Chapter 059 Chapter 59
Lin Fei moved into the second isolation area.
After the counseling, Lin Fei calmed down a lot and became more sober.
The symptoms of Fregley's delusion have been greatly alleviated.
At least, she could clearly identify Xia Meng.
This is a good thing.
When Xia Meng came out of the ward, she happened to pass by the nurses' station.
The farce that just happened quickly spread throughout the entire guide center.
A young nurse lamented, "I didn't expect the risks of a sentry seal to be greater than marriage. Divorce is just a matter of leaving the house, but to remove a seal, I'm afraid the only way out is to fight for your life."
Xia Meng lowered her head to write the medical records, and said with a smirk, "So, engraving is risky, the higher-ups need to be cautious."
Young nurse: "Doctor Xia, what about you and Li Shen? Do you have that plan?"
Xia Meng paused her pen, looking up with a look of confusion: "How did you know?"
The young nurse covered her mouth and laughed, "I heard it from my friend at the security center upstairs! He said it's spread everywhere upstairs!"
Xia Meng shook her head helplessly.
As expected, Li Zhou is a very capable person.
At this time, a male voice sounded.
"What spread? What happened between you and Li Zhou?"
The young nurse looked up, exclaimed "Ah", and quickly sat back at the nurse's desk, pretending nothing had happened.
Xia Meng turned her head and met Director Bai's puzzled gaze.
Xia Meng: “…”
Director Bai came to talk to Xia Meng about Lin Fei and Lu Yuting.
I didn't expect to hear firsthand gossip as soon as I arrived.
Xia Meng closed the medical record.
The two walked out.
Xia Meng had no intention of hiding anything and told Li Zhou directly and openly about her relationship with him.
Director Bai's reaction was quite normal.
After all, in his opinion, these two young people have great potential.
He simply asked, "So you two probably haven't planned on making a mark yet, right?"
The incident between Lin Fei and Lu Yuting had just happened, and Director Bai's question seemed to have some hidden meaning.
But his expression looked normal, just like a leader in an ordinary unit asking a married female subordinate if she had any plans to get pregnant and have children recently so as not to affect her work.
Xia Meng laughed: "Don't worry, it won't affect your work."
Let’s not talk about anything else for now.
Now Lin Fei still relies on her guidance.
What would Lin Fei do if she just engraved her seal with Li Zhou?
Moreover, she had a hunch.
There will be many more patients like Lin Fei in the future.
…
"I understand the logic, but isn't this a bit cruel to Li Zhou?"
Rest area at the Guide Center.
Ou Xu brought two cups of coffee and sat down opposite Xia Meng.
Xia Meng raised her eyes.
Ou Xu counted on his fingers: "Look, you two are in love now, right? Then in the future, the combination heat cycle is inevitable. The guide's combination heat cycle is relatively good, and the inhibitory drugs are generally effective on guides. But the sentinels may be in trouble..."
Ou Xu: "Also, looking at Lin Fei's situation, if she can only rely on you for guidance for the rest of her life, will you and Li Zhou never engrave any marks in your life?"
Boil a lifetime combined with heat cycle...
Ou Xu took a breath and couldn't help shaking his head: "It's too tragic, too tragic."
Xia Meng was silent.
This... I haven't had time to think about it deeply.
Xia Meng was lost in thought, but she was thinking about Lin Fei.
She said: "Lin Fei's words shouldn't be the case."
Ou Xu: "What do you mean?"
Xia Meng: "The special effect guide element should also work on her."
Ou Xu: "But isn't that thing very expensive? Can she afford it?"
Xia Meng shrugged: "Won't she have money after the divorce?"
The tone of voice clearly sounded like someone wanted Lu Yuting to leave the house with nothing.
Ou Xu raised his hand and gave her a thumbs up.
At this moment, the work phones of the two people on the table suddenly beeped twice at the same time.
The two looked at each other subconsciously.
On Xia Meng's first day at work, Ou Xu, the "old hand at the Black Tower", taught her many rules for being lazy in the guide center.
Information inside the Black Tower is usually marked with a level.
Ordinary notification information is white, yellow is pending work information, and red is urgent information.
Ou Xu taught her to turn off the Do Not Disturb mode for white and yellow messages.
