top edge

Leaving City Z, head west all the way.

The sun at seven or eight o'clock in the morning is okay, but as Malcon gets closer to the underground city, the surrounding environment is becoming more and more like a furnace.

The sound of "rumbling" can be heard in the distance, and a sand sink must have occurred.The sand trap is like a vortex formed in the sand sea. Once humans or monsters are involved in it, there is basically no possibility of survival.

The road chosen by Malken is in a relatively safe area. Many refugees use this road to travel between the underground city and City Z without any accidents.

After continuing to march against the scorching sun for half an hour, the dungeon finally appeared in front of us.

In a large Yardang landform, the entrance to the underground city is hidden behind two huge rocks.

Malcolm parked his motorcycle in the shade familiarly, but when he turned around and was about to enter the dungeon, he suddenly found that the shadow on the ground was not quite right.

Above the shadow of the boulder, there was a slow-moving object, which was bigger than a motorcycle, with a shining thick tail behind it.

Damn, do you want to be so unlucky.

When Malcolm realized that the shadow was the distortion giant scorpion, the scorpion also jumped off the boulder.

He didn't have time to draw out his weapon, so he could only roll around twice, but the scorpion had twelve legs and moved extremely fast. He just stabilized his body when he saw a huge pincer hitting him straight down.

He had to roll to the side twice more, and at this moment, he heard a "bang", the large pincers on his head burst suddenly, and a tall figure with a shotgun in his hand jumped in front of him from above another boulder .

"Boss!" Seeing the familiar figure, Malken was so excited that he almost jumped over and hugged Kreiter's thigh.

Kleite approached the scorpion while shooting non-stop. After a while, the scorpion jumped over the boulder and escaped in desperation.

"Have you stayed in the city for too long?" Kreit put away the shotgun and glanced at Malken, "You can't even deal with scorpions."

"It's a sneak attack!" Malken stood up and patted the dirt on his pants.

Although he was despised by his boss as soon as we met, he still stretched out his fist towards Kret and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Long time no see, boss."

Clayte bumped Malkan's fist with his fist, and then entered the dungeon through the narrow entrance.

"Did you see the message I sent you?" Malcolm followed Kreiter through the intricate underground paths.

There is adequate lighting in the trail because of the solar power installed on the ground.In addition to the shortage of water resources in the underground city, life is not particularly inconvenient.

"Look." Kreit opened a wooden door and walked into a room about twenty square meters—or a cave.

There are no floor tiles in the room, and there are no serious walls. It is surrounded by reinforced sand.

"Will you come to help?" Malcolm asked.

"No." Lazily spit out a word, Kreit fell on the sofa and turned on the TV.

"Boss—" Malken immediately cried with a sad face, "We really need you."

These big orioles were heavily attacked by the top, and their vitality was severely injured.They also tried to reveal the truth about the bombing incident five years ago to civilians, but people still prefer to trust authoritative media and label them "conspiracy theories".

But having said that, Malcolm suddenly caught a glimpse of the TV screen from the corner of his eye.

He thought it would be another piece of yellow sponge, but he didn't expect it to be the surveillance footage from Clayte's previous home.

A blond figure hurriedly changed out of his bathrobe, put on a black overalls and rushed out of the room.

If Malcolm remembers correctly, it was the afternoon of the bombing five years ago, when the aberration monster invaded the west district, and the negotiator was supposed to stay at Kreiter's house, but he joined the battle in this suit.

The screen suddenly jumped and changed back to a yellow sponge.

Apparently Klett forgot what he was watching before turning off the TV and just turned it on.And the screen jumps so fast, it means that he doesn't want Malken to see it.

"Hey." Putting away his unruly tone, Malken sighed, "You still remember him."

Kreit said lightly: "There's nothing to do."

"Even if you have nothing to do..." Malken said this in a low tone, then suddenly raised the volume, pointed at the TV screen and said, "How can you sneak peek at the negotiator changing clothes?"

Kreit grabbed the pillow and threw it on Malken's face: "It just happened to be broadcast here."

