Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 592 - 268: Important Clue (Part 2)

Before the final checkpoint ended, that guy wasn’t caught by the government forces either.

Could it really be done by the same person?

The reason Gu Ji could connect to this person was mainly because he met Jiang Songyuan in this classic checkpoint; otherwise, merely with a "black hood," he might not have remembered this Cohen.

Shaking his head, he felt it was more urgent to solve the problem in the military district lab first.

He left a phone number, instructing Park Baomei and her daughter to contact him anytime if needed, and he would do his best to investigate Park Jun-ryeol’s cause of death, then left with Cui Ridou.

On the way back, Cui Ridou scratched his head, looking puzzled.

"Mr. Jin, was Park Jun-ryeol really assassinated? Could it be Shansang who did it?"

"Shut your mouth. Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask."

Gu Ji walked to the car at the alley entrance, instinctively glanced around the environment, didn’t see the black Hyundai sedan, then bent over to check under the car for bombs, and only then waved his hand: "You drive, back to the prosecutor’s office."

"Oh, okay." Cui Ridou obediently came to the passenger seat, opened the car door for Gu Ji, and then got into the driver’s seat.

Ignition, start.

After turning around, Cui Ridou stepped hard on the gas pedal, and the car dashed out instantly.

"Slow down." Gu Ji just pulled out his phone.

Prepared to have Jang Siyun contact the police station to protect Park Jun-ryeol’s family.

"Sorry, Mr. Jin, I’m used to driving fast, hahaha!" Cui Ridou laughed and braked twice, then his face suddenly changed, "What, what..."

"What’s wrong?"

"Mr. Jin, the brakes seem to have suddenly failed!"

"What?" Gu Ji’s eyelid twitched, suddenly feeling the vehicle accelerate sharply again.

He quickly turned his head and indeed saw the black Hyundai sedan burst out from another alley in the side mirror, so he decisively pulled the car door handle, but found he couldn’t open it either.

"Someone has tampered with the car; the vehicle OBD system control authority has been hijacked."

"What ABC, Mr. Jin, what should we do now? The car speed has exceeded 130 kilometers!"

Cui Ridou couldn’t understand what Gu Ji was talking about, and could only watch the speed increase, gripping the steering wheel tightly, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Honk to alert others, repeatedly press the brakes, drive close to the highway shoulder, and use the car body to rub against the metal guardrail to slow down!"

Gu Ji, watching the Hyundai sedan behind, quickly judged the current solution and immediately called the police station to report the accident’s location.

He had just finished speaking.

Cui Ridou suddenly swerved, making a sharp turn to avoid the car in front, scaring others into incessant honking.

"Buzz!"

"Honk honk honk!"

"That scared the hell out of me!" Cui Ridou cursed, but his hands followed Gu Ji’s instructions, moving towards the roadside guardrail.

Seeing the distance narrow, he could only close his eyes, grit his teeth, and stick to it.

A loud "clang," the car body shook violently, followed by extremely harsh scraping sounds from Gu Ji’s door, like a hundred cats scratching at steel.

But the effect was surprisingly good.

The car’s speed indeed decreased.

Taking the opportunity, Gu Ji stuffed the poison needle trap mines and the ERC signal jammer into his waistband, ready to use in critical moments.

Unfortunately, he didn’t bring the High-Frequency Electromagnetic Shielding Device this time.

Otherwise, he could just press it lightly to isolate the signal control from the person behind them.

Since cars began to be digitized, the risk of "vehicles being controlled by outsiders" has always existed. Back in 2011, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California demonstrated how to wirelessly unlock car doors and apply emergency brakes.

The functions hackers can control include reducing speed, shutting off the engine, sudden braking, or brake failure.

But theoretically speaking, in automotive industrial design, mechanical priority is always higher than electronic, especially in brakes.

Thus, Gu Ji said someone had tampered with the vehicle, altering its underlying logic.

He first aimed at the central control area.

After removing the driving computer, Gu Ji took out his phone, using the flashlight to view the wire harness structure inside, thankful that he had stored plenty of emergency handling knowledge in his mind, including emergency repair processing of various car crash vehicles.

Sorting through for a while, he finally found a connection wire end, with a red glowing controller.

Gu Ji pulled hard.

Suddenly, the car dramatically decelerated.

"Hey! It’s working! The brakes are working!" Cui Ridou, continuously pressing the brakes, suddenly felt the familiar rebound force, and the car began to drastically slow down.

However, just then, a "bang" sound.

No one knew if it was due to prolonged side friction, the front tire suddenly burst.

The car’s front began to uncontrollably sway left and right, eventually crashing into the guardrail with a "clang."

"Ugh..."

Cui Ridou gritted his teeth, turning his head to squint at Gu Ji next to him, "Mr. Jin, are you okay..."

"Watch out!"

Unexpectedly, Gu Ji suddenly pressed his head down.

The next second, the windshield shattered with a crash.

"Get out of the car! Get out now!" Gu Ji unbuckled his seatbelt, kicked open the car door.

"Damn it! Is this person crazy! Daring to shoot on the highway!" Even though Cui Ridou usually engaged in shady businesses like robbery and burglary, his guts were ultimately not this big.

He followed Gu Ji’s actions, rolling out from the car door.

But since Gu Ji was by the expressway guardrail, which outside was grass slopes and woods, he could easily avoid the shooter’s line of sight from the black Hyundai sedan.

While Cui Ridou could only roll onto the main road.

He cursed, hiding behind the front of the car, looking for an opportunity, and climbed over the guardrail.

The black car’s door opened, and a figure in a black baseball cap, a dark gray sports hoodie, holding a silenced pistol, chased from behind.

"Pew pew!"

Even with the silencer, the pistol sound was still loud, but it was quite odd, not sounding so much like gunfire. Plus, this was a highway, and the car speeds were fast, so no one seemed to notice.

But before the two could run a few steps.

A bullet suddenly hit Cui Ridou’s lower back.

He cried out, falling headfirst to the ground.

Gu Ji looked back to find the black-capped killer already caught up.

"Go quickly!!" In pain, Cui Ridou propped himself up with his arms from the grass, drew a switchblade from his waist with his right hand, and spat curses loudly at the killer, "Damn it, I’m from the Mountain Dog Gang, Cui Ridou!!"

"Pew pew!"

Two more shots hit Cui Ridou squarely in the chest.

The killer didn’t even glance at him, continuing to pursue Gu Ji.

Precise shooting, clean actions.

Specially trained.

The military!

Gu Ji dashed into the small forest, hid behind a tree trunk, looking back at the fallen Cui Ridou and the increasingly close killer, constantly adjusting his breathing.

Frankly, he never thought Cui Ridou would sacrificially let him run at a critical moment.

Perhaps Cui Ridou was repaying the favor from the AM Hospital incident;

Or maybe he knew that once injured, he wouldn’t escape in this situation.

Anyway, without the distraction of those two shots, Gu Ji might not have been able to dodge into the woods in time.

He drew the poison needle trap mine from his waistband, gently tossing it to the edge of the tree trunk, taking a deep breath, and continued to flee into the distance.

"Pew pew!"

The shooter’s two bullets hit the edge of the tree trunk where Gu Ji disappeared, then quickly pursued.

But as he approached the poison needle trap range.

The killer’s pace abruptly slowed down.

He seemed to worry about what Gu Ji had just thrown.

But after searching for a while, he found nothing suspicious.

Just as the killer boldly stepped forward in the next second, "bang," the wild grass on the ground suddenly exploded, a massive number of poison needles fired into the woods, turning his cheeks into a porcupine!