The first layer of the light of technology.

The hall was empty, with dozens of charred corpses gone, grass growing from the cracked cracks of the marble floor, vines and plants that had burrowed into the interior walls had been cut down, and burned wires dangling in the wind from the remains of the chandelier.

"It doesn't look like a human being."

Cheng Xu muttered to himself and walked to the corner, picked up a piece of fragment of a wireless power receiver, looked at it and threw it away.

"Shh

Zhou Zhen stepped forward and patted Cheng Xu's back, motioned for him to shut up, and then pointed upward.

He saw a strange sound wave, the sound of a large electrical appliance running, the source of which was located on the upper floors.

"What floor?"

Cheng Xu asked in sign language.

Zhou Zhen counted while judging the distance of the sound waves, first three fingers were erected in his left hand, five fingers in his right hand were erected in turn, and the middle finger and ring finger were bent down.

"Three... Six, fuck the ninth floor??? ”

Cheng Xu didn't dare to make a sound, cursing with his mouth, the road into the city was difficult, and when he reached the light of science and technology, his physical strength was already running out.

Zhou Zhen shook his head with a wry smile, and also replied with his mouth: "Thirty-six...".

…

The stairwell was equipped with a fire door, and the walls were very thick, so it looked like the sound insulation should be good, and the two finally dared to speak in a low voice when they climbed the stairs.

When he climbed to the tenth floor, Cheng Xu felt that his legs were no longer his own.

He sat on the stairs and gasped and complained, "Old Zhou, can you tell me what we are here for, even if my last wish will not work?" I don't want to die of exhaustion. ”

Zhou Zhen already had an injury on his head, and his condition was worse than Cheng Xu's, and his tired eyes were full of gold stars at the moment, he tried to use the phantom, but once he started the system, his head hurt like it was about to crack.

"Natasha."

Now, there is nothing to hide from Cheng Xu, after all, he will be a witness later, and with his current physical condition, what he should be worried about is not whether he will attack Natasha on impulse, but if Natasha has murderous intentions, he will not be able to run.

"She? Upstairs? ”

Cheng Xu raised his head and stacked layers of lines, his cloudy eyes were round, as if he had dug out half of the two potatoes from the mud.

"Well, Lao Cheng, listen to my explanation..."

Zhou Zhen saw that Cheng Xu's expression was different, and his brain immediately spun rapidly, trying to find some excuse to calm him down.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Xu patted his thigh, and smiled in surprise: "Hey, you said that you are old, and you have to hide it from me when you are looking for a woman, what, are you afraid that I will rob you?" ”

Zhou Zhen smiled awkwardly with him: "Uh, I want to give you, uh, a surprise?" ”

He couldn't help but be a little envious of Cheng Xu's simplicity, this guy didn't associate Natasha with the leaker at all.

The two of them opened their words halfway, Cheng Xu's mood was much better, and the strength to climb the building also returned, Zhou Zhen had talked to him about the importance of Natasha to the whole plan before, although the company existed in name only, but it was always a pleasure to find important old colleagues.

But this kind of excitement lasted for five floors, and in the stairwell on the fifteenth floor, Cheng Xu was close to being paralyzed, and Zhou Zhen was retching on the wall on the side.

"Lao Zhou, I have to say, Natasha, this woman is really not simple, she can climb to the thirty-sixth floor."

Cheng Xu leaned against the wall and took off his shirt, squeezed out a pool of sweat in his hand, picked it up again and wiped the sweat on his face, and gave Zhou Zhen a thumbs up and said: "Fucking you are not simple, with her physical fitness, you have not been squeezed dry, this is really..."

"Wait, wait, don't talk yet, listen..."

Zhou Zhen stretched out his hand and pointed to the wall inside the stairwell, panting and stammering to interrupt Cheng Xu.

"Listen to what?"

Cheng Xu was stunned, frowned and listened for a while, and then sat on the ground: "Fuck, this is..."

"Elevator..."

The two said the word in unison.

Fifteen floors of elevators filled with musty and bird droppings.

"It's Natasha, the elevator that has been abandoned for forty years can be repaired."

Cheng Xu sighed with his index finger in his mouth, the elevator call button was leaking, and he was slammed just now.

"Old Cheng, be careful, the devil knows what will come out of it."

Zhou Zhen frowned and gestured at him, Cheng Xu sighed, and hid against the wall next to the elevator door.

The elevator came to a stop with a screeching sound of metal, and the light above the elevator door flashed twice, popping out a few sparks before quickly dimming.

The rusted iron door creaked and groaned and parted on either side, propping out a narrow slit and never moving again.

Zhou Zhen could distinguish heavy breathing, accelerated heartbeat, and the sound of knees colliding as his legs trembled from the sound waves.

"Someone."

He gave sign language to Cheng Xu, Cheng Xu understood, and also responded in sign language: "Wait for your order." ”

Zhou Zhen held his breath and raised his thumb, and a second later raised his index finger... When the middle finger is raised, the two of them rush out from both sides at the same time, protect their bodies with the elevator door, and hold the door frame with both hands and force them to both sides.

The gap in the elevator door was slowly opened, Zhou Zhen glanced in, and there was a young man curled up in the corner of the elevator, his face was pale, his eyes were distracted, and his mouth could not make a sound. ”

Cheng Xu dodged into the elevator and was about to reach out to grab the man, the man screamed hoarsely, his head fell suddenly, Cheng Xu was stunned before he squatted down, held his chin and lifted his face, the man had already foamed at the mouth and fainted.

"Am I so horrible to look at?"

Cheng Xu pointed to his old face incomprehensibly.

Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "In a building that no one has lived in for forty years, someone on the fifteenth floor suddenly presses the elevator, and even if you are a big beauty, you can scare him out." ”

After that, he walked into the elevator and squatted down to look at the man: "This person is a little familiar." ”

Cheng Xu hehehe: "What, I met a rival in love?" ”

Zhou Zhen ignored his joke, and after pondering for a while, his eyes lit up: "Hey, this is the bartender of Du Kang's wine shop." ”

It seems that Natasha is indeed hiding here, most likely upstairs, but this also confirms that she is the leaker, Zhou Zhen suddenly felt seven up and eight times in his heart, and he helped the bartender up in front of him, and waved his hand to let Cheng Xu hide in the corner of the elevator door.

Cheng Xu smiled evilly and said, "Hehe, do you want to surprise her?" ”

Zhou Zhen had no choice but to smile awkwardly.

The elevator staggered upward, the floor indicator light had long been broken, and after about two minutes, the sound of electricity came from the loudspeaker overhead, and the elevator was dragged up for a short time by inertia, and then stopped with a bang.

The elevator doors opened again, this time without any stuttering.

Zhou Zhen's eyes lit up, not only because of the dazzling lights outside the door, but also Natasha in a long black dress.

She stood leaning against a table, holding a shotgun in her hand, her long blond hair cut to shoulder-length short, and her face without makeup looked a little tired.

"Lao Cheng, don't hide, don't you know that there are cameras in the elevator?"

Natasha's expression was cold, and her voice didn't fluctuate.

Cheng Xu poked out half of his face from the corner of the elevator, and just let out a hey hey with a hippie smile, Natasha suddenly pulled the trigger, and a shotgun flew head-on.

Zhou Zhi's eyes were quick, and he dragged the bartender to his side to dodge half a step, Cheng Xu scolded me fuck, and quickly ducked back to the corner, the elevator shook violently, and the metal wall was drilled out of seven round holes by projectiles.

"Natasha! What the fuck are you shooting at me for? ”

Cheng Xu hugged his head and shouted, he couldn't have imagined that the surprise that Zhou Zhen said turned into a fright as soon as they met.

Natasha was stunned for a few seconds when asked, and didn't know how to answer for a while, so she loaded the shotgun again, held the gun and asked, "Then what are you sneaking in the corner for?" ”

"Fucking Old Zhou said he was going to surprise you."

As soon as Cheng Xu's words fell, she shot again.

"Are you nervous?"

Cheng Xu touched his empty waist and shouted to Zhou Qian: "Old Zhou, you have something to say." ”

"How dare you mention him again!"

Natasha's voice was accompanied by the sound of a shotgun being loaded.

"Don't be, it's time to fall down the elevator if you shoot again, I won't say it, okay, what kind of hatred do you two have?"

Cheng Xu had no choice but to give in at the moment, and spread his hands towards Zhou Qian, meaning that he would quickly explain.

Zhou Zhen pointed to his face helplessly, meaning that Natasha didn't recognize this face.

"That other kid, you are also from the Armored Rat Company, I advise you not to sell your life to them, I can't say that one day they will sell your life to others."

Natasha shifted her gun and pointed at the corner where Zhou Zhen and the bartender were hiding.

Zhou Zhen's heart suddenly soured, could it be that Natasha leaked the secret to avenge herself? The day of the public trial was the last time he saw Natasha, after which she disappeared, and she should not have known about her resurrection, and the voice and messages on the encrypted network, when Hayes and Thomas mentioned it, were full of vague descriptions.

But after thinking about it, I can't be sure, Natasha is a rational person who is almost cold, revenge is not the slightest benefit to her, and the risk is extremely high, how can she...

At this time, Cheng Xu's mumping sound interrupted Zhou Xu's thoughts, he hurriedly looked at Cheng Xu from the bartender's shoulder, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Natasha was already standing in the elevator, and the barrel of the shotgun was stuffed in Cheng Xu's mouth.

"Lao Cheng, pull out your gun, don't pretend to be soft-hearted when it comes to the end, Hayes's rotten things are now up to you."

Natasha said coldly.

Cheng Xu clasped his hands behind his head and looked at Zhou Zhen in despair.

Zhou Zhen didn't dare to hesitate any longer, leaned the bartender on the corner of the wall, stepped forward and pressed her arm: "Natasha, put the gun down, we didn't bring a gun, we didn't come to trouble you." ”

Cheng Xu hummed and echoed vaguely: "Yes, yes, he is Zhou Qian, I can prove it." ”

Natasha didn't look back, the butt of the gun jerked up, Zhou Zhen deliberately did not dodge, let the butt of the gun smash on his face, and his cheekbones immediately swollen.

Zhou Zhen took a sip of the blood in his mouth, grabbed Natasha's arm and said: "Before I joined the Shennong Group, you advised me not to trust Hayes, you left early that night, and I also looked for you on the night of my arrest, and you told me to go to the basement in code, where there was a bottle of broken red wine, and the memory chip was stuck under the low table..."

Zhou Zhen narrated the process from the arrest to the execution to the soul transfer of the energy experiment, and in the process of narrating, he felt Natasha's soft arm tremble slightly, so he gently pulled her back and slowly moved the barrel out of Cheng Xu's mouth.

As Zhou's narration ended, the barrel of the shotgun pointed at the ground, and Natasha turned her head to look at his face: "You're uglier than before." ”

Zhou Zhen rubbed his red and swollen cheekbones and smiled: "I was beaten crooked by you." ”

"Oh, I don't like this face anyway."

Natasha helped the bartender out of the elevator, her face still covered in frost, but the doubt in her eyes was gone.