Chapter 004 Thief Simulator
Putting down the person in his arms, Ji Xu limped to the sofa with the wine in his hand, rolled up his trouser legs to reveal the abrasions inside, first used strong liquor to disinfect and clean the wound, then took advantage of the situation and tore off the unfortunate guy's shirt to bandage the wound.
Before leaving, he sprinkled some wine on his collar, making sure that any dog that came would be driven away by the smell of alcohol, and then he rolled down his trouser legs and strode out the door.
The decoration upstairs at Ansia Company was very rough.
The corridors were not tiled, and except for lighting fixtures, green safety arrows, and ventilation windows, there were only bare steel plates, as if reminding every hurried employee: this is not a peaceful organization, and violence in the guise of civilization will not change its essence.
Ji Xu finally had time to slowly appreciate the target's territory.
He moved slowly, half a step at a time. The wound that had been adapted to the disease became unbearable again under the stimulation of alcohol, but he didn't want to chat with the cactus. He seemed very nervous, like an empty-nest elderly person with Alzheimer's disease.
By the way, where is his cactus?
I clearly pressed the confirmation button, but how come I didn't get even a single thorn?
Ji Xu thought about asking when he had free time. If he had to present flower pots and water to invite them out, then it would be better to use them as throwing weapons... While thinking, he ran into several groups of people, and those who were quite far away covered their noses to avoid him.
Ji Xu found a secluded place where few people passed by and sat on the ground.
He leaned against the wall and bent his injured right leg to avoid being unable to stand up later. The intercom hanging on his ear would ring for a few seconds from time to time, then hang up, and there was no follow-up trace.
It took Ji Xu a long while to summarize the content from a few words:
——The security department tried to mobilize a helicopter, but the analysis team sternly refused and advised them not to take off in the bad weather with an approaching thunderstorm.
"Excuse me, Dr. Di, this is our job. Just watch over us from the top floor."
The sudden fluent voice made Ji Xu stunned.
He judged that this person should be the leader of the mercenaries. The security captain seemed to be busy with something and did not explain: "Please prepare four helicopters for us, the lowest specifications will do, one for each of the four walls."
The reply came after a long time.
"Need I remind you again, are the clouds starting to accumulate? Humans cannot predict nature 100%, I can't guarantee the weather and inspection results in the next half hour..."
The analysis team's endless scientific presentation was interrupted.
"Then bet."
There was a strange sound coming from the headphones, it was so tiny that Ji Xu had to listen carefully before he could barely make out it was probably the sound of a gun's safety bolt or the sound of a cabinet door opening and closing.
Dr. Di was furious, "You are killing yourself innocently!"
There was a click in the headset, and the security captain closed something, I don't know if it was a gun bolt or a cabinet. He said impatiently: "Okay, Dr. Di, don't we gamble with our lives all the time? What difference does it make whether the threat comes from humans or nature?"
The communication was disconnected again, and this time it did not ring again.
To be honest, Ji Xu admired the security captain's quick and decisive way of taking revenge. Human beings cannot give up their impulses and will only become zombies if they limit themselves to everything... provided that the enemy they are discussing how to deal with is not Ji Xu himself.
About seven minutes later, the sound of wind from the propellers came, and Ji Xu became familiar with the new pain.
He stood up and took off his headphones, ignoring the instructions that contained almost no information, and walked forward, pressing the floor-to-ceiling glass to observe.
Many people don't know that one-way glass is a magical thing: it can only see one side clearly, but the specific direction is determined by the light. In other words, when the light is strong during the day, the outside can't see the inside; when it's dark, the opposite is true, and people standing downstairs can see everything inside after turning on the light.
But now it is cloudy, almost dark.
Ji Xu moved a few inches to the side and faced an open ventilation window.
He seemed to be thinking about something.
It’s good to ventilate on rainy days. It’s so civilized. Keep it up.
…
The dark clouds outside were heavy, the wind was blowing hard, and the air was so humid that water could drip out. The pilot tried hard to adjust his balance in the wind, and he also had to distract himself to hold down the communication. He screamed in the noise, distracted by three things, and didn't even notice that a heavy object weighing about 63 kilograms was clinging to the landing gear:
"About 70 meters above the ground. Everything is normal. Do you need to continue descending? Over."
