Amber is no longer a rare thing, but exquisite artistic design can still make it shine.
This is the bracelet that Masato wears on her wrist.
There is a bee trapped in the crystal clear amber, and its wings are still flying, as if it was still looking for pollen at a certain moment before it was frozen.
"Natsume……"
"Um?"
"Have you ever thought about the future?"
"after?"
"Yes." Masato accompanied Natsume on the "beach" while enjoying the wind. The sunset was more vivid than before, but Masato was no longer as excited as before.
"Perhaps I will resign and return to China."
"Huh? Why do you want to go back?"
"Because grandpa taught me not to think about returning to my roots after becoming a fallen leaf, because if there is a gust of wind, you don't know where it will float." After finishing speaking, Natsume smiled: "I didn't understand it well before.
Now I seem to understand... a little bit."
"Well... what the old man said is very thought-provoking."
"Um."
"Is he a creative person?"
Natsume shook her head.
"That is?"
"My grandfather used to be a member of the Monument Team. Before that, he went to sea to do business. However, he was deceived by an acquaintance and lost all his money. He was chased by creditors all day long for money. If he hadn't met my grandma, he would have been
He might have been beaten to death on the street." Natsume seemed very relaxed when talking about these things.
"Giggle, giggle, it's a very interesting feeling."
"Well... It's a pity that my grandpa passed away when I was very young, and my grandma also left quietly at night not long after that... The house in my hometown is probably gone now." The relief was only short-lived, Natsume felt deeply.
Sigh: "Time flies so fast, it's disturbing."
Masato looked at Natsume blankly and didn't say anything for a long time.
The sun finally set, but the experience didn't end there.
The sea breeze is still blowing, and it is getting colder and cooler.
"Natsume……"
"Um?"
"Actually... I have always had a secret that I don't know whether I should tell you or Hanako." Masato suddenly laughed as he spoke, which made him feel a little sad.
Fortunately, the night obscured all these subtle changes, and Natsume did not notice Masato's expression.
"secret?"
"Well, do you want to hear it?"
Natsume didn't answer in a hurry, but asked after being silent for a while: "Will it hurt you?"
Masato shook his head: "No."
"Well..." Natsume: "Then it's better not to listen."
"Huh?" Masato was stunned.
Natsume laughed: "Actually, everyone has secrets, but this does not mean deception or betrayal. Just like my grandfather ate the fish head soup my grandmother made for him all his life, and he didn't tell her until he died.
He doesn’t like fish head soup, but he is willing to eat it for the rest of his life.”
Masato listened blankly, and tears filled her eyes unconsciously.
"Hide the secret, even if it doesn't hurt you, it might change everything now, right?" Natsume's words were more like confirmation than comfort.
The elegant man smiled when he heard this, and the pear blossoms with rain looked particularly pitiful under the moonlight.
"Well, let's not talk about it then."
…
After lunch, Zhang Yenan whistled to the office.
The whole person's state is simply not too relaxed.
Opening the door, the projector in the office started, and the command center was busy.
Zhang Yenan poured himself a cup of tea, then like a veteran cadre, he took a book and returned to his seat to start his afternoon reading life.
When the deputy next door came to him to report the case, Zhang Yanan was fascinated by a book.
The deputy even asked twice, but he didn't respond, didn't raise his head, and even raised his hand to signal the deputy to be quiet.
The deputy actually had something important to report, but seeing that his immediate boss was so "laid back", he had no choice but to wait quietly.
He just stood there blankly for twenty minutes.
Zhang Yenan finally finished reading this article in the book, but his expression still left him unfinished.
Closing the book, Zhang Yenan said: "I have been so mediocre for most of my life. I didn't expect that broadening my mind would be so comfortable."
The deputy had been standing aside for almost half an hour. When he saw Zhang Yanan put down the book, he hurriedly went forward to report: "Captain, new situation. Two bodies were found in the sewage sedimentation area, one male and one female. The male's identity has been confirmed.
