Volume 1 Urban War Clouds Section 3 An Unexpected Crisis
It's this dream again.
It is this uninhabited ancient town again, with bluestone paved streets, and the houses on both sides are wooden ancient buildings. All the main roads of the town are gathered under the giant tower in the center of the town, and Liu Zheng has never heard of a tower that can be built so tall in reality.
This same dream, which has been done often since the beginning of small things, has never stopped for so many years.
It's just that today's ancient town is a little different, the eternal night sky is covered with lead clouds at this time, and you can faintly see thunder and lightning jumping in the distance.
Every time Liu Zheng walked to the giant tower, he would wake up from his dream, so this time he habitually walked towards the center of the town. But today's situation is obviously different from the past, suddenly a thunderous roar poked a hole in the thick clouds, Liu Zheng was shocked and fell to the ground, and then he saw an unimaginable scene:
The red dragon, emerging from the clouds, landed on the tower with a majestic momentum that destroyed the world and the earth, and the entire tower instantly ignited a raging fire.
The giant dragon overlooked Liu Zheng, those two lines of sight that were emitting divine light, and the power from the top creatures was like substance, so that Liu Zheng's breathing was not smooth. The huge dragon's mouth opened and closed, spitting out a few syllables, as if he was saying something, but at this time, Liu Zheng could still listen to it.
The huge dragon raised its neck, spread a pair of huge wings from its back, flapped violently, and flew again.
If he usually sees this scene in the cinema, Liu Zheng will definitely complain about what the hell the Huaxia Dragon has wings, but when he experienced it himself, the whole person was stunned, the storm set off by the dragon wing was like a blade, and he felt that it was more important than anything to clamp his thighs and not pee out now. At this time, the whole world was getting brighter and brighter, and Liu Zheng closed his eyes tightly, and he could still feel a burning pain in his retina.
He finally woke up from his dream.
The first thing that catches your eye is a flashlight that shoots directly at your eyeballs. Damn, I said why is it so bright! Liu Zheng covered his eyes with a wail, and there were a few girlish cries in his ears.
Liu Zheng only remembered that he fainted in pain, and he didn't know anything about what happened next. When he opened his eyes, he saw himself lying on a hospital bed, with a middle-aged doctor in a white lab coat sitting on a chair next to him, and a group of young nurses standing around him. It looks like he's in the hospital.
The doctor put away the flashlight, taught the nurses in Mandarin with a strong Hunan accent some clinical knowledge on how to observe the patient's pupil constriction, and let them all go out. Now there are only two people left in the ward, Liu Zheng and the doctor. The middle-aged doctor was a little depressed, with a smooth forehead, but shoulder-length hair on the back, slender eyes slanted upward, two whiskers on his lips, and his facial features looked quite funny.
Liu Zheng covered his head and recalled for a while, but he didn't remember anything, so he asked, "Where am I, are you a doctor?"
The doctor replied, "This is City One, and I am the doctor here." Then he pointed to the name tag on his chest. Chief Physician [Fu Shenzhou], yo, it's still a brick family.
"What's wrong with me, my arm..."Liu Zheng raised his right arm, the skin was not cracked, everything was intact, it seemed that the red light and stinging pain were not there at all.
"You're fine, everything is fine." The doctor paused as he spoke, "It's almost more than normal." ”
Liu Zheng turned over and got out of bed, and replied while putting on his shoes: "Hehe, uncle, you are so funny, goodbye~" As he spoke, he walked to the door of the ward.
The doctor smiled behind his back and said, "Don't be in a hurry." Seeing that Liu Zheng pulled the door several times without success, he added: "You don't want to know why you fainted?"
Liu Zheng's hand stopped on the doorknob, he turned around slowly, and the doctor's funny face still had a warm smile.
"Don't get me wrong, lad, I have no ill will towards you".
I saw that the doctor stretched out two fingers, and a blood-red energy gushed out from between his fingers, and a pattern slowly appeared in the air of the ward, like a tiger head, with mysterious ornamentation, which seemed to be an ancient totem from thousands of years ago. Liu Zheng knew that this was the tattoo on his back, and he was calm enough at the moment, this doctor was not an ordinary person, but he felt that he had no ill will towards him.
