feeling increasingly nervous.
Sensing Fair''s fear, Anderson finally spoke to reassure her, "Don''t be afraid, I''m here."
Fair nodded with determination.