"This is Billing." Zhong Liwang's voice came from his ears, but the white coat just looked at the city in a daze.

The two of them stood in the station square, he helped Zhong Liwang carry a large suitcase, the latter was wearing a brown trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat on his head, his eyes were always a little misty, as if he was looking at something.

But the white coat beside him was already wearing a pair of sunglasses.

The sunglasses have been prepared for a long time, I don't know if it's a psychological effect, after wearing this, the gift of the white coat will not appear too abrupt, if it is not well controlled, the illusion will even affect his own vision and judgment.

So in his eyes, the city is real.

But why, it looks so fake.

It's not like the Federation here.

Behind them was a dilapidated station, and the marble floor at their feet seemed to have not been cleaned for a long time, covered in a layer of pitch-black stains. The walls had begun to mottle, and the door that had been equipped with an infrared sensor seemed to be jammed and creaked.

There was no one in the huge station.

The train that sent them seemed to be a shareholder two centuries ago, and the white coat knew that the infrastructure of the Federation had always been backward, but after all, he was born in the city, and he didn't expect that there would be such a deplorable place in this world. And this is not Africa, it is the Federation.

After a day of preparation at the lighthouse since that night, Zhong Liwang seemed to have left the small fishing village on the east coast in a hurry. Hiding all the way, I finally used my white coat ID card to buy two tickets and came to Billing City in the fourth district. Just now he threw his ID card into the trash can in the car, acting very cautiously, but under his semi-threat, the white coat did not dare to say much.

His bounty seemed to be a little powerful, and the white coat couldn't see his movements clearly, and at times, he seemed to see him walking in front of him, but in the blink of an eye, he said it beside him. Staying by his side, it seems that even time has become chaotic.

Billing, White Coat has heard of it.

Once upon a time, it was a city of heavy industry, one of the few highly polluting cities left in the Federation. Here, many high-tech applications have been implemented, such as new energy aircraft, aviation aircraft, and even space elevators after the capital's State Council, all of which are built by companies in the city. In recent years, the white coat has heard that the government is cutting the output of heavy industry, and seems to have found a cleaner and more efficient means to use it for production. For this kind of assertion that has been shouted for hundreds of years, the white coat has never believed what they say.

"I didn't know the city was abandoned." The lab coat didn't demonstrate the tremor in his voice.

Discarded the word, he pondered for a moment, and thought it best described the apocalyptic scene of the city. Countless garbage and waste paper were rolled up on the ground, and a lot of glass was shattered in the skyscraper not far away, and the sky was yellow, like a stain that could not be washed off.

And most importantly, there is no one, he does not see anyone.

"Most of them have already moved away." Zhong Liwang put his arm on his shoulder and said, "The government has brought down all the businesses here and forced all the residents to move to a nearby underground city. This area has to be bulldozed, of course, it doesn't matter if it's flat or not, it's just that this whole area has to be used for energy harvesting and experimentation. ”

"How is this possible?!" The white coat looked incredulous: "When did this happen?" ”

"It only started two years ago." Zhong Liwang smiled self-deprecatingly, he looked at the photo hanging on a building, this was also a century-old enterprise, but if it didn't, it was gone: "New things are replacing old things, backward."

will inevitably decay, but many people didn't expect that they didn't even have time to remember. ”

Zhong Liwang walked forward with his white coat, walked out of the station square, and walked onto the streets of Billing City. The road is wide, there are abandoned cars sticking to the side of the road, and as far as the eye can see along the straight street, you can see a statue at the end.

"What you told me last time," the white coat hesitated for a moment, and said seriously: "The power of the Federation is controlled by one person......"

Before he could finish his words, Zhong Liwang nodded slightly. His words have already revealed a very important message, if there is no force behind it, the city will not decay so quickly.

"He doesn't have a lot of time left, and he doesn't want to wait. Other countries are rushing to catch up and do research, and he will not allow more money to fall into this decaying city. Zhong Liwang still explained: "The funeral takes time, pomp and money, and the priest needs to chant eulogies, but now he has taken everything away. money, and the life of the city. ”

"Who the hell is he?" The hands of the white coat gripped the suitcase tightly. Instilled with the free will of the Federation since he was a child, he, like millions of Federation people, believes that this continent is a free country. Unlike the rotten bankers in Europe, this is land that all the Federalists have worked hard for. If people think that the city needs a mourning, then a lot of goodness will come together and will never let it be like this.

"I think young people should be focusing on something more important now." Zhong Liwang had already exuded a faint vicissitudes of life at this time, his face as young as a white coat turned to him, and said word by word: "The question is, is this thing done right?" ”

"Of course it's wrong!" The white coat is righteous and righteous.

