Qin Zhilu hadn't finished chewing a mouthful of bread, and An Yu had already devoured the rest. Kaos came out of the room and stood by the railing to signal them to come up. So An Yu turned around and circled the remaining bread on the cabinet. In my arms.
The clerk then glanced at them and said, "You two look like strangers, do you want to stay over tonight?"
Qin Zhilu nodded and pushed a note over, "Pay for his bun."
"Okay." The clerk happily collected the money and didn't care where they came from.
There was one empty room left. Qin Zhilu gave the bed to An Yu, put his windbreaker on the long wooden bench next to him, and sat down to read the files of missing soldiers carefully. Kaos stood next to him and answered questions. He would be interrupted after only three or five sentences. Some of them had to read the information himself before he could answer. However, Qin Zhilu had no hope for his military qualities, and his words were rare and gentle. .
An Yu pushed the door open alone and looked at the diners on the first floor.
Ling Qiu said that pure manual workers have simple minds, no prejudice, simple and tolerant. The three of them did not attract any extra attention just now. Those people were immersed in their own world, which was similar to Ling Qiu's summary.
In the noise, people complained about the poor hunting harvest recently, the erratic activity range of the abnormal species outside, hanging their lives on the barrel of their guns every time they went out of the city, and the frostbite seemed to be getting more and more difficult to treat. Those who are engaged in resource collection complain that there is a high probability of problems with the communication infrastructure. Recently, communication with the main city has always been slow.
An Yu stood at a high place, his golden eyes staring down quietly.
The life of the people in District 99 was obviously better than that of the rich people in the outer city of District 53 in the past, but he didn't know what was wrong. He always felt that there was something familiar about these people that could only be seen in the slums.
Can't tell. It would be nice if Ling Qiu was here. Ling Qiu is very good at observing people.
An Yu sighed softly and turned back to the room. He opened the door and happened to hear Qin Zhilu confess to Kaos: "I am highly suspicious of Siena. If there is any information related to her, please inform me immediately."
Kaos nodded yes and asked: "Do you want to wait until tomorrow morning? In fact, you can go to Siena's residence now. Her partner's house is near her home."
"There's no rush." Qin Zhilu shook his head, "It will only cause more trouble if we alert others. You should go back first."
An Yu turned sideways at the door to make way for Kaos, but his eyes fell on the side of Qin Zhilu's face.
Since entering Area 99, the most common thing the officer has said is "don't be in a hurry". Even though there are so many things wrong, he is calmer than in any previous mission.
"Are you nervous?" Kaos's voice interrupted An Yu's thoughts. He turned to look at the mountain of bread on the table, and smiled at An Yu reassuringly, "I heard that the Black Tower is attacking Area 99. The risk assessment level is very high, but fortunately the residents are not in danger yet. I think - no, I hope that there will not be too much trouble in the short term, so please don't worry too much. The safety of us people still depends on adults. them."
An Yu came back to his senses and nodded to him, "I understand, thank you."
Kaos nodded and said, "Then you have a good rest."
After waiting for a while, Qin Zhilu looked up from the information and asked, "Why are you standing outside? What did you find?"
An Yu came in and closed the door, "The atmosphere downstairs is a bit strange, but I can't say for sure."
He didn't expect Qin Zhilu to respond to such nonsense, but unexpectedly Qin Zhilu nodded, "I feel the same way."
While An Yu was stunned, Qin Zhilu lowered his head and flipped through Siena's information again, which was the record of her daily necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation in the days before she disappeared. In previous missions, Qin Zhilu rarely trusted information. He was more accustomed to investigating in person. However, this time in District 99, he acted very restrained. Instead, he repeatedly looked at the running accounts compiled by the garrison.
An Yu unconsciously turned his head and glanced at the commander again and again until Qin Zhilu suddenly put down the stack of papers and looked at him helplessly, "What are you observing me for? It started from the moment I got on the plane. There is something on my face. ?”
"No." An Yu quickly looked away.
Qin Zhilu laughed angrily, "No? Then if I find out again -"
"I mean there's nothing on your face." An Yu immediately changed his confession. He didn't want Qin Zhilu to see through that he was worried about his psychological shadow on District 95, so he thought about it for a while before explaining: "I just think that since You’re not too anxious about this task, just find something to do for yourself.”
