Chapter 2: The Garden of Eden

"Drop!"

With a bang, all the safety nets were opened and adjusted to the highest state of readiness, and the check-in button on everyone's terminal turned gray.

Wells swiped up and down on the virtual projection screen, carefully checking the sign-in sheet. The dense list was reflected on his lenses.

The sign-in time is closed, except for a nominal deputy chief, everyone else is ticked behind.

Anyway, Wells was used to it, and besides, he didn't expect him to help him handle his work when he agreed to be the deputy chief.

The "Kaleidoscope" project has been overhauled and there is no abnormality.

The puppet confirmed, no anomalies.

Confirmed by an external signal shielding device, there is no abnormality.

Departments are connected.

……

It's a large, yet hidden, spatial rift, with a huge stand-alone office system that can't find exits and entrances without special permissions.

They called it the Garden of Eden.

Outsiders say that they are heavily infected with the Genex-II virus that does not obey the control, and that they are extremely dangerous beings.

Genex-II is a new virus that was discovered only eight years ago, and only children under the age of 18 can be infected with this virus, and once infected, it will greatly reduce the lifespan of the virus, and almost no infected people will survive beyond the age of 18. Infected individuals greatly improve their physical performance in the early stages of infection, and gain uncontrollable and dangerous abilities, capable of many things that humans simply can't do, such as creating flames out of thin air, or even creating wormholes out of thin air. So far, no one has been able to figure out where these abilities come from, and no scientist has been able to find a cure for this condition. According to a report by the Libra Council, the highest leadership organization in today's society, the virus will also greatly arouse the anti-social personality and bloodthirstiness of the infected.

Historically, there have been many major bloody incidents caused by infected people. The most famous of these was the Adele Affair, which forced the Fifth World War to end prematurely.

As a result, infected people also have a widely used nickname - "blood-stained children".

Therefore, the world is now on a level 1 alert state for this virus, and all teenagers must undergo regular physical examinations, and once they are infected, they will be graded according to the degree of infection, and those who are mildly infected will be monitored by the Libra Council's "reflex network" system from morning to night. Some of the severely infected people will be deprived of all citizenship rights, isolated, and then sent to the isolation center of the "Libra Council", where they will not be allowed to come into contact with other citizens for the rest of their lives. After so many lessons, everyone talked about Genex-II. perverted, and almost no one dared to shield an infected person, including his biological parents.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and those infected who refuse to be monitored by the "Libra Council" or desperately try to escape from the quarantine center eventually come together and build this spatial rift as a place for them. They call themselves the "Children of the New Era".

At present, the Libra Council does not know that these so-called "missing" infected people have built such a meticulous organization.

Wells was the leader of the "New Age Sons", and all the children called him "The Chief".

At this time, Wells was presented with a huge projection screen, and the work of various departments was constantly updated in real time.

There was a loud "bang", and the office door was slammed open. However, Wells was not at all worried that the news had leaked out, causing the people of the "Libra Council" to invade the very heart of Eden so quickly.

"Yo, ——, you're so diligent, ——, chief, you're indistinct," a lion-haired guy greeted with a bowl of instant noodles leaning against the door frame and sucking noodles. A greasy smell of instant noodles suddenly permeated this meticulous office.

"Department 05, deal with it according to Plan C." Wells finished giving instructions before turning back to look at the guy, "Ray, you still think of coming to headquarters today?" ”

"I didn't have an appointment to play today, it's too boring, so I'll come over and play for a while." Ray munched on the noodles, "Anyway, I'm two minutes late today." ”

"It's two minutes and forty-six seconds," Wells said lightly, pushing his glasses, "I'm not the place to play." ”

"It doesn't matter!" Ray swaggered over to the side of the couch and sat down.

Wells sighed, there was really nothing he could do with Ray, "Don't get in the way of my work," he thought for a moment, and added, "Don't spill the soup on the ground." ”

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Carl pressed the center of the card, and the card was instantly activated, and the intricate lines lit up on the card.

"Don't bother logging in, just play casually, just choose free mode." Sophie said.

