Underneath the building, there is a three-meter-high metal gate, and on the surface of the metal gate, there is a strange sign.

It was like a gear with only three teeth on the outside, and inside the gear was a circle, with three tips passing through the circle and pointing to the center.

Underneath the sign, there is a line in small print:

We contain, we protect!

Interior of the building, one floor.

In a metal-enclosed room, two men sat opposite each other.

Zhu Youqian took out a transparent glass bottle the size of his thumb belly from his arms and handed it to the other side.

There are three drops of green liquid in the bottle, which emit fluorescence.

"Housing agent, help me identify the grade of this bottle of water."

Before he could finish speaking, the man named the real estate agent couldn't wait to take the glass bottle, like a treasure, and looked the green liquid inside up and down.

After a while, his eyes became pleasantly surprised, and he smiled and said, "Quality!" The undiluted water is about as pure as the water from that spring in the Cadiz Mountains, and perhaps even more! ”

Reluctantly, he returned the glass bottle and asked, "Where did you get it?" Could it be that he robbed the Immortal Society? ”

"It's a matter of confidentiality."

Zhu Youqian's fingers tapped on the metal tabletop, thinking of the glass bottle with a thicker green light that Xia Ren took out for the first time.

This bottle is high-quality, so what grade should the bottle he left behind?

Coming back from the chaotic thoughts, and seeing that the real estate agent's eyes were still staring at the dark water in his hand and refusing to move away, Zhu Youqian asked casually: "After so many years, you should also be promoted to A-level." ”

The real estate agent smiled: "The more you know, the greater the danger you encounter, and I can fool with a mouth, let me confront those 'ghosts' and shelters head-on, or let me run around the desert outside."

And I don't have such a strong physique to resist pollution, no matter how hard I try, I won't be able to reach your level for the rest of my life. ”

Zhu Youqian knew his character, so he didn't say more.

"By the way, the doctor said, let you come back and see him." The real estate agent reminded.

Zhu Youqian answered, opened the heavy metal door, and walked deep underground.

The agent propped his arm on the table, his eyes staring in the direction he left, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Zhu is rich...... When the world is about to die, this kind of person is at the forefront. ”

He shook his head, remembering the Foundation's major power outage three years ago, when they hunted down the 'ghosts' all the way to the edge of the Moka Desert.

One of the 'ghosts' with space-related abilities actually stole the [Data Expunged] on the eighteenth floor and almost escaped to the outside world.

"Thankfully, he wasn't amnesticized."

……

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This is the headquarters of the Salvation Foundation, known as the place of the Eighteen Purgatory.

'Ghosts' and objects contained from all over the world will be transported here in secrecy and held in layers according to the type of danger.

Foundation personnel are divided into five levels: S, A, B, C, and D.

D-class personnel are only allowed to operate on the first floor, C-class personnel are allowed to enter floors 1 to 15, B-class personnel are allowed to enter the 16th floor, and A-class personnel are allowed to operate on the 17th floor.

A-class personnel are allowed to enter the eighteenth floor when accompanied by at least one S-class personnel.

Only S-class personnel can freely enter and exit all levels without restrictions.

After several insurance measures, Zhu Youqian came to the deepest part of the eighteenth floor.

It was a huge room made of special materials, three hundred square meters in size, and in the center of the room stood a transparent cylindrical glass jar, and a handsome young man who looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old was soaking in a glowing green liquid, and a silver key hung around his neck.

One of the three founders of the Salvation Foundation, the one who travels through time and space and the door of truth, and the controller of [DATA EXPUNGED], Ph.D.

Zhu Youqian didn't dare to get too close, because even with the suppression of the dark water, within a diameter of ten meters around the doctor, time and space were distorted.

The boy opened his eyes, and his voice was old and hoarse, as if it were coming from far away:

"Did you see him?"

"Hmm."

Zhu Youqian responded from afar.

Even if he can see the projection of the past and the future world, the doctor will still confirm it himself on some of the most important events.

He seemed to be asleep and didn't speak again for a long time, and Zhu Youqian waited patiently on the side.

"Don't interfere with anything about him until you inevitably come into contact again."

"Yes."

"Let's go back."

Zhu Youqian didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left.

When he returned to the surface, he couldn't help but feel a little worried as he thought about the doctor's face.

Compared with two years ago, the other party is much younger, and [DATA EXPUNGED] gives him the ability to travel through time and space, and at the same time, it inevitably eats up his own time.

"How long will the Doctor be able to exist?"

This was something that all of their S-Class members and the other two founders had been worried about.

It's getting closer and closer to the cataclysm that covered the entire blue star.

"Xia Ren, can he really influence the outcome of destruction?"

If not, I'll have to do it......

Zhu Youqian recalled in his mind that eighteen years ago, after his father bloodbathed the family of the Metropolitan Councilor who betrayed him, he walked up to him covered in blood.

