The rain was howling.

It was past 9 p.m., and even though it was a weekend, it was a rainy day at the moment, and there were very few people walking back and forth on the streets.

In the long alley not far away, I saw a young man walking forward unhurriedly, he did not have an umbrella, and put one hand in his pocket. Black boots made a dull sound as they stepped on the dull water.

A faint aura of danger spread.

In the next moment, Ji You heard his voice trembling in fear-

"No...... Stay back! ”

Under the flickering faint street lamp, he could faintly see multiple tears on his white shirt, many of which had already been dyed dark red, and his left wrist was also injured at some point, and blood was constantly dripping down his fingers.

"Bang", and then his back hit the cold stone wall, and there was no way to retreat.

Worst! Ji You said in his heart.

He didn't even understand why he was here, and how he could have encountered such a thing...... His mind went blank, and he couldn't think of anything.

"Hee ......"

The young man in a pitch-black uniform saw Ji You's panicked reaction, and chuckled lowly, without the slightest pause. For a moment, Ji You felt like a prey to be slaughtered, and the boy was the young hunter who was bound to win.

The distance between the two was less than half a meter, and the young man finally stopped, and in a trance, Ji You only listened to him: "What are you afraid of, will I still kill you?" ”

The boy said, leaning forward slightly, his black hole-like eyes fixed on him.

And it was at this moment that Ji You suddenly discovered-

The boy's face actually looks very similar to him?!

"Ahhh......h

A pig-killing cry came from room 401, and spread to the dog downstairs that was following the neighbor Uncle Zhang, "Wang! Wang ......"

Uncle Zhang stopped and comforted the dog with a smile, "Ouch rhubarb, you haven't gotten used to the daily call of the little grapefruit?" ”

Shiba Inu Rhubarb threw out an emoji with a disgusted face: "Wang! Woo ......"

I don't know what to think, Uncle Zhang nodded to himself again: "Oh, yes, that kid screams every day at a bad time, this must be a terrifying dream called like this, poor baby ......"

Rhubarb: "Wang! ”

Yes, it has been nearly a year since Ji You moved here, regardless of whether he is familiar with it or not, almost all the uncles and aunts in the entire community know that Room 401 of Building 13 always comes from various screams from time to time.

As for those young office workers, they naturally rushed to the car early, and they didn't have time to listen or take care of it.

And our protagonist Ji You finished howling, and at the moment he was sitting on the bed in a daze, routinely starting to get up. In the 12-square-meter bedroom, the milky white curtains are half wet by the rain outside, fluttering slowly.

Ji You raised his face, revealing the bewilderment of "Lao Tzu hasn't woken up yet", he looked out the window, stunned.

Not...... What was I doing last night? Why did you forget to close the windows again?

Then the screen switched, and the somewhat terrifying dream suddenly flashed.

As soon as Ji You touched his head, it was all cold sweat, he still shook his hand with some palpitations, and scolded secretly: ", what a ghost dream......" Before he finished complaining, his heart was a stirring spirit.

Then he turned his head stiffly and looked at the mobile phone lying motionless next to the pillow.

Ji You: "......" is in a groove! What time is it now?!

Just now, it seems, I heard Uncle Zhang's rhubarb calling downstairs, right? Uncle Zhang goes downstairs to walk the dog at a fixed point every day, that is to say......

It's already 8 o'clock!!

Other words! He's already late for the 5th time this month!!

Thinking that he might lose his job because of being late, the soft girl coin flew away, Ji You was completely sober now, and hurriedly rolled out of bed, completed all tasks such as washing and going to the toilet at the speed of light, and went straight to the "Golden Horde" fast food global chain store 2 miles away with his mobile phone key.

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In 2031, with the development of science and technology, the two bigwigs who dominated the fast food industry on the planet at that time finally wanted to open (not), shook hands and made peace (on the surface), took the first step in strategic cooperation (commercial interests), merged and renamed "Golden Horde".

The sign of the Golden Horde shone brightly, and the large letter A was held up by a long gilded wavy line, in a word, it looked very entrenched.

Ji You finally squeezed into the quota of Golden Horde waiters in the audition of thousands of people two months ago, for reason 1: the appearance is good, he looks clean and beautiful, and his age 18 is just up to the standard; Reason 2: Overtime at any time, on call (living close), easy-going personality, no matter how you say it (you have to endure it for money).

And yet—

Wang Lan, the general manager of the Golden Horde branch in the eastern district of S City, couldn't bear it anymore, he was so angry that he took out half a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, smoked one and put it in his mouth to bite it hard, and yelled at the young man in front of him: "I said grapefruit, how did you promise me the morning before yesterday that you would never be late again in the future?" Yes?! ”

Ji You lowered his head, his waist straightened, "I'm sorry, Brother Wang, I promise this is really the last time, last night my phone ran out of power and forgot to charge, the alarm clock didn't go off, no matter how much power is left in the future, I will definitely ......"

Manager Wang interrupted him impatiently: "Stop, stop!" This is the 5th time you've been late, and you have any excuses.

"Last time you said that the panties didn't dry, the hair dryer blew for half an hour!

"Last time, I was blocked at the door by the neighbor's dog and couldn't get out, and I was coaxed for 20 minutes!

"The last time I crossed the street, the old lady walked as slowly as a snail, and you helped her walk for an hour! Keep making it up for you! ”

Ji You listened and muttered aggrievedly: "Brother Wang...... I'm really ......."

Wang Lan blew his beard and glared, "What did you say?" ”

Ji You silently said in his heart, "Money matters, money matters", and immediately changed his words and smiled, and he stepped forward and handed the lighter: "I mean, Brother Wang, you give me another chance, look at today's good day, the rain outside has stopped, and there are more people in the store here, right?" I need manpower, so I'm going to slip down and help, right? ”

As soon as Ji You turned on the chatter mode, the northern accent came out, but he couldn't stand it, and his tone was very dog-legged, and his attitude was very sincere.

