"Praying Mantis's death is indeed strange. There is not even a scum left, and there is no proof of his death." Qin Zhilu suddenly glanced at him, "Don't worry, if there is any abnormality, I will let him die cleaner than that freak."
"..."
The light faded again.
Communication hung up. Qin Zhilu looked at him and said, "The execution is suspended. From today on, I will temporarily supervise you on behalf of the minaret."
An Yu was stunned, "You...can protect me?"
Qin Zhilu said succinctly: "Yes."
An Yu seemed to be still, his golden eyes twinkling, and his scarlet eye sockets like a little rabbit trying to please.
Qin Zhilu glanced at him from above and said, "Call sir."
"Sir... officer." An Yu was a little unfamiliar with this word, so he practiced it again, "Sir."
"Quite obedient."
A pitch-black card was thrown into An Yu's arms, with a line of small words engraved on the lower right corner of the card: [Qin Zhilu·Access to the 199th floor of Order Spire].
Ling Qiu has popularized science about the mysterious "spire of order". The vast majority of human beings will lose their will after being deformed, but there are a very few who have retained their humanity. This group of guys with deformed abilities and adhering to human beliefs formed the "lawful ones" and lived in the steeple.
In today's world, deformed creatures are only a minor problem. The real trouble is a group of "super deformed creatures". Those things have acquired even weirder powers through deformation, and some can even cause small-scale space-time chaos. If the military cannot handle it, they will be destroyed. The steeple took it.
Qin Zhilu interrupted his contemplation, "A new space-time disordered area has appeared in Bai City, and we are preparing to go on a mission."
An Yu was alert, "Now?"
"You only have this chance for this mission, and you need to prove your worth and controllability to me." Qin Zhilu paused, "As long as you can do it, you can leave freely, and the dormitory is not a problem. Other than that, There’s also a reward.”
"Money?" An Yu, who was thinking of evading, paused, "How much is it?"
"Depending on your contribution, the basic reward is only 20,000, but it should be enough for you to survive in Bai City for a whole year."
The golden eyes suddenly darkened.
Qin Zhilu added: "Of course, I am talking about ensuring basic food and clothing."
An Yu looked at him in a daze - what a joke, 20,000 yuan can buy 40,000 loaves of coarse bread, enough to eat until you die of natural causes.
It was tantamount to giving his life a solid insurance.
A small cluster of greed ignited in the golden eyes, but was quickly suppressed.
"Where is the disordered area?"
"Area 53."
An Yu was startled, "Where?"
Qin Zhilu said in a deep tone, "Shortly after you left, the entire city of Area 53 lost contact."
*
The Order Spire stands outside the main city wall, like a sharp sword cutting through the sky, reflecting cold light in the sky.
There was a statue of a man in the center of the hall, with a few lines of small words engraved on the base. An Yu followed Qin Zhilu into a transparent elevator before he could take a closer look.
The elevator climbed up from the base of the tower, exposing him naked to every Lawful One who passed by. He was like a prey surrounded by a pack of wolves. Although the bastards in the slums always smiled at him maliciously, compared with the eyes of these people, they were friendly.
"Theoretically, humans who are exposed to lawful people for a long time will be deformed, but you seem to have a natural resistance to deformation." Qin Zhilu paused, "Don't reveal your abnormality for the time being, the people here are not very friendly."
An Yu immediately asked, "What are the rules of survival here?"
"There are no hard rules, but there are many survival skills." Qin Zhilu said in a natural tone, "The core is to make them fear you, and it is best to worship you."
"..."
It's a bit fanciful.
Although Ling Qiu said that hugging thighs should be done with restraint, as being too shameless may cause counter-effects, but once a person embarks on this shameless path, it is difficult to turn back.
An Yu asked softly, "Can you protect me for a while?"
Qin Zhilu turned around and asked, "How long?"
Outside the elevator, a man with gloomy eyes stared at An Yu, blue and black blood vessels bulging under his skin.
When the elevator went up, the muscles in his upper arms had swelled to three times their size.
An Yu looked away, "Until I figure out my powers, okay?"
Qin Zhilu was noncommittal, "Prove your worth first."
The 199th floor is near the top of the tower and has only two rooms.
Qin Zhilu opened a door and said, "You can stay in this room. The trauma doctor will be here soon."
An Yu didn't bother to respond. He stared blankly at the dining table as soon as he entered the door.
There were artificial flowers on the table, filled with sentiments that were unnecessary for the untouchables. Next to the artificial flowers - three loaves of pumpernickel bread were thrown into the basket...three whole loaves!
Such complete bread has been extinct in the slums for a long time! An Yu roared in his heart. Ling Qiu said that he had to sleep with the person in charge of the subsistence allowance materials to get them. Sleeping was his specialty. Unfortunately, before he could ask for advice on how to invite the resource director, Ling Qiu left for the main city.
The communication bell rang, and Qin Zhilu took the terminal and left. An Yu immediately closed the door, held a loaf of bread under his nose and smelled it several times. Finally, he couldn't help but break off a small corner and put it into his mouth, chewing it until it disappeared completely.
