An Yu suddenly realized that human beings were indeed changing very quickly.
Ling Qiu once said that humans are environmental creatures, and subversion of the environment will lead to subversion of humans. When adapting to sudden changes in the environment, the mind and behavior have far higher room for adjustment than the body. This is also the advantage that humans have over other creatures.
I don't know from which day he was no longer afraid of big shots. When he accompanied his superior in and out of the Black Tower, he saw in the reflection of the glass that he had the same cold eyes as his superior.
Sometimes when he went to deliver bread to his superior late at night and saw him sleeping in front of the screen, he would poke open his terminal and, under the warning of the invasion of lop-eared rabbits, assign himself several areas that the superior would clean tomorrow.
The score points were soaring, and the bakery and investment returns were considerable. Xu Shuangshuang began to suggest that he rent a factory and launch low-priced pre-made bread. He originally didn't want to cause trouble, but the next day he passed by Area 53 during the mission. Under the clouds, a new high-rise building in the low-income area was under construction. An Yu watched quietly for a long time through the porthole window, and then finally sent the idea of building a factory to Yan Xi.
He still remembered that during the mission a few months ago, he had stood on the ruins and told the humans mixed in the abnormal tide that the main city could not promise too much. The only thing that could be guaranteed was that there would be bread to eat while alive.
Wealth and prestige soared rapidly, and the "Corner" code quickly penetrated the spire, the main city, and spread to the world.
In the spring of 2149, mankind encountered the invasion of non-biological aberrations, time illusions, and a rapid and intensive wave of aberrations.
But it was also that spring when mankind had a second solid line of defense - the corner of Qin Zhilu's custody and education.
But Corner seemed to be keeping a low profile, and after the abnormal trend slowed down, he began to push tasks again.
Shangfeng proposed that he and Qin Zhilu participate in the decision-making of the Black Tower, but Qin Zhilu flatly refused.
"Strictly speaking, there is still not much humanity in the corner." Qin Zhilu said to the top of the mountain without changing his expression: "It's just a little beast that gets close to individual humans, and it has a tendency to self-destruct at every turn, so don't hold too much hope for him. expect."
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One day when summer finally arrived, An Yu was munching bread and waiting for his superior in the shooting training room.
Today happens to be his 100th shooting training session - unfortunately, he still hasn't overcome his fear of holding a gun.
Ling Qiu once said that sooner or later, human beings have to reconcile with what they are destined to be unable to do. An Yu agreed with this point of view very much. He hoped that the commander would recognize the fact quickly and stop forcing him to come here every day to listen to the noise. He now has the same sleeping hours as ordinary people, but he seriously doubted that it was the sound of gunshots. Scared out the results of sleep disturbance.
Qin Zhilu walked in, but without holding a gun, he said: "New mission, follow me."
An Yu said in surprise: "Hasn't this wave of abnormality reduced? The green signal light in the mission hall has been restored, and there is more manpower."
Qin Zhilu nodded, "We are asking for help from the Ping Ping District. Other lawful people cannot move. Please come with me."
Pingping District is close to the Yuge Snowfield, and the wind and snow in the sky reflect the dazzling aurora.
The deformed Arctic Snowy Owl was so huge that when it flapped its wings in the air and flew towards the human activity area, the sky seemed to be lowered. While making a terrifying and strange cry, they rotate their necks 360 degrees in the air without restriction - ordinary humans in the equal area will collapse just by looking at them, and dozens of people have been frightened into dementia.
But this kind of deformed species without strange abilities makes no difference to An Yu.
As he thought, the snowy owls scattered across the sky suddenly gathered together. Jiang Xiao, who had just arrived, picked up the barrel of the gun without hesitation and fired a high-yield thermal bomb.
The violent explosion flames engulfed the Aurora. Mis looked at An Yu in shock, the giant wings stretched behind her tense and trembling.
Miss is a middle-aged man. His skin is covered with cracks and wrinkles, which makes him look a bit older, but he is tall and firm. Judging from the abnormal signs, it probably has the genotype of an eagle and a land beast.
A reminder from the little octopus man popped up on An Yu's terminal.
-This seems to be the senior of the person I am studying.