Yes, but women..."
Zhang Yenan drank tea, raised his eyes and asked, "What's wrong with the woman?"
"The woman... doesn't seem to be human..."
As soon as Zhang Yenan took a sip, he spat it out. When the deputy saw this, he quickly took out a tissue and wiped it with him.
Zhang Yenan coughed a few times and then took the crystal plate handed over by his deputy.
The two corpses in the picture are both naked, and the panoramic anatomy diagram has been prepared.
After a few strokes, Zhang Yenan discovered that the deceased woman was indeed a bit different from ordinary people... But how did she come to the conclusion that she was not human?
"Isn't it just that there are two hearts? Is this worth making a fuss about?" Zhang Yenan asked.
The deputy hesitated when he heard the words and didn't know how to answer for a while.
Indeed, with the current level of biomedical treatment, it is still possible to genetically modify or enhance the human body, but this violates international law. Once discovered, it will definitely be brought to the international court.
But since that crazy French doctor transformed his son into a "monster", this technology has flowed into the dark zone and become a trump card in the hands of many evil organizations.
The most common biological enhancement is the growth of heresy or the opening of the God's Forbidden Land of Sympathy.
Based on Zhang Yanan's experience, although he has never really seen a super-cyborg who has been opened to the forbidden land of the God of Sympathy, he has met a lot of "maniacs" with two hearts.
So now I see this woman has two
Zhang Yenan was not surprised at all after receiving a heart.
However……
"Captain, you...look down...there is..."
Zhang Yenan frowned when he heard this: "Any more?"
"Well..." The deputy still seemed to be frightened.
Zhang Yenan became even more curious when he saw it. He turned to the next page, and then...
"Ouch!" Zhang Yanan was so disgusted that she retched for the first time in her life and now regretted it very much.
The lingering disgusting scene in front of him really touched the edge of his psychological quality...
"Damn! What is this?!!!" Zhang Yenan turned the crystal plate over to the deputy and asked angrily.
The deputy was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and whispered: "I just said...she is not human..."
Zhang Yenan was speechless. He couldn't even imagine that a normal human would have these things under his skin...and there were so many of them?!
Although he has a strong psychological quality, he is really disgusting.
He placed the crystal plate on the table and waited for a while before asking: "What did the three experts sent by the First Central Axis say?"
After hearing this, the deputy raised his head cautiously and said, "They didn't say anything, but the woman's body has been taken away by their people, and her current whereabouts are unknown."
After hearing this, Zhang Yenan thought for a while and sighed: "What about that man? Are there any clues? How did they die in the sewage sedimentation tank?"
The deputy took out another crystal plate. After reading the report, he said: "The man's name is Chen Jiahan, a young supervisor in the Qingshui District. He is older and unmarried, but he is very good at seducing young girls. It is said that his body was found after
In the past month, he had sex with three other girls from different districts..."
After hearing this, Zhang Yenan frowned and said, "A girl from a different district?"
The deputy laughed dryly: "Yes, there are three that have been confirmed so far, and there are a few more that are not convenient to expose, for fear of causing more problems..."
"Is this what I care about?" Zhang Yanan suddenly turned cold and looked at the deputy indifferently.
The deputy was startled, then realized: "Oh! Someone has been sent to investigate! Now it is suspected that the regional manager of the water purification area has committed serious violations of disciplines and laws, which is why people like Chen Jiahan can move between different living areas.
Activity."
Zhang Yenan closed his eyes after hearing this. After a while, he sneered and said: "Forget it, we don't need to follow these things. Let's leave it to the Supervisory Committee. We have only one main task, which is to keep an eye on Masato Qingshui."
,Understand?"
The deputy immediately stood at attention and said: "Yes! Got it!"
"Understood? You understand shit!" Zhang Yanan suddenly exploded. He grabbed a pile of documents and threw them in the deputy's face.
The deputy was immediately stunned.
"Captain? I..."
