"Stand back! Back off! Building 10 is now cordoned off, please leave all townspeople! ”

Outside the tall building, dozens of Silver Ring security officers surrounded the gate, setting up three rows of fences to intercept the townspeople who were about to enter the building. The townspeople standing in the front row all stood on tiptoe, curious and nervous to look into the tall building; And the townsfolk who came after them all wandered anxiously, and after a long time, they could not understand what was causing them to be late.

At this time, a young man with a mushroom head and glasses squeezed desperately from the back of the crowd to the front row, and when he saw that it was the security officers who sealed the door, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and thought: "Although I don't know which master committed the accident and caused so many security officers to dispatch, I still have to thank him, this time I can finally be justifiably late!" ”

Just as he was feeling happy, the communicator in his trouser pocket suddenly rang, and the young man took out the communicator in a panic and pressed the call button. But before he could say a word, he heard a woman's roar over the communicator, which almost exploded his ears.

"Xu Tian! How can it be reasonable, you are going to be late again, right? How many times have you been late this month! ”

Xu Tian rubbed his ears with one hand, put the communicator to his mouth with the other, looked at the security officers in front of him, and replied with a relaxed and proud face: "No, no, director, let me tell you, I have gone downstairs." It's just that the gate is sealed, and I can't go up. Director, I don't think I'm late. ”

"How could the gate be sealed! If you're late, you're late, where are there so many excuses for boredom! I'm telling you, if you're late today, you won't be able to use it again! ”

Xu Tian's face suddenly turned pale, and he replied more and more eagerly: "Don't! Director, I'm downstairs! But those guards won't let you in! Director, I'm so innocent, and I don't want to be late! ”

"And the guard officer! Where do they come to stand in your way? Even if it's a steel plate, you're going to smash it and roll it up for me! Give you another five minutes, and if you don't show up in front of me, go home!" I won't use it again! With that, the communicator signal turned red.

Xu Tian was stunned for a moment, he never expected that this supervisor could be so arrogant and unreasonable. Looking at the three rows of tall fences in front of him, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and cursed secretly, who can break in! Don't even give him five minutes, you won't be able to enter the building in five or ten years!

However, as soon as he thought of the sound of "I won't use it in the future", Xu Tian's mind suddenly went blank, and the picture in front of him was only gray, as if life had lost hope forever at this moment.

"Can I be a little more unlucky?" Xu Tian asked to himself.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Tiancai found that he really couldn't be more unlucky.

Three months ago, he was living a relatively happy life as a water quality monitor, because the water plant is five kilometers north of the town of Greed, and there are not many employees in the water plant, so not only does he not have to rush to the road or squeeze the elevator, but he can also ride his bicycle to his post slowly...... However, one day three months ago, Xu Tian was about to go to work as usual, but he was suddenly told that the water source had dried up, and the water plant was in a state of shutdown, and he lost his job.

These three months have been the darkest three months in Xu Tian's life. Today, he has changed jobs four times, and in each job he was fired by his superiors for being often late. Xu Tian himself was also very puzzled, he himself resisted being late, but helplessly, no matter how early he went out and which way he went to work, he would always be delayed by some unexpected things.

Once, Xu Tian went out two hours early and took the fastest bullet train around the city. Just when he thought that this time he would definitely be the first to arrive, the bullet train suddenly had a machine program failure and could not stop on the platform, so he could only drive round and round. What's more coincidental is that the person in charge of machine maintenance resigned some time ago and went to the Tonghuan Inn. In this way, the only way to stop the train is to power off the entire track and restart it.

By the time he was rescued from the train, it was already late, and Xu Tian sat on the seat of the platform, staring blankly, because half an hour earlier, he had been told that "he will not use it again".

Another time, Xu Tian, who finally found a new job, went out full of fighting spirit, rode a bicycle for nearly four hours, and saw that he was about to reach his destination. But just when he thought that there would be no more machine program failures this time, the foundation suddenly collapsed, and all the roads leading to Building 17 were lost. In desperation, all the people who went to work had to turn around and go home, and they were all forgiven by their superiors.

Only Xu Tian, who came to work on the first day, was told that "I won't use it anymore".

