Chapter 13: Purse seine

At a depth of 60 meters in a hotel in Beijing's Haidian District, a direct elevator is descending from the entrance of the basement to the deep underground.

"Wow. ”

The moment the elevator door was opened, all the laser chains that crossed the door were reversed, allowing the four people inside to walk out and enter the huge underground city.

"I didn't expect to transfer us back to the headquarters directly, could it be that something more troublesome than Norway really happened?" A man walking at the back looked around with interest at the cold blue light around and the bottomless building facilities below, they are now in a thousands of meters long tower like a building passage, the spiral staircase winding upwards like a dragon around the entire tower, seems to support the whole world, standing here, you can overlook the entire underground city scene, although the scale is not as vast as the behemoth above the ground, but it also occupies a considerable space, all kinds of facilities are basically complete, except for the sunlight in nature, there is no difference from the outside life。

"Anyway, it's not a very troublesome thing, and the teacher won't transfer us back from him. The girl who walked in front of the man with a slightly youthful appearance but a lively spirit turned around and replied to him speechlessly.

"Of course I know..."

"Okay, Qichuan, Wakalin means you should be quiet. The man who walked in second place also turned his head, looking at the two people behind him with a smile, and the difference between the two behind him is that although his expression is gentle, he has an obvious "hard-core temperament", and the one who can have this temperament, the closest possibility is a professional soldier!

"Look, Team Xu still has a stronger understanding. Ruolin's small melon seeds had a helpless expression on her face, "It's a pity that my brain is broken".

"I..."The man known as Qi Chuan thought about it and forgot it, it seems that he hasn't won the quarrel with this little guy, but he still has to find a step, "I don't have to be ashamed of your brother, except for the master, the most powerful organization now is not Brother Qing." ”

"Your daily sycophancy mission for today is complete. Ruolin raised the tablet in her hand and slapped it, feeling like she was filming Qi Chuan, expressing her speechlessness.

“......”

The long spiral staircase did not have any modern devices, and the three of them, led by the person at the front, stepped on the stairs in this dark blue environment without hurrying, although it seemed that the distance was very long, but the four of them only walked for twenty minutes before reaching the bottom.

The overall layout of the bottom is no different from the buildings in the traditional concept, criss-crossed, and the horizontal curvature is very regular, and the darkness of the light at the top just now restricts the vision, so it is not possible to see the overall layout of this place, but to be able to block their sense so completely in front of them, presumably even these buildings in front of them are part of the entire city spirit array.

But no matter what...

"L.S.'s General Command... The scale is really... It's a little big..."In addition to Xu Ruoqing, Ruolin and Qi Chuan came to this kind of highly classified place for the first time. S's general headquarters turned out to be even more magnificent than those ancient ruins and buildings, which really made the two of them feel awe of this place.

"Brother, what's wrong? It's not the first time you've been here, are you the same as us?" Xu Ruolin, who was still looking around at the street like a world pedestrian street above, found that her brother's expression seemed to be a little different from usual, a little unexpectedly serious.

"Ahh It's nothing, it's just that the air here doesn't make me feel comfortable, I guess I just came in from outside and didn't feel comfortable. Xu Ruoqing smiled and answered her sister's question.

The leader at the front didn't say much, and the three people didn't say anything during the rest of the journey, although the two guys behind Xu Ruoqing were still looking around and curious, but soon, the four of them came to the bottom entrance of the wedge-shaped building in the center of the entire underground city.

Maybe there is no need to build any camouflage buildings in this kind of base camp, this kind of place that is obviously a command post is not even very tight, from the moment you enter the hall, all you can see is a few people moving, the whole environment gives people an inexplicable sense of depression, which makes Xu Ruolin very uncomfortable, no wonder my brother was like that just now...

"Please keep your balance and stand still. The man who had not spoken to the leader turned around, and although his tone was a little stiff, it was also able to make people feel polite.

"Huh, what?" Although the body had just entered the hall, it was obvious that her mind was still staying outside, Su Ruolin was stunned, but fortunately, Qi Chuan, who had been behind her, was not as nervous as she was, and when she saw a subtle surprise flashing on Ruolin's face, she pressed her shoulder with one hand, and with the light of the ring pattern in the center of the entire hall, there was finally a warm light in the entire cold-colored hall, and then it was only in an instant, with the disappearance of the three of them, the entire hall returned to silence again, including the leader who was as solemn as a statue。

"Woo, do you want to go down all of a sudden, your head is fast... fainted..."I have to say that the speed of this movement is still quite fast, anyway, when Xu Ruoqing's consciousness began to feel nauseous, there was already an alloy door closed by layers of laser locks in front of her, surrounded by a square closed space, and the only exit was the passage above her head and the alloy door in front of her.

