Open the door?

It's come to this, and it won't work if you don't open the door.

With the other party's means, even if they want to escape, the hope of escaping is extremely slim.

The old couple glanced at each other, their moods were a little complicated, and finally they had to step forward to open the door for Su Xia.

"Katsa! Katsa! ”

A sound sounded, the lock cylinder popped out, and the complicated door locks were opened one by one.

Soon, there was a crack in the heavy metal door.

Su Xia pushed the door in, calmly, his eyes moved slightly, and carefully observed this small mezzanine.

Ding Can followed him and entered the room.

He couldn't help but marvel at the complex lines and dense equipment, as well as the large number of stacks of paper documents.

"It's not easy."

You know, this old couple was just ordinary teachers before they left.

The content they teach to students is only ordinary middle school mathematics and chemistry, and there is no information about such surveillance, counter-surveillance, and secret investigations.

These things can only be learned in the information science of special agencies, and it is difficult for ordinary people to attain them.

"Sit down, two." The reporter's father carried two old plastic stools for them and then closed the door to the small mezzanine to make sure their conversation was not overheard.

The soundproofing of this room is very good, it has been specially treated, and the walls around it have thick sound-absorbing cotton.

But perhaps the treatment was not in place, and the air circulation was not done well, so that the room was filled with the smell of ink and paper, and there was a special smell of burning.

The floor is full of cluttered black wiring, and it is easy to trip over if you are not careful.

Su Xia took the plastic stool, let the four stool feet fall on the place where there was no line, sat down steadily, and looked at the old couple.

It can be seen that their hair is gray, their eyes are very bloodshot, their skin is sallow, full of wrinkles, and their spirit is a lot worse than their peers, perhaps because they have spent too much energy.

"Are you really here to investigate that?" The reporter's father was the first to speak and went straight to the point.

"Yes, we have been to the villa of singer An Shen and found some clues in his villa." Susha replied.

"What clues?"

"A newspaper, the reporter is your son Wu Hong."

"Alas...... Xiao Hong, he also went to that place two years ago to investigate, and he should have brought the newspaper......

Wu Hong, the son of the two old men, is a very special investigative reporter.

The world is very chaotic, and there are quite few people who dare to be investigative journalists, and almost every year, some investigative journalists disappear silently and disappear from the world.

There are also deaths due to various accidents.

As a result, there are fewer and fewer people in this line of work, and it is now almost invisible.

The elderly couple had been worried about their children's accidents, and often asked Wu Hong to change jobs.

"But he always said, if even he doesn't do this business anymore, who else can?" Wu Hong's father sighed, "He has liked heroes since he was a child, maybe he was destined, he knew that he shouldn't have been exposed to this kind of thing in the first place." ”

"He died for the cause he loved, and I don't think he regretted it." Ding Can suddenly spoke.

"But there are so many people in this world, even if he doesn't do it, there will always be people who will do it......"

Wu Hong's mother wiped her tears lightly, her eyes were cloudy, and her old face was sad that she couldn't hide.

Even though almost two years have passed, the two old men still can't let go of the death of their son and daughter-in-law.

After that, all their sorrows can only be hidden in their hearts, holding on to their tired bodies, gathering information everywhere, trying to find the mastermind behind the darkness.

The road was lonely, and they didn't even have a companion.

It wasn't until today that the arrival of Su Xia and Ding Can gave them someone to talk to.

They didn't know Su Xia, but they were at ease enough with Ding Can.

Many people in Seahorse City are saying that Ding Can will definitely become a better city lord than his father in the future, leading the people of the city to a brighter future.

This is the reputation he has accumulated for a long time, so much so that many people call him the little city lord behind his back.

"Did you two find anything else?" Wu Hong's father questioned them, as if hoping to corroborate their findings.

"Yes."

Su Xia replied in the affirmative.

Hearing this, Wu Hong's father was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What did you find?" ”

Susha replied, "I rescued a man. ”

"What?"

The two old men trembled, and they both looked at Su Xia incredulously.

They didn't expect that Su Xia would have such ability.

Being able to save people means that Su Xia has the strength to break through the opponent's core area?