"What am I? Go back and reflect on yourself!" Zhang Yenan did not talk nonsense to him.
The deputy was very aggrieved, but he could only endure it silently.
When leaving, Zhang Yenan said again: "Come back."
"Ah? Captain Zhang, is there anything else?"
"Take that disgusting thing off the table! Don't let me see her again!" Zhang Yanan looked disgusted, and at the same time he thought to himself: 'I'm afraid I'm going to have a nightmare now...'
…
The long corridor seems to have no end.
Chen Shuang, who no longer knew whether he was moving forward or going back, was completely lost in this empty world.
The water under her feet had reached her ankles at some point, which made Chen Shuang a little uneasy.
Fortunately, the water temperature there was not very cold, and no one shivered after walking for so long.
Chen Shuang, who was tireless and not hungry, but couldn't find the exit or direction, slowly stopped.
Her consciousness began to show some subtle signs of recovery.
At first she just followed her feelings, but now...she started to think about whether the direction was right...
That's when she started to think.
The voice that once appeared in her ears like a ghost's murmur sounded again.
This time, it said: "Hang in there."
Persistence? Haha...
How to persist? Why should we persist?
If the rest of my life is just like getting lost in a ghost place like this, do I still need to continue?
What will be the results of persisting?
Will I die?
All these thoughts started to swirl around, and finally they converged into one question.
‘Why am I here?’ It was as if he had become enlightened. After walking tirelessly for a long time, Chen Shuang, who had experienced the pain of death, finally realized the key to the problem.
"You belong here."
A sudden voice came from behind Chen Shuang.
Turning around suddenly, Chen Shuang found that there was nothing behind him.
"Who?! Come out!"
“Without a specific object, dialogue cannot be achieved?”
This time, the voice came from behind again.
Chen Shuang was stunned for a second and then hurriedly touched behind him, but found nothing.
Annoyed, she said coldly: "You are just pretending to be a ghost! Who are you?"
"Who it is or not, it doesn't matter. I just ask you, are you willing to keep going?"
The other party seemed to have no intention of introducing himself.
Chen Shuang snorted coldly: "What if you persist? What if you don't persist? Stop playing word games with me!"
The other party was silent.
Chen Shuang, who had not received a response for a long time, was a little dissatisfied. She said angrily: "Hello!? Are you mute?!"
Still no response.
But Chen Shuang suddenly felt that the water under his feet seemed to have become ice cold.
She shivered involuntarily and tried to find a raised place to stand on, but couldn't find it.
Chen Shuang, who was "dancing ballet" in the cold water, ran without direction for a while. He ran and ran, but suddenly his feet were empty...
She fell down again.
But the feeling this time was very short-lived, as short as falling down while dreaming.
That feeling is very real.
When Chen Shuang opened his eyes, he only saw a girl standing opposite her with a cold face, and there was a thick glass between them.
After moving his body a little, Chen Shuang realized that he was locked to the repair sponge by the restrainer.
The flexible, slightly cold repair contacts stopped working one after another after sensing that the patient was awake, and at the same time, a voice sounded in Chen Shuang's ear.
"The wound repair is completed."
"Who are you?" Chen Shuang asked, but he couldn't make a sound.
The girl standing outside the treatment cabin looked at Chen Shuang, who had his mouth open but could not make a sound, and said, "Your throat is broken. The medical conditions here cannot help you recover for the time being, so you'd better save your energy."
Chen Shuang was stunned for a moment, then she frowned and cleared her throat. As a result, she felt as if there was a thorn stuck in her throat.
The girl gave her a cold look, then turned and left.
Chen Shuang wanted to stop her, but even if she tried her best, she could only make a whimpering sound.
And her throat became more and more painful, and finally she had to give up.
He opened his eyes and recalled what happened before.
Many images appeared in her mind... When she recalled that she aimed at Li Yalin's head and pulled the trigger, Chen Shuang was stunned.
Did this really happen?
