At the same time, Zhonghai City.
It is hard to imagine that Zhonghai City, which has always been a first-tier city in the Red Country in the past few decades, will have such a day——
Under the clear night sky, the city seemed to be asleep, with only scattered lights flickering, and traffic on the road sparse. The commercial streets that should usually be as bright as day at this time were even more deserted...
Young people who like to go out at night are also missing. Even in night markets, Internet celebrity streets, food streets, bar streets, etc., it is difficult to see a few people...
You can see many guards with live ammunition patrolling around.
The sense of oppression brought by this atmosphere is definitely not like "searching and cracking down on foreign elements", but more like a very absurd, "aliens are about to come to Zhonghai City" feeling, nervous, anxious, There's even a hint of grandeur.
"..."
"...So, we actually failed."
Su Zhiyun stood on the bridge and spoke calmly. She looked at the dark Mingyan Lake not far away and the sparse neon lights, with no expression on her face.
The street lamps scattered dim light, and some small moth bites could be seen lingering around. Where they cast their shadows, the cold bridge deck was quite bright, and some of the smoother metal surfaces were even a bit dazzling.
In this scene, Su Zhiyun was wearing the usual white shirt and black trousers, and his hair was also in the usual low ponytail. Because he was standing by the bridge, his figure looked a little thin, but he looked particularly clear and deep.
It's impossible to ignore.
Yes...she is not alone on the bridge at this moment, there are many people behind her.
Just because what she just said was a bit vague, those people did not dare to answer and chose to remain silent.
The air was quiet for a while, and Su Zhiyun continued:
"... You have all seen that it has been ten days since his 'rebirth'; three days have passed since the first monster appeared. And with the efforts of the governments of various countries, none of the relevant situations have been effectively resolved. Almost Everything is developing in an uncontrollable direction.
"It is rare that there are no riots in Zhonghai City, which is the source, but it is because he has deliberately restrained and restrained from the beginning, not because our official control is strong...
"So...you think, what would have happened to the world if Zhou Qi had not restrained himself at the beginning?"
With that said, Su Zhiyun turned around and looked at the dozen or so people who had been standing behind her before.
There were more than a dozen people, both male and female, of different heights, and each had a completely different temperament. Some stood upright and looked very deep; some had casual postures and playful expressions; and some looked hollow and dull.
What they have in common is that they are all elusive from the outside, and it is impossible to guess what their emotions are and what they are thinking inside.
At this time, these people realized that the "we" Su Zhiyun just said refers to all the officials from the country, government, etc. who have the right to intervene in this matter, including her, not these people present.
"..."
After pondering for a while, a slovenly-looking man in a dirty white coat said: "It should be no more than two days. The whole world has already been in riots... After all, according to what you said, the boy brought It is simply not something that humans can resist by any means.”
Next to him, a man with a casual attitude rolled his eyes slightly and answered in a calm tone: "In that case, the level of chaos should be dozens of times higher than it is now. 'The end is coming' will become the consensus of everyone, and various conspiracy theories will emerge one after another. , what God’s punishment to destroy the world, what kind of fire plan, Noah’s Ark, and all kinds of messy sects, all kinds of burning, killing, looting and so on... It should be terrible.”
On the other side, a person who seemed to be wandering in the sky looked at a few small flying insects not far away who kept drawing circles in one place. He said in a low voice: "These are still based on the fact that monsters have not appeared on a large scale. , the so-called 'doomsday' tide has not really come yet."
"..."
It was quiet for a while.
Someone suddenly said indifferently: "But even now, these things are not far away."
"..."
"Yes." Su Zhiyun nodded slightly.
"..."
No one spoke anymore. Su Zhiyun glanced at them indifferently: "So, in order to welcome such a world, we should do something."
Everyone understood that this "we" was referring to the people present.
At this time, the evening breeze blew.
Su Zhiyun's hair on the temples swayed slightly, and the lake surface reflected a little neon sparkling. There were scattered clouds blocking the moon, and the world in the distance became darker.
——
Speaking of which, Su Zhiyun did not deliberately hide her whereabouts in the past two days. She just did not appear in public view and did not interfere in government affairs. In addition, in order to deal with monsters and blockade the city, the officials had no energy to find her, so they It's like she disappeared.
But in fact, she was just doing something that made no difference.
It’s a long story.