Su Xia guessed their thoughts, shook her head slightly, and said, "I didn't find the core location of the other party, but just found a field where they cultivated and harvested 'vivitan', and rescued a friend on the edge of the field. ”

"Viviparous ...... It seems that you know a lot of news. ”

After hearing the name, the two old men did not show confusion or surprise, apparently they also knew.

Wu Hong's father asked, "Where is that venue?" ”

"A landfill."

"Sure enough...... Alas......"

Wu Hong's father also seemed to know there, hung his head slightly, and sighed again.

Seeing this, Su Xia asked him, "Do you know any other places besides that place?" ”

"Yes...... There are some places that Xiao Hong investigated before his death......"

Wu Hong's father took out some paper materials and began to tell the story of what happened during that time.

The cause of the incident was naturally the death of singer An Shen.

At the time, most people believed that the young singer had committed suicide, and even many of his fans had accepted the reality.

But Wu Hong, who has been an investigative reporter for many years, smelled a trace of abnormality, so he began to investigate in-depth, and found out An Shen's experience, living habits, future plans, etc. over the years, and finally came to the conclusion that the probability of suicide is quite small.

Then he wrote that story and published it in the newspaper of the day, hoping to attract public attention.

At that time, he thought it was just ordinary eucalyptus, such as the killing of twisted fans out of love and hate.

His speculation at the time was not unreasonable - fans of this world are crazy and often make all sorts of outrageous and dangerous moves.

There doesn't seem to be such news on the other side of the planet, but there are similar literary works, such as Stephen King's "Number One Book Lover", which is about crazy book lovers kidnapping and torturing authors.

It's a pity that Wu Hong's report didn't attract too many people's attention.

He decided to dig deeper.

After some time, he sneaked into the villa where the singer committed suicide at night, intending to look for other clues and information.

But what he didn't expect was that the whole villa seemed to have been robbed, and there was a mess everywhere, even the walls were punched out of big holes, as if someone was rummaging for something.

The keen perception he had cultivated over the years as a journalist made him realize that this matter was far more serious than he had imagined.

But instead of being afraid, he strengthened his determination to find out the truth.

"These ...... And these...... He found it. Wu Hong's father gave a lot of paper materials, which were placed in front of Su Xia and Ding Can.

"Mr. Wu, do you trust us so much?" Ding Can asked him.

"No...... But your friend was right before, with the help of our two old guys, we may never find the truth about Xiao Hong's death. ”

It's a kind of helplessness, but also a kind of compromise.

Moreover, the old couple is left with countermeasures.

They are not afraid of death, nor are they afraid of being kidnapped, and they are ready for the rest of the day very early.

Once something happens to them, it won't be long before some of the documents they prepare for regular release will be circulated on the Internet, and the paper documents they prepare on the city's high-rise buildings will also drift into the whole city with a bang.

At that point, even if they die, part of the truth they know will be known to the rest.

"In addition to that landfill, there's here." Wu Hong's father flipped through a document, "This is ostensibly a power plant, but trucks with strange signs often enter the factory area at night......

"And this place, the developer said that an artificial lake was going to be built here, but in fact they were building some underground fortifications......"

“……”

One by one, you can see many shocking photos when you open them, all of which were obtained by Wu Hong from his near death.

It didn't take long for him to find out that the matter involved missing people around the world.

According to his investigation, before committing suicide, An Shen had received an invitation to a party that prohibited the use of electronic products such as mobile phones.

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The conference was attended by celebrities from all over the world, including famous singers, movie stars, big artists, and top wealthy businessmen.

It stands to reason that this kind of gathering is very beneficial to An Shen, a young man who has just become famous, and can help him further integrate into the upper class.

But Wu Hong investigated that An Shen left angrily not long after entering the party venue that day, and he didn't know what happened to him at the party.

At that time, some fans stayed outside his house and found that he looked very bad when he returned.

After coming back, within a few days, An Shen released a new song, which was also a positive-sounding song, but the MV of the song was a little strange, and it seemed to vaguely mention disappearances and trafficking.

Not long after that, he was found guilty in the basement of his home.

