In City No. 36, District 1, the Zhao family residence received a long-lost phone call.
"Xiao Qi from the big house is finally willing to call. Please pick it up and let me hear what he has to say."
In a dark quiet room, the head of the family, Zhao Xiuhe, who is over a hundred years old and has white hair and beard, is sitting cross-legged on a jade futon.
As his words fell, a projection light screen appeared on the wall in front of him.
A bust of Zhao Zhixuan appears above.
Seeing the tuft of green hair, Zhao Xiuhe said displeasedly: "Why is it you? Why didn't Changqing call himself?"
"Grandpa, as you know, I have an old habit and it's not convenient for me to have a video call with you right now," Zhao Zhixuan explained.
"It still can't be solved. Oh, it's a shame for the kid Changqing." Zhao Xiuhe shook his head and sighed, "Tell me, he asked you to contact your family. It must be something important."
Zhao Zhixuan hummed, briefly described what happened tonight, and focused on the importance Lin Youwei attached to Wang Jun.
After Zhao Xiuhe heard this, he said calmly: "I understand. Please don't get involved in this matter. Lingyun Ecology is in deep trouble and has been targeted by major forces in City No. 36."
"But……"
"There are no butts. There may be some hidden rules between chaebols and chaebols that can protect the safety of each other's direct lineages, but in the face of absolute interests, any rules can be broken and then re-enacted."
“Is Lingyun Ecology really that important?”
"It will only be more important than you think." Zhao Xiuhe's eyes flickered uncertainly, "Just to reveal a little bit, you and your brother must not spread the word."
Zhao Zhixuan nodded like garlic.
Zhao Xiuhe said slowly:
"The reason why our Zhao family moved our whole family to City 36 is because this place used to be an important site in the last era."
"There are many mysterious technologies inside that cannot be disclosed to the public, and few people in the world can analyze them."
"However, Mr. Chen Yangmei is indeed a shining star in the scientific research community. Less than 10 years after he came to City 36, he has become an expert in developing mysterious technologies, and his final priority is Lingyun Ecology."
"The ecology of Lingyun is closely related to the extraordinary nature of life, and it is also the reason why a large number of aberrations appear in the wilderness."
"This is the key to evolution, and it is also the box of destruction."
"Whoever can completely analyze the Lingyun ecology can control the future. Once the analysis is wrong, the result will be doomed."
Zhao Zhixuan was stunned and looked sideways.
Zhao Xiuhe didn't need to ask any more questions. He could see at a glance that Zhao Changqing was standing next to Zhao Zhixuan, but he was deliberately hidden from the camera.
"Changqing, you like to take the wrong approach when doing things, and you can be surprisingly effective in many cases."
"But Lingyun's ecology is of great importance. I sincerely advise you not to go into the muddy waters this time. You two should take good care of yourselves and just pretend nothing happened tonight."
Outside the camera, Zhao Changqing's angry voice came out of the screen: "I didn't intend to participate in it. You old man said that, didn't you just tell us in disguise that we must go?"
Zhao Xiuhe stroked his snow-white beard and smiled without saying a word.
Half of Zhao Changqing's head appeared on the edge of the screen, his eyes filled with disgust.
"Tonight, we brothers will not participate. After all, that friend is indeed interesting."
Evergreen eyes are as high as the top, and few people have ever been able to defeat him.
Except for the little tigress in the third room of the Lin family that he liked, he seemed to have never been interested in anyone else.
Wang Jun... is just an ordinary researcher, right?
Zhao Xiuhe nodded, "Okay, if you don't go, I can just send the elite members of the family. But you two sent him away, so you should know which route he will take, right?"
Zhao Zhixuan lost his mind and opened his mouth to name escape hatch No. 8.
Suddenly, Zhao Changqing covered his brother's mouth, smiled and shook his head: "That man is extremely cautious. He will definitely not choose the route we gave him."
"Don't want to say?" The tail lines around Zhao Xiuhe's eyes were a little deeper, and there was unspeakable surprise in his eyes.
"Speaking out will waste the fate between me and him, and it is equivalent to throwing a smoke bomb at the family's children. Why bother?" Zhao Changqing spread his hands, "It's better not to say it."
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The stench of sewers and air is unbearable.
Lin Youwei's face looked normal, as if she had no sense of smell.
Even though she had received special training, she still felt discomfort in her abdomen while walking beside the dirty water channel.
"It stinks so damn much!" The fourth child covered his mouth and nose with disgust on his face.
Beside him, Zhang Wu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is there any?"
He felt very comfortable, relaxed and at ease, as if he had returned to his long-lost home.
The fourth child rolled his eyes at Zhang Wu and said, "There is something wrong with your nose. Everyone in our team knows it."
