When the twilight shone on the earth, the man who had worked hard all day stretched himself and walked into the door of the apartment step by step.
This apartment is located at the junction of the Kwiss and Aston districts, with one door facing Aston and the other facing Kwiss.
It's a bit messy here, but the rent is very cheap.
The restaurant where my wife works doesn't close until nine o'clock in the evening.
My daughter has signed up for an after-school tutoring class and will probably not get home until half an hour later.
This half hour is his quiet moment alone.
The elevator goes up level by level until it stops on the 27th floor.
That's where his rental house is located.
When the elevator door slowly opened, he played with his smart bracelet and walked forward along the corridor.
And just when he was about to reach the door of his house, he stopped and looked down.
A weak-looking young man was squatting at the door of his house, raising his head and staring at him quietly.
"Hello Mr. Jack, my name is Joey."
He Ao stood up slowly and introduced himself.
During the waiting time, in order to save the energy of the combat suit, he usually chooses to squat, relying on the special structure of the combat suit to maintain the balance of the body and rest.
After all, Joey's own physical fitness is very weak.
"Hello...hello,"
Jack glanced at the boy strangely, and then he reached out to press the fingerprint switch of his smart door lock, while turning his head and looking at He Ao doubtfully, "I don't think I know you? What do you want from me?
Is it? If it’s a work matter... I’m sorry, I’m off work now.”
"I am the son of Pal, the man from Avis Machinery Factory."
He Ao introduced himself calmly.
Click——
The smart door lock is unlocked.
Jack's expression was still a little confused. He stretched out his hand to hold the door handle, as if he didn't understand why He Ao came to him.
"My father died," Ho continued, "in a machinery accident at the factory."
The hand holding the doorknob froze in that moment, as if time and space had stopped.
"You come in."
After a long time, Jack sighed and slowly opened the door.
Ho followed him into the apartment.
The apartment is not big and the layout is very small.
Entering the door is a long corridor. On the right side of the corridor is the bathroom and kitchen, and on the left is a small bedroom.
At the end of the corridor, there is a small square living room.
Jack walked to the end, reached out and opened the curtains in the living room, and then walked to the edge of the sofa.
To be precise, this sofa is an unfolded sofa bed with a quilt and a slightly dirty pillow on it.
"Feel sorry,"
Jack walked over, folded the sofa bed back, rolled up the quilt and pillows and put them aside, "I usually sleep here, and my wife and daughter sleep in the bedroom."
He Ao could understand that before Joey's parents entered the factory, they rented a small apartment with one bedroom and one living room.
Although this kind of apartment is small, it is cheap.
He Ao did not sit on the made-up sofa, but looked up at Jack.
Compared with these things, he cared more about the truth about the death of Joey's parents.
Jack looked at his eyes and paused while he was cleaning up. Then he stopped and sat on a chair nearby.
He motioned for He Ao to sit on the sofa, and then paused for a moment, seeming to organize his words.
"I'm sorry...I didn't expect things to come to this."
He Ao slowly sat on the sofa and looked at Jack.
Jack opened his mouth, wanting to say something, then scratched his head, as if he didn't know where to start.
He Ao looked at his appearance and guided softly, "So, why do you want to resign from the factory?"
"Because there's something wrong with that robotic arm."
After figuring out the first thread, Jack gradually told what he knew under the guidance of He Ao.
Jack went to college, albeit the crappiest community college.
He majored in mechanics at a community college, and his grades in all subjects were very poor. Of course, the teachers at the community college basically didn't know how to teach.
In contrast to his poor grades, he has an extraordinary love for machinery, which prompted him to take the initiative to learn a lot of machinery-related knowledge during college.
It also allowed him to choose Avis Machinery Factory, the largest machinery factory in Chenxi City, after graduation.
In the first few years, his work went very smoothly.
Because of his outstanding theoretical knowledge and love for machinery, he was quickly promoted due to his outstanding performance. In just a few years, he grew from an ordinary worker to a reserve engineer.
Becoming a reserve engineer means that he has the opportunity to become a professional manager of the factory.
From then on, he began to rotate in various important front-line positions in the factory to become familiar with the various mechanical conditions of the factory.
And his first stop was, i-27 robotic arm operator b.
He originally planned to stay in this position for a year and a half.
But only half a year later, he realized there was something wrong with the i-27 robotic arm he was operating.
Every afternoon when I am about to get off work, the robotic arm will make a slight abnormal noise. This kind of abnormal noise should not exist for such a large robotic arm.
After discussing this situation with his colleagues, his colleagues told him that this situation actually occurred a year ago when his colleagues first took up the job. At first, there were only occasional problems, but recently they started to occur frequently.
But it is just an abnormal sound and does not affect the operation.
He judged that some part inside the robotic arm was damaged or excessively worn.
He reported the situation to his superiors.
The next day, a specialized engineer came to inspect. Afterwards, his superiors told him that there was nothing wrong with the robotic arm and that the abnormal noise was just a design flaw of the robotic arm.
He vaguely felt something was wrong, but he still believed his superiors' words.
In this way, he stayed in this position for another half a year. The abnormal noise accompanied his work and became more frequent, and he gradually adapted to the abnormal noise.
Until one time when he was about to get off work, he used the robotic arm to assemble some heavy machinery according to the previous operation.
He was just halfway through the operation when the robotic arm suddenly got stuck.
In theory, in this case, the emergency system of the robotic arm should immediately shut down all the motors of the robotic arm and use the backup motor to lower the picked heavy object bit by bit.
However, the emergency system of the i-27 robotic arm was not activated, and all motors were still running forcibly.
