The elevator descended at a uniform speed under the change of the number displayed on the screen, stopped on the negative second floor, the elevator door slowly opened in front of the two, and he followed Qi Tianling out of the elevator quickly.

There was no lighting on this floor, and his eyes visibly couldn't adjust to the darkness when he stepped out of the elevator, and for a few seconds he felt like he was blind.

But seconds after they stepped onto the floor, a row of lights lit up directly above their heads, and with a constant frequency, the lights extended in the direction they were facing, quickly spreading across the entire floor.

There is no suspended ceiling on this floor, and there are no separate rooms, and the ceiling of the entire floor is made up of indecent, non-dazzling square-type incandescent lamps.

Compared to the other floors I've visited, it's not very spacious, let alone rooms, and there are not even any furnishings.

At this time, a word popped up in An Yiran's mind, which was the four walls of the family, but he felt that it was not appropriate.

Illuminated by countless incandescent lamps overhead, this empty room of about 400 square meters was the whole of the floor.

Qi Tianling didn't speak, but just led An Yiran towards the center of the hall, stopping near the center of the hall.

"Level 1 Authorization. Qi Tianling said to the empty hall.

As soon as the words fell, in a burst of mechanical humming, the floor tiles fifty centimeters in front of the two of them slowly collapsed, revealing a gap of about one meter in length and width, and a square platform with a metallic texture slowly rose from the gap and hovered at the waist-height height of the two.

Qi Tianling slowly buckled the top of the metal platform twice with the back of his hand, the metal platform seemed to be awakened, the seemingly seamless plane at the top bounced upward, and the space hidden inside the platform was slowly pushed out, revealing the things stored inside.

An Yiran looked inside, and it was a black plastic file folder, a small square box the size of a palm, and a silver-gray IPAD mini that he recognized at a glance.

"It's all for you. Qi Tianling waved his hand at An Yiran, signaling that he could use it at will.

"I thought it was something cooler. ”

"The organization's allocation to each individual is carefully considered, and each piece can be said to be tailored to you. Qi Tianling answered his complaint seriously, but An Yiran felt a little embarrassed, he took out the black locket and fiddled with it in his hand, but he couldn't find the opening of the box.

"Put your thumb on the top of the box. Qi Tianling opened his mouth to remind.

An Yiran did as he said, put his thumb on the top of the small box, a blue light flashed on the top of the box, and the lid of the box immediately popped open.

A square card inlaid with a brass-colored inverted triangle mark was lying in the center of the box, and An Yiran pulled out the small card from the box and looked at it carefully.

"This is an identity badge belonging to the operator, and you can access the information and access control that meet the operator's level through the An system, so be sure to keep it safe. The brass color corresponds to the D-Class Operator. ”

Qi Tianling explained, An Yiran also remembered that when he introduced himself in the temporary base, Lin Xiaojia and the others mentioned the rank of the operator.

AFTER QI TIANLING FINISHED SPEAKING, HE TOOK OUT THE SILVER-GRAY IPAD FROM THE METAL TABLE AND HANDED IT TO AN YIRAN.

"This is a modified Ann subsystem, and in order to make it look like a tablet, each subsystem can only be unlocked by the owner's voiceprint, and only need to say [system start] when using it. ”

An Yiran stroked the so-called An subsystem in his hand, and the silver-gray shell was inlaid with a bitten apple mark, which made him feel a little funny.

He is no stranger to this system, and both Eagle Falcon and Lin Xiaojia often use it.

"The system boots. HE SHOUTED INTO THE IPAD IN HIS HAND.

THE IPAD SCREEN THAT RECEIVED THE COMMAND FLASHED AND GLOWED BLUE.

"Welcome, executor, codename [Black Hole], An at your service. A CALM FEMALE VOICE CAME FROM THE IPAD, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, BUT THE SCREEN KEPT FLICKERING.

Black hole? An Yiran pondered this term, and he could guess without Qi Tianling explaining that this was his own code name for action.

Although his current ability is still 108,000 miles away from the black hole, if he thinks about it carefully, it is still in line with his ability characteristics.

He poked his finger at the screen, but the screen seemed to remain on standby, and did not respond to his touch.

"You only need to give instructions with your voice, and the An subsystem will analyze your instructions and reply to you, so as to feed them back to the screen, and it will not be displayed when you do not receive the instructions. When you don't need to use it, you only need to say the command to turn off the system, and the An device uses biocurrent to charge, so you just need to carry it with you and there will be no power. ”

Qi Tianling watched An Yiran say the shutdown command to An equipment, the screen went out after a flicker, and then raised his hand to close the lid of the metal table.

"Hey, isn't there a small box?" An Yiran played with the nameplate and iPad in his hand, and when he saw Qi Tianling's movements, he reminded him loudly.

"That file, you don't have access to it right now, and when we received it, it made it clear that you would only be eligible to use it if you reached the A level. ”

"And that's what it looks like? ”

"There are no special requirements for the files of other operators, after all, you are special. ”

Qi Tianling paused when he said this, did not continue the topic, just ignored An Yiran's suspicious eyes, and closed the metal platform in front of him without question.

The metal box, which returned to a tightly fitting state, slowly sank into the ground with another blow, and the sunken floor tiles rose and closed again, as if the ground had not been opened.

Although he was skeptical of Qi Tianling's obviously perfunctory attitude, as a newcomer, he really didn't dare to say anything.

He shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the elevator after Qi Tianling, the lights on the roof behind him went out one by one as they walked away, and after the two stepped onto the elevator, the hall returned to its previous dark state.

"I said Brother Qi, won't this room just store my own things, right?" An Yiran asked casually when the elevator went up.

Qi Tianling frowned, and said in his heart that this young man is really familiar.

"All of the Operator's personal belongings and files are stored in the branch where the Operator was registered, and in the Archives Room, there are basically Operators' belongings, including the deceased, under every floor tile. ”

An Yiran obviously shuddered when he heard the word deceased, Qi Tianling turned his head to look at him, this young man who was obviously not used to experiencing life and death, he felt a faint fear.

But such fear disappeared from the young man in an instant, and gradually transformed into a more lonely mood, which made Qi Tianling a little surprised.

"After all, there are a few people with abilities, and even in this building, there are many people who don't have special abilities, and of course they are indirectly farther away from death. ”

Qi Tianling turned his head, and when he said this, he didn't face An Yiran.

"My father was reluctant to dispose of any of the agents' belongings, nor did he want to return them to their families, lest their unsuspecting family members be implicated. We have people to protect, and protecting this kind of thing is never about right or wrong, only with life and death. All of this must be put to an end one day. ”

He narrated in a very calm tone, but An Yiran, who listened to all this, seemed to understand something.

In his heart, he has made a choice, at least the people around him can be safe because of his choice, which is the best result.

The elevator doors slowly opened after rising to the first floor, and the original lobby and earth-shaped projections reappeared in front of An Yiran's eyes.

"You can go and come whenever you want. Qi Tianling gestured to him again, An Yiran stepped out of the elevator, watching the elevator door behind him slowly close, he took a deep breath and walked quickly out of the hall that had been lit up.

The sky has completely darkened, the summer solstice has passed, and the sunset time is a little earlier every day, and the lights inside the building are transmitted, illuminating the open-air parking lot as if it were day.

He walked down the stairs, the vermilion Ftype was still parked in place, Lin Xiaojia leaned against the car door, crossed her arms to her chest, was thinking about something, and felt someone approaching, she raised her head and looked in the direction An Yiran was walking from.

"It's all here?" Lin Xiaojia was still dressed when he came, the army green casual jacket was open, the close-fitting short vest exposed the lower abdomen without excess fat, the slender legs under the blue denim shorts looked even fairer against the light of the building, and the square-framed glasses worn to cope with An Yiran's mother had been removed.

The girl, who looked quiet and bookish, turned the car keys in her hand, but the tone of her questioning was very much like a gang member who had just robbed a bank asking about the harvest.

"It's all here. An Yiran said and shook the IPAD and the square box in his hand.

"Get in the car. Lin Xiaojia shook the bracelet, and with two beeps, the car door was unlocked.

"What about Lao Zhang?" he pulled the car door and sat in the passenger seat, and pulled out the seat belt for the first time, Lin Xiaojia's driving style he had seen, and this operation became An Yiran's conditioned reflex.

"They went back first. Lin Xiaojia nodded towards the parking space not far away, and there was obviously one less commercial vehicle parked there.

"Thank you, you have to wait so long for me. ”

He shrunk his body into the fabric seat, today's training made him a little tired after a long lack of exercise, and the thought that this was just the beginning made the teenager feel a little more tired.

"I'm also your head in charge, and it's necessary to act together for safety. ”

Lin Xiaojia explained while pressing the start button, and with the rhythmic roar of the engine, the sports car entered a state of preparation.

"It's like when I was in kindergarten, my mother was waiting for me at the school gate. ”

Lin Xiaojia was choked by An Yiran's casual words, and she glared at the young man shrunk in the chair next to her, feeling as if she was really more than ten years old.

"I'm as old as you, thank you. She slammed the accelerator, the wheels grinding against the ground with a shrill screech, and after a brief pause, she sprang forward.

The sudden catapult start frightened An Yiran and quickly grabbed the handle above his head, and the Ftype, which accelerated to 100 meters for 3.4 seconds, was like a red lightning bolt in the night, speeding towards the road.

"Poof, black hole?" Hearing the code name on An Yiran's report, Lin Xiaojia still maintained a high-speed driving state on the surface.

There was no wave on her face, but the tone that obviously wanted to laugh but didn't laugh was captured by An Yiran.