Facing his son, whom he hadn't seen for half a year, Zhu Dashan just stretched out his hand and gently stroked his cheek.

"Rich, you have to remember that in this world, only our father and son can rely on each other.

Don't expose all your strength in front of others, no matter who you face, you must keep a little and a little more! ”

……

……

Recently, the weather has been cool, Uncle Qin has had dinner early, and he is about to go out for a walk with his family's prosperity.

As soon as he walked out of the corridor, he saw a person with a suitcase and a schoolbag behind him, coming straight to this side.

Uncle Qin is old, and his eyesight is a little bad, but he just looks at the silhouette of this person, a little familiar, and only when the person walks in, he can see the other party's face clearly.

"It's not ......"

He stopped the young man, who looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with shoulder-length short hair, and looked at him carefully, a little surprised: "Aren't you the grandson of the old Liu family?" ”

The young man who was recognized looked up a little shyly, and when he saw Uncle Qin, he didn't know where to put his hand for a while: "You, you ......"

"I'm your Uncle Qin, who lives on the second floor, when you were a child, you came back with your parents, and I wanted to hug you, but you were in a hurry to hide, and you accidentally fell on the shit, forgot? Your name is Liu Xiuxiu, I still remember it. ”

"Huh? Not...... Qin, hello Uncle Qin. The young man named Liu Xiuxiu was red-faced and hesitant, he was not good at communicating with people, and he just wanted to leave this old man quickly.

"Hey!"

Uncle Qin suddenly sighed heavily, "What about your parents?" Why didn't I come back with you? ”

At the mention of this, Liu Xiuxiu's eyes dimmed: "They have passed away a long time ago, and I also rushed back when I heard the news of my grandmother's death." ”

Uncle Qin suddenly realized that he had lost his words, "In this way, you see that Uncle is stupid, I didn't expect it to be like this." I've passed away a long time ago......"

Who did Mrs. Liu's phone call to before?

Uncle Qin changed the topic and said, "You are going upstairs, right, come, Uncle will help you." ”

He snatched the box from Liu Xiuxiu's hand, and with the other hand, he took Wangcai and took the initiative to go upstairs.

"Don't you know, I haven't come back for so many years, but the neighborhood has changed a lot, settle down tomorrow, and my uncle will take you around......"

He chattered, but Liu Xiuxiu didn't listen to a word.

When he got to the corner of the fourth floor, Wangcai suddenly stopped leaving, and he couldn't pull it.

Uncle Qin suddenly remembered the fear that had once been dominated by the mysterious residents on the fifth floor.

"Give you good food and drink every day, it's so useless at a critical time."

Reprimanded Wangcai, and at the same time gave himself courage, Uncle Qin smiled at Liu Xiuxiu, let go of the dog leash, and continued to go upstairs.

It's better to have someone with you now than nothing.

Liu Xiuxiu took out the key and opened the door, didn't let Uncle Qin in, but just took his suitcase.

"Then, I'll go first."

Uncle Qin didn't want to stay here longer, but when he was leaving, he still didn't feel at ease and instructed: "This house opposite the door is a little weird, try not to go out at night, even if you go out, if you see someone coming out of the opposite door, you must pretend not to see it, you know?" ”

He said something mysterious, and Liu Xiuxiu also became nervous: "What's wrong with the door?" ”

Uncle Qin lowered his voice, as if guarding against others, and whispered: "You are an empty house opposite the door, and there are no people, so there are some ...... inside."

"Huh?"

Liu Xiuxiu was suddenly startled and pulled the black box behind.

Uncle Qin didn't expect him to be so timid, and comforted him in turn: "Don't worry, you just need to be careful, it'll be fine, just do what I say." ”

"Thank you, uncle."

Waiting for the other party to close the door, Uncle Qin went downstairs and took Wangcai, who was waiting in place, thinking in his heart, the plan to find someone to go to the fifth floor to exorcise evil spirits must be hurried, and this child cannot be frightened.

Just then, he heard a soft "squeak".

Looking up, the door of the uninhabited house on the fifth floor opened a gap, and the light came out of the gap, but there was no one to be seen.

Uncle Qin's legs trembled, and he ran downstairs with Wangcai in his hand.

Qin Yun stretched out his head to look in the corridor and said to Xia Ren, "The door is closed on the other side, why don't you wait for tomorrow to take a look?" ”

Opposite, on the other side of the door.

"I'm too hard......"

Liu Xiuxiu was very panicked, he took out the necklace around his neck and touched the round pendant.

The touch of the five-pointed star pattern on it finally made his heart beat a little calmer.

……

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At two o'clock in the morning, with a soft "click", a thin long-haired figure opened the door of Xia Ren's house.

Liu Xiuxiu carried the black box on her back and quietly touched it in with a pair of eyes without a degree.