Seeing that Liu Zheng was still on guard with his back against the door, as if he was ready to break the door at any time without speculation, the doctor was a little amused and continued: "The tattoo on your back is one of the Nine Dragons, this complex ancient engraving, not to mention the tattoo artist, even the greatest painter can't copy it. ”
Liu Zheng didn't say anything about the tattoo on his back, this was the deepest secret of his soul, but he didn't expect that a doctor who had never known his life would say a word, what kind of monster this pattern was, even he didn't know it.
Of course, the doctor knew what Liu Zheng was thinking, he just smiled slightly and said, "After you were sent over last night, all the personal information about you will come to me in an hour." He ignored Liu Zheng's shocked eyes and continued: "You have outstanding physical fitness since you were a child, your strength is much larger than normal, and you like to fight unevenly, all because of this fierce dragon pattern.
It was recorded in the ancient scrolls that 1,300 years ago, there was a profound martial art in Fanwai Tantra, and with the deepening of practice, it could eventually reach the power of ten dragons and ten elephants, but with the continuous war, the fragment of the inner family qigong that recorded the power of the dragon was lost. Cultivators who have learned the power of the dragon have a characteristic that the tattoo of the dragon will appear on the body, and as the practice deepens, the nine dragon patterns will appear in turn. Your ancestors, the origin must not be simple. ”
The doctor carefully admired the pattern, and then waved it away: "The so-called dragon gives birth to nine sons, each with its own advantages. The Seven Sons are fierce, litigious, and able to distinguish between right and wrong, and their characteristics affect your character. Although you have been stronger than your peers since you were a child, it wasn't until last night that you successfully used its ability for the first time, and the power of the fierce force strengthened your right limb with punches, but you are now 27 years old, and your body has long been developed, and reshaping the meridians and muscles is equivalent to breaking all the flesh and bones, so you will have severe pain. Now that your right arm has reached an incredible level of bone density, muscle strength, and skin toughness, you are slowly getting to know it. ”
It turned out that the punch I threw back last night turned on my ability by mistake, no wonder the power was so great that it shook my own hands and hurt. Liu Zheng quietly listened to the doctor's explanation, carefully recalled the events of last night, and had a general understanding.
"Who the hell are you, the doctor doesn't know how to spell, and he doesn't understand this."
The doctor didn't answer Liu Zheng's question, but said: "Anyway, as soon as last night's incident was made, you have to go to the National Security Bureau for the record, and sooner or later you will know who I am." Speaking of this, he shouted loudly to the door: "Xiao Ding! Come in".
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier opened the door and came in and saluted the doctor. Looking at the outline, it should be the person who pursued him last night.
The doctor waved his hand casually and said to him, "Liu Zheng is fine, you can take him to see Director Zhou." He turned back to Liu Zheng and introduced, "This is the wolf warrior Ding Luo." ”
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On the way to the National Security Bureau, Liu Zheng and Ding Luo introduced themselves to each other, which can be regarded as a formal acquaintance. Ding Luo is indeed a soldier, their unit is temporarily stationed in Qiantang City because of the summit, about the number of the unit, he can't disclose, only say that they are called the Feilong Brigade, Liu Zheng doesn't know much about it, anyway, it's very powerful.
To say that China's army is the undisputed first place in the world's military rankings, which is also the reason why foreign mercenaries list the Chinese mainland as a forbidden place and are easily reluctant to set foot in it. Many mercenaries with superpowers died on the border of China.
Huaxia's special forces are the top existence in the army, and the selection is very strict, and everyone who is eligible to be selected is a person with unique skills.
Besides, this Ding Luo, it is really amazing, he is young, a few months younger than Liu Zheng, he is already a lieutenant colonel, in the circle of the army, in addition to the gilding of related households, there is only one possibility - meritorious service, Ding Luo is obviously the latter.
Liu Zheng gave Ding Luo a thumbs up, he admired the soldiers the most in his life, guarding the frontier, defending the country, escorting overseas, and rescuing and disaster relief, and they were inseparable from everywhere. Maintaining the peace and stability of a country has never relied on superhero organizations, only and can only be the military.