"If the Federation doesn't do that, we could lose the international race. You have to recognize the reality, now is not the world dominated by the Federation, the East, Russia, and India and Africa, which are catching up, are all likely to make breakthroughs in basic science before us. We have to have a strong executive government to help us integrate all our resources. Hundreds of years ago, the Soviet Union did this, but they failed. Stalin's planned economy was theoretically correct, but there was no way to implement it, because human efficiency was extremely low. We now have better tools, though. ”

Zhongliwang stopped and looked at the transparent window of the convenience store next to him. If there was still electricity here, the computer would do everything for the people who came in, and the ubiquitous cameras would capture their every move, collect their information, and provide them with a better service.

But in Zhongliwang's eyes, this technology has fallen behind. At this time, the preparatory work for the construction of the Dream City has begun, Qi Huan's father Qi Xiang is already on his way to the Federation, and Sun Chuanting is showing his strength in the capital, ready to do a big job.

This is the turning point of history, and if the rolling river takes a 90-degree bend at this corner, it is bound to leave something behind.

"So you think the Federation is doing the right thing?" The white coat found that he couldn't talk about him, Zhong Liwang always spoke in a tone of the party, which made him even have an illusion that the person in front of him was the mastermind behind what he said.

But Zhong Liwang sneered, and then shook his head.

"When a person dies, it is normal for people to have a beautiful funeral, and relatives and friends come to mourn." Zhong Liwang said: "But being on the battlefield, there are no conditions, and it is a last resort to bury the loess on the spot." It's just that he did it not really for the Federation, but for himself. ”

The white coat wanted to continue to ask the identity of that person, but Zhong Liwang quickly continued: "Don't you think this is ridiculous?" We need an individual or an organization to help us make the fastest and most accurate decisions, but we put so much power in his hands that we can't predict whether he will serve his own interests. He is an individual, not all Federationans. He represents his own will, not the entire Federation. ”

"So...... Is there really such a person? The white coat seemed to have given up on the question, and followed Zhong Liwang honestly.

"Yes, his name is Yu Nian." Zhong Liwang didn't shy away from saying the name, there was no surveillance facility here that could capture his audio, it was completely abandoned, he knew, because of course he was involved in the project.

"Does this upend your perception of the Federation?" Zhongli looked forward and walked forward, but he didn't hear the next sentence of the white coat. He was still young, and he should be an angry young man, but the speed of acceptance of this fact was still slightly higher than he expected.

"If that's the case, what is your purpose?" After a while, the lab coat stopped. He took off his sunglasses, but did his best to control his bounty from being activated casually. He looked at Zhong Liwang, the other party should have used some means to help him awaken this power. Since he called himself to this place, he must have a plan. The white coat didn't understand the principle of this power, but subconsciously, he thought it could do something special.

Zhongli Wang smiled imperceptibly, and the two of them had already walked to the statue at the end of the street. The statue is just an ordinary statue, a naked man, showing his strong muscles, making iron-striking movements. The carving should be done by the machine, and the whole statue is done in one go, without the slightest flaw, and it looks a little fake.

But Zhong Liwang didn't know what mechanism was activated, and a small hidden door opened behind the statue, leading to the underground.

The white coat followed Zhong Liwang, stepping on the irregular steps one shallow and one deep. The dusky sky was left behind them, and the smell of dust was full of the wings of their noses, and they couldn't see their fingers. Zhong Liwang didn't bring a light, just walked down, it seemed that there was only one road here.

Soon, they heard the voices of the others. The white coat was a little puzzled, this didn't seem to be a federal language.

Zhong Liwang pushed open the door, and the small room was full of dozens of people. All with bare upper bodies, revealing strong muscles. But their cheeks were thin, and there was no blood on them, and they looked a little strange when they were set off by the white light.

"Most of them are immigrants from the East, or descendants of immigrants, who came to Billing City to work as laborers." Zhong Liwang looked at the dozens of yellow-skinned men in front of him, and said to the white coat: "They are going to be abandoned by the times, and soon, no job can suit them." ”

Just then, someone opened the door to the inner room, and he seemed to hear a noise outside, and everyone made way for him, looking at each other.

He was wearing a black trench coat, as young as the white coat, and his face obviously had the characteristics of an Easterner, but the cold temperament made the white coat shiver.

"Who is this?" He asked Zhong Liwang.

"Our new friend." Zhong Liwang smiled.

He raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, took off the glove in his left hand, and stretched out his hand to the white coat.

"Get to know me, my name is Cheng Qingming."

After hesitating for a second, the white coat stretched out his hand holding the suitcase, seemingly reluctant.

"My name is Bai Menghe."

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors