Volume 1: The Coming Shock Chapter 15: The Uninvited Guest
"Forbidden Zone?" Munch looked at Tyrese suspiciously, and at the same time tapped his finger twice on his left earlobe, motioning for Bobo to inquire about the relevant information.
"Well, yes. A mysterious place that has just been established and is independent of the nine major divisions. Even I didn't really go in. ”
With just one puff, Tyrese consumed half of the cigarette in his hand. Close your eyes and quietly let the smoke spill out of your nasal passages. It took several seconds before the remaining cigarette was completely exhaled from his mouth. With the wind, it floated directly to Munch's face.
Munch hurriedly fanned his hand in front of his face, and his body unconsciously took two steps back. The smell of smoke mixed with the smell of engine oil on his overalls made his breathing a little uncomfortable.
It was noon, and the sun was located in the west above him, and behind the corner where he and Tyrese were there a locust tree about twenty meters high, with a wide canopy that blocked most of the direct sunlight, and the missing parts, through the gaps in the branches and leaves, sprinkled on their faces.
At Munch's feet, an irregular shadow had been honestly staying in place, but under the catalysis of smoke and oil, the boundaries of the shadows began to blur and were ready to move. Like a snake, it gradually fills the gap in the shadows on the ground.
Noticing the anomaly of the shadow under his feet, Tyrese remained silent, just threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, trampled the remaining sparks with his foot, and smiled at Munch: "You are still the same, you can't smell smoke, forget it, I won't smoke." ”
After the manipulation just now, the shadow under Munch stopped spreading.
Munch, who was choked by second-hand smoke, did not notice the anomaly that had just occurred, and only agreed with Tyrese's proposal not to smoke just now.
"Moving on to the tenth forbidden area, about a month ago, the Cyber Center Construction Committee suddenly received a tricky task, which needed to plan a new zoning on the basis of the original. The size of the yard needs to be one level higher than the conventional design standards, especially the explosion protection index. It is said to be a response to the increasing amount of radioactive waste. I didn't take it seriously until I saw that every entrance and exit was set up with a City Watch sentry. ”
"City Watch? Their scope of responsibility may not include service to the EPA. Munch heard the clue from this.
"yes, and in the last few nights, there have been unidentified transport airships landing in the newly built Tenth District, and every time this happens, all the doors and windows of the accommodation units will automatically close and be turned into opaque mode."
Tyrese looked around vigilantly and lowered his voice, "According to the workers who participated in the port, the 10th sector is full of military weapons, and it has been broken down into the smallest parts unit for easy storage. ”
Without looking at the expression on Munch's face, Tyrese continued: "You can rest assured, these parts will be handed over to me, and I will give you an answer in three days." When the time comes, I will personally deliver it to you at the door of your room in the Watson Building. ”
Just as Munch was about to say thanks, a violent explosion sounded in the direction of the scavengers' lineup, shattering the surrounding glass with a powerful shockwave. Dozens of scavengers who were still queuing were swept over by the air waves, and wails were heard one after another. Throughout the Cyber Center, a shrill alarm sounded.
The moment the explosion occurred, Tyrese flew and crushed Munch under him. The tall locust tree behind him, the leaves of the tree shook off the ground. Because they were in a far corner, the two were not injured.
Rising from the pile of leaves, Tyrese muttered anxiously, "It must have been a scavenger who picked up something he shouldn't have picked up and wanted to take it home without permission, and during the inspection, an accident was triggered." I had to go over and see it right away to avoid the danger of triggering a second round. ”
Sirens continued to sound, and emergency vehicles inside the Cyber Center exited several traffic openings. Tyrese's figure quickly disappeared into the suspended particles of dust raised by the air waves, and Munch quickly boarded a water drop cart and drove away with the car.
"Did you find any information?" Monk lies on the couch in the car and asks Bobo about the results of his inquiry about the 10th Exclusion Zone.
"There is no public information." Bobo said in a calm tone, "However, there is a piece of news that may be of interest to you. ”
In Munch's arm implant, a piece of news appeared about the City Administration of the City of Toccana. It reads as follows:
Recently, at the monthly meeting of the city administration, Kaspu Van of Totzcan, the second ruler of Tozcan and in charge of urban emergency, urban environmental protection and urban safety, said that the government's financial funds need to be tilted towards urban environmental protection to cope with the increasing production of garbage. In addition to the conventional decomposition and burial treatment methods, new treatment methods need to be considered to increase the utilization rate of waste.
In particular, he stressed the need to make use of hazardous substances that might be generated. Finally, it was proposed to set up a research and development department in the Cyber Center to cooperate with weapons development institutions in urban security. Efforts should be made to develop protective weapons using garbage as raw materials as soon as possible......
"What a brag!" After Munch finished reading the news, the corners of his mouth rose and a burst of ridicule erupted. "What does this have to do with the Tenth Exclusion Zone?"