The two of them chatted and chatted, and the NSA arrived. Liu Zheng has been in Hangzhou for more than 20 years, often passing by here, but he has never been in, in his eyes as an outsider, the National Security Bureau, such a terrific name, it is definitely a powerful agency at the level of hidden bosses. In fact, the security here is indeed very high, and the heavily armed guards at the gate conducted a detailed security check on the two, carefully checked Ding Luo's documents and called to confirm before releasing the two.
In just a few minutes from the gate post and into the office building, Liu Zheng found several warning points hidden in the shadows, such a keen perception was not available before, maybe this is also the benefit of the awakening of the relict pattern, he thought.
They walked into the lobby of the National Security Bureau office building, which was very spacious, almost ten meters high, and there was no one around, and the footsteps of the two echoed in the hall, and even the echo was particularly serious. Liu Zheng retracted his perception, and when he looked up, he saw a huge shield-shaped badge hanging on the wall facing the gate, the shield was engraved with the party emblem, Tian'an Gate and the Great Wall from top to bottom, lined with ears of wheat on both sides, a sword was inserted into the shield from below, the tip of the sword was upward, and the whole badge was wrapped in a blue earth pattern. This should be the hallmark of the NSA.
Liu Zheng looked at the badge and was stunned, his eyes reflected this dark blue, and he suddenly felt ashamed of himself, he only felt that there was a majestic Haoran righteousness that enveloped him in it, he seemed to have become a small boat in the angry sea, and the huge waves like mountains in front of him rushed towards him wave by wave, he struggled to stand firm and did not fall, but he could be swallowed by this momentum at any time.
Just when he was at a loss, someone tapped him on the shoulder, and all the pressure dissipated like a low tide, and he suddenly came back to his senses.
"Are you alright?" Ding looked at him strangely, Liu Zheng shook his head and said nothing, and when he looked up again, the badge was still a badge, Zhongzheng was peaceful, but he didn't have the terrifying power just now.
A badge hanging on the wall can make him lose his mind, what kind of government office is this. Liu Zheng felt a nervousness in his heart, and he didn't know what big people were waiting for him in front of him.
Liu Zheng followed Ding Luo into the elevator. The elevator runs strangely, and people can't feel whether it's going up or down. When the elevator doors opened, there was only a long corridor in front of you.
The two walked down the hallway, with only whitewashed walls on either side, and at the end of the passage was a single-opening wooden door with a sign that read "Special Group Office".
There is only one office on the entire floor, and the door is facing the corridor, who came up with such a strange design... Liu Zheng couldn't stop complaining in his heart, and the anxiety and nervousness when he first came to the National Security Bureau have been reduced a lot. When the two came to the outside of the office, Ding Luo knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, he pushed the door open.
There is no imaginary luxury, the furnishings of this office are quite simple, behind the desk sits a middle-aged man in his fifties, with short gray hair, a clear figure, wearing rimless glasses, squinting and smiling, making Liu Zheng feel that he does not look like a national cadre, but like a middle school teacher. He saw the two of them push the door in, smiled and got up to welcome them slightly.
On the way here, Liu Zheng had already learned from Ding Luo about the origin of the Special Population Office, which is an administrative agency under the Ministry of State Security, which is responsible for all matters related to contact with superpowers, including statistics, coordination, control or arrest. The person in front of him is Director Zhou Kai, the person in charge of the Special Group Office of the Hangzhou Municipal State Security Bureau.
The three of them sat down separately, Director Zhou is an old man who has been in the system for decades, and he talks like a spring breeze, and he has a good impression when he sees him for the first time.
"Xiao Liu, I invite you to come today, mainly because you are our newly discovered special ability, so in accordance with the relevant regulations, we have to register your personal information," Director Zhou smiled and said to Liu Zheng, "This is also to facilitate future contact, I hope you don't mind." Of course, the NSA will take good care of your files, and your personal information will never be accessed by outsiders, so please rest assured. ”
"Anyway, personal information is everywhere on the Internet now..."Liu Zheng still didn't forget to be cheap, "But let me explain first, I don't have any superpowers, I just learned some qigong." ”
Director Zhou smiled: "It seems that you are also an ancient martial arts inheritor, take the liberty to ask where the master came from?" ”
"I don't know. My qigong was taught by my grandfather, and he didn't tell me what his name was, and the doctor Fu Shenzhou in the hospital knew more than I knew, so you might as well ask him. Liu Zheng glanced at the director of the Special Group Office angrily, "Don't you know how to read minds, don't you know any of this?" ”
He was still very unhappy with Professor X and the Director Zhou in front of him invading his brain. These psychic abilities are all voyeurs, and they run into other people's minds at will without the consent of their masters, and they are with you, so what privacy is there?
