Originally, it was planned to send Wei Wei to Scrap Iron City to report, but the instructor didn't hold it up for the last few hours.

It left early.

It's just that before leaving, Wei Wei still hugged his neck and begged, promising to deliver new bullets within a month.

And Wei Wei drove his jeep alone and quietly drove to this marginal town.

In the early morning, when the sun finally shone on the dark land, Wei Wei drove into the old gas station on the west side of this small town on the edge.

Taking advantage of the time to refuel, he glanced at this small city from a distance where he had not returned for three years, and saw the streets and buildings that seemed to be even older than three years ago. Years ago there was a bit more traffic and rigs.

I couldn't tell whether it was relief or emotion, but he suddenly had a sense of calm.

In the distance, quarrymen who had finished their night shifts were walking lazily up the town.

Some are still holding bun fritters in their hands, nibbling on them as they walk.

The nuns of the Church of the Faceless God next to the road had already opened their doors and were drying dried sweet potatoes on the concrete floor.

In the distance, sick people and street children draped in sacks rummage through the garbage mountains looking for the "treasures" they need.

Everything was so familiar, but there was a sense of alienation for three years.

But, it's finally back.

……

……

Scrap Iron City.

A small town with a population of less than a million, before the radiant power of the Spiritual Barrier Project covered it, it was just a gathering place for homeless people who made a living by selling and collecting scrap metal. Later, the ramparts were included in the Third City Circle, which is still on the edge of the edge, except for the development of quarries and a poor oil well, which barely makes it a few pillar industries.

But if you make a fortune by working......

There is no such possibility.

Probably because of this gloomy future, the faces of the people here seem to be covered with a layer of twilight.

Wei Wei followed the dilapidated road that crossed the town and entered the town.

Along the way, he saw a huge clown standing at the entrance of the town, because the line had not been repaired for a long time, resulting in only one of the two eyes like bright lights.

It glared at the one-eyed one-eyed with an exaggerated smile on its face.

Looking at every car that drove into the town, the hat in his hand didn't look like a salute. No matter how you look at it, it looks like you want to throw it out and smash people.

At the door of the half-cut bar, there were young people dressed in strange costumes and beating silver nails all over their bodies.

Behind the glass window of the butcher's shop, a pig's head that has not yet been scraped is placed on the table, facing the vehicles and pedestrians on the street.

The pig's mouth is long and narrow, and it always looks like it's smiling.

……

……

"Ruined, depraved, and rough ......"

Wei Wei sat in the jeep and drove slowly through the streets, and the street scenes made him feel particularly familiar.

This small town seems to have always been like this.

It seems that it will continue like this until it is ruined by some unknown disaster.

However, it seems to be a common phenomenon in countless small towns that have been abandoned or disappeared.

Under the influence of certain forces, a frenzied influx towards the megalopolis, while cities of medium and small size are covered with a desolate and dilapidated temperament, and under the hazy sky, like weeds in the wilderness, gradually lose their vitality.

It all started with that mysterious Big Bang.

Seventy years ago, the world was prosperous and stable, but suddenly, a strange big bang happened.

All of a sudden, everyone in the whole world felt a fierce turmoil, saw the fire, and heard a strong explosion, like an unprecedented explosion that swept the whole world.

However, just a few seconds passed, and the frightened people realized that nothing had changed in front of them.

The sun is still shining and the building is intact.

The violent explosion just now seemed to be just an illusion of oneself.

But if it's just a person's hallucination, it's easy to explain, but everyone in the world has such an illusion.

Everyone was stumped by this question, and countless experts and scholars from all over the world gathered together to try to come up with an explanation for this mysterious explosion. But they have done countless research and exploration, but in the end, they can only say that this is a rare collective hallucination.

This answer is the official unified statement.

But it is clear that this problem is not at all satisfying everyone.

For a time, all kinds of discussions and conjectures emerged on the Internet and among the people.

Some believe that this is a signal from the universe that the countdown to some kind of alien attack has begun.

Some people also said that the explosion really happened, and everyone died collectively at that moment.

