EBE Chapter 1014 Black Snake
Chapter 1014 Black Snake
He won this glorious battle.
However, the glory of victory did not seem to stir the slightest ripple in his heart.
Golden rain fell from the top of the stadium, like a grand blizzard born for the king, coating the entire stage with a layer of dreamy colors. The teammates shouted and jumped excitedly, and Uzi hugged Xu Mo from behind, almost lifting him up: "Mozi is awesome! You are a god!"
All around him were deafening cheers, a galaxy of flashing lights, and the voice of the commentator roaring praises. All this noise and frenzy seemed to have been muted in Xu Mo's world. His senses were infinitely stretched, penetrating the noisy crowd, passing through the noisy stage, and only locked onto the small figure at the backstage entrance, who was smiling for him with the most beautiful smile in the world.
The Silver Dragon Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of LPL, looked cold and heavy in his eyes at this moment, and was not as warm as the starlight of worry and pride intertwined in her eyes.
"Mo Shen! Mo Shen!" The host rushed over with the microphone, his face showing excitement that could not be concealed, "Congratulations to RNG, congratulations to Mo Shen! After going through such a huge storm, you won the championship with a perfect performance! At this moment, do you have anything to say to the fans who support you?"
Xu Mo withdrew his gaze from Xi Ran and took the microphone. The whole audience fell silent instantly, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the coronation announcement of the new king.
His eyes slowly swept across the sea of light signs lit up for him below the stage. His voice spread to every corner of the venue through the microphone. It was as calm as ever, but with unquestionable power.
"Thank you for your support." He paused, then said something that no one expected, "Esports is my profession and my passion. But some things are more important than victory and glory."
After that, he handed the microphone back to the stunned host, without touching the championship trophy that was so close to him, or even looking at it again. In the puzzled eyes of his teammates, he turned around and walked off the stage.
Like a sharp blade breaking through the waves, he resolutely walked through all the staff and media reporters who tried to come forward to congratulate him, and walked towards the only harbor that belonged to him.
Xiran watched him walk towards her against the light, her heart beating fast and anxious. She could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, which slid down. They were not tears of sadness, but hot tears mixed with heartache, pride and emotion.
"Let's go." Xu Mo came in front of her, without any extra words, and just stretched out his hand. His palm was broad and warm, with a magical power that could soothe all the anxiety.
"Yeah." Xiran nodded heavily and put her cold little hand into his palm.
At this moment, RNG's manager Chen Feng quickly caught up with him, looking serious: "Xu Mo, press conference..."
"You go for me." Xu Mo walked without stopping, "Tell them that I have more important things to do. I will explain it to the club in person."
Chen Feng looked at his resolute back, then looked at the girl beside him who was being protected by him, and finally he could only sigh helplessly and turn around to deal with the media who were like sharks smelling blood. He knew that for this man, the war on the stage was over, but the fighting in reality was probably just beginning.
Under the protection of the staff, Xu Mo took Xi Ran and quickly left through the special channel for contestants. After sitting in the nanny car that had been waiting there for a long time and isolating from all the noise from the outside world, Xu Mo loosened his grip on her hand, but the chilling breath did not diminish at all.
"He sent you a message, didn't he?" Xi Ran asked softly, her voice trembling a little, but very clear. She saw the moment his phone lit up on the screen in the background, and also caught the icy murderous intent in his eyes.
Xu Mo did not hide anything and showed her the text message.
"Your performance was wonderful, but the game has just begun. - Black Snake"
This short line of words is full of teasing and provocation, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, announcing its existence and threat.
Xi Ran's face turned pale. She was not afraid of the other party's ferocity, but she was afraid of the other party's "game". This meant that they were being targeted by a madman hiding in the dark, and Xu Mo was the most conspicuous target.
"He is declaring war on you." Xi Ran's voice was filled with a firmness that he himself did not realize. "He knows you are in the arena. He watched you win the championship. Then he used this method to tell you that he can find you at any time."
