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It's about to get dark, but San Francisco's South Docklands is still buzzing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Like several other docks in the city, the area is in chaos, full of people trying to get on the boats to escape, while the ships moored at the main part of the docks are surrounded by chariots and military men, and only those who have their tickets are allowed to enter the aisle, and at the other end of the berth, a line of cars with government signs is driving onto the docks, and the loading and unloading machinery on board the ships is frantically carrying the contents onto the ships.

"Coward!" "They abandoned us!" "It's nice to say, but it didn't turn out to be the first to run away!" "Bastard, my son is still on the battlefield!"

The crowd was full of curses, and many of them were emotionally trying to rush into the blockade, but they could not get past the mechs, and some tried to throw stones into the blockade, but were immediately knocked down by the police with paralyzing guns and dragged aside like corpses.

"It's useless, we can't get on the boat." John Holt stood on the edge of the pier with his three-year-old daughter in his arms, grim face. The family couldn't squeeze into the frenzied docks.

"Perhaps...... We should try our luck further south. His wife, Melissa, whispered, "Like, to Los Angeles ......"

"Don't you see that those transporters all have Los Angeles license plates? Even the official motorcade in Los Angeles is rushing this way. John replied, "I just checked the news on the Internet, and the Confederate forces have begun to blockade the south from the sea, and it is almost certain to die if they go to sea from Los Angeles." ”

"That'...... What to do? ”

"I don't know, I'm going to think about it......," John said with a wry smile, "maybe it's an option to stay?" ”

In the Confederate propaganda offensive in the West, "civilians who have given up resistance will be reinstated as citizens of the American Community and will not be persecuted in any way" has always been an important one, and in fact, seeing that there is no hope of getting on the ship, many people have indeed dispersed, trying to try their luck when the Confederate army arrives.

But Melissa shook her head: "Don't forget, dear, that we are all from the University of Oregon School of Medicine. ”

When John heard this, he could only sigh.

The University of Oregon School of Medicine, founded in 2065, is special in that it is a medical school that was founded solely for collaboration with the people of Buttermins. In the decades since its founding, the Bartmins have put a lot of technology into the medical school, until the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano, but the technology within the medical school is still the focus of snooping, and once the regular doctors of the medical school fall into the hands of the Union army, it is almost conceivable that the next thing will be house arrest for at least ten years, until the last thing that can be useful in the head is pulled out - these experiences have been confirmed by some other unfortunate colleagues.

"Hell, isn't there anything you can do?" John muttered to himself, "By the way, there's also the black market...... I don't know what the price of the ferry ticket is now, but I can always give it a try......"

Just then, his phone rang.

Seeing the unfamiliar caller number, John was stunned for a moment, hesitated but still connected: "Hey? ”

"John Holt?" A somewhat familiar man's voice came out, "I'm Zhao Yu...... What's going on over there? Can I still board the ship? ”

"Boarding the ship?" John smiled wryly, "Now the docks are in chaos, and we can't even squeeze in." ”

"Very good...... Well, I mean, I might have a way to help you. Zhao Yu said, "How about we meet at Alameda Pier in half an hour?" You can find it, right? ”

"Alameda? Okay, I got it. John hung up the phone, looked back at his wife's questioning eyes, and shrugged in confusion, "Zhao said he might have a way to help us." ”

Alameda is a marina on the east side of the bay, and although it has left the main town on the west side, it is still inevitably in chaos. The men who still had a glimmer of hope surrounded the docks, and those who gave up hope began to loot in the streets, and John's family trembled around all those who seemed to be angry, and finally came to the outside of the Alameda docks after dark, by which time an hour had passed since the appointed time, and John wondered if it was too late.

"Hey, John, we're over here." Zhao Yu poked his head out at a street corner and beckoned to them, "It's really messy tonight." ”

John hurriedly ran over with his daughter in his arms: "Thank God, you are still here." ”

"Because I don't see any reason for you to pass up the opportunity I said." Zhao Yu still hugged the couple again, and then took out a card, "Take it, this may be useful." ”

"...... this?" John looked at the card in his hand by the light, and there was some speculation in his heart, but he never dared to say it.