This heavy-duty robotic arm that could easily pick up five tons of weight twisted its body in front of him, making a creaking sound.
Once the robotic arm explodes and some broken parts are thrown out, he who is standing on the nearest operating table will not survive at all. Any small sputtered part will kill him.
He rushed out and turned off the power of the workshop.
Afterwards, he was fined one month's salary for turning off the power and delaying production. The robotic arm also underwent simple maintenance and resumed operation.
But the strange noise still exists.
He realized that the i-27 robotic arm was not without problems, but had serious problems, so he immediately applied for another inspection from the factory.
But this time, his application was rejected, and his superiors seemed unwilling to listen to his opinion.
In addition, his superiors also said that he should not worry. Even if there was an accident, the factory had bought accident insurance for him, and his family would receive a huge compensation at that time.
This scared him so much that he quickly applied for resignation and told his colleagues about the incident. His colleagues who were frightened by the previous incident also resigned after him.
He originally planned to tell more co-workers about the incident, but soon he received death threats from gang members, which made him remain silent.
"So you haven't met my parents?"
He Ao looked at him doubtfully.
"I've seen it..." Jack paused, "I completed the work handover with them... I'm sorry..."
At this moment, He Ao stood up suddenly, grabbed Jack's collar, lifted him up, and slammed him against the wall.
"So, why don't you tell them?!!!"
"I," Jack looked at the haggard and angry expression of the young man in front of him, wanted to say something, but gave up, "I'm sorry..."
"Dad, I'm back!"
A little girl wearing a pink cotton-padded jacket with two pigtails on her head opened the door. She held up a small bag of candy in her hand, "Dad, look, the teacher rewarded me with a big bag of candy today."
Then she saw He Ao holding up her father and was stunned.
He Ao slowly let go of his hand and put Jack down.
Then he packed his schoolbag and walked out the door.
But just as he passed the little girl, he was stopped by a small hand.
The little girl grabbed a hand full of candies from the candy bag, raised it high, and handed it to He Ao's sight.
"Brother, candy."
Although she had a full hand, there were only four in total.
"Thanks."
He Ao took the candy and smiled at the little girl.
Then he slowly walked out of the house.
Behind him, Jack rushed over and hugged the child.
——
The distinction between justice and evil is never so clear-cut.
Jack is a father and a husband, he is just an ordinary person.
After all, there are only a few people who can maintain their courage under the threat of death from the consortium.
That's why fearless heroes are so valuable.
He Ao peeled off a piece of candy and put it in his mouth.
As the sweet and bitter tastes melted in his mouth and heart, the elevator door in front of him slowly opened.
A street filled with twilight appeared in front of him. Going out from this door of the apartment was the Aston District.
A dense crowd of people armed with machetes and pistols stood outside the apartment, watching him quietly.
Some of these people's faces were familiar to Hoo, faces he had seen in Noad's bar.
He was the younger brother who once belonged to Noah.
"Kill this kid and avenge the boss!"
A shout came from the crowd, it was a tall and strong man, surrounded by a group of younger brothers.
It seems that the fire within the Noad forces is over. The new boss needs to kill the enemies of the previous boss in order to establish his authority.
Small gangs don't really get angry very quickly.
He Ao bit the candy in his mouth and slowly stepped out of the door of the apartment building.
"kill!!!"
The gang members in the front row raised their guns instantly.
Bang bang bang——
The shining bullet instantly penetrated their eyebrows.
Ho held a butcher pistol in one hand and a submachine gun with a loaded magazine in the other.
The figures holding guns in the front row fell down row after row like straw.
Less than ten seconds after the battle began, the entire swarming team began to run away frantically in all directions.
"Don't run! Don't run! I will reward you heavily if you kill this kid!!"
The new boss, who was originally crowded in the middle, looked at the scattered crowd in horror and shouted loudly.
But these frightened gang members couldn't hear what he shouted. They just wanted to run away from this hell-like place.
Even the younger brothers, who were surrounded by the new boss, had dispersed, leaving him standing alone in the middle of the street.
He Ao put away his gun and walked towards him step by step.
"Don't come over!!!"
The new boss took two steps back and swallowed.
Then he suddenly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at He Ao, "Mader, if you are killed, you will die. I don't believe I can't kill you even if you do this."
The moment his index finger pressed the trigger, the silver sword light pierced his throat.
His body twitched and struggled, and finally stopped moving.
He Ao pulled out the dagger from his throat, and the bright red blood flowed cleanly along the silver sword body, restoring its silver color as bright as the bright moon.
Then he slowly inserted the dagger into the mechanical scabbard on his back.
At this moment, his mind moved and he turned his head.
Jack stood at the door of the apartment, staring blankly at the corpses on the street and the weak young man standing among the corpses.
He swallowed tremblingly.
What kind of monster was he talking to just now?
"Is there a problem?"
He Ao looked at him doubtfully.
"Where are you going next?"
Jack held back the strong discomfort in his heart and tried his best to raise his head without looking at the body on the ground.
He Ao did not answer, but continued to look at him doubtfully.
"If you want to go into the factory to investigate," Jack tremblingly took out a white card from his clothes bag.
"I used to be very interested in the factory's work cards, and then I tried to imitate some blank cards... Now I can only find this one, but it should still be usable. You can use it to open some of the factory's access control."
He Ao took out a paper towel, wiped off the fresh blood on his hands, then walked over and took the blank card.
"Thanks"
"No, you're welcome."
Jack watched blankly as the boy turned around and walked along the blood-stained ground into the glow of the setting sun.
