Vol. V, Chapter 27, The Field of Genes (II), October 2119

Sima Aya, Mo Youge, Tijuana, Oct. 2019.

Tijuana, Mexico's northwestern frontier city, borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, San Diego to the north, and is only 19 kilometers from San Diego, making it the fourth largest city in Mexico. Due to its proximity to the United States, the city used to be a weekend outing for American citizens, and the tourism industry has developed rapidly and the tourism economy has flourished.

Not far from the city, you can visit the starting point of the more than 3,152-kilometer border between Mexico and the United States, known as the "first boundary monument of the Mexico-US border". The border between the two countries is separated by a tall and sturdy metal railing from the United States and a rudimentary iron plate from Mexico, and the starting point is dozens of meters deep into the sea. Along the border, on one side is the world's only superpower and on the other is a developing country, and the difference is so great and the contrast is so strong that it is striking. Stop and look into the distance, the city of San Diego in the United States is lined with high-rise buildings, swaying green trees, and white clouds in the blue sky gently fluttering. Tijuana at your feet, with its buildings cluttered and water-scarce land, shows the world that it is still trying to develop. The metal border wall between the two countries is like a silver dragon, flashing with cold light, giving people a heavy oppression. Standing here, you can truly feel the close and complex relationship between Mexico and the United States.

However, this is long past the city of Tijuana, which has migrated tens of kilometers inland due to global warming and rising sea levels.

Sima Aya found a hotel at D1 New Deco Avenue and stayed at it. The west window of the hotel is overlooking the beach of Mexico, the east shore of the Pacific Ocean, and the sunset can be seen.

The original Via de Sifico has been submerged under the sea.

Outside the hotel is a north-south, straight D1 main road, with six lanes in both directions, and there are obvious signs of tank or armoured vehicles running over the road. Stretching D1 to the north for a short distance, the road was stopped by a barricade. Behind the barricades was the cordon area of the Mexigo army. To the south of the entire border, there are warning areas ranging from a few thousand meters to more than a dozen kilometers in the realm of Mexigo. In order to prevent the unknown creatures of country A from traveling south to attack the border city of Mexigo.

According to the innkeeper, a middle-aged woman, "those alien dogs" never invaded the land, and it was the main god of the city, the Black Madonna, who blessed the land. The army was also blessed by the Black Lady, otherwise, the "alien dogs" would have bitten their planes and tanks long ago. The army itself is vulnerable.

Sima Aya had little interest in local folklore and beliefs such as the Black Madonna. The description of "alien dogs" she found quite interesting.

The room that Sima Aya rented had windows on the north and west sides. In the west, you can see the sea, and in the north, you can use telescopes to observe the movement of personnel and combat units in the alert area.

After a few days of observation, Sima Aya found that the guards on the border were indeed strong and had all kinds of weapons and equipment. In addition to the common tanks, armored vehicles, anti-aircraft guns, helicopter gunships. There are also some odd-looking weapons, probably designed specifically for Cerberus and giant bats. Some of the vehicles were marked "UN", but this part was not Mexigo's army. The United Nations troops, which can see the "UN" logo, make up a considerable proportion and are not in the minority.

As far as the eye can see, there is a checkpoint leading to the north, and at either end of the pontoon bridge are Sensen's bridgeheads. Passing vehicles and people are subject to multiple scans. This is not good news for Sima Aya.

The Spirit Butterfly Invisibility Cloak cannot be completely invisible in the infrared band, and multiple scanning is not limited to the infrared band, so Sima Aya does not have absolute confidence in her heart.

It's really frustrating. After thinking about it for a while, it is not possible to go by land, so it seems that you can only take the water route. In fact, Sima Aya had also considered taking the waterway before, so she chose this coastal city.

Hand-held submersible thrusters, of course, are a must-have, the equivalent of holding a small submarine and easily bypassing border guards.

On the third day, Sima Aya went to an entertainment beach in the south and stole a diving thruster for tourists, and on the fourth day, she retrieved a fuel cell used by the stand-in robot from the deep-sea port further south, replaced the submersible's battery, and then wrapped it with other insulation material and fixed it.

After replacing the battery, the endurance of the submersible will be greatly improved, you know, Sima Aya's most optimistic calculation is to dive ten kilometers, which is ten kilometers in the water, not on land.

Ordinary batteries are absolutely not a no-go. Obviously not, Sima Aya will not forget her physical fitness test data, and she can only swim 3,000 meters at most, which is already the best score in the police academy at that time.

Therefore, the battery life is your own life guarantee, and if the submersor fails, you may not be able to swim back to shore, so you will have to die in the belly of the fish.

