District 33.

The urban division of Yake City is like a rippling water wave, and the central area is not large, but it is the core, which basically controls the lifeblood area of the development trend of Yake City. Therefore, in Yake City, the central area to the 40th district is considered the core area, the 40th to 70th districts are medium development areas, and the areas outside the 70th district are still in the development stage, so the gap between the large areas is obvious.

However, the 33rd district is an exception, although it is not in the top 10 districts, but the degree of development has completely exceeded the top 10 districts, including the central district. This is because District 33 has been a science and technology district since the opening of the city, most of the people here live with scientific researchers, and all the streets and houses are also neat, all of which are configured with small villas and a garden.

Because the research can be sold to the Anomalies or used to cooperate with other cities, it accounts for 40% of the economy of Jaco City. So this is also the reason why scientific researchers have a generous salary, in addition to living expenses, housing and car expenses do not have to pay for themselves at all, all are reimbursed by the government.

The architectural style of the scientific research area is very heavy, and on this day, Lin Tangzhen, as the main researcher of human scientific research, had already gone out and drove to the scientific research center before dawn.

His wife hugged Lin Tangzhen and kissed him gently, "Don't be too tired lately, pay attention to rest." ”

Lin Tangzhen, who was sitting in the car, smiled happily, held the steering wheel with one hand and straightened the rearview mirror with the other, and then lifted his tie.

Because the genius has just come to the gray, there are no people on the streets, some researchers may have not slept all night developing new projects, and some researchers may have just finished a project and are lying at home with their wives. So, there are no people on the spacious streets, and it seems a little deserted.

In fact, in this scientific research area, most of them are scientific researchers or their families, and they can only see people from other areas when they pass by convenience stores or daytime stalls, and most of these people come in by lottery.

Because the scientific research zone has always been very concerned by the government, but the daily necessities and expenses of this life are always needed, so a lottery is held, as long as the person who wins the lottery can move into the scientific research area to do business, and the allocation of stores does not charge any rent. However, the number of signatures is not much, so there are not many people from other districts who move in, but those who move in to do business are already full of money, and the most lacking thing for scientific researchers here is money, and the most lacking is time, although the things sold are more expensive, they will not care.

The car stopped in front of a coffee shop that was still open, this is where Lin Tangzhen often comes, he always has the habit of coming here to drink a cup of coffee when he goes to the scientific research center in the morning, and then buy some food to fill his stomach. The clerk who was wiping the table in the store smiled when he saw the old customers coming, "Master Lin is here, is everything still business as usual?"

"Yes, I'm sorry for you. ”

"Then you find a clean seat and sit down, and I'll get it for you." The clerk stood up and threw the rag into the iron bucket next to him, walked to the sink and said as he washed it. "Why has the main researcher been so busy recently, and he has been rushing to the scientific research center so early for four days in a row. I think a lot of researchers have been on vacation recently. ”

"Who knows, the government said that there was a big family who suddenly wanted to invest in a project, and told us to complete the project. ”

"What kind of family is this, even the government wants to give him a few points?"

"Isn't this the government's consistent style, they are afraid of him, obviously they are afraid of offending the family, and the annual tax will be gone." This annual tax collection from each family alone is enough for the officials of the entire government to live carefree for a few years. Lin Tangzhen said in a slightly mocking tone, his face full of disdain.

"That's really a sin on you great inventors. The clerk quipped.

"By the way, Xiao An, didn't you say last time that you have a favorite person in the outer area?

"Besides, the method is good, and my good impression of me has improved a lot, but it's a loss. The clerk made a gesture that was a little worse, and then threw a few beans into the machine.

"Didn't it work?"

"Oh, I don't blame you. It's my own fault, I'm a little too anxious, I see that her good impression of me is much better, so I took the opportunity to confess, I didn't expect to scare her, and sent me a good person card" The clerk said and laughed.