Zhao Yu smiled slightly: "WPA Citizen Special Pass, Christine has already helped you modify the information in it, the 'Trasul' passenger ship in the No. 2 position of Alameda Pier will set sail on time at 11:30 tonight, I hope you don't dislike this second class." ”

The husband and wife were completely stunned.

They certainly know what a WPA citizen pass means, meaning that there is no reason for anyone in the West Coast Republic to stop them from boarding! The value of this card tonight is no longer measurable in money, and now at least two-thirds of the people in San Francisco are willing to trade it for any price!

And Zhao Yu gave it to himself like this?

"There is an old Chinese saying that the grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring." Zhao Yu looked at their expressions and scratched his head a little embarrassed, "In the first three months when I crawled out of that freezer, without your care, I must not be what I am now...... The people of Buttermins gave me a second life, and you made me feel like a normal person for this second life, and you kept my most precious memento of the old century. I don't have any other gift for you, WPA citizenship is the only thing I can do to help you - well, time is running out, you can take Isha with you now, to a safe place. ”

"I ...... I don't know what to say. John stammered, "This gift is so precious......

Zhao Yu patted him on the shoulder: "If you know it's precious, take it well!" If you want to return the gift, remember to call me when you arrive in Hawaii to say that you are safe. ”

"Let's go, we're busy too." Christine interjected next to her, "We have to hurry and get another pass somewhere else." ”

John nodded excitedly, Melissa grabbed her husband's sleeve and bowed deeply to Zhao Yu and Christine, and then the three of them turned around and ran towards the Alameda dock, where Isa waved at Zhao Yu on her father's shoulder.

Zhao Yu also waved in response, and only after seeing the family disappear into the crowd did he turn his head to look at Christine: "That card is okay, right?" ”

"Is it the first time you've seen me hack someone else's system?" Christine retorted angrily, "It's not that a new WPA status was created out of thin air, it's just that their data is used to replace your information - I asked you, and you are not distressed at all about losing your WPA status." ”

Zhao Yu laughed dryly: "Didn't you say that there was another way, so I dared to give them it." ”

"I also said that the next method is more likely to gamble on luck." Christine snorted, "Let's go, it's still a rush tonight!" ”

"Where is the goal?"

"Chinatown, of course!"

San Francisco Chinatown, Zhao Yu also went here when he was shopping in the afternoon, and he always felt a little different from his impression, but thinking about the time he was familiar with more than a hundred years and experienced a catastrophe, what kind of changes should be within the acceptable range, but it was not until now, when he and Christine returned to Chinatown, that he found out what was wrong.

It was already completely dark, and he could see a three-hundred-meter-tall building in the middle of Chinatown, surrounded by decorative lampposts glowing red in the night, making its exterior outline even clearer.

Zhao Yu stared at the building dumbfounded, the lower half was a thick cylinder supported by several huge brackets, the upper half seemed to be a rocket waiting to be launched, and the topmost spherical building and the antenna on the top of the ball......

"There's no mistake." He muttered under his breath.

Isn't this the smaller Oriental Pearl TV Tower?

Why is there an Oriental Pearl TV Tower in San Francisco, which is almost 10,000 kilometers away from the magic capital, across the Pacific Ocean!

However, Christine obviously didn't bother about this at all, she went directly to the bottom of the TV tower, said a few words to the person in the guard room on the first floor, and then motioned for Zhao Yu to go in with her.

"What did you say?" Zhao Yu said curiously.

