Chapter 10 Connectors
Not far from the tavern, Liu Minghao found himself being targeted, obviously in the bar before, his dollar offensive was not completely ineffective, although he did not get the information he needed, but it caused the greed of many people. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
For a person who once struggled to survive at the lowest level of society, Liu Minghao knew very well that in such a place, ten dollars could lead to a bloody crime, and the value of a hundred dollars was, in many cases, much higher than a human life.
The few people who followed did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, and followed Liu Minghao for a while, and soon lost patience and accelerated their pace to catch up.
Hearing the chaotic footsteps behind him, Liu Minghao glanced back, and immediately showed a panicked look, hurriedly crossed the intersection, and ran into an alley in front of him in a panic.
Seeing this, the thugs all looked happy, glanced at each other, and then rushed into the alley.
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In the dark alley.
A few thugs were bruised and swollen, lying on the ground, moaning in pain.
Liu Minghao's gaze swept over several people, walked to one of them expressionlessly, raised his foot and stepped on his knee hard.
The man originally wanted to pretend to be dead, but he couldn't help but have a sharp pain in his knee, and immediately screamed, and his body bounced violently like a dead fish a few times, and struggled to get up.
This person has a large tattoo on his shoulder, he is a small leader among several gangsters, and he is particularly ruthless, as soon as he ran into the alley just now, he hid in the dark and put a cold gun, if it wasn't for Liu Minghao's quick reaction, he was almost injured.
After the tattooed man was found by him and knocked down with a punch, he lay on the ground motionless, very cunning.
Liu Minghao withdrew his legs, picked up the gun that fell on the ground, and made a shooting motion at the tattooed man.
"Yes, there's something to say." The tattooed man has been fighting on the street all the year round, just now when he saw Liu Minghao's skills, he knew that the other party was not good at stubble, this time he kicked the iron plate, looking at the muzzle of the gun moving in front of him, he had no doubt that Liu Minghao would shoot, his face turned pale with shock, and he kept retreating with his hands on the ground until he hit the wall behind him and had no way to retreat, and hurriedly stammered and begged for mercy.
Liu Minghao shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, standing expressionlessly in place, his right arm stretched out, and the muzzle of the gun moved slowly and aimlessly, as if looking for the best angle to shoot.
The tattooed man's back was pressed against the wall, his body was tense and he didn't dare to move, his face became more and more pale as time went by, and sweat rained down.
Liu Minghao's shoulders moved slightly, and the tattooed man immediately widened his eyes in horror and screamed in a broken heart, "Don't, don't kill me, I know where the black dog is?" ”
"Tell me about it." Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, walked over and patted the man's pale face with the barrel of the gun, and said coldly, "Think about it clearly, don't give me a reason to kill you." ”
Five minutes later.
Liu Minghao got the information he wanted, knocked the person unconscious with the butt of a gun, and walked out of the alley.
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Halfway through the block, Mr. Liu stopped outside a dilapidated apartment.
According to the tattooed man's confession, there is only one old beggar of unknown origin in the Moriel neighborhood, named Black Dog, who lives in this crumbling apartment, but it is unknown whether he is the person Liu Minghao is looking for.
At this time, there were less than forty minutes before the deadline, Liu Minghao looked at the watch on his wrist, walked quickly through the street, and walked into the low porch of the apartment.
The interior of the apartment was even more dilapidated, dimly lit, and the walls were mottled and peeling, revealing dark wall tiles and clumps of brown mold.
Stepping on the creaking wooden staircase, Liu Minghao turned around from the first floor to the third floor and did not see a single figure, but inadvertently in the subtleties, he could still see that this apartment that looked like a ghost house was indeed inhabited.
Liu Minghao came to the corridor on the second floor, stood in front of a broken window, and accidentally saw an old man in ragged clothes sitting in the back alley, with a black earth dog lying at his feet, and the old man's appearance was quite similar to the black dog described by the gangster, and he couldn't help but move in his heart.
Since he found the target, Liu Minghao didn't bother to go downstairs, so he simply pressed the window lattice with one hand and jumped directly from the second floor.
Landing on his feet, stepping on the dust and fallen leaves piled up in the alley, making a very slight sound, the ears of the earth dog lying on the old man's feet moved slightly, and he lazily raised his head and glanced at Liu Minghao, and then lay back on the ground indifferently.
The old man was oblivious to everything, still leaning on the bench by the wall, looking up into the distance, as if in a daze.
There was silence in the alley.
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, walked a few steps away from the old man and stood still, and said tentatively, "Black dog." ”
The old man's body trembled slightly, and he turned his head, his face was full of furrows, but his two eyes were radiant and bright, and he couldn't see a trace of old age at all.
