2052, Thirty Years Of Sleep

When the sun completely set and the city lights began to light up, Yan Muyun understood Section Chief Zhao's words.

Zhang Xixue after dark is completely different from her during the day. If the latter's character is that of a gentle and kind girl next door, then the former is simply a queen wearing a crown of ice and snow.

Rational, efficient, and taciturn. There is no longer that shy but firm smile on his face. Instead, there is only a coldness that seems to repel people thousands of miles away.

"I'm sorry, I tend to be like this at night. It's definitely not something you did wrong." Zhang Xixue's expression when apologizing was like a female president of a company facing a new intern.

I know I'm wrong, but you'd better not say another word.

Fortunately, this change will not affect Zhang Xixue's working status. Her answers to colleagues' questions were just not good enough, but she retained enough patience and explained in great detail.

"In the years since the Abyss Era, although the situation in China has been a whole lot better than abroad, it is still relatively chaotic. The number of ordinary people who have acquired supernatural powers is increasing every day, and many of them are extremely vicious and have evil intentions. , and those who simply want to show off.”

Zhang Xixue held Yan Muyun's arm and explained while walking forward:

"During that time, the Special Branch and the Special Investigation Division had just been established and were not yet mature enough. The rate of superpower crimes remained high, and various black organizations emerged in endlessly. Against this background, someone put forward a concept. sparse."

"Since we can't stop it, we might as well find a place that can be controlled and let those fools with great energy or financial resources vent their anger in a prescribed place, lest they cause big trouble outside."

Yan Muyun's eyes widened: "In other words, Peach Blossom Spring has... a background?"

"Yes, and no." Zhang Xixue shook her head, and there was no expression on her delicate face with light makeup: "The government reached a cooperation with the most powerful black organization at the time, the Black Umbrella, and the latter acted as a regulator to control the city. Gray underground activities. The two parties have been carefully maintaining a balance over the years, and basically there have been no major mistakes. The 'Black Umbrella' wants money, and the government wants social stability. It can be regarded as the best of both worlds."

Zhang Xixue suddenly stopped, pointed to the two awakened people fighting in the glass cover, and said: "The people here all came here voluntarily, either for fame or money."

Yan Muyun bared his teeth: "Will someone die?"

Zhang Xixue said calmly: "If someone dies, the opponent will be sent to the police station by the 'Black Umbrella' the next day and prosecuted for manslaughter."

"Good guy." Yan Muyun didn't expect this to happen.

"However, although malicious disability is not allowed, broken arms and legs are allowed. Customers who have spent a lot of money betting need something exciting." Zhang Xixue explained:

"As for these girls, if someone touches their bodies without consent, they will ring the alarm on their body, and the security personnel will take the gangster away and give them a warning. Of course, if it is your preference, I will If so, it’s a different matter.”

Yan Muyun pinched his eyebrows: "Then...what about these gambles?"

"Only those whose net worth exceeds a certain level are allowed to gamble here." Zhang Xixue followed his gaze to the heated gambling table:

"If these people really want to gamble, they can just buy a plane ticket and go to Macau or go abroad. Since they can't stop it, they might as well arrange a gambling venue in their own city. The income tax rate in Taohuayuan is very high, and the money flows out from the pockets of these wealthy households. The money will be used for urban construction and welfare institutions.”

"It's okay to stop cheating the poor." Only then did Yan Muyun finally accept the fact that there was such a big "illegal place" in Menxia City.

Then he thought of a question: "Since this 'Black Umbrella' cooperates so deeply with the government, why do we sneak in secretly and don't directly ask them to cooperate with us in the arrest?"

Zhang Xixue turned her head to look for something in the crowd and replied: "This is the rule set at the beginning. There are gains and losses. When the 'Black Umbrella' accepted a series of rules set by the government and was 'half-recruited' , also demanded a great deal of autonomy. The most important of which was not to proactively provide information about asylum seekers and not allowing law enforcement agencies to arrest people in the 'Peach Blossom Spring'."

Yan Muyun finally understood why the focus of this mission was not to capture Ma Kaicheng, but to get information from him.

"There is no problem with the first point. If Black Umbrella does not take the initiative to provide certain information, then we will arrange informants here. As for the second point, since we cannot arrest people in the Peach Blossom Spring, we can just wait for the other party to take the initiative to go out. After all, The 'accommodation fee' here is not cheap."

As Zhang Xixue spoke, she tugged on Yan Muyun's sleeve and whispered, "Stop being in a daze and help me find the 'squirrel' together."

"Squirrel" is one of the informants of the Strange Detection Department, and he provided the information about Ma Kaicheng's appearance in Peach Blossom Spring.

"Oh, okay." Yan Muyun responded and nodded repeatedly, then stood on tiptoes and started searching.

"For lawbreakers seeking asylum here, the 'Black Umbrella' will provide them with escape routes and send these routes to the police half an hour later. Whether those people can leave the city during this time can be said to be completely Watch these thirty minutes.”

As if she felt that her tone just now was not very good, Zhang Xixue explained a few more sentences to show that she was not actually angry.

After all, she is a gentle and considerate girl. Even though her mood seems a little cold under the influence of the supernatural power, you can still feel the softness in her heart reserved for her friends.

Yan Muyun, on the other hand, didn't pay attention to this small detail at all. While searching, he said with emotion: "This 'black umbrella' is really powerful. It can take advantage of both ends without offending both ends."

"Indeed." Zhang Xixue nodded.

"Hey, do you think it's him?" Yan Muyun suddenly reached out and pointed to the other side of the glass cover.

Zhang Xixue stood on tiptoes but didn't see it, so she simply lay on his arms: "Pick me up a little."

Yan Muyun made the sun hand seal with his right hand and quietly unlocked the genetic lock. Then he gently raised his left arm to wrap around Zhang Xixue's slender waist and lifted her up a little.

Although it is not difficult to lift less than 100 kilograms with his current physical fitness, after all, he can be lazy if he can... No, he just wants to practice turning on and off the gene lock more.

The girl's soft body was completely pressed against his, and the faint scent of iris and cedar that originally came from her side became clear and lingered on his nose for a long time.

There were a few people around who looked here with their mouths wide open, as if they were surprised by the young man's arm strength, and also seemed surprised by the girl's lightness.

"Put me down, it's him." Zhang Xixue patted the arm around her waist.

Yan Muyun put her down, and the two of them began to swim forward in the crowded sea of ​​people.

On the way, a purple ball of light rolled out by an awakened person was thrown on the glass cover, causing the audience here to scream in surprise and unconsciously step back, almost squeezing the two of them to the ground.

Fortunately, Yan Muyun opened the gene lock, and while maintaining his balance in a very strange posture, he also supported the two beautiful ladies next to him who almost fell.

When he turned around, Zhang Xixue had already let go of his arm and pushed forward alone.