Chapter 245 [Revised] The fingerprints when I was bitten and pulled away...
Lan Jian watched in horror as the monster rolled over him.
He was trapped in a dead end, with nowhere to escape, and could only close his eyes and welcome death.
But suddenly, the manhole cover at my feet moved.
A huge force came from nowhere and grabbed his ankles, pulling them hard!
"--ah!"
The feeling of weightlessness came over him and his vision flashed by so quickly that he only had time to let out a brief cry of surprise before he fell straight into the sewer, landing on his butt with a painful blow.
Before he could get up with stars in his eyes, he heard someone dragging up the manhole cover above his head, and lowered his voice alertly:
“Done!”
“Come down quickly!”
"What about that kid, is he still alive?"
"Alive, looking at you."
With a splash, the man jumped into the sewage and landed in front of Lan Jianshen. He looked up at the other person. The girl had a round and pretty face, with a hint of teasing in her raised eyebrows, but the strength with which she held the gun was not ambiguous at all.
It makes one's heart pound.
"You kid..." The darkness couldn't hide the pretty face. The man came closer and the girl narrowed her eyes, looking at him dangerously.
Lan Jian's heart beat faster and he looked around nervously.
"——Aren't you the blue big foot from the middle school next door in class 2?" The girl came up and slapped him on the shoulder, almost knocking him off balance. Then she pointed at herself and asked with a smile, "Why, you don't remember me? I'm Sea Snake, and you once helped me climb over the wall to skip class."
Lan Jian: “…”
Yes, of course he did.
This is his junior high school friend’s girlfriend, Pei La.
Lan Jian calmed himself down and stood up, wanting to ask why you were here. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked, "Are you still with my brother?"
"Who? Oh, you mean my second ex-boyfriend? We broke up eight hundred years ago."
Pei La turned on the flashlight and added casually, "It was when you went to high school in another city."
There was actually no meaning to this, it was just a matter of telling the time, but when Pei La mentioned him, Lan Jian felt indescribably relieved.
"Stop reminiscing about the past, both of you. Let's go now."
The person who was speaking was standing at the back. Lan Jian turned around and saw that he knew this person, Mu Li, Pei La's childhood friend.
Mu Li is a male oyster. Judging from the pheromones, he should have differentiated into an omega.
Everyone was familiar with each other, and the tension of surviving the disaster was instantly dissipated. Lan Jian relaxed a little and followed them as they traveled through the intricate city sewers.
Lan Jian has seabird bloodline and does not feel uncomfortable staying in the water for a long time. However, the filthiness of the sewer was beyond his imagination.
I don’t know how long this place has not been maintained. Although it is spacious, it is very dirty due to the stagnant water. The rats in the gutter were scurrying around his feet, their long, thin tails occasionally wrapping around Lan Jian's ankles, making him so disgusted that he broke out in cold sweats.
He had no choice but to try to talk to the two people next to him to divert his attention.
"Pela, what on earth was that monster just now?"
Pei La walked in front, and her voice echoed, "That one, it's a 'spherical bouquet'."
"What?"
Pei La turned around and said, "Don't you think it looks like the bouquet held by the newlyweds at their wedding? It also looks like a plump hydrangea."
Lan Jian imagined each of the hydrangea's petals turning into human faces, shrank his shoulders, and shuddered:
"It's better not to insult the hydrangea. It's scary just thinking about it. How did that thing appear on the street? Don't the police care?"
"Care?" Pei La snorted coldly, "They won't care. The 'Bouquet of Balls' was originally aimed at us."
"...You guys?" Lan Jian was confused.
He was just about to ask, what's so special about you that you deserve to be chased by monsters.
After turning a corner, the view ahead suddenly opens up. The ground beneath my feet rose, and as far as the eye could see, a lighted area appeared, which seemed particularly absurd and wonderful in this endless dark sewer.
Lan Jian recognized it at a glance; it was a site.
Underground site.
Where space is limited, familiar flags are hung on the cement pipe walls.
...They...wouldn't be...