So An Yu took the initiative and said, "Hello. Please don't be offended. This is one of my abilities, making objects travel through space."
"His name is An Yu. I have told you about him." Qin Zhilu said calmly: "The manipulator of time and space."
Miss's eyes trembled, and she said after a long time: "Time... Then can he..."
"No." Qin Zhilu paused, "It's not possible yet, I don't know in the future."
After a long time, Miss put away her meaningful eyes and whispered: "Don't let the Black Tower have too high expectations."
"I understand. After a blind person regains his sight, the first thing he does is to throw away the crutch that has been helping him. So An Yu will be used as a trump card, not the second crutch." Qin Zhilu paused, "There are many people in this world. One Qin Zhilu is enough."
An Yu flew high into the sky with the help of mechanical wings, and frowned unconsciously when he heard the conversation between Qin Zhilu and Misi through the earphones.
He seems to have more and more emotions, which sometimes bother him.
He locked onto the Snow Owl King in the abnormal tide, not even leaving Jiang Xiao any time to react - the high-frequency vibrations in the same space caused the Snow Owl King's body to be violently torn apart, and it exploded into pieces at high altitude in an instant.
The fragments fell dripping down, and the people in the equal area looked up, shocked, expecting, and fearful.
An Yu pressed the wing button and let himself land slowly.
"I'm tired, sir," he said. "Go back."
Before boarding the plane, Jiang Xiao ran after him, "I'm glad to meet you again here! It seems that you have really grown up." He paused, his red eyes trembling with excitement, "You are so powerful now, you He is indeed a destined leader.”
An Yu glanced at the arms exposed under his short sleeves, "Are you really not cold?"
He wore three layers of warm clothes, which were expensive, costing more than 5,000 points each.
Fortunately, the chief paid the bill.
Jiang Xiao sighed, "Do you still remember my fourth level of distortion? I wrote you a letter. It's Arctic Willow. Its only ability is to withstand the cold."
An Yu remembered it, saw that he was a little disappointed, and comforted him casually: "If there is a distortion in the refrigerator in the future, Xide will definitely not be willing to take on such a task, so I just sent you."
Jiang Xiao gave a stiff smile and said, "Thank you for your trust."
An Yu looked at his thin cheeks and asked, "When will you go back?"
Jiang Xiao said sternly: "Let's wait for the Pingping District to survive this period of abnormal outbreak. Although I didn't get the mental enhancement gene during this trip, my mentality has improved a lot, and I hope to serve the Spire better."
An Yu nodded casually, turned around and walked towards the plane, "The Spire is waiting for you. I also have a vacant position for the binding assistant."
Jiang Xiao was shocked, and then excitement burst out of his red eyes, and he immediately strode after An Yu.
An Yu started running, his voice carried behind him by the wind and snow: "Only if you control your perverted words and deeds!"
In late August, the people in the main city under the dome officially ushered in midsummer.
The abnormal trend has completely come to an end, and An Yu has entered vacation mode. Apart from returning to the minaret every day to exercise and sleep, he spends the rest of the time in the store.
Corner's signature bread has been launched in pre-packaged versions. With the help of the production line and logistics chain, people in Baicheng all over the world can buy it at extremely low prices at any time, with small profits but quick turnover.
The bakery is also about to launch its first handmade cookies, which will be available in a limited edition for the summer.
An Yu got a sample of the outer box in advance - a dark square cardboard box wrapped in a piece of bonus thin leather.
Xu Shuangshuang touched the leather and sighed: "It feels really good. It's thin and tough. It must be very expensive."
Seeing that An Yu remained silent, she tilted her head and said, "Boss, won't this increase the cost? Is it sponsored by our big sponsor?"
An Yu came back to his senses and said blankly: "Who is our big benefactor?"
"Mr. Jiang."
An Yu immediately shook his head, "No."
The leather is indeed free, but the chief pays the bill. At first, he only told his superior that he wanted pure black and mysterious materials. Unexpectedly, the superior directly placed an order for the leather for the gloves.
It's just too rich.
The rich aroma of icing sugar and butter came out of the kitchen. Maddie held the baking sheet and smiled: "Here comes the taste test!"