Qin Zhilu raised his eyebrows, "What do you want for yourself is to keep looking at me?"
"Observe your words and deeds and judge your thoughts." An Yu nodded, "716 Said 21 is actively responding to the outside world more and more, and I am also taking every opportunity to try to process the information I receive."
"An Yu." Qin Zhilu looked at him and said word by word: "You are not an AI."
"I'm not an AI." An Yu nodded and repeated, "I didn't deliberately imitate 21, I just simply wanted to do this."
21 became curious about the world, and An Yu was unable and unwilling to follow suit.
Because he was only curious about his commander.
While Qin Zhilu was reading the information, An Yu sat on the bed and ate the bread from his own business until he felt sleepy. He naturally fell asleep in the dim light. When he opened his eyes again, the room was dark. The terminal showed that it was 1:30 in the morning. Qin Zhilu was lying on a bench not far away, breathing evenly.
As soon as An Yu moved, Qin Zhilu said in a low voice, "Are you awake?"
"Sorry, I need to go to the bathroom." An Yu whispered.
Qin Zhilu didn't seem to open his eyes and just said "hmm".
An Yu felt that the officer had not been completely awakened, so he used the terminal to illuminate a small patch of road under his feet, and walked out quietly. He did not relax until his hand touched the door handle.
He had just opened the door a crack, but his eyes were suddenly dazzled by something. Almost at the same time, there was a dull "bang" sound of a silent bullet penetrating the flesh, and a force pulled his arm and forcefully pushed him forward. Taking him behind him, Qin Zhilu held a gun in his other hand and stopped in front of him.
He didn't see clearly how the officer ran in front of him. He only saw a figure lying on the ground outside the door. The sharp dagger fell on the corpse's arm and almost penetrated his chest the moment he opened the door.
It was a meat-cutting dagger found on every table in the bar. The handle was stained, but the blade was extremely sharp.
An Yu's breathing almost stopped, and the fear of death came to his heart at this moment. Qin Zhilu reached out and touched the back of his heart, comforting in a low voice: "Don't panic, he has been standing outside for a long time."
An Yu breathed heavily for a long time before murmuring: "I didn't hear any sound."
"It was indeed unreasonably quiet. He only accidentally made a little noise when he was going upstairs, and I almost missed it." Qin Zhilu squatted down as he spoke, shaking the terminal towards the man's face, "It's tonight diners, but I don’t recall any unusual behavior on his part.”
The terminal showed that the gene entropy of this corpse was only 4.5. Qin Zhilu found the ID from his pocket and found in the offline information database that the person's registered gene entropy was also 4.5, and no entropy increase occurred.
"Professional hunter, no deformity, no criminal record, old and young in the family, no relatives or friends who have any relationship with the deformed species or the main city, no grievances or grudges, I can't think of a reason for him to kill us." Qin Zhilu He closed the information page and stared deeply into the man's eyes, "You were very close to the door just now. Did you hear his breathing?"
An Yu shook his head blankly, "No, it's very strange..."
"It's really strange. I've always felt that your five senses are very sensitive, just like weak creatures who are extra vigilant." Qin Zhilu said, suddenly turning his gaze to the man's chest, reaching out and pulling out the short knife from An Yu's waist, and decisively The chest of the corpse was cut open.
The next moment, the surrounding air seemed to fall into deathly silence, with only the sound of the wind howling outside the window.
No wonder this person with no abnormalities in genetic entropy can breathe perfectly concealed.
Because he doesn't need to breathe at all.
- There are no lungs in his chest. The place where the lungs should have been was filled with a large group of ferocious blood-colored branches and leaves. An Yu had never seen this kind of plant before. He bent down and pulled it out, only to find that the branches and leaves had grown together with the man's chest wall.
Qin Zhilu completely cut open his chest and abdomen. There were seven or eight human organs missing, and almost all of them were occupied by plants. The strange red mucus flowed all over the floor, but there was no smell of blood.
After a long time, Qin Zhilu, who was squatting on the ground, snorted lightly, "I really didn't expect this."
An Yu asked in a low voice, "The aberrants in Area 95 must have had genetic entropy changes back then, right? A situation similar to this only happened to the mantis in Area 53. Because the aberrations spread in a special way, maybe this time too..."
"That's not what I meant."
Qin Zhilu interrupted him and looked back at him, "Don't you think it's strange?"
