A very modern building stands on the banks of the River Thames. The www.biquge.info of this building is very tall, about 100 floors, and the exterior walls are all mirrored glass with silver light, compared with the low historical buildings nearby, this building is like a sharp sword, abruptly piercing the sky.

On the 62nd floor of the building, the alarm clock rang at six o'clock in the morning. Ryan got up from the bed, walked from the large, comfortable bed to the bedroom window in two steps, and tore open the curtains.

Before dawn, Ryan saw that the skyline had already revealed a touch of fish's belly, and the whole city was about to usher in a new day of sunshine in the next eleven minutes.

As a resident of the Sword Building, Ryan should have been one of the first to get up, which was a requirement of his profession and a habit he had accumulated over the years. While the people who live in this building now are rich and expensive, and it is more important for them to get a good night's sleep, Ryan still enjoys watching the city light up from the distant skyline.

"You...... Are you awake? On the large bed in the room, a woman with a lot of charm opened her eyes. There was no tiredness on her face, only a little residual makeup, and her eyes were charming, and she looked at the man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling bay window with a little curiosity.

Little by little, the window became brighter, and gradually illuminated the man's silhouette. He was supposed to be fairly young, in his mid-thirties on the outside, but his shaved head due to baldness made him look a little older. In other respects, he was perfect, with strong muscles, a very manly stubble, and a gentlemanly demeanor all the time.

This is also rare in a woman's career, and what is even rarer is that last night's reward was incredible, because this man directly injected her with a 6-hour sleep potion with a purity of C4 after finishing the job, you know, such a reward is simply a Christmas gift delivered in advance!

This is the year 2066 of the Earth calendar, and in the current world, sleep potions are the only currency in circulation!

Ever since humans discovered fifty years ago that specific neural circuits and glands in the brain can alter the quality of sleep, the world has entered a technological explosion phase. Many technologies have been quickly conquered in a very short period of time, and humanity has basically reached a state where it can live forever.

The premise is that you have enough good quality sleep pills.

Sleep potions are common in this world, and are divided into 5 levels, from grade A to grade E, and each level is divided into several sub-segments from 1 to 5 segments. For example, the A1 potion is the best potion that can be bought. As long as you can inject A1 medicine, you can get the best sleep quality, and the body's metabolism will be in a theoretically optimal state.

In the most popular terms, it is immortality.

A 70-year-old woman can still be as energetic as a 30-year-old lady, and a 30-year-old woman can maintain the appearance of a 17-year-old girl. Unless you use a genetic testing machine, you won't be able to notice the difference just from the outside.

But sleep pills are expensive. You must know that a woman's usual payment for serving a man all night is just a potion of about E2. And last night's C4 potion had already shown its magic, and the woman stretched, feeling that the back pain she had accumulated years ago was completely gone.

"You're really powerful...... the woman got up from the bed naked, slid to the man's side like a swimming fish, and wrapped her agar-like smooth jade arms around the man's neck, "I still want you to accompany me today, okay?" ”

The nostalgia between the woman's eyebrows and eyes, the reluctance between her lips and teeth, is really like a stunner. If it were an ordinary man, I am afraid that he would have been unable to hold it for a long time and push the woman down again.

But Ryan knew that this was a routine used by women in their profession, and that her real purpose was only one, and that was that she was thinking about her high-purity sleep potion.

"If, in the future, you still want me to favor you, then get dressed and leave now. Go straight from the elevator to the lobby on the 1st floor and say to the maître d'art named Jack that you are a guest of 6201 and that he will take you out. And wash your face, the people in this building don't want to see a ******** shadow. ”

Ryan no longer had the gentlemanly demeanor of last night, and although his voice was still as low and magnetic, there was no trace of pity in his words, and they were cold as if they were giving an order.

"Oh well. Goodbye. ”

The woman withdrew, very amused. When she saw that the man was not impressed by herself in the slightest, she knew that she could only obey. You must know that she has only met a few people in her life who can sit still under her teasing, and those men are all the most powerful characters. Besides, being able to inject a C4 sleep potion is enough for her to maintain her youthful appearance for a month. Why would she ask for more?

Ryan put on his crisp uniform shirt and picked up a cup of coffee mixed with a little whiskey. This is also a habit of his, in the eyes of others, he will feel as rigorous as an ancient clock, but only he knows that he prefers to start his day in a slightly drunken feeling.

In the living room, four or five projected 3D screens were playing news, some from the Taixi Federation and some from the Yunqin Empire, but most of them were about life and entertainment, and very little about politics and diplomacy. Because since the Yunqin Empire announced its closure a few years ago, the only two remaining powers in this world have been in a complete stalemate.

Drip, drip, drip.

Ryan's wristband suddenly screamed shortly, and it flashed red at the same time. Ryan rushed into the living room, his uniform jacket draped over his body, his wristband projected onto the image.

"Capt Ryan. Helillo, please report to the headquarters as soon as possible. Major General Bryant of the Special Operations Group is waiting for you. ”

"General?" Ryan's brow furrowed, for the name of the Scarlet Queen Bryant was so loud that the name of the major general had only been heard on some of the most important occasions since she had been away from the war. This gave Ryan a very ominous premonition.

Because of the urgency of the situation, Ryan pressed a few times on the wristband and directly opened the floor-to-ceiling bay window. Winds from the 62nd floor poured into the room, disrupting the meticulous furnishings in the room. But Ryan didn't hesitate much, he jumped off, like a good Air Force paratrooper.

