Mexico City.
In the square in front of the Order Bureau branch building, all kinds of daily necessities were piled up like mountains, and citizens lined up in more than ten columns to receive their quotas for the day. After experiencing martial law and bloody purges in the city before the New Year, even if the Twin Gods returned and Li Ru delivered an impassioned New Year's speech, there were still not many smiles on their faces.
At this moment, hundreds of agents temporarily transferred from other cities were maintaining order at the scene. House stood on the high steps in front of the branch door, his round hat held low, blocking his scarred face.
Tao Chong, who was standing next to him, opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
"That hole," House said to ease the embarrassment, but his tone was indifferent, "has there been any progress?"
Tao Chong nodded quickly: "Lao Yao and I searched Wea's house carefully a few days ago and found some clues. This time we came to verify our guesses. We found..."
"Don't tell me the details... How long will it take to find the eternal place in Zhongjing?"
Tao Chong hesitated: "Uh... I'm... not sure, but..."
Suddenly, an airship jumped into the sky from a parking lot around the square, and instantly swept over the square. Then the hatch opened wide, and a grenade shot out with a tail flame, heading straight for their location.
Suddenly attacked, Tao Chong stood there blankly, his mind going blank.
next moment.
A Xi'an drone arrived first and transformed into a surging thick metal mist, instantly covering the grenade.
Buzz~
A dull explosion sounded, and the thick metal fog only expanded slightly. At the same time, a large group of armed drones swarmed in, like a giant punch, hitting the airship that was about to escape.
boom!
The airship, which was almost broken into two pieces, crashed into a building next to the square, sending smoke and dust billowing.
Only then did Tao Chong react, staggering back, only to find that House remained motionless with his hands in his trench coat pockets, as if he didn't care about the attack he had just suffered.
Witnessing the whole process, the square became silent. Some people gritted their teeth and resisted the urge to clap their hands. Some people turned pale with desperate expressions of imminent disaster. More people just stared blankly at the black smoke coming from the building in the distance. Know what happened.
Ten minutes later, a patrol boat landed. Two agents got out of the hatch and dragged a bloody man up the steps like a dead dog and threw it in front of House.
"Only one is alive," the detective said, leaning over and grabbing the man's hair, forcing him to raise his face.
Tao Chong was stunned for a moment. The person who dared to attack the director of the Order Bureau looked less than twenty years old...
"Why?" House slowly took off his round hat and lowered his eyes.
"Uncle Garcia is dead, Santos, Liana, they are all dead..." The young man glared with blood-red eyes and roared, "They did something wrong! They are all good people, they did something wrong!"
There was deathly silence all around.
The young man struggled like crazy: "Do gangs have to die? Do gangs have to die? They..."
"Arms!" House interrupted him sharply. "The arms you manufacture are sold to people in Beijing, to people in Denali, to people in Bay City, and to the whole world! How many people are shot by bullets produced in Mexico every day? Die? Women, children, agents, they did something wrong!"
"It's not the gun that kills people, it's the people who use the guns! We..."
"It's over," House looked up at the sky, his hoarse voice floating in the square, "From now on, downtown won't need bullets, and our next generation won't need guns to protect themselves. They will go to school and have a stable life. You won't die in the fight." At this point, he waved his hand with a tired look, "Go home, kid, dying is easy, the hard thing is to live."
The sound of needle drops could still be heard in the square, and many people remembered the New Year's speech of the Chairman of the Joint Meeting. They silently watched the young man who should not have survived in any case staggering down the steps.
Maybe the new world really has come.
Tao Chong was obviously moved by House's words and had mixed feelings for a moment. He didn't come back to his senses until the young man's back disappeared and found that House had walked into the branch building.
He hurried to catch up, and just as he crossed the threshold, the smile on his face suddenly froze.
I saw House wagging his finger at a group of soldiers covered in fish-scale armor.
"Follow him and find the organization behind him."
The group of soldiers immediately disappeared, leaving only a series of imperceptible footsteps.
Tao Chong murmured: "You want to kill that child."
"Yes," House put on his round hat expressionlessly and lowered the brim.
"You lied to him."
"What I told him is that dying is easy." House took out a badge from his pocket and rubbed it with his head. "The hard thing is to live." Then he clenched the badge tightly and raised his head. "On New Year's Day, I I went to Uptown, it was my first time to go to Uptown... I think people in Lower Town should live like that, but if some people don’t think so, then they have to die.”
"Eternal God Emperor"
"Can you finish the killing?"
House smiled, his expression distorted by scars. He did not answer the question, but turned and walked deeper into the hall, leaving only one sentence:
"Do what you should do, and live well in the future."
for a long time.