White is generally unimportant.
For those that need to be processed, just wait for them to check them one by one in order.
Only red emergency messages must be responded to and processed immediately.
Did something happen that required both of them to respond at the same time?
Xia Meng picked up her phone and took a look.
The message didn't contain any details, only telling them to go to the top floor immediately after receiving the message.
Ou Xu let out a "wow".
"The top floor. I've been in the Black Tower for so long, but I haven't been there yet."
Xia Meng tilted her head and asked, "What's going on on the top floor?"
Ou Xu said, "The top floor has the office of the person in charge of our Beijing Tower."
The top leader of Beijing Tower?
Xia Meng was puzzled: "What could he want from us?"
Ou Xu rubbed his chin, confused. "Good question. Why would a big shot like him go after us two little minions? You're fine... but why did he bring me along?"
Xia Meng: "Go and see and you'll know."
…
Top floor.
The top of the black tower is a large flat floor.
The office of the branch director who is in charge of the Beijing Tower takes up half of the space here.
It’s not that he is seeking any privileges for himself, but mainly because the round table in the conference room in his office has already occupied more than half of the space.
It’s more like a meeting room than an office.
Every once in a while, all the Black Tower leaders around the world would hold a Black Tower cutting-edge meeting here—of course, in the form of a virtual meeting.
The head of the Beijing Tower is named Hu, an A-level sentry in his fifties.
Maybe it was due to the psychological suggestion of his surname, but his spirit form was a Tibetan fox with a square head and squinty eyes.
After meeting Minister Hu in person, Xia Meng felt that he might be more influenced by his appearance.
Minister Hu looks exactly like his spirit form.
His expressionless face revealed a calm and melancholy temperament.
When Xia Meng and Ou Xu arrived, the oval conference table was already full of people.
There are ten seats at the round table.
Most of them are virtual images.
Zhou Qi was standing aside.
In this kind of situation, Zhou Qi didn't even have a place.
He waved towards Xia Meng and said, "Xiao Xia, Ou Xu, you've arrived just in time. Let me introduce you."
Xia Meng nodded and looked towards the round table.
The people at the table are all the heads of the major black towers around the world, basically organized by continent.
There are slightly more persons in charge in the European and Asian regions, with representatives from the UK, France, Russia, China and Japan.
Sitting in the main seat was a man who looked to be in his thirties, with platinum blonde hair, lake blue eyes, and a well-tailored high-end suit. He sat there with an elegant and leisurely posture.
Although it is just a virtual image, it still has a strong presence and is as exquisite and gorgeous as an ancient European aristocrat.
Zhou Qi introduced him last and whispered, "This is the chief of the Black Tower Headquarters, Hermann Dreiser. S-class Sentinel."
One of only seven S-Class Sentinels in the world.
It is also the leader of the global black tower.
In other words, this person is equivalent to the person standing at the top of the pyramid among humans.
Xia Meng looked up and found that the man was also staring at her.
Her eyes were as gentle as water, and there was a gentle smile on the corners of her lips.
...I don't know what he is laughing at.
Xia Meng smiled calmly in response, but felt a little strange in her heart.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that this man looked familiar.
But when she really tried to recall when she had met him, she couldn't remember at all.
Maybe... it's because this person has a beautiful, ordinary face.
After all, beautiful women always look alike.
Only an ugly person can be so ugly.
Perhaps she had gotten used to seeing Li Zhou recently, so the appearance of another blonde, blue-eyed beauty at this time did not attract much of Xia Meng's attention.
She quickly looked away.
His eyes swept across the table.
All the ministers look very distinctive and imposing.
Behind each person stands a sentry with an upright posture.
It seemed to be invisibly demonstrating the strength of the major branches of the Black Tower.
Minister Hu sat to the left of the director general.
Su Fangxiao stood behind Minister Hu with her hands behind her back. When she saw Xia Meng looking at her, she smiled at her with her eyes curved.
Xia Meng nodded at her, looked around, and found that Li Zhou was sitting at the other end of the round table, facing the director.
Li Zhou also has a seat at this conference attended by all the world's heavyweights.
The most important thing is that he also seems to be of high status.
There was a vague intention of competing with the director general.
