Chapter 23 Chapter 23 It was a long night.
At night, Tao Ying turned over.
I happened to run into Lin Biege tiptoeing out of the house.
In the darkness, Lin Biege struggled to think of words: "...Uh, um, good evening."
"Good evening, Xiaolin. It's three in the morning. Where are you going?"
Tao Ying reached out to turn on the light, but was held down by Lin Biege.
Lin Biege's voice sounded a little anxious.
"No, don't open it."
It was obvious that Lin Biege was in trouble, but he had no intention of telling her.
After a moment of silence, Tao Ying withdrew his hand.
"Well, since you insist on not saying anything, I respect your independent personality and will not interfere with your decision."
Hearing Tao Ying say this, Lin Biege breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Biege: "This matter has nothing to do with you. I can handle it myself. It's not a big problem. Even if there is a problem, you can't solve it, so just leave me alone..."
Lin Biege spoke a long string of words in one breath, but Tao Ying didn't respond. Lin Biege turned back cautiously, but Tao Ying had already turned over and fallen asleep.
“…”
There's no need to fall asleep so quickly!
You can also take care of your roommates!
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Lin Biege was indeed in big trouble.
She worked in a coffee shop outside the school and accidentally stained a customer's clothes, but the clothes were limited edition and too expensive. Even if she sold them, she couldn't afford to compensate.
The other party saw her embarrassment and suddenly put forward a condition, saying that Lin Biege should go to their company to work to repay the debt.
It is a well-known local express delivery company, called Xinxin Express, with its headquarters located in H Block.
Lin Biege checked and found out that it was a regular express delivery company. She didn't find anything suspicious. She was in dire need of money, so she went there.
But after working for a while, Lin Biege gradually felt something was wrong.
Because all the parcels she delivered were shipped in the middle of the night, all delivered to the same place, and all the packages were "fresh" without exception.
Yesterday she accidentally broke a box. She looked into the broken box curiously and found a ball of beating flesh inside.
It's a heart soaked in preservation solution!
Lin Biege was so scared that he almost threw the things away. After delivering the goods, he rushed to the dormitory without looking back.
But she left in such a hurry that she forgot she had not yet received her last day's salary, so she had no choice but to go again.
Early in the morning, Lin Biege sneaked to the second floor of "Xinxin Express Company".
The boss was waiting for her inside.
Lin Biege: "I'm here to collect yesterday's salary."
"Oh, of course. We never delay paying wages here."
The boss, with a beer belly, slowly opened the drawer and took out a stack of cash.
"Seeing you worked several jobs before, you must be quite short of money. You left in such a hurry yesterday that you didn't even ask for your salary. Did you see something?"
Temptation, this is a blatant temptation!
Lin Bie Ge's heart was sweating, and he suddenly regretted his decision to come here today.
If it weren't for the lack of money...
Lin Biege swallowed his saliva and said, "No. I just suddenly remembered that I have unfinished homework for a class and I need to finish it quickly."
"Oh, I see."
The boss seemed to accept the explanation and counted out a stack of cash to her.
"But the box was broken, so the money will be deducted from your salary."
"Okay." Lin Biege took the money, but the boss held it very tightly, so she pulled it hard before she could get it in her palm.
"Then I'll pay off the money I owe you." Lin Biege didn't want to stay here for another second and wanted to leave.
The boss made a gesture to the side, and two men in black walked out of the shadows and pressed Lin Biege to the ground.
Lin Biege raised his head: "You, what are you doing? I've already paid for the clothes!"
"Clothes? Oh - you mean this." The boss took off the coat with strange patterns on it and kindly covered Lin Biege's head with it.
"This account is over, there is another one."
The boss held a ballpoint pen in his hand and pressed it regularly.
"You broke the box. Did you see what was inside?"
"No! I didn't see anything."
"So excited?" That means he saw it.
The boss nodded to the man in black and said, "Take it and bury it."
Lin Biege cursed himself in his heart for being tempted so easily, but he was still arguing with reason.
"I, I'm a student at Leimen University. If I disappear, the school will notice immediately and find me here!"
"I know, it's the Mecha Special Academy at Leimen University. Lin Biege, born in the Fourth Galaxy. Your mother died, and your father is an alcoholic who often beat you since you were a child. After you grew up, you had almost no contact with your family-"
The boss slowly told Lin Biege's family background.
