2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

"Xiao Wu, what do you want to say?"

Minister Gao, who had been silently looking out of the car window all the way, suddenly spoke, causing the driver Xiao Wu to tremble and almost lose his grip on the steering wheel.

"No...nothing."

Minister Gao slowly turned his head, with a tired smile on his face: "Stop pretending, you peeked at me more than a dozen times along the way. If you have anything to say, just say it. I promise, what we talked about today will not get out of this car door. ."

The driver, Xiao Wu, is a young man in his early twenties. His complexion is dark and yellow like most South Vietnamese people. He is tall and thin, and he looks clean and tidy.

Seeing that his boss had said so, he gritted his teeth and stuttered out the doubts in his heart: "Gao... Minister Gao, is this really the end of today's matter? A big shot like Captain Pei doesn't know what's going on. Just die...I also know that the national power of South Vietnam and China is in the sky and on the earth, but...could it be...are we really that afraid of them and let them bully us?"

As he talked about it later, Xiao Wu's tone became more and more passionate, almost as if he wished he could go back to the Special Branch to fight to protect the dignity of the country.

"I understand what you are thinking..." Minister Gao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But it is not Huaxia that I am afraid of, but that person. The country will be reasonable, but some people will not... "

"Is it that Xing Xiuxian?"

Minister Gao did not confirm or deny, but sighed after a long silence: "Xiao Wu, I remember that you joined the job last year? You went to school in Hanoi before, right?"

"Yeah, yes." Xiao Wu nodded while driving.

"Oh." Minister Gao showed a look of surprise. After pondering for a moment, he brought up a seemingly unrelated topic: "You know...ten years ago, the crime rate in the northern provinces of South Vietnam was about How high? Well... maybe the question should be more specific, do you know how many cases of human trafficking occurred in one year ten years ago?"

"I...I don't pay much attention to this kind of cases." Xiao Wu was a little embarrassed.

"It's understandable that you young people like to pay attention to some bad murders, especially superpower killings."

Minister Gao smiled slightly: "Let me tell you, ten years ago, around 2040, in several provinces in northern South Vietnam, the police received more than 56,000 reports of human trafficking in a year, with tens of thousands of victims... ...In that chaotic era, people can be said to be the most valuable and best-selling commodity. Although there may be people who are killed by alien species, or mutilated by a small number of supernatural beings with evil intentions, they will never be seen alive or dead. corpses. However, there are still many people who are missing but have not reported the case due to various reasons. If these two things are offset, I am afraid the data will be even more outrageous... Because if you look at the data on missing people alone, there were almost 200,000 to 300,000 people every year in those years. People disappear inexplicably.”

There are 5,000 cases of human trafficking, with tens of thousands of victims, but hundreds of thousands of missing people...

These three data made Xiao Wu feel bitter in his mouth.

There are hundreds of thousands of missing people. How many of them are not included in the data on human trafficking cases?

"With so many trafficking cases, how many have been solved?" Xiao Wu's voice was trembling.

"Less than 300 cases." Minister Gao smiled, with bitterness and sarcasm. "5,000 cases, less than 300 cases were solved... This is actually a commendable figure. During that period of domestic turmoil, there were There are so many messy things that it is a miracle that these cases can be solved..."

"Minister Gao." Xiao Wu couldn't help but interrupted: "But what does this have to do with what we are talking about?"

Minister Gao smiled slightly and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked: "Do you know what these data will look like in 2041?"

Then, without waiting for Xiao Wu to speak, he directly announced the answer: "The number of human trafficking cases and the number of missing persons have both been reduced by 30%."

"Then in 2042, these two figures will be reduced by 50% based on 2041."

"In 2043, the data will be reduced by 90% based on 2042."

"Finally, do you know what the data on human trafficking cases in North Vietnam are this year? There are less than 100 cases, and 50 of them were solved within seven days. They were all sporadic crimes committed by small groups."

Xiao Wu was stunned: "How...why did the data drop so exaggeratedly?"

Minister Gao showed a smile and said slowly: "Because in 2041, that man joined the company and became an executive commissioner of China's Foreign Affairs Bureau in South Vietnam."

"How is it possible!" Xiao Wu could no longer suppress the shock in his heart and said loudly: "How is it possible that just because he is alone... just..."

"Be careful, you're still driving."

Minister Gao warned, and then continued to explain: "Let me tell you two things."

"The first thing happened in 2042. That year, led by the Chinese Foreign Affairs Bureau, we jointly formulated a plan to encircle and suppress civilian militants. 'Starscream', you must have heard of it. It is entrenched in Over the past few years, there have been more than 100 members in the northwest region of South Vietnam, mainly engaged in illegal activities of drug trafficking and human trafficking. We had been having a headache with this group of beasts for a long time, and the Chinese Special Branch offered to help us deal with them. Naturally, we Full cooperation... The plan was flawless. We killed more than 70 people on the spot and captured more than 30 people. No one escaped. Everyone thought that things would end so successfully, but then an accident suddenly happened. .....”

"Yeah." Xiao Wu was completely attracted by the story he told, and the speed of the car slowed down unconsciously.

"On the way to escort the prisoners back, the ability suppression devices of the small superpower bosses suddenly failed and attacked us. Other ordinary criminals also took the opportunity to launch a riot..."

"Ah? Did that mean there were a lot of casualties?" Xiao Wu felt his heart tighten when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, Minister Gao slowly shook his head: "No, we only injured 5 people, and no one died. In just 3 minutes after the riot started, all the prisoners were killed. There were 38 people in total. The one who volunteered The young Special Branch commissioner who wanted to help us escort the prisoners... killed at least 30 of them."

"With a bang, one or more rioting prisoners were turned into ashes. In those short three minutes, it was like setting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival... Oh, when talking about this past event , My hands are still shaking." Minister Gao said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile.

"Is...is it him?" Xiao Wu's eyes widened.

The car had already arrived at the parking lot behind the Chaofanke Building, but neither of them had any intention of getting out of the car.

"Of course it's him."

Minister Gao nodded slightly: "Xing Xiuxian."