However, at this time, Li Zhou seemed to have been waiting for her gaze for a long time.
He finally smiled when Xia Meng's eyes met his.
He immediately stood up.
He walked up to Xia Meng, took her hand, and led her to his seat.
Xia Meng was led away by him in confusion.
Until he pushed me into a chair.
Li Zhou let her sit in his seat.
He followed the example of the other sentries and stood behind her.
He looks like a knight standing behind a princess.
For a moment, several people at the table looked at him with puzzled eyes.
Zhou Qi on the side silently raised his hand to support his forehead.
He! Just! Knows!
When he asked his assistant to close the door, Li Zhou looked very unhappy.
If he had known that he would do this at the headquarters meeting, he would have covered up for him before!
Just now, Zhou Qi was still racking his brains to think of how to help him hide it.
Soon after, Li Zhou personally announced it to the whole world.
Not afraid at all.
Before anyone could ask, Li Zhou took the initiative to introduce everyone: "Let me introduce you, this is Xia Meng, my guide."
The word "my" was emphasized.
Xia Meng: “…”
Everyone: “…”
Everyone at the round table froze.
Some people didn't even notice that the pen in their hand fell.
At the other end of the round table, the S-class named Hermann Dreiser was also stunned.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Xia Meng, and suddenly asked, "Have you already engraved with him?"
The words are clear and loud.
He speaks very standard Mandarin.
The voice sounded clear and cold.
It seems to bring with it the cool chill of a glacier.
Xia Meng thought, here it comes again.
How presumptuous!
She was just in a relationship, why did everyone ask her whether she had engraved the seal?
But Herman's lake-blue eyes looked straight at her.
He was obviously asking her.
Xia Meng paused.
Just as she was about to answer, she suddenly felt Li Zhou's hand on her shoulder tremble slightly, and he unconsciously tightened it a little.
He seemed nervous.
The emotion of facing a great enemy was unconsciously transmitted to her through his palm.
Did anything happen between this man named Hermann and Li Zhou in the past?
Xia Meng guessed that it probably wouldn't be a good thing.
She knew Li Zhou's attitude towards the Black Tower.
Especially the attitude towards the Black Tower Headquarters.
His memories of headquarters were dark and painful.
That place left Li Zhou with indelible and difficult memories when he was young.
The man in front of him is the one in power at the Black Tower headquarters.
Regardless of whether he was involved back then, at least, in her eyes, he is the incarnation of the Black Tower Headquarters.
Xia Meng smiled and replied with a veiled smile, "This should be considered private, right? Do we need to tell you?"
Hearing this, the man smiled slightly with his eyes curved, as if Xia Meng's reaction pleased him.
A man as exquisite and beautiful as the Elf King, with a charm that could melt ice and snow when he smiled.
He still maintained the same posture, with his hands clasped and lazily resting on the knee of his raised leg.
He smiled and said, "Of course this is your personal privacy, but S-rank Sentinels are an exception. This has been the consensus of Black Towers around the world for hundreds of years."
Xia Meng looked at him steadily.
Is it necessary to abide by the consensus on infringement of personal privacy?
This person speaks in a high-sounding manner.
But these words and sentences were like invisible chains, tightly fastening to Li Zhou's body.
For no reason, Xia Meng didn't like this.
There's no reason why I don't like him.
She didn't say anything.
Everyone at the round table tacitly remained silent.
Everyone was staring silently at the three people at the center of the storm.
Anyone who knew Herman knew that.
Herman is far from being as gentle and amiable as he appears.
This beautiful appearance seemed to form a sharp contrast with his iron-blooded and ruthless methods.
In his early thirties, he climbed to the top of the world.
If strength is a gift from heaven, it is a gift from genes.
So, the fact that he holds power at such a young age is enough to prove his unparalleled strength.
His every move, every frown and smile are not to be underestimated.
I even unconsciously guessed what he was thinking at the moment.
Some people speculated that Hermann seemed very unhappy about Li Zhou's secret relationship with a B-level guide.
Some people also speculated that Herman was angry about Li Zhou's decision to act without authorization, and was even more angry because Li Zhou was out of his control.
Only Minister Hu, who was sitting quietly with his eyes lowered, realized something.
