As his consciousness sank into the other person's dream, Lin Qingliu appeared at the door of a slightly low house.
Although this house is a single-family house, it is as shabby as the surrounding houses. It is the type that few people would accept even if it was given away for free.
The dim room was not spacious. Packages of ready-to-use nutritional paste were piled beside the bed. On the only table, a greasy radio played intermittently, like a dying old man describing his illness.
In the corner formed by the bed and the wall, a child who looked about seven or eight years old was holding a curled-up book in both hands. It seemed to be the textbook for the compulsory education in Hope City.
A woman poked her head out of the room. She had long gray hair and was wearing slightly old but very clean clothes, but her facial features were a little blurry.
"Ah, someone is here, who are you?"
The boy, immersed in books, suddenly raised his head and looked at the familiar face at the door.
In an instant, memories of the real world flooded into El's mind, and he understood where he was at the moment.
"El, did your dad say which of his friends would be visiting?"
As soon as the blurred-faced woman finished saying this, she gradually became transparent and disappeared into the room.
As the woman disappeared, the seven or eight-year-old child grew taller little by little, and his face continued to change as if it were growing.
Soon, the familiar El appeared at the corner of the bed.
"Doctor Lin, you, how come..."
“How did you get in?
"Of course, I asked a certain Mr. 'paperhanger' who wishes to remain anonymous."
Lin Qingliu sat down beside the bed. He had seen similar scenes in the dreams of many soldiers, but he still felt a little sad at this moment.
If it weren't for those troubles, this child might still be studying now...
"I saw the message you left, so I came over here to take a look and tell you something."
El quickly moved to the vicinity of Lin Qingliu.
"Please go ahead."
"It's not necessary to be so serious. It's just that I will be moving to the inner city during this period. The clinic here will have military personnel to take care of it on your behalf. Considering that you might make a wasted trip after getting injured, I think it's necessary to talk to you about this matter."
El nodded obediently and said:
"Don't worry, I have been paying close attention to it during this period. Since my abilities have undergone new changes, I have become more and more skilled, and I have been injured less and less.
"Besides, part of my future operations will be in the inner city, so I will still have a chance to meet you."
Hearing this, Lin Qingliu frowned slightly.
"Have your plans changed?"
Lin Qingliu was aware of El's previous plan, but he was not aware of the change.
As the leader of a behind-the-scenes organization, Lin Qingliu does not impose excessive restrictions on his believers when there are no special tasks, as everyone has their own things to do.
"Yes……"
El knew that this was his dream and there would be no risk of information leakage, so he explained Zhuang Mian's notification to him and the follow-up plan he and Li Rui had made.
Lin Qingliu thought carefully about the feasibility of using the Holy Shield to sweep the outer city area and some dark corners in the inner city area, and felt that this was indeed a plan with good feasibility.
After all, what El is going to do is actually not much different from Shi Jin's, except for the violence.
Although this child does not know how to open the safe, his ability of [Up-Dimensional Displacement] alone is enough to make Shi Jin understand what it means that those who know how to play cannot beat those who cheat.
After thinking for a while, Lin Qingliu finally added:
“I won’t interfere with you too much, but you still have to be aware of the possible consequences of this matter. Miaoshou was caught before because he extended his hand to the inner city.
"Also, the inner city is different from the outer city. There are surveillance cameras in many places. This is something you must pay attention to."
After a short silence, Lin Qingliu finally said:
"My current identity is one of the military's external consultants. You'd better wait until I move and have a new address before taking action. This way, if you fail, you will have a place to hide."
Actually, Lin Qingliu originally didn't want to say this, but on the one hand, he had a good relationship with El, and on the other hand, he also found that it was indeed not easy to cultivate a few believers who could make stable progress.
Based on confirming the other party's potential and loyalty, appropriate additional investment is feasible.
He has already made some mental preparations for this. In the future, he can provide some help to believers within a controllable range. Of course, this is not free.
El nodded and tried to speak several times, as if to prove that he knew something:
"I understand. Regarding the distinction between the inner and outer city areas, Li Rui and I have been scouting the area recently and have rehearsed it several times..."
The two exchanged the latest information for a while, and Lin Qingliu finally gave a few instructions, removed his ability and left El's dream.
El, who was lying on the mattress, quickly opened his eyes. There was no one in front of him, only the familiar snoring of Li Rui from another room that kept coming into his ears.
Looking at the sky outside, El decided to "get up early" a little today.
Outside the alley, Lin Qingliu was walking home while thinking about what combination of abilities he would have in the future to make dragging people like a dream something that could be controlled remotely.
While packing his must-have items, he had another thing to do.
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After get off work, Ji Yongxing returned to his room.
After closing the door, a small camera suddenly popped out from the edge of the suitcase on the table and rotated 360 degrees around.
"Confirmed that the environment is safe, welcome back, Sir [Pioneer]."
"Good evening, [Tianmu], you are becoming more and more timid..."
Ji Yongxing looked at the creature that opened the box by itself to reveal a green pixelated face, with helplessness all over his face.
This creature seems a little too cautious, when did this start?
Ji Yongxing recalled it and finally determined that it started with the visit of the talking cat.
"Master, you have new news~"
[Sky Curtain] made an anthropomorphic mechanical sound as if to change the subject, and a pointed head pointing to the lower right appeared on the screen, where a communicator connected to its "body" was inserted.
At this moment, the green light on the communicator was flashing.
Ji Yongxing walked quickly forward and began to read the text message.
As expected, this message did come from Lin Qingliu, and this time the other party wanted him to do something...
A little too normal.
Ji Yongxing, who was used to seeing meatballs eating people and infected people besieging cities, always felt unrealistic when the other party wanted him to help choose a new home...
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