"You kid, you can still be so happy when you refuse, I really don't know if it's stupid. But I really envy your mentality, you can always face things positively and optimistically. Sometimes I can't go home for several days because of this scientific research project, and I'm really worried at that time," Lin Tangzhen said with a melancholy expression.

"An, Master Lin is so smart, of course scientific research can be done quickly, you are too responsible. Okay, I'll go to the back to move the goods first, and a batch of high-quality coffee beans has come recently."

"yes, then I think I'll have to come tomorrow."

"I'll have it delivered to my door, anyway, my shift week will be tomorrow. The clerk's smile was very sunny, which made Lin Tangzhen feel very relieved.

I quickly finished breakfast, swallowed the last sip of coffee, and sent the money to the counter with a cup. "Xiao An, I'll go first, you can be busy. ”

"Okay, drive slowly and stay safe. ”

The scientific research center is some distance from Lin Tangzhen's home, so it took some time to go to the scientific research center after breakfast.

When he arrived at the gate, the attendant at the door opened the car door for him, "Master Lin, you're here, you'd better go to Area A now, there was a person who seemed to be looking for you last night, and Director Tan had already brought him in, saying that he was sent by the government." ”

"I see. Lin Tang straightened his collar and put on his white coat from the locker at the door. After walking for a few minutes, I arrived at Area A, and sure enough, there was a person sitting here, and it seemed that he was also waiting for his arrival. "Master Lin, you're here, you've worked hard lately. ”

"It's hard to talk about scientific research, are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Lu Hezeng. ”

"Hello, did you come to District 33 to ask me for something?"

"It's worthy of being the main researcher, I do have a request for you, and the government should have informed you. I sent someone from my family to talk to you about cooperation, and our family master admires your talent very much, and hopes that you can create a big project that will shock the whole world with us!" Lu Hezeng said with a look of ambition with open hands.

"The head of the family has won the award, you say, if the project is reasonable, I will consider it. ”

"That's right. Lu Hezeng sat back, "I think everyone knows about the magic deprivation and magic given by the Demon Guidance Society. Although this magic is cruel, the ability to take others is your own. There are some people who have learned this kind of magic, and even individuals have as many as seven kinds of abilities, if they can cultivate it properly, it is absolutely good for their personal development, but to learn magic, they must also sell their souls to those archmages in the mouth of the Wizards. ”

"What do you mean..."

"That's right. I think you've heard why we didn't create our own device that could transfer abilities so we could create a big market, a marketplace for abilities. Collect the abilities of some people who don't want the ability and sell it to the person who wants it, and the deal is sure to make a profit. ”

"That's a good suggestion, but I've heard that the transfer of this ability is not as easy as you think, and it depends on the person's qualifications, and some people will die once they get rid of the ability, because it is an ability that they have had since they were born, and they have grown together for a long time, and once they are stripped away, they will die. And there are some people whose abilities do not match the qi, even if they transfer a powerful ability to him, he can't control it, and in the end, it will only cause the qi in the body to be countered with the ability, resulting in the body being damaged to death. ”

"I didn't expect that Lin Zhuyan still knew so much, I really admire it, but..."Lu Hezeng said and sat up straight.

"But aren't our scientific research centers and chambers of commerce the same? It's entirely possible to tell the device that it's risky after it's made. But I think even if there is a risk, those who have been oppressed at the bottom will definitely want to get the ability and be desperate, I don't need to target the transfer cost of this ability at all, our consumers are generally people at the bottom, as long as the cost is low, there are many people who come, and the benefits earned are the same, you say. ”

"I don't agree, I kind of understand what you mean. Lin Tangzhen pushed his glasses and said. "You know very well that the reason why people at the bottom are people at the bottom is because of their low status, and they often don't get good qualifications, and their physical strength is generally worse than that of middle-level people, and basically few people can withstand the transfer of abilities."

"You guys really want to plot profits, you want to go crazy!"