The sweetness of the starch gave him a long-lost sense of security, which healed him of the fear of near-death that he had experienced over the past two days.
"Are there any injured?" The door was suddenly knocked. "What's going on? Lu led people to the 199th floor?! Open the door! Doctor!"
The doctor was in his thirties, with a pink afro, pale skin, heavy dark circles under his eyes, and a sharp voice that made An Yu suspect that he was infected with some kind of bird gene.
"So beautiful?" He looked at An Yu blankly, "What's your relationship with Lu?"
"Hello." An Yu ducked over and said, "He asked me to call sir."
The guy who was rushing into the house suddenly stopped and opened his mouth in shock, "Chief? Officer?! Nice to meet you! My name is Billy, and my aberration is Snow Pigeon. I would like to ask you what your genetic entropy is after the first aberration... …Is it convenient to reveal it?”
It is indeed a bird.
An Yu thought for a moment and reported the previous value, "0.2."
"Holy crap! Astronomical figures! No wonder...wait! How many??"
"0.2. I'm not from the main city." An Yu added, "I'm not aberrant either."
Billy's expression became more complicated. He looked around An Yu from top to bottom again, as if he suddenly had some kind of guess, and gave a weird laugh.
That smile was strange. An Yu had only seen it when Ling Qiu was talking about the resource manager's mistress.
"0.2 Dare to come in, aren't you afraid that you will be infected?"
An Yu shook his head: "I don't know."
"Tsk, tsk." Billy clapped his hands, "Come on, lift up your clothes."
An Yu obediently lifted up his shirt, revealing bruises all over his body, and the rope marks were shocking.
Billy's bird eyes were about to pop out, "Lyu likes to play with this?"
"What does he like?" An Yu asked immediately.
"What do you think?" Billy looked at him with a smile and muttered: "The skin was not broken! What a good technique."
"Well..." An Yu nodded. Shangfeng's torture method was indeed very powerful. The severe pain only left some subcutaneous bruises, which really opened the eyes of a pariah like him.
"You're pretty good at tolerating abuse, too." Billy hissed, "Law likes you, isn't it because you're particularly good at tolerating abuse, right?"
"Why?" An Yu asked. He really wanted to know why Qin Zhilu would protect him, otherwise he would feel a little insecure.
Billy winked at him, "You think about it, he hurt you a lot, didn't he?"
An Yu nodded, "Yes."
"A little! That's a little bit! Oh my God, you are also gifted!" Billy jumped up, but then showed that smile again, "No wonder Lu likes you so much."
An Yu thought for a long time, "Will hurting me make him like me?"
"Why are you pretending to be stupid?" Billy winked, "People become gentle when they are completely satisfied, and Lu is no exception, right?"
If you are gentle, you may not draw your gun easily again. That gun was the thing that An Yu feared most about Qin Zhilu.
An Yu's heart moved, "He only likes me to feel pain, but he won't kill me, right?"
"Of course, you are useful to him, why would he want to kill you."
Qin Zhilu also said the same thing just now, it must be useful.
An Yu was in awe of this bird doctor.
"You are destined to be a man of great influence." Billy said narrowly, "Ask me anytime if you have anything, and I will tell you everything I know."
"Thank you..." An Yu lowered his voice, "Do you know about the new rabbit-like super abnormality? I heard that it can kill people."
"Can it blow up people? How can the superpowers caused by rabbit genes be related to detonation..." Billy paused, "Oh——! You are talking about that, it has been highly discussed recently... The new one is codenamed What's that? An? Yes! Rabbit An! It's as fierce as a bomb when it's launched, it's easy to get stressed, and it can run extremely fast."
He can run as fast as a bomb—basically consistent with the superpower the ensign accused him of.
An Yu had no idea about the new aberrations that appeared every day around the world. He could only occasionally hear about them from Ling Qiu's mouth. Coincidentally, the little girl in the car just mentioned them.
install? Even the name is a coincidence. Is this a coincidence?
An Yu was a little anxious, "Does it have the same kind? Where did it come from? What color are its... eyes?"
Billy frowned, "I'm not a child. I don't read those things. I only mentioned that I'm naturally sleepy. What's wrong?"
Lethargy…
An Yu's breath was stagnant, and he said after a long time: "It's nothing, just ask."
Billy pouted, "You should focus more on real life. The rules of survival in the minaret are very complicated. For example, for you, you must first stay away from Jiang Xiao."
An Yu immediately asked, "Who is he?"
"A lunatic who wants nothing more than your superior." Billy stood up and packed the medicine box. "Apply this medicine after half an hour. It will be a bit strong. By the way, this is your terminal. If you are bored, you can browse the ladder and the forum."
As soon as Billy left, a mission message popped up on An Yu's terminal.
【Emergency Recruitment】
In the early hours of yesterday morning, Area 53 was invaded by a large-scale aquatic anomaly. The military went to clean it up, but communications were lost a few hours later. It is highly suspected that there is a super abnormal body, causing space and time disorder.
Task 1: Order and rectification
Task 2: Keep it secret
