Because they can't take a car, three people can only walk along the sidewalk, the environmental quality of the city in this era is far better than they imagined, no car exhaust, no smoke and haze, look up, even the sky is that long-lost blue, along the highway every time you walk for a while, you can see a small open space, some of these open spaces are placed on the side of an artificial canal, and some are placed on a theme sculpture.

After walking for a distance, Han Le found a very interesting phenomenon, on the way they passed, the meaning of those sculptures seemed to be coherent - or related, for example, along the way, most of the content of the sculptures was the state of workers, there were programmers, engineers, designers, etc., these sculptures seemed to be trying their best to promote the happiness and fulfillment of workers, but in these sculptures, they could find a lot of graffiti of opponents - and even destruction, from the traces, It seems that all this destruction has only been seen for a long time.

Qiao Yiyu's destination was an office building in the heart of the city, and when they arrived, they were already standing in the lobby on the 20th floor of the office building — a highway running through the building directly from the air. When they arrived, there happened to be two buses that also stopped here, and a large number of people got off the hulala, and Han Le noticed that these people basically had bracelets on their hands, which should be awakened hibernators.

"You guys wait for me here," Qiao Yiyu said to the two, "I'll go in and find someone." ”

There is a long row of benches at the edge of the hall, when no one sits, it is erected, it does not take up space, it can be passed, if someone wants to sit, as long as they press the button on the side, the chair will be automatically put down, the two of them watched others sit, and also went to sit down with their luggage, and walked all night, to be honest, Han Le felt that his physical strength was a little overdrawn.

Those who had just gotten off the bus lined up in a long line, swiping their ID cards at the reception one by one, if it was in Han Le's time, he must have thought that this was a supermarket doing some kind of promotion, but now he really couldn't see what these people were doing. At the side of the line, two people with polar bear logos on their chests wandered around, and when the last person was done, one of them went to ask the receptionist - he was not very satisfied with the answer, and at the same time, the people in the line also subconsciously looked ahead, as if waiting for some reply.

At this moment, on the edge of Han Le's seat, an elevator door was opened, and three middle-aged men in suits came out of it, and they suddenly attracted the attention of those crowds, and everyone's eyes were subconsciously focused. The person who walked in the middle frowned when he saw this: "So many people? It's really a shelter for us. ”

I don't know why, Han Le felt that the voice of the person who spoke sounded a little familiar, so he glanced at him more, and at this time, the other party also happened to glance casually and saw Han Le, and suddenly, his eyes froze stiffly, and he pointed at Han Le in disbelief, and walked towards him.

Han Le's current identity is a wanted criminal, at this moment he thought that he had been discovered, and subconsciously wanted to avoid it, the other party seemed to be aware of Han Le's mentality, only took a step or two and stopped, turned in one direction and walked towards the crowd, and when he arrived at the front desk, he took out a mobile phone from his pocket, operated it there a few times across the table, and then held it in his hand again. After a while, he called a few names, and asked the people whose names were shouted to stand in front of him, about a dozen, and then changed the direction of the mobile phone to these people, and said: "There are only three recruitment quotas, give you 20 minutes, sort out your thoughts." ”

Oh, it turned out to be recruitment, and Han Le just made a false alarm that he understood.

The person who spoke to these applicants just now turned around at this time and walked straight towards Han Le, Han Le was just pulled up by Su Pei, about to leave this place of right and wrong, but this person took the initiative to speak, and asked him in a low voice: "Are you Han Le?!" ”

Su Pei, who was on the side, already had the urge to run away, but Han Lezhi grabbed him, hesitated a little, and asked unsurely: "Are you?!" ”

"I'm Zhang Yuan," he said, "do you remember me?" In '49, oh, '48, I lived across the street from your house, and we met! We've been on planes together! ”

Of course Han Le remembers, but he still can't believe it, he has the impression that Zhang Yuan is a twenty-three or four-year-old young man who has just stepped into society, but the person in front of him - calculating the time, it seems to be a bit consistent, but the Zhang Yuan in front of him is not like a person who is almost 50 years old, and he doesn't even look like he is even 40 years old - what's so strange about this? This is in the age of hibernation.

"How did you get here?" Zhang Yuan sat down next to them and asked in a short voice, "You are wanted everywhere." ”

Han Le just wanted to speak, but was secretly slapped by Su Pei on the side, so he could only deal with it casually: "It's hard to say a word...... You're a leader now, huh? ”

"It's just a matter of managing personnel...... Zhang Yuan shook his head, as if he was a little embarrassed - the last time they met, he was still a young man who wanted to get ahead in technology, and now he ......

Zhang Yuan didn't stay long, probably because he was afraid that he would attract the attention of others, so he just said to the two of them: "Be careful yourself, there are often patrols in this area." ”

When the twenty minutes were up, the three lucky chosen ones cheered at once, and the two soldiers who were in charge of them next to them also came over and untied their bracelets - from now on, they were regular employees with jobs, and the responsibility for managing them was transferred from the government to the company, and the other unsuccessful ones had to go to the bus stop not far away to continue their luck at the next company.