"I can't afford to lose my job anymore!" Xu Tian thought to himself, "In order to buy drinking water, all my savings have been spent. If I don't have money to buy water next month, I'm going to die of thirst! ”

Thinking of this, Xu Tian was extremely flustered, he hurriedly ran to the front of the crowd, knelt on the ground with a "bang" towards the guard officer, and clasped his hands together, and wailed loudly: "Guard officers, please let me in!" Send mercy to you. If I'm late today, my job will be gone! Please let it go! ”

The guard officer in front of Xu Tian glanced down at him, then straightened his back and replied coldly: "Stand back!" Building 10 is cordoned off and no one is allowed to enter or leave! ”

Xu Tian expected to receive such a reply, but he really didn't dare to give up, because if he didn't even have this job, then his future would be a dead end.

"Nope! I don't want to be like those who starve to death and die of thirst! I don't want them to throw me into a pit and be burned with a fire! I don't want to die without dignity! ”

Xu Tian's heart tightened, and suddenly the whole person fell forward, hugged the guard officer's calf tightly with both hands, and cried bitterly: "Lord Security Officer, you can do it!" Let me in! I can't live without this job! Please, Captain Guard, I don't want to die! ”

The guard officer frowned, looked at Xu Tian impatiently, and warned, "Let go!" Sir, if you don't let go, I'm going to take coercive measures! ”

Unexpectedly, Xu Tian not only did not let go, but hugged harder, obviously without any fear. He thought to himself, these guard officers came here just to maintain order, and the majesty was just a pretense, and they would never do anything to an ordinary townsman like him.

Seeing that Xu Tian refused to let go, the guard officer was so angry that he took out a stun gun from behind his waist, aimed it at Xu Tian's body, and shouted: "Sir, let go!" Warning for the first time! Warning a second time! Warning for the third time! ”

In just two seconds, the guard officer had kicked Xu Tian away and pulled the trigger on him without hesitation. only heard the sound of "swishing" electricity, Xu Tian's whole body trembled violently, rolled left and right twice, and finally fainted with foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

At this time, the people crowded in front of the door all unconsciously took a step back. Those who were in a hurry to enter the building also immediately put away their thoughts, silently retreated to the back of the crowd, took out the communicator, and pleaded in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong, I just can't get into the building, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm delaying the process, I'll definitely try my best to make up for it...... Deductions? Of course it's fine, as long as it's not fired......"

At this moment, a strong man in a silver fur coat approached the crowd, and when the townspeople saw him, they all craned their necks and quietly hid to the side, making way for him. In the blink of an eye, the strong man came to the gate, he glanced at Xu Tian, who had fainted, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The guard officer immediately put away the stun gun, straightened his back, and replied: "Report to the chief of the guard, this person has tried to break into the building many times, and the warning three times have been ineffective, so take coercive measures!" ”

"Okay, good job, let him hang here for a while, to warn the others." The guard laughed lightly, looked at the ground floor that was already empty, and gradually became a little more happy between his eyebrows, "We have only one goal!" As long as you take her down, everyone will be able to eat and drink enough water! Cheer up, never let go of any suspicious person! ”

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In the elevator room, Ah Fu led Qiu Qiong and Lao Xu all the way to the bottom, and finally found the No. 26 elevator they were going to take. The three of them stood casually in front of the elevator, neither lining up nor putting on that fake smile.

Qiu Qiong looked left and right, and saw that there were people lined up in front of the other elevator doors, but there were only three of them in front of the door of the No. 26 elevator entrance. She couldn't help but feel surprised, thinking to herself, why are there people on the twenty-seventh floor, some people on the twenty-fifth floor, but no one on the twenty-sixth floor in the middle?

Ah Fu quickly sensed Qiu Qiong's doubts, and explained with a chuckle: "These twenty-six floors are commodity layers, similar to the commodity fairs in the copper ring, and they used to be quite prosperous. But now, everyone's money is used to buy water and food, and naturally there is no spare money to buy other things, so this commodity layer is much more desolate. ”

"Desolation?" Qiu Qiong was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and asked worriedly, "Ah Fu, how sure are you that there is milk powder to sell there?" ”

At this time, the elevator door opened, and Ah Fu led them into the elevator while shaking his head and sighing: "Alas, Mr. Xu, Miss Xu, with all due respect, in fact, I really don't have much certainty. In the past, as long as you had enough money, there was nothing you couldn't buy in this silver ring. But this is a different time, and we can only try our luck. ”

"Okay......" Qiu Qiong said in disappointment.

Seeing this, Lao Xu patted Qiu Qiong's arm vigorously with one hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, no one has gone up yet, why do you look like you have such a sad face!" Ah Fu also said that as long as you have enough funds, you can buy anything! We're the same, we have plenty of water! What are you afraid of, for the sake of water, I don't believe they can't find a can of milk powder for us! ”