Lu Zhan pushed open the door of his office and put his coat on the shelf at the door. He immediately saw Xia Yuxi who was sorting files at her desk.
"Army."
Seeing him come in, a beautiful woman with short hair and a plain chest nodded to him. She was Xia Yuxi.
She was originally recruited by Lu Zhan into the Anti-Restriction Bureau to keep her secret.
During this half-year relationship, the two have become familiar with each other, and now she is Lu Zhan's assistant, responsible for helping him handle some trivial matters.
"Well, there should be nothing wrong with these files, right?" Lu Zhan asked.
"No problem, I plan to check it again and enter them all into the computer tomorrow."
Xia Yuxi quickly made a cup of hot tea for Lu Zhan.
"It's up to you." Lu Zhan took the tea cup and said
By asking,
"I heard Qingqing say how many more prisoners were arrested in the bureau today?"
"They are all petty theft cases."
Xia Yuxi smiled bitterly and said,
"You also know that although the expansion of the restricted area has not had much impact on Dongyang City, the world today is much more chaotic than before. There are always some people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic."
Lu Zhan nodded and said nothing.
So far, Dongyang City should be one of the urban areas least affected by the expansion of the restricted area - because there seems to be no expanding restricted area around it.
The forbidden areas such as Buyu Village, Masked Beast Mountain, and Pingping Paradise all disappeared half a year ago. Although the stone monuments of the forbidden areas are still standing, they have not expanded outwards, and the forbidden creatures inside have disappeared without a trace.
If Xue Hongyu said what he said before leaving, these forbidden areas may have been "dead" - that is, the inner core was destroyed and thus completely cleared.
The core is the black crystal mentioned in the previous game. It is said that after destruction, it can prevent the expansion of the restricted area, and this is indeed the case. If it were not for knowing this, the losses to mankind would be even greater.
Today's restricted areas such as Buyu Village are quite safe. Dongyang City is even trying to build them as safe zones.
This will alleviate the sharply rising population pressure in the urban area.
The expansion of the restricted area has affected the original layout of the safety zone.
It has caused many people to be displaced. For example, among the four major urban areas of Sun, Moon and Stars, except for Dongyang City, the situation in the other urban areas is not very optimistic. Therefore, many refugees have fled into the territory of Dongyang City, hoping to live in the city.
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After many considerations, although Dongyang City disagreed on the surface, it secretly admitted many wealthy people into the city. Of course, the price was expensive.
Even at this juncture, the council was still thinking about how to make money instead of thinking about how to solve the problem. This quickly aroused opposition from many people and asked the council to consider the matter carefully - including Lu Zhan.
It's not that these people are cold-blooded, but that the influx of new residents needs to be considered in many aspects, such as accommodation allocation, rather than based on whether they have money or not.
The council has long been dissatisfied with Lu Zhan. This guy failed to cooperate with instructions many times during the operation in Equality Paradise, and he kept saying bad things to the people in the council.
So it didn't take long for Lu Zhan to be transferred from the Prohibition Bureau to the police station.
This was obviously intended to scare the monkeys. After this, many of the people who had previously objected suddenly stopped speaking out.
Lu Zhan was not angry about this. He only regretted that Jian Wugui and others left in a hurry and did not clean up the moths in the meeting hall. Now these guys are getting more and more forgetful, and the city does not look like a city at all.
In fact, with the emergence of a large number of buffer zones, even the safe zone is no longer safe. Nowadays, there is little communication between the urban areas, just like the princes occupying the same place. In addition, the recent parliament has no time to care about other things and is beyond its reach. Therefore, the urban areas
The superior behavior of the middle management has become more and more obvious, and they have become like local emperors.
As far as Lu Zhan knows, almost all the members of the chamber have settled their families in City No. 1, and the seven aunts and eight aunts have made clear arrangements - the same is true for the rich.
As for the original ordinary residents of City No. 1, they were forced to move to new cities transformed from restricted areas such as Buyu Village and live again. Of course, in name, they were allowed to experience a more comfortable life.
But everyone knows that this is not the case.
You must know that the reason why the urban area is called an urban area is because there are tall walls built on the outside to completely surround the entire city to ensure the safety of the residents inside.
The new city is built on the original restricted area, and there is no definite conclusion yet on whether it is safe or not. Therefore, it is naturally impossible for the upper levels of Dongyang City to spend time and energy building any walls——
It’s not like they live here anyway.
This also means that once there is a large-scale abnormality, such as biological invasion of restricted areas, the safety of residents in the new city will be difficult to guarantee.
Nowadays, people on the Internet are saying that today's Dongyang City is completely divided by money. The richest and most powerful city is No. 1, which is the palace, and it is full of royal relatives; the second-class city is filled with bureaucrats.