"It seems that today's negotiation is not very smooth, I will come back tomorrow. I hope you can think about it today, Lin Zhuyan" Lu Hezeng stood up and turned his back to him, showing a treacherous smile, "Or Lin Zhuyan is more sympathetic to his friends.... Sometimes it's not a good thing to be too responsible."

"Are you threatening me?" Lin Tangzhen stood up, his face already angry

"How dare I. Lin Zhuyan has such a noble identity"

After Lu Hezeng left, Lin Tangzhen fell into deep anxiety, and the assistant on the side spoke. "The main researcher, why don't we try it, anyway, they will provide funds, and besides, although this instrument is developed by us, they still use it, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with us. ”

"Why are you so stupid? Do you really think it will have nothing to do with us? What if they reflexively bite us? This instrument is indeed developed by us, and if something goes wrong, they just don't know it, saying that maybe we didn't follow their procedures in the research and development process, so it will lead to this kind of accident, how do you explain?"

"But the terms they put forward are really good, maybe we can sign a treaty with them, so that we don't have to worry about them cheating. ”

"Why don't you understand!!Now don't bother me, get out!"

The assistant was so confused that he had to shrink back and retreat, and said in a tone that Lin Tangzhen couldn't hear clearly, "What you don't dare to do, I'll do it." ”

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For a period of time, colleagues and superiors constantly came to persuade Lin Tangzhen to cooperate with Lu Hezeng, after all, only Lin Tangzhen had the strength to complete that kind of high-strength and high-precision instrument in this scientific research center, but they were all rejected one by one, but they didn't expect this to become the reason why Lin Tangzhen encountered that incident.

To put it bluntly, the scientific research center is also a kind of interest organization, only doing things for the sake of interests, there are very few ethical scientific researchers like Lin Tangzhen, after all, most of those scientific researchers are cultivated by families with large sums of money, and they will naturally consider the interests of their own families, this time this project has alarmed all the families, and they are all vying for a place.

Everyone was carried away by interests, only Lin Tangzhen was sober, and he knew very well that the development of this instrument would only cause immeasurable losses. "Don't think I don't know, your family has already hired famous scientific researchers in various cities, and the technology has long been above me, as long as I develop this instrument, you will use those people at the bottom as experiments. As long as the average researcher has seen the structure of the instrument, it is easy to develop the same, and it is still such a well-funded team. When the time comes, after the improvement, all the previous accidents will be pushed to me, which is obviously someone named to destroy me!"

Lin Tangzhen's assistant walked to the corridor where no one had passed by after talking to people in Area A and connected a phone call. "You know what to do, just threaten him. Don't overdo it..."

"Okay, I got it. ”

.....

"Bang bang bang!"

"It's coming!"

The door opened, and a beautiful woman with long black hair stood in the room, looking at the visitor who seemed to be a little surprised, but her expression revealed a trace of embarrassment. "Why are you here?"

"What's the matter, as your ex-boyfriend, I also have the right to visit you..."

"Don't talk about these things... I am already married to Lin Tangzhen, and you are his assistant..... It's not good after all," the wife said with some embarrassment, her eyes kept avoiding collision with her assistant.

"Until now, I still don't know why you're with Lin Tangzhen, I'm obviously so good to you!" the assistant yelled with some anger.

"I'm already a mother of a two-year-old, is it useful to say this?" the wife retorted impatiently.

"Lin Tangzhen has not been able to go home recently..."The assistant said with a dead face.

The wife seemed to sense that something was wrong: "You go... I'm going to rest" was about to close the door, but was stopped by the assistant, who rushed into the house, locked the door, and approached his wife step by step. "As I said, he won't be able to go home these days...."

"What are you going to do?" the wife stepped back in a panic, panic written all over her face

"The child is asleep?.." The assistant then put his hands around his wife's waist and pressed his face against it. "Don't you want to?"

