The high-speed elevator is down, and regulars familiar with the hotel know that the hotel's truly luxurious and upscale rooms are underground.

Located on the 53rd basement floor, the elevator came to a steady standstill and ran for only 17 seconds from the start of the mechanical action.

The two of them walked out of the elevator, and the scene in front of them surprised Su Zhe slightly.

Through the huge transparent window in the hotel, he saw the blue sky and white clouds overhead, and birds flying through the sky; The streets beneath our feet are filled with people, and vehicles are moving in order; The full view of the person is surrounded by fluorescent shop signs of various colors, and this is clearly the place where the shopping street in the hotel is concentrated.

The light scales from the blue-white of the sky to the dim layers of the underground shops, grading from top to bottom.

The underground space was so lively that it was far from what he imagined.

He was unfamiliar with the city and its modern facilities, and decades of immersion in research lab projects left him with no experience of living outside at all.

Or maybe it's made him forget what a city looks like, especially a new type of metropolis that has only emerged in recent decades.

It's like a huge underground city, where climate, temperature, humidity, sky, plants, almost everything is artificially shaped.

He saw in the street plants shaped like isosceles triangles, tall and straight; There are street lamps suspended in the air like glowing discs; There are also cats sold in glass jars; Some young people dressed in strange costumes are twisting their bodies in the street and playing with a skateboard-like tool.

Living here does not mean isolation, the development of information and the popularization of artificial intelligence allow people to live without leaving home, and "underground city" is synonymous with comfort.

Many people don't even want to go to the ground, preferring to live here forever.

"Let's go, it's almost there."

General Baker also knew from Su Zhe's appearance that he had definitely never lived in such a place, and he seemed a little at a loss for anything.

"General Baker, who the hell wants to see me?" He finally couldn't help but speak.

"You'll know when you go." The general didn't want to say so much.

Walk through the bright sky gardens, where the cultivated tropical plants are a sight to behold.

Su Zhe recognized the strange grafted plants, purple flowers that often appeared in lawns, called belladonna, and were also notoriously poisonous.

These beautiful purple flowers now grow on a tall tropical plant, and the bright red fruits are many times larger than the average fruit.

The heavy, wooden door was opened, and a young woman in delicate glasses stepped out from behind the door, dressed in smart professional attire and black stockings on her slender legs.

"Is it Dr. Su and General Baker?"

A crisp voice sounded, and the girl looked at the two with a smile.

After receiving an affirmative answer, she made a gesture of please, turned gracefully, and led the way in front.

The floor behind the door is covered with a carpet of camel hair, the random artwork is inlaid into the wall with transparent materials, and the contents of the corridor are all top treasures from private collections.

The girl's finger slid lightly in front of a green door, a series of green numbers appeared on the lintel, and the door opened.

Su Zhe didn't quite understand the meaning of these luxurious rooms, but he knew that everything he saw here was extremely expensive.

For example, the heavy wooden door that I just entered, the moment I touched the solid jade handle in my palm, I felt that it was worth a lot.

Dinger Swan was standing in front of a large oil painting, dressed in loose-fitting, well-cut pajamas and holding a chunky cigar in his hand.

The appearance of him would have surprised ordinary people to see, which was obviously incompatible with his public image.

At the moment of opening the door, General Baker and Su Zhe also saw another slightly petite figure at a glance, she was sitting upright behind a potted plant decorated with strange yellow stones, and a wide leather sofa made the woman's body even thinner.

The girl who pushed the door in bent down slightly, stretched out her five fingers to the two of them, turned her forearm in an elegant arc, and said, "Mr. Swan, your guest has arrived." ”

With that, she put a smile on her face and gently closed the heavy door as the two of them entered the room.

President Dinger turned away, no longer looking at the painting with strange content, and smiled lightly at the two of them.

Although General Baker is a soldier of five years and three thick, his own artistic accomplishment is also very high, and more importantly, he has many opportunities to access the private collections of the top circles at his level.

He recognized the painting as belonging to the famous Salvador Dalí painter of the Common Era, a Spanish national treasure painter known for his surrealist paintings. The painter has a knack for a striking mix of eerie dreamlike images and remarkable Renaissance drawing techniques.

But the strange oil painting in front of him made him very puzzled.

Because General Baker was familiar with the painter's style of painting, he was confident that he would never look away.

But in fact, he had never seen the painting outside of this room, or in any other medium. Such a painting, of this size, would have been painted for at least a year, and with his knowledge of the artist's life, it was absolutely impossible not to be known to the world.

Just as Baker was muttering, a voice came from the other side.

"General Baker, you can relax with me, this is my private palace."

President Dinger held his belly up and exhaled a puff of smoke from his mouth.

After speaking, he looked sideways at Su Zhe again, and nodded, "Dr. Su, although we have never met, I have admired your name for a long time. I'm glad you to be a guest at my palace and to introduce you to a friend. ”

"Friends?"

Su Zhe was puzzled, his eyes glanced at the girl sitting on the sofa, and said, "Who is this?" ”

"Hehe, you don't have to be polite, please sit down, let me introduce you."

As he spoke, President Dinger stretched out his hand and invited them to take a seat.

Once they were seated, Dinger grabbed a bottle from a delicate wine rack that looked expensive, unscrewed the lid and poured a few glasses of wine, handing them to General Baker and Dr. Sue.

Su Zhe didn't like to drink, so he didn't even touch the cup.

General Baker picked up the glass and took a sip, exclaiming, "Hmm! Golden amber, hearty and sweet, it is a top blue agave. ”

After hearing this, President Dinger smiled slightly and introduced to the two of them: "The two of you are the distinguished guests I have invited in my private capacity today, hehe, this is the agent of 'Ispartine', Yu Linglong. ”

"Oh, Ispatin?"

General Baker suddenly remembered that he had heard the name there. In any case, it is not easy to get President Dinger to introduce this woman directly.

Su Zhe had never heard of this name, but at this time, he could take a closer look at the girl.

The girl diagonally opposite her has delicate facial features, and there seems to be a kind of arrogance on her face.

Tall but slender, with short black hair, a doll's head, a floral checkered linen shawl, and a black bodysuit.

is dressed in a peculiar dress, which sets off this woman's unusual temperament.

But what made Su Zhe stare at it the most was the long strand of hair on the back of her neck that almost hung down to her waist.

The long jet-black hair was tied in a knot in the middle and flung to the chest, and under the bow was tied a large bead made of rubies.