"No." Xu Mo shook his head, his deep eyes flashing with a terrifying cold light. He said word by word, "He is not declaring war on me, he is seeking death."
That message completely ignited the suppressed anger in Xu Mo's heart. This was no longer a simple revenge, but a battle of dignity. Black Snake's provocation undoubtedly touched his most core reverse scale - he tried to turn Xu Mo's most glorious moment into a horror game dominated by him.
The car did not go back to RNG's base, nor did it go to Xu Mo's apartment. Instead, it drove through the night and entered an ordinary-looking old industrial park. Finally, it stopped in front of an unremarkable warehouse-style building.
"Where is this?" Xiran was a little confused.
"My place." Xu Mo said, using a special fingerprint key to open the heavy iron door.
Behind the door is a world completely different from its shabby appearance.
This place is like a high-tech combat command room, with several huge display screens occupying the entire wall, with complex data and codes flowing on them. On the other side is the modification area, where various sophisticated electronic components and mechanical tools are neatly arranged, and there is even a small dust-free operation room. The air is filled with a faint smell of motor oil and metal, cold and solemn, but full of a sense of order.
This is the real domain of "Mo God" Xu Mo. It is not the Summoner's Rift, but the "safe house" he built for himself to deal with all crises in the real world, or in other words... the hunter's nest.
"Does the information 'Old Ghost' gave you contain any clues to cracking his communication method?" Xu Mo asked without turning his head as he took off his team uniform, revealing his muscular upper body wrapped in bandages.
Xi Ran was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was talking to her. She hurried to the console, and her slender fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard, calling up the encrypted file. As an excellent host, she not only understands the game, but also has a talent for data analysis and information collection that is far beyond ordinary people. This is why she was able to dig out clues about Xu Mo, the "mysterious god" who almost never participated in any commercial activities, from a large amount of information.
"Yes!" Xi found the key information in no time. "The communication network of 'Black Snake' is triple-encrypted, but 'Old Ghost' marked a vulnerability in the underlying protocol. He said it is military-grade and cannot be broken by conventional means, but perhaps... we can try reverse tracking."
"That's enough." Xu Mo walked to a wall and pressed a hidden switch. The wall slowly moved away, revealing a weapons depot. There were no firearms in it, only cold weapons of various shapes and forms, as well as some small but deadly "toys" that he had made himself.
He picked up the familiar "special pen" and selected a few tools and put them on his waist.
At this moment, a red warning box suddenly popped up on the screen in front of Xiran.
A new unknown signal bypassed all firewalls and directly accessed their system!
Then, a photo appeared on the main screen.
The photo was taken from a high altitude, and in the center of the picture was Xi Ran herself! She was sitting in front of the console, looking down at the screen intently. In the lower right corner of the photo, there was a line of blood-red words:
"Girl, your hair is so pretty. Next game, let's play hide and seek, okay?"
At that moment, the air in the entire space seemed to solidify.
A chilling murderous intent that was even more piercing than the Siberian cold current burst out from Xu Mo's body. His eyes instantly turned red, not the red of anger, but the color of the deepest part of blood.
The black snake was not only provoking him, but also using Xi Ran to tease him! He was nearby!
Xu Mo turned around abruptly, pulled Xi Ran up from his seat, and protected her tightly behind him. His eyes like a hawk scanned every possible blind spot in the warehouse.
"Don't be afraid." His voice was low and hoarse, as if he was suppressing a wild beast about to be released from a cage, "He can't run away."
Xi Ran was indeed afraid, her body was trembling slightly, but when Xu Mo protected her from behind, all her fear turned into raging rage. She raised her head and looked at the back of the man in front of her. His broad shoulders were holding up the sky for her at the moment.
She took a deep breath and calmed herself down with all her might. She pointed at the metadata stream of the photo on the screen and said quickly, "The photo is delayed. It was taken thirty seconds ago! The signal source is right above us! He used a drone!"
When Xu Mo heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"very good."
