Back home, Ji Xinghuo lay down on the bed after washing, thought about it, and sent a message to Zhao Manying: "I'm home." ”

The next second, I received a reply: "Okay." ”

It is also accompanied by a cute emoji.

Ji Xinghuo had a smile on his face and continued to type on his phone, he was going to say good night, but he talked about something else. The mobile phone Dingdong Dingdong stopped non-stop, and the two of them chatted for hours before they knew it, as if there was an endless topic.

It wasn't until the sky was slightly bright that they reluctantly said goodnight to each other.

After sleeping for three or four hours, Ji Xinghuo was full of energy when he woke up, and subconsciously took his mobile phone, and sure enough, there was new news: "I deal with some personal affairs with the team in the morning, train in the club in the afternoon, and I will have dinner together until five o'clock in the evening." ”

"Five-point ......"

Ji Xinghuo glanced at the time, it was only nine o'clock in the morning, and there were still eight hours left.

"It's just right to cultivate."

He messaged back and headed out to the exercise room.

Every time she completes a workout cycle, during the break, Ji Xinghuo will turn on her mobile phone to chat with Zhao Manying, and she will also take photos and send them to tell her what she is doing. Although I can't reply in a timely manner, I will share my situation whenever I am free.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Xinghuo couldn't wait to end his cultivation, washed and changed his clothes as quickly as possible, and called a car to go to Tianqin Stadium.

It was here that he passed the physical fitness test, got the Xenomorph, and became an Inhuman.

And Zhao Manying's Dixing team is at Tianqin Stadium.

Returning to his hometown, Ji Xinghuo was quite emotional.

Soon, Ji Xinghuo waited for Zhao Manying, she changed into a long red curly hair today, like waves draped over her shoulders, wearing a gray coat, wearing long leather boots on her feet, and carrying a delicate small bag, with a dignified atmosphere, completely different from yesterday's image.

Ji Xinghuo admired it twice and said with a smile: "I almost can't recognize it." ”

"It took me half an hour to do the styling." Zhao Manying turned around in front of him, showing her dress today, "Is it good-looking?" ”

"It's beautiful!" Ji Xinghuo's heartfelt praise.

Nowadays, makeup technology is developed, and no matter how exquisite and complex the hairstyle is, as long as you are willing to spend money, it can be completed in a maximum of 20 minutes, including hair dyeing, hair extensions, cutting and blowing, etc., tossing casually, and then combining various styles of wear, it can be the same 365 days a year.

People come and go nearby, and when you look up, you can see the promotional video of the God Star Sentai on the big screen of the stadium, as well as the large posters of more than a dozen stories high.

However, no one found out that the beauty next to her was Zhao Manying.

Hearing Ji Xinghuo's praise, Zhao Manying's eyes were full of smiles, and she was in a very happy mood, holding his arm and getting into the car together.

"Where are you going at night?"

"You decide."

The voices of two people came from the maglev car, and they quickly moved away.

In the days since, the two would see each other every day, just like a real couple.

Ji Xinghuo cooperated with Zhao Manying's time, as long as she was free, she would come out, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, eating together, shopping, dating, and occasionally entering the reserved private martial arts arena, fighting to the fullest, practicing martial arts and making progress together.

When they were immersed in the world of the two, the heat about Zhao Manying's love affair gradually subsided.

Although countless people are curious about the identity of that boyfriend, Zhao Manying issued a sincere open letter, asking everyone to respect privacy, and also pointed out that her boyfriend is not a competition alien, nor is he a public figure, let alone a star, a rich second generation, just an ordinary citizen who doesn't want to be disturbed in life.

This caused an uproar.

Everyone couldn't believe that Zhao Manying would find a boyfriend outside the circle, and they all envied the man who stepped on the shit luck.

However, Zhao Manying still received the blessings of many fans.

In fact, Ji Xinghuo noticed that someone was following her many times, but she couldn't hide it in the magnetic field induction, and she could easily get rid of it.

While!

In the fierce metal symphony, Ji Xinghuo took more than a dozen steps back, and his back hit the wall.

A long sword was as fast as lightning, the trajectory was erratic, and even his eyes could hardly catch its shadow, Ji Xinghuo waved the long sword in his hand to block, and the attacking sword flew out.

At the same time, he moved against the wall, but the long sword flew back upside down.

This time, he couldn't block it in time, and the long sword grazed his cheek and nailed it into the wall, the blade cutting a tiny bloody streak on his face.

"I lost."

Ji Xinghuo wiped the blood on his face, and the wound healed immediately without leaving any traces.

