DELTA area, DELPHI Club, 23:00 p.m.

"Bring me a cup like his." Walking through the crowd, Xia Long smiled at the man who was drinking at the bar, took off his sunglasses and sat aside.

The same bar, Xia Long has become a regular here these days.

Aside from the bedroom, which was covered by thick curtains, it was one of the few places he would like to stay longer, even if the music was a little loud.

"Life without a smile should be boring, right?" Taking the wine glass handed over by the waiter, Xia Long took a sip, and the corner of his eye swept over the man beside him.

Not an ordinary person, calluses between his fingers, a vigilant sitting posture because of his arrival......

"Have a drink together?"

Raising a glass to the man, Xia Long was about to have a good chat, but the man squinted at him slightly for a while and then got up to leave.

Shaking the wine glass in embarrassment, Xia Long's eyes moved slightly.

"That guy ......" JIN RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH THE MAN, MUTTERING TO THE MAN'S SEAT.

Seeing JIN, Xia Long helped order a glass of wine and asked, "How is it?" Got a clue? ”

"No, I can't remember who I am at all, I just keep dreaming the same thing," Jin said sullenly, "dreaming that I'm floating in the water......"

"If you really can't remember it, don't force it, after all, it's not necessarily a good thing to find memories of the past." Savoring the bitterness in the wine, Xia Long frowned and put down his glass.

Looking at JIN's contemplative appearance, Xia Long said: "This world is full of prescriptions for people's inner health and happiness, and in order to give people a standardized happiness, the prescriptions are continuously transmitted to people through the aerial display. ”

As he spoke, Xia Long pointed to the numb guests in the bar.

"And people who don't feel the happiness that the display shows are as if they are terminally ill, so. Even if you know the past, what can you do? You see them ......"

LOOKING BACK AT JIN IN SURPRISE, XIA LONG SMILED: "IT WAS THAT GUY K WHO TALKED TO ME, I HEARD THAT IT WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FORMER PARTNER, AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT." ”

"BUT," JIN SAID EARNESTLY, AFTER A MOMENT OF SILENCE. "I still want to know my past, at least, who I am."

"Well," feeling the confusion and longing in Jin's heart, Xia Long paused, and said with a positive color, "Regarding the building that exploded that day, there was no trace of damage at all the next day, and it was just a simple gas leak to the outside world......"

LOOK STRAIGHT AT JIN. Xia Long continued: "The target should be the woman you said, in this case, maybe she will know your identity, and even know the ins and outs of the whole incident. ”

Xia Long had some guesses in his heart that the woman might have been hunted down because she knew the secret of artificial intelligence.

"Did she say anything to you?" Xia Long then asked.

He doesn't know much about what's going on in the world, and he can't solve JIN's problem directly.

"WHAT......" JIN RUBBED HIS FOREHEAD AND TOOK THE RED GLASSES FROM HIS ARMS, "THIS." She said I was the savior of this world. ”

Savior?

Glancing over the corner of his eye, Xia Long secretly smiled bitterly.

this world. It's not something that can be saved by destroying aliens.

Even if the alien invaders are eliminated, even if the artificial intelligence that controls the world is cleaned up, will the world really be saved?

"Anyway, trust that woman first," he shook his head. Xia Long advised, "If you need it, I will also help you." ”

JIN CAME BACK TO HIS SENSES AND PUT AWAY HIS GLASSES SUSPICIOUSLY: "BUT XIA, DON'T YOU STILL HAVE A TASK?" ”

"Ahh It's not in a hurry. The waiter beckoned to settle the bill, and Xia Long said lightly, "What should come will come after all." ”

Regarding the investigation of anomalous energy, Xia Long gave the explanation that it was to complete a secret mission for DOES.

"Moreover, I have applied to the above, and now the main task is to assist you who have lost your memory." After settling the account, Xia Long looked around, intentionally or unintentionally, "Maybe it can be solved in my case." ”

He faintly sensed that the abnormal energy existed in this world, and the other party was so powerful, it was impossible to avoid him deliberately, there should be some reason.

Whatever the reason, he will always find clues with JIN.

