The next day was April 7th of the fifteenth year of the Gregorian calendar.
On this day, Qi Guang was drinking tea and reading the newspaper.
Nowadays, not many people are willing to read this kind of paper media, but Qi Guang still retains the old habit. Every morning he asks his subordinates to bring him a newspaper, and then he reads it while drinking tea.
It would be more accurate to say that he was enjoying this leisurely and ordinary feeling rather than reading the newspaper.
The taciturn girl Han Qianqiu lay on the sofa next to his office, with her legs crossed and playing with the robot in her hand.
The knife in the robot's hand was quite sharp and looked cold and shiny.
Taking his eyes off the newspaper, Qi Guang said casually, "Be careful, don't hurt your hands."
Han Qianqiu looked up at him, then nodded silently.
Then he reached out and removed the robot's arms along with its weapons, and threw them aside.
Qi Guang: “?”
Looking at Han Qianqiu speechlessly, Qi Guang sighed: "How can you, kid, waste things like this..."
"Come here, I'll fix this thing."
However, the next second, just as he was about to say something else, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.
Reaching out to pick up the receiver, Qi Guang's expression became serious: "Yes, I'm here."
"Someone's looking for me? I've never seen a face like this before, and the other party said he has an appointment with me? You don't know whether you should let him in or not?"
Qi Guang thought for a moment and asked, "Did that person say anything else?"
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be asking something.
After a while, Qi Guang's face couldn't hold back any longer: "That man called himself... a prophet?"
Qi Guang seemed to want to laugh, but he held it back: "I see, you let him come in and find me directly. No need to lead the way for him, just take care of your own business."
"That guy, even if no one told him, he would probably know how to get there."
After saying this, Qi Guang hung up the phone.
About a minute passed.
Qi Guang's office door was opened.
The hem of the black windbreaker swept past the door, and the red scarf flickered in the room like a red stream of light. There was also some restless mist next to the boots, which "slipped" out from time to time, and then was heavily stepped on the soles of the feet.
Looking at this scene, Qi Guang knew who was coming without thinking: "Why are you here?"
Hearing this, Bai Ling skillfully hung the handbag on the hanger next to Qi Guang, then smiled and said, "I came to see you."
As he spoke, he looked at Qi Guang's expression, as if he was examining something.
Such a look made Qi Guang frown subconsciously: "What?"
Hearing this, Bai Ling said happily, "It's okay."
"I just think you look better the way you are now."
Qi Guang: “?”
He said unhappily, "Get lost if you have nothing else to do!"
Pulling out a chair, Bai Ling sat opposite Qi Guang and chuckled, "How can it be okay?"
"But I think the present is more important than those things."
Upon hearing this, Qi Guang's expression became serious.
He glanced around, then leaned half of his body out and groped somewhere under the table, finally found a button and pressed it.
Accompanied by a "beep" sound, the entire office seemed to make some subtle sounds.
It was as if something rose up in the darkness and took in this narrow space.
Sitting back in his seat, Qi Guang frowned and said, "Okay, now can you tell me what happened?"
"What future did you see?" He frowned and said, "And it looks like it's related to me?"
Although Bai Ling didn't say anything, Qi Guang still keenly felt that the other party seemed to have seen something extraordinary.
Facing Qi Guang's doubts, Bai Ling held his forehead with his hand and said calmly: "Do you really want to know?"
He used his free right hand to draw a line on the table: "The direction of time is treacherous and unpredictable. Once you know the trajectory of fate, you will jump from one side to the other."
“It is possible that the road you are on right now is a smooth one. Although there may be some obstacles, it is still reassuring and comfortable to walk on. But on the other side, it may be an ascetic road full of thorns.”
After listening to Bai Ling's words, Qi Guang also became serious.
He said: "Even if it is a flat road, if the future is barren, it is only a temporary pleasure; but if there is hope behind the thorny road, even if it means being crushed to pieces, I will lead people to walk on that road."
"I believe it's not just me. Wang Weizheng is also like this. I think it's the same for you too."
As he spoke, he leaned half of his body out of the wheelchair and patted Bai Ling on the shoulder: "I trust you now, not because of Wang Weizheng's opinion, but because of my own judgment. What you did won my approval, so I trust you."
Qi Guang half-jokingly said, "If something goes wrong with you one day, and it's a big problem that makes me want to chop your head off with a knife, I will listen to your explanation before that."
“That’s the weight of trust and the privilege you get with us.”
Hearing this, Bai Ling also smiled.
"You can't kill me," he said. "Oh, you probably can't even get past my men, let alone stand in front of me."