'Did I really kill Yalin?' Chen Shuang was confused, tears welling up in his eyes: 'Did I really... really kill Yalin?'
…
"She's awake." Fang Miaohan arrived at the command center.
Xu Haimo, who was paying attention to the progress of the search, nodded after hearing this: "Yes."
Fang Miaohan also looked at the holographic projection image in the command center. There were dozens of pictures around it, and the staff in the picture were checking suspicious areas one by one.
"Do you want to tell Zhang Yenan?" Fang Miaohan asked.
Xu Haimo thought for a while and then said: "You go with him."
"good."
…
After learning that Chen Shuang was awake, Zhang Yenan put down the book and hurriedly followed Fang Miaohan.
Zhang Yenan had a lot of emotions when she saw Chen Shuang again after many days.
Chen Shuang, who was still confined in the treatment room, was receiving rehabilitation guidance from the doctor. She was sitting on a blue quilt wearing a thin white hospital gown, and her figure was obviously much thinner.
Two doctors and three nurses are helping her regain control of her body.
But it was almost the same as when Natsume was discovered... Chen Shuang's spinal central nerve also had abnormal signs of damage. It seemed that some external force had tried to enter the depths of Chen Shuang's memory from there.
The treatment rooms are highly soundproofed.
Zhang Yenan can only watch from a distance now, but even so, he is already satisfied.
Fang Miaohan was by the side, looking on coldly, like a machine without any emotion at all.
…
"Yes, try to pick it up with force." The doctor patiently guided Chen Shuang.
Chen Shuang, who had just regained some feeling in his hands, took a deep breath and tried his best to pick up the apple in the doctor's hand.
But when she felt that she had tightened her grip and wanted to pick up the apple, her hand suddenly lost strength and became limp, like a ball of dead flesh.
Apple didn't move at all, but Chen Shuang's heart rate increased sharply.
The nurse noticed and reminded: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! Take your time! Believe in yourself! As long as you remember the feeling of exerting force, you will definitely be able to find your former self!"
Chen Shuang heard it very clearly, but now, let alone exerting strength, she felt that her right hand was slowly going offline.
It felt really annoying.
It was clear that her internal organs were still concentrating on their work, but her body had no feeling at all from her neck down.
The memory of the past did still exist, but when she failed to grab the apple, that memory also disappeared...
Chen Shuang, who could not speak, endured the grief in his heart and once again tried to pick up the apple with his left hand.
This time she moved very quickly and with great amplitude.
The doctor noticed it and did not stop him. Instead, he watched Chen Shuang expectantly as he went to get it.
Chen Shuang was also highly concentrated, but it backfired...she didn't feel anything when her hand touched the apple.
It was as if there was a feather duster stuck in his arm. Chen Shuang could feel his arm, but not his left hand...
After failing again, Chen Shuang finally broke out.
Although she couldn't speak, she could still make some hoarse, even scary sounds.
The little nurse was frightened. She backed away and bumped into the trolley.
The doctors rushed to calm Chen Shuang's mood.
But Chen Shuang's current mood can no longer be soothed through words...
In the end, the doctor had no choice but to inject her with a sedative.
After the injection, Chen Shuang calmed down, but her heart rate was just normal and she was physically unable to lose her temper.
But inside her heart, her brain was in turmoil.
Chen Shuang, who had never thought that one day she would become disabled, began to be afraid, and her frightened tears kept falling.
But the doctors and nurses left one after another after injecting her with sedatives.
No one wiped Chen Shuang's tears.
The salty tears burned Chen Shuang's cheeks and eye sockets.
After Zhang Yanan saw this scene, his expression changed, and he rushed into the treatment room regardless of Fang Miaohan's stop.
After knocking away the guard and entering the ward.
Zhang Yenan's mood became more stable.
He walked over to Chen Shuang and sat down, gently raising his hand to wipe away her tears.
Chen Shuang, who was crying with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes after feeling the warmth of the palm.