"Junk and weapons, Cyber Center and Sector 10, specially designed explosion protection index and explosion ...... And that's okay with that? ”
"Well, you're right. Keep an eye on this man named Casper Van for now, I really don't want to think about anything complicated right now. Munch gave up arguing before he could even try.
"Of course. But there's one more thing you need to know......"
Bobo told him about the fact that Tyrese had stopped Munch's shadow from moving with his cigarette butt in the shade of the tree, "Who the hell is that Tyrese Jones?" I don't have anything in my database except that he's the Level 3 Administrator of the Cyber Center. ”
After hearing this, Munch didn't show too much surprise, but just said lightly: "He is a friend of mine, a friend from childhood to adulthood. I'm not surprised by what you just said, because there's so much magic about him. ”
Munch leveled the couch completely, lay flat on his back, and put his hands behind his head, sharing with Bobo about his childhood.
"I remember when I first went to Ovid's library, I was very eager to make friends, and I was unfamiliar with no one in the new environment, including Ovid." Munch was talking, and sensational piano music sounded in his ears. "Bobo, what are you doing, turn off the background music."
"Every day after dinner, Ovid took me for a walk around the library. Three blocks away from Baifeng Road, there is a garbage dump numbered W-11, where the household waste of nearby residents is collected and all transported there. One day, Ovid took me around for a long time, and we walked along the White Maple Road until we saw the entrance to the garbage dump. ”
"Ovid was worried that the dirty environment would have a bad effect on my body, so he was ready to take me back. Just as I turned around, I saw Tyrese. And he was not alone at the time. ”
"He was surrounded in the corner of the yard by a group of children five or six years older than him, lonely and helpless. It can be seen that those people want to stuff him into the garbage heap, and they have succeeded halfway, and half of his body is already embedded in the garbage. The two people on the left and right pushed his body in, and the rest of the people took all kinds of garbage and stuffed it into his mouth, and shouted: Don't you like garbage? Open your mouth, we'll feed you! ”
"I still remember the feeling very well. My heart was beating violently, my blood seemed to be boiling, and it seemed as if some kind of emotion was about to gush out, not only for a sense of justice for my friend, but also for a strong attraction. ”
"I broke free of Ovid's hand and screamed and rushed over, only to be punched by the man in charge...... In the end, with the help of Ovid, he was successfully rescued. ”
"After we became friends, we learned that he was living in the W-11 dump, without parents and no loved ones. What's even more amazing is that he never gets sick, and wherever he stays, rats, cockroaches, moths, and mosquitoes will automatically stay away from him. ”
"I can't, as long as I play with him in the garbage dump once, I will have a fever when I go back, and I will definitely get seriously ill."
"Not only that, but he was also very good at healing, and we fell off the wall at the same time and broke our legs. He was fully recovered the same day, and I was fully recovered for more than a month. ”
"Maybe it's because he grew up in a garbage dump that he was able to get into the middle of the crowd at the Cyber Center. After I engaged in illegal body modification, many parts were also found from him. ”
"Yes, he finds what I'm looking for every time, he speaks well in the Cyber Center, and there's always his special channel......"
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The first time Bobo saw Munch say so much, he listened silently the whole time, and couldn't bear to interrupt, Munch kept talking like this until the water drop truck stopped downstairs in the Watson Building.
Luck today, the elevators in Huasen Building are running normally, Meng Ke soon came to the corner of the corridor on the 12th floor, turned on the identification authentication system, and scanned out a lot of snowflakes in the image, Meng Ke frowned, and then looked left and right towards the corridor, and there was no abnormality.
Bane, who was in the room, heard his voice and slashed the door with his paws, making a small sound. Munch didn't think much of it, pushing the door open and entering the room.
Bane was not as excited as he was usual when he saw Munch, leaning limply beside him, his mouth open, yawning incessantly, and looking like he hadn't woken up. He first carried Bane to his nest, then walked over to the counter, ready to take down the white paper and fill in the shadow anomaly that Bobo had relayed.
As soon as his hand touched the white paper, Munch always felt that something was wrong, stood in front of the high bookshelf, looked around, and finally focused his eyes on the books on the bookshelf protruding a quarter, a perfect straight line, interrupted by the waist.
According to Munch's custom, books must be placed horizontally and vertically, and such situations are absolutely not allowed. "Maybe it's been too much energy in the past two days." He rearranged the books and took out the white papers.
Looking through the blank page, as soon as he wrote a few words, his hand holding the pen stopped in mid-air. A noticeable crease appears in the lower right corner of the blank page.
Munch is no longer calm, he will never make such a mistake, because the books he has read, the paper he has used, every page is as smooth as new. Thinking back to the previous details, he concluded that there must have been an uninvited guest at home.
"By the way, there is a glitch in the surveillance screen." Munch remembered Bobo's reminder in the car. "Can it be fixed?" Munch looked at the coded Bobo on the console. "Of course, although that person interfered, his means were not clever, give me a minute."
Bobo repaired the missing surveillance footage, and when he presented it to Munch, he recognized at a glance that the person who had lowered the cap was the police officer who had come to investigate that day: Calvin Young!