β region.

In the faint light of the night, Xia Long led a figure to shuttle through the stacked utility room.

"They're coming after you!" Behind Xia Long was his temporary partner this time, who was pale at the moment looking at the cosmic people who were striking back and forth in the faint light.

"It doesn't matter." Glancing calmly, Xia Long pushed his partner aside and rushed towards the cosmic man.

"Bang bang bang!" In the rain of bullets, Xia Long continued to move forward and shoot with a fierce momentum, and one after another beams hit the VC barrier, stirring up a circle of ripples.

"Hah!" With the last shot, Xia Long leaned over and fired like lightning, and the last enemy who was hiding behind the sneak attack also fluttered and fell.

"Are you alright?" After putting away the pistol and not being able to sense the breath of the enemy, Xia Long walked straight towards the temporary partner who was gasping in the corner.

"Huh~ I'm fine......" is also dressed in black, but he still seems to be a rookie agent, and he didn't slow down until Xia Long finished solving the enemy, "X, you're so good, why haven't I heard from you before?" ”

"Hmm." Seeing that the other party was not injured, Xia Long checked the time on the VC and nodded, "I'll leave it to you here, and I still have to leave beforehand." ”

After Pegginella solves it, it is enough to hand over the aftermath to S, and he happens to be here to complete the task entrusted to him by the artificial intelligence.

……

"Bang!"

In a dimly lit room, the only light shrouded Xia Long.

"Agent X, there's nothing wrong with you taking your own hands and participating in other missions, right?" COMMANDER DUES' VOICE RANG OUT.

"I have the right to assist JIN." Bathed in the light, Xia Long replied flatly.

The male voice paused for a moment and continued, "Indeed, you applied to assist Agent J. But that's when there's no other task......"

"I've successfully completed the mission." Xia Long interrupted.

"But not doing what is told is a violation of the rules. The next time you reoffend, you will be disqualified as an agent. ”

Quiet little section of the β area. After Xia Long finished the conversation with the commander, who was the artificial intelligence, he walked quietly on the side of the road.

The seemingly peaceful city is full of monitors, street corners, walls, and mid-air......

Although the war has ended in this world dominated by artificial intelligence, peace and happiness have not really arrived, and darkness is about to move. Recently, even artificial intelligence seems to be secretly doing something.

"Are you looking for death?"

"Ahh

"Dead open!"

Passing by a few young men who were fighting, Xia Long sighed and glanced at the sky, then turned around and walked towards a room called "Fredric".

Bar.

Compared to the club he always went to, the place was quiet, there were almost no people, and the music was elegant.

"Hello." A waitress at the bar greeted Xia Long with a smile, and nimbly mixed a drink in her hand.

"Let's have a drink." Nodding, Xia Long glanced at a man with glasses watching TV in front of the bar.

Dressed in a suit and tie, his face is a little thin, and he looks like an otaku. After seeing him, I just looked casually, and my attention quickly returned to the TV.

He smiled at the man. Xia Long walked to the other side and sat down.

In fact, he doesn't like to drink, but after coming to this world, he always subconsciously drinks some.

"Okay, please wait." After the woman put a glass of mixed light blue wine in front of the glasses man, she handed some food to Xia Long.

"Hey, Alyssa, where do you think those two giants came from?" Looking at the TV in a daze, the man with glasses suddenly asked the waitress.

"It's probably the universe." The waitress smiled and handed the wine glass to Xia Long, "Here." ”

"Thank you." Xia Long followed the gaze of the two of them, and saw a red giant on the TV screen on the wall.

It's a report about Severn X, and Xia Long sees the picture of himself and Severn X fighting together.

"Universe," the man with glasses said with an expectant smile on his face, "It's good that I'll never have to go to work at the company." ”

As he spoke, he lowered his lungs on the bar and said, "If you can fly to the end of the universe...... There's no need to worry about getting your wages deducted for mistakes. ”

The waiter chuckled when he heard this: "It's started again, Mr. Takanan's paranoia." ”

Xia Long listened to the exchange between the two on the side, and he felt the longing for the universe in the glasses man's words, as well as his disgust with work.

