Chapter 727: Three Years (5,000 Words)
Crimes against humanity.
Seeing this crime, Cheng Lin didn't even have too many unexpected emotions, after he killed the alliance of various countries, it was inevitable that he would be wanted worldwide.
Originally, he thought that he would be a little angry, but he found that he didn't, and it was obvious that his life in the spirit world in the past few days had made him look down on these things a lot.
Especially considering that humanity may only have three years left...... And why bother?
However, although it was not very unexpected, it still made him feel a little associated.
"Remember, in the third exercise, I was convicted of a crime against humanity and wanted worldwide for sending that sentence to ......the starry sky."
Cheng Lin frowned, it was the third deduction...... Looking back now, the third deduction seems to have revealed many "omens" from the beginning.
For example, the sentence "Hello, Cheng Lin".
For example, to become a "traitor to humanity", to be wanted.
Another example...... Bat......
Cheng Lin shook his head and put these thoughts behind him, and at this time, the waitress girl in the store came over with a sweet smile, holding a small notebook and a ballpoint pen in her hand.
Under the "mind manipulation" ability, she didn't show any abnormalities about the wanted criminal in front of her:
"Something to eat?"
Cheng Lin gathered his thoughts, ordered a few side dishes, and sent her away.
He leaned back in his chair and looked straight to the north, as if through countless distances and obstacles:
"I don't know, what's going on with everyone."
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Liao Province, Ninth Spiritual College.
When Huang Yin drove into the more and more decent academy and walked down the parking lot, the breath of cold winter greeted her.
Even though she wasn't afraid of the cold, she instinctively tightened her neckline, and then put her hands in her coat pockets, and saw that the counselor had already greeted her.
"Dean Huang."
"Well, what's going on in the academy lately?" Huang Yin pushed down the small sunglasses on the bridge of her delicate nose and asked casually while walking along the main road.
"The college is running well, this group of students has officially started classes, well, this batch of students is quite good, and now they finally have experience in teaching, and the teachers are also a lot more professional...... Dean Kong said that he is confident that he will pull the graduation average line up by a cut......
"Yes." Huang Yin nodded casually as she walked, but she thought in her heart, no matter how much she taught, she was afraid that she would not be able to teach a student like Cheng Lin.
Thinking of this name, her expression was a little dark, and then she suddenly remembered something, and asked:
"Sun Xiao's sister...... What do you think? ”
"It's good, I've been assigned to the third class, and I'm temporarily the squad leader, but her ability is weaker."
"It's not a big problem, now the situation has changed, if there are no more accidents, and the world's cultivation forces are stabilized, then the friction between countries will only become less and less, and they will become more and more restrained, and the cultivators who are biased towards combat ability will instead narrow the road, and a special ability like Sun Xiaohan will be more valuable...... Well, that's the trend as well. Huang Yin said indifferently.
After a pause, she added:
"About her brother, it must be kept secret, and it will be slowly revealed after a while to prevent some bad emotions from breeding among the students."
"Yes." The counselor nodded, and then looked a little regretful.
The announcement on Sun Xiao's handling has been made public within the Ninth Division, and the contradiction at Lianshi Station has finally not been completely suppressed.
Although the Ninth Division carried out a certain degree of protection, after all, the impact was bad, and in the end, the Ninth Division still gave him the punishment of dismissal.
Compared to what Sun Xiao did, this is already an excellent result, but it is not very glorious after all.
The other one who left was Hua Bei, but it was not a punishment, but she resigned voluntarily.
I don't know why she intercepted the order and revealed it to Cheng Lin, as if no one knew, but after this incident, Hua Bei seemed to have no idea of working in the Special Department at all.
Perhaps, a peaceful life is more suitable for her.
Walking on the campus in winter, Huang Yin talked to the counselor about work, and then when she was almost done, she had already come to the college square and saw the landscape boulder engraved with the names of graduates.
With a wave of his hand, the counselor left silently, and when she was the only one left in the huge square, Huang Yin slowly walked to the boulder and saw the name that was in the center, which made everyone in the academy proud not long ago, but now it has become infamous.
In the cold morning light, Huang Yin stood quietly for a long time, then raised her right hand and erased the name with her fingertips, and after that, her eyes hidden behind sunglasses suddenly became extremely complicated, and murmured:
"Cheng Lin ......"
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Capital.
Although Cheng Lin's disappearance was only a few days, for the vast majority of people, it had become a distant concept from the moment he left the border.
It's like people don't pay much attention to the wars and diseases that happen in the rest of the country, and they always feel that they are far away.
Of course, the more important factor is that everyone still needs to live after all.
In addition, it was probably the exhaustion of crossing the country that finally tossed people's nerves, so the Internet Mountain, those discussions about Cheng Lin suddenly faded away.
Everything seems to be back on track, but there are still undercurrents, and countries are still wary of the possible appearance of Cheng Lin, and no one knows where this "madman" will appear.
In this atmosphere, the Special Management Department has also shifted to the strategy of "loosening the outside and tightening the inside", actively investigating on the one hand, and organizing people on the other hand to guard against possible recurrence of projections...... In addition, a series of personnel changes are taking place.
