Barrier of Light

During the Sangzhou Cave mission, Beizhou's energy boats finally rescued more than 6,000 extraordinary beings.

This relief operation can be said to have exceeded expectations, but it can also be said to be only half of the success.

Because the number of surviving extraordinary beings in Sangzhou Cave is probably more than 20,000... Even if a neutral person releases the news and takes charge of the organization, only this many people will eventually arrive at the meeting place.

The beast tide is raging, Tan Yao explodes, and is pushed by [tide].

Those who survive are the lucky ones.

As for those who failed to reach S12 area... they were submerged in flames and seawater.

But the existence of these people has proven that the awakening experiment can work!

Such a large number of extraordinary beings, placed in the ethnic system built by human society today, can completely change the existing world structure!

Although the extraordinary realm of these people is still very low, as long as certain resources are given, someone can always advance...

Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest.

It's just a matter of probability.

After the experimental results of Sangzhou Cave appeared, the second proposal for the full opening of the "Awakening Experiment" has been submitted. This time it was submitted to the parliament by the upper city of Zhongzhou. According to the old rules, this proposal will go through layers of review. In the end, the World Parliament presented its internal discussion opinions to the Supreme Court, and the Seven Gods made the decision.

If the result of the deliberation at the highest level is disagreement.

Then the proposal will be invalid.

But no one knows... what the outcome of this second proposal will be like.

The camp among the seven gods has been vaguely formed.

Shangcheng initiated the second proposal, which means that this is the beginning of the extraordinary era of "comprehensive linkage" that Sky God Seat will unveil, and the one supported by the World Parliament is Saizhou Guangming City. After Hokkaido and Nagano join hands, Guangming Cheng has strayed far away from its original allies and has chosen to change its alignment. This statement is the best proof.

As for Nanzhou.

The attitude of the Storm God is not difficult to guess. He is even willing to give up the Sangzhou Cave in his territory to support this test experiment.

But that doesn't matter.

Because among the five continents today, only Nanzhou is not qualified to be on the stage.

Before the true form of the storm returns, the balance of the highest seat will not be broken, and this second proposal is destined to fall into anxiety.

Because Dongzhou and Beizhou are gradually converging, the Queen and Baizhu must be the opponents of the "Second Awakening Proposal". The contradiction between the highest seats has long been formed, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. The members of the World Parliament are also nervous because of this. They do not want to see this last home be broken up due to internal fighting.

War is the worst option at any time.

Several of Beizhou's energy boats are still parked in the northern wasteland of Dadu District. The members of the recruitment team responsible for temporary rescue have also been arranged to temporarily settle in Dadu and be responsible for the subsequent settlement work.

Twenty-four energy boats took away a total of 6,712 extraordinary beings from Sangzhou Cave.

Beizhou took away half.

The remaining half was left to Dongzhou.

This was what Lin Lin and Gu Shen had agreed upon in advance... There are a lot of these extraordinary people left to Dongzhou. Dongzhou is different from Beizhou. It is not a strict regimentation management. They want to digest more than 3,000 people. Extraordinary people need Nagano to intervene in the dispatch. This is the meaning of the existence of these temporary recruitment team members in Beizhou at the moment.

After finishing these trivial matters, they will leave Dadu with the energy boat and return to the border.

"I heard that an investigation team has been set up in Nagano."

"This is to investigate the cause of Mr. Xiao Gu's death..."

"It's a pity that a great S-level genius has fallen like this..."

The temporary recruitment team camp is located in the barren mountain area in the north of Dadu. It is convenient for the energy boat to dock. Several team members were chatting casually. A figure silently carried a large box of supplies and passed by behind the camp. Zhao Qi listened to these people's words and his face changed. Nothing changed, but his eyes became unusually complicated.

After Zhao Qi finished the work at hand, he found the detachment leader and expressed that he wanted to take half a day off.

The task of the recruitment team became less onerous after leaving Mulberry Island.

The leave was approved quickly.

After serving in the Beizhou Legion for half a year, Zhao Qi has become accustomed to the ice and snow in the border fortress.

Now that he has returned to Dadu, he feels unfamiliar with the hometown where he has spent half his life... Due to the merger, the Dadu District has produced highly cost-effective commercial airships. The two major consortiums of Nanwan and Huazhi are pulling airships over the buildings. Banner, this city is changing more and more every year.

Zhao Qi looked at the glamorous passers-by walking on the street, and he tugged on the Beizhou military coat he was wearing.

No one pays attention to him here.

Even if someone noticed... there was a high probability that they wouldn't recognize him as the former Zhao family's young master.

Zhao Qi came to Huazhi Building, and looked at this tall building that he was very familiar with. He was in a trance.

Just as he was about to step in, he was stopped by a police baton lying in front of him.

The security personnel on duty at the front desk politely stopped the lean man with a shabby temperament outside the building door, "Sir, I'm sorry... You need an ID card or an appointment to enter Huazhi. Do you have an appointment?"

