Chapter 99 Joining the Company 976
Xiaobai stood in front of an old gray-white office building and looked up at the doorplate - "976 Special Affairs Investigation Bureau".
"Tsk, there's not even a sign, so low-key." She muttered and pushed the door open.
At the end of the corridor, a middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses was looking through documents. Hearing footsteps, he did not even raise his head and asked, "Lin Xiaobai?"
"yes."
"Recommended by Consultant Su?"
“I guess so.”
The man finally looked up, and sized her up through his glasses with sharp eyes: "I'm the director, Shangguan Xing. Welcome to join Bureau 976 - specializing in dealing with 'things that shouldn't exist'."
He opened the drawer, took out a yellowed file and pushed it in front of her.
File number: 10086
Project Name: Fragments of Space and Time
Hazard Level: SSS
Xiaobai raised his eyebrows: "A fragment of time and space?"
Shangguan Xing nodded: "Three days ago, abnormal energy fluctuations appeared in the northwest Gobi Desert, and the same radiation as the fragments that disappeared from Longtou Cliff was detected."
Xiaobai smiled: "So, my mission is to recycle?"
"No." Shangguan Xing knocked on the table. "Your task is to find out who sent these fragments."
"Send? Who?" She heard all these words clearly, but the meaning behind them...
"Yes, that's what you think!" Shangguan Xing seemed to see through Xiao Bai's thoughts. "Here is the pass. Go to the archives to retrieve the relevant information. After reading it, you will understand why I said 'who'!"
Late at night, the underground archive room of Bureau 976 was so quiet that one could hear the hum of the ventilation system.
Xiaobai's fingertips slid across the yellowed pages of the archive paper, and the cold light of the reading lamp cast a sharp shadow on her face.
Lines of encrypted text danced before her eyes, and her pupils shrank slightly - it turned out that everything had been traced a long time ago.
Tang Jingmo returned to the teachers' dormitory - he now also serves as a teacher at the university - and noticed someone sneaking into the dark room. In the darkness, he silently put his right hand on his pistol, and let go after three seconds.
He didn't turn on the light, but walked directly to the sofa by the window in the dark, sat down, and hugged her, "What's wrong?"
Xiaobai buried her face in his waist and abdomen, and the fabric of her combat uniform made a slight friction sound as she rubbed it against him.
"I went to the 976th Bureau to start work today," she said in a muffled voice, as if coming from far away, "I read some files..."
Tang Jingmo's fingertips inserted into her long hair and paused when they touched her cold neck.
He simply picked her up and let her hang on him like a koala.
He wrapped her cold little hand in his palm, his Adam's apple moved, "What do you want to ask?"
The girl in his arms suddenly looked up, her eyes reflecting the street lights outside the window, shockingly bright: "How many secrets are hidden in your base?"
Tang Jingmo held her in his arms and kissed her forehead, "Okay, I'll tell you everything I know."
"...After the apocalypse, the human survival territory has been drastically reduced, and resources are even more scarce. Different voices have emerged in the base, roughly divided into two camps."
"The first camp is the 'savior faction' headed by Dr. Chen.
It advocates concentrating current resources, focusing on the survival issues of the end times, transforming the environment, and rebuilding civilization.
Their main goal is to keep humans alive in the wasteland."
Xiaobai raised his head in his arms and wondered, "That sounds good, but in this time and space illusion, why is he chasing me? He's chasing Lin Xiaobai of the end of the world. I don't remember offending him!"
"Don't be impatient, just listen to me first." Tang Jingmo held her cold little hand and continued:
"The second camp in the base is the 'Retrospector' project headed by Dr. He!"
"Dr. He advocates sending 'biological humans' back to the past through a time machine to change key historical nodes. The goal is to prevent the end of the world!"
"Both plans sound good, why are they at odds with each other? Wouldn't it be better to carry them out together?"
In Xiaobai's previous fighting career, he had never been involved in the field of scientific research, so he did not know that in the end times when resources are scarce, it is already difficult enough to support a research project. If he wants to carry out two projects at the same time, it is harder than climbing to the sky.
"In addition to scientific research, there are still more than 100,000 people in the base who need to take care of their survival. It's not that we don't want to do it together, but reality doesn't allow it. Only one of the two teams can stay."
"So, Dr. Chen and Dr. He became competitors, even rivals!" Xiaobai seemed to understand something.
“Who won the research rights in the end?”
Xiao Bai's question caused Tang Jingmo to be silent for a while. He avoided answering and instead talked about the other third camp.
"In fact, in addition to Dr. Chen and Dr. He, there should be a third party involved. I was just suspicious at first, but what we experienced after crossing over told me that it was not just my imagination."
Xiao Bai was immediately attracted by the content of his words. This was actually a reiteration of an old topic.
"So the third force is an advanced civilization outside the domain. They regard the Earth as a test site and humans as guinea pigs, observing our reactions in extreme environments with a condescending attitude of an observer."
"Yes! I still can't tell what their purpose is."
Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes: "...These fragments may seem to be Professor He's retrospective plan, but in fact, they are full of traces of extraterritorial civilizations. And the key to everything lies in me!"
Xiaobai's sharpness never fails at critical moments.
Finally, we brought the topic back to the topic.
Tang Jingmo sighed helplessly and gently tapped her forehead with his slender fingers.
The action was very gentle, but it carried an indescribable fondness: "Sometimes I really don't want you to be so smart."
"The truth you have been reluctant to tell is related to my life experience. Or am I SO1, the most successful biological person?"
Tang Jingmo suddenly lowered his head and buried his face in her neck like a wounded animal. His warm breath sprayed on her skin, with a slight tremor.
"I don't care who you are..." His voice was muffled, but extremely firm, "You are my fiancée, my lover, and my only partner."
Xiaobai felt her eyes getting hot. She tilted her head and gently pressed her forehead against Tang Jingmo's.
Their breaths intertwined, and she could smell his unique scent of agarwood and pine.
"Have you ever thought about..." Her voice suddenly became cheerful.
"Even though I was once a biological person, this body now belongs to the real Lin Xiaobai from Longshan Village."
She deliberately nudged Tang Jingmo with the tip of her nose, "So..."
Tang Jingmo suddenly raised his head, his eyes bright astonishingly, as if he had suddenly figured out a problem that had troubled him for a long time.
"So you are already a completely human being!" His voice trembled slightly with excitement.
"Pfft..." Xiaobai couldn't help laughing, and the corners of his eyes curved into beautiful crescents.
"I thought you were so smart, but you can't even figure out such a simple question."
She poked Tang Jingmo's chest playfully, "As expected, caring too much can lead to confusion."
Tang Jingmo scratched his head embarrassedly and showed a rare honest smile.
This man who was invincible on the battlefield now looked like a young boy who was just beginning to fall in love.
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