By observing the nose with the eyes and the heart with the nose, one can better understand the subtle thoughts in Hermann's words.
He was asking about Xia Meng.
He asked her, have you imprinted with him?
Herman cares about "you".
It’s Xia Meng.
Hermann's thoughts are actually not easy to guess.
Especially his gorgeous looks and beautiful smile are too deceptive.
So every time Minister Hu came to a meeting, I would subconsciously avoid looking at his face.
Just listening to the sound makes it easier to understand his thoughts——
It turned out to be Xia Meng.
Minister Hu raised his eyes and calmly interrupted, "It's getting late. I'm sure everyone is busy with official duties, and the situation is urgent. Please don't delay any further."
Today's meeting is to discuss the strange disease that is now spreading around the world.
Yes.
I originally thought that this was just an isolated incident at the Beijing Tower.
But in recent times, black towers around the world have been reporting strange phenomena occurring in their respective areas.
The heads of the black towers sat down to discuss the matter and realized that the "strange disease" had unknowingly begun to spread around the world.
Beijing Tower was the first to report.
At present, it seems that the spread is the most serious.
Several incidents have occurred one after another in the past few days, and at least thousands of people have been involved.
Therefore, after several meetings, the directors of the Black Tower branches in various regions decided to send people to support the Beijing Tower first.
Control the spread and find out the source of the "strange disease".
The meeting decided that the Black Tower would form a special operations team.
Gather the top forces of the Black Towers in each region, go deep into the deepest part where the strange disease is spreading, help the Beijing Tower solve the urgent problem, and gain experience in fighting against the strange disease.
The action plan has begun.
The main purpose of today's meeting is to select candidates to participate in this special operation.
This is also the reason why Minister Hu called Xia Meng and Ou Xu here——
As the only two guides who have participated in multiple rescue operations, their presence is invaluable.
Minister Hu had previously proposed that the four of them be the initial members of the special operations team, led by Li Zhou.
The ministers of other branches had no objection to this.
Before Xia Meng and Ou Xu arrived, the branch directors were proposing their respective selection lists.
Since Minister Hu had previously made it clear that the more people a rescue operation involves, the better, the list was repeatedly streamlined.
Finally, the ministers decided to send one or two people.
Minister Hu said this and turned his head to look at Su Fangxiao.
Su Fangxiao understood and looked up and said, "The list has been compiled."
She read out all the names on the list clearly.
Every Sentinel on the list is one of the best elites in each continent.
Minister Hu quickly moved the meeting forward: "Since everyone has no objection, the members of the special operations team will be tentatively designated as those on the list—"
"Wait a moment."
Hermann suddenly spoke.
Minister Hu's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
He couldn't avoid looking at Hermann.
Herman was still smiling. He looked straight at the people across the table and said, "I'm joining this operation, too."
When these words were spoken, the heads of various branches were all shocked.
Someone immediately objected: "This is too dangerous. Your safety is the top priority. How can you take such a risk so easily?"
Another person commented: "With Li Zhou, an S-rank leader, leading the team, the configuration for this operation is already high enough."
For a moment, half of the people at the table objected.
Herman remained unperturbed. He quietly let everyone finish their thoughts before slowly speaking, "I believe you all understand the dangers of this strange disease. If it gets out of control, it could be devastating to the entire Black Tower, the people of Sentinel, and even humanity worldwide. As the leader of the Black Tower, I have the responsibility and obligation to step forward at this critical moment."
The high-sounding speech left all the branch directors speechless.
Everyone looked at each other, and began to guess their boss's intentions as usual.
What's going on? Are they being blamed for not taking the initiative to shoulder the burden?
So... is it too late for them to sign up now?
The branch directors couldn't help but feel a lot of complaints.
Alas, when they were running for branch chief positions, no one told them that they would have to fight in the front lines even at their age!
If I had known this, whoever wanted to be the branch director would have been the director!
Among the crowd, only Minister Hu sighed.
Too obvious.
It's so obvious!
It was obvious that this person had other intentions.
He raised his head and looked at Zhou Qi who was standing in the corner of the conference room.
Long before today's meeting started, Zhou Qi had met with him privately and expressed his concerns to him.