For the danger of life, unlike ordinary people, agents can't think too much about it, and even, Sima Aya knows that a large number of agents are born with a sense of adventure, or have constantly experienced autosuggestion - I like to take risks, I like to play with my life, I am an outlaw.

A few days later, on the night of the xth month, Sima Aya came to the beach. The moon was bright and you could see the waves crashing against the beach. There are helicopters patrolling the northern sky.

The water is slightly cold, but the wetsuit is still relatively warm.

After looking around again and confirming that there was no one around, Sima Aya held the submersible and slowly walked into the sea. The submersible was activated, and the buzz of the motor sent blisters beneath the surface. Sima Aya began to sneak north along the coast. Her watch has a luminous compass that ensures she can navigate underwater.

Her plan was simple, sneak north, and then bypass the part of the border wall that stretches into the sea. The distance of the protective net wall into the sea has been greatly lengthened compared to the beginning of the 21st century, and the depth of the shark net has also reached the depth of the shark net. There is no way for ordinary people to sneak up to the lower edge of the protective wall and then bypass the lower edge.

Moreover, Sima Aya didn't bring an oxygen cylinder, this thing was too heavy, and it was "not borrowed" everywhere, so she just wore a breathing mask for shallow water sneaking, and modified and lengthened the breathing mask that could extend out of the water.

Following the direction of the compass, Sima Aya sneaked smoothly underwater. With breathing and heartbeat, time passes minute by minute.

In fact, she has always had a question in her heart, the sea should not be so warm in this season, maybe it should be colder. However, fortunately, the sea water was not so cold, otherwise, she would not have dared to enter the water.

......

Sima Aya's compass produced an abnormal jitter, and in fact, the compass was shaking all the time, shaking with the vibration of the submersible motor. Therefore, Sima Aya didn't notice the abnormal shaking this time. After this unusual jitter, she still adjusted the direction of her movement according to the direction of the pointer.

After a while, she began to feel abnormal.

A black shadow suddenly appeared in the sea in front of her, and she wanted to turn off the stalker immediately, but it was too late, and the propeller of the motor wrung into something, making it tremble like a big fish trying to break free of its hands.

The sneaking speed was not slow, and the inertia drove Sima Aya's body forward, she struggled to look around, and quickly surfaced: God, there was garbage, plastic bags, and waste bottles all around...... Soon, the stench came. Sima Aya's stomach churned.

She didn't know what sea she was in now, how far away from the coastline was, but it was clear that she had to use Beidou Positioning once to see where she was - she hadn't used Beidou Positioning because it could also mean revealing her location, but now, she had to use it.

"25 kilometers from the coast?" Oh my God, this can't be, could it be that there is something wrong with the compass? But it's possible. Sima Aya struggled to swim out of this large pile of garbage in the sea, and at the same time thought about which direction he should swim to the bottom now—there was no way, he could only open the Beidou positioning.

At this moment, Sima Aya suddenly felt weak, as if she had inhaled some kind of hypnotic gas, but where did the hypnotic gas come from on this sea surface? She couldn't find an answer until some clear plastic bags with biochemical drug logos surfaced. She saw that the plastic bags had been cut by something, which reminded her of the stalker's spiral slurry, and she didn't have time to curse, her eyes went black, and she fell asleep.

…… In a daze, Sima Aya found that she was swimming in a swimming pool, which seemed to be a training session in the police force 5 years ago, and the pool was the familiar pool in her memory.

Her feet were soft, she couldn't swim, she floated on the water, choking on the water with a deep and shallow mouthful, unable to call for help, even if she called for help, the greenhouse where the pool was located was empty, and no one could save herself.

At this time, a large dog suddenly appeared on the edge of the pool, which was the search and rescue dog of the army. It looked over to its side, threw itself into the water, and made a big splash. Sima Aya saw that it was swimming towards her.

"Good dog, come here." She called it in her heart, but she didn't say it, it was a heart-warming tacit understanding.

When the dog, specifically it should be a dog, when the dog approached, Sima Aya was surprised to find that it did not seem to be an ordinary dog, this was an oversized search and rescue dog, estimated to be an Alaskan dog, when did the police team raise a giant Alaska to be a search and rescue dog?

"Good dog, take me ashore." The instinct to survive is constantly in anticipation.

However, when the dog approached, Sima Aya saw its gaze, not a friendly gaze, perhaps in the whole course of his life, he didn't know what friendliness was, suddenly, it opened its bloody mouth and pounced on Sima Aya's face.

Friendship may not have been the word for friendship throughout its life.

(End of chapter)