Chapter 10: A New Beginning
"Didi...... Didi Di ......"
In a traditional alarm sound, Lu Yuansheng opened his sleepy eyes, he had returned to Chidu City, the capital of Dongzhou, and returned to his own small room. The room's air conditioning system was trying to blow the cold air, but Lu Yuansheng's sweat was still soaking his clothes.
It's this dream again......
Lu Yuansheng rubbed his head, obviously not sleeping too well.
That was the scene where he first awakened his abilities, and it was also the scene where he met Li Si for the first time.
It was also the closest he had ever come to death, and probably the most memorable event of his life, and he could remember every detail of that time clearly.
When he got out of bed, he was still a little shaky when he even walked, he consumed too much energy on this mission, and his head was still groggy with the extremely poor quality of sleep.
He went to the bathroom, and the lights came on automatically.
He took off his wet clothes and let the warm water from the shower flush against his head for a while before he came to his senses.
The side effects of his abilities, in addition to speeding up the series of countdown numbers, also consumed a lot of mind, and the headache problem had almost been solved after years of training, but the fatigue could not be easily subsided.
If he stays in the black and white world for too long, it will also affect his vision when he returns to the normal world.
He stared up at the countdown number, and made a mental calculation, knowing that there were about eighty years left.
But he remembered it clearly...... At the time of the first awakening of ability, this string of numbers was more than 160 years old.
"Others can retire after 40 years of work, but I've been working for a long time."
He laughed at himself and recalled the scene from his dream.
He was only six or seven years old, and because of his parents' work, he was taken to the most prosperous port in the world at the time, Norton, a port located at the junction of the countries of the east, west and north. But who knew that within a few months, the bustling port would turn into a hell on earth that was washed by artillery fire.
In the end, his parents did not even find their bodies......
Through Li Si's relationship, he knew that his father used to be an intelligence agent, but even Li Si didn't know what tasks he was performing.
Li Si used to be the most famous front-line killer in Dongzhou, but after that ambush, he had to retreat into the background with serious injuries, and was instructed to set up a department specifically responsible for special events, independent of Dongzhou's military, administrative, and legal systems, and could even be directly responsible to the chief consul who was the supreme leader of Dongzhou.
Nine seas and twelve continents, that confrontation involved more than half of the world's major powers, until the destruction of the most famous Norton Harbor, caused the forced intervention of many countries in the world, and the confrontation between the three countries did not rise to the fifth world war after all, but some scholars believe that the confrontation involved a wide range of events, it can be called "4.5 war".
After that, the world finally ushered in a period of apparent peace.
However, the cause of that conflict has not yet been determined.
Even Li Si had a lot of complaints about that action, but once he talked about it, he was very taboo.
"It's better to not know so much about some things, as an executor, don't ask the reason for the task, so that you can live well, like me."
This sentence was what Li Si warned him when he first joined the Countermeasures Bureau, and the young Lu Yuansheng once wanted to explore some things, so he chose to join the Countermeasures Bureau.
But after doing dirty work for so many years, there is still "private work", and he deeply understands the meaning of Li Si's words.
It's okay to be alive, why think about it so much?
The shower was turned off, the flow of water stopped, and his thoughts were interrupted.
Wiping the mist off the mirror, he looked at himself in the mirror. The wet hair appeared slightly longer, covering the forehead, the bags under the eyes were a little heavy, and the skin on the face was already very dry after wearing the dough for several days, even if it was soaked in warm water for a long time, it could not be relieved.
There was still a white jade pendant hanging from his neck, and the red frenulum had turned reddish-brown after being wet. This was his talisman, and he didn't dare to leave for a moment except when he wanted to hide his identity.
The bloodshot in his eyes made him look a little haggard, but this couldn't hide the sharpness in his eyes.
Lu Yuansheng found a pair of scissors, and simply repaired his hair, looking at the mirror, his handsome face was much more energetic, and he smiled.
This can be regarded as a farewell to the past, as long as he goes to the secret network to settle the task later, he can go to Li Si to start his retirement life.
The secret web is a secret website with no name, there is no connection on the surface, registration only accepts the recommendation of internal members, as long as there is enough money, you can get countless secret information in this world on it. There are also various sections to offer all kinds of "deals", or again, as long as you have money, you can buy everything.
It is said that the secret network has been in operation for an unknown number of years, except for a period of time when it stopped operating during the "Three Kingdoms Confrontation" incident more than ten years ago, and even after the shutdown was resumed, it immediately added a lot of secret information.
No one knows what the forces behind this site are, but it's certain that it must be a behemoth that can't be messed with.
Some big forces are angry because of the above news, but they can't retaliate, and even have to continue to use it in the end.
It's not that Lu Yuansheng didn't want to buy the original information, but the real secret information may have been bought out, and all he could get was some innocuous superficial information.
Yes, as long as you have money, you can even let the secret web block the news you don't want to see.
Lu Yuansheng turned on the traditional style of computer, and now the virtual reality network is the mainstream, but he didn't even buy a virtual reality neural interaction device, and he didn't even enter the virtual world outside the countermeasures.
Because it's not safe.
Virtual reality devices need to read neural signals, and fully immersive devices need deeper neural interactions, which will provide many backdoors that can read minds, and the thought of confidential matters will be read and leaked.
For ordinary people, this is nothing, but people like Lu Yuansheng have too many secrets hidden in their minds, and traditional computer equipment is more secure, especially when entering a website like the secret network.
The background of the secret web is pure black, and everything is based on simplicity, and he browsed the anonymous messages under Nasha's task, and felt that it was all nonsense.
There are still people who worship him, but Lu Yuansheng, who has just come back from the experience, doesn't think this is something to be admired.
He confirmed the reward, 1.5 billion electronic universal currency, which is only issued in the virtual world, each of which is generated by an algorithm, unique, and has no value in itself, but coupled with its unique transaction concealment and convenience, countless speculators are willing to endorse its value, and these characteristics also make it one of the main means of payment for the secret network.
The 150 million electronic coins are probably only equivalent to 10 million Dongzhou coins, but this money will not go directly to Lu Yuansheng's account.
Li Si prepared a safe account for him, and would also help him convert electronic money back to real money, but only when he needed money, Li Si would give him some pocket money, which was known as being afraid that he would spend money indiscriminately and would keep it for him.
Lu Yuansheng also knew that Li Si would take out a large part of his income every time to prepare for various tasks, especially to compensate others who unfortunately died in the mission.
He wished he had always been a lone ranger and could complete tasks without relying on others, but today's tasks are not easy for one person to complete.
Yes, times have changed, and doing these tasks in the age of science and technology requires facing a variety of complex situations, and a successful assassination often requires a lot of foreshadowing and cooperation, and this process is always accompanied by sacrifice.
The 100% success rate of his mission also corresponds to the phrase "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither".
He has always been indifferent to money, first, he doesn't need so much, and second, he agrees with Li Si's approach.
However, he is ready to retire, so he has to find a chance to settle accounts with his Uncle Li, even if the expenses have been large in the past few years, he believes that the remaining money is enough for him to find a place near the mountains and rivers to spend most of his life carefree.
Just as he was about to look at other pages, he suddenly received a private message from a paid one.
"Judge, do you want to know the real world?"