A huge blue whale floated to the surface of the sea, spewing water above its head like a jade pillar.

The jade pillar collapsed and shattered into stars in the sunlight.

The blue whale let out a mournful roar, and the iron anchor-like tail fin swirled into a whirlpool.

The whirlpool gradually expanded, and the blue whale slowly sank.

Schools of colorful fish surround its body, and shellfish and starfish cling to the surface of its skin.

The blue whale exhaled the last breath of air in its lungs, and thousands of foams rose from the dark depths.

Countless plankton are here, and the carcasses of blue whales will be their home to thrive.

When a whale falls, all things are born.

The bottom of the sea was suddenly illuminated by lights, and Zhou Zhen struggled to wake up, and the whale fall in his dream made him panic.

Everything in front of me was spinning, and my throat was dry as if it had been burned by fire.

The soft feather mattress, the carved Chinese screen, he didn't have to think to know that this was Natasha's bedroom, and the smell of perfume that once haunted him now smelled of blood.

He touched his forehead, the butt of the gun smashed a new wound, and also tore open the old wound, both wounds have scabbed, and the time to faint should not be short.

"Awake?"

Natasha sat on the edge of the bed with a book on her knees.

"Lao Cheng..."

Zhou Zhen propped up his body to find Cheng Xu.

The screen blocked his view, and he moved to the edge of the bed and struggled to stand up, but he felt dizzy and sat back on his legs.

"Where's Lao Cheng?"

He asked Natasha helplessly.

"Dead."

Natasha replied lightly.

"Dead..."

These two words were like another blow to the butt of a gun, smashing Zhou Zhen's chest sluggishly, he rolled out of bed with his hands and feet, crawled out of the screen a few steps, and vomited on the ground with a burst of nausea.

The answer is not unexpected, what hit Zhou Zhen is not sadness, but regret for his incompetence, he originally still had illusions, thinking that he could finally think of a way, but when he woke up, he found that everything was too late.

"He didn't want to kill you, you know?"

Zhou Zhi vomited all the wine in his stomach and lay on the floor panting.

"Well, he talked to me, and it was his own choice."

Natasha put down the book, stepped forward to help Zhou Zhen back on the bed, and took out the portable terminal to show him.

The screen shows the case database of the enterprise alliance, and the folder of the company is marked with "closed" in red font, and he clicks on the details of the case, and the closing report is very simple.

"The main person responsible for the violation, Cheng Xu, acting CEO of the Armored Mouse Company, ID number..., resisted arrest by force in the light of science and technology, eight armed security guards died bravely, and Cheng Xu, a serious violator, was killed on the spot, the ID chip has been checked, and it is indeed Cheng Xu himself, and a copy of the Remington M870 shotgun was confiscated, and the corresponding bullets were not collected, and the case was concluded."

After reading the case, Zhou Zhen felt a little relieved, after all, Lao Cheng would not be willing to be arrested, and his dying did not make the enterprise alliance suffer, the M870 had only eight bullets, so he let him kill eight security guards in one go.

Thinking of the toxins in his body, he couldn't help but envy him a little, he didn't have to endure the torment of waiting for death.

Natasha put a glass of water on the bedside table: "I hacked Amiko's ID chip and locked the location in a desert, and the corporate alliance won't go to her, this is another thing you asked me to do." ”

"Thank you."

Zhou Zhen licked his chapped lips, picked up the glass of water and drank it all.

After what happened to Cheng Xu, he seemed to have forgotten how to get along with Natasha, and the relationship between the two became awkward and strange.

"Why don't you go to Jiro Oshima, he might be able to help you do another soul transfer."

Natasha sat back on the edge of the bed and spread the book again.

Zhou Zhen shook his head and said: "I am a threat and a guarantee to Jiro Oshima, I live safely, and the agreement between Hayes and him will continue to be established, although the Armored Rat Company is now scattered, he still does not dare to act rashly against Thomas and Zhong Xiaoguang, and if I put my life in his hands again, it is equivalent to giving him a chance to eliminate the threat."

Natasha asked again, "What about a month from now?" ”

Zhou Zhen thought for a moment and replied, "I will hand over the phantom system to Zhong Xiaoguang, and he will continue to maintain the threat to Oshima." ”

Natasha snorted and stopped continuing the topic: "If you're rested, there's food in the fridge and you've been in a coma all day." ”

...

After filling his stomach, Zhou Zhen was a little at a loss, and all kinds of emotions filled his mind.

Cheng Xu's death is irretrievable, and the energy experiment is no longer under control, Natasha, Zhong Xiaoguang, Amiko, Bernard, the fate of these people has nothing to do with him.