Everything started when Zhou Qi dragged her to the abandoned factory on the first day she "came back". Su Zhiyun clearly remembered that the other party sent many people reminders about the doomsday, and in order to gain trust more easily, Told a lot of those people’s secrets.
You should know that during subsequent investigations, it was discovered that apart from a small number of those people who had social relations with Zhou Qi, most of them had never had any interaction with him.
This is no small matter.
Therefore, the reason why Zhou Qi was able to arrange such a big battle so quickly was not only that the "victim" was Su Zhiyun, which caused the level of involvement to be a bit high, but the bigger reason was that Zhou Qi knew too many secrets!
...But then, after accepting the setting that "the doomsday is real", everything changed again.
Why did Zhou Qi have to send a message to remind those people? Even though it no longer makes any sense to him, he would still give a mechanical reminder... Why?
In other words,
What special significance do those people have to Doomsday and Zhou Qi?
So, with this question in mind, even though Su Zhiyun didn't fully believe Zhou Qi at that time, he still traced the people to whom the news pointed.
Of course, this is not a secret behavior. Although officially, the confidentiality level of this matter is very high, but because it is too sudden and involves too many people, the information about those people is equivalent to "public". Otherwise, it would not have spread so quickly among high-level social groups and leaked abroad in just three days.
But the authorities don't pay much attention to those people themselves.
Because no matter how special they are, everything is based on a false proposition, that is, the end of the world will really happen, and they may do something in the end, but in reality, the status of those people is uncertain, and their skills Their talents are uneven, and most of them are not outstanding.
The country naturally pays more attention to practical matters, so apart from monitoring those people to a certain extent, the rest of the energy is still doing things that should be done more.
Only Su Zhiyun...she put her energy into those people.
She was very cautious, monitoring, observing, and tentatively contacting them in secret. Afterwards, she discovered something was wrong.
A small number of them are really special.
That specialness is not only reflected in words and deeds, but also in personality and ideas.
From the appearance, they are all different. Some have prominent status and extraordinary strength, some are ordinary and innocent, some have superior IQ and keen senses, and some have short knowledge and mediocre talents.
However, they have one thing in common... an almost perverted ability to adapt!
Yes, the strange thing is that no matter what environment they are in, they can always adapt and accept it quickly, and they will find a goal for themselves, and then use all available resources to move towards this goal.
The most important thing is that they never think about the meaning of those goals, they just regard them as part of themselves, and then they are purely "self-interested".
This leads to the fact that they will not feel satisfied because they achieve a certain goal, or what achievements they have accomplished, or how many benefits they have gained, nor will they celebrate or indulge in it. They will only calmly continue to the next goal... and indulge. Looking at their lives, they seem to be programmed, firm and boring...
And why can we observe so thoroughly?
Because Su Zhiyun himself is such a person...
The only difference is that she doesn't like to stay in one environment for a long time. She likes to actively change the environment or even break it...
In short, after that, she deliberately began to slowly transfer the information acquisition rights of those special people to her own hands and control them, because she believed that whether it was a peaceful world or an apocalypse, these people would have It must be used, and if it cannot be used, it must be destroyed...
... Later, conservatives appeared and the world structure became extremely polarized. The higher authorities approved the "Isolation and Clearance Plan" proposal she submitted, and when she was operating it, she brought all those special people to Zhonghai City...
But in fact, even here, she has no plans for this. Everything she does is public and can be seen and done by others.
Until, two days ago, she died once and came back to life, that is, after the first monster appeared.
She finally figured it out...
People like them never care about achieving goals or gaining anything. They only care about what they can do, what they should do, and what they are doing. They don't care about the results at all!
As for Su Zhiyun herself, everything she has done these days, including joining the security team, using Zhou Qi to do things, and later approaching the other party, satisfying the other party, and even officially announcing that she was on the other party's side, in exchange for letting the other party protect her. Immortal, wait,
All of this is not essentially because she has any lofty goals. In fact, it is all about her adapting to the environment, adapting to changes, and preparing to face the coming doomsday, because Zhou Qi... is the biggest advantage she can use in the doomsday. resource!
And why are these people summoned?
It's not to help Zhou Qi or anything. In fact, Zhou Qi may not need any help. She is here to help herself!
She is a person in power, she needs someone to be dominated by her, and now, she needs someone who can more easily understand and accept Zhou Qi to help her achieve her goals.
The change in the environment has been destined, and Zhou Qi herself is so important, so she naturally has to do more to get closer to him...
(End of chapter)