Han Le probably waited for more than an hour, during this time Su Pei was like a frightened mouse, looking around, for fear that Zhang Yuan would secretly call the police and arrest them, but Han Le didn't seem to be so worried, he probably guessed from the attitude of those hibernators just now, as well as the attitude of ordinary employees towards the polar bear organization, that polar bears don't seem to be very popular in the eyes of these workers.

Qiao Yiyu came back by elevator, accompanied by a middle-aged man who was about the same as Zhang Yuan just now, after seeing the two of them, the other party took the initiative to come over and shake hands, Han Le and Su Pei were a little inexplicable, the other party said in a joking tone: "You are famous now, of course I can't remember that there is a friend of mine, I always remember you, we still swam together back then, I remember Han Le, you drank a lot." ”

Swimming - there were only three of them swimming in the hotel back then, and one was Liu Yi, at that time, Liu Yi looked just as old as Zhang Yuan, or even younger, and the middle-aged man in front of him ...... If you really look at it carefully, you can still see a little bit of Liu Yi's appearance, but if the other party doesn't remind you, you will definitely not be able to think of it.

"It's not a good place to talk, I'll take you to find a place to settle down first." Liu Yi said and took the three of them into the elevator, Su Pei still subconsciously hesitated, because he knew that there must be a camera in the elevator, but seeing Qiao Yiyu go in directly, he followed.

In this era, all cars are networked, and they can't even drive on the road without networking, because the three of them have no legal identity, so they have to walk on the road, but fortunately, they don't go far, and they come out of the company elevator and come to a place that looks like an underground passage - but look at the number of floors, it's not, it's still the second floor on the ground.

The concept of the road in this era is almost completely three-dimensional, Liu Yi took them around and around, and finally came to a very inconspicuous small room, knocked on the door a few times, and a few seconds later a person came to open the door, and it was not strange to see a few people, and said to them: "Coming?" It's all arranged for you. ”

The room is very small, but there is a lot of space inside, and there are a lot of people, it looks like a place to eat, in the dark, Han Le noticed that the boss was wearing a polar bear logo on his chest, and he seemed to know Qiao Yiyu, and when he walked all the way, he was still talking in a low voice. There were many large tables in the room, each of which was about the size of Han Le's impression of the gaming table in Macau, and there were many people around the side, some standing, some sitting, but their attention was focused on the table, and no one paid attention to them passing by.

After going up several floors, the leader led them to the door of a room, which seemed to remind Han Le of the dormitory area of the university, where there was always a strange smell of mold or garbage in the air, and along the way he saw several shirtless guys jumping back and forth in various rooms, opening the room, inside was the same as an ordinary dormitory, several beds, tables, a bathroom, and two of the beds could still see the recesses of human shapes - apparently there were still people sleeping here not long before they came.

"Although someone has come to check a few times before, it is relatively safe for now," the man said to Qiao Yiyu, "This is the only thing I can do now, if you need anything, you can come to me at any time." ”

"I'm sorry for you."

"No," said the man, "it is my pleasure. ”

After they all left, Qiao Yiyu closed the door, put down his luggage, and said, "We'll stay here for the time being...... You all be careful, there are a lot of people here, and the order is chaotic, if you want to go out, it's best to go together, you put down the food first, and the other things are still on your back, you just treat this as a small hotel, there are no door locks here......" Qiao Yiyu said and knocked on the door, Han Le heard the hollow sound of the thin wooden plank, "This kind of door is only to prevent gentlemen and not villains, we will rest and go down to eat later." ”

After eating, they both went to sleep, because they were nervous and tired last night, and they didn't wake up until night, and when they woke up, Han Le found that Liu Yi was also there, talking to Qiao Yiyu and Su Pei, and he didn't shy away when he woke up, and continued their topic in a low voice: "You really shouldn't come at this time, maybe there will be a war soon......

"We can't help it," Qiao Yiyu roughly told them about their previous experience, "Sooner or later, they will be discovered, I hope we can take advantage of the chaos when the time comes, almost all outside the city are blocked by government troops, and it is impossible for us to go out in normal times." ”

"Since you left, many comrades have become disappointed in us, feeling that you have turned your back on them," the man had two mustaches on his mouth, quite happy, but his tone was serious and low, "Do you want to take the time to meet them?" ”

"From a personal standpoint, I support your way of expression, but from the standpoint of society as a whole, I have made the current choice," Qiao Yiyu said, "I have been emphasizing this point before, but no one has listened to me...... I don't need to contact them, I'm not going to get involved in these things, the muddy waters are always getting muddy, let's talk about it after this time, at least wait for this conflict to be resolved. ”

"We've also heard that you've developed a lot of secret weapons for the government......"