"People have kindly reminded you that you are too slow to react. On weekdays, Ruolin always has the upper hand in words, and since he seized the opportunity, Qi Chuan naturally won't let it go, he immediately teased.

"I..." Before Ruolin could think of a word, she was pulled over by Ruoqing.

"It's a meeting, you two will have a meeting again... No, you two be quiet. ”

"Understood. Qi Chuan naturally gave an obedient answer to the boss's order without hesitation, after all, this is his instinct as a soldier, although from the outside, it seems to be a little cynical compared to Xu Ruoqing's heroism...

"Huh!"

Pressed his hand on the scanning screen next to the door,Fill your own spiritual power transmission in the palm of your hand,After just three seconds of information confirmation by the computer,The alloy door that was blocked by layers was automatically opened,The structure behind the door is very simple,Just a conference room,A 2×4-type conference table in the center that can accommodate ten people,There is no other structure except for the light latitude screen inlaid on the opposite wall。

And apparently the three of them were late, for there were already four people sitting in chairs at the conference table, two men and two women, dressed without deliberate solemnity, and as he had been ordered, not to wear formal clothes to the meeting.

Although Xu Ruoqing only knew Snoosen who was sitting in the main seat, the other people who could sit here must not be simple characters, and after politely greeting the four of them, they took their seats at Snoson's signal.

"You two, take a seat, too. ”

"Huh?" Cyanoson's words made Xu Ruolin and Yan Qichuan stunned, they just followed Xu Ruoqing here, according to the usual etiquette, the two of them should be standing behind Xu Ruoqing.

However, they don't seem to have any guards...

"I'm inviting the three of you. Under Cinossen's friendly smile, Ruolin and Qi Chuan, although a little inexplicable, also sat down beside Ruoqing.

In their minds, the people who meet here should all be extremely important and powerful people, but perhaps they ignore the fact that since you can think of others as not simple, it means that you yourself are not too ordinary.

"Synosen, the commander of this operation. Now that everyone has arrived, Stanossen began the meeting with a self-introduction.

"Richard Rig, your rear technical support for this operation, is in charge of the relevant authority of your operation. The man next to the seat in front of him on the left stood up and gave Xu Ruoqing a military salute.

He is about thirty years old, with brown-red hair, clean and concise language, and a charm unique to European aristocrats in his manners.

"Hmm. Returning to the military salute of the same specification, Xu Ruoqing's heart began to have a little curiosity, although he didn't know what position he was placed in, but looking at this posture, it seemed that the trouble this time was not too small, at least in his memory, there was no such person below the ninth level of confidential authority, so that is to say... This man has all the confidential privileges that give him access to the entire organization.

"Akiba Zhen's name. The woman sitting next to Rig stood up very generously after the exchange between the two of them ended, and bowed slightly to Xu Ruoqing, she was the only person wearing a military uniform here, but she was the most peaceful person here, her body was mature and plump, and the gray-white military uniform could not hide the glamorous ketone body under the clothes, and she could also faintly feel a terrifying spiritual power when making people feel the ten thousand customs between her siblings, "I heard that your marksmanship is very good, I hope to find a time to teach me." ”

"This guy... Is it a professional sniper..."Before meeting Xiao Le Palace, Xu Ruoqing's military career had been eight years, so the unique feeling for each class of troops was still deeply nerve-in-rooted, and the woman in front of her, although extremely sexy and beautiful, there was no doubt that she was a blood-stained rose.

"Eh, definitely. Responding with a smile, Xu Ruoqing's curiosity is also getting stronger and stronger.

"Liu Jingyuan, your information consultant. The woman sitting on the other side of Cinossen finally stood up and saluted Xu Ruoqing.

Ordinary people... Could it be a master... From the other party, Xu Ruoqing couldn't feel any fluctuations that belonged to spiritual power at all, and she didn't even have any dangerous characteristics... If this feeling is not an ordinary person, then it is an existence on the same level as Master...

"Xu Ruoqing, the former colonel of the Sixth Mobile Combat Force, is now out of the establishment..."

"Yan Qichuan, the former second lieutenant of the Sixth Mobile Combat Force...", his own commander has finished introducing himself, so Yan Qichuan naturally followed closely to introduce himself.

"Xu Ruoqing... College students..."Since both of them were introduced, Xu Ruoqing couldn't do it, she also stood up and introduced herself to a few people present.