"What, is life bad right now?" Sitting next to the man, Xia Long smiled and raised his glass to the other party in front of him.

"Ah, it's not just bad," the man sighed and chatted with Xia Long, "endless repetitive work......

Xia Long learned that this man named Long Nan worked in an IT company, and his daily work was to work in a room full of computers, and he and countless colleagues were constantly coding words like machines.

Mechanized management, the entire office area only has the sound of continuous keyboard tapping, and a little laxity will trigger a program warning.

A boring life day in and day out can almost break a normal person.

Unlike his numb colleagues, this particular guy has been experiencing a decline in productivity for months in recent months due to exhaustion, and his salary has been deducted.

"Do you like the universe very much?" Xia Long pointed to the cosmic picture playing on the TV.

"Well, the universe ......" Speaking of the universe, Takashi was extremely excited, but he seemed to remember something, and soon sighed again, "When I was a child, I sketched a lot of dreams, astronauts and the like, but the reality was so far away. ”

Saying that, Long Nan sighed and looked at the bright Milky Way starry sky on the TV screen: "If only I could travel to the universe." ”

"Dreams." Looking at the beautiful planets in the picture, Xia Long sighed, put down his wine glass and said, "Maybe one day Mr. Long Nan can realize it." ”

After settling the bill, Xia Long smiled at the two of them: "Excuse me, I'll come again." ”

"Well, what about your current job?" Takao asked, "You are very similar to the person I met before. ”

"Me?" Xia Long paused, "Travel, it's probably a cosmic trip." ”

……

In the fighting space, Xia Long transforms into Kallio and stands in the clearing.

This time he didn't fight again, but calmed down and pondered his situation.

What Pegginella found was supposed to be anomalous energy.

If his sense is correct, the other party should have been aware of his existence, and the next battle is unavoidable, everything is only a matter of time.

While there is still time, he must improve himself.

When strength encounters a bottleneck, the place that can be prepared is some skills.

"Bang!"

Xia Long clenched his fists and kicked the ground, and as the energy around his body exploded, he rushed into the air like lightning.

As the battle in the world of Mebius comes to mind, Xia Long remembers the time he first fought in Kobe, the resurrected giant ultimate super beast, Saurus.

At that time, he was restrained by the monster without the ability to resist, and if it weren't for the help of several of Saiwen's seniors, he didn't know what would have happened.

The feeling of powerlessness at that time still haunts him.

Although there are reasons for carelessness and the difference in strength, the main thing is his defense.

In the face of the electric attack of the four tentacles, the invincible lightsaber didn't even have a chance to use it.

In this case......

Xia Long pondered.

In addition to physical strength, defense is a defensive shield or something.

For him now, the defensive shield should be more suitable.

"Whoa!"

Levitating high in the air, Xia Long lifted the left wall, and an arc-shaped light curtain converged in front of him.

"Not enough."

Xia Long raised the light curtain above his head.

The defensive area of this light curtain is too small, and it is still a little reluctant to face the closed attack of Saurus, and if you are not careful, you may catch the road.

"Frightened!"

Xia Long drank and gathered, and the energy in his body surged sharply to his left arm, and in the surging light, the light curtain continued to expand, and finally formed a ball to wrap Xia Long's entire body, but soon it shattered and dissipated like glass.

"As the range increases, the energy becomes unstable, and this barrier cannot be used to defend against ......"

With a deep groan, Xia Long stood tall in the air and felt it carefully.

While defending in all directions, maintain defense, and preferably make it easier for you to attack......

"It's a little hard."

Condensing the energy again, Xia Long kept practicing.

He is not very demanding, he only needs a defensive shield to help him get out of trouble.

At least in the event of an attack like Saulus's, it would have been enough to give him a moment to react.

"Fu-" With Xia Long's thoughts, the light suddenly moved.

It was very faint, and there was no movement when Xia Long looked closely.

"It was ...... just now," Xia Long stopped in confusion.

The moment the light moved, the barrier he condensed stabilized for a moment.

"Is it a coincidence?" After sensing nothing, Xia Long continued to practice. (To be continued.) )