So Wang Lan glanced at him angrily, turned around and asked a word that didn't match, and let go of the cigarette in his mouth, "It's a good day?" At four or five o'clock in the morning today, the Baidi Hotel building blew up, don't you know? ”

Ji You was stunned, "Huh? ”

What an explosion, I don't know at all. And as soon as I went out, I rushed to work, and I didn't have time to know. But......

Baidi Hotel is 5 kilometers away from the Golden Horde, and it is 3 streets away from the community where I live, if there is really such a big explosion, it should be impossible not to hear a little movement, the only possibility is -

Wang Lan looked at the two erect hairs on Ji You's head, obviously, he also found the reason, "...... You slept so hard? And it's not just this place that is bombing today. ”

He patted him on the shoulder, and inadvertently glanced at the pendant rope exposed at Ji You's neck, his eyes flashed slightly, "So today is not a good day, this is also the last time to give you a chance, hurry up and work." ”

Ji You was in a fog, but he finally escaped, and hurriedly stuffed the lighter to him, "Brother Wang, I just wanted to say that this house is non-smoking, and the fine is 500, I will go down and take over immediately!" ”

As soon as he opened the door and ran out, he heard a sentence from the back room, "You will be fined 200 for being late today, and 300 for hitting your boss, if you don't finish it, ......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Ji You's scream like killing a pig for the second time today in the corridor, "Ahhhhh

Wang Lan plucked out his ears leisurely, played with the lighter with his right hand, and with a click, the flames actually rose 10 centimeters high, and a few cheap lighters seemed to be unable to stand this kind of "consumption"-

"Bang."

The sound of the small explosion of the lighter was synchronized with the onomatopoeia from Wang Lan's mouth.

He blew the remaining ashes on his hand carelessly, as if the small flames that fell and the power of the explosion were nothing to him. The sapphire ring on his index finger was refracted into his blue pupils, and for a moment he only listened to his leisurely muttering: "Explosion, those people are always so vulgar." ”

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At the same time, at the harbor wharf of S City, a military airship with a special symbol landed rapidly on the sea, setting off a wave of spray.

I saw a group of people in military uniforms standing in an orderly manner a little farther away from the dock, but they did not salute the people inside the airship in advance. The gaze is even a little complicated and indescribable.

Because on the airship is the logo of the "Earth Alliance" organization.

Some of the temporarily sent recruits couldn't help but whisper to the people next to them in the rear:

"This is the legendary Earth Alliance? Why did you get here? ”

"Who knows, soldiers are not soldiers, leaders are not leaders, what kind of moths are they doing."

"It's better to mess with less, you see that everyone uses the latest developed airship first, and we can also watch the shadow of the airship to satisfy our hunger."

"Did they come because of the explosion in the early morning? But what does it have to do with them? ”

"You don't know this, it is said that many places exploded almost at the same time in the early morning, like rushing to join in the fun, both at home and abroad, and the news will be watched on the international ......station in the future."

At this time, the leader in front seemed to have finally heard enough, so he lazily took out a sentence: "Lizheng." ”

Suddenly, this piece of land was as quiet as a hatching chick. The leader shouted to stand upright, but he was still sitting on the stone pier, his clothes were not as neat as others, the epaulettes were missing, and the originally shaped hair was also slightly messed up by the sea breeze.

He stared coldly at the door of the airship diagonally in front of him.

Finally, a group of people finally came down from the airship that seemed to be worth a lot of force, and the man on the stone pier counted the number of people and was happy.

He got up and stepped forward, straight at the gang, and the new and old soldiers behind him were very surprised: Major, what's wrong? It was almost like going up and giving someone a shot.

Where is the young major not to be seen, he is very unwelcome, especially the taciturn cold-blooded man in front of him. He stood still in front of the tall man and sneered:

"Yo, 9 people this time? What's wrong? You think this city has a long lifespan, and it also hinders your eyes, right? ”

The man didn't move, didn't avoid him, didn't have a special expression, and didn't speak, the whole person was very imposing, but his personality was too indifferent, and he felt a little impersonal.

The young major suddenly became a little angry, "Chongming! Two years ago, you took 3 people and almost ruined half of Province Z! What do you mean by 9 people coming this time?! This S city can't afford to toss your gods. ”

Chongming coldly spit out a few words, "Find someone and solve the problem." ”

It means that finding someone is the first task, and solving the problem is only the second thing.

After Chongming finished speaking, he raised his foot to miss him, but the young major stopped him again when he saw this, "Solve the problem?" What's the problem? 'Spooky explosions' around the globe? Okay, that's barely the work of your paranormal team. But you say looking for someone? ”

He continued with a calm face: "Who are you looking for?" What should I do if I find one? You have to ask my consent first, right? The 'special events' of S City and several surrounding cities are now under the jurisdiction of this Major. ”

Chongming paused, as if thinking about how to phrase it, and after 3 seconds, he turned his head to the side, and immediately an elite with a 100% dress standard stepped forward, and a voice that was still cold than Ming floated out:

"Major Qiu Yiya, according to your military rank, you should call the captain Colonel Chongming, and the mission that Colonel Chongming received this time is also an order issued by the Earth Alliance Headquarters-"

"According to the monitoring of the Special Operations Department of the Earth Alliance, from 4:07 a.m. to 6:14 a.m. today, a total of 21 large, medium and small explosions occurred around the world, of which the center of gravity of the energy reaction was within a radius of 5 kilometers from S City and Baidi Hotel."