As the sun sets, the horses walk slowly on the grassy fields, and the old city behind them is already submerged in the night.

Zhou Zhen was wearing headphones, and old songs from two hundred years ago were playing in the headphones.

"How many oceans does a white dove have to fly to sleep in the dunes. How many times would it take for these bullets to skim the sky before they could be sealed forever. ”

The song has been played on a loop for three hours, and he hasn't spoken to Zhong Xiaoguang for three hours.

Zhong Xiaoguang was very disappointed that he could not participate in the operation, and on the way out of the city, he chattered all the way.

But Zhou Zhen didn't respond to a word, just silently turned up the volume of the headphones.

Now, Zhong Xiaoguang also said that he was tired, and he was bored fiddling with the portable terminal on the horse.

Zhou Zhen was also staring at the portable terminal, he was looking at the plan of action for Jiro Oshima's mission.

From the time he walked out of the old city to now, he had read these contents hundreds of times, racking his brains to find a better solution, but he had been failing, and the smell of conspiracy seemed to be stronger, and he also failed to figure it out.

So he sent a message addressed to Hayes. Rhodes, the general manager of the Armored Rat Company, his partner and old comrade-in-arms, is also the publisher of Jiro Oshima's mission.

"Regarding Jiro Oshima's mission, is there any possibility of adjustment?"

A few seconds later, the portable terminal received a reply.

"Brother, are you really old? When did you start to become so indecisive? ”

"It's not indecision, in the Light of Technology mission, I found that Oshima seems to be a sympathizer, and the target of his funding is the unemployed of the Light of Technology."

"Then he deserves to die, doesn't he?"

"But it's too much of a coincidence, you know, I don't believe in coincidences, and it's all about conspiracy behind coincidences."

"This is normal, the assassination order itself is a conspiracy orchestrated by the customer, and according to the rules of the trade, we should not be interrogated about the grudge between the customer and the target."

"OK, I have no objection to the assassination of Oshima, what about the plan of action? There is no better solution. ”

"I know what you're thinking, but he's a necessity, don't forget our way of survival."

"Okay."

"Brother, I wish you a victory."

Riding through a low hill, a solar-powered street sign appears in front of you, the street sign senses a pedestrian approaching, the LED screen automatically lights up, and the speaker simultaneously plays a video of advertising recorded in a soft female voice.

"The 53rd generation of the Mayyaz portable terminal is now available, biomass and solar power are dual-powered, with lower energy consumption and faster speed, allowing you to travel the neutrino network anytime, anywhere, remember, the energy crisis has limited the pace of human beings, and Mayyaz technology has made us no longer alone."

"What kind of world, I've only bought this fifty-generation machine for half a year, and the fifty-third generation has come out, don't you need energy to make these broken things?"

Zhong Xiaoguang didn't leave the terminal with his eyes, and scolded himself.

Zhou Zhen looked at the direction shown by the street sign:

"300 km to the northwest, A28 three-dimensional city.

130 kilometers due east, A21 three-dimensional city. ”

He snapped his fingers at Zhong Xiaoguang and pulled the horse's head northwest.

"Old Zhou, are you confused? The headquarters of the Armored Rats company is located in A21. ”

Zhong Xiaoguang hit his horse to catch up, and reminded Zhou Zhen in his ear with his throat.

"Be quiet, I'm not listening to music!"

Zhou Zhen rubbed his ears and scolded.

"I'm going to A28 to do some errands, you come along, business."

"Oh, okay, by the way, look at the internship report I just wrote about this operation."

Zhong Xiaoguang said and handed over the portable terminal, Zhou Zhen took it and looked at it for a few seconds, and then threw it back to him.

Zhong Xiaoguang glanced at the screen, and his voice trembled in a hurry.

"Why did you delete it for me, more than 10,000 words!"

"You don't need to write a report for this operation, you have to sign the contract for regularization, just sign it electronically, send it to your mailbox, check it."

Zhou Zhen replied without raising his head, and then he turned on the noise cancellation function of the headphones, blocking Zhong Xiaoguang's cheers for half a minute.

After the sun went down, the two set up camp by a creek that was off the beaten track.

Zhou Zhen hit two hares with Zhong Xiaoguang's crossbow, roasted them on the bonfire, and took out a few glass bottles from his satchel and sprinkled spices on the hares.

Zhong Xiaoguang felt extremely strange when he saw all this, his parents were low-level employees, they couldn't afford the sky-high prices of vegetables, meat, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the store, and they didn't have hunting and farming licenses.

So he didn't eat anything else but the free supply of nutritious food.

Seeing the sizzling rabbit and smelling the aroma of barbecue mixed with seasonings, he felt as if he had entered a whole new world.

"Has the contract been signed?"

Zhou Zhi used his hunting knife to make some cuts in the rabbit meat as he spoke.

"I've signed it early, and I've uploaded it."

Zhong Xiaoguang tried his best to control the opening of his mouth when he spoke, so as to prevent saliva from flowing out.

"Well, have you read the terms?"

Zhou Zhen is still expressionless, and since he came out of the old city, he has been wearing this stinky face.

"Look, hehe, the salary is the highest among new employees, 15 degrees a year."

Zhong Xiaoguang replied with swallowing saliva.

"What about the other terms?"

"Also, I watched it, but I didn't look closely."

"There is a clause in it, if you die in the line of duty, the compensation is ten years' salary, see?"

Zhou Zhi said as he picked up the kettle and rinsed off the seasoning that was stuck on his hands.

"See, the ten-year salary is 150 degrees, much higher than other companies, my dad drives a logistics carriage, and the salary is only 8 degrees a year, and they need field work, so there are also death compensation, do you know how much? It's only 30 degrees. ”

Zhong Xiaoguang stared at the rabbit on the grill intently, and replied without raising his head.

