Before this day, no one dared to say that he could mobilize the world's top [-] mathematicians of different nationalities to serve him at the same time.

But today, someone did it.People don't necessarily need to rely on absolute power, financial resources or charm to do things, sometimes just some checks and balances can achieve surprising results.

Afterwards, each country cut off the broadcasting of the conference by its own TV station, with Zheng Xiu as the host, discussing the encryption plan with the mathematicians, everyone's mobile phone rang continuously, and some even handed the phone directly to Zheng Xiu, asking him to do it on the spot Talk to some people, what's more, some countries directly sent relevant officials to negotiate.Because of mutual interests, the meeting lasted for eight hours before reaching a consensus, and everyone got a relatively reasonable work allocation.

The specific operations will take longer, but Zheng Xiu is not suitable for staying for a long time. After dividing the general work modules and handing them over to everyone, he robbed Pixier's mobile phone and left.

With Octo's remote monitoring, all parties dare not keep him on the surface, but there are still a large number of spies tracking him secretly. Zheng Xiu used his mobile phone to talk to Zixin, and together with the evacuation route established at the beginning of the trip, he was tossed around. Many airports finally got rid of these big tails.

When Zheng Xiu's plane landed in Huaguo City S, Zixin and his party had just arrived, sitting in a 24-hour convenience store two streets away from the airport, waving to Zheng Xiu from a distance.

Zheng Xiu walked over quickly, only to hear the man say: "It can be regarded as clean."

Apart from Zixin and Xingchu, the convenience store has already waited for Ulysses who has been fidgeting since seeing Zheng Xiu, and Shen Zhongzhe has already left first—this gentleman works for the Medical Research Institute under the Huaguo Naval Force , The militarized management does not allow him to leave his post for a long time.

It is already late at night, and there are usually only office workers alone or groups of little girls and student parties in this kind of convenience store, but it is rare to see four big boys who look like dogs get together and talk about everything , especially one of them who never took off the sunglasses on his face.

Coins are put into the cash register with the ding-dong sound, the night outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows is already very dark, and the neon lights of the merchants are shining brightly to light up the city. In this era that is about to enter the new century, young couples in cool summer clothes are cautiously Carefully holding each other's two fingers, they stepped on their footprints on the stone road built in early Huaguo. The poor traveler walked into the fast food restaurant following the light, and found an inconspicuous corner to nestle for the night.

Ulysses was accompanied by Xinxin and Zheng Xiu standing in front of the yogurt freezer to discuss the condition of the disease. The latter’s memory has almost gone smoothly in the past few days. After a few simple questions and answers, the doctor was relieved. tone.

"Mr. Zheng has recovered, I...cough," he carefully glanced at the crowd: "Can I go?"

Zixin asked Zheng Xiu with his eyes, and the latter answered by baring his teeth at the doctor. Ulysses was so frightened that his hair exploded, he packed up his two packages like burning his butt, and ran outside the convenience store , I just remembered that I turned around and made a farewell gesture to a few people through the glass door.

"As for what..."

"This kind of person is always very confident in his own judgment," Xingchu said. "I think he should be rushing to get on a plane and escape here."

"Actually, I think it's better to kill him easily," Zheng Xiu stroked his chin: "Looking at his behavior just now, he should already know our identities. If this guy turns around and calls the police..."

"Crack!——" Zixin slapped him on the back with his backhand, and scolded him angrily: "What the hell are you thinking in your stupid head? You suddenly ran to the other side of the world to smash other people's places, and finally put it on the ground. You come back, there was an outsider present and they didn't have time to settle accounts with you, you are better off, you can play some kind of murder and silence when you come back, do you want to be a gangster!"

A certain person's feistiness is not worth mentioning to Zheng Xiu. The latter is still pondering the hidden meaning behind the word "outsider". He only feels an itch on his back that seems to have been scratched, but it is considered to be over. , Zheng Rabbit had an expression that hadn't recollected it, and unexpectedly let out a rare foolishness, and subconsciously replied: "Don't want to be kind to women."

The one who answered him was another violent twitch from Zixin. A young mother heard the sound of slapping, and hurriedly moved away with her child. As a peacemaker: "Don't worry, ha... we're leaving now, Ulysses has to go a little farther before he has the guts to trouble us..."

Walking out of the convenience store, a slightly damp summer breeze blows on my face, it is Jiangfeng. City S is traversed by a river flowing into the sea, Zixin closed his eyes, he couldn't help being a little fascinated by the familiar feeling of his hometown.The nearby airport is shared by 4F military and civilians. The special turbine sound of military aircraft roared overhead. In the slightly red night, the signal lights flickered like stars breathing.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, the night market has already been set up. It is the time when it is lively, and the air is filled with a smoky smell of barbecue. Men in slippers are sitting in the stalls of Malatang, drinking beer and ordering Smoke, boasting of his great achievements of half-truths and half-falsehoods.Longjinguan Night Market is also brightly lit. The Confucius Temple is decorated with antique colorful lanterns, which echo the lights of several commercial buildings outside the street.Most of the things sold on the small stalls are not rare goods, but the cries of the vendors come and go, implying the beauty and mediocrity that have been passed down for centuries. There are laughter and laughter from far and near, and the hustle and bustle is covered with culture.

Over the past few days, the three of them were hungry, and they would stop when they saw something delicious and interesting along the way. In most cases, it was Zixin who did this, and the other two followed suit in a good mood. In the back, from time to time, he echoed a few words along with that person, and took the small things that couldn't be taken down, sometimes it was a grilled squid skewer with a bite, and sometimes it was a popsicle with mung bean paste. Xingchu or Zheng Xiu would take them very naturally. After a while, when my son Xin looked back, there were only two innocent faces and suspicious lips, and there were no traces of those eating.