Qi Guang: “?”
Hearing these words, Qi Guang hardened.
The fist hardened.
He once again felt that Bai Ling was really disgusting! Originally, this should have been a perfect occasion for men to show their loyalty and trust, a time for both sides to exchange their true feelings for each other, and an occasion to sing praises of friendship and the beauty of bosom friends...
Now the whole paragraph collapses.
Thinking this in his heart, Qi Guang said viciously: "If it weren't for the fact that I can't completely let go, sooner or later I will tear your mouth apart!"
Looking at the ferocious expression on Qi Guang's baby face, Bai Ling suddenly smiled with ease.
Fortunately, there is still room for recovery.
Bai Ling still cherishes his relationship with people like Qi Guang and Wang Weizheng.
It’s not just because it’s convenient to have the Countermeasures Bureau as your backer, but also because these people are all “good people”.
He is a truly good person.
Such people are really interesting as friends.
So Bai Ling is not very willing to see Qi Guang's decadent and dejected expression in the future.
That's not for him.
Of course, it's not just Qi Guang. There are also Wang Weizheng, Ding Yan, Ji Qianqin and even Li Jingwen and Lin Ju.
They are all "heroes" who can shine with various kinds of brilliance. They are actors destined to stand on the stage. Their every word and action will present either magnificent or beautiful stories to the audience below the stage.
In the future, they will definitely have more stories of their own.
"I am the mist standing behind the heroes, the curtain behind them," Bai Ling thought, "If that's the case, then now is the time to clear the obstacles for their shining star path."
With this thought in mind, Bai Ling restrained his smile.
He looked at Qi Guang and said calmly, "About the exercise."
After saying these two words, Qi Guang's attention was immediately focused.
He frowned slightly: "Go on."
Bai Ling said calmly: "This exercise is actually a trap."
"There is a traitor inside the joint military exercise," he said. "If there is no external influence, this exercise may be wiped out."
The words fell.
Qi Guang fell silent for the first time.
He looked at Bai Ling, his eyes flickering, as if he was examining something, or comparing it with some of his own thoughts.
Bai Ling just sat there and said nothing.
Han Qianqiu next to him seemed to have noticed something. He jumped up from the sofa and trotted to Bai Ling's side.
Then he handed the robot in his hand to Bai Ling.
Turning his head to look at the expressionless little girl, Bai Ling smiled slightly and took the robot from her hand.
Hmm? Where are your hands?
Looking at the bare robot, Bai Ling was a little confused.
Why doesn't this thing have hands?!
On the other side, Qi Guang, who noticed Han Qianqiu running over, also sighed: "Your news really gives me a headache..."
He slumped in his wheelchair, rubbing his temple, his expression a little tense: "Anyway, I know the details."
Qi Guang rolled his eyes and said, "Really? You really brought me trouble."
"Since there are problems with the exercise, we must change the original plan," he said. "The original personnel need to be adjusted and disrupted. We will communicate properly then..."
He then mumbled something, as if something was bothering him.
Bering didn't bother him either.
He is waiting.
Wait until Qi Guang finally couldn't help but say those words.
This sentence certainly could not be said by Bai Ling, because his identity was not suitable. In the end, only Qi Guang could come.
It took a long time.
Qi Guangcai raised his head, his expression somewhat bitter: "Who is the traitor you are talking about?"
After saying this, Bai Ling knew that Qi Guang had made a decision.
He chose to believe himself, at least, before hearing the answer.
Sitting on the chair, Bai Ling said calmly: "Don't worry, they are not our people."
"He's from Western Europe," he tapped his fingers on the table. "Maybe he's not necessarily a traitor. He might have been brainwashed or had his cognition altered. But in any case, he's a worm living on an apple."
After saying this, Bai Ling stood up.
The wide black windbreaker brushed against the wooden table. In Qi Guang's eyes, all he could see was the black light that looked like a crow's wing.
Bai Ling looked back at him and said softly, "I will take care of the traitor. We are not the same type of people as you, and I can probably do a better job than you in dealing with this kind of thing."
"After all, your vision is always short-sighted, but I am different."
Hearing this, Qi Guang rolled his eyes.
But he didn't say anything after all.
Just like what Bai Ling said, even if he really knew who the traitor was, he would probably still be hesitant to take action.
Although Qi Guang will eventually take action for the sake of the overall situation, if he knew that the traitor was someone he knew, he would probably still feel hesitant and wavering.
So, when Qi Guang heard that Bai Ling wanted to handle it himself, he was actually relieved.
