Volume 1: The Tide of Dusk, Far Eastern Fortress (4)
It was a floor plan of the city, and An Yiran could see that every familiar street and alley was marked in.
Although it is replaced by geometry, it is exceptionally concise and straightforward. Most of the locations in the map are marked with a blue background, and only a few areas are flashing with a dazzling red light.
"This is the location of several suspected night wreckage research institutes in our city after a recent investigation. ”
Saying this, Qi Tianming's tone became slightly serious, and Lao Zhang, who was bored spinning coins on the side, also put down the coins in his hand and sat up straight.
"We all know that the skeletons are artificially created, and the key item in the creation of the skeleton is also one of your targets, the serum. ”
Qi Tianming swiped his finger at the projection, and the projected picture switched to another scene, which was a few blurry figures, and several people in the picture were pulling in front of a figure.
The figure of the person being pulled is trying to get rid of it, but is unable to do so, and a man holding a pistol-shaped syringe is aimed at his neck, and the syringe is filled with red liquid.
It's blurry but still recognizable, and the scene is frozen in the moment when he is about to pull the trigger.
"This is the last image I sent back last week. He didn't hear from the image since he sent it, and as for why the image was so blurry, it must have been affected by an unknown ability at the moment it was sent, and the key information was hidden. ”
Speaking of the missing operator, there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.
This is not the first time, in the recent tracking of the nightwreck research facility, Qi Tianming has already lost several operators, making the eastern division, which is already lacking in average combat strength, even more stretched.
The main combat force on the frontal battlefield is still composed of Lin Xiaojia's executive team and the former Li Ruolin appointed by the headquarters, and the previous medical team and combat materials are all provided by the Eastern Division, which has been docked with Lin Xiaojia when they first came to this city, which is why Lin Xiaojia is so familiar with this place.
"The sacrifice of my men is not meaningless, the suspected location of the facility has been reduced to four now, and within ten days, with the cooperation of the falcon, the exact location will definitely be obtained. ”
Qi Tianming looked at the falcon on the left, the falcon was staring intently at the image in the projection, and felt Qi Tianming's gaze nodding slightly.
"I think they just wanted to inject me with this stuff last time. ”
An Yiran stared at the syringe in the picture, and the red liquid flowing from the syringe gave him a familiar feeling.
The last time she was in Mother Earth's hands, it was this syringe that was pierced into his neck, and it was filled with this red liquid.
"Yes, I was there at the time, and I saw it clearly. ”
Li Ruolin spoke, she was indeed the first witness, it was she who broke into the field and immediately interrupted the mother who was about to inject An Yiran, and she was also deeply impressed by the syringe.
"According to the information we have, it can be determined that the liquid in the syringe is serum, and the production of the skeleton is inseparable from the injection of serum. ”
Qi Tianming's gaze began to wander over the people present.
"What does that mean, folks, you should have a guess in your mind. ”
"The skeleton is transformed by man, and the serum is the catalyst for transformation. ”
Lin Xiaojia was the first to speak, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became solemn, and even An Yiran, who knew nothing about the current situation, twitched violently in his heart after hearing this.
"That's right, in this way, after the night wreckage began to haunt the city, the high number of missing people also explained. ”
Qi Tianming's fists clenched slightly, they had already guessed about such a conclusion, but there was no key evidence for it.
Now that the ironclad facts were in front of him, anger welled up from his body.
An Yiran felt an indescribable oppression, the state of the not very powerful old man in front of him at the moment was like a saber-toothed tiger that had only been touched with fangs, not only An Yiran himself, but even Lin Xiaojia, who was sitting beside him, was also disturbed by this gloomy oppressive force.
"Father. ”
The man behind him gently stroked Qi Tianming's back, and the gloomy Qi Tianming came back to his senses, and the tyrannical coercion also subsided.
He looked up at the people around him who had just recovered from it, and there was an apologetic smile on his face.
"Hehe, sometimes I can't control my emotions when I'm older. ”
Qi Tianming cleared his throat, covered up the gaffe just now, waved his hand again, and the projection switched back to the picture of the map.
"The nightwreckage must be removed, no matter what the cost, but for the sake of the organization, with everything we protect, they must disappear from this city. ”
He squeezed himself into the chair so that his back would be more comfortably wrapped in fabric.
"One of these red locations is the Research Institute of Nightwreckage, which we call the factory, and once we have identified the target, we immediately go out to complete the clearance mission. ”
With another wave of his hand, the projection faded and the warm-toned chandelier came back on.