Carl nodded, his finger brushing the side of the card, and a virtual screen was immediately projected on top of the card. He quickly set it up, and with a "beep", the card rose into the air and dropped a ball at Carl's feet.

There was a big "X" on the ball, and Carl flapped it with his foot to make sure there was nothing wrong.

Ex-ball simulates the touch and force of reality by relying on holographic projection and urging particle disturbance to generate a unique force field in a certain area around it, so as to generate the ball and ball out of thin air. Now the technology is so advanced that it feels like the real thing.

Free mode can be logged in or without a login. If you don't log in, you can't use the unique special moves that you have written for yourself in your own database, but the system still reserves a few basic general special moves that you can use. This mode only generates balls, not courts, and the surrounding environment is the stadium. It is generally used for warm-ups and body technique exercises. In addition, there is no referee or scoreboard in this mode, only a light, which changes color to record the real-time attribution of the ball. Therefore, the rules of the game and scoring do not need to be so strict, and they can be changed at any time.

Karl said: "Although my equipment is cheap, at least the range of this lawn can be covered by the force field. ”

"Okay. Then you attack and I defend. Sophie hooked her hand, "Just use the back of the chair over there as a goal." ”

In a regular ex-ball game, each side has a goal and each side has a goalkeeper, and only when the ball reaches the goal is counted. Outside the big box is where all players on both sides can move, and inside the small box is only the defender's goalkeeper and the attacker's player with the ball.

Ex-ball rule, when the ball comes into contact with a person's body, it means that the ball belongs to that person at that time. Only when the ball does not come into contact with any person in the air, at which point the ball loses its ownership and both teams can make a snatch, which can be done with the head and limbs. If a person touches the ball in the same position for more than three consecutive seconds, it is considered a foul.

Karl dribbled straight to Sophie.

Is he a habitual foot...... Sophie speculated.

Of course, some people are very well-coordinated with their hands and feet, and they are equally powerful. However, because of the convenience of habits, most people are divided into two categories: dominant hands and dominant feet. The two types of people play in completely different styles.

She stopped in front of Carl and tentatively tried to intercept it with her feet.

Carl was a little smug and thought he had won. He picks the ball and tries to catch it with his hands, then turns around Sophie.

Changing hands with feet is the most basic action.

Really stupid...... I saw it directly. Sophie was already ready, and directly raised her hand to hit the ball in mid-air. Fast, accurate, ruthless.

She is handed.

Both of them rushed towards the ball that flew out at the same time. In terms of physique, Sophie was still slightly inferior, allowing Karl to touch the ball first.

Before Karl could rejoice, he saw Sophie shovel straight towards the ball bouncing off his instep.

In desperation, Karl shot the ball straight away. "Hey, yes, yes!" The ball under his feet flew like a bullet.

Strength is very good! Sophie was secretly surprised, but then analyzed that the difference in hitting the ball was a bit too much, and it was easy to miss......

Of course, the real-time calculation of the computer was calculated by her human brain, and the ball had already flown to the side, straight to the head of a passing teenager.

"Oops!" Karl patted his head.

Three, two, one, headshot!

The traffic light now lights up a third color, which means that a third person is involved in the game.

Carl's ball was really fierce enough, and the ball hit the boy's head, and it bounced directly into a weird arc and went out of bounds.

When the ball goes out of bounds, the system regenerates a new ball directly at the feet of the last person the ball touched before it went out of bounds.

The young man shook, finally stood firm, and slowly turned his head, as if this black gas was shrouded in the hall.

His voice was extremely cold:

"Who is it?"

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Wells sat straight in front of the big screen sorting out the data, while Ray unknowingly pulled out a bag of beef jerky and began to chew it. Lei is really a complete foodie, and he can take out something to eat anytime and anywhere.

"Do you have anything else to do in the afternoon?" Wells asked intently, though his eyes were always fixed on the big screen.

"I'll go around and see if there's any place to play." Lei cocked Erlang's legs and ate very comfortably.

"If I were a member of the Libra Council, I would probably be angry. The most wanted infected person swaggers out to play every day, and they don't even notice it. ”

Ray was not ashamed but proud: "I'm the most wanted criminal? Enough cards! He shrugged, "That bunch of shitty chickens is too spicy to catch me, so what can I do?" ”

Wells was about to say a few more words when suddenly an alarm sounded in his office.