In the middle of the martial arts arena, Zhao Manying waved her hand to recall the metal long sword and fell into her hand, she was wearing a white practice uniform, her long black hair was tied into a ponytail, tall and beautiful, heroic, she was not much happy to win this competition, and shook her head and said: "You release water again." ”

"Nope." Ji Xinghuo walked over, "I did my best." ”

"Why don't I believe it?"

Zhao Manying took a bottle of water in the air and fell into Ji Xinghuo's hand, and said, "If you want to use this method to help me break my inner demons, it is unlikely to be effective." ”

Ji Xinghuo took two sips of water and handed her the water bottle, "I really didn't release water, I was able to win you on Huashan that day, because I was in a very good state and played extraordinarily, and you don't know much about me." ”

"Is that so?" Zhao Manying took the water bottle and took a sip.

These days, the two have fought dozens of times in reality, winning and losing, and they are evenly matched, and Ji Xinghuo did not show the suppressive power that night.

Although Ji Xinghuo repeatedly emphasized that this was his true strength, she still didn't believe it, and always felt that Ji Xinghuo still hid his hole cards.

Zhao Manying snorted, "Your tone was very crazy that night, saying that I would never be able to break the demons in my heart, how can I change my words now?" ”

"Uh......"

Ji Xinghuo was about to explain, but the mobile phone on the side of the martial arts arena rang.

His expression changed slightly.

This mobile phone ringtone is customized, and unlike ordinary calls, only the message sent by the internal phone of the Sword Bureau or the "Tian Lai" software will be triggered.

"I'll answer the phone."

Ji Xinghuo went over and picked up the mobile phone, there was a string of encrypted numbers on it, and Zhou Yishang's voice came out after connecting.

"Starfire, you come to the base right away."

"Okay."

After a brief communication between the two, Ji Xinghuo hung up the phone and said to Zhao Manying: "I am going back to the bureau now, I should have a task." ”

"Go ahead, stay safe."

Zhao Manying only knew that he was a swordsman of the Sword Bureau, but he didn't know the specific situation, so he didn't ask.

Ji Xinghuo nodded and was about to leave, when Zhao Manying suddenly said, "Wait." ”

He turned his head puzzled, but saw Zhao Yingman coming over and gently hugging his neck, the fragrance was on his face, and he suddenly felt a soft and sweet smell.

It lasted for half a minute before she let go and said softly, "Remember to miss me." ”

Ji Xinghuo licked his tongue, nodded heavily, said goodbye to her again, walked out of the martial arts arena, got into a maglev car outside, and went to "Lijiawan Town" in the Qinling Mountains.

Half an hour later.

Ji Xinghuo entered the base of the Sword Bureau and met Zhou Yishang.

"Weekly Bureau."

Zhou Yishang was the only one in the office, with a serious face, and when he saw Ji Xinghuo coming in, he got up and said, "Xinghuo is here, sit down." His expression softened a little, and he looked concerned, "I haven't seen you at the base much lately, okay?" ”

"It's all practicing, it's nothing." Of course, Ji Xinghuo would not say that he was in love while cultivating, and he was very happy.

"That's good."

Zhou Yishang nodded, his face returned to normal, "I called you back today, there is a task that is very suitable for you, see if you are willing to carry it out." ”

"I am a Chixiao Swordsman, as long as the Zhou Bureau gives orders, there will be no hesitation." Ji Xinghuo immediately made a statement.

A hint of joy flashed in Zhou Yishang's eyes.

He tapped on his desk, and a large screen projected on, showing a man's file information.

"This person's name is Shen Yucheng." Zhou Yishang introduced: "He was originally the deputy director of the Exploration Department of the Astral Boundary, with a very high level, in charge of more than a dozen exploration teams of the Exploration Department, but last week, he defected with a large amount of internal information of the Astral Department. ”

Ji Xinghuo is also looking at the archives.

Shen Yucheng is 48 years old this year, and soon after graduating from university, he entered the Exploration Division, successively serving as an explorer, team leader, deputy commander, etc., with an excellent resume and excellent work, and was promoted to the deputy director of the Exploration Department at the age of 40.

The Astral Department is one of the most important departments of APAC, and its powers are equal to, or even exceeded, with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance.

There are several agencies under the Astral Ministry.

The Exploration Division, the Stargate Division, the Research Division, the Equipment Division, the General Division, and the Inhuman Service Center are responsible for managing all work related to the Astral Plane and the Inhuman.

Among them, the Exploration Division is extremely important.

The main responsibility of this agency is to organize an official Inhuman exploration team to collect information on the astral plane, including the geographical environment, minerals, and monster distribution, as well as information on the astral realm, alien races, and alien races.

