With a sense of shame, he said, “Inspector Li, I must admit that I made many mistakes in the beginning. Please forgive me…”


    Li Yalin nodded, responding with indifference, “You were merely following orders, so that’s understandable.”


    May Fourth Qi let out a sigh of relief. He quickly added, “Inspector Li, I am here to help. Whatever questions you have, I will share everything I know.”


    May Fourth Qi, who had long harbored resentment towards the organization controlling his fate, had been hoping that Charlie could track down the location of his deceasedrades and rescue his wife, children, and family along the way. Thus, he was naturally inclined to cooperate with Li Yalin.


    Li Yalin nodded and, cutting to the chase, stated, “Our immediate priority is to determine the location of your station on the map. Before we proceed, do you have any useful clues you can share?”<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    May Fourth Qi shook his head, saying, “Honestly, Detective Li, I’ve been pondering this for a while, but the organization is too cautious and hasn’t allowed me to retain any valuable information.”


    With a slight smile, Li Yalin pulled out a list of significant natural disasters he hadpiled and asked, “Mr. Wu, how old are you this year?”


    May Fourth Qi quickly replied, “Detective Li, I think I’m probably between thirty-six and thirty-eight years old.”


    Li Yalin inquired curiously, “How did you arrive at that estimate?”


    May Fourth Qi exined, “There’s a ‘calendar’ quietly maintained within the dead man organization. We keep track based on our own schedules. I checked the time, but since there’s no absolute reference point, there can be some inuracies.”


    Li Yalin nodded and suggested, “Let’s go with thirty-eight as your age.”


    He then reviewed the major natural events of the past thirty-five years and asked, “From your birth until thest time you left the station, has there been any movement or change in your station’s location?”


    “No,” Wu Siqi replied. “The station where I was born is an underground facility, the depth and location of which remain unknown. It hasn’t changed for many years.”


    Li Yalin asked, “Can you recall any significant earthquakes during your time?”


    “A major earthquake?” May Fourth Qi pondered for a moment before saying, “There was a rtively strong earthquake, but that was many years ago.”


    “Many years?” Li Yalin pressed further. “How many years are we talking about?”


    May Fourth Qi furrowed his brow, contemting, then replied, “It was about twenty years ago, but my timeline might not be perfectly urate—there could be a two-year margin of error.”


    Li Yalin nodded, marking off the entries from 2008 in Huaxia, 2011 in Japan, and several more recent disasters. He then said, “In that case, we can eliminate the surrounding regions of Japan and central and southwestern China.” After a moment, he noticed the entry for Indonesia in 2004 and asked, “Did the earthquake you remember feel strong?”<fndd01> This update is avable on find?novel</fndd01>


    May Fourth Qi answered without hesitation, “It was indeed very strong and caused significant damage to our station at the time. Some people were injured, and a few even lost their lives.”


    Li Yalin’s interest was piqued, and he eximed, “That could be the 2004 Indonesian tsunami!”


    He then produced a map, locating the epicenter of the Indonesian tsunami, muttering, “The epicenter was in western Indonesia. Many countries, including Japan, felt the tremors, but it seems the earthquake in your area was quite severe, likely around the Indian Ocean, possibly in Indonesia.”


    “However, in 2003, there were significant earthquakes in Hokkaido, Japan, and the Solomon Inds, and in 2005, a strong quake struck Pakistan. Your timeline isn’t precise enough, so there may be some discrepancies here.” After saying that, he looked at May Fourth Qi and asked, “Do you have any other clues rted to that earthquake?”


    “Other clues?” May Fourth Qi paused for a moment, then shook his head. “I don’t have any additional clues. Although the earthquake was frightening, luckily, no one died, so we didn’t take it too seriously.”


    Li Yalin continued to study the map and asked, “If the earthquake you mentioned was indeed the tsunami in Indonesia, did you experience any flooding in your underground station afterward?”


    May Fourth Qi responded quickly, “Yes, there was indeed a flooding incident at that time. At least 20 cm of water flooded the entire station. We eventually managed to pump it out.”


    Upon hearing this, Li Yalin couldn’t contain his excitement and asked, “Was the water salty?”