Although Liu Zheng has no opinion on the establishment of a state agency to specifically regulate the management of superpowers, he is still very concerned about personal privacy, and he does not want his secrets to be known by too many people.
However, he stretched out his hand and didn't hit the smiling person, seeing Director Zhou's smiling and kind appearance, he really couldn't say anything serious.
Director Zhou laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, I am a mutant with enhanced spiritual power, and my ability is to emit brain waves to track or investigate a creature that I once made a spiritual marker. I'm not good at telepathy or mind control, though. He pointed at Ding Luo and continued, "Last night, I was paying attention to the actions of the wolf warrior, but I found your traces nearby, and I borrowed Professor Xavier's spiritual power channel to be able to talk to the two of you. ”
With such a reminder, Liu Zheng remembered what happened last night and asked, "What happened there last night?" I heard an explosion, and Professor X told me to run, causing me to be chased all the way by Ding Luo. ”
"Because there was a member of the clan nearby, a young woman who could make explosives out of thin air, and she used the explosion to cover the saber-toothed tiger and escaped, I think the suspicion that they belong to the same mutant brotherhood is very high." Ding Luo replied, "If you hadn't left first, the blast energy might have hurt you." ”
Liu Zheng wondered, who is the saber-toothed tiger? Is the Mutant Brotherhood a mutant organization, and what are you doing in Huaxia?
Director Zhou manipulated the computer on the table a few times, and then the projection screen on the office wall lit up, and the video showed a group of people fighting - let's just call them human...
"Are you sure it's not a computer special effect?" Liu Zheng was amazed, and pointed to a black beauty walking in the sky in the picture and said, "They all fly to the sky, this is too unscientific!" ”
In the picture, the black beauty pointed her hands into the void, and a thick lightning bolt blasted straight towards her opponent. The big man who fought with him was very skillful, he jumped on the ground and jumped up to the height of two people, he used the car parked on the side of the road as a cover, blocked the blow that was supposed to be hit, and then he used his arms to grab the car and throw it at the woman.
Director Zhou explained: "This man is a saber-toothed tiger, a very dangerous mutant. ”
It turns out that Ding Luo is fighting against such an awesome monster, amazing, worthy of being a super special soldier, Liu Zheng said in his heart, his eyes did not leave the screen for half a second. The black beauty was obviously not good at hand-to-hand combat, and when she saw a whole car flying towards her, she didn't have time to react at all. Fortunately, a man jumped out behind her, and Liu Zheng saw that he seemed to have a blade in his hand, and easily cut the car into pieces, and the beauty survived.
More than a dozen strange people with different superpowers appeared one after another, and the two groups of people fought inextricably, and for a while, lasers and flames flew together, and the good neighborhood soon became a ruin.
Liu Zheng was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and this battle opened his eyes. I never put these superpowers in my eyes, and I really sat in the well and watched the sky.
Director Zhou continued, "These superpowers belong to two major mutant organizations in the United States: the X-Men and the Brotherhood. Under Professor Xavier's leadership, the X-Men's operations are relatively more regulated, and the members of the Brotherhood are mostly reckless and dangerous elements, and we have done as much investigation as possible on their members for safety. So when a saber-toothed tiger appeared in Hangzhou, a suspected member of the Brotherhood, it immediately attracted our attention. Last night was a test for us to him, and unfortunately, he chose to attack directly. ”
He stood up, paced around the office with a teacup, and said in a deep voice, "We got the news that the Brotherhood may want to take action against the Qiantang International Summit. Yesterday, through the exchange with Professor Xavier, it seems that this is true. ”
When Liu Zheng heard this, he jumped up in shock: "! What did you say? ”