Now, the whole world has become dead.

All kinds of conjectures are arguing with each other, and no one can convince anyone.

The mysterious explosion did not seem to cause any physical changes, but it caused a strong panic and anxiety around the world, and as this emotion fermented, more and more problems were triggered, diseases were rampant, regional wars continued, a variety of energy sources were exhausted, social problems emerged one after another, and the 70-year Great Recession of world civilization also began at that time and kicked off.

Of course, many people don't know, and more importantly, the devil has come to reality.

……

……

Rubbing his face slightly, Wei Wei drew his attention back to reality.

He recognized the streets that seemed to have changed a lot in the past three years, and slowly drove in the direction of the center of the city.

The place he was going to was the base where the transcendents of Scrap Iron City were stationed.

Because of the emergence of surreal demonic powers, and because of the great harm caused by these forces to social order and public safety, the world's major multinational corporations, consortia, and the World Government Alliance, the Institute of Mysterious Forces, and other institutions jointly established the Extraordinary Things Processing Foundation to investigate, record, study, clean, and use demons and all abnormal things.

The Supernatural Research and Investigation Section, which was planned and established by the Foundation, is a secret agency dedicated to the purification and treatment of these events, and every city with a population of more than one million is stationed in a special base directly under the jurisdiction of the Foundation.

In the base, there is a team of transcendents with the ability to investigate and purify various types of dangerous events, known as:

Transcendent Sheriff!

Of course, based on the size of the city, the strength and conditions of each base also have strengths and weaknesses.

Although according to the instructor's words, Wei Wei's coming here is not conducive to future development, but Wei Wei must come back.

As he passed through Central Street, he deliberately turned a corner and looked at a low-rise apartment building in the distance.

It was an apartment building with only about three floors, located in the surrounding tall buildings.

It was a small, ordinary-looking building, dark and unlit, as if it had been uninhabited for a long time.

Wei Wei slowed down slightly, took a deep look at the building, and a shadow flashed in his eyes.

Then he didn't procrastinate, picked up the speed, and left quickly.

Ten minutes later, the jeep stopped in front of a small nondescript building in the city of Scrap Iron.

Judging from the address, this is the base of the mysterious thing processing team stationed in Scrap Iron City.

It's just that, compared to the mysterious and weird temperament of the work they are responsible for, this small building is obviously too normal.

When Wei Wei walked into this small base, he saw a warm scene.

At the entrance, there is a small signboard with black letters on a white background: Scrap Iron City Environmental Protection Workstation.

"Environmental protection?"

Looking at the name of this small base, Wei Wei had a preliminary understanding of his colleagues in this place.

Out of a certain need for secrecy and security, these action teams stationed in various cities often choose their own disguises. For this kind of camouflage, there are no mandatory specifications and requirements, so the teams everywhere can choose the camouflage style independently, and in the process, they show a strong personal color, all kinds of forms.

There are people who disguise themselves as security companies, which have a strong will to protect.

There are those disguised as detective agencies, which have a strong desire to learn about supernatural things.

There are those disguised as the Hunters' Guild, which values bounties more than honor.

In addition, I heard that there are also those disguised as slaughterhouses, and their team is at the top of the list of supernatural creatures hunted all year round......

The name of the small base in front of me is an environmental protection organization, which can be literally understood as:

Are they more focused on messing around and?

Wei Wei exhaled softly, entered through the modern-looking glass door, and looked at the unit he was about to join.

Inside was a reception hall, empty behind the curved table, and no one was there.

The report hall passed through, and it was actually a small courtyard, and there were two people in the courtyard playing billiards with a pole.

A bushy beard, but not a single hair on the head.

The other has long black and smooth hair, a long ponytail tied at the back of his head, smooth and white skin, and is more handsome than a beauty.

Wei Wei stared deeply at his chest and crotch, making sure that his eyes were not a hooligan.

He is indeed a man who is more handsome than a beauty.

There was a man weighing at least 300 pounds next to him, squatting in front of the stove to fan the fire, and a pot was set on it, which was full of the smell of meat.

It's them.