The taxes in No. 2 and No. 3 cities are very high.
The poorest people cannot even afford to live in a new city, so they can only wander outside and become a new generation of abandoners.
This is not just the case in Dongyang City, but in most urban areas nowadays. Classes are redefined by strength and wealth, and the weak can barely survive.
The law of the jungle is clearly displayed.
But it's not all bad.
In order to survive, in the past six months, more and more people have plucked up the courage to go deep into the buffer zones and restricted areas. Origin Stones have appeared in large numbers, the number of extraordinary people has also increased significantly, and their strength has increased rapidly.
This is not a subjective illusion, but an out-and-out fact. Therefore, people are gradually realizing that perhaps only entering the restricted area can bring about rapid strength growth——
It's like a copy in the game that can add a lot of experience.
In addition, many rare treasures and even taboo sequences in the restricted area are also coveted, so more and more people are flocking to the restricted area, as if they have discovered a new life, just to prevent themselves from falling behind others.
The increase in the number of extraordinary beings is an absolute good thing for mankind as a whole. The upper and lower limits of human strength are increasing, but it has also led to an increase in the amount of crime.
Fortunately, they are all just trivial fights, and the safe zone is still very serious about this. Although the police station today also needs to deal with cases involving extraordinary persons, Lu Zhan is still relatively free so far——
At least it's much easier than in the ban removal round.
In fact, perhaps only the safe zone is still able to maintain order now. If it were in the buffer zone, people would die every day and no one would necessarily take care of it.
Stability and security are one of the important reasons why so many people want to live in a safe zone.
"Right."
While he was thinking, Xia Yuxi suddenly interrupted Lu Zhan's thoughts and said, "The Bureau of Prohibition Removal called me this morning and asked if you would consider returning to work again. You are not the person in charge, but the deputy."
"How did you answer?"
"I said you need to think about it."
"Why are you so tactful? You don't have to think about it. Just refuse."
Lu Zhan took a sip of tea and said calmly.
Of course he knows the thoughts of those guys above. Liu Qingqing, Xia Yuxi and others are his confidants. With his transfer, his old subordinates also followed him to the police station. Now, although the number of extraordinary people has increased, but
There are very few people willing to join the Banning Bureau, so the Banning Bureau is currently short of manpower, otherwise they would not let him go back.
"If you refuse like this, won't you worry that those guys in the council hall will transfer you to a new city?" Xia Yuxi said with some worry.
"No."
Lu Zhan shook his head, "Those idiots have long been unhappy with me. The reason why they transferred me to the police station is because they want me to see how powerful I am, but they don't want to give up on my level of extraordinary beings. They can still call upon me at critical moments.
Otherwise, I would have been asked to leave long ago."
"And they know very well the consequences of forcing me again and again. If I leave, I will pack up and leave together with you."
You know this very well...
Xia Yuxi shook her head helplessly: "It's no wonder that the Bureau of Anti-Prohibition suddenly had to set up multiple responsible persons. This behavior of leaving with a group of subordinates just after a disagreement is really a headache."
Although she said this, she was in a good mood. The current meeting hall was indeed rotten to the core, and it didn't matter if she followed Lu Zhan to work elsewhere.
"That's because I have a charming personality." Lu Zhan praised himself seriously, "If it were someone else, like Xu Han, that woman resigned, do you think anyone would follow her?"
Xia Yuxi kept curling her lips when she heard this, but she knew very well in her heart that Lu Zhan was telling the truth.
As a boss, Lu Zhan treats his subordinates impeccably and treats them as his own. A while ago, her parents in Lengyuecheng were in trouble, and it was Lu Zhan who went there to solve the problem in person, and didn't take it to heart at all afterwards.
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As far as Xia Yuxi knew, Lu Zhan had a life-saving benevolence for many of his subordinates, including the stupid Liu Qingqing - which was why they were so determined.
"Actually, I went to the Ban Removal Bureau today." At this moment, Lu Zhan suddenly said.
"do what?"
"I went to find Pen Xian."
"That forbidden sequence with danger level B?" Xia Yuxi was stunned, "You no longer have the authority to clear the forbidden bureau, right? Will the people from the forbidden bureau let you in?"
"Why are you bothering with this?"
Lu Zhan said angrily, "Shouldn't you be curious about what I asked Bixian?"
"What did you ask?" Xia Yuxi asked cooperatively.
"I asked about the tombkeeper."
Xia Yuxi thought that indeed, she knew that this guy was still pursuing the question of the tombkeeper. At this time, she couldn't help but feel a little curious, and asked: "But doesn't Bixian dare not answer questions about that guy?"
