From the alley at the corner ahead, a woman's low whimpering sound came out. Although the sound was obviously suppressed, it still floated out clearly in the dead of night on the quiet street.
The cry spread farther and farther, and finally turned into a little ripple in the air, and disappeared as if it melted.
Two silent black figures stepped out of the orange-yellow street lights in the distance.
"Brother Gong, you should be right in front." A thin man looked at the card in his hand and whispered to another man in front of him who was completely hidden in a robe.
"Isn't it this crying woman?"
Although it was a rhetorical question, the man's tone was already very determined. He quickened his pace and silently turned into the alley.
The street lamp floating in the alley was covered by someone's coat, and the light became very dim through the clothes. In this blur, a woman was sitting on the ground with her back against the vending machine, sobbing. The man in the robe just appeared.
, she was immediately startled, and got up in a panic to run away, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked in a trembling voice: "...is it Mr. Gong Daichi?"
The man in the robe nodded silently, took a step closer, looked at the vending machine, and then at her.
The woman lowered her head and clenched her fists in shame. There were dozens of small, shiny balls scattered around her feet, which were radiation-proof gummy candies.
Gong Dao lowered his eyelids, glanced at the petite woman in front of him, laughed lowly, stretched out his hand to wipe away the pieces of sugar stains on her face, and said in a low and gentle voice: "This is already the case, no matter how much sugar you eat, it won't help.
"...Look, it's so dirty."
This sudden movement obviously made the woman stiff, but when she saw him gently retracting his fingers, her body immediately relaxed. With this relaxation, tears welled up uncontrollably. She covered her mouth and said vaguely
Cried: "...I, I really don't know what to do..."
Gong Daoyi slowly took off his hat, revealing a fair and handsome face. The red light on the ground lit up his beautiful jawline, and his eyes were shining with starlight, looking strangely clean and warm. The woman looked up.
His eyes suddenly froze, and he wiped away the tears on his face with some embarrassment.
In the Garden of Eden, it is rare to see such a delicate and beautiful man. The most important thing is that his eyes are very clear and gentle, which makes people feel at ease when he looks at himself - he is not at all like other men who are glanced at by them.
, goosebumps will appear on your spine.
She almost forgot that she was facing a special items smuggler who should be feared.
"What's your name?" Gong Daoyi asked gently, probably to appease her emotions.
"My, my name is Xue Jin..."
This woman named Xue Jin was probably in her early twenties. Although she was a bit embarrassed, her facial features were very beautiful. She calmed down and turned her eyes uneasily on the thin man.
"This is my partner, his name is Lei Ming, you don't have to worry." Gong Daoyi smiled, the smile lines on his lips were very beautiful.
Lei Ming nodded somewhat awkwardly as a greeting. He was far away, and the light of the gummy candy on the ground was swallowed up by darkness before it illuminated him - this made Lei Ming feel relieved.
He hurriedly put his blood-stained right hand behind his back.
"Mr. Gong, I sneaked out from my husband's house. I can't come out for a long time..." Facing Gong Dao, Xue Jin felt a little ashamed for some reason. He tightened his collar, trying to cover up the pain on his chest.
Bruise. "...I heard that you have something that can help me. Is it true?"
Gong Dao nodded: "When did you find out? How could this happen?"
Xue Qui trembled immediately when he heard this.
Facing someone like Gong Daoyi, she didn't want to lie - as if she wanted to suppress the surge of memories, Xue Gu turned her head away: "Yes, it was once. I fainted for half a month and woke up.
After I came here, I couldn't move and could only stay in bed, so I didn't eat sweets for a long time... But after the injury healed, my body never went wrong, and my physical strength got better and better, so I didn't think about it.
…”
At this point, her tone suddenly changed: "Until I found out——"
As if he couldn't bear it, Gong Daoyi hurriedly patted her shoulder and comforted her, "It's not a big deal, don't be afraid." After seeing that she had calmed down a little, he immediately took out a small black
The thing was swept around her left and right temples.
There was a "beep" sound, and a fluorescent number lit up on the black handle.
Xue Qui wiped away his tears with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Gong Dao took a look and sighed, his tone full of apology: "The potential value is 177, you... have really evolved."
Hearing this numerical value that can only be found in mutants, a short sound immediately burst out from Xue Qu's throat, and she suppressed it again.
Being born as a woman in the Garden of Eden is already very unfortunate - the only thing more miserable than this is probably becoming a mutant.
Gong Dao sighed and took out a yellow sponge from his pocket, put it into her hand, and explained how to use it: "...Remember, as long as you carry it with you, your superpowers will not develop or evolve.