On the other side, Ji Xu climbed up from the landing gear, his head drenched in heavy rain. His glasses were covered with rain marks and mist from his breath. He wiped his face and realized that he had climbed a cable of almost ten floors.
"Just be careful and don't fall to the ground."
The loudspeaker beeped, and the sound sounded muffled in the rain.
"Let me tell you, not long ago, there was a report of movement on the negative fifth floor. When we pried open the elevator, we only saw three of us, face down, hit by sulfuric acid. Our cards were also taken away, and we didn't even know which floor they were thrown from. The people above are still arguing about whether the thief had made it into the manufacturing department."
Ji Xu thought about it.
Forget about the negative floors and manufacturing department for now, at least someone calls him by his nickname.
The driver didn't reply, concentrating on operating the troublesome gadget. After a long time without anyone answering, the microphone was automatically cut off. Perhaps he was too nervous during this period, and he unconsciously shifted his sight.
A silent silhouette was vaguely lying by the window.
"!!!"
The driver's heart almost stopped in fright, but the visitor nodded politely. The young man's thin-framed glasses were blown onto his hair by the strong wind, revealing a pair of pure black pupils that looked like the dark clouds rolling in the distance. The scene was so clear and slow that before the thought reached the neural network, the crisis had already deeply engraved it in fear.
The visitor grasped the top rod with both hands, bent his waist like a fish, tensed his left leg, hammered the glass open with his toes, and rushed in violently with wind and rain.
Ten seconds later, the helicopter was in free fall.
Ji Xu picked up something and stuck it under the collective pitch rod, causing it to rise automatically.
He unbuckled the enemy's seatbelt, dragged him out of the command room, and then pressed his knee against the pilot's neck, politely asking, "Can you teach me how to fly a helicopter?"
The driver kept silent and tried to adjust the view to press the microphone.
"Okay, I respect your choice." Ji Xu pulled back his running limbs and pressed down his knees until a crisp sound of fracture was heard.
Then he didn't stand up immediately, but sat on it, took out his cell phone from his admirable enemy, and said to himself, "Anyway, I've seen almost everything I just saw."
Sitting in the driver's seat, Ji Xu freed one hand to click around on the browser, opening the most viewed teaching video, trying to understand the meaning of the movements he watched.
The helicopter twisted and turned like a kite in the strong wind, but fortunately Ji Xu was not airsick.
After the video is finished, the next video will automatically open, which will teach a two-year-old child how to play with a remote-controlled airplane. With the gentle sound of the clip, Ji Xu put his learning results into practice.
He didn't have to worry about the most difficult takeoff and landing, let alone hovering - once he got high enough, he could just rush into the building.
After calculating in this way, the steps are reassuringly simple.
The communication channel beeped, and it was not the kind person who shared gossip at the beginning. The person came straight to the point: "Why are you here again?"
What a familiar voice! It was the security captain whose voice was only heard but not seen, and whose several subordinates were innocently killed by passing players.
You could tell the security captain was very confused - well, no normal person would think that the helicopter was captured before it even landed, this wasn't a Hollywood movie.
“……” He kept silent.
The broken glass whistled through the gaps, and the wind blew in the rain from the sky. Ji Xu was soaked all over. He deliberately tapped the cabin with his fingers at irregular intervals, while pressing the pedals to adjust the position.
There was no need to even act, the novice's behavior of spinning the helicopter against the wall was visibly awkward.
The security captain was shocked by the overly complex sound.
"What the hell is going on? Are you being attacked? You have one minute to respond, otherwise you will be considered to be under someone's control."
The sound of wind and rain was outrageous enough, but why was it banging against the wall... He even listened carefully for a few seconds in Morse code, and found that the only thing he gained was wasted time.
The security captain stepped back and signaled someone to bring a telescope.
In short, Ji Xu's camouflage uniform, which he had not taken off, successfully confused the people above. The helicopter was neither far nor close to the roof, and the vision was blurred in the wind and rain, and his face could not be seen clearly, which made the member holding the rocket launcher next to him very embarrassed.
——If I had known earlier, I would not have gone for heavy firepower and would have switched to one with a scope.
Who would have thought that such a thing could happen.
The member stared at the helicopter performing performance art for a while, feeling depressed and worried. Then his emotion gradually turned into a sense of déjà vu: "Is he approaching the building?"
The security captain, who was scolding his subordinates for not getting the telescope, said: "Huh?"
