The first person to react was White.
There were tears on her face that had not yet dried up, and she anxiously ran to Jiang Zhou's side. When the latter saw this, he immediately put down the dark-skinned man on his shoulders and pushed it into his sister's hands.
"The broken ribs are pierced into the lungs. He needs to be sent to the hospital immediately to save him."
Jiang Zhou said.
Recalling the old man's previous attempt to smear himself, he added:
"Besides, don't say I saved him."
"I don't know how to thank you, I..."
Carefully picking up his brother, White thanked him repeatedly with trembling lips.
It was also the first time that Jiang Zhou saw an expression so close to that of an ordinary person from the opponent's face that looked extremely intimidating due to genetic enhancement.
Come to think of it, she is probably just like the sisters who care about their younger brothers all over the world.
"Don't thank me and take him to the hospital quickly... If he's so dead, whose money will I win in future poker games?"
Jiang Zhou waved his hand, and then his eyes turned to the armed flying car hovering not far away, and Shenlan and the others under the flying car.
One, two, three, four, five...
Jiang Zhou glanced at it casually and counted silently in his heart.
From what he could see, there were at least five automatic weapons aimed at him. They cover each other and form an airtight web of crossfire.
If there was a conflict, in this open area with no cover, even if he tried his best to dodge, it would only take a second or two for him to be beaten into pieces.
Not to mention...
Simply ignoring the automatic weapons aimed at him overtly and covertly, Jiang Zhou focused on the person standing next to Shenlan like an iron tower.
Wearing the full-coverage exoskeleton armor issued by the resettlement area government, he held a huge rail gun in his hand. That person gave Jiang Zhou a stronger sense of oppression than the others combined.
The other party just glanced at him, and Jiang Zhou's edge enhancement system made all the muscles in his body tense.
Dangerous enough to be fatal.
His primitive survival instinct reminded him so.
That person is definitely an adjuster, and the depth of adjustment is higher than himself.
Depth 2? Depth 3?
Not only that, it is very likely that the other party is also an adjuster walking on the path of promotion - otherwise, the danger premonition brought by the edge enhancement system would not be so strong.
This is an opponent that even at his peak, he cannot defeat one on one...
However, this did not prevent Jiang Zhou from greeting his family when he heard that the other party planned to blame the Icarus Liberation Front.
"Ms. Dark Blue, who is this?"
Ignoring Jiang Zhou's previous scolding, the man turned to look at Shenlan and asked.
"The bodyguard I hired before."
Deep Blue replied in a cold tone.
As she said that, she also turned her head and looked at the other party's black mask integrated with countless sensors.
Her eyes were as cold as her tone.
"And coincidentally, the person who protected me comes from the same place as the person you claimed to be here to kill me."
she continued.
Even though he couldn't see the other person's expression through the mask, Deep Blue could still clearly feel that the person was stunned.
"You mean, this kid is... from Icarus?"
About two seconds later, the other party confirmed in disbelief.
Shenlan didn't answer, but threw his car keys to White who was rushing to send his brother to the hospital.
"How can you hire someone from Icarus to be your bodyguard? Doesn't this violate the principle of neutrality..."
Seeing this, the man's tone suddenly turned cold.
"If I hadn't hired him, by the time you arrived, I would have been a corpse."
To this, Deep Blue replied without emotion.
Of course, this may be what you would like to see...
Shenlan thought so in her heart.
But after some hesitation, she finally didn't say this.
There is no need to break up now, everything will be discussed later when we return to the tenth floor.
With this in mind, she walked towards Liao Qi.
She continued as she walked:
"So, don't continue to say in front of me, 'It was Icarus who sent people to assassinate me,' or other remarks that insult my IQ. This matter is over here, you..."
Before Shenlan finished speaking, Liao Qi, who had been standing still before, suddenly rushed towards him for some reason.
His speed was so fast that Shenlan was dazzled, and by the time she reacted, Liao Qi had already blocked herself behind him like a lion guarding its cubs.
Deep Blue realized something and turned around.
Sure enough, a row of black guns were pointed at her and Liao Qi.
The people from the Public Security Center's Rapid Reaction Force were standing like a firing squad at the moment.
"What do you want to do?"
Facing the scene in front of her, Shen Lan was shocked and angry.
How dare they?
Being able to become a negative layer agent, Shen Lan is naturally not a fool.
The serial assassinations against him, the framing of Icarus, and the belated reinforcements... all these things show that someone wants to use his death to provoke a conflict between the resettlement area government and The paradox of Icarus.
Among these "people", the security center on the first floor, which controls the most powerful armed force of the resettlement area government at the underground level, but does not have much autonomy, is not uninvolved. reason.
But even so, Shen Lan didn't think that after the previous assassination failed, the other party would break his face so directly.
An assassination operation is one thing, but betrayal is another. No matter how you put it, no matter how much the Provisional Government of the resettlement area is a joke, they still maintain a certain face.
The various departments cannot be openly hostile to each other, which is one of the things that must be maintained.
"Please don't be nervous, Ms. Deep Blue. We just need you to admit that the previous assassination of you was done by Icarus. So, please let the other party come over, and then leave everything here to us."
The leader looked at Shenlan and said with great sincerity.