Seven people, it can be said that the others except Cynossen are not very clear about the purpose of their coming here, only that there is indeed a big event happening.

"There are two things in total, this is information, you can take a look at it first. With the wave of Sillosson's palm, all kinds of information began to scroll out on the screen behind him, although the speed was extremely fast, but the ability of everyone present to receive it was not bad, and under the high-speed thinking of the thinking nerves, they quickly read and understood the information transmitted by Snossen.

"Now that we have completely blocked Nanjing, and the specific scope has been narrowed to the triangle area of Pukou District, Jiangning District to Qixia District, and the rest can only be found out by continuing to explore, of course, if the other party has the power to break through space, then it doesn't make a difference whether the target area is the entire Nanjing or the earth. The meaning of Synosen's smile is unknown, but there is obviously helplessness, after all, it has not been long since he recovered, and there is such a tricky thing to do, which makes him, the person in power, naturally extremely distressed.

"There are no signs of death, as if you are asleep, only the characteristics of brain death, and there is no change in other physical and chemical characteristics... What does this mean?" Looking at the information and pictures on the screen that had stopped, Xu Ruoqing was puzzled by this strange description, in his image, as long as it was dead, then no matter what the situation was at the beginning, all the physiological characteristics would be unified over time, but like this, only the brain-dead body was still the same as when it was alive?

The people around the table were lost in thought, obviously this strange phenomenon could not be reasonably explained by their memories and insights, although their job was to deal with these unknown things, but it had to be said that it was uncomfortable to face the blank spots in their own cognition every time.

"This phenomenon... I don't think it's the first time I've appeared. After carefully reviewing the situation on Cinossen's information, Xu Ruolin, who was originally on the edge of the conference table, silently raised her hand, signaling to everyone that she might know something.

"What do you mean?" Xu Ruoqing, like the others, turned to look at Xu Ruolin with some curiosity.

"Well, that's right, when I was chatting with Qian Yu at Master's house before, she also described some things in the past to me. Seeing her brother's equally puzzled eyes, Xu Ruolin hurriedly explained.

"Eh, let me guess," Rig laughed, "Doesn't that happen to mention this clueless death trait?"

"Een, yes..."The other party easily suppressed himself psychologically during the conversation, so Xu Ruolin's speech was not very coherent for a while.

"Then what do you mean, Master, did he deliberately conceal the information and not tell us, and then laid some traps?" Xu Ruoqing retorted-for-tat.

"Okay, so why Xiao... I mean, why didn't he come and explain to us himself, instead, to form a force like this?" Rig waved his hand, signaling that he was just trying to ask why, and that the rest was too much for you to think about.

"Who said, he's not ready to tell you. An abrupt voice came from the side, and everyone present had spoken, so everyone's voice could be easily distinguished, and this voice obviously did not belong to any of the people present!

On the chair in the corner of the exit of the rectangular conference table, a man in a black leather jacket was stilting his feet in heavy military boots on the table, and his eyes could not be seen clearly, because even indoors, he was still wearing black sunglasses, but the obvious smell of light tobacco could be clearly smelled after everyone realized his presence, the strange man ignored the strange atmosphere that began in the entire conference room, and still said to Rig with a mocking voice, "This why I am." here,Big quickness。 ”

"Maybe I should give you a shot before you say the next word, and tell you to shut your mouth first. Since the people who were able to enter this place were all important people and all of them were strong combat characters, they were not asked to take away their weapons, and Rig, who reacted very quickly, had already drawn his gun and aimed it at the other party's head as soon as he answered.

"Why don't you introduce yourself first? Maybe our relationship isn't good enough for you to do that here. Xu Ruoqing stretched out his hand to stop Rig, who was aiming at the gun, and he looked at the man who suddenly appeared with an expressionless face.

Obviously, if this man had just made a surprise attack, then the disadvantage would undoubtedly be them, and he did not choose to do so, then it means that they can indeed talk.

"Konstantin. The mysterious man looked at Xu Ruoqing, who stopped Rig, and showed a subtle smile, and then slowly spoke, "Caris Constantine, or you can also call me 'Black Devil'." ”

"That's impossible...'Black Devil'..."Xu Ruolin on the side made a surprised voice, in the era when information has been completely disconnected, except for those who have experienced the dark era more than ten years ago, there are not many people who know the meaning of the code name of "Black Devil" better than her.

