Chapter 108 Chapter 108
The small potted plants are really beautiful.
It’s a pity that Xia Meng never raises these.
I have never raised any plants or small animals.
There was no opportunity before because the environment did not allow it.
The welfare home does not allow them to cultivate such a tender hobby, and sometimes they even have to use small animals to "practice".
After a period of bloody training, I lost interest in all kinds of small animals.
It is not suitable now, the conditions do not allow it.
She would definitely not stay in the Peking Tower for long. Whether the mission Lorenzo assigned to her succeeded or failed, she could not stay.
So no matter what she raises, it is destined to not last long.
Don't wait until you develop feelings for someone because you can't take them with you when you leave.
Xia Meng turned her eyes away from the tender pink petals: "I don't want it, you can take it."
After saying that, she wanted to get away from him.
Li Zhou followed her lead and walked to her seat. He placed the small potted plant on the windowsill beside her and smiled brightly. "You don't want to take care of it because it's too much trouble? It's okay, I'll take care of it for you. This kind of succulent doesn't need daily watering or strong light. I've observed it beforehand, and it's just right for you. You don't have to do anything, just look at it every day. Or, just think of it as me keeping it with you temporarily, okay?"
Xia Meng looked at him silently for a long time before finally giving in.
He tacitly allowed this little gadget to remain in front of him.
She softened her heart for a moment.
Li Zhou seemed to be sensitive enough to notice her thoughts which he himself was not fully aware of, and he began to take advantage of her, giving her some small gifts every other day.
They are not very expensive things, but they basically follow one rule: they can be preserved for a long time and are even easy to carry.
It was as if he had already predicted that if she really wanted to leave in the future, she might be soft-hearted and take one or two things with her.
…
Xia Meng didn't know how long she would stay in the Beijing Tower.
She came here ostensibly as an exchange student from Shaoxiang University, but in fact she was following Lorenzo's orders.
If she doesn't complete the assigned task in one day, she probably won't be able to leave.
Xia Meng felt a little annoyed.
It was a feeling of powerlessness that made one unable to make decisions about anything, which caused an irritation that made one not know who to get angry at.
Very annoying.
It was like this when I was in the welfare home.
The two big trees in the yard of the welfare home, with their outstretched branches, are like countless dancing chains, stretching out to bind people's hands and feet, trapping the people of that time to death one by one on the spot and pressing them into the mud.
At that time she knew she couldn't escape or avoid it.
They could only watch numbly as their feet sank into the quagmire filled with malice and blood, stuck deep in the mud and unable to extricate themselves.
It's not that she hasn't thought about breaking free.
However, when she thought about the terrible price she would have to pay to break free, and the life of escape she would have to lead after breaking free, she felt that her current life as a walking corpse was not so bad.
The world is vast and there is no place for her anywhere.
That's how her life is.
But it's just a miserable life.
I just wanted to lie down in the mud and try to hold on to my original heart before I was completely submerged in it. That's all.
…
A Class B Sentry has gone berserk at the Jingguang Bridge section of the East Third Ring Road on Chaoyangmenwai Street in Chaoyang District. Special forces from Team 7 are requested to provide support as soon as possible. [Shared coordinates]
When they received the message, Xia Meng and Li Zhou were on a mission outside.
The two men followed Wang Xiangyi's instructions and rushed to the scene as soon as possible.
They were not the first to arrive.
The ones closest to there were Pei Ziling and Su Fangxiao, they had already arrived there first.
It's just that the situation is a little out of control.
Pei Ziling and Su Fangxiao are both A-level. Logically speaking, they naturally have a level suppression over B-level.
But the runaway sentinel was a different story. The energy level erupting from his body had far exceeded the upper limit of Class B. It was like a last gasp of life, completely erupting all the strength in his body at once, and he would not stop until he had completely destroyed himself and everything around him.
It wasn't a big problem for Pei Ziling and Su Fangxiao to deal with one person.
The complexity lies in the fact that the Jingguang Bridge is adjacent to the China World Trade Center CBD, which is an area with a large flow of people.
In order to avoid hurting innocent passers-by, the two of them were forced to restrain their hands and feet.
When Xia Meng and Li Zhou arrived, the two sides were fighting fiercely.
While fighting, Su Fangxiao had to be careful not to hurt passers-by.
Pei Ziling coordinated and evacuated the crowd at the same time.
I'm trying to do two things at once and I'm a bit overwhelmed.
At a certain moment, Su Fangxiao was unable to dodge and was hit in the abdomen by the violent sentry, and was thrown far away towards the outer wall of a building.
The outer wall was made of reinforced glass, but it couldn't withstand the tremendous force that hit Su Fangxiao.
There were screams one after another at the scene.
In the blink of an eye, the surface of the reinforced glass cracked into large spider webs, about to hit the passers-by hiding underneath.
At the critical moment, a black shadow flashed, leaped in, grabbed the passers-by and threw them away.