All he could control was the last month of his life, and he couldn't even think of what kind of attitude he should take to say goodbye to the world and say goodbye again.

The cold wind of the air conditioner gave him a headache, and he opened the window to look down.

It was evening, the sun was setting, the vegetation in front of the building was burning, and several pieces of land were mottled with blood and dark red, and the fierce battle between Cheng Xu and the security guards should have taken place there.

The sound waves in the field of vision are messy, the breeze blows the grass and yellow leaves, the animals roam the bushes, the human struggle seems to be a passing cloud, and the old city is still alive in autumn.

Turning around, Natasha sat on the edge of the bed and read a book, the silhouette was beautiful like a sculpture, Zhou Zhen took two steps towards the bedroom, suddenly felt unhappy, and turned around and walked to the sofa.

The body of the bartender next to the couch had been removed, and the blood stains on the floor were still visible after wiping it away.

Zhou Zhen lay on the sofa with his eyes closed, the sunlight from the window gradually dimmed, the smell of gunpowder after the shotgun was fired, and the fishy smell left by the corpse were mixed with haunting snorts.

He fantasizes that he is back on the battlefield, and this imagination always relaxes him, and the death that humans fear the most is commonplace on the battlefield, and when the greatest fear disappears, all emotions will dissipate.

Thinking so, he fell into a deep sleep again.

When night completely covered the old city, Zhou Zhen was awakened by the cacophony of noise.

"Air raid alert?"

He jumped up from the couch, a sound that still made his heart beat after forty years of absence.

"The elevator monitoring alarm, there is an intruder..."

Natasha ran over in her nightdress, a rare look of horror on her face.

Zhou Zhen subconsciously took two steps forward and blocked Natasha behind him: "Intruder? Why didn't Lao Cheng and I call the police when we were in the elevator? ”

"You don't have any weapons."

Natasha's voice couldn't hide the panic: "I fixed the security system in this building, and the police will only be called when the monitor identifies the weapon. ”

In front of the surveillance screen, Natasha turns off the disturbing alarm.

The elevator was close to the twentieth floor, and there were ten men crammed inside, all wearing wide-brimmed hats, whose faces could not be captured by the camera, and the surveillance highlighted weapons, each carrying a long or short firearm.

"Why would they know there was an elevator?"

Zhou Zhen was surprised, when ordinary people arrived at the Hall of Light of Technology, they would never think that the elevator was still running, especially those born after the energy crisis.

This is also the reason why Natasha has set up a hiding place on the upper floor, and almost no one will try to attack here, after all, she has climbed more than thirty floors on her legs, and a normal person should be tired and can't lift a gun.

"It's too late to think about the reason, it's easy to dare to take the elevator."

Natasha rushed to the substation box and quickly closed the elevator's switch.

After a click, the lights in the elevator went out, but came back on a few seconds later.

"Natasha, the elevator is still going up."

Zhou Zhen stared at the screen and announced loudly.

"Impossible, I repaired the elevator, and I connected the circuit, how could it be..."

Natasha, who has always been calm, also panicked at the moment.

"Turn off the main gate."

Zhou Zhen came up with a way in a hurry, and the elevator had reached the twenty-fifth floor at this time.

"No, no!"

Natasha almost screamed in refusal.

"Huh?"

Zhou Zhen thought that he had misheard, and seeing that the elevator was getting closer and closer, several intruders loaded their spears, and he urged: "Hurry up and close the main gate, I don't have a weapon." ”

"Then, then you come over first, otherwise I won't close."

Natasha's tone turned out to be like a child who is spoiled by adults.

Zhou Zhen was suddenly confused, but he had no time to argue at the moment, he rushed into the substation, pushed Natasha away, and pulled down the main gate.

The fluorescent lamps on the ceiling gradually went out, and the thirty-sixth floor instantly became pitch black.

"Old, Old Zhou..."

Natasha's voice trembled, and she fumbled around Zhou's arm, as if grasping at a life-saving straw.

Zhou Zhen was pinched by Natasha, he had never seen her weak side, and he was suddenly a little at a loss, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?" Just turn off the switch. ”

Natasha didn't answer, just buried her face in Zhou Zhi's arms.

Zhou Zhen suddenly realized: "You? Natasha? Are you afraid of the dark? ”

He almost laughed out loud, this woman who was harder than an iceberg was even scared, and through her plump breasts and light nightdress, Zhou Zhen could clearly feel Natasha's violent heartbeat.

She gasped and said, "Why do you think I'm going to keep the lights on all night at the Dukang Liquor Shop?" That little money isn't enough..."

But before the words came out, Zhou Zhen had already reached out to cover her mouth and said in her ear: "Don't make a sound, the elevator didn't stop." ”