Lin Biege was shocked: "You, how do you know?"
"Do you think the company won't do a background check if you're working illegally?"
Lin Biege: “…”
Don't be so considerate only when exploiting employees! What a wicked company!
The boss winked at the man in black beside him. The man in black understood and carried Lin Biege away.
Lin Biege's head was covered by the coat and he could only see his feet.
She was a little nervous. Where were they going to take her?
As he went down the fifth floor, the lights on the stairs gradually dimmed, and Lin Biege became more and more frightened.
The iron door was locked with a heavy, old-fashioned lock. The rust on it looked like blood. A bloody smell blew out from the window above the door.
You're not really going to bury her, are you?
Lin Biege was shocked.
After dragging her to the iron gate, the man in black on the left temporarily let her go and picked up the key to unlock it.
Lin Biege thought that if he didn't run now, he would be unable to escape. He made up his mind and used all his strength to push the man in black away.
Taking advantage of the man in black on the left not being prepared, he kicked him hard and ran upstairs.
The man in black was obviously worthy of his job of doing bad things. He ran very fast and quickly caught up.
Lin Biege was panting.
Is she going to die here today?! If I had known, I wouldn't have come alone. I should have informed my roommate first.
Lin Biege's knees went weak, and at this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the corner and pulled her over.
Lin Biege subconsciously wanted to attack, but the man predicted her prediction, bypassed Lin Biege, and blocked her. With a "bang", the man in black was knocked unconscious by the tablet in the man's hand.
The man saw the man in black lying on the ground, and he was still worried, so he squatted down and hit him with the board again.
Lin Biege saw who this person was and asked in surprise: "Shadow?! Why are you here?"
The squatting man immediately looked up and saw Lin Biege's fist which he had not yet retracted.
Tao Ying chuckled and jokingly said, "Are you trying to murder me? I can't take a punch from you."
"you--"
"Stop talking and follow me first." Tao Ying stopped Lin Biege and took her hand and ran upstairs.
Another man in black soon caught up with them, and from the sound, they had attracted the attention of the patrol officers here, and a large group of people were chasing after them, trying to catch them.
They were like mice surrounded by a cat, with nowhere to escape. Halfway through the run, Tao Ying ran out of energy, so Lin Biege lifted her up and held her on his shoulders like a folding screen.
Tao Ying directed Lin Biege to a room on the second floor.
They locked the door and had a chance to breathe.
This seems to be a working laboratory, filled with research equipment and soaking bionic human organs.
Putting aside the question of why there is a laboratory in the courier company, Lin Biege asked:
"You, why are you here?"
"I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so I followed you here. It's not important. Let's think about how to escape first." Tao Ying half-sat on the ground. "I checked before I came in, and this company is not very clean."
After hearing what Tao Ying said, Lin Biege looked at the organs soaked in preservative liquid on the laboratory table with fear.
"What exactly are these deliveries? Human organs?"
"It can be considered a 'human' body. These are the organs of advanced androids."
Lin Biege expressed doubts.
"Bionic people? Man-made? What's there to hide? Looking at their ferocious looks, I thought I'd stumbled upon some illegal transaction..."
"It's an illegal trade. Advanced bionic humans are cultivated from cells. Their growth process is similar to that of humans, going through the stages of infant, toddler, child, and adolescent, but ultimately stagnating in adolescence."
"What?! How is that different from humans?"
"Advanced androids don't have brains; they're all controlled by a central chip. The Ethics Committee hasn't yet reached a conclusion on whether humanoids without self-awareness are considered human."
Tao Ying spread his hands.
"But anyway, due to ethical issues, advanced androids aren't allowed to be sold in Lemen. So the smuggling industry is quite thriving behind the scenes."
"So, could it be that my luck a few days ago was..."
"It's their merchandise. But don't worry, you're clueless. You're doing a legitimate job. You just happened to be tricked into working here. You're just unlucky."
Tao Ying was talking as she tapped something on her tablet. The alarm kept going off, and footsteps could be heard outside the door.
"We've checked all the other rooms. Those two bastards must be here!"
A group of people kicked open the door and began searching the laboratory.
Under the table, Tao Ying and Lin Biege hid on the cold concrete floor, watching two pairs of shoes moving back and forth in front of them.