Next to Lan Jian, who had a blank look in his eyes, Mu Li discussed with Pei La, "By the way, since we have saved this kid, let's develop him."
"I think it's okay. But the organization can't accept everyone. We have to examine their attitude."
The two men discussed with their hands on their hips, and finally turned around and said, "Blue Big Foot, to tell you the truth, we are actually--"
Take out your ID and salute.
Lan Da Jiao held his head high, unable to hold back a smile on his face, "Lan Jian, a first-class engineer from the 6th Division of the 3rd Army of the Revolutionary Army, reports to his comrades! I request to join the organization."
Mu Li and Pei La looked at each other, their expressions were dull for a second, and then they grinned, "So you, Xiao Ju, are also..."
"Hey, aren't you two the same..."
So happy! My classmates back then ended up in the same place as me.
Blue Big Foot was so happy that she wanted to dance. It was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land and becoming even closer.
After five years, the trio was back together again. After they had explained everything to each other, Pei La introduced the situation here to him without reservation.
"We built this site three months ago. We have 39 people now. With you, you're the 40th. It's true that we don't have many people, but we have everything. Although it's small, it has everything."
The site has warm blankets, clean water, rest areas divided by gender, and food and suppressants available. Everything is distributed fairly.
"Mu Li is our deputy station chief, responsible for equipment and food. We go out at night and stay here during the day to listen to the internal broadcast."
Lan Jian knew that it was the unified broadcast of the Revolutionary Army Organization Department, and the signal could be received even in the most remote places. The radio often calls on everyone to take action and practice democracy on their own, encourages them to set up their own activity sites locally, and teaches everyone how to make simple self-defense weapons.
Pei La took him to sit down and poured him a cup of hot water to drive away the cold:
"We know of two other strongholds. They are hiding deeper than us, in the mountains. We can sometimes contact them through the Organization Department."
Lan Jian's eyes lit up, "Organization Department? I know, it's Major General Lu Hang!"
Since the Colosseum Incident, the revolutionary army has set up an organization department, headed by Lu Hang, which is specifically responsible for liaison with various places and personnel and ideological work.
The selection of Lu Hang is also very particular. Firstly, he used to work in the military and was not Bai Ling's direct subordinate, which ruled out the possibility that he would engage in personal worship and favoritism towards Bai Ling.
Secondly, after that incident, he had become a moral role model stamped by the empire. It is most appropriate to regard him as the signboard of the Organization Department.
In addition, the Army Aviation has outstanding ability to manage and command subordinates and is a talent in this area. Taking into consideration that he was mentally damaged and could no longer fight on the battlefield, Bai Ling arranged an equally important civilian position for him.
"I spoke to him once. He also sent someone to follow up and teach us how to develop members in exchange for resources. Now we have people in the hospital. They will regularly throw some medicine bottles to us," Mu Li smiled innocently, "just throw them down the sewer, and we catch them. They are all in short supply drugs. I hope they are all well."
When Lan Jian heard him say that there were members in the hospital, he suddenly became excited. He came out tonight and originally wanted to go there.
"Then can I get into the hospital through the sewer?" he asked anxiously.
Pei La shook her head. "It's not realistic. Although it's possible, you can't go upstairs. You need a card to use the elevator."
Lan Jian: "I have an employee card."
"Where is it? Let me take a look." Pei La stood up.
"Here you go." Lan Jian handed it to her without reservation.
Pei La held up her work badge and looked at it in the light. "It's supervisor level." She and Mu Li exchanged glances. "Okay, but there's only one, so only you can go up."
Lan Jian looked back and forth at the two of them. "How many more do you want?"
"A lot of them," Pera said thoughtfully. "It would be best if we each got one."
Noticing Lan Jian looking at him blankly, Pei La explained, "We want to capture the hospital building and find out what's going on inside. You just got here, so you may not know. Many of my friends have disappeared inexplicably after entering."
"Of course, the people in the company told us that the patient died due to ineffective medical treatment and showed us the frozen body. But I just felt that something was wrong... He was definitely not dead."
Lan Jian asked hesitantly and carefully, "Are you... sure you saw the body?"