"Of course, as you suspect, none of this is my original name, but before I tell you my name, Ivre, Fukuzawa... Call it whatever you want. A provocative and uninhibited smile, that fatal allure in the eyes, even through the dark sunglasses, can clearly bring Xu Ruolin a sense of truth across the ages, "Anyway, Xiao Le Gong asked me to help, and then I came, Een, so what should we do next?"

"'The Contrarian'. Old Pope Cyanoson slowly reminded, he had been quietly watching the farce from his seat, apparently half of his surprise was due to his good cultivation, and the other half was due to his amazing adaptation to an organization called "Scarlet Night".

"Nice name, he'd love this. Konstantin put down his stilted feet, and then took off his sunglasses, which were a pair of eyes that did not disappoint Xu Ruolin, desolate, arrogant and with a hint of innocence, as if... She's been hearing the same "fairy tales" like that.

"Well, guys, whatever assumptions you made before, the next thing is important, so I'll just say it once. Konstantin put his sunglasses in the inner pocket of his black jacket, turned around and walked straight to the screen behind Cinossen, put his hands on them, as if he had lifted the back cover of a car, and suddenly lifted it, and the entire light latitude screen was turned over, revealing a large blank space.

"Don't be too surprised, guys, it's me who designed this place. Looking back at the surprise that flashed in the eyes of everyone, including Stanosen, Konstantin smiled slightly, then looked at the blank wall in front of him for a moment, and then turned around.

"First of all, this 'reversary' is not a disciplined super-large organization as you have considered before, he is an individual, and the number of people around him will definitely not exceed ten, this is the first point. ”

"Second, pay attention to managing your own information, especially your name and appearance photo, which are necessary information for the other party to log on to your death account. Konstantin paused, then suddenly looked back at the white wall, and smiled incomprehensibly, "Nice host..."

"The third point is that since the 'Contrarian' has only solved the prisoners in the heavy prison so far, and has not taken action against the prisoners who can have a significant impact on society, it can be felt that our opponent is very careful, he understands that now is not the time to go head-to-head with the entire organization, so he has adopted this tacit killing method between the two sides, but..."

But this also shows that his current strength is still within the range of annihilation. Konstantin's words suddenly stopped halfway through, comprehending his eyes, and Xu Ruoqing continued.

I have to say that this kind of information still has a slight effect on morale, after all, it is really difficult to infer the existence of unlimited killings from information alone.

"Information... Wait a minute, everyone..."The pensive Xu Ruolin didn't pay attention to what Konstantin said after that, as if she was outside the crowd, and ignored the curious eyes of everyone, her fingers quickly operated on the virtual light sensor, and after a few seconds, she finally showed a finished smile, and then looked up...

"Huh... What do you see I'm doing..."Xu Ruolin looked confused, but fortunately, she reacted very quickly and realized that maybe she was thinking about what she said... But she was used to it a long time ago, and she wasn't so embarrassed, "That... Senior, can you help me connect that monitor to my computer?"

"Ou Hao, you are as skilled as your master. Konstantin smiled slightly, and with a casual wave of his hand, the blank wall behind him already showed the information network on Xu Ruolin's computer screen, "Look at you." ”

"Uh... This is a touch screen, right?" At Konstantin's signal, Xu Ruolin walked to the wall, but she was still stunned in front of the wall for a long time, and just when everyone thought that something was wrong with her, she said silently.

"Uh..." Even Konstantin's smile was a little helpless, he snapped his fingers, and smiled at Xu Ruolin, who turned around and looked at him timidly, "Now it's it." ”

"Oh, uh... That's right, I just investigated the information transaction records of the 'shadow network', and then found this. Although the screen is different, it is a little uncomfortable, but it is not too difficult to control it if it is used as an expansion of your own tablet, under Xu Ruolin's operation, a transaction payment agreement was turned out on the screen.

"The information parameters of the military communication instruments?" Xu Ruoqing looked at the agreement on the screen in surprise, he was very familiar with the information on it, it was a new type of light guide machine used by the active special army, but he didn't expect its information to be sold on the Internet, "Hasn't the shadow network trading network been destroyed?

"Well, in fact, brother, you did destroy it, but only the tip of the iceberg destroyed it, the scale of the entire 'shadow network' is very huge, everyone may be a part of the 'shadow network', and each memory may store information that we don't know yet, we have no way to control this, and it is impossible to completely see the public of the network. As if she was talking about the field she was good at, Xu Ruoqing was no longer as shy as a little girl at this moment, she spoke sharply and spoke freely, "To get back to the point, this account is Master's previous account, and he gave it to me to monitor the information of the 'shadow network'." ”

"Maybe we're overestimating our opponent, he's not strong enough to infiltrate our organization, or maybe he's just starting to master this power. Xu Ruoqing turned to look at the terms of the deal, and a glimmer of light flashed in her deep eyes.