Just as Shi Shengcun said at the beginning, taking this opportunity, the departments of the Department of Terry in all regions of the country have undergone a reshuffle, and the most unknown of them, but also caused the greatest turmoil internally, is that "Liyang" officially replaced Shi Shengcun and took over as the head of the department.
The reason is that Shi Shengcun needs to recuperate, so he resigned and took a back seat, but if you taste it carefully, there is no meaning in it.
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Yanshan.
Today's Yanshan is much calmer than the previous days, and the staff walking here no longer need to be in such a hurry.
In the ancient Taoist temple near the top of the mountain, it is still quiet, but only the people of Yishi know that today's seclusion is different.
"That's it, mail it to my home for me, I'm in trouble."
When Liang Jing approached the courtyard, he saw that the door of the elegant house in his hometown was open, and the clerks of the two departments were each moving a small cardboard box.
Today is the day when Shi Shengcun officially left the First Division, but it is difficult for anyone to think that after working here for so long, he only took away a small amount of personal belongings.
Liang Jing watched the two of them walk away, and then looked at the figure standing in front of the door again, and then her expression suddenly fluctuated significantly, because she suddenly found that the figure standing under the porch was obviously weak.
Shi Shengcun was not wearing a uniform, his face was vicissitudes, his skin was dull, and his black hair, which had always been shiny, was dyed a little white, yellow, and sloppy.
Compared to his appearance in the special department a few days ago, he seemed to have aged several years all of a sudden, and even those eyes were a lot darker.
At this moment, he also noticed Liang Jing, so he smiled weakly, as if he wanted to say hello, but suddenly coughed uncontrollably, and subconsciously covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
"How are you......" Liang Jing hurriedly walked over and asked.
Immediately, I saw Shi Shengcun waving his hand, coughing again, and his face became even paler: "It's okay." ”
Liang Jing was silent and said, "Your situation is very bad. ”
It was a statement in tone, because she was sure of it, not only because of the other person's performance, but also because she knew him well enough to be more convinced.
"Why else do you think I'm going to quit?"
"I thought...... Recuperation is just an excuse. ”
Shi Shengcun smiled bitterly: "Where are there so many excuses." ”
Liang Jing didn't speak, but there was more worry and some doubts in his eyes.
In her memory, although Shi Shengcun was seriously injured in the battle with Lancelot, he had already contained the situation and began to recover...... So, when did it start to deteriorate dramatically?
She thought for a moment, then remembered that the transformation probably happened after the projection disaster.
From that moment on, Shi Shengcun seemed to suddenly worsen his injuries and quickly weakened.
At the time, she just thought it was a lack of rest, but now that she recalls everything from that time, she always feels a little suspicious.
This is also the reason why she finally decided to come here today, she is afraid that when the other party leaves, there will be no chance to ask.
"Something? Or is it just a simple goodbye? ”
In the small courtyard, the wind was very light, which made people feel peaceful, and Shi Shengcun looked at her.
Liang Jing took a deep breath and said:
"In the past few days, I have been hiding in the mountains, doing nothing, and I have been in a state of confusion for a while, and I have been waiting for the results of the department's treatment, but I have not waited."
"I told you, it's not your fault." Shi Shengcun said calmly.
He understood that Liang Jing was referring to the fact that the "top-secret documents" were stolen by Secretary Zhao, which led to the leakage.
After the incident, Liang Jing was almost broken down with guilt, but now it seems that she should have eased up.
"Why wasn't it my fault?" Liang Jing asked rhetorically, and then without waiting for him to answer, he said to himself, "I know, you must say that according to the process, it is in line with the rules to hand it over to him, so I don't have to blame myself too much...... However, I hid in my room for the past few days and thought about it carefully, and found some problems that I hadn't noticed before. ”
"What's the problem?"
"My mental state that day was very wrong, it was very wrong from waking up, I thought it was due to the exhaustion of the battle, but I still felt that something was wrong."
Liang Jing paused and continued:
"It was also a coincidence that you asked me to hand over the papers, whether it was when I arrived and the minister happened to be in a meeting...... It's all a coincidence. Although it seems reasonable, according to your habit, even if I were asked to hand it over, I should have reminded you, but you didn't. ”
"And what struck me the most wrong was that I didn't get any punishment, and with what I know about the department, even if the primary responsibility for this matter is not mine, I will inevitably admit secondary responsibility...... Even if you secretly blocked it for me, some criticism was always unavoidable, after all, you were not the leader of the Special Affairs Department, and the minister was strangely silent throughout the process. ”
Liang Jing said a lot in one breath.
On Shi Shengcun's pale and weak face, the smile gradually faded: "So, what do you want to say?" ”
Liang Jing stared at him quietly and asked, "I just want to ask, did you arrange all this?" ”
The atmosphere in the small courtyard suddenly became much more somber.
The wind was louder, whining the bare branches.