Without any hesitation, he grabbed a peculiar-looking electromagnetic pulse device on the workbench next to him and picked up the pen with his other hand.
"Stay here, lock the door, and wait for me to come back."
Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed to the rooftop of the warehouse like a cheetah.
game?
The corners of Xu Mo's mouth curled up into an extremely cold arc.
you are wrong.
When a hunter walks into the hunting ground, it means...
The game is over.
The night wind was as sharp as a knife, blowing in the face with the unique smell of rust and dust from the industrial park.
Xu Mo rushed to the rooftop like a silent whirlwind. His feet landed on the rough concrete floor without making any unnecessary sounds, and he instantly blended into the complex shadows of the rooftop composed of pipes, fans, and the night sky.
He didn't rush to look for it, but half-crouched down, closed his eyes, and amplified his hearing and perception to the extreme. The sound of the wind was like a ghost passing through the jungle of steel and concrete, and the neon lights of the city in the distance polluted the sky. Above all the background sounds, a faint, high-frequency "buzzing" sound, like the whisper of a devil, drilled into his ears.
found it.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and his sight was locked on a spot about fifty meters above him, as precise as a hawk. It was a small, almost integrated quadcopter drone, hovering at a tricky angle, with the red indicator light on its body staring coldly down like an evil eye.
Without any hesitation, Xu Mo took out the strange-looking electromagnetic pulse device from his waist. He did not aim, but based on the wind speed and distance, he instantly constructed a perfect parabola in his mind. With his arm muscles tensed and his wrist flicked, the device turned into a black stream of light and flew silently into the night sky.
At this moment, Xiran's urgent but extremely clear voice came from the micro communicator in his ear.
"Xu Mo! I intercepted its last return signal! According to the calculations based on signal attenuation and Doppler effect, the operator is to your northeast, about 300 meters away in a straight line, and should be on the top floor of abandoned factory building No. 3!"
Almost at the same moment Xi Ran finished speaking, the electromagnetic pulse device arrived at the predetermined coordinates in the air. There was no explosion, no fire, only a circle of energy ripples that were invisible to the naked eye suddenly spread.
The "Devil's Eye" in the air seemed to be strangled by an invisible big hand. The indicator light flashed twice wildly, the rotor made a spasmodic cry, and then it completely failed. Like a piece of scrap metal, it fell vertically and fell into the alley below, making a crisp breaking sound.
The prey has been alerted, and the hunt has officially begun.
Xu Mo didn't even look at the wreckage of the crashed drone. His body had already jumped down from the edge of the roof like a black panther that had been accumulating strength for a long time!
At a height of nearly five meters, he accurately grabbed a thick pipe that ran across the buildings while falling. His body swung along, relieving most of the impact, and his feet landed lightly on the roof of another building. His movements were not a trace of fireworks, but with a deadly sense of rhythm, he quickly passed through the tops of these abandoned industrial buildings as if they were flat ground.
His target was the abandoned factory No. 3 that Xiran mentioned.
At the same time, in the warehouse, Xi Ran's heart almost jumped into her throat. Her hands danced on the keyboard, forcing herself to calm down. She knew that at this moment, she was not a girl who needed to be protected, but Xu Mo's eyes and his backup.
"He's moving! The signal source is moving quickly to the east. He wants to escape from the fire escape on the east side of the factory!" Xi Ran's voice guided Xu Mo through the communicator, "Be careful, according to the architectural drawings, there are many blind spots over there!"
"Got it." Xu Mo's response was brief and to the point, and he ran even faster.
When he appeared on the rooftop of the No. 3 plant like a ghost, he saw a man who had just put a black control box into his backpack and was about to climb down the stairs. The man was wearing a well-cut black windbreaker, and even when he was running away, his movements were somewhat morbidly elegant. He seemed to sense the murderous intent behind him and turned back suddenly.
It was a face covered by a half silver mask, and on the other half of the face, a playful, cruel smile was curled up at the corner of the mouth. (End of this chapter)