Chapter 3 Black Market Traces
Pei Du clenched his palm, with the jade pendant lying across his palm, and a slight coolness seeped into his skin.
Pei Du had visited Sheng Shixian after he was hospitalized for the virus. The mortality rate of the virus circulating in the city today is as high as 78%, and Pei Du saw it as the last time he saw Sheng Shixian.
At that time, Sheng Shixian was lying on the hospital bed and laughed sarcastically, then he pulled off the jade pendant from his neck and threw it to Pei Du.
"Pei Du, don't look down on me." He spoke to Pei Du coldly, his brows furrowed and his lips were cracked and broken by the high fever. "I will take it back."
Pei Du felt puzzled and did not say anything provocative, but Sheng Shixian forced a jade pendant on him.
Pei Du did not stay in the ward for long. Sheng Shixian's temperament changed drastically after he was infected with the disease. He finally took the jade pendant and left the hospital.
Now looking at the jade pendant in conjunction with the book in his hand, Pei Du inexplicably felt a sense of threat and shadow.
It seems that the only thing he took from others that did not belong to him but had to return in the end was this jade pendant.
...but Sheng Shixian is the one who calls himself a dog
Pei Du thought of his changeable face and put a question mark next to the "I" in the book with a pen.
The book that Gouqiu Tuosheng gave him was written in a mess.
The subject is unknown, the object is also unknown, and Pei Du could not find any clues at all.
"Buzz--" the cell phone on the table vibrated continuously, and the clear water in the glass next to it also created circular ripples due to the sound.
Pei Du turned off the TV, picked up his cell phone, saw the caller's name and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Pei Du, something has happened with the director. How about handing your previous project over to the new junior brother? He is young and doesn't dare to go to the black market. Can you spare some time to go over and meet the people there?"
Pei Du was in a trance for a moment, "...connection?"
"Yes." The voice on the other end of the phone drew out.
He said irritably, "It's very troublesome now. The people from the Special Investigation Office want us to get involved. What can we clerks do if we go there? The director is worried about the rest of us and wants you to go there and take a look..."
Pei Du sorted out his confused thoughts amid the other party's endless complaints.
Now it was a year ago, Pei Du was 22 years old. More than 50 years had passed since the initial outbreak of the alien virus.
After graduating from university, Pei Du entered a laboratory specializing in virus research. As more and more people were infected with viruses and mutated, the country stepped up its research and treatment of viruses.
However, the results were minimal.
Now the Special Investigation Office requires experimenters and researchers to participate in the front-line operations, which is also another way to suppress special experimenters who do nothing and do nothing all day long.
In his previous life, Pei Du refused this mission without a second thought.
After graduation, he was often sick. At night, his throat was sore and itchy and he often coughed. It was simply courting death for him to drag this body into the black market to collect evidence.
Pei Du turned the black book in his hand. The cover of the book was rough and the contents were blurry.
"Um... Senior Brother Pei, are you still sick? If so, I'll talk to the director about the situation. There are other people to replace you."
Pei Du touched the uneven pattern on the top of the book, as if he was touching a dry leaf, "It's okay, I'll go."
He just calculated the time, and now it has been nearly nine months since Sheng Shixian was infected with the virus.
After Sheng Shixian was infected with the virus, his body quickly mutated. Although he did not die, he was secretly sent to a special place for treatment by the Sheng family and has not been heard from since.
The male protagonist is so unfathomable and difficult to control.
Pei Du didn't know where this big Buddha would appear, but it was difficult for people who had been infected with the virus and mutated to move freely in society, and the area where they could live was very small.
The underground black market is a mixed bag of people, with all kinds of humans and aliens interacting in it, and rumors spread very quickly.
Pei Du can take this opportunity to master something unknown.
Pei Du talked to the other party about the time and then hung up the phone. He picked up the jade pendant on the counter and casually put it into his pocket.
"What are you going to do next?" Gouqiu Tuosheng asked Pei Du's shoulder.
"What else can I do?" Pei Du sat on the sofa with the book in his hand. He continued to open the book in his hand, preparing to read it slowly from the beginning to sort out the clues. "You don't tell me anything, so I can only read the book myself."
Gouqiu Tousheng whimpered twice: "My level is low, I have completed few tasks, and my points are not many. Everything depends on your own efforts."
Pei Du: “…”
Pei Du figured out something unusual, and asked, "How many people succeeded in your mission of escaping death?"
Gouqiu Tousheng suddenly stopped working. He creaked and remained silent for a long time before continuing, "There were sixteen people before you. They have all been reincarnated now."
Pei Du: "... not one survived"
"Their faces have been deeply recorded in my database, and I pay tribute to them every night." Gou Qie Tou Sheng said seriously.
Pei Du: “…”
Damn, he knew that living a life of mediocrity was an abnormal thing.
Whoever gets his hands on this guide to book-breaking will not survive.
Pei Du frowned, pinched the page of the book with his white fingertips, and slowly read the contents on it.
[Life is full of ups and downs. I never thought that I would have such a day.]
【Losing everything, that's all.】
【This is the only way to endure humiliation. 】
*
Pei Du spent three or four days and only read a quarter of the guide.
His physical condition after rebirth is slightly worse than before, which also implies the fact that he is not fully resurrected.
The work in the laboratory was still proceeding in an orderly manner. Pei Du had the memory and experience of a lifetime, and submitted his research results on alien cells to the director nine months in advance.
He then participated in the next black market investigation.
The drug trafficking in the black market is rampant, and the main body has slowly changed from humans to transformed aliens. Most of the aliens that survive the cancerous period are taller and more ferocious than ordinary humans, which makes it more difficult for the military to track them.
Pei Du's mission to the black market this time is very simple. He only needs to complete the transfer task with the experimenter who has infiltrated it, and then he can leave after understanding the situation.
"On the 17th of next month, in the eastern suburbs of Xishi."
The person who came to pick up Pei Du was a plainclothes man in black. He spoke a few words to Pei Du secretly, stayed for no more than ten seconds, and then walked away from Pei Du.
Pei Du received the message, turned off the recorder in his pocket, lowered his head and blended into the bustling crowd in the black market.
"Sell it! Sell it! Humanoid alien, superior appearance, gentle personality, 20% off today! Only one left, first come first served!"
Pei Du's steps gradually slowed down. The crowd gathered in front of him blocked his view, and the sky was filled with a dark mass of countless overlapping shadows.
"Uu ...
After a suppressed groan, the dull sound of flesh hitting hard objects was heard in the air. The sound caused the onlookers to scream in surprise.
Pei Du frowned slightly. He changed the direction of his walk, followed the path closer to the source of the sound, and saw a corner of the iron cage.