"There are some," Qiao Yiyu said, stood up and took Han Le's bag over, and took out the box containing the electric mosquitoes, "Do you bring a computer, but also a mobile phone." ”

After giving the other party a general demonstration of the ability of electric mosquitoes, Qiao Yiyu said: "The police use these to deal with you, it's better than using rubber bullets and tear gas, right?" And the real function of this thing is military, in riot control, as far as I know, it has been used once, not to mention, according to the way I said before, the police have not really used weapons once, and now it is no longer the era of violence, the cost of violence is too high, and this society cannot afford it. ”

Qiao Yiyu and Liu Yi, as well as this man with a mustache who took them to live in, have been chatting for a long time, Han Le and Su Pei listened for a while, but they never heard any points, they could only roughly hear that Qiao Yiyu seemed to have been the leader of a certain faction in the polar bear organization, and Liu Yi seemed to have been from this faction, but now he has broken away. Seeing that the time had passed 9 o'clock unconsciously, Han Le and Su Pei hadn't eaten lunch and dinner yet, so the two of them planned to go out to eat together - they had already known each other for breakfast before, and they knew that they could just get a meal ticket for eating here.

When he came out, Su Pei smiled with relief: "Listening to them, I always feel that we are engaged in revolution...... Comrade, ideas or something, people in this era really dare to speak! ”

Han Le was also half a catty: "Don't talk about this, I just want to eat now." ”

The trip that came out in the morning, after Qiao Yiyu's introduction, Han Le already had some understanding of what kind of place this was, that is, after many hibernators in the polar bear organization woke up, they escaped from the small stronghold established by spontaneously, because they disagreed with the polar bear organization that currently occupies the city, they did not join the anti-government army, but hid here to live, waiting for this war to pass.

As I said before, the polar bear organization was a hibernation comprehensive affairs service company before, so these people are equivalent to the company's users, because they have paid money before hibernation, and the company has not closed down for the time being, so the food and clothing are temporarily responsible for the organization, which is also due, and that Bazihu is the person in charge of this small stronghold - according to Qiao Yiyu, such a small stronghold, the company has set up in various cities across the country, and the handling of these people is a big problem for the government until now, because these people are not hibernators. But there is no doubt that these people are ready to hibernate at any time, and as long as the policy is relaxed, they will definitely go to hibernation.

On the way to the cafeteria, you can see people gathering together to play games everywhere in the room, some older people play board games and mahjong together on the computer, and some young people get together to play large LAN games - it is said to be a local area network, but in fact, the number of people is larger than the regular online games in the Korean music era. When passing through some rooms, you can still hear the sound of ecstasy with H in it, but it seems that these people are used to it, and few people care about it, not even listening to the root of the wall.

In addition to playing, there are also some gyms and several large playgrounds outside, the playgrounds are nominally outdoor, but when you walk in and raise your head, you can also see a gap in the sky, just like the park that Han Le once saw underground, the light sources inside are all artificial. There were a few people playing football in the playground, and there were some spectators, some of whom were even working in the surrounding buildings, and they would poke their heads out of the windows between work to keep an eye on the progress of the score on the field, shouting cheers or something - but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's going to be a war, although the news and the mouths of pedestrians are unanimously emphasizing this fact.

It's not a meal now, but there are still a lot of people in the canteen, ordering is very simple, the cafeteria has a few packages on the table, just press the button and wait, as long as you have a meal ticket to pay the bill-Han Le only understood at this time, what does Qiao Yiyu mean when he says that the money is useless, the canteen here only recognizes meal tickets, not money, people who are not from this faction can't eat here, and conversely, if it's outside, in other restaurants that say that they oppose hibernators, when the restaurant learns that the guests are hibernators, it will also understand the explanation, They refuse to provide services.

The meal ticket setting here is also very unreasonable in Han Le's opinion, the value of a meal ticket is not certain, in general, it is a meal - even if you only eat a steamed bun, or eat a set meal with ingredients, it is a price, as a philistine idea from the early 21 people, Han Le and Su Pei both ordered the most things that seemed to be the most, and deliberately added two portions of meat.

During the meal, the two chatted about some ideas for the future, but in general they agreed on the same opinion - that is, if there is a chance, they still have to go to hibernation, so far in this era, although the living conditions are not bad, but here they have no legal property, no rights, inexplicably become wanted criminals do not say, the most important thing is that they can't find a sense of social identity - although others speak Mandarin, no matter how they speak, or what they say, they can't say a tune, and this, From the moment they left their original era, it was already doomed

Maybe it was because he was greedy when he ordered, and when he was about to finish eating, there was still a large piece of meat steak on Han Le's plate that could not be solved, and he was hesitating whether to pour out the waste, or when he forced it himself, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest, as if someone had poured a little hot water into his clothes, but this feeling only lasted for a second or two, and soon disappeared, he subconsciously gasped, and before he could figure out the source of the burning heat, this feeling appeared again.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Han Le jumping up and down and taking off his coat, Su Pei asked him, and then suddenly stopped his movements: "Wait, you have words on your chest?" ”

"What?" Han Le lowered his head and subconsciously glanced at it, and now he saw that on the chest of his underwear, there was a neat small letter, each of which was about the size of a button, and the content of this typesetting was very simple - quick! Find a place to hide.