"Yes, I even touched it." Pei La said expressionlessly, "Including my sister's. It was so cold."
"So you still have doubts?"
"This is my sixth sense." Pei La curled his lips, "Don't disbelieve me, I have relied on this feeling to guess the lottery correctly before."
After hearing the whole story, Lan Jian sighed and squatted aside, feeling that they were a little unreliable.
Seeing him like this, Pei La felt a little unhappy, "If you really don't believe it, then I'll take you to see something."
The girl didn't tell him what to look at or where to look at it. She only let Lan Jian follow her, and the three of them quietly entered another sewer, climbed up a rusty ladder, and finally reached a high platform.
From here, Pera carefully lifted the two centimeters of board. Through the gap, you can see that there is a courtyard outside, and deep in the courtyard there is a magnificent hall.
It looks like a gathering place for the Cyber Cult.
Using a telescopic miniature telescope, Pera showed him:
"See? This is the ninth young man from the left. Do you think he was randomly assigned to sit there? Actually, he is not. Tomorrow he will get seriously ill, and in a few days, the hospital will come to pick him up."
Lan Jian was skeptical, "Who told you this?"
Pei La gestured to her eyes, "Of course I observed that."
Her eyes were bloodshot, and she didn't know how long she had been staring at these people secretly.
In the electronic image projected by the telescope, people of different heights, weights and bodies took off their clothes one after another, standing naked in a circle with excited expressions, and began to worship towards the center of the circle.
Those disturbing group nudity made Lan Jian feel uncomfortable. He asked in a low voice:
“What are they worshipping?”
"Science." Mu Li, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up, "They will worship some scientists from the ancient Earth era, such as the father of artificial intelligence."
"Huh?" Lan Jian couldn't understand. "If you want to worship science, then why don't you just go to school?"
"Yeah, so they call the gatherings 'study'."
"I always feel like they are trying to change the concept." Lan Jian frowned.
"The substitution of concepts is also to make them easier to accept. Just like a spherical bouquet sounds much better than a head monster." Mu Li said, "It's all brainwashing by companies and cults, in order to make them stay and work for them willingly."
Cold sweat broke out on Lan Jian's back. Obviously, there was nothing scary about the scene before his eyes, but some kind of implication permeating it made him feel mentally terrified.
It could be collective obedience, or it could be fanatical worship of omniscient and omnipotent science. The arms of the people spread out and prostrated on the ground as they knelt down were like a chaotic sea with twisted waves, evoking certain subconscious fears.
He vaguely recalled his grandmother's whispers when he was a child. She said, "Humanity will soon be liberated, and our day is coming..."
Liberation, where does liberation go? Her tone was as if there was an ultimate place in the future that was guiding her there.
Sweat soaked his clothes, Lan Jian frantically grabbed Pei La, trying to find an answer: "What on earth are they going to do?"
Pei La held the gun upright, closed the cover, and frowned. "I don't know what they want to do. I only heard a team member say that they recently received an oracle, mumbling something about 'interference factor x'."
"What is that?" Lan Jian was puzzled.
Pela looked at him. "A man who disrupted the original order of the world. They want to find him and kill him. What's the saying? Oh, to restore order to chaos."
No one knows what these mysterious words mean.
Interference factor x.
On the way back to the station, Lan Jian pondered, "Who do you think this x refers to?"
·
"Bai Ling."
He stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling glass, his figure tall and thin, his gray eyes turned to the side as the voice came in. Behind him, a waxing crescent moon hung in the sky, pale and bright, sharp as the Grim Reaper's scythe cutting his throat.
When Huo Yuan met that gaze, he was inexplicably startled. The extreme numbness and indifference in that look made him feel unfamiliar.
But when Bai Ling turned around and glanced at him, his gaze instantly softened.
"Would you like some milk? It's just been delivered and very fresh." Bai Ling raised the glass bottle in his hand.
"No, thank you..." Huo Yuan was a little nervous.
Bai Ling smiled and walked towards the sofa, saying casually, "I was just thinking about the past. I was so absorbed in thinking that I didn't even hear you come in."