At the same time, he caught Su Fangxiao with one hand from the countless glass fragments falling from above his head, and dragged her to the side, saving her from the tragic pain of being pierced by thousands of glass shards when she landed.
Su Fangxiao was already covered in blood.
She was breathing heavily, looked up at Li Zhou, and whispered a thank you.
Then he no longer cared about himself, and quickly pointed at the target of the rampage and said, "Quick, go stop him——"
Without her saying anything, Li Zhou quickly let her go.
He saw from the corner of his eye that Xia Meng had settled the passerby who had been thrown out before and was running towards him, so he did not stop and rushed forward at a high speed.
Xia Meng arrived shortly after, opened the medical tool kit from her waist, and skillfully treated Su Fangxiao's wound.
Fortunately, Su Fangxiao only looked miserable and was not seriously injured.
She leaned against the wall, glanced at Xia Meng, and thanked her softly.
Then he asked, "Are there any A-level guides?"
Special agents going out on the field generally carry a few tubes of guide element.
The battle consumes a huge amount of the Sentinel's own strength and also has a great impact on his spiritual sea.
The guide element can help the sentinel quickly stabilize the fluctuating mental power, and at the same time, it can also eliminate the rapidly growing mental black spots to a certain extent. It is the best first aid method besides the guide's on-site counseling.
The matching rate between Xia Meng and Su Fangxiao is not high.
Therefore, compared to her direct guidance, a guidance element tailored for Su Fangxiao is a better choice.
Of course, universal A-level guide elements can also be used.
Xia Meng also kept some in her tool kit, just in case.
She had two guns on her, one in her own hand, and the other one she had given to Li Zhou on the way here.
Used to temporarily suppress the runaway sentry.
Xia Meng didn't hesitate and injected Su Fangxiao with a tube.
Then she helped Su Fangxiao to a safe place to rest.
As he turned sideways, a familiar spiritual force suddenly floated over.
Xia Meng suddenly frowned and glanced at a point in the distance calmly.
When she helped Su Fangxiao sit down, she casually asked, "Why did he suddenly go berserk? What happened?"
It's not that common for a sentinel to go berserk.
This will only happen if there is no guidance for a long time.
The Black Tower has done a relatively complete job in this regard, and will also provide certain welfare services to the society, and the guide fee can even be provided free of charge.
Su Fangxiao closed his eyes and said, "That man is a fugitive. The Black Tower has been chasing him for more than three months."
So that's how it is, no wonder.
The guides are provided free of charge to the public, but real-name registration is required to collect them. Those fugitives who are hiding themselves dare not go to collect them.
This reason is reasonable.
No flaws.
The only flaw... was the trace of mental power she had just smelled.
Others can’t tell, but…
Xia Meng stood up.
The voices of Li Zhou and Pei Ziling communicating about the situation were heard in the team communication.
"Has the target been identified?"
"It's confirmed. It's a water-based ability. After going berserk, its limbs turn into liquid, making it difficult to catch."
This is where the rampaging Sentinel is most dangerous.
After the Sentinel went completely berserk, the energy in his body exploded to the limit, which would not only devour the Sentinel's own consciousness, but would even further devour □□.
"Li Zhou, what should we do now?"
"Search separately! Have the police expand the evacuation area to a two-kilometer radius!"
"good!"
Xia Meng raised her hand to take off her headphones, and when she turned around, she was completely out of Su Fangxiao's sight.
With a flash, he quietly entered an empty alley.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared on the roof of a building.
She came following the spiritual power.
When she pushed open the door to the rooftop, she saw the tall figure with his back to her.
The back of the blonde, her blonde hair was slightly long and tied into a thin bunch at the back of her head.
The man was still wearing the black uniform from headquarters.
He seemed to be waiting for her to come. He turned his head towards the sound and there was no surprise in his blue eyes when he looked at her.
Xia Meng stopped and asked from a distance, "Why are you here? Herman?"
Hermann slowly turned to face her and looked at her intently.
After a while, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then why are you here?"
What kind of stupid question is this?
How could he not know why she came?
Xia Meng replied calmly: "Your father sent me."
Herman stared at her. "You came just because he asked you to? Are you such an obedient person?"
Xia Meng lowered her eyes, her eyes on her nose and her nose on her heart, her tone as calm as if she was reporting to her superior: "I can only obey the orders he gave."
Herman frowned. "Normally, those orders are fine, but now he's asking you to seduce that S-rank! Don't you know he's asking you to risk yourself in exchange?"
"So what?" Xia Meng raised her eyes. "Didn't the welfare home train me to do this?"
Herman was choked for a moment by her tone.
Who doesn't know that she is his?
From the first day she entered the orphanage, she was destined to be his guide.
They have been almost inseparable over the years, and he always takes her with him wherever he goes on a mission.
She was the only guide he had.
He thought everyone knew it clearly.
As long as he is around, no one dares to covet her.