Falling from a high altitude didn't feel good, and Ryan's face was blown out of shape by the whirring wind. Thankfully, it didn't last long, and almost a second later, a robotic hand grabbed Ryan by the back and pulled him into a military Grey Falcon vehicle.

"Good morning, Captain. Please fasten your safety device, Destination 221 Baker Street, ETA, 3 mins. ”

A virtual female voice rings in Ryan's ears, and now that artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, no one can tell whether the voice is a human or a machine based on sound and content alone.

Ryan walked straight into the lobby of 221. The fully enclosed hall was now in chaos, with security guards, clerks, soldiers in armor, all hurrying through the hall like headless flies, and no one gave Ryan a second look.

Through several security doors, in the depths of 221, in a circular conference room, Ryan saw the palpitating figure.

Bryant, the Scarlet Queen.

The female major general with long blood-red hair turned around. She was wearing the battle armor of the Federal Army, but the armor made of pieces of titanium did not hide her hot body. Not to mention her delicate makeup and beautiful face like an angel.

But Ryan, who was born in the army, knew that the woman in front of him was more terrifying than the devil.

"Captain, although your establishment no longer belongs to the army, I will still call you Captain." Bryant nodded slightly at Ryan and opened with a sentence that was neither salty nor light.

"General!" Ryan, however, suppressed the mixed feelings of fear, awe, and excitement in his heart, put his feet together, and gave a standard military salute straight to Bryant.

"It seems that you have not lost the tradition of being a soldier in all the years that you have joined this Operation Group 221." Bryant walked up to Ryan and looked the athletic but not burly captain up and down for a moment.

"You signed this non-disclosure agreement, and then there's a case here that you need to investigate." As soon as Bryant's words fell, a projected protocol appeared out of thin air next to Ryan.

"Case?" Ryan's left eyelid jumped. Action Group 221 is a special investigative group directly under the orders of Congress. It is specially responsible for dealing with some intractable diseases in the gray area that even the national security department and the secret service department cannot handle. But over the years, no matter how complicated and bizarre the case is, there is no need to sign a separate confidentiality agreement, let alone this case directly from the military, and even the famous Scarlet Queen has been dispatched.

"Let's sign it soon. I promise you won't regret it. Bryant's voice had a natural coldness, which, combined with her armor with the rank of major general, made it an order that could not be refused.

Ryan stretched out his palm and pressed it against the projection. His palms were quickly swept away, and the words "Successfully signed" were revealed.

"Well, next, you officially become a member of this case investigation. You will be directly under my orders, and from now on you will not disclose anything about this case to a third party. ”

"What case?" Ryan asked.

"A pending murder."

"Time, place, people?"

"I know you're a brave man." Bryant suddenly said something that seemed inconsequential, and with a flick of her finger, the lights in the conference room suddenly went out. Then, a variety of lights and rays shot out from all corners of the conference room, and then pieced together the image of a research laboratory.

Ryan and Bryant walked in this seemingly ordinary laboratory. Everything in the lab was white, and all sorts of strange equipment were stacked in an orderly manner. Based on past experience, Ryan judged that this should be a biological laboratory. And judging by some of the super-cutting-edge equipment, this laboratory is at least a top-secret federal laboratory.

Bryant's fingers swiped in the air a few times, and the picture of the entire laboratory suddenly changed, next to a huge instrument, a man and a woman, two researchers in white lab coats, fell to the ground in a pool of blood.

"This is a federal top-secret laboratory numbered AR41. We found these two bodies half an hour ago. ”

Half an hour ago? Ryan thought about it, what kind of case is such a fast processing speed.

"The deceased, female, Sophie. Crawford......"

"Crawford?" Ryan instinctively startled, "This surname is so familiar, don't we have a chief scientist named Crawford...... Wait a minute! ”

"Yes. She is the Chief Scientist of our Northwest Laboratory. A pioneer in brain research, Sophie Murphy. Lord Crawford. ”

Ryan's heart was pounding violently, and he felt all the blood rush up his head all at once, an adrenaline rush he had only experienced when he had fought in the Marine Corps.

Chief Scientist! What an important big shot this is! The panic in the hall before, the bloody queen Bryant, the mysterious non-disclosure agreement, all of this was connected in Ryan's head.

You must know that although the Thai-Greek Federation is a federal system, with the Parliament, the President, and the Supreme Court forming the top-level separation of powers, many things have changed more or less behind the country since it entered the technological explosion 50 years ago. In a society where scientific and technological progress is the core task, the status of scientists has been elevated like a rocket, science laws have been passed, scientists have become a privileged class in this society, the police cannot be directly detained, trials must be carried out by the Supreme Court, and they enjoy special state security......

The chief scientist is the top few people in the class of scientists. It's a position, it's an honor, it's a faction, and behind every chief scientist there is a terrifyingly powerful force.

There are only seven chief scientists in the Taixi Federation, and in Ryan's opinion, it is these seven people who really control the lifeblood of the Taixi Federation and control the fate of half of humanity. They are more like the heads of state than the presidents, and they are the kings of the Big Bang era.

And now, one of the kings died in the laboratory?

Ryan's head went blank briefly, and his lips became dry, but he still opened his mouth to ask, "And who is this man?" Is it a colleague or a companion of Master Crawford? ”

"Nope. In the official record, Lord Crawford has no partner. And the system shows that this person is not a scientist at all. Our system got nothing until 10 minutes ago ......"

Ryan saw that even Bryant, the Scarlet Queen, hesitated, and then she raised her head and stared straight into her eyes.

"You're a brave man, Ryan, and you're going to know what we're going to face next, and this man's name is Ho Luo. He was the fourth prince of the Yunqin Empire. ”