Lin Biege held his breath.
The men in black began to check under the tables one by one, five steps, four steps, three steps.
Tao Ying seemed to have finally finished the operation and put the tablet away.
"The Star Police are almost here. When you hear the sirens, run to the first floor."
"What about you?"
"I'll stay here to clean up."
Who will clean up the mess?!
Lin Biege whispered: "I should stay, right? How can you get away alone?"
"Of course I can. As long as you can make it out."
Tao Ying smiled slightly, moved closer, and looked Xiaolin straight in the eyes.
"Do you believe me?"
...I don't believe it.
Lin Biege didn't believe what Tao Ying said at all.
The next second, boom——
The sound of huge propellers came from outside the window.
What followed was the urgent sound of alarm bells and the chaotic sound of footsteps around me.
"Star Police?!" "How could there be Star Police?" "When did that bastard call the police?"
In the dark floor, the light from the police patrol mecha shone into the window, and the red and blue light beams kept flashing.
This constantly changing light casts shadows of different shapes in the laboratory.
The flickering light made Tao Ying look unstable.
A little... dark.
The metal table legs touched his body, giving Lin Biege goosebumps.
Tao Ying leaned against the table, her eyes calm, her expression composed, and even the corner of her mouth curled up slightly.
"Do you believe it now? Please, Kobayashi-san."
That doesn't sound like a proposal.
It feels so oppressive.
What, what's going on? Is this the nature of shadows?
Lin Biege's mind went blank. He hesitated for ten seconds and finally gritted his teeth.
"Okay, I believe you."
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After the alarm sounded, Lin Biege successfully escaped and led away the few people left outside.
After everyone had left, Tao Ying walked out of the laboratory, but she did not leave in a hurry. Instead, she walked up the stairs slowly.
Arriving at the top-floor room, she swiped the ID card she had just picked up to unlock the combination lock and pushed the door open.
Tao Ying opened the drawer, pulled out the compartment, and took out a document.
"Since you've committed a crime, don't leave any evidence. What will you do if you're discovered?"
Tao Ying half-sat on the armrest of the chair, shaking the key card in her hand.
【Goods delivery list.】
[This document is a top secret internal list. Anyone who leaks it without authorization will be dealt with according to Article 44 of the Confidentiality Regulations.]
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Sender: ZHU CHI
Shipping Location: ALMH
Recipient: Biological Laboratory No. 254
Delivery time: March 1, 1225
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Biological cargo details:
Serial No.: ALMH-01225-0203-7423
Category: Heart (Gemini type)
Grade: A
Target use: Transplantation
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Tao Ying was flipping through the documents.
It is said to be a cargo delivery list, but in fact it is an organ smuggling list.
According to the records, there are about a thousand organ numbers, including all kinds of human body parts, and the target use of most organs is transplantation.
There was suddenly a lot of noise outside, and someone was coming upstairs.
Tao Ying sat quietly on the chair, looking into the empty corner.
Besides helping Lin Biege, she came here for another reason - herself.
After a moment, Tao Ying stretched out her left wrist and tore off the bionic patch.
On the inside of the wrist, ALMH-01220-0628-2234 is engraved in a jagged pattern.
A, LM, H. They are Chester Star A District, Lehman City, and H District respectively.
The place where her body was produced is the same as the sending place on the document.
It is estimated that the organs were sent to a remote galaxy and discarded because of their poor quality.
After finding some files related to the body and destroying the data, Tao Ying shrugged, took a few photos, sorted out the files and the collected evidence, put them together, and sent an anonymous text message to Star Police.
Then, as if she was strolling in her own home, Tao Ying put her hands in her pockets and walked slowly downstairs.
The sirens were still blaring. A group of police officers had gathered downstairs, conducting a building-by-building search.
Tao Ying was very tired and just wanted to rest. She didn't really want to meet them.
But the building was sealed off and avoiding them was impossible.
Two minutes later, Tao Ying stopped in front of a door.
When I opened the door, the faint smell of metal and disinfectant hit me in the face.
In the space shimmering with cold light, hundreds of bionic humans turned their heads in unison.
Tao Ying leaned against the door and snapped his fingers lazily.
"Do me a favor, friend."
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The author has something to say: Be careful of unscrupulous companies when looking for a job [Eat melon]
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