As sincere as an ultimatum.
When Shen Lan didn't reply, he paused and then added:
"You know, this is what it says, so please don't make it difficult for us."
The other party said that this meant "above", but Shenlan naturally couldn't believe such nonsense. After all, implementing the details of the cooperation between the resettlement area government and Icarus was a task personally assigned to him by the old men who were actually in power on the tenth floor.
If the previous resettlement area government was worried that the Icarus Liberation Front would integrate the entire underground class and challenge their authority. So now, they have suffered a severe blow from Pluto's deep dive, and this is the state that the tenth level most wants to see.
Able to maintain the stability of the underground order, but not powerful enough to challenge the authority of the government.
Therefore, at least until Ikaros becomes powerful enough again, it is impossible for the Tenth Level to take action against them.
This is their usual balance.
"Is this what above means, or is it what you mean?"
Shenlan calmed down and said, then without waiting for the other party to answer, she continued:
"Of course, no matter who it is, I will protect this person."
She said and walked to Liao Qi's side.
At this distance, if the other party shoots, he will definitely hurt himself accidentally.
The man at the head of the task force sighed. Instead of answering her questions, he sent her several encrypted messages that burned after reading.
[Ms. Dark Blue, please believe me, this is not worth what you do. 】
[After all, the important thing in this whole thing is not your life or death, but the fact that Icarus attacked the Deep Blue Zone Bar. Therefore, as long as you stand on our side, I will guarantee with my life that you will be absolutely safe in the future. 】
In response, Shenlan just sneered, and then said directly:
"I can say whatever you want, but it is absolutely impossible for him to follow you. In addition, I cannot testify that Ikaros planned the assassination plan... However, as for the response speed of the security center on the negative floor, I will later It will definitely react upward.”
The man sighed again after hearing this:
"Is that so? But I think there may be some things that are beyond your control."
After he finished speaking, several people wearing the same model of powered exoskeletons jumped off the flying car.
Afraid of accidental injury if they fired, the few people surrounded them and slowly walked towards them.
"Sorry, Liao Qi."
"What's there to be sorry for?"
Liao Qi replied calmly.
Hearing this answer, the apology on Shen Lan's face became even heavier:
"You saved my life twice before, but in the end, I couldn't even repay you once... I will definitely avenge you. Of course, there is also Booker's plan, and I swear I will never tell it... By the way, what else do you want to do? I will definitely..."
Deep Blue spoke a little incoherently.
However, at this time, Liao Qi, who had previously put on a defensive posture, suddenly relaxed.
"It does not matter."
Jiang Zhou said this.
"How could it not be related?"
Deep Blue looked at him seriously.
"What they are doing now is because they feel that they are in an absolute advantage in terms of force at the moment, and they can take advantage of this last opportunity to attack and kill first and then show off."
Jiang Zhou said, looking at the guys who were getting closer, he even sat down on the ground.
After several battles in a row, he was already a little tired.
"In addition, they naively believe that the influence they have behind them can be enough to help deal with the consequences of such reckless actions."
As he said that, he raised his head and looked at Shen Lan, who was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"But they were wrong, and very wrong."
Jiang Zhou concluded.
"Wrong...what do you mean?"
Deep Blue asked in confusion.
"First of all, the influence of the backers they rely on is far less powerful than they imagined... They are just the remnants of Ye Qian's faction left in the ten-layer government, and they can only act based on temporary inertia. After that, Once Perse Fanny's forces move in, they will be wiped out immediately."
Jiang Zhou looked at those people and said.
Before Shenlan could ask, Jiang Zhou continued:
"Secondly, they are not the ones who have the advantage in force right now."
Having said this, Jiang Zhou sent a message to a certain communication channel.
[Shen Lan’s stress test passed, she can be completely trusted. But to be honest, I think it's completely unnecessary for you to do this... In short, you should show up quickly. 】
"What's the meaning?"
Shenlan, who still didn't understand the situation at this moment, asked.
Jiang Zhou didn't answer, just raised his finger and pointed to the sky.
Under the steel sky with sky-blue clear sky lights on the negative floor, five silent anti-gravity aircraft uniformly removed their optical camouflage and appeared in an A-line formation above them.
Right in front of each aircraft is printed the logo of Pluto Deep Diving's bident and invisible helmet.
After noticing those anti-gravity aircraft, the guys from the security center's task force immediately stopped and looked at the sky in horror.
What's happening here? Pluto Submarine's aircraft?
In addition to the five hovering aircraft, there is another person who is also hovering in mid-air regardless of gravity.
The Aegis individual combat module was constantly changing forms on the man's body, and the microwave transmitter buried in his right arm was pointing at the captain of the task force at his feet.
Needless to say, the visitor is Booker Irwin, the leader of Icarus.
As for the five anti-gravity aircraft, they were the guards sent by Perse Fanny to escort the multi-purpose printer.
[You kid, please stop complaining. It’s rare to have such an opportunity. If you are sure that Shen Lan is indeed trustworthy, then you will be able to get out of your bodyguard job.】
In the communication channel, Booker, who had been observing in the sky for a long time, replied.
I was delayed because I had something to do, so I was a little late. Sorry.
(End of chapter)