She heard Lu Zhan talk about this.
"You can't ask directly, but you can ask from another angle." Lu Zhan said mysteriously.
"How did you ask?"
"I can't tell you why I asked you, but I already know where that guy is."
Lu Zhan seemed to be in a good mood, with a smile on his face.
"If you can't tell me, why don't you tell me?"
Looking at this guy's face, Xia Yuxi was so angry that her teeth itched. She knew that this guy did it on purpose, so she said, "Don't forget, I can read minds."
Lu Zhan said with a smile: "There is a devil living in my heart, you'd better not look at it casually."
"..."
Just as the two were chatting and joking, Lu Zhan's cell phone suddenly rang.
He took out his mobile phone slowly, but when he saw the unfamiliar number on the screen, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Although the number was unfamiliar, he knew who was calling.
There are two cards inserted in Lu Zhan's mobile phone. Only one is commonly used, and the other number is rarely known by anyone. The reason why it has been kept in use is just so that some people can contact him in time.
He deliberately waited for a while before choosing to answer.
"Hello?"
"Hey, is this Lu Zhan?"
There was a female voice on the other end of the phone. She was young and energetic. Lu Zhan knew who the other party was as soon as she heard it——
Mo Qingcheng.
"It's me." Lu Zhan replied coldly, his voice emotionless.
"I'm Mo Qingcheng." After a moment of silence, the other end of the phone said.
"I know it's you."
As soon as the words fell, both ends of the phone fell into silence.
The two of them communicated like strangers, with a clear sense of alienation, but it seemed very deliberate.
Seeing that Lu Zhan looked wrong, Xia Yuxi walked out of the office and closed the door smoothly.
Lu Zhan was the only one left in the office.
"I said it was best not to contact us again," he said.
Mo Qingcheng on the other end of the phone didn't speak for a long time, seeming to be hesitating, and the air was dead silent.
Just when Lu Zhan was wondering if the other party had hung up the phone, he heard the other party suddenly speak:
"I got a clue about the dean's whereabouts."
Lu Zhan didn't speak, but his breathing became rapid. He unconsciously exerted force on his palms and almost crushed the phone in his hand.
For the first time, his mood became very unstable.
Mo Qingcheng seemed to guess his state at this time, and whispered: "Don't get excited, listen to me first."
"I am now working in the inspection team under the Xinhai Group, responsible for the collection and collection of plants in the buffer zone. This job allows me to travel to multiple places, which is helpful for me to collect information."
Lu Zhan said nothing. Of course he knew where Mo Qingcheng worked. He even helped arrange this job, otherwise the latter would never have entered the Xinhai Group.
Although this job is dangerous, it is what Mo Qingcheng has always longed for.
Of course, Mo Qingcheng didn't know this.
"It took me a long time to finally find the site of the former orphanage. I will send you the specific address later. The important thing is the next thing," Mo Qingcheng said.
"You should know that I am not interested in the orphanage's past, but if you really know the whereabouts of that old guy, just tell me like this... Aren't you afraid that I will go over and kill him?" Lu Zhan said in a cold tone.
Mo Qingcheng seemed not to have heard this and continued: "The orphanage has now become part of the buffer zone and has been abandoned for a long time, but I still found a box under the dean's office."
At this point, she deliberately paused for a moment, but Lu Zhan had no intention of asking further questions and seemed to really not want to know anything.
She couldn't help but sigh, and continued: "There are only two things in the box, a black crystal, and a yellow talisman paper."
Black crystals and talismans...
Lu Zhan repeated it silently in his mind and still didn't say anything. He was really not interested in this and would only be in a bad mood.
However, Mo Qingcheng's next words made him change his expression instantly.
"You should still remember that I once met a man named Bai Mo. He saved my life, but he disappeared later and I have been unable to contact him."
Of course Lu Zhan remembered that Bai Mo was the tombkeeper.
"What does it have to do with him?"
He finally couldn't help it and asked for the first time.
Mo Qingcheng said: "I also told you that Bai Mo lives in a cemetery. I stayed there for one night, and there are many yellow charms posted on the door of the cemetery hut."
Lu Zhan was stunned: "What do you mean..."
"Yes, I once took away a yellow talisman from a cemetery. There is no similar talisman like this on the market. It may be exclusive to the cemetery, or it may be a random scribble. However, it is unbelievable.
Yes, the talisman in the box is exactly the same as the one in the cemetery... This is obviously unreasonable."
Lu Zhan was speechless. This incident made his thoughts a little confused.
Mo Qingcheng on the other end of the phone was also silent for a long time, and then slowly expressed his speculation——
"I suspect there is a connection between Bai Mo and the dean."