Tao Chong sighed, turned his head and looked in a certain direction, lost in thought.
Ran Ran……
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Town boundary fort.
Although it was early, the restaurant in the camp was already overcrowded.
Tao Yiran and Tie Zhui shuttled among the crowd carrying dinner plates. They jogged all the way and chose a window seat where they could see the "Gate of Spiritual Reason".
As soon as he sat down, Iron Hammer stuffed the whole piece of bread into his mouth, stretched his face into a bun, and after chewing twice, he stuffed another piece of bacon into his mouth.
"..."
Tao Yiran was already used to the way this guy ate. He stirred the lemon slices in the cup with a teaspoon, a little absent-mindedly.
"Uh huh~"
Iron Hammer suddenly hummed.
"Choke again?" Tao Yiran shook his head and pushed the lemonade over.
"Uh-huh~" Tie Shui picked up the cup and took a big sip, swallowed the bread in his mouth, and lowered his voice on the table: "Here comes the big white pear."
Before Tao Yiran could turn around, a gentle voice sounded behind her: "Good morning, Hammer."
Then the speaker sat next to her, smiled and said, "Good morning, Tao Yiran."
"……morning."
Tao Yiran's mouth twitched.
On New Year's Day, not only more than a hundred candidates from Lower City District, but also nearly 300 people from Upper City District arrived at Zhenjie Fort to participate in the army selection.
She originally thought that the people from the uptown area would act condescending and look down on them as "people from below", and that the two sides would be on the same page. However, the real situation was that the people from the uptown area were obviously similar in age to them, but everyone was different. Mature and humble, and extremely easy to get along with. The only problem is that people in Shangcheng do not have the concept of "marriage", let alone that "love" is exclusive. If they like someone, they will express it immediately and make no secret of their intention to go to bed.
Among the dozen or so boys from the uptown district who confessed their love to her, the most persistent one was named Pear Star. Because of his glowing white skin, he was given the nickname "Big White Pear" by Tie Hammer.
At this moment, she was "encountered" by Li Xing again. She pretended to be nonchalant, but in fact she was on pins and needles. Unfortunately, she winked several times in a row. The hammer opposite her looked confused and just stuffed food into her mouth.
"Tao Yiran," Li Xing straightened his back and spread jam on the bread slices with a knife slowly and methodically, "I heard that your scores in the first two rounds of comprehensive evaluation were very poor, especially the language test. Both times you got zero points."
"Ah, yes," Tao Yiran put his head on the plate, "I'm so stupid that I can't learn any magic or Taoism."
"If you want to be eliminated this way, trust me, it's not going to work."
"uh-huh."
"As a friend, I must remind you that many things are not as simple as you think..." Midway through his words, Li Xing suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the door.
At the same time, the entire restaurant fell silent.
"Sir."
"Sir."
"Sir."
Shouts came one after another, and Tao Yiran turned around to see a woman in military uniform walking into the restaurant. The recruits who were dining all stood up and raised their hands in salute.
Li Xing whispered: "Lieutenant General Li Anqiao, chief sergeant major of Army Group Center."
"General, Chief Sergeant?"
"Don't you know, after the army reorganization, among the three army groups, the Twin Gods paid the most attention to the Central Army Group. He appointed the most trusted General Sorge as the supreme commander of the Central Army, and appointed Li Anqiao, who was born in the Zhuos family, as the Central Army Group. Chief Sergeant," Li Xing spoke very quickly, "She is coming this way, Tao Yiran, no matter what happens in a while, don't be stupid."
Tao Yiran stood up suddenly, his face turned pale from nervousness.
After a moment, Li Anqiao approached and asked calmly: "Are you Tao Yiran?"
"Yes, sir!"
"follow me."
Tao Yiran glanced at Li Xing and the worried Iron Hammer, gritted his teeth and followed Li Anqiao towards the door of the restaurant.
Countless people showed incredulous expressions along the way. Apparently no one knew why the Chief Sergeant came in person to take away a recruit who had not officially enlisted in the army.
Twenty minutes later.
The two took a small pontoon boat through the Gate of Spiritual Reason and arrived at the headquarters of Army Group Center.
This was Tao Yiran's first time on the other side of the Spiritual Gate. Before she could recover from the shock, she had been taken to an office in the deepest part of the headquarters.
"Go in," Li Anqiao stood still, "General Sorge is waiting for you."
Li Xing's words echoed in his mind, and Tao Yiran's mind went blank. He even forgot to respond to the chief sergeant and pushed the door in with stiff hands and feet.
In a huge office, a man in black military uniform stood in front of a light screen, his back was so majestic and intimidating.
Tao Yiran was extremely nervous. He felt that his throat was blocked and he was completely speechless.