After being silent for a while, the expression on Shi Shengcun's face kept changing, and finally, a complicated smile was revealed:
"A woman's sixth sense...... Maybe it's a talent in its own right...... That's right, you guessed it, I arranged it. ”
Hearing this answer, Liang Jing's body trembled slightly, even if she was expecting it, but when she really heard this answer, she was still stunned for a while, and then subconsciously raised her voice:
"Why? Is it just to fish out a high-level spy? ”
"Of course not," Shi Shengcun said calmly, "it's just a passing benefit, as for what, you should have guessed why." ”
"Cheng Lin?" Liang Jing spit out the name in disbelief, "Could it be that you are trying to get rid of him?" Are you uneasy because of the projection of that disaster? In order to prevent future troubles? No...... If it's just for these, you can completely hide this matter in the past, and then use a gentler way to achieve the goal after the incident, you won't fail to understand this, Cheng Lin is a bomb, you can't not understand the harm of forcibly detonating him! ”
"Yes, I know this very well," Shi Shengcun replied with a blank face, "and I know even more that even if I can suppress things temporarily by concealing it, this bomb will still exist after all, and it will get stronger and stronger with time...... I was confident that I could control the situation, but only while I was alive. ”
Liang Jing was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”
Shi Shengcun said calmly: "I don't have long to live. ”
“?!!”
When she heard him say this sentence in a flat tone, Liang Jing was stunned, and her eyes widened:
"You say...... What the? ”
"I don't have long to live," Shi Shengcun repeated again, before smiling wryly, "I'm sorry that I hid my injuries, or rather, I overestimated myself." ”
Glancing at Liang Jing, who was completely stunned, Shi Shengcun sighed softly and narrated:
"As you said, I could have dealt with Cheng Lin's problem in a more gentle way, but...... I wasn't sure I was right, so I took the risk of another divination......
You should recall that the last time I was injured was because of this, and I thought I could have been careful enough to get the result and avoid serious injuries...... But I'm overestimating myself. ”
He smiled bitterly and said:
"Although I got the revelation I wanted, I was also hit hard again, and because of this, the injuries that had been stabilized were completely irreparable...... From that moment on, I knew I didn't have much to live......"
"Cheng Lin has been in the bureau for a short time, his foundation is too shallow, and the projection disaster is directly related to him...... This is almost destined for him to have a short-term conflict with many people that cannot be resolved, as evidenced by the fact that after the disaster, Xu Ji and them came to Xingshi to ask for guilt......
When I'm alive, I can reconcile in the middle, but ...... Once I'm dead, who will be in control?
When the time comes, the hidden contradictions between Cheng Lin and various departments will inevitably erupt...... And then, there will be no one to stop him. ”
"As you said, he's a bomb that can explode at any moment, and those idiots don't even realize it...... And once he detonates in the country, the consequences are unimaginable. ”
"So?" Liang Jing asked.
"So, I can only choose to detonate early, before he grows to the point where he can't be defeated...... In this way, there are only two results, either we, or the countries together, pay a certain price and kill him, or he flees overseas and hides. ”
"The former, I admit it's cold-blooded, but effective and solves the problem at its root. As for the latter, the danger can only be delayed, but as long as he leaves the border, it will ...... At the very least, the impact at home will be smaller. ”
As he spoke, he paused, shook his head and sighed:
"It's just...... I really didn't expect him to be able to increase his strength to that level in a short period of time...... I admit that it was not what I expected, but ...... If I had to make a choice again, I would probably still be like this. ”
After a pause, he looked at Liang Jing and added:
"By the way, I discussed this idea with the minister on the phone in advance, and it was also a decision we made together, so you can understand that this is a play that we are playing together...... I'm sorry I hid it from you before, but it doesn't matter if I say it now. ”
Liang Jing stood in place, didn't come back to her senses for a long time, she didn't expect that behind everything, there were so many things.
Immediately, she subconsciously frowned and asked:
"No, there is another question here, what if Cheng Lin did not choose to run away, but immediately began to attack the people and vent his anger after getting the news?"
She instantly captured the crux of the matter.
Hearing her words, Shi Shengcun smiled and said:
"So, that's what I got from my divination, he...... I wouldn't do anything like that. ”
As he spoke, Shi Shengcun took a step, walked out, and said:
"If there is no accident, he will probably choose to live in seclusion from now on, and there will be no projection, rest assured, don't forget what kind of person he was because of those reports, he ...... It's not bad. ”
"Okay, I've answered your question, so don't bother me, just let me ...... Let's go through the last part of your life in peace...... Cough...... Ahem......"
With the sound of coughing, the voice faded away, leaving only Liang Jing alone, standing alone in the courtyard.
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In a trance, the entire mountain was filled with greenery again.
It's spring again.
Then came the height of summer...... Golden autumn...... and the vast expanse of snow.
Time seemed to become blurred, and everything became calm, as it had been at the beginning.
In the same year, Shi Shengcun was found dead in his hometown's mansion, which did not cause much turmoil, and the funeral was very simple, according to his last wishes, the body was burned to ashes and sprinkled into the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
Around the same time, Lancelot also died in his hospital bed, again, not widely known.
The pursuit of Cheng Lin has continued, but no one has found his traces, and gradually, this matter has been forgotten.
The projection also never appeared again, and the world spiritual world also entered peace and gradually flourished.
Everything is getting better.
In this way, in a flash, three years have passed.