He quickly walked a few steps to the edge of the rooftop, held onto the railing and squinted to identify it, trying to determine its thoughts from the distorted trajectory of its movement.
My eyes hurt.
never mind.
The security captain thought, if it was really a thief who controlled the helicopter, it couldn't be that the other party had no tactical skills and was fighting the Black Organization with confidence? Probably not. But if he admitted that this Parkinson's-like trajectory was also... uh, part of the tactics, he would be unable to sleep or eat.
The security captain made up his mind: "No matter what the situation is, we must shoot them down directly. We cannot let the top floors be in danger."
Ji Xu suddenly shuddered, the chill not coming from the environment but from his heart, as if several pairs of eyes were staring at him. His muscles tensed unconsciously, and his hands, which were already shaking uncontrollably due to his injuries, became even more uncontrollable.
I never thought that the double-edged sword of my body's instinct would be defeated here!
He hurried and hurried, finally adjusting his position with all his strength. He immediately dragged the heavy object to press down the pedals and steering rod. He unbuckled his seat belt with one hand and quickly flipped out through the window with the other.
A faint light emanated from the hole of the bazooka.
There was a rumbling sound of thunder in the sky.
Ji Xu held on to the sun visor tightly, put one foot firmly on the crossbeam, and turned around with difficulty. The propeller behind him stirred deafeningly and collided with the rocket/bomb in the wind, rain and thunder, illuminating the entire area.
He felt the cold rain mixed with debris hitting his face. His heart was pumping hard, his breath was hot on his face, and for the first time in his twenty years of life, he felt the presence of adrenaline.
Let me emphasize again that I am not worthy of being the villain!
Ji Xu pried open the window with a gloomy face. As soon as he entered, he went straight to the entrance and locked the door. He checked the room very consciously, like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He lifted the curtains back and forth four or five times before he put the broken glass hidden on the helicopter into his sleeve.
After relaxing, Ji Xu took some casual clothes and went to take a quick shower. After coming out of the bathroom, he went straight to under the bed and pulled out the medicine box he had found when he checked the room just now. The smell of liquor and blood was replaced by other smells.
Orange bath gel, sunshine. Painkillers, antibiotics, gentleness - to sum it up, it feels great to be back in the world!
While expressing his admiration for the convenience of modern medical services, he took a towel and wiped his dripping hair.
Ji Xu opened the chat assistant.
“…”
“…”
After two silent ellipsis, Shudong calmly broke the silence: "Is there anything you want to talk about?"
"No, let me ask my cactus."
"Who knows?" it asked back. "Maybe it was 3D printed in mid-air, but its employer was busy playing the role of a rock climber and no one paid attention to it. So it had to be pulled to the ground by gravity and enjoyed the treatment of concentrated sulfuric acid as water."
Ji Xu: "Sorry, sorry...can I print another copy?"
"No, employer, that's the only chance."
Shudong had no choice but to refuse. Ji Xu did not ask any more questions. He changed the subject: "I am using my body to play games. Can I recover after I finish?"
We can't let him go back to the dormitory and be admitted to the hospital for surgery that night and then go straight to the police station the next day. It's too outrageous to risk his body for playing games.
Wait, it seems that playing games is also detrimental to your health.
That's okay.
Shudong used a very strange adjective: "It seems possible."
Ji Xu repeated: “It seems.” His pronunciation was actually quite different from when a normal person asked a question, but no one of the two living creatures present cared.
"You can't expect a chat assistant to explain the settings," it protested secretly that it was not a customer service, but because of its high quality, Ji Xu pretended not to understand, "You need to log out first, otherwise we can't refresh our physical status."
Ji Xu said ‘Oh’ and thought for a moment: “Then you are treated quite well.”
Some people can simply choose a simulator with strong skills and its own identity, deliberately not do the task, and then stay to stir up trouble, which is much more enjoyable than ordinary life in the real world.
Time passed gradually during the conversation. When they had almost rested, Ji Xu unlocked the door and pushed it open. He just happened to see someone reaching out to touch the door handle.
Ji Xu couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
What a familiar face! Anxia Company is a large and powerful company after all, so how come I always run into familiar people?
The person opposite felt a chill on his back.
He looked at the suddenly crowded door, and the unlucky employee who was carried upstairs and inexplicably placed took a few steps back, "...Uh, how about you go first?"
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