Zheng Xiu had already taken off his sunglasses. He didn't know where he got the gray suit. Now he doesn't know where he got it. The three of them looked outstanding. From time to time, little girls gathered together in small groups, secretly pointing at this place. Pointing and turning to look at them, there was another scene of birds and beasts scatter.

Walking behind, Xingchu winked at Zheng Xiu, and slowed down at the same time. Zheng Xiu pretended not to see, and still followed Zixin step by step. Xingchu shook his head helplessly, stopped him directly, and asked softly: "What do you remember?"

"I do think of a lot... very important things." Zheng Xiu said, seeing the other party's look of waiting to hear, he couldn't help but maliciously tease him: "But why should I tell you?"

"There may be a misunderstanding between us." Xing Chu endured it, and said to him in a friendly voice: "Your memory is probably the only way to solve the misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding... Huh, so what if we solve the misunderstanding, we are not the same way." Zheng Xiu sneered: "It is an enemy, not a friend, and it will never change."

Frowning at the beginning of the line, he finally said bluntly: "You have been calling me hypocritical since the last time we met, and I can roughly guess what you are referring to now. But have you ever thought that Octo was in prison at the time? In his situation, how can I use twists and turns to deal with you?"

Zheng Xiu turned his head and stared at him coldly.

Seeing that he was finally willing to listen carefully to what he said, he continued: "Octo in his previous life from 92 to 97, how many enterprises, banks and government units were destroyed in five years, and the economic losses alone cost hundreds of millions of dollars. In other words, according to the sentencing principles of the United States, a sentence of hundreds of years can be passed, but why did he go to prison in 98 and was released in [-], have you thought about it carefully?"

"And then, has he been embarrassed again after he was released from prison? If he wants to leave the country, he can go online if he wants to surf the Internet. He has a sore leg. It hurts when he walks for a long time, and he can't even move in bad weather. Do you think those spies were really thrown away by yourself?"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is very clear. If I didn't really want to help him at that time, how could I..." When Xingchu said this, his heart was also depressed: "He made a gentleman's agreement with me in prison and swore to go out." After being imprisoned, get back to good, and do something positive on your own, or at least stop causing damage. As for me... I will use myself as a guarantee for him to get him out through military pressure. We agreed that if he If he commits another crime after he comes out, I will arrest him immediately, and at that time, he will be truly merciless."

Zheng Xiu also guessed what was agreed between the two earlier, but the specific content of the agreement only surfaced from the beginning of Xingchu. Combined with some memories he retrieved later, some inferences began to make sense. Shun: "And then?"

"It's the news that after Octo's return, not only did he not correct it, but it got worse... Do you know, I used myself as a guarantee for him at the beginning, I..." Xing Chu rubbed his forehead: "... let the tiger go back to the mountain, and was punished by the United States. The military questioned me seriously, and even thought I was an insider and put me under strict surveillance. My relatives, friends and colleagues looked at me strangely, and some even forced me to compensate for the losses they suffered at the hands of Octo indiscriminately... Back then, he was almost arrested for endangering national security..."

The expression on Zheng Xiu's face changed several times, and finally he asked a little tentatively: "So, you put yourself in, do you regret it?"

"I don't know what it's like..." Xingchu sighed: "I always believed that I still have a good sense of people, but in my heart I feel sorry for a character like Octo, and I can't bear to see him end like this... That's why Dare to make an agreement with him, the slap in the face afterwards caught me off guard, and I once doubted my long-standing principles of conduct..."

"...It's not so much regret, it's better to say it's a confession—even the only decision to go all out is wrong, who can I blame..." Xingchu shook his head mockingly: "Until I live my life again, calm down and take care of yourself." After thinking about it, combined with your attitude towards me, I feel that maybe I made a mistake somewhere, and there is some misunderstanding hidden behind this incident... In fact, in the final analysis, I hope that it is a misunderstanding, because I am too persistent... "

"In the past few days, I finally remembered what Octo said to me last." Zheng Xiu said suddenly.

"at last?"

"Well, when I left Octo's side to distract him from the chase, I didn't expect it to be the last time we saw each other." Zheng Xiu lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes covered his obscure eyes, and he heard the sincerity in his first words. When he got it, he stopped hiding it: "He said to me, 'I must find out the whereabouts of that fake Octo!'"

Seeing the other party's suddenly dilated pupils, Zheng Xiu paused, and said softly: "After Octo was released from prison, he originally told me to wash his hands in a golden basin..."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Xiu quickened his pace, and met Zi Xin's worried eyes and walked to his side, leaving Xing Chu standing there alone in a daze.It wasn't until Zixin yelled a few times that Xingchu trotted to keep up as if he had woken up.

"Brother Xingchu, why are your eyes red?"

He turned his head away in some embarrassment: "...it's nothing, it's probably smoked by the barbecue."

Zixin looked at him suspiciously, didn't ask any more questions, turned around and found a good place.

"Starry Sky Internet Cafe?" He read out the words on the neon signboard.

The three of them had just left the city, and the computers were checked in and still wandering around in the sky. Although important hardware such as the "God Roster" was kept close to them, they still didn't have a fully functional computer at hand. It will inevitably make some netizens feel itchy, but Internet cafes can be used to relieve their addiction.

"Go in and play?"

Of course the other two had no objection, and walked in without saying a word.

The Internet cafe is on the second floor. Zheng Xiu walked on the stairs, turned his head and glanced at Xingchu, and said calmly, "That's all I know."

"Thank you." Xingchu nodded and smiled at him.

Zheng Xiu withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and carefully stepped on the wooden stairs, making a slight creaking sound.

"The one who should say thank you... should be me." He whispered to himself.

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