Everyone stayed in the villa for two days. During this ti, the President sent over a list for investigation and listening reports. The reports showed that there were no issues with the people on the list, and the surveillance had no progress. This result was expected by Luo Zheng, who wasn't discouraged. Shi Feng's side also reported no new leads, as if the opponent had suddenly vanished, impossible to trace.
After summarizing various situations, Luo Zheng realized that the opponent had already ceased action, waiting for an opportunity after the summit. It ant that the opponent had shifted the battlefield. Luo Zheng discussed this situation with Hong ihua and others, who all agreed with his deduction, and began preparing for the trip.
This business delegation was visiting a third-party country, which posed many inconveniences, especially with equipnt and gear, making it more suitable to take their own. Luo Zheng was carefully studying the list of company representatives and during spare ti interacted with the accompanying guard team, understanding everyone's combat ability and specialties to know themselves and the enemy. Ti passed unknowingly.
Three days later, the business delegation departed, accompanied by many high-ranking officials, traveling by a chartered plane. Luo Zheng blended into the crowd, focusing his attention on the company representatives, discreetly observing every person and matching them with the docunts, morizing them in his mind. The accompanying officials knew Luo Zheng's identity, but no one brought it up. The company representatives thought he was a newly promoted mber and didn't dare offend him, being very polite.
The daily affairs were handled by the General Office, with the Director acting as the deputy leader of the group, but having been instructed by the President, also cooperated well with Luo Zheng's work, answering all questions. Regarding matters of life safety, no one dared to be careless. The group of over a hundred people boarded the plane smoothly, took off safely, and flew towards the destination.
Luo Zheng and others sat in the first-class cabin, among the President's entourage. No one objected to such arrangents. Luo Zheng sat quietly behind the President, near the aisle, with his eyes slightly closed, appearing to rest, but secretly on high alert, ears attentive to every surrounding sound.
After a while, the flight attendant brought drinks. The crew on this chartered plane were specially trained, with no issues in their identities and backgrounds, so Luo Zheng wasn't concerned, and asked for a bottle of mineral water. The flight attendants were part of the guard departnt and had received related notifications, knowing that Luo Zheng was in charge of security this ti, curiously glanced at him but didn't ask more questions, and left pushing the cart.
An hour later, everyone started feeling drowsy, stopped talking, and closed their eyes to rest. The cabin was very quiet, yet Luo Zheng beca more alert, opened his eyes to look around, confird no danger, and looked out the window. There was a fighter jet escorting them; Luo Zheng knew there was another one on the other side. They would escort them out of the airspace and then switch with a neighboring country's fighter jet for added security. These were customary arrangents, as no country's fighter jets could fly in another country's airspace. The best solution was mutual transfer.
No one dared to openly attack the head of Huaxia Country, so Luo Zheng didn't worry about this, but the unease in his heart never settled since boarding. This unease made Luo Zheng vigilant, raising his alertness twelvefold. The cabin remained quiet, with only the hum of the engines outside.
"You should sleep for a while, I'll keep watch," Lan Xue whispered from beside him.
"I'm not feeling too good, not sleepy, I'll just check again," Luo Zheng replied softly.
Lan Xue was startled and beca alert imdiately. Lan Xue always respected Luo Zheng's intuition, which had proven very accurate; ignoring or being careless would be gambling with one's life. Although this was a plane, and the chance for the enemy to make a move was small, everyone had witnessed many crucial matters and varied assassinations, so naturally, nobody dared to be careless.
"Pass the order, everyone needs to stay alert," Lan Xue nudged Lan Xing sitting in front of him and said quietly.
Lan Xing agreed, passed the order through his phone—everyone was using satellite phones, so there was no signal issue. This was all done subtly, without drawing attention. The cabin remained quiet, only the sound of snoring. After the final checks, the flight attendants found seats to rest.
Luo Zheng felt the unease growing in his mind, his expression changed slightly, and he looked around vigilantly, his ears perked up. He discreetly drew out the Tiger Teeth combat knife. If anyone dared to attempt an assassination, Luo Zheng wouldn't hesitate to launch a massacre on the plane. Ghost Hand and others were also prepared for combat, although they appeared to be resting. As battlefield veterans, they keenly sensed the faint killing intent emanating from Luo Zheng and beca cautious.
Ti passed second by second, with no danger appearing. Everyone's tense nerves began to relax. Human stamina is limited; nerves can't withstand being tightly wound for prolonged periods. This result caused Luo Zheng to be uneasy, taking deep breaths to calm his fluctuating emotions, looking around discreetly. No one got up, and the back cabin was also still, everyone was asleep.
Everything was so calm. Yet this calmness made Luo Zheng sense the impending danger of a storm, startling him, his eyes widened in defensive concentration. After a while, Luo Zheng, feeling oppressed by this unease, stood up, moved his body a bit to feign nonchalance and looked around, seeing no danger.
Suddenly, Luo Zheng's keen hearing caught a slight, almost imperceptible crawling sound, as if sothing was moving over. He was montarily stunned, his expression changed dramatically—it must be a snake that's moving, isn't it? Quickly checking around, he didn't find anything suspicious, disregarded any taboo, he picked up the quietly resting President, said with a stern face, "Quick, jump on the seat, check the floor, there seems to be sothing." Speaking, he too jumped onto the seat.
Almost at the mont of jumping onto the seat, Luo Zheng sharply noticed sothing else jump up as well, causing him to be greatly shocked. While in midair, he lashed a foot toward that thing, another foot landing on the seat. At this point, the others heard Luo Zheng's words and retracted their feet, standing up, surprised at Luo Zheng's bizarre actions.
"There's sothing below, help everyone get onto the seats," Luo Zheng exclaid in fright.
Hearing this, others disregarded any taboos, pulling nearby still-sleepy officials up and placing them on the seats, advising everyone not to co down and to be cautious of their feet. These high-ranking officials, aware of Luo Zheng and his companions' identities, imdiately realized sothing was wrong, too late to bla their rough actions, shook off their sleepiness, astonishedly looking around.
"What is happening?" The President also looked at Luo Zheng seriously and asked.
"Don't move, let check," said Luo Zheng, without wasting ti in conversation. After placing the President on the seat, he fearlessly drew the Tiger Teeth military knife, jumped down from the seat, and carefully inspected the floor, finding nothing initially. Squatting down to take a closer look, he soon discovered a snake-like object rapidly slithering away.
Luo Zheng's face changed dramatically, quickly stood up, and urgently shouted, "Everyone get up, stand on the seats, quick!"
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