His tone was casual, but his black eyes were particularly cold, and he whispered word by word: "You have a natural attraction to deformed species. As a creature that can use deformations to stop breathing on its own, he attacks you very hard." It's reasonable, but the way he attacked you was with a knife - if I didn't cut open his stomach, what's the difference between him and an ordinary robber who kills people and steals goods?"
Chapter 86 Area 95 Reappears·86
When Qin Zhilu came back after disposing of the body, the lights in the room had been turned off. An Yu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his chest rising and falling regularly.
He stood at the head of the bed for a while, then sat down and put his hand on An Yu's head.
"No one expected such a simple and crude attack. It's normal not to react. You really haven't done any training in dealing with sneak attacks before, and you just made up for it in this mission."
An Yu opened his eyes, and his golden eyes looked a little dazed at night, as if they were back to the way they were when Qin Zhilu first saw him.
"You discovered it." He whispered.
Qin Zhilu curled his lips and said, "You are pretending to be asleep very well, but your breathing is trembling. I can't bear to pretend not to hear it."
"I can't bear to hear you say these four words..." An Yu stood up slowly, hugging his knees and curling up on the bed, "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm still very afraid of death."
"Um."
An Yu raised his eyes, "Will fear of death make you disappointed in me?"
"I have never been disappointed in you." Qin Zhilu looked calmly and raised his hand to follow the shape of his ear to the scar behind his ear, then went back and rubbed it twice, "Remember Yun Dao Is this your secret code for Ling Qiu and me to confront each other?"
He didn't wait for An Yu to recall, and whispered to himself: "He taught you to learn to whisper your complaints to the people closest to you - then I will also teach you, don't be afraid to expose your weaknesses to those close to you."
Those golden eyes were condensed and seemed to light up for a moment.
An Yu lowered his head again and murmured: "I understand, sir."
"Sleep well, nothing will happen tonight."
Qin Zhilu stood up as he spoke. He had just taken two steps when a low voice suddenly came from behind him.
"I thought you would give me a hug."
Qin Zhilu's footsteps suddenly stopped.
He turned back in shock, and An Yu was still sitting on the bed with his knees in his arms, looking up at him.
From the first time Qin Zhilu met An Yu, An Yu's eyes were so clean and candid every time he expressed his emotions frankly. No shyness, no desire.
Perhaps because of this, even though he had seen him making cunning calculations, seeing him hiding his thoughts, and seeing him killing cruelly, he still felt like a blank sheet of paper.
"Every time you feel down, I give you a hug." An Yu said matter-of-factly.
The low voice has a particularly strong presence in the silent night.
Qin Zhilu was silent for a while and was about to speak when An Yu said again: "Give comfort to the other person when they are down. Physical comfort is far better than words. This is the social etiquette Zhu Tao taught me. I have always followed it, so I also hope to gain Equal..."
Before he finished speaking, Qin Zhilu strode back to the bed and leaned over to hug him.
The faint smell of leather once again enveloped An Yu.
He heard the sound of leather rubbing. The officer took off his gloves, put his head to his chest with his palms, and rubbed his hair twice.
"If you want to act coquettishly, be frank. There is no such thing as social etiquette." Qin Zhilu's words seemed to be emotionless, but he hugged him hard until An Yu suspected that his breath had heated up the fabric on the officer's chest. Only then was he let go.
"Sleep." Qin Zhilu ordered, "Don't be afraid anymore, and don't hurt yourself."
An Yu nodded and lay back, "Good night, sir."
*
An Yu slept well in the second half of the night and even woke up before Qin Zhilu the next day. He found that the chief was frowning in his sleep, as if he had dreamed of something bad.
Two minutes later, Jiang Xiao's call woke Qin Zhilu.
"Everything is normal in the garrison center. Those people disappeared completely without leaving any traces."
Qin Zhilu was not surprised at all and just asked: "Your voice is hoarse. Is it a sequelae of the extreme cold experiment?"
Jiang Xiao immediately replied: "I'm worrying you, I just didn't sleep well."
An Yu gnawed on the dry bread left over from last night. He thought the officer was just saying a casual greeting, but unexpectedly Qin Zhilu continued to ask, "You didn't sleep well. Are you dreaming?"
Jiang Xiao was also stunned for a moment, "Yes, something very ridiculous..."
"What dream?"