The silent minutes seemed extremely long, until Sorge's voice sounded low:
"I have given many people a similar choice: to stay where they are for the sake of their emotions, or to let go of their emotions and take a step forward."
"Many people choose the former. Unfortunately, no matter how passionate the relationship is, it will always be worn away by the monotony and hardship of life. At that time, they will regret their original choice, without exception."
"I spent a long time observing the world, and finally discovered that fate is often only willing to give people one chance. Once you make a mistake, there is no turning back."
At this moment, Tao Yiran lowered his head, and his hands hanging at his sides were clenched into fists, shaking due to excessive exertion.
Dou Ming...
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In Zhongjing Xiacheng District, the "Queen" Building is not far from Fanban Street.
In an ascending elevator, Dou Mingheng held a submachine gun, his eyes lowered, and there were more than a dozen spades companions beside him. The one standing at the front was Levi.
Click, click~
Someone lit a cigarette and said casually: "What floor are they on?"
"Thirty-two floors," answered another.
"Fuck, it's endless. Which wave is this? Why are there so many people seeking death?"
No one answered.
Since Li Ru delivered his New Year's speech, in just one week, four gangs plotting riots emerged in Beijing. These people used to belong to various gangs and families. After the gang integration, countless small gangs and families disbanded, and the abandoned thugs joined forces. To keep warm, there is only one purpose - revenge.
The only people who know gangs best are gangs, and Spades naturally becomes an "underground law enforcer."
Ding~
The elevator reached the thirty-second floor, the door slowly opened, and a large group of people gathered in the elevator hall outside.
The two sides looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.
next moment.
Dou Ming expressionlessly put the gun on his waist and pulled the trigger. The bullets instantly killed a group of people.
Da da da da——
The other side immediately fired back.
Stray bullets were flying, and Dou Ming stepped out of the elevator step by step. After emptying the bullets, he changed the magazine with one hand. Even though the bullets flew past his temples, the expression on his face did not change at all.
When his submachine gun ran out of bullets, he picked up the enemy's gun from the ground and moved forward, stepping on a pool of blood and stumps, like an emotionless killing machine.
Until the last enemy fell, he threw away the gun, picked up a banana from the table nearby, without peeling it, put it directly into his mouth and chewed it.
Levi came to him and said in surprise: "You were shot?"
"No," Dou Ming shook his head and wiped the blood on his lower abdomen. As a result, there was more and more blood. He unbuttoned his windbreaker and found a scarlet patch on his waist. "Oh, I seem to have been shot."
The Spades members present looked at Dou Ming with an inexplicable fear in their eyes.
"Fuck, who is that? Bandage him!" Levi grinned.
When taking off his windbreaker, Dou Ming took out the "Ace of Spades" from his lining pocket and gently inserted it into the mouth of a corpse at his feet.
this moment.
Everyone, including Levi, seemed to have seen K back then.
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Far side of the moon, Aitken Basin.
A huge mine was dug out of the original headquarters of Zhuosi Gate, and tons of Yaling gold were continuously transported up and piled up into mountains.
K stood on the edge of the mine. Accompanying him was the commander of the android army group, Zero-sequence Android Zero Four, among the three army groups.
"...So, it is difficult for humans to truly trust androids," Zero Four continued the previous topic, "The android army needs a human leader."
K asked casually: "Can androids also talk nonsense?"
"In some special situations, androids will indeed give responses that are more acceptable to humans, but what I just expressed is my true thoughts."
"Do you think I'm here because Li Liang doesn't trust androids..." K lowered his head and lit a cigarette, "Or do you still not trust me?"
"Your system authority is the same as mine, second only to Mr. Li Liang, No. 0 and Ms. Cain." Zero Four remained motionless and turned his head to K. "This authorization undoubtedly represents Mr. Li Liang's trust in you. "
"Permissions? Do you think I can really control your android?"
"No, it's not control, it's leadership," Zero Four said with a serious expression, "The bionic man will firmly defend human civilization, but at the same time, the bionic man is free."
"Okay, then leave the android army to me. You can get off work."
Zero Four was silent for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed from serious to smiling: "Is this a humorous sarcasm?"
"..." K put on his sunglasses and patted Zero Four on the shoulder before turning around and leaving, "You're such a free ass."
For a moment, Zero Four's questioning came from afar: "What about you, Mr. K, are you free?"
K stopped and did not look back:
"My authority is second only to Li Liang, Number Zero...and Cain, so, what do you think?"
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Sorry, I have been on a business trip these past few days and have been in meetings all day, and my state has been extremely poor, resulting in continuous interruptions in updates.
I'll go back to Tianjin tomorrow and try to code as much as I can.
Sorry, sorry.