"Kaleidoscope Zero S+ Surveillance Target has been reported to have made contact with two normal humans, and a mini-brawl has occurred, with no injuries reported." An audio clip came over the speaker.

Wells looked up slightly at a monitor in a corner of the screen, then lowered his head again.

Although it is necessary to keep an eye on Zero and report any abnormalities, it is too common for Zero to have a brawl, and Wells, who has always been strict, is considering whether to block this kind of news in the future.

"That kid is really energetic." Rehaha laughed.

Wells looked down at the stats: "I don't think it has anything to do with vitality. ”

"According to the report, an unregistered son of the new era was newly discovered on the Rhine line on the second floor of the 'kaleidoscope', aged about eight years old, and the grade was preliminarily judged to be A+. The Libra Council has already been dispatched and is approaching the target along Gulden Road. Please give instructions. Another piece of audio came through the speakers.

Wells and Ray were stunned and stopped arguing.

"A+ grade?" Wells looked up and clicked on a short video that had just been transmitted by the Intelligence Department along with the audio. In the video, I can only see a small blonde boy, his surroundings are chaotic, and there is a lot of noise in the video, but you can still see a huge crack in front of him, which is extremely incongruously across the side of the screen, and the surrounding houses have been destroyed into pieces because of this crack. The people around screamed and fled in all directions, as if the boy had come from hell.

"Yo. Not bad. I haven't seen a second A+ grade in many years. Ray was dealing with a difficult cow tendon at this time, and he was confused.

"Being able to tear apart the space independently can indeed be preliminarily judged to be A+, and the Ministry of Intelligence did not lie to us. Definitely find him before the Libra Council. Wells clicked on a video call window, "Call Shirley of the 09 department." ”

A girl with exaggerated orange hair, a blue bow hairpin, and ocean-blue eyes appeared in the call window. At this time, she didn't seem to notice that the call window had been opened, facing the window sideways, holding a small round mirror in her hand, and muttering: "Wow~ It's been drifting again." The dull hair on his head shook excitedly.

There was a reminder from someone else: "Ahem, Shirley, collect it quickly, the chief is looking for you." ”

The girl was taken aback, and hurriedly put away the mirror, deliberately tightening her face. She turned nervously and said, "Hello chief...... What's the matter? ”

Wells is such a strict person who has always been efficient, how can he wait for her to perform, just when Shirley just looked in the mirror, Wells recorded what he was going to say, and passed on the information about the boy at hand, and then ruthlessly closed the call window, and then went on to other things.

"You can imagine Shirley yelling over there again, 'I'm not going to look for a cuter Shota than me' or something." He really couldn't deal with that cow tendon, so Ray had to swallow it whole, swallowing it so hard that he rolled his eyes, "Hiccup." Aren't you afraid that she won't go? Maybe that guy hasn't heard from you yet! ”

"No, if an A+ compatriot is left in the Libra Council, I'll have everyone paint a flower on her face." Although this is a joke, it doesn't feel like a joke at all when it comes out of Wells's mouth, and it even makes people a little hairy behind it.

Ray also knows that jokes are jokes. This is what Wells has always been accustomed to. It's not that he doesn't care about it, otherwise he wouldn't have called Shirley from the 09 department, although this guy is off the line enough. He has a lot of trust in his colleagues. Almost everyone here comes from the brink of life and death, and there will be no mistakes in doing anything, and they can't afford any mistakes.

Ray was sighing about life, Wells suddenly turned his head and gave an order: "Ray, punish you for cleaning the Garden of Eden for a week." Complete. ”

"Huh? Why? Ray was so confused that his mouth was wide open, and his chin almost fell to the ground.

"You're getting dirty on my floor." Wells was expressionless.

Ray was crazy for a long time, and squatted down very aggrieved to find out: what the hell did I drop on the floor...... Ten minutes later, he found a piece of shredded beef that was less than a millimeter wide and less than three centimeters long in cross-section......