Wu Hong wanted to investigate further, but there was a lot of resistance, not only did he not find more information, but he put himself in danger.

One night, when he finished communicating with an An Shen fan and was about to go home, a large truck suddenly ran out of control into the restaurant where he was.

Although he narrowly escaped, two waiters in the restaurant died on the spot.

"So, isn't this the first time he's been in danger?" Susha asked.

"yes......"

Wu Hong's father sighed that his son had often received threatening letters since he entered that industry, and he had not received death threats once or twice.

It was as if he was greeting the Grim Reaper every day, brushing shoulders with the Grim Reaper in the shadows.

It's a pity that one day he was stopped by death.

When he dies, that is, when he is closest to the truth.

And it was not a human who provided him with the truth, but a member of a mechanical race.

"Cyborg?" Su Xia was surprised that this race was actually involved.

"Yes, Xiao Hong...... Meet some of my friends from the Cyborgs......"

It's strange to say, after all, most of the mechanical people are in a deep sleep with the lowest power consumption, and the waking mechanical creatures basically have tasks and work in their bodies, and they are rarely seen on weekdays.

Moreover, the automatons have always been arrogant, and will hardly be friends with humans.

But Wu Hong met a few mechanical friends.

Those mechanical creatures had a special evaluation of Wu Hong: "A very interesting human being." ”

"Interesting?"

Su Xia suddenly thought that Yu Tuo had also commented on him like this, or that he had commented on the masked monster.

Yu Tuo can't be considered a pure mechanical body, but it's not far away.

In the eyes of many mechanical creatures, humans seem to be divided into two types: "boring" and "interesting", and the original commander of the north wind has also been evaluated as "interesting".

And those who are "interesting" are qualified to be opponents or friends of the automaton.

The autonmen are willing to give more resources for such people.

"These are the ones given to him by Xiao Hong's mechanical friends, and these materials, these are all ......"

The old couple took out another stack of documents and placed them in front of Su Xia and Ding Can.

These documents were rare, and even Su Xia couldn't get the autonmen to take the initiative to provide him with information, let alone become friends.

His identity as a pharmacist, in the eyes of many mechanical creatures, is probably the "boring" part of the people.

In these documents, several special substances are mentioned.

"Fevictin is just one of them, and there are several substances such as 'renchin' and 'cerebral crestin'."

Wu Hong's father opened the document for Su Xia, showed him the contents, and said: "These things are all related to the children, young people and women of school age who disappear every year......

It is very difficult for ordinary people to investigate this step.

After all, these strange substances, even Su Xia had never heard of.

But there is a lot of information on the part of the automatons, because more than 90% of the human areas of this planet are under their control, and they know very well what the humans in these surrender areas are doing.

As far as they are concerned, as long as these human practices do not threaten the domination of the automaton, they will not stand in their way.

Their target no longer seems to be on this planet, but in the starry sky overhead.

Those friends of the mechanical clan once said to Wu Hong: "You human beings will always only struggle in endless internal friction, even if you don't use the mechanical clan's hands, you will one day fight to the end, this kind of disgusting thing has existed since ancient times, what you are doing has no meaning, what you are investigating is just the tip of the iceberg, give up as soon as possible." ”

But Wu Hong said at the time: "Even if it is the tip of the iceberg, it is better than nothing, at least let people know that the iceberg exists." ”

Unable to understand his thoughts, his mechanical friends persuaded him to give up.

In the end, they even sent an invitation to Wu Hong: "Give up your flesh and blood body, join the glorious mechanical evolution, and we can become friends forever." ”

"Aren't we friends forever now?"

Wu Hong's answer made several mechanical creatures think for a long time.

They understand what Wu Hong means, as long as friends are kept in their hearts and not forgotten, they can be forever.

But what they want is material permanence, even if the world is destroyed, the vicissitudes of life, and the catastrophe, they can be reunited one day.

Flesh and blood can't do that, only machines can live forever.

After that exchange, a few of their mechanical friends returned to the base and fell asleep.

And Wu Hong also had a car accident not long after and was taken away by death, leaving only a truth that he didn't have time to explore.