Chapter 91 "Machine Soul"?
Yu Sheng found that his initial judgment was a bit wrong.
Although Irene does not take up much space, she still has to squeeze in after getting on the bus - it has nothing to do with the person, but a lot to do with the bus.
This makes it even more magical that Xu Jiali can squeeze herself behind the steering wheel.
How could such a strong man who is nearly two meters tall choose such a car!
Yu Sheng and Hu Li sat in the back seat (there were two large cardboard boxes on the passenger seat, leaving no room for people to sit), listening to the engine trembling in the front of the car. When the car finally drove out of the block, he couldn't help it and asked Xu Jiali in the driver's seat, "Is this your side job after get off work?"
"Yes," Xu Jiali said cheerfully, "I have nothing to do anyway. When I'm not on a business trip, I like to drive around the city after work and earn some pocket money."
Yu Sheng had a strange expression on his face. He glanced at the trembling car and the sturdy man sitting in the front seat. He thought to himself that this was a senior deep diver in the Secret Service. He actually drove an online car to earn extra money after work. And it was an old car that was probably almost as old as his. Did the Secret Service employees have such a miserable life? No matter how he thought about it, he felt something was wrong, but he was too embarrassed to ask. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
Fortunately, there was someone with a thick skin at the scene - the little puppet no longer had to "disguise" in front of acquaintances.
Irene's eyes rolled back to their bright colors. She moved from Hu Li's arms to the middle of the back seat and asked, "Your car is quite unique. Don't you Secret Service officers usually pay salaries?"
"That's not the case," Xu Jiali smiled and shook her head, "I have feelings for this car. This is the first car I bought after I started working. Although it was already a used car when I bought it, I have been driving it for so many years. I really can't bear to change it."
At this point, he reached out and patted the gear lever next to him, tilted his head slightly and said, "And don't be fooled by its old appearance. This old guy never makes mistakes. It has never failed in all these years - right, old guy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Sheng heard a dull and powerful roar coming from the engine at the front of the car, followed by two quick and brisk beeps from the car horn.
It happened so quickly that he didn't even realize anything was wrong at first.
It was not until a few seconds later that he realized that Xu Jiali had not done anything unnecessary and had not honked the horn - the car had actually proactively "responded" to the driver's communication!
"Your car..." Yu Sheng sat up straight instantly and looked at Xu Jiali in disbelief, "Did I respond to you just now?"
At this moment, all kinds of things came to his mind. For example, the seemingly old and broken car was carefully modified by elite agents in private. There was actually an electronic brain stuffed into the rusty car shell. The noise when it started was actually simulated by artificial intelligence. As long as the situation required, this thing could take off at any time. When the four wheels were lifted, there would be eight air-to-air missiles, and the exhaust pipes could even fire them out...
Xu Jiali just smiled and said casually and naturally: "Nothing, it's a machine soul."
Yu Sheng: “……?”
The situation was even more outrageous than he had imagined.
Xu Jiali continued, "So many people in the bureau envy me. High-tech equipment is easy to get. As long as the funds are in place, you can get as much as you want. But machine souls are hard to come by. The whole team only has a few pieces of equipment with souls. When we are not on a mission, we treat them like treasures. Our captain wanted to buy my car several times, but he didn't dare to ask for it until my old friend got angry and chased him around the parking lot three times last time. Hey, why are you guys silent?"
Yu Sheng was still in a daze at this time.
But from Xu Jiali's tone, he judged that the other party seemed to treat this as some kind of common sense - at least, it was "common sense" known within the Secret Service system.
So he had to hide his surprise, and instead sighed in a subtle way: "...You are...quite amazing."
"Yeah, so now many people in the bureau are following my example. They are reluctant to replace old cars, old mobile phones and so on, and just keep using them, hoping to be able to restore the soul of old items like me."
Yu Sheng: “…”
The god damn machine soul is polished out! So in this world, polishing a string for a long time will produce patina, and polishing a car for a long time will grow machine soul, right?
Xu Jiali, who was concentrating on driving, did not notice the subtle change in Yu Sheng's expression in the back seat. He just stayed silent for a moment and then asked casually, "You guys are still going out so late? I see there doesn't seem to be a pedestrian street or shopping mall at this address... Are you going to the night market?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the little doll sitting between Yu Sheng and Hu Li in the rearview mirror: "And this doll lady is also following - her way of going out is quite creative."
