Zhao Pengcheng hid in the dark carriage, feeling the bumps of the car, and silently counting the numbers in his heart. Every time the car stopped, his heart stopped beating. He knew there was a gate and the car was being inspected.

He vaguely heard the driver roll down the window, take out the pass and the signed registration form to show the guard, and laugh and say a few words to the guard.

According to normal procedure, the guards had the right to inspect the vehicle, but on this bitterly cold night, it was clear that no one wanted to do that. What's more, the driver is already familiar with the road, the procedures are complete, and there is no trouble.

The first two gates passed without incident, but the car stopped at the last gate for a bit of a long time. The driver and the guard were chattering about something, and Zhao Pengcheng couldn't hear it clearly, but he heard two dog barks.

Then the back door of the carriage slammed open, and a ray of flashlight came in through the cracks in the stacked cardboard boxes, leaving a dappled light on the inner wall of the carriage beside Zhao Pengcheng.

The barking of the dog was loud, accompanied by the salivation of eating and eating. Discerning from the sound, at least two dogs were lying on their stomachs at the entrance of the carriage.

Zhao Pengcheng held his breath and didn't let himself make a sound, but he couldn't block the smell on his body.

He heard the driver's voice: "It's these goods every day, and the procedures are all complete, what is there to check, what's wrong today?" ”

Another voice said, "You think I'm willing, it's this dog that's barking, and when it barks, we'll have to find out." ”

The driver complained: "This dog is really, it's a cold day, what is it calling, and there is no meat and bones in my car." Suddenly, "Oops" screamed, "Could it be because of this ......?"

Zhao Pengcheng heard the sound of footsteps, and the driver's voice flickered far and near, "I still have half a roast chicken in my car, can't the dog smell the roast chicken?" ”

Another voice said, "What are you doing with roast chicken in your car?" ”

"Hey, just the food in you, dinner, pickles and steamed buns every day, I still have to move and unload the goods, where can I stand it! This dog's nose is so good that I can smell it when I put it in the car. ”

"It didn't call when you came."

"At that time, the plastic bag containing the chicken was never opened, so maybe it didn't taste heavy." The driver snorted, "Tell me, it's just such a trivial matter, I'm really embarrassed, and you're also tired!" Come on, come on...... I've got some good packs of cigarettes here, you can take them and smoke ......."

……

The car started again, and there was a creaking sound from behind the heavy iron door closing.

Zhao Pengcheng let out a sigh of relief, and the tense muscles in his body relaxed, only to find that the clothes on his body were already soaked. In the cold of the night, the sweat quickly turned cold, sticking to his skin, and he couldn't help but think of the laboratory that could get infinitely close to absolute zero.

The driver in the cab hummed a light-hearted song:

Onadarkdeserthighay，

coolyhair，

armsmellofcolitas，

risingupthroughtheair.

……

Iasrunningforthedoor，

IhadtofindthepassagebacktotheplaceIasbefore，

Relax，saidthenight-man，

eareprogrammedtoreceive.

……

Zhao Pengcheng stretched out his somewhat stiff arms and legs, and kicked a large bag in the corner. He guessed that the bag might have been for him, so he fumbled to open it. There were a few pieces of clothing in it, and a hard, machine-like thing, and I don't know what it was in the dark.

In the compartment of the bag, he felt for a mobile phone. He turned on his phone, shone it on a bright light, and found a small handheld cutter in his bag. This kind of cutting machine comes with a lithium battery, DC power supply, small and convenient, the disadvantage is that the power is very small, but it is still very easy to cut the shackles on his feet.

He took out the cutter and pressed the switch, and the metal cutting blade on the roulette wheel spun up.

It was the first time he had operated such a machine, and he would inevitably be nervous when he had to cut through the tight iron rings on his legs in the dark. However, when the cutting blades and iron shackles rubbed into shining sparks, and the high-pitched and piercing cutting sound sounded in the carriage, an indescribable excitement rose in his heart.

The shackles opened.

Zhao Pengcheng's eyes were a little painful from the sparks, and he couldn't open them for a while. After acclimatizing to the darkness for a while, he began to change his clothes. Then he stuffed his phone into his coat pocket.

The van stopped. Boxes and boxes of goods were removed from the car, revealing openings for one person to enter and exit.

Zhao Pengcheng climbed out of the car and saw the driver's honest face.

The light of the headlights shone into the darkness ahead, illuminating a few grasses. Only the sky in the far distance was already glowing with white light.

The driver smiled at him and said, "Crossing the road in front is the old ferry, and I can only take you here." ”

Zhao Pengcheng also smiled, said "thank you", and ran into the path next to him without looking back, and the high and low shadows of the trees quickly covered his figure.

A crow swept over the treetops, croaked twice as if it had completed its mission, and flew towards the still-lit lights of the city.

The van drove away, the night was quiet, and everything was calm again.

Zhao Pengcheng crossed the small road and walked forward for more than half a mile, when he saw a business vehicle parked at a three-way intersection in front of him. He walked up to the van and tapped the window three times with his hand. The glass was rolled down, and a strange middle-aged man sat in the cab and looked at him and asked, "Huangliang?" ”

"I'm Huangliang." Zhao Pengcheng replied.

The middle-aged man got out of the car and helped him open the door: "Get in the car, Comrade Huangliang." ”

Zhao Pengcheng got into the car, sat in the back seat, took a long breath, and slowly closed his eyes. He knew that he was finally free, but he might not be able to use the name "Zhao Pengcheng" again in the future.

The middle-aged man sat back in the driver's seat, handed over a leather bag and said, "I'll take you to the airport, your ticket and documents are here." ”

Zhao Pengcheng took the bag, opened it and looked at it, there was his ID card and passport inside, and the names on them were all Huangliang. The ticket is to Amsterdam and some Chinese yuan and US dollars.

The middle-aged driver said: "I haven't had time to apply for a mobile phone card, but don't worry, it's still early before the boarding time, and I'll buy you a mobile phone when you get to the airport, and then apply for a card, which won't delay your trip." ”

"No need." Zhao Pengcheng said and took out the mobile phone stuffed in his pocket.

Swiping the screen, he saw a folder named "Ghost" lying in the corner of the screen on the second page.

……

In the basement of the lab building, Aoki connected his phone to one of the servers with a data cable, and it didn't take long for him to have a "ghost" folder on his phone.

Aoki unplugged his phone, sighed softly, and said to himself: "It's convenient to be so convenient, so you will know everything I will do with my phone in the future?" ”

Awaken and train the ghost, which may be a Pandora's box, and no one knows what the result will be when opened. Although he knew that in fact, beyond this ghost, there was a bigger and more terrifying, God-like omnipresent giant ghost that was constantly looking at the world.

Someday, we're going to meet. He thought. 8)