"Get out of here!" the wife raised her hand and slapped the assistant, which completely angered the assistant because he didn't wear much at home. The wife was lying on the couch curled up and hugging herself. "As a mother, I'm still in good shape," the assistant said as he unfastened his belt.

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In the past few days, Lin Tangzhen was dizzy with a lot of R&D projects, and after taking a sip of coffee, his mobile phone rang - it was a video call from his wife. "You can't miss me, haha"

After accepting it, Lin Tangzhen couldn't laugh anymore. I saw my wife kneeling naked on the floor, her hair was messy, and tears were all over her face. "What's going on!"

At this time, the assistant next to his wife turned the camera to himself, "Hey! Lin Zhuyan, your wife is really in good shape." ”

"Is it you?" Lin Tangzhen looked at the person on the video screen, his hand under the table clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes were already blood-red. "What do you want to do, why do you want to move her!" Lin Tangzhen couldn't help but be angry, and slammed the desk in two.

"You just didn't listen to me when I talked to you about the instrument before, why? It's such a good opportunity to make money!"

“.... I see, I promise you, okay! Don't hurt her!"

Seeing that his wife on the screen had already lost her demeanor and knelt on the floor with a lifeless face, Lin Tangzhen couldn't help but shed tears and kept blaming himself for being useless and not protecting his wife.

"It's night, too, and since you promised, then I'll go. However, if you dare to regret it, I will definitely come back.... It's not as simple as playing with your wife!"

Lin Tangzhen rushed out of the door without saying a word, and quickly ran to the car and rushed home.

It was already late at night, and with the help of the street lamp, Lin Tangzhen hurried home. However, by the time he arrived, he was in complete despair, only to see that his home was already a "hell" with fire. Flames are blazing everywhere.

Since none of the houses are far apart, there are no neighbors around. Lin Tangzhen rushed out of the car door, indifferent to the fire, kicked the door open, and looked around for his wife and children in the black smoke. "Ling'er, where are you!"

Running, he suddenly tripped and fell, and when he looked back, it was his wife who fell to the ground, Lin Tangzhen ignored the fire, and opened the wooden frame with his bare hands, and his hands were burned and endured, only to see that his wife was protecting his child under him, but because the black smoke was too thick, he was also suffocated to death.

Lin Tangzhen carried the bodies of his wife and children out of the room together, and when he reached a safe distance, he knelt down weakly, looking at his dead wife and children, he just watched quietly, without saying a word, suddenly his chest was stuffy, wow, a mouthful of blood spit up, he sat on the ground, supported his hands behind his back, trying not to let himself fall.

At this time, he remembered Xiao An in the coffee shop, and remembered that smile. His expression was very stiff, half laughing and half crying, "Yes, that's right." They must not have died, they must have just fallen asleep. Yes, maybe I can wake them up with my device, I can," the expression of pain and wry smile was really distressing. He didn't shed half a tear, but just knelt beside his wife until he fell unconscious.

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"Didn't I tell you not to go too far, you killed his wife and children, how could he still agree to develop instruments?" Lu Hezeng said angrily.

"I didn't know that girl was so deadly. I grabbed the knife in my hand and trampled on the fire in his fireplace and burned to the floor!"

"In that case, you won't have any room to use it!" I saw Lu Hezeng raise his hand and wave, and immediately someone walked in and dragged the assistant out. "What a fool, no wonder you can never compare to Lin Tangzhen, what use do I want from you! There is no point in living a person like you. ”

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Lin Tangzhen was lying on the sofa and recalled these things, and he couldn't help but feel a chill behind him, but he had also been numb for so many years, and he didn't have much feeling anymore. He was just regretting that he hadn't been able to kill the man who killed his wife and children. "Boss, what's wrong with you?" Huo Jingxing on the side looked at Lin Tangzhen carelessly, so he asked with concern.

"Ao, it's just a little sentimental to remember some old things, it's okay, let's continue!"

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