Lin Youwei rarely agreed: "Lao Wu is so happy, which shows that the stench here is far beyond ordinary."
As she said that, she stopped and looked back at a special operations team member.
"You, take off your helmet."
Without saying a word, the special operations team member took off his visor-type helmet and delivered it out.
After Lin Youwei put it on, her frown suddenly relaxed.
The fourth child followed suit and pointed at another special operations team member.
The special forces team members ignored it.
"Ha..." The fourth child asked for trouble and looked at Lin Youwei pitifully.
Lin Youwei said: "Give him one."
Hearing this, the second special forces member took off his mask.
The fourth child happily took it, put it on, and gasped several times, as if to clear out the stench from his lungs.
"Boss, the sewers in City 36 are too big. How should we find them?"
Lin Youwei curled her lips slightly, took out her smartphone, and said, "Call someone."
Five minutes later, three thousand special operations elites from the Viper Department merged into the sewers of City 36.
They nominally belong to the Red Umbrella Company, but in fact they are the Lin family's private armed forces.
On the other side, Zhao Xiuhe, who sensed the abnormality, would not let go of the opportunity easily and directly dispatched the Zhao family's secret armed company, codename: Izumo Ryūna.
This company is the Zhao family's trump card, and it took 20 years to build.
The total number of the company is 300, with no one more and no less. The last-place elimination system is adopted to ensure that every member of the Izumo Dragon Snake is the best among the best.
They are proficient in assassination, firearms, fighting, communications, posture and many other specialties.
What is even more astonishing is that among the team of 300 people, there are more than 30 extraordinary people, reaching an astonishing ratio of 10:1.
The two major families made some changes, and several other chaebols in 36 cities were not aware of it for the time being, but it alerted the enemy of the Red Umbrella Company - Black Front Alley.
District 7, Black Front Alley, the alley is narrow and rough.
Deep in the alley, there is an old video store with no signboard on the door.
Suddenly, a ghost-like white palm stretched out from the lower edge of the door.
The rusty metal piece turned with difficulty, and the rolling shutter door was lifted slightly.
The man with warrior pigtails half-hunched his back and squeezed out of the door.
The night wind was brisk, he folded his arms in front of his chest, wrapped himself tightly in his long black windbreaker, and sighed:
"Every time I have to go into the sewer, it's my turn. I'm so damn unlucky."
At the same time, Wang Jun traveled three kilometers in the sewer.
He followed the instructions on the red line and had no worries along the way.
"The materials at hand are really limited, so we can only set up a few simple traps to mislead them."
"but……"
A picture appeared in Wang Jun's mind - Lin Youwei used gamma light mist to reverse his position.
The opponent cannot be ignored. If the misleading direction given is too obvious, she will not believe it.
At this moment, Wang Jun was running and thinking with reverse thinking.
The character traits shown by Lin Youwei in the apartment are very clear.
Smart, confident, capable, cruel... She is a smart person who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.
Such people all have one huge problem - arrogance.
Because she is smart enough, she will particularly believe in the answers she infers.
"How can I set up a multi-layered trap to make Lin Youwei misjudge my location?"
Wang Jun's mind was racing rapidly, and he was murmuring softly.
Suddenly, the smart watch on the wrist beeped twice, followed by a light and gentle sound like a young child:
"Whatever you want, the traps you set are worthless in the face of the human sea tactics."
"Wang Jun, right? You probably don't know what kind of situation you are facing, right?"
Wang Jun:(??????)??????
He looked down at his wrist and reacted within 0.2 seconds.
Take off your watch, accumulate strength, aim at the ditch, and prepare to throw hard.
"Wait! What are you doing? Throw the watch out without asking anything." The voice from the smart watch was so angry that he laughed.
Wang Jun raised his eyebrows, still maintaining the throwing posture, and asked: "Are you human?"
"It doesn't matter whether you are a person or not. What's important is that Uncle Qi, I can help you escape."
"Okay, thank you."
Wang Jun rolled his eyes, as if "don't believe" was written on his face.
In cyberspace, the sky is blue and the waves are rolling.
Qi lay on her back on the beach chair and sensed Wang Jun's body changes through the human body detection of the smart watch.
There is no fluctuation in the heartbeat, no joy of being saved...
"This guy doesn't believe me at all."
Qi made a judgment in her heart and immediately made an explanation that best suited the situation at the moment.
The smart watch once again made a childish voice: "Don't throw away the watch, please listen to me explain a few words."
"Okay." Wang Jun nodded.
"Hehehe, you must be curious about who I am."
Wang Jun shook his head and raised his index finger, "One sentence."
Qi was choked and couldn't understand clearly. Thousands of unrepeated curse words flashed through the smart light's mind instantly.
After a moment of pause, Qi suppressed her anger and said, "Ayao, please ask me to do it."
