"Zhan Jingyi, you don't need to worry about anything. Even different dimensions can come to this world. For us, nothing is surprising, so the secret of your death and rebirth will not be a problem."
Seeing Zhan Jingyi calm down quickly after being shocked, Ai Li's eyes showed a hint of appreciation.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Zhan Jingyi said.
"I said, I hope you can join Institute 502 and become a member of my special operations team." Ellie replied calmly.
Zhan Jingyi calmed down. The photo just now almost made him panic, but at the next moment, he wanted to understand one thing. If Aili wanted to deal with him, she wouldn't be the only one here.
It would definitely be an army, a particularly powerful army, and it might even be his brother Zhong Qiang's army.
Since there is only Ellie here, it means that the 502 that she represents, at least for now, has no malicious intentions, even if it knows that she is coming back from the dead.
Thinking of this, Zhan Jingyi asked tentatively: "What else do you know?"
Faced with this question, Ellie was not surprised at all, and was even a little surprised that he asked it just now.
"I said, we are friends, not enemies, and we must know a lot!"
Ellie took out a golden flat box from her pocket. After opening it, she found that it was full of slender cigarettes with white filters.
She took out one, put it to her mouth, lit it with the lighter with the bar logo on the table, and handed the cigarette case to Zhan Jingyi.
Zhan Jingyi took it and was not in a hurry to smoke. He held the cigarette in his hand and motioned for her to continue.
Ellie took a long puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring into the air, looked at the smoke ring that slowly dissipated in front of her, and said: "There are so many things in this world that we don't know. In the past few years, I have experienced too many things that you don’t know. Your situation can be complicated or simple. In one word, you are a mutant!"
Hearing this familiar but suddenly unfamiliar word, Zhan Jingyi raised his head, confusion revealed in his eyes.
"Yes, mutant."
Ellie nodded, repeated it, and said: "Since the first advent of the different-dimensional world fifteen years ago, it has brought two changes to our world. The first one is that the advent energy has activated some aliens like you and me. Mutants, mutants no longer look like normal humans, each mutant will have one or more abilities, some strong and some weak."
"There is no doubt about the power of mutants. Just like Superman in the movie, the powerful mutants can be said to be omnipotent. If they are not guided and controlled, they will often cause chaos within a certain range; and these mutants , and it is easy to become a tool in the hands of careerists, and become a tool and victim of the struggles of these careerists."
"The second thing is that after each advent, some of the ferocious beasts and strange things from the different dimensions that follow the advent will always escape pursuit and hide in the Crescent Federation, which will lead to some regional strange events. , which greatly disrupted the normal order and operation of the Crescent Federation, and the ten Jedi like I mentioned were formed in this way."
At this point, Ai Li leaned forward, stared at Zhan Jingyi, and said: "The changes in these two things prompted the establishment of Institute 502. Strictly speaking, we represent the side of justice, and we represent Crescent Federation.”
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Zhan Jingyi listened to Ai Li's words quietly, and he heard a lot of unknown information from it, and this information seemed to have touched him.
Aly took the document in front of him, turned over a page, pushed it in front of him, and said, "Your information is all here, and we all know your situation, so you don't need to hide anything from us."
Zhan Jingyi saw that this document contained his photo, address, age information, and the words "mutant" in huge letters.
Name: Zhan Jingyi
Age: 26
Competency Assessment: Level 1.
Personality evaluation: Integrity, recklessness, and responsibility.
Family situation: Orphan, taken in by the master's family since childhood, the identity of the master is questionable.
Work experience: Former soldier of Tianhu Special Operations Force, retired. Currently working as a security guard for Beijing-Hangzhou Freight in the mountain city.
Direction of mutation: Resurrection from the dead, suspected to be superhuman.
Description of the mutation: He avenged his master's family and was shot dead on the spot. Within 24 hours, he was affected by the energy coming from a different dimension. He mutated and came back to life. His abilities were superhuman. In a battle in a mountain city, he killed a giant blue and black deer.
Seeing this, Zhan Jingyi leaned back, took out the cigarette, lit it, and took a long puff of smoke, as if he wanted to expel the depressed air in his lungs, and exhaled it heavily.
He took off the facial makeup with his backhand and threw it on the table. There was nothing to keep secret now.