However, he did not expect that his father would divert the tiger away from the mountain and temporarily send him to carry out a mission.
When he rushed back from a long journey, he learned that Xia Meng had been sent to China by that man to carry out that mission.
"Father! What on earth are you doing? Why did you have to choose her when there are so many other options? Don't you know she's mine?"
"Oh! Your people? Why didn't you mark her? You have the nerve to call a guide who hasn't been marked yours?"
Hermann's breath caught.
He just...
A cold wind blew across the rooftop.
Blowing through the hair and clothes of both people.
Herman adjusted his breathing, looked at Xia Meng seriously, and said, "I'll find a time to transfer you back to headquarters. Anyone can be sent for this mission. Didn't that Mai Xi already go? At worst, I can send a few more people--"
Xia Meng was no longer interested in listening.
At this time, a series of loud and turbulent noises came from below, as if they were facing off head-on.
She turned her eyes slightly and suddenly asked, "Did you cause this noise downstairs?"
It was not convenient for Hermann to show up in the Black Tower, so he could only find her in this way.
The moment she asked the question, she already had the answer in her heart.
It certainly seemed like something he could do.
Herman frowned in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Xia Meng asked, "Was that violent sentry also your doing?"
Herman disagreed. "Otherwise, I have no chance of avoiding that man's eyes and ears. He and I are both S-rank. He'll notice me as soon as I get close, unless he's distracted by something else."
Xia Meng sighed inwardly.
The thought that had been lingering in her mind for many years, growing and being suppressed by her, emerged again.
——How annoying.
——It would be better to kill both Lorenzo and Hermann.
There's no point in living anyway, so I might as well drag them both to hell before I die!
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the earphones hanging by his neck: "Li Zhou!! Don't go!!!"
"Oh no! The building is going to collapse!!!"
"return!!!"
There was a loud bang like an explosion.
Xia Meng's pupils shrank slightly and she turned around suddenly.
"Xia Meng!!"
Herman growled and appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye.
"Don't go." He grabbed her wrist. "Forget about the mission. Just come back with me first, okay?"
Xia Meng slowly pulled her wrist out of his hand.
Without even looking at him, she quickly walked away from him.
The footsteps were getting farther and farther away.
Disappeared quickly.
Herman stood there, his eyes gradually becoming colder and colder, with a hint of viciousness emerging in them.
“Li Zhou…!”
…
Xia Meng rushed back to the scene.
It was discovered that most of a ten-story office building had collapsed.
Xia Meng turned to look at Pei Ziling: "Where is Li Zhou!"
Pei Ziling was covered in dust and had wounds all over his face and body.
He looked at the collapsed ruins in panic: "Li Zhou just rushed over... It seems there is still a child there who has not been evacuated in time..."
Logically, everyone should have been evacuated by the police.
I never expected that a child would run out from there just now.
The child was holding a kitten in his arms, and he might have secretly run back to save the kitten.
Su Fangxiao's injuries weren't much better. He pretended to rush forward and called out to those who came to support him: "Why don't you come with me to rescue them!"
Fortunately, other special agents from the Black Tower arrived one after another.
After more than an hour's effort, Li Zhou, who was buried under the rubble, was finally dug out.
The rescue scene was a bit tragic.
Li Zhou's chest was pierced by a steel bar, but the child he rescued was protected under him and was not seriously injured.
The cat that the child risked his life to save was also there.
The child and the cat were covered in blood by Li Zhou. They hugged each other, crying and trembling.
When the rescue team saw them for the first time, they were scared out of their wits.
They all shouted to call the medical team quickly.
On the contrary, Xia Meng was the calmest when she saw this scene. She went up to save people with a calm face.
He first checked Li Zhou's injuries, then comforted the crying child, and then carried the child and the cat out. He then turned around and directed the rescue team to cut the steel bars first, and then sent Li Zhou to the ambulance and rushed him to the hospital.
In the ambulance, Li Zhou tilted his head and suddenly asked seriously, "What do you think about me? Why don't I just install a light on my chest and cosplay as Iron Man?"
Xia Meng: “…”
Xia Meng was a little speechless.
Even after being stabbed like this, he still had the leisure to joke around.
She said coldly, "Iron Man's end wasn't pretty. Are you thinking of following his example? Sacrificing yourself to save humanity?"
Li Zhou chuckled and coughed. "It's so good to be alive. I don't want to die. Besides, I'm just saving a child. I won't die."
Xia Meng stared at the steel bars on his chest.
The S-class Sentinel actually has a certain degree of self-healing ability, but with the steel bars in his body, the wound will never heal.
For an unrelated child, he could actually do this.
There was a sudden bump on the road.
Li Zhou grimaced in pain and took a deep breath.
She couldn't help but feel soft-hearted: "Does it hurt?"
Li Zhou quickly came up to her and said, "Blow on me and it will stop hurting."
Xia Meng: “…”
She glanced at him speechlessly.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