"You're not afraid of death?"

"I don't know, I haven't thought about death, I'm really going to die."

"Not averse to killing?"

Zhou Zhen asked knowingly, he could feel Zhong Xiaoguang's thirst for blood.

"I haven't killed anyone, but I shouldn't be disgusted, I've always wanted to be an energy hunter like you, kill those who should be killed, and save those who should be saved."

Zhong Xiaoguang scratched his head and smiled innocently.

"Well, let's eat."

He didn't say anything more, cut off a rabbit leg and handed it to Zhong Xiaoguang, Zhong Xiaoguang hurriedly took it, put it to his mouth and blew it, and then bit it viciously.

Zhou Zhen cut off a few pieces of rabbit meat, threaded them with branches, inserted them in front of Zhong Xiaoguang, and cut a rabbit leg to gnaw on.

"Thank you Lao Zhou, it's so fragrant, I just learned today that full nutrition food is shit."

Zhong Xiaoguang gobbled it up while giving Zhou Zhen a thumbs up.

"It's delicious, you eat, I'll give you a briefing on the mission to A28."

Zhou Zhen threw away the rabbit leg that he had bitten twice, and he didn't have much appetite now.

"Great, you say, I'll listen."

Zhong Xiaoguang's bloodthirsty excitement was written on his face again.

"This is an assassination mission, and the target is Jiro Oshima, a senior executive in charge of energy at Shennong Group, and a member of the board of directors."

Zhou Zhen's tone did not fluctuate, but Zhong Xiaoguang's excitement was completely replaced by surprise.

"We're going to assassinate the top brass of the Shennong Group?"

"Yes."

"Why kill him?"

"I don't know, customer order, we don't ask why."

"Did he break the rules?"

"I don't know, he may be a sympathizer, but there is no record of violations in the database."

"This, isn't this murder? The Armor Squirrel Company is a regular company..."

Zhong Xiaoguang couldn't believe his ears, his first task after turning positive was to participate in a premeditated murder.

"Yes, it's very formal, we have a special license to undertake assassination orders, and major companies often come to place orders, assassinate gang leaders, assassinate illegal unemployed or something."

"But these people are undoubtedly violators."

"Well, I mean, it's not a violation to take on assassination orders, it's only when those orders are executed that there may be a violation, such as murder."

"So what?"

Zhou Zhen's explanation obviously did not dispel Zhong Xiaoguang's worries.

"Therefore, this mission cannot be carried out as an employee of the Armored Mouse Company, but must be replaced with another identity, and the safest identity is the employee of Shennong Group itself."

"You mean, we need to jump ship to Shennong Group?"

Zhong Xiaoguang asked, Zhou Zhen shook his head and replied:

"It's job hopping, but it's not us, it's you."

"Me? Alone? ”

Zhong Xiaoguang was stunned, and then quickly understood.

"Oh! I know, you are a partner of the Armored Mouse Company, and you went to Shennong Group to apply for a job for some reason, they must be suspicious. ”

"Hmm."

Zhou Zhen looked at Zhong Xiaoguang approvingly, he was really smart, he was a little transparent,

"That's why you're in a hurry to ask me to sign a regular contract, because interns can't change jobs."

Zhong Xiaoguang's emotions became agitated, and he felt that he had been deceived.

"I, can I not do this task?"

His voice trembled violently, and Zhou Zhen patted him on the shoulder, reached out and took out the energy card from his satchel, and threw it in front of him.

"There are more than 1,000 degrees in it, which is considered a bonus for the Light of Science and Technology mission, you can transfer it to your parents, don't take it with you."

"I..."

Zhong Xiaoguang hesitated, he bit his lip and stared at the chip stained with dirt on the ground for a long time, and finally reached out to pick it up and connected it to his portable terminal.

After a few seconds, he raised his hand and threw the energy card far away

"Old Zhou, tell me, what do you want me to do?"

After making up his mind, the excitement seemed to return, Zhou Zhen didn't answer him, just looked into his eyes and asked:

"Is it getting better?"

This time his tone was a little cold.

"Okay, how?"

"I'm going to be you."

Zhou Zhen looked at Zhong Xiaoguang's face, he did look very similar to himself.

"Become me?"

Zhong Xiaoguang's face was full of doubts.

"Well, I don't want to be you, but that's how we survive."

"What to survive..."

Before Zhong Xiaoguang finished speaking, he was interrupted by a gunshot, and then, his body was carried down by the impact of the bullet, blood spurted out from the back of his neck, and the second half of the sentence was stuck in his throat, turning into a whimpering chok.

Zhou Zhen threw away the rifle that was lying on the ground, got up and walked in front of him.

Zhong Xiaoguang hadn't lost his breath yet, his eyes were gradually losing focus, staring at Zhou Zhen's face.

Zhou Zhen squatted down on his knees, lifted the placket of his shirt and bit it in his mouth, grabbed the hunting knife on the ground, and cut a wound deep into the muscle on his left chest, and a few drops of blood dripped down and bloomed on Zhong Xiaoguang's chest.

Then he drew a knife and stabbed it into Zhong Xiaoguang's heart, and with a slight pick of the tip of the knife, an ID chip the size of a fingernail flew out with the splattered blood.

He quickly caught the chip and inserted it into his wound, sending a conscious command to the parasitic system, and the cell proliferation immediately accelerated, and the wound healed quickly.

He took out his portable terminal and scanned the ID chip, which had sensed vital signs and was in a normal state of survival.

"Controlling life and death, regardless of good or evil, is our way of survival."

Zhou Zhen sighed with relief, took off his sheepskin fisherman's hat, covered Zhong Xiaoguang's lifeless face, and then picked up his cap, dusted it, and put it on his head.