After Ai Li finished explaining just now, she leaned back slightly, stretched her chest, and looked at Zhan Jingyi in a calm and appreciative manner. Seeing his performance, a smile appeared on her face.
"As you can see, since the Advent event, a very small number of people have become mutants and become more and more powerful. These people are exactly what we need. You are one of them. Your resurrection from the dead and awakening The superpowers are also very powerful.”
"During the previous Mountain City Arrival incident, the observation point of Institute 502 discovered you. After observing you and evaluating your abilities, including your past, all the evaluation data showed that you are very suitable for this job! "
"And your performance in the mountain city was beyond our expectations! We didn't expect you to be able to defeat that giant deer."
"We need people like you to help solve disasters and strange events among the city-states of the Crescent Federation... and even communicate with the coming world of another dimension in the future."
"And this is why I'm sitting here, preparing to recruit you!"
After explaining, Aili leaned forward slightly, stared at Zhan Jingyi, and said in a calm voice: "Now it's time for you to choose, do you want to be our enemy, or join us?"
The next moment, silence filled the air.
Zhan Jingyi smoked silently for a long time, and Ai Li was not in a hurry. She just turned the wine glass in her hand and looked at him quietly, as if waiting for something.
Finally, he put out the remaining cigarette butts in the ashtray and adjusted his sitting posture slightly.
Taking a deep breath, his eyes seemed a little sharp at this moment.
"I can join you, but how can you guarantee that you won't treat me as a test subject on the test bench?"
After saying these words, Zhan Jingyi became slightly nervous, his pupils shone faintly, and his mental strength was vigorous, as if Aili's next words were wrong, and he was about to take action.
However, to his surprise, Ellie just sat there quietly, without any nervousness or surprise.
"You know, I can't guarantee it, but what I can say is that you and I are the same kind of people, both mutants, and I won't let this happen."
After finishing speaking, Aili remained silent, and Zhan Jingyi, who was sitting opposite, also fell into silence.
For a time, both of them seemed to be thinking about a lot of questions.
At this time, in the hole in Ellie's left ear, a tiny metal silver piece made an anxious voice: "Team Leader Ai, if he does not agree to the recruitment, according to his ability in the mountain city, if he stands in the federal On the opposite side, it would be too harmful. It is recommended that he be eliminated as soon as possible while he is still weak, so as not to cause too much disaster! If another incident like his occurs, no one can bear such serious consequences. "
The sound of the voice caused Ellie's face to remain expressionless for a long time.
But only she knew that all the muscles in her body were tense, and even her hands were subconsciously pressed on the gun hidden in her waist.
She had long known that Zhan Jingyi had many secrets, and what they discovered about his abilities was definitely not comprehensive enough.
In her satchel, there was an envelope. Inside the envelope were many aerial photos of Zhan Jingyi fighting in the mountain city. Each of these photos showed how powerful this young man was in combat.
Therefore, she understood more deeply what kind of madness was hidden in this seemingly harmless young man in front of her...
But at the same time, it also made her really want to recruit him, because she saw how he protected his comrades in the mountain city!
What a precious quality this is! As long as he becomes a member of his team, maybe he can take care of his back without worry!
Thinking of this, Ellie lit a cigarette, concealed her mood, and ignored the nagging voice in her ears.
There were many choices before her. She could immediately withdraw her decision to recruit him, or she could even directly use her ability to kill him as a hidden danger in this small bar with few people.
But thinking about the reason for Zhan Jingyi's death in the file, his performance in the mountain city, and more importantly, the current situation of the arrival of another dimension, she still hesitated.
Finally, she made a decision in her heart, took out an envelope from her side, pushed it in front of Zhan Jingyi, looked into his eyes and said, "I'll give you another day to think about it. If you decide within one day, you can follow the address here." Find me."
Zhan Jingyi silently took the envelope, was silent for a moment, and said, "Joining Institute 502 is considered a formal job, right? Is it paid? Do you sign a labor contract?"
Being asked these things suddenly made Ellie stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her face. She looked at Zhan Jingyi's face and said with a smile: "Of course!"
Hearing the affirmative answer, Zhan Jingyi showed a smile on his face and said: "There is one more request. Do not publish my real name to the public. I want to continue wearing a Facebook mask for a short time. I gave myself a code name, Zhan. king."
Ellie smiled, stretched out her hand, and said, "Deal!"
The two hands were held together, as if they had made an oath!