Huo Yuan sat down, guessing that he was probably thinking about the bullying he had experienced in the army, so he tactfully brushed it off and directly explained his purpose:
"I wanted to send you a message, but I think it's better to discuss it with you in person."
The event that could make the Minister of Defense Huo Yuan come here late at night must not be an ordinary one.
Huo Yuan said: "Someone may have reported to you that Kaide has ordered the update of the national defense system, including the systems of terminals and optical computers. Now the order has been implemented. I believe that soon they will arrest people door to door in the capital star and force the update."
Bai Ling knew what he was thinking and nodded, "I understand this matter. I know you are worried that the informants and members who provided information in the capital will be exposed."
In his previous life, Lu Hang, who had been hiding in the military to provide information to the revolutionary army, was forced to reveal his identity and was imprisoned in a concentration camp because of an unexpected system update.
Now Lu Hang has been rescued in advance and his life is not in danger. But the remaining large number of members who have joined the underground revolutionary resistance organizations are still in unresolved danger.
They could not ignore those who risked their lives to deliver messages for them.
Otherwise, this matter will slide infinitely towards the same ending as in the previous life - a large number of knowledgeable people were charged with espionage, arrested and imprisoned. Then Cade ordered them to be hanged in the central square to deter the people.
And Bai Ling would never let the "Bloody Square" incident that shocked the entire universe happen again.
"Saving people is the most important thing. No matter what resources are used in exchange or at what cost, we must transfer them in advance and send them to a safe place." Bai Ling said to Huo Yuan.
Hearing him being so decisive, Huo Yuan felt vaguely relieved.
From a strategic point of view, the capital planet has the most stringent defenses and is not as easy to intervene as other planets. If you want to transfer so many people at once, you must spend a lot of money on private mediation, for example, negotiate with local gangs and arrange people quietly and inconspicuously.
By this calculation, the cost of resettlement and changing identity may be as high as tens of millions.
When Huo Yuan was the leader of the Yaqueyousheng gang, he had dealt with gangs. He knew that although the Black Crow Gang was loyal to civilians, they were notoriously black-hearted towards some organizations and companies that asked them to do things for them.
This was clearly an unplanned expense.
Now is the time to prepare for the New Columbus Star War. Weapons and equipment need to be upgraded, soldiers need food, revolutionary stations need supplies, and money is needed everywhere.
Bai Ling was of course aware of the cost issue, and he could afford to allocate tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of star coins to solve the problem. But the problem is that the cost of transferring personnel is not high, and there is no need to spend so much money.
Even if you have money, you can't be taken advantage of.
"Black Crow Gang..." Bai Ling pointed his slender fingers at the armrest and fell into thought. The figure of a man gradually emerged in front of him.
Slums, gang pawnshops...
The wooden bird in the previous life stood in front of the counter, trying to pawn the chessboard in exchange for five dollars.
The guy won’t take it.
Until an alpha came out, smoking a cigarette, and threw five dollars to him.
The guy called that A, Boss Cunanan...
If he remembered correctly, that Kunan was the current leader of the Black Crow Gang.
Thinking of Kunan's interpersonal relationships, Bai Ling suddenly felt confident.
He said to Huo Yuan: "Funding is not a problem, just go ahead and do it. No matter how much the Black Crow Gang wants, you don't have to bargain. They will automatically lower the price."
Huo Yuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Automatically reduce the price? That's unlikely. Their leader is notoriously difficult to deal with."
Bai Ling curled his lips, saying meaningfully, "Don't worry, I will find someone to deal with him."
Huo Yuan's first reaction was that this "solution" was a literal solution. He thought Bai Ling was going to find someone to kill Kunan in a simple and rough way.
Bai Ling held his forehead and thought to himself, am I so violent in your heart? Then he explained in a gentle voice that he wanted to find someone to negotiate with Kunan.
But Huo Yuan didn't figure out whether Bai Ling's trick was reliable until he walked out the door. If negotiation had worked, he would not have escaped from the military academy and changed his identity on the black market, only to be blackmailed by Kunan for 100,000 star coins.