The members of each exploration team are the elite of the Inhumans, well-equipped, outstanding, and have very comprehensive abilities.

The country's astral policy relies heavily on the results of the Exploration Division.

The deputy director of the Exploration Department can already have access to the core content, and once the information carried by Shen Yucheng is obtained by the enemy, the consequences will be very serious.

"Zhou Ju, why did this Director Shen do this?" Ji Xinghuo was a little puzzled.

Zhou Yishang replied: "This has something to do with you. ”

"Huh?"

Ji Xinghuo was confused, how could he still pull himself.

"Do you remember Ji Zongbang?"

Zhou Yishang said slowly: "At the beginning, he was reported, and the bureau never found the identity of the whistleblower, but did not give up the investigation. I set up a special team to screen the information of Ji Zongbang's past experience over and over again, and finally found a clue. ”

"We analyzed the trajectory of Ji Zongbang's mobile phone signal movement and found that before he came to Chang'an, he had intersected with another mobile phone signal many times for a period of time."

"We followed the mobile phone signal and returned to Chang'an."

"It was an intermediary liaison who was very vigilant, and he committed suicide as soon as we sent the swordsman to do it."

"The information collected from the contact's residence, big data analysis, and finally locked Shen Yucheng, but it was still a step slow. It should have been the death of the liaison that alarmed Shen Yucheng, who had fled abroad before we locked him down. ”

Zhou Yishang said this, his face was very heavy.

The Sword Bureau repeatedly failed in Ji Zongbang's case, which verified the previous whistleblower's statement, and Ji Zongbang was involved in the domestic high-level.

Ji Xinghuo also realized the seriousness of the problem and asked, "Where did Shen Yucheng flee?" ”

"He entered the astral plane and returned to Earth from the stargate." Zhou Yishang replied, "Today, the South American Branch received a report from an informant that he was found in the Immortal City. ”

"Immortal City......" Ji Xinghuo was stunned.

It is a huge city located in South America, and two centuries ago was the capital of a country called Colombia, called Bogotá.

In the 90s of the 21st century, after the establishment of the Federation of Americas, it unified the whole of North America, and then expanded to the south, met with fierce resistance, and paid a huge price, the Federation of the Americas still actually controlled South America, although it was not directly incorporated into the territory, but it has completely become an economic colony.

To this day, the people of South America are still fighting against the rule of the Confederation of the Americas, and the rebels and rebels have never been completely suppressed.

However, the Confederacy of the Americas was too strong economically, militarily, and technologically.

All of South America remains under the control of the United States.

The most important reason why the Federation of the Americas is unwilling to give up this continent is that there are two stargates in South America.

One is located in Asunción in the south, far away.

The other is closer to the mainland of the Federation of Americas, the Immortal City!

The Immortal City is the most prosperous and largest city in South America, almost bringing together the essence of this continent, with a population of more than 100 million people on the surface, and the hidden population may be several times this.

Although the Midland is the true ruler of the Immortal City, they don't care about the people at the bottom. The city is in chaos, with hundreds of conglomerates, corporations and gangsters, as well as many private forces, taking control of the city, engaging in illegal underground transactions and becoming a place of filth and filth.

The Immortal City has the most developed technology, but also the most primitive wildness.

Those in power live a life of drunkenness and luxury; The people at the bottom often don't have enough to eat, and they sell everything they have for a full meal.

Class differentiation and the gap between the rich and the poor have reached the extreme.

The Immortal City is just a microcosm of the many cities on the American continent.

Zhou Yishang said in a deep voice: "The director has ordered to send ten Chixiao swordsmen to the Immortal City, find Shen Yucheng, and get back the information in his hands. As for himself, it's best if he can be caught, and if he can't do it, he will be killed! ”

He looked at Ji Xinghuo, "I reported your name, and the director has agreed." ”

"Zhou Bureau, those materials ......" Ji Xinghuo frowned.

"I know that the chances of the information not being leaked are extremely low, and it's too late now."

Zhou Yishang shook his head helplessly, with a hint of ruthlessness on his face, "But as long as there is still hope, we must do our best." Judging from the informant's report, Shen Yucheng is looking for a way to contact the upper echelons of the United States in the Immortal City, and it is likely that he wants to sell at a high price, and we still have a chance. ”

"If you can get the information back before it is leaked, this credit will give you at least one oversized xenomorph, or even two."

"The blood of the Titanium Cobalt Dragon must be fine!"

Hearing this, Ji Xinghuo was immediately moved and asked, "Zhou Ju, when will I leave?" ”

(End of chapter)