It's not shameful to give up.
However, Bai Ling soon spoke again: "That's right."
"I need to borrow another person from you."
Borrow someone?
Who? Qi Guang looked at Bai Ling, the confusion in his eyes was very obvious.
Bai Ling tapped his neck: "The one who was injected with the 'Night Hidden' potion before, Wu Xiaoya."
"She'll be useful for the rest of the exercise."
Wu Xiaoya...
Qi Guang thought about it and quickly found that person from his memory: "Are you talking about the girl who has graduated and joined the Countermeasures Bureau?"
Qi Guang still had some impression of Wu Xiaoya.
The main reason is that this child has just joined the Countermeasures Bureau and has already used her own abilities to deal with an "ordinary" alien. Moreover, she is now compatible with the "Night Hide" potion, so there is no doubt that she has a bright future.
"Yes," Bai Ling said, "Her 'Night Hide' will be very useful."
This is the future that I had seen through my previous "superimposed foresight".
In the future predicted by the superposition, Wu Xiaoya did not go to Yanxia Mountain - this was normal, after all, she was neither a graduating class nor a teacher.
So Bai Ling couldn't see her effects.
But if nothing unexpected happens, in Yanxia Mountain, "Ye Yin" might produce a power that even Bai Ling would have to marvel at...
Thinking of this, his eyes became deep, as if he could see through the future.
On the other side, Qi Guang thought carefully for a while and quickly gave an answer.
He said to Bai Ling: "Okay, I'll inform her now."
"It just so happens that although the child is talented, his personality is a bit problematic," Qi Guang sighed, "Really, why do these talented people have such weird personalities..."
As he spoke, Qi Guang raised his head.
Then he noticed that Bai Ling looked at him with a look of sympathy.
"Yeah," Bai Ling also sighed, "These geniuses are really troublesome!"
As they said this, the two looked at each other and found similar troubles in each other's eyes.
Friendly forces! At this moment, Qi Guang felt as if he was connected to Bai Ling's mysterious heart.
After making a phone call, Qi Guang nodded to Bai Ling and said, "Okay, I'll be there soon."
After saying this, he seemed to remember something: "Oh, wait a minute."
Hmm? What's going on? Bai Ling hesitated for a moment, watching Qi Guang's actions.
Because of many things that had happened before, Bering had the foresight to sink his consciousness into the ocean.
Soon, in the future, he saw Qi Guang complaining while rummaging through his cabinet.
After searching for a long time, he found a piece of paper and handed it to Bai Ling.
Bai Ling glanced at the contents of the paper and his expression was slightly stunned.
Qi Guang took out a pen, drew a circle on the paper in front of Bai Ling, and then said, "Go find this person."
"If there are any changes to the exercise, then that person will be very useful. Besides, it just so happens that person wants to see you."
See me?
Bai Ling's eyebrows knitted together: "You mean, this person wants to see me?"
"Yes," Qi Guang nodded, "and he asked to see you by name."
"I'm not sure about the specific reasons, but I think it would be better for you to meet him. After all, this person is one of the ten organizational leaders established by the guild that you wrote about."
Qi Guang sat back in his chair and said casually, "By the way, when you see that person, don't mention one thing, because..."
A few minutes later.
Bai Ling regained consciousness and opened his eyes.
At this time he has returned to the real world from the future.
At the moment, Qi Guang was still writing something. After he finished, he handed it to Bai Ling and said, "You go..."
However, before he could finish his words, the white paper was taken away by Bai Ling.
"I know," Bai Ling said in an ambiguous voice, "An Jianxiu, right? He's from Chaomu Technology Co., Ltd."
"He looks like a boy with a feminine appearance. What he hates most is when people say his appearance. Once he is told that, he will fly into a rage and start a fight."
"And he has something very interesting in his hand."
Pressing his fingers on the document and gently passing it back, Bai Ling smiled and said, “In the future, he will be very famous.”
Qi Guang was slightly startled when he heard this: "Is that so? That's fine, then you probably know more than me."
Bai Ling nodded, and then said casually: "Then you give me a car."
Three minutes later, he came out of Qi Guang's office leisurely with the car keys.
When he walked out, his eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.
'Chaomu Technology Co., Ltd., one of the first organizations to join the guild in the future. Even now, it is secretly dealing with aliens.'
Bai Ling thought: "And their leader, An Jianxiu, is indeed a very interesting guy in all aspects."
Not only because of his appearance, but also because of his personal experience.
Bai Ling roughly guessed why the other party wanted to see him by name.