Xia Meng is in this situation now, and no one knows how many sentries are keeping an eye on her.
"I heard that at headquarters... Herman has been looking for a suitable guide in recent years. If he sets his sights on Xia Meng, things could get really complicated."
That’s what Zhou Qi said at the time.
Sure enough, as soon as the meeting began, Hermann took the initiative to ask to meet the two "magical" guides.
After Minister Hu changed the subject twice in a roundabout way, Hermann still persevered in bringing the topic back.
Minister Hu had no choice but to call the person up.
What Zhou Qi worried about came true.
As soon as Xia Meng appeared, Minister Hu and Zhou Qi realized that there was a hint of eagerness in Hermann's eyes when he looked at Xia Meng.
As if to say: I finally found you!
I don’t know if Li Zhou also noticed something.
The next second, he quickly announced his relationship with Xia Meng.
pity……
This kind of declaration can only be used to prevent gentlemen.
You can't defend against a king who is extremely good at plundering.
Li Zhou is indeed still too young.
Minister Hu sighed.
He raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi just shook his head at him calmly.
This is the extent of their protection for Li Zhou and Xia Meng.
If Herman really wanted to do something at this moment, the two of them couldn't stop him.
In the end, Herman's name was added to the special operations team's list.
According to the previous plan, the team leader will still be Li Zhou, who has rich rescue experience.
Hermann was given the title of deputy team leader.
Tomorrow morning, at nine o'clock Beijing time, all team members will gather at the Beijing Tower.
…
When Wang Xiangyi learned the news, the meeting had already ended.
It's rare that the psychiatric office is full of people.
Wang Xiangyi is here, Xia Menglizhu is here, Su Fangxiao and Ou Xu are here, and Zhou Qi is here too.
Wang Xiangyi listened to the contents of the meeting with a serious face, and his knife-like eyes kept stabbing at Zhou Qi's face.
Zhou Qi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he spoke, feeling like he was about to be pricked like a hedgehog.
Wang Xiangyi was silent for a long time after listening to this, and finally said the first sentence: "It turned out to be a kid from the Dreiser family."
Xia Meng asked curiously, "Master, do you know him?"
Wang Xiangyi paused and said, "Well, I met his father a few times more than 20 years ago."
Hermann Dreiser's origins are no secret.
On the contrary, because his background is so brilliant, even Zhou Qi's assistant can tell you everything about it.
The Dreiser family is one of the rare ancient families in the world.
As we all know, the genes of sentinels are actually largely randomly continued and inherited.
There is no 100% guarantee that a child born to parents who are like Shao Xiang will be Shao Xiang.
If I have to say, the children born to high-level sentinels are more likely to become high-level once they awaken.
It is for this reason that many ancient whistle-shaped families in Europe deliberately seek high-level partners for marriage in an attempt to pass on the family's excellent whistle-shaped genes.
The Dreiser family, to which Hermann General came from, is a supporter of the theory of sentinel optimization.
Herman Dreiser's father, Lorenzo Dreiser, was an avid fan.
In order to give birth to an excellent heir, he married an A-level guide who was five years older than him and gave birth to three children.
But he was particularly unsatisfied. In addition to the children born to his wife, he had at least three mistresses who gave birth to seven illegitimate children for him.
Twenty years ago, when Wang Xiangyi first heard of this man, he witnessed his absurdity.
Lorenzo's three legitimate sons turned fifteen, and none of them showed any signs of awakening.
On the contrary, among the illegitimate children, Hermann, who was only eleven years old at the time, awakened by coincidence.
After testing by the Black Tower, it was determined that Hermann was an extremely rare S-class Sentinel.
At that time, Lorenzo immediately chose to bring Hermann back to the Dreiser family and immediately announced to the public that he had chosen Hermann as his heir.
Only awakened children are qualified to be named Dreiser.
Only the strongest among them is qualified to inherit the Dreiser family.
This deformed way of inheritance once made many people ashamed.
But the appearance of Hermann became the most powerful proof of the Dreiser family.
Later, many families, organizations, and even individuals began to follow their example.
Now twenty years have passed.
The illegitimate child back then has now become the head of the Dreiser family and the person in charge of the world of whistle.