"Xiao Jia, the training progress of the newcomers seems to be stepping up. Although you have not been here for a long time, all the facilities built by Lego can be used by you as long as you need it. ”
"Thank you very much for your support. ”
"Haha, where, it's also my honor to have a business with the rumored Crimson Shadow, we old guys like you rising stars the most. ”
Qi Tianming laughed, and Lang Ran's expression replaced his originally gloomy face.
An Yiran pondered the title of Crimson Shadow repeatedly, shouldn't her code name be cremation?
It seems that Lin Xiaojia still has many aspects of him that he doesn't know.
Crimson Shadow, this name is really handsome, it reminds people of the lonely ranger who walks the world with a sword in the game, leaving only a bloodstained sword shadow after each shot.
No one knows his name, no one knows his past, the fire and blood occupy the main color of the picture, the wind rolls up the long hair of the sword owner, and the red background is the back of the person standing against the sword, stepping on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
He looked up, his almost inky black pupils revealing a sense of confusion that he didn't care about.
"Help me. ”
The call was breathless, and it was extremely inconsistent with the image of the person who spoke it.
The wind blew away the long hair that was scattered in front of the forehead of the person in the picture, there was no blood on the pale and sickly face, and the inky pupils showed the color of struggle, and An Yiran looked at the face clearly, and the pupils suddenly dilated.
"Lin Xiaojia??" he called out the name in an incredulous tone, and then the picture began to slowly distort, and in a few breaths, An Yiran's eyes were filled with darkness, and his brain was filled with tearing pain.
"What the hell are you?" Lin Xiaojia's voice sounded so suddenly.
The pain was not completely lost, when he opened his eyes again, he was under the gaze of everyone full of doubts, and he was stretching out his hand to the air in front of him like a fool, the scene in front of him was still the quaint hall, and Lin Xiaojia and Li Ruolin beside him were looking at him with the expression of observing neurological patients.
"Are you alright?" she stretched out her index finger and poked An Yiran, who was stunned on the side.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just a little tired and took a nap. ”
He reached out and touched his temple, which was still aching, to drive away the inexplicable remnants in his mind just now.
I was still sitting in place, this feeling was not the first time that I had appeared, and every time it seemed to be related to Lin Xiaojia.
An Yiran raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and the time was displayed at 6:35, proving that when he was immersed in this brief dream, time seemed to be sped up by hours!
An Yiran, who couldn't believe this result, took out his mobile phone again, and the time displayed on the watch was exactly the same, and An Yiran, who accepted the facts, could only secretly admire his sleep quality in his heart.
He didn't know why he always fell into this inexplicable state, and this feeling was not the first time, and every time it was related to Lin Xiaojia and the little boy he had never met.
Thinking back to what happened just now, he should have slowly fallen into this state after listening to the title Crimson Shadow, and these unrelated events confused him.
"Old Qi, don't be surprised, it's common for people with newly awakened mental abilities to have unstable mental states, after all, more undiscovered mental abilities have entered the rehabilitation center. ”
Lao Zhang opened his mouth to explain An Yiran, Qi Tianming nodded slowly in understanding, and waved his hand at the young man behind him.
"Our newcomer looks quite tired, Tianling, you take the newcomer down first, I still have something to say to you. ”
"Understood. ”
The man who called Qi Tianming his father nodded and walked towards An Yiran.
"Qi Tianling. After introducing himself so short that it couldn't be shorter, he stretched out his right hand to An Yiran, and An Yiran hurriedly stretched out his hand to return the salute.
Qi Tianling just shook it symbolically and quickly withdrew his hand, this procedure seemed familiar to him.
"Follow me. Qi Tianling faced the wooden door and made a gesture of invitation to An Yiran.
Once again, the quaint wooden doors open to reveal a transparent dome that extends to the top of the building and a wide corridor.
"I'll be waiting for you outside. ”
Before he got up, Lin Xiaojia's voice came from beside him, he nodded slightly, rubbed his temples that had just eased up, got up and walked out with Qi Tianling.
The wooden door slowly closed after An Yiran and Qi Tianling left, and Qi Tianming's eyes looked at the back of the two of them leaving, and he was slightly distracted.
"Hopefully your decision is not wrong. ”
He muttered in a barely audible voice, then withdrew his gaze and explained to the crowd what to do next.
No one heard his whisper close to his heart, only Lao Zhang showed a thoughtful look after he withdrew his gaze from Qi Tianming.