Yu Sheng was about to speak, but Irene spoke first: "Let's go out and work!"
Then she turned around and looked at Yu Sheng belatedly: "...Can I tell others about it?"
Yu Sheng didn't care: "Just tell me, it's not a secret operation, and the other party is official."
"Work?" Xu Jiali reacted in an instant. After a brief silence, his tone became serious, "Do you need help?"
"No need," Yu Sheng waved his hand, "It's not a big project."
Xu Jiali hummed, but after a few seconds she couldn't help but ask again: "Is it legal? Don't blame me for asking this..."
"Little Red Riding Hood introduced me to it."
"That should be fine. The 'Fairy Tale' organization has a good reputation and has always been very disciplined," Xu Jiali was relieved, but she still gave a few more reminders, "I know you have set up a 'hostel', so I'll say a few more words - the border area is a mixed bag, and no matter how many spies the Secret Service has, there are always corners that they can't see. Be careful of being fooled, be alert to temptation, and if you think someone or something is suspicious, don't hesitate, just report it - reporting is a virtue."
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Yu Sheng always feels that there’s an unusual solemnity in the other party’s tone when he says “reporting is a virtue”.
"Don't worry, we understand," Irene waved her hands impatiently, urging, "Can you drive faster? Why does it feel like your car is struggling to run..."
"It seemed to be a little nervous today, and it couldn't run freely," Xu Jiali scratched her hair, "It even stalled once when it approached your street just now. It's not like this usually."
Yu Sheng felt someone tugging at his sleeve. He turned his head and saw Hu Li looking straight at him.
"My benefactor, would you like me to tie a tail to the back of the car and push it?"
Yu Sheng rejected the fox girl's idea without even thinking about it.
Are you kidding? A rocket-propelled subsonic Xiali running on the street in the middle of the night might as well be a rocket-propelled fox! At least the latter might be too outrageous and not be believed by many people. If the former alerts the border authorities, Xu Jiali might lose her driver's license...
Anyway, although it took almost a quarter longer than a normal taxi ride, Yu Sheng and his group still successfully arrived near the location sent by Little Red Riding Hood.
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Yu Sheng glanced out of the car window and saw that there were few street lights ahead and a large building was dimly visible at the end of the road.
"We can just get off here. It's hard to turn around on the path ahead."
"Okay," Xu Jiali waved her hand, "Get off the bus and take your belongings with you - if something happens, call me."
Yu Sheng and his group left.
On the dimly lit street, Xu Jiali watched two figures (Eileen was too small and was blocked by Hu Li) gradually moving away. After a long while, he let out a light breath, let go of the steering wheel, and leaned back in the seat which was a little too cramped for him.
The car started on its own and slowly moved to a place on the side of the road where it was not in the way. Then the engine hummed softly, making a purring sound.
Xu Jiali glanced at the dashboard with the corner of her eye, with a hint of smile on her lips: "Old buddy, are you scared?"
The engine hummed twice.
Xu Jiali stretched her body, which was very limited for the current driving space, and put her hand on the steering wheel.
"Don't say anything. You've worked hard today. Fill up the tank at number ninety-seven."
…
Yu Sheng looked back.
In the distance there were faint lights moving, turning and disappearing on the other side of the road.
Irene's voice entered his mind: "Do you think it's a coincidence?"
"It doesn't matter." Yu Sheng waved his hand.
"No big deal?"
"It doesn't matter whose car it is - we just have to see if we turn around and see Li Lin 'coincidentally' driving an online-hailing car near our house. I hope his car is bigger," Yu Sheng said cheerfully. "If we meet him a few more times, I won't have to pay for the taxi fare. The bureau will reimburse it anyway."
"...You have a very free and easy attitude." Irene sighed sincerely.
Yu Sheng didn't say anything, he just reached out and touched Irene's hair, then looked up into the distance.
Under a dim street lamp, a petite girl in a dark red coat was standing quietly in the light, and it seemed that she had been waiting for a while.
(End of this chapter)
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