How ironic.
Zhou Qi finished speaking with some difficulty, "As far as I know, Hermann currently has no one to imprint on. It is said that he has been looking for a suitable guide in recent years -"
As he spoke, he looked at Xia Meng worriedly.
Xia Meng met his gaze and pointed at herself in astonishment: "Me? That doesn't make sense, does it? If he's really that obsessed with eugenics, why doesn't he just find a guide of the same level?"
Wang Xiangyi: "Do you think there are so many S-level guides? There are only a few in the entire world, you can count them on one hand. It's even harder to find someone with the right personality and age."
Xia Meng: "Then go find an A-level. I'm a B-level, why would he target me?"
Wang Xiangyi paused and looked at Zhou Qi.
Indeed, this is indeed puzzling.
If I had to say, it would be that there was probably no guide in Class A that he found pleasing to his eyes.
And Xia Meng is too special and too unique.
Her mere existence is enough to drive countless Sentinels crazy.
Among them, the addition of Hermann does not seem surprising.
Xia Meng: “………………”
She sighed with mixed feelings.
I am really impressed.
What did she do wrong?
Why did it suddenly become a piece of meat and bone targeted by so many wolves?
At this time, her hand was tightened.
She turned around and saw Li Zhou looking up with murderous intent: "If he dares to do anything to you, I will kill him!"
Xia Meng could feel that what he said was definitely not just talk.
The violence was a bit violent, but she could feel how much he valued her.
She was moved and held his hand back, and was about to say something.
Wang Xiangyi suddenly yelled, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Take your pig's hoof away from me!"
Wang Xiangyi had just been disgusted by the Dreiser family, and now he looked at all the sentries with disgust.
He raised his hand and dragged Xia Meng and the chair over and put them aside.
He crossed his arms and said sternly, "Let's get down to business. Now that this special operations team has been established, they'll probably be entering the quarantine area as early as tomorrow. You need to make some preparations."
Xia Meng quickly sat down obediently.
"How do you say that?"
Wang Xiangyi never fights an unprepared battle.
He was not idle during the two days of the weekend.
He regained some of the feeling and momentum he had when he led the team in the Special Services Center.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
The more sufficient the preliminary preparations, the higher the possibility that Xia Meng and others will be able to safely escape from the quarantine area.
So he studied the information about all the strange illnesses that had occurred in recent days.
From Fan Xue, to Huo Qingyu, to Beijing North High School, to Pan Junwen, to Li Zhan, and then to Lin Fei.
He studied each case repeatedly.
He found several commonalities.
"The most obvious point is that the mental states of the owners of the mental images are extremely abnormal and unstable. This instability has external causes, such as Fan Xue being controlled by Jiang Qiongran's psychic abilities, or the three students from Beijing North High School who ate poisonous mushrooms. It also has internal causes, such as Huo Qingyu's bipolar disorder, or Lin Fei's schizophrenia caused by long-term abuse from her husband. The distortion of the mental state directly leads to the alienation of the mental image."
"We still don't know the exact condition of Patient Zero in the quarantine zone. The doctors who treated him are now trapped inside. If you want to get accurate intelligence, first, you can investigate Patient Zero's relatives and friends to see if you can find a breakthrough from them and understand Patient Zero's symptoms and mental state. Then, I can try to adjust their medication from the outside. Second, when you go in, prioritize finding the guides who have had contact with the patient and see how much they know. They've been in there longer and may have a better understanding of the situation."
"third--"
As he spoke, Wang Xiangyi looked at Xia Meng.
He paused and let out a long sigh.
Xia Meng heard a hint of disappointment in Lao Wang's long sigh.
she:"???"
What does it mean?
Wang Xiangyi said, "Third, when it comes to mental illness, you're the only one you can rely on. There's no off-site help available; everything depends on you."
Xia Mengxin said she knew.
The next second, Wang Xiangyi said quietly, "I remember when we were in school, you flew through several final exams without any success, right? Every time I corrected your papers, you'd make my blood pressure so high."
Xia Meng: “…”
She asked weakly, "...So?"
Wang Xiangyi said firmly, "So, go back and review those courses carefully tonight. I'll check them tomorrow morning."
Xia Meng: “………………”
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