"Say that we have the status of government workers, can we get a ferry ticket?" Christine replied, "The doorman told us to go directly to the 50th floor and ask the person in charge. ”

“…… Do we still have this identity? ”

Christine pouted absently: "I hacked the information of two pieces of waste from Los Angeles casually." ”

Zhao Yu was stunned: "Isn't it true that there are two people over there who can't get on the boat?" ”

Christine snorted coldly: "That's two guys from the operational staff...... The national army is still fighting, they shouldn't have been on board in the first place! ”

As a retired soldier with nearly a year of military experience, Zhao Yu immediately agreed to this sentence, and then he thought of another question: "That...... Who are we now? ”

"You're Lieutenant Collier Chan of the Operations Staff, and I'm Lieutenant Winnie Lunte."

"Oh, I've been promoted, it's very good, it's very good......" Zhao Yu was greatly pleased, "It's not a private class after all......"

The elevator has reached the 50th floor, and there is only one large room on this floor, and from the elevator entrance, you can see the furnishings inside the room from a distance: it seems that a large screen has been set up, and various pictures are constantly beating on the screen.

"According to the information I found on the Internet, most of the Chinese in Chinatown have been evacuated, and only the people in this building will hold out until the last minute to check in specifically for the Chinese." Christine whispered, "So you'll have to fight the main force in a moment, don't show your stuff!" ”

"You told me the identity of that cover a minute ago!" Zhao Yu was a little crazy, and he could only hope that the person in charge of the procedures would see his standard Chinese appearance, and he could speak Mandarin quite smoothly, so he could just pass it one by one...... I can't do it, I can still sing the national anthem......

The two of them had already walked to the door of the room, there was no staff on this floor, only one person in the room had his back to them, staring at the big screen in front of him, Zhao Yu paid attention to it, and found that the screen was divided into many small pictures, and the pictures from all corners of the city were broadcast.

"It's like a surveillance system that covers all of San Francisco." Christine bit her ears with Zhao Yu, "How can a civil society get such a thing?" ”

"Because this is San Francisco, the big city with the highest proportion of Chinese in mainland North America." The person who looked at the screen seemed to have good hearing, and said from afar, "We have a very close cooperation with the local government. ”

As he spoke, the man stood up from the sofa and turned to Zhao Yu and Christine.

At this time, Zhao Yu saw the other party's appearance. This is a young man with a very individual appearance, he is wearing a white Tang suit, his long hair is tied at random behind his head, and he is also pure white, not even a little black can be seen, but he is not an albinist or a Caucasian, because in addition to his hair, he still has very typical East Asian characteristics, and his eyebrows and eyes are also black - those pupils are slightly smaller than the entire face, which makes him have a little more evil spirit, and even more makes Zhao Yu faintly appear in his mind An early warning, this feeling told him, Although the other person seems safe now, it is better not to provoke him - there seems to be something very dangerous in the person's body.

And on this face, the most conspicuous thing is a scar on the young man's forehead. The scar stretched a little below the hairline in the middle of the forehead to between the eyebrows, and it was obviously a bit old, sinking very deep on the forehead, like an extra eye.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but guess what caused such an injury back then, and it wasn't until Christine secretly pulled him that he reacted: "Uh, hello, I'm Lieutenant Collier Chen from the Los Angeles Combat Staff, we were separated from our colleagues, I heard that you can get a ticket to Hawaii here, so I came over and asked......"

The white-haired young man smiled slightly: "I know, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Zhao Yu, and this beautiful woman - uh, which name do you prefer?" Laluna Mata or Christine Sanchez? ”

When these words came out, Zhao Yu and Christine couldn't help but take two steps back, and Christine even reached out to touch the pistol on her waist: "What else do you know?!" ”

"Don't be nervous, if I had malicious intentions, you would still be able to get here?" The white-haired young man said, "And I don't really have much interest in you, it's just that someone asked me for a favor." ”

Zhao Yu swallowed his spit and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Me...... Well, at present, he can barely be regarded as the top leader of the Chinese community in San Francisco. The white-haired young man still had a calm smile, "My name is Sima Shan, you can just call me Sima." ”