The two looked at each other, Liu Minghao was slightly surprised, and at the same time, he was slightly determined in his heart, this old man is so different, obviously it is impossible to be a real beggar, so the possibility that he is the connector is even higher.
Seeing that the old man didn't answer his question, Liu Minghao was thinking about whether to show his identity in order to trigger the NPC-like character of the connector to get the next mission information.
At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the greyhound suddenly raised its head, staring vigilantly in a certain direction behind him, and let out a low warning sound.
An inexplicable sense of crisis suddenly struck, Liu Minghao suddenly lowered his body and threw himself to the side, and with a slight gunshot, the bullets that flew from him almost grazed his ears and crashed into the wall in front of him, splashing a wisp of smoke and dust.
Liu Minghao made a mistake at his feet, quickly hid behind a protruding wall, probed slightly, and saw a man in a black suit and sunglasses appear in the alley, and immediately frowned.
Such a costume, in the Matrix movie, is the exclusive mark of the antivirus agents in the matrix who are used to clear anomalous data.
In this virtual world controlled by the matrix, not everyone in a black suit and sunglasses is an anti-virus agent, but as long as they are anti-virus agents, they must appear in such a costume.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and the anti-virus agent who had suddenly appeared was already rapidly approaching, and bullets rained down, constantly shooting into the wall where he was hiding, making a snapping sound.
Liu Minghao's back was close to the wall, silently counting in his heart, and at the moment when the bullet was finished, he jumped out violently, and the dagger in his boot was already in his hand.
With a flick of his hand, the dagger shot towards the anti-virus agent who was close in front of him, and at the same time, Liu Minghao also rushed out like an arrow.
Anti-Virus Agents are special anti-virus programs in the Matrix that can ignore any damage and kill them by no one except the awakened Savior.
The anti-virus agent in front of him was naturally the same, he didn't dodge the dagger that shot straight at him, and he was still approaching Liu Minghao quickly.
However, the characteristic of Liu Minghao's dagger is that it can ignore any rules and exert its lethality, and the dagger flew in front of the anti-virus agent like lightning, and with a pop, it disappeared into his right eye.
Liu Minghao came close in the next second, grabbed the right hand of the anti-virus agent, and slammed it hard, falling over the shoulder, putting the person to the ground, and at the same time pulling out the dagger and slamming it into his throat with his backhand.
As the blade sank into his neck, the body of the anti-virus agent lying on the ground twisted and disappeared in an instant.
Liu Minghao inserted the dagger back into his boot, and a hoarse voice sounded behind him.
"Yes, yes, it seems that you have a preliminary grasp of the rules of this world." The old man on the wall clapped his hands lightly and nodded slightly at Liu Minghao.
Liu Minghao walked over, and during the process of his fight with the anti-virus agent, the old man had been sitting on the bench without being affected in the slightest.
He also noticed that when the anti-virus agent rushed towards him, he didn't look at the old man with Ben, as if he didn't exist, thinking of the scene just now, he already had a faint realization in his heart.
"You're a connector?" Liu Minghao patted the black dog at his feet, looked at the old man and said.
The old man smiled slightly, nodded and acquiesced, "Compared to the few people sent before, your strength is enough to protect yourself, it seems that this mission is finally hopefully completed." As he spoke, he took out a black card and handed it over.
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally determined that the anti-virus agent who appeared just now was really a temptation of the old man, or a test, if he did not subdue the anti-virus agent, or was solved by the other party, he naturally could not receive a follow-up task.
This is a card inlaid with magnetic sheets, similar to the once widely used IC phone card, fingers touch the card, the eyes of the eyes will flicker slightly, and the translucent light curtain will automatically pop out.
"Trial mission, looking for alliance connectors."
"The trial mission is complete."
"Trigger the continuation task, within 12 hours, go to the third phone booth on Heather Avenue, receive information, find the Trojan horse program according to the prompts, and plant it in the following three designated locations."
"Room 101 of O'Neill's Apartment, Caesars Central Park Musical Fountain, Financial Street Defense Building Central Control Room."
"Mission tip, O'Neill Apartments is located in the Ferson neighborhood, where Thomas Anderson's residence is located. Caesars Park, where a big carnival will be held today, may unexpectedly increase the difficulty of the mission. The Civil Affairs Building, formerly known as the Ministry of Defense, is heavily guarded, which may be the most difficult part of your mission. ”
"The task prompts, the matrix will self-check from time to time to find abnormal data, you may be found at any time, you will encounter unexpected crises, you must always be vigilant. Once in the hands of anti-virus agents, it is difficult for anyone to escape. ”
“……”
Liu Minghao raised his head and wanted to ask further about the details of the mission, but found that the bench in front of him was empty, and the old man who was the connector and the gray dog at his feet had disappeared at some point, as if they had never appeared.