Wei Wei thought about the information he had read, and nodded secretly.

Then he put a polite smile on his face, stepped forward, and said to the bearded man who was turning his head, "I ......."

"If you have something to do, go to the administrative hall, we don't dig stinky ditches here, and we are not responsible for collecting garbage."

"Well, I didn't mean this, I'm looking for Captain Ouyang."

"Looking for Captain Ouyang?"

As soon as the other party heard Wei Wei directly call out the captain's name, his expression suddenly became serious: "Come back after work to collect gambling debts!" ”

“？”

Wei Wei felt as if he had accidentally learned more about this Director Ouyang.

Shaking his head with a smile, he raised his voice a little and said solemnly: "My name is Wei Wei, and I am here to report." ”

"Report?"

The bearded man was slightly surprised, put down the club, glanced at Wei Wei, and said, "You're the person who was newly transferred?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the beautiful opponent who was playing billiards with the bearded man, and the fat man who was squatting next to the stove and watching the stew was hot, turned around with some surprise, looked at Wei Wei curiously, and kept looking.

Wei Wei smiled and nodded to everyone: "Yes, seniors are good." ”

"Ouch......"

The bearded gaze swept over Wei Wei's somewhat shabby jacket and slightly immature face, and it seemed that he could see the surprise in his eyes, but he also immediately covered it, his face softened a little, shook Wei Wei's hand with a smile, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so young." I heard the captain say you're coming, wait here for a while, I'll help you go to his office and call him......"

Wei Wei also said politely: "It's okay, why don't you play first, and I'll go over by myself?" ”

"Nope."

The bearded man shook his head, pouted mysteriously, and walked towards the end of the yard with his club.

Going up the stairs, there was an office with the door hidden, and the bearded man eavesdropped on it for a while, and then suddenly pushed the door in:

"Isn't the captain there?"

"Ah......h

A woman's scream came from inside.

There was chaos in the office, and a pink ladies' underwear was thrown onto the bearded head.

“？”

Wei Wei looked at the scene in front of him, and was suddenly a little confused: "It's broad daylight, this is ......"

"Oops, oops, what are you doing......"

Soon, a man in a well-dressed suit and jacket, with gray hair and gold-rimmed glasses on his face, walked out of the office, looking extremely elegant and delicate. He is very handsome, very handsome, and the first feeling he gives people is that he is unbelievably handsome, a man who is obviously old and still so handsome, it is hard to imagine how charming he would be when he was young.

It's just that he has such a good image, but his movements are a little embarrassed, he pulls the zipper of the front door while walking, complaining at the bearded man who is grinning on the side, and complains: "You can't be like this anymore, I'm old, I can't be scared." ”

As he spoke, he swept his eyes and saw Wei Wei standing in the courtyard, with a smile on his face.

"You are the Xiao Wei that the personnel department called before?"

He smiled and said, "My name is Ouyang Jian, I am the captain of our team here, and I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Wei Wei looked up and saw that in the office behind him, a plump woman was walking out.

With a lazy attitude, heavy makeup, and a small white dress that was close to transparent, he lazily turned his head and went out through the back door.

Wei Wei immediately determined what the captain was doing just now.

Instead of shaking his hand, he took a step back and raised three fingers to salute him.

"Hello Captain."

“……”

Captain Ouyang also came to his senses, withdrew his palm in a sneer, and smiled awkwardly: "Hello, hello, come with me." ”

He didn't take Wei Wei back to the office behind him, but took Wei Wei back to the hall in the front yard.

Opening a side door and sitting down, he wiped his hands with wet wipes and put on his reading glasses.

Only then did he open the file that Wei Wei brought, examined it for a moment, and kept nodding:

"yes, yes."

"Wei Wei, 19 years old, the thirteenth student of the Dongshan Teng Snake Training Camp."

"The final evaluation is A-."

"The instructor's recommendation is: the student has excellent character and learning, kind and shy personality, serious and meticulous work, civilized and disciplined......"

“……”

Wei Wei himself was stunned, and then nodded sincerely: "Yes, it's me." ”