"What are your reasons?" As the convener of this meeting, Cinossen naturally needs to seize all kinds of possibilities.

"From the words of the seniors, it is not difficult to see that this ability can indeed kill people without distance restrictions, if his current strength can compete with the entire organization, then this is completely a tentative force for him There is no need to make such a big move, assuming that he is to get the attention of our organization and declare war on us, then it is contrary to the peace measures he took against the criminals, so I guess that the failure of the troops in this operation, their information was not leaked from the inside, but they themselves leaked during the operation, so I went to look for the relevant areaAccording to the 'shadow network' transaction record, the initial launch equipment of a machine cannot change the area where it is located, and this area happens to be within the enclosed network. ”

"Your sister is quite capable. Konstantin, who had retreated and stood in the back, patted Xu Ruoqing's shoulder, and Xu Ruoqing replied with a helpless smile, her sister is indeed very smart, and she has shown characteristics beyond ordinary people since she was a child, but in some ways... But even more immature than her peers...

"So how did this 'rookie' kill everyone involved in this operation? I've checked all the communications in the memory, many of them are not mentioned in the communication, and more often than not, they are code names. Although Rig also praised Xu Ruolin's explanation, he still raised his own doubts, after all, this is not a one-man show, if he can't make reasonable suggestions, then there is no need for him to stay here.

"Eh, this...", it was just something that came up with a sudden inspiration, but when she was suddenly asked by this unconsidered question, Ruolin was a little stunned on the spot, her originally normal face became slightly red because of shyness in an instant, and she couldn't think of the reason for the problem in a hurry, so she had to look at Xu Ruoqing embarrassedly, and quietly blinked her eyes and asked him for help.

"She's right, it's just that you're missing a part. Konstantin, who was standing behind Xu Ruoqing, took away the hand on his shoulder and walked forward again, and Xu Ruolin also took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, holding his tablet computer to his chest and hurriedly got down.

"What's missing?" Ropes & Gray wondered, all the instruments had been recovered, and he had carefully checked them, and nothing was missing, not even damaged or destroyed in the instruments, so what was his problem?

"Over here?" Constantin looked like a child, poking his brain with his hand and winking at Rig helplessly.

"You..." just thought that Konstantin was laughing at himself, but Rig immediately reacted, there was no need to laugh at himself as the other party, so what he meant should be... The human brain is the best information memory!

"You're saying that the 'contrarian' can read minds? and to that extent... The first three generations of vampires?"

The vampires of the first three generations... Either one of them can be considered a catastrophic mission.

"Maybe, who knows, isn't the unknown the funny thing about this kind of thing?" Konstantin obviously didn't show any change in mood as Rig guessed the likely identity of his opponent, and although his unorthodox attitude made people doubt his work attitude, it still had a good positive effect on alleviating the solemn atmosphere of the conference hall itself.

"Okay guys, the second thing I'm going to talk about is the one that you really need to worry about with your lives, and the first thing is just like a child in the human race. Konstantin clapped his hands, drawing the attention of the pensive crowd to his side, "Oh, if you don't mind. ”

He looked at Stanoson with a smile, his acting too casually did not mean that he did not abide by the most basic rules of subject and object, he was extremely contemptuous of rules in some aspects, but he attached great importance to certain rules.

"No problem, go ahead. Stanstantin nodded in agreement, he naturally would not stop Konstantin who thought he knew the roots, on the contrary, he was relieved that Konstantin could come to help at this time.

"Uh, I'm sorry, ex... Senior, what do you mean by what you said just now? Isn't this matter tricky enough?" Because he had just been suppressed by Konstantin in his words, Rig changed to a more respectful tone, but he didn't know how to address the other party, so he had to call him a senior like Xu Ruolin.

"Of course it's not enough, crime, justice, ethics ... These are just the conceptual products of entertainment history invented by human beings, and even if you don't handle it well at this time, you can drag it out to ten years, twenty years, or even a century later, as long as you want, there will always be a saying that will prevail, but there must be a big premise. Konstantin and Rig looked at each other, I don't know if it was their own preconceived psychological effect, obviously the other party was a very kind smile expression, Rig always felt a kind of unruly killing intent, saying that the killing intent may be too much, but it was like the feeling that the other party didn't care about anyone's death, as if a... Casual interest makes however a monster who meddles in general...

"Unless all the human race is dead, then there is not much point in talking about it, right? "Originally