There were four flavors in the biscuit box. An Yu tasted them one by one, and then happily started writing product descriptions.
"The Cookie Box of Disaster"
"Does it look ominous?"
"The biscuit box is silent in the corner, with two layers of packaging and four flavors, all wrapped in black.
Octopus biscuits: The dough is made with great effort and is elastic and tough. If you touch it lightly with your teeth, its tentacles will respond to you powerfully.
Fish tail biscuits: black dough wrapped in sea salt flavored popping candy, releasing bubbles on the tip of the tongue, an ethereal beat from the bottom of the sea.
Wing biscuits: The hardest, the surface of the biscuit is sprinkled with mint-flavored sugar granules - although the wind at high altitude is biting, there is a solid support below.
Flower biscuits: The sweetest, cream filled dough filling. Nothing special, the full sweetness is the gift itself. "
"You haven't answered my question yet - does it look ominous?"
An Yu wrote densely on a small blackboard. Behind him, Maddie and Xu Shuangshuang were eating biscuits, and the sound of chewing filled the room.
An Yu turned his back to them and asked, "Is it too long?"
"Won't."
An unfamiliar, hoarse female voice responded to him.
An Yu turned around in surprise.
After spending more than half a month in the store, this girl only showed up in the past week. He was deeply impressed by her because she always wore an old yellow baseball cap, lowered her head to cover her facial features, and never spoke.
The bakery would close for dozens of minutes between afternoon and dinner every day. The time was not fixed, but she could accurately seize the opportunity when it opened every day and come in to buy two or three freshly baked breads. After finishing them that day, the next day God comes again.
This girl has a very good figure - in Ling Qiu's words: big breasts, slender waist, long legs, thin but not fat, with just the right proportion of muscle and fat. No matter how the world evolves and disasters destroy people, human beings can always appreciate this beauty.
An Yu had no idea about a good figure. He only felt that her outline was somewhat familiar, especially when she turned her back to choose from the shelves, a sense of familiarity hit her face.
But he couldn't remember who it was.
The girl stood behind him, finally raised her head, and said timidly: "I have always liked these bread stories - in fact, there are many more exquisite and delicious breads in the main city, but after seeing these cards, I can learn from these simple breads It tastes different. Boss, you are an interesting person."
An Yu politely said: "Thank you for your like."
Xu Shuangshuang on the side should have scanned the QR code to collect payment, but he was completely stunned and did not move for a long time.
It wasn't until An Yu looked at her that she said "Oh", collected the money in a panic, packed the bread and handed it over.
The wind chimes rang and the girl left. Outside the glass window, that beautiful silhouette gradually disappeared.
"She actually..." Xu Shuangshuang swallowed, "She actually looks like this."
The girl's face is covered with scars.
There were burns and scratches from sharp instruments. Strips of flesh and sarcoma were entangled together, stretching and deforming the facial features.
"It's not that I'm discriminating, but it's really a bit scary. It's a shame that you didn't react at all, unlike me..." Xu Shuangshuang suddenly came back to his senses and said regretfully: "Was I too rude just now? What on earth did you do? You arrived and there was no reaction at all?”
An Yu didn't know how he should react.
He had no expectations for the girl's appearance. As for the ugliness - after seeing too many irregular-looking deformities, such a face could be called well-organized.
He turned around and continued to think hard in front of the small blackboard, and said casually: "Her figure is very familiar, as if she has seen her somewhere."
He just said casually, but unexpectedly Xu Shuangshuang said: "That's right! I feel very familiar too. If I hadn't seen her face, I would have doubted that she was a big star. Besides, that girl must live in From the surrounding area, you can see from the window that we are open for business - yes, how rich are you to live in this area? I guess you are the child of a big family."
An Yu nodded casually, "Maybe."
He wrote the product description and packed the first biscuit box with his own hands, preparing to take it back to the superior for tasting. Then he turned around and asked Xu Shuangshuang, "Have the molded specimens been returned?"
Xu Shuangshuang took out a glass box from under the counter, "You are so considerate of these specimens. You are not allowed to open the box. You can only measure them with your eyes. The people at the mold factory complained many times."