That was the money he saved from playing in illegal tournaments every day.
It also includes the share that Lu Hang earned for him.
Although I am rich and powerful now, I still feel a little unhappy when I think about it.
Unfortunately, this expired unhappiness reached its peak the next day when Lu Hang pressed him down and used both soft and hard methods to have morning sex with him.
God knows what it feels like for an alpha to kneel on the bed with his legs apart, his neck pinched by a hand and pressed into the pillow, his lower abdomen aching, and he has to grit his teeth and grope to take out the vibrating terminal from under the pillow.
Ten minutes later, the knot was separated with difficulty. Lu Hang calmly sat on the bed and touched his neck. "Yeah, I was bitten."
Huo Yuan would not curse like Bai Ling and Sava did. He just coldly pulled his Organization Department uniform, rubbed it roughly across his wet thighs, and walked aside to call his subordinate back.
Lu Hang unfolded his wrinkled uniform, bent down and took a sniff. The pheromones of the two A's after the intense exercise seemed to be fighting on it, which was really choking.
Lu Hang got a civilian position and now has to go to work on time and no longer has to be on call 24 hours a day. Thus, he had some time to slowly amuse himself, watching the white-haired, red-eyed Eagle pacing by the bed with his legs straight, the liquid flowing down along the lines of his muscles without the other party noticing, wetting the alpha's calf Achilles tendon.
There are still fingerprints on it from when it was just pulled over.
I really want to touch it.
But it is unrealistic to expect straight man A to take the initiative to be intimate with you. You can only drag him from behind and hug him when he loudly asks, "What? He wants 100 million!"
Unfortunately, this trick didn't work today.
The muzzle of the gun was against the Army Aviation Sunxue.
Lu Hang: “…”
He looked at Huo Yuan, who was holding a gun in his right hand and a terminal in his left hand, and was scolding his subordinates.
He looked again at the pillow where he had hidden the gun.
Lu Hang asked sincerely: "Yuanzi, when did you develop this dangerous habit?"
Huo Yuan hung up the phone, collected the gun, and neatly put it into the holster. He glanced sideways and said, "Bai Ling taught me this. He said that this can effectively make the alpha behave."
Lu Hang: “…”
fine.
I just woke him up from his dream, but he didn't point the gun at me. He has me in his heart.
But Huo Yuan has more to consider.
It turned out to be just as he expected.
The leader of the Black Crow Gang refused to change his bad habits and wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of the bad economy. He took a tough attitude and asked for 100 million yuan.
In order to prevent blackmail, they did not reveal that the incident was related to the Revolutionary Army. They only used the relationship with the Imperial Post to let the Imperial Post come forward and pretend to resettle the families of employees. But Kunan, the old crow, still keenly sensed the key and wanted to have a hearty robbing of his fellow thieves.
The other party even threatened that if they did not agree, they would report the matter to the CapitaLand government. Use this to force them to give money.
If Huo Yuan had any impression that Kunan still had some morality, he is now completely insane.
Huo Yuan reported the matter to Bai Ling in a cold manner. According to his thinking, this matter would most likely end up in a mess. Judging from Kunan's attitude, he would not give up until he got the 100 million.
No matter what negotiation expert you find, it's useless.
However, Bai Ling insisted on sending someone over.
Huo Yuan recognized the person who sent the gift. It turned out to be a little crow that used to fly around happily in Yexing Village.
He remembered that the little crow was called Xiaolu, and was a poor cub without a father. Now that he is almost two years old and can transform into a human form, he is held in Raven's arms. His little face is so tender and his black eyes are rolling around curiously.
The subordinate thought they had made a mistake and was shocked. "This kid can't even speak fluently. What's the point of having him here?"
But when the little crow sat in front of the screen and said something in a baby voice, the gang leader who was smoking a cigarette opposite him instantly lost his composure.
The cigarette fell from his slightly open lips and burned his palms.
The cub said, "My mother is a raven. Dad? I don't have a dad."
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