.But when it becomes very heavy, you remember to squeeze out all the liquid inside..."
Holding the piece tightly, Xue Gu nodded gratefully. After paying the money, she carefully put it into her pocket. Seeing that it was getting late, she bowed deeply to the palace road one by one and said goodbye in a hoarse voice.
: "I'm leaving. If I don't leave, I might be discovered by my husband's family. Thank you, Mr. Gong..."
Although it was essentially a transaction, Gong Daoyi's warm temperament had already given her a great deal of comfort invisibly - Xue Gu even felt that even if she faced the miserable days in the future, just thinking about tonight
, she has the strength to persevere.
After watching her wipe away her tears, turn around and disappear into the dark alley, Gong Daoyi took out a wristband unique to the residents of the Garden of Eden from his arms and called out a light curtain.
Lei Ming looked at him stupidly: "Brother Gong, when did you..."
Gong Daoyi ignored him and just put on a hat to hide his beautiful face.
"You have been connected to the National Police Department, and we will connect you now..." A mechanical and monotonous electronic voice came from the wristband, echoing between the walls of the alley.
Huh? Lei Ming was so surprised that he even forgot about the sticky feeling of blood on his hands.
"Hello, Citizen No. 49384, how may I serve you?" A cold middle-aged man's face appeared in the light screen.
"Um, I want to report someone." Gong Daoyi's voice suddenly changed. It was no longer the clean and melodious texture just now: "I think there is a woman on our street who seems to be a mutant. I don't know if she was there early in the morning.
Those who sneaked in..."
The cold middle-aged man suddenly became interested, and his face was enlarged in the light screen: "Please tell me your name and specific information!"
"Xue Qu, 21 years old, wearing a black coat. I just saw her eating gummy candies in handfuls on the Sadma Trail, and then headed west..."
"...Okay, you went west, right...how long did you go? Okay, I understand. Citizen No. 49384, you have a very sensitive sense of national defense. Thank you for your contribution to the Garden of Eden...Yes, we will set out to capture it right away!
"
Until Gong Daoyi closed the light curtain, crushed the wristband and threw it into the flower bed aside, Lei Ming was still dumbfounded and unable to react.
"Why... why..."
Gong Daoyi's beautiful lips curled up, and her bright eyes glanced at him: "I'm sorry, but I need her to be caught."
Before Lei Ming could spit out the next "why", he had already taken a step forward and said as he walked: "I don't know how it is usually, but if a female mutant is discovered during the New Year Fighting Competition, it stands to reason that
The Unification Association will send it to the Fighting Competition Committee... I don’t know where the committee is, and I need someone to show me the way."
"Keke, she might die!"
Lei Ming felt that he must have been shocked and unable to think, because even though he did not agree with Gong Daoyi's approach, he unknowingly followed him again.
"Who has never died?" Gong Daoyi's gentle voice made people feel like a spring breeze blowing on their face: "Judging from her current life, death might also be a relief."
The other party stopped talking, and only the sound of heavy breathing behind him revealed Lei Ming's chaotic emotions. Both of them were evolved humans who had strengthened their physical strength several times. They walked very fast, and they arrived at the National Police in a short time.
The entrance to the department was hidden. After waiting for a long time, Gong Dao listened with one ear, and then smiled as if he was very satisfied: "Give me your eyeballs."
Lei Ming silently handed over the eyeball he had been holding in his hand.
After two teams of heavily armed soldiers came and went for a while, the National Police finally set off carrying an unconscious woman - her body hung softly from a soldier's shoulder, and her hair was dangling in the air.
His skin was purple and red, and it was no longer possible to tell that it was Xue Qu.
As soon as Lei Ming's eyes fell on her, he couldn't help but close his eyes.
But Gong Daoyi didn't seem to notice anything. He patted him, got up and followed him.
Being able to sneak into the Garden of Eden for smuggling, the two of them were naturally very skilled - they followed along like this, and without anyone noticing, they found themselves in front of the fighting venue.
"So the committee is upstairs in the arena?" Gong Daoyi whispered to himself, watching the lights of a small building next to the arena turn on. After the group of soldiers left, he took Lei
Ming walked to the side entrance of the arena.
He aimed his eyeballs at the scanning window, and after scanning it up and down with a green light, the head of a strange man suddenly popped up in the air. Along with the voice of "Welcome back, I wish you good luck with your work today...", the small voice at the entrance
The door opened silently.
Gong Dao walked into the venue with a calm expression.
At this time, suddenly a female voice was like a sharp blade, tearing through the silent darkness in the venue.