"Okay." Malken took advantage of the situation and hugged the pillow to his chest, "I have never seen anyone who can cooperate with you so tacitly when you were fighting the desert wolf together. You should still care about him to some extent, right? You don't Have you thought about going back to the tree of life to find him?"

"I won't look for it anymore." Kleite stared straight at the TV, "If you can't find it, you can pretend that he is not dead."

When he said this, there was a trace of imperceptible fatigue in Kreiter's tone.

Malcolm knew that the person Clater had been looking for for 20 years was dead. Perhaps, as Klett said, if he hadn't heard of the death of that person, he would still have something to think about.

"But you can't stay in the dungeon for the rest of your life." Malken sighed again, "Our magnificent career has not yet been completed."

"It's boring." Kreit said, "No one can share the joy when it's finished."

"Why not?" Malken protested dissatisfiedly, "You still have me, your dear Malken."

Crater: "Get out."

"Tsk, I understand it, you are a person who values ​​sex and despises friends." Malken said and sat down on the sofa, "Anyway, I can't persuade you, so I am determined not to leave."

Outside the huge spherical glass room is an endless sea of ​​clouds.

The glare of sunlight is isolated by special glass material, and only soft light shines into the house.

At the end of the long table that can accommodate about twenty people sat an old man in a white robe.The old man's hair is gray, but his skin condition is not bad, there is no sign of sagging or sagging, only a few wrinkles.

"Captain Shen, thank you and your mother for your contribution to the Tree of Life."

The old man raised his champagne glass to Wei Shen.

Shen Siwei also raised his glass and replied, "It's our honor."

The old man is the leader of the Mages, Miller.

More than 100 years ago, the earth fell into an energy crisis. Miller and leading figures in the political and business circles decided to build a tree of life to create an environment suitable for human habitation.

As the first-generation residents of the tree of life, those people did not enjoy the advanced level of medical treatment, so until now, only Miller is still alive.

Shen Siwei's mother didn't live long, and died early in her 70s.She worked hard to design the tree of life, she was never married, and she conceived Shen Siwei only through advanced embryo cultivation technology.

After the brief toast, Miller signaled the servant to continue serving the follow-up dishes.

Shen Siwei held a knife and fork in his hand, looked at the steak on the plate, and suddenly had an idea in his heart.

——It turns out that the Magos don't take nutritional supplements.

and many more.

Why did he think of "originally"?Had he ever wondered about it?

Beef... Nutrients...

A familiar sense of déjà vu appeared inexplicably, but at this moment, Miller's voice interrupted Wei Shen's thoughts.

"Captain Shen, Amor is my favorite young son, I will trouble you more this time."

Miller is not just Amor's son. He can say this because he, Mo Lin, and Shen Siwei are the only ones present.

"General, don't worry." Mo Lin took the initiative to answer, "Captain Shen will definitely do his best."

Miller gave Wei Shen a few more instructions, which shows that he is very concerned about this matter.

But Mo Lin's attitude was completely different from when he talked to Shen Siwei yesterday. He didn't express "hope is slim" at all. Instead, he kept reassuring Miller that his youngest son would be fine.

Shen Siwei was quietly eating his steak, and another thought came to his mind.

——His lover seems to be a bit duplicity.

After the meal, Miller asked, "Captain Shen, are you ready?"

Shen Siwei nodded, and said in a business-like manner: "Eat well."

In fact, the beef taste is not as good as the one he ate last time.

When was the last time he had beef?

It must have been 25 years ago.

But for some reason, Shen Siwei always felt like it was just yesterday.

Miller and Mo Lin still have business matters to discuss, so let Shen Si Wei go around by himself.

After the study door was closed, Miller put away his amiable attitude, looked at Mo Lin expressionlessly and asked, "Are you sure he won't have any problems this time?"

Without Miller pointing it out, Maureen also knew that this was talking about the last mission.

Energy station - only found that the energy supply comes from the deep sea, but five years later, the military still has no way to enter the deep sea.

Crater——In order to kill him, he did not hesitate to blow up the entire city. As a result, the military later realized that the environment of the deep sea had not changed, and it was necessary for Crater to reveal the way to go. Instead of killing him, it became a good thing.Of course, regardless of the city.