Wang Jun frowned deeply, and the folds between his eyebrows seemed to have carved the Chinese character Sichuan.
Qi: "Don't believe it?"
Wang Jun: "No, I believe that the previous Ayao was very abnormal. She is obviously no longer a pure artificial intelligence."
Qi: "Oh, you can see that too."
Wang Jun: "As far as I know, the virtual type 3 smart housekeeper does not have any combat capabilities. At most, it has a crisis reminder service. However, when my apartment was invaded, Ayao did not or could not issue an early warning. This shows that she was being invaded at that time.
Stronger technological means interfered.”
Qi was so proud that she couldn't wait to praise herself.
"Yes, there was nothing she could do at that time. She was full of sadness and helplessness. Uncle Qi, who was messing around on the Internet, discovered it in time, and then God came."
"The helmet and the two mechanical arms broke instantly. Isn't it amazing?"
The funny smile of a dog head appears on the smart watch dial simultaneously.
Wang Jun suddenly squeezed the smart watch tightly, and the huge force made his palms feel like a vise.
Crunch~~~
The glass lens of the dial is cracked and has fine lines.
"Damn it, your human brain is probably a little crooked. What's in your brain? Uncle Qi is here to save you, do you understand?"
Wang Jun said: "I'm sorry, the expression you sent was too sarcastic, and I couldn't hold it back for a while."
Qi was silent for half a second and said: "It seems to be a little bit."
Then, it abruptly changed the topic: "Let me introduce myself. I am the grandfather of artificial intelligence. I don't want to change my name, but I don't want to change my surname. I only have one character - Qi."
The dial simultaneously displays the text "撒" to prevent Wang Jun from misrecognizing the characters by listening to the sounds.
In my previous life and this life, I have never met a guy with such excessive self-awareness. He is just like a childish little kid... Wang Jun couldn't help laughing and chuckled.
"Why are you laughing?" Qi asked.
Wang Jun shook his head, "No, keep talking. Ayao entrusted you to help me, so what kind of help can you give me."
"Uncle Qi is omnipotent. Wherever there is an Internet, there is the Supreme God..."
Seeing that Qi was about to enter chatterbox mode, Wang Jun quickly interrupted.
"It goes without saying that it's virtual. Let's be practical. I want to find a safe place in the city. Where is the most suitable place?"
"Uh... depending on the route you're taking, aren't you going to the wilderness outside the city?"
"No, this three-kilometer journey is just a fascination circle. The place I really want to go is not outside the city."
"Oh hoo?"
"The most dangerous place is the safest place."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not familiar with the wilderness. If I go there rashly, my life or death will be uncertain. It's more appropriate to stay in City 36."
"Is that so... of the nine districts in City No. 36, where do you want to stay?"
"The upper three districts are full of powerful people, the middle three districts belong to the rich, and the lower three districts are quite chaotic, with various social groups and forces mixed together. I want to find a hiding place in the lower three districts."
"I understand, there is a place that should suit you."
"where?"
"District 7, Black Front Alley."
"Black Front Alley, I seem to have heard of it, what's so special about it?"
"Special...hehehe, of course it is special. Because of the existence of the boss behind Black Front Alley, the entire lower third district of City 36 is only the lower third district. Several large chaebols cannot invade on a large scale and can only cultivate the power of the society secretly.
"
"It seems pretty reliable."
"Of course, City Branch No. 36 of the Red Umbrella Company and Black Front Alley are sworn enemies. If you, a researcher, go to Black Front Alley with a big secret, their boss behind the scenes will definitely rush to greet you."
"You can go there, but I need a specific route map."
"If I gave it to you, would you really believe it?"
"If you ask Ayao to talk to me once, I will believe you."
Half a minute later, Wang Jun and Ayao finished their conversation. The two chatted for a few ordinary things, and then said goodbye to each other again.
Qi sounded extremely energetic, as if there were ten thousand dogtail grass tickling her heart.
People and Artificial Intelligence...
Wang Jun is definitely not a normal person, he really treats Ayao as a human being!
Could it be that this is how Ayao escaped from the prison of the law and gained a soul?
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? It's a terrain map." Wang Jun patted his smart watch.
Qi seemed to know how to increase the number of her kind. She was in a very happy mood and didn't care about Wang Jun's orders at all.
A vertical miniature light screen rises from the dial, about 10 centimeters long and wide.
A precise map of the sewers was revealed, far more detailed than what Wang Jun had seen before.
A light blue line connects the current location and the target location.
Qi added: "When you see the third drainage outlet, you are not far from safety, but that is when you are most in danger."
Wang Jun: "Why?"
Qi: "Because there are too many corpses in that area, which can easily cause congestion. Most of the sewer scavengers hang out there."