……

In the middle of the night, Xia Long's brows furrowed in his sleep.

"What's wrong?"

Sitting up, some fragments flashed through Xia Long's mind.

"Whew-" The cool breeze blew in through the window, the curtains fluttered in the wind, and the faint blue light and shadow reflected and changed.

Silently walking to the window, Xia Long opened the curtain and looked out, except for the monitor floating everywhere, there was no figure.

"Boat?"

In the sound of the whirring wind, Xia Long looked into the distance with feeling.

……

"Saturday, 13th, 3 a.m., at night, there was an incident similar to the abduction of people by QuatreMutilation UFOs, 22 victims, please start the mission with Agent K!"

Canal Zone, Coastal Clearing, Xia Long and J rushed to the scene together.

"This is the third kidnapping," K explained, "the first is in the eastern region, the second is 13 people, and in the inland reclamation area, all of them happened in the middle of the night...... without exception"

"Why are there so many people here at 3 a.m.?" JIN INTERRUPTED.

K guessed: "The victim may have been lured. ”

"Seduction?"

Retracting his gaze from the rippling lake, Xia Long looked at K in confusion.

Nodding, K handed a document to the two and said, "This is the testimony of the taxi driver who carried the disappeared woman, who said when she was first pulled to this place......"

After glancing at the document, Xia Long handed the document to Jin, closed his eyes, and the sentences recorded on the document appeared in his mind.

"It was about 3 o'clock in the morning on the 13th, and the customer's expression was very panicked at that time......"

She said, "Hurry up, the ship has already arrived......"

As the sentences coincided, the blurry picture flashed,

The swaying neon lights, the taxi was speeding rapidly, the woman was urging eagerly, and finally left the taxi in a hurry, without waiting for the driver to find money, and even ignored the drop of clothes, just blindly running......

Xia Long opened his eyes, and in the faint light, his gaze swept around the clearing, and phantom shadows appeared.

The woman gasped and ran into the crowd, looking over her head as if relieved.

The images before the disappearance of the 22 people were frozen in Xia Long's mind.

"Boat?"

Coming back to his senses, Xia Long narrowed his eyes.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, it was also the time when he sensed the abnormality.

"The people gathered together must have been threatened in some way, let's start investigating from this side first," K said to himself, "I have been investigating this matter alone, if you join me, don't make a mess ......"

"Let's investigate separately, it will be more efficient!" Xia Long interrupted.

"I'd like to investigate it myself, too." JIN THEN SAID.

"Huh?" K paused for a moment and said with a smile, "You guys are really reliable!" Ha! ”

Xia Long nodded and continued, "I'll leave that woman to me. ”

"Huh? And 21 people ......"

"Over to you!"

……

At night, Charon came to the missing woman's apartment.

"Snort-"

As soon as I pushed the door in, a murmur came, a little small space, the TV in the corner of the living space was still on, staying in an empty channel, and the picture was full of snowflakes and white spots.

This kind of television is the world to provide information to people and record people's actions for the government, which is the tool of artificial intelligence control.

Ordinary people may not know it, but I'm afraid that the false information above alone is disgusting.

Stepping over a water stain under his feet, Xia Long found an empty mineral water bottle poured on the table, and most of the water flowed out.

Picking up the water bottle and looking at it, Xia Long silently walked to the computer desk.

There is no lock screen, and the screen stays on a list of music downloads.

"Drop!"

Xia Long casually clicked on a song to listen to it and then turned it off, and continued to operate the page to return.

"How ...... do you spend alone alone"

"Your working hours ......"

A large piece of data popped up and caught Xia Long's eyes.

unimaginably boring monotony.

With a light sigh, Xia Long turned around and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, where the nasty virtual screen and the fake smiling face were still in the air.

"Lonely people always increase their heart disease for no reason, so please actively raise some small animals such as cats and dogs......

Retracting his gaze, Xia Long suddenly felt the urge to destroy the artificial intelligence.

But......

"Bear with me a little longer."

Casually turning off the TV in the living space, Xia Long paused for a moment and turned to leave. (To be continued.) )

PS: Ahem, I think it's a practice for Nexus, which may be written later