Leaving aside the energy station and Kreiter, even the military's most advanced weapon——Lieutenant Shen Si also had problems.

So in conclusion, the mission five years ago was a complete failure.

"It definitely won't happen this time." Mo Lin lowered his head slightly, and said respectfully, "Dr. Chen has made new progress in his research and development over the years. He has sealed Wei Shen's memory. This time, Wei Shen will definitely not Thinking about the past. Yesterday I deliberately mentioned Kleite in front of him and took out Kleite's photo, but he didn't respond, so you can rest assured that he is a standard weapon.

"In addition, now our technology can repair his heart and lung function, but just in case, we still keep his weakness, so there is no need to worry."

"That's good." Miller's face softened a little. "This time he left the tree of life and just went to catch Clater, but the first task is to find Amor."

"no problem."

After parting with Mo Lin, Wei Shen walked through the long corridor and came to the single-family villa behind the main house.

The owner of this villa is not a certain person, but a collection of thousands of books.It may be inappropriate to say that the villa is more like a library that includes human civilization.

Shen Siwei found a hardcover version of "A Brief History of Mankind" and sat down on the leather sofa in the lobby to read. Not long after, the sound of leather shoes trampling on the ground suddenly sounded in the empty space.

Shen Siwei followed the sound and saw a handsome man in a black suit walking in from the main entrance.

The man is tall, with blond hair, and looks somewhat similar to Miller.Shen Siwei had seen it in the news. This man was Miller's eldest son - Adolf, who managed the largest business empire in the tree of life.

"Hello, Captain Shen." Adolf came and sat down beside Captain Shen Si, with his right leg gracefully resting on his left, "I'm Adolf."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Shen Siwei closed the book in his hand.

"I heard that you are going outside the tree of life to find my brother."

"Yes."

Adolf put his elbows on the armrest of the sofa, propped his chin and said, "I reminded my father that Amor might not want to come back at all, but he just didn't listen."

Captain Shen Si was slightly puzzled: "Amor doesn't want to come back?"

"Do you know his profession?"

"University professor, sociologist."

"That's right." Adolf said, "He always deals with those civilians, and he doesn't want to go back to the top floor after a long time."

"So that's how it is." Shen Siwei murmured.

If Amor deliberately hid his whereabouts, it at least meant that he was not in danger.

"More than that, he also thinks that the society of the tree of life is a deformed society." Adolf suddenly asked, "What do you think, Captain Shen?"

"I..." In Shen Siwei's memory, he had never been exposed to such a strange concept, and he couldn't help feeling a little stuck, and said, "I think the stability of the tree of life is the most important thing."

"That's right. The tree of life can only be kept stable if the common people obey the rule of the Margots." Adolf said with emotion, "My stupid brother."

Shen Siwei didn't know how to comment, so he simply didn't answer.

And Adolf probably didn't want to make the conversation awkward, so he asked again: "Captain Shen, do you have any family members who give you headaches?"

"Me?" Shen Siwei's eyes were slightly empty, "I have no family or friends."

In fact, he still remembers his mother and his teammates.It's just that after waking up from the freeze, even if he thinks about these emotional things, he won't have any mood swings.

"I heard that your mother is the main designer of the tree of life." Adolf said.

"Yes." Shen Siwei answered, "She is an engineer and is mainly responsible for the design of the energy station."

"That's really great," said Adolf. "We should erect a bronze statue in her honor."

"Hmm...thank you." Wei Shen didn't know how to answer the question again.

He also knew that what Adolf said should be just a scene, but he shouldn't be unable to cope with this level of social interaction.

"Where are your friends?" Adolf asked, "You are in the army, so you should have teammates."

"Yes." Leger's shadow appeared in his mind, but quickly disappeared, "They are all dead."

"what a pity."

Shen Siwei still didn't feel anything.He finally realized that something was wrong, and his emotions seemed to be frozen.

"Then you don't have anyone important to you?" Adolf asked again.

"no."

Shen Siwei was not sure, because in his subconscious, he always felt as if he had forgotten an important person.

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After this, Lao Shen will no longer be frozen