Zhao Qi opened his mouth but stopped talking.

People without identity are not eligible to enter this building.

He could show his identity. When the Zhao family transferred Huazhi's financial rights to Lu Nanzhi, he still retained a part of the shares... Strictly speaking, even if Zhao Qi withdrew from the stage in Dadu, he was still Huazhi. The majority shareholder of the board of directors, this is a fact that will not change no matter how down-and-out or shabby he is.

But Zhao Qi didn't do this.

He looked at the camera above the building and said calmly: "I don't have an appointment. I want to see Lu Nanzhi or Cui Zhongcheng."

To Zhao Qi, Lu Nanzhi and Cui Zhongcheng were just ordinary names, and he said them subconsciously.

But the security guard blocking the door suddenly frowned and said coldly: "Sorry, we don't welcome madmen here! Also, please be careful with your words!"

The wife is now a symbol of free will in the metropolitan area, and has been elected as the most popular member of the Jiangnan area for several consecutive terms.

She had the respect of the entire metropolis.

How dare you call this down-and-out man by his first name?

Zhao Qi was startled. He realized that his words were inappropriate, and just when he wanted to change his words, he saw that the security guard's expression suddenly became complicated and strange.

"rustle……"

He heard soft voices coming from the security personnel's headset.

Apparently the order to release was given from above.

The baton blocking the door was put down, but the security guard still frowned and said angrily: "No matter what your identity is, please be respectful when you mention my wife in the future!"

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After Zhao Qi arrived at the top floor, he saw an empty office with huge floor-to-ceiling windows with the curtains drawn open.

Standing here you can overlook the entire metropolitan area.

Another building that is very tall and can be seen from a distance is the Nanwan Building.

After he sat down, the secretary brought tea and told him in a gentle voice that his wife had some unfinished business and needed to wait for a while - even the secretary did not recognize that the man in front of him was the former Mr. Zhao.

Huazhi is still the same Huazhi, but this building has become unfamiliar to Zhao Qi.

It can be seen that Lu Nanzhi carried out drastic reforms after accepting the group.

While Zhao Qi was lost in thought while holding the tea cup, a familiar voice sounded from behind.

"Before leaving, Huazhi should have given you your identity card."

The lady in a white shirt returned to the top level alone. After she took Chu Ling to the negative tenth floor and introduced him to Qi Mo, the task at this stage was considered completed... All that was left was [Source Code] to lead the core team of neutrals. The plan was divided, and she really couldn't get involved in technical research.

"It was lost a long time ago..."

Zhao Qi laughed to himself and said, "I remember that the building used to use facial recognition."

"We cannot leave all safety to the [Deep Sea]." Lu Nanzhi sat down and said calmly: "I would rather trust humans than machines... But there are some things in the [Deep Sea] that are indeed more sensitive than humans."

She looked at the weather-beaten, very unfamiliar face in front of her.

The security personnel didn't recognize him, the secretary didn't recognize him, and even he... didn't recognize him. The person in front of him was Zhao Qi from the past.

But this face was recognized by [Deep Sea].

After [Deep Sea] performed facial recognition, it reminded Lu Nanzhi and informed her that the interception taking place at the door might be a mistake.

"Many of the fortress gates in Beizhou are fully controlled by [Deep Sea] Identification."

Zhao Qi thought for a long time and couldn't find a common topic, so he could only squeeze out a sentence to follow up.

"..."

The space where the two of them were alone was silent.

"Beizhou has dispatched a temporary recruitment team for the Sangzhou Cave rescue. The stop is in the Dongzhou metropolitan area. Basically no one is willing to participate in such a recruitment... You are one of the few voluntary applicants."

Lu Nanzhi told the background story of this temporary recruitment that was kept secret. She sighed softly: "If you go to a lot of trouble and take the time to come to Dadu just to chat with me here, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. I will accept There’s a meeting coming down.”

"All right……"

Zhao Qi sat straight and clasped his hands, "I want to confirm the part of the property that belongs to me."

Lu Nanzhi raised her eyebrows.

Zhao Qi said sincerely: "Zhao left me one percent of the shares."

"These are kept by Cui Zhongcheng for safekeeping." Lu Nanzhi said calmly: "The old man's will before he left was very clear. You can't take it out or use it. You can only accept regular payments every year, and the price is..."

"The price is that I enter Beizhou Fortress."

Zhao Qi took over these words.

He said slowly: "Currently, I serve in the northwest frontier, attached to Luoyin City, and the temporary logistics team of Xinyang Fortress. I don't have any evaluation... but it has been three years since I officially joined the fortress's legion."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to withdraw money. I just want to confirm whether the part of the property that belongs to me is still there."

Zhao Qi said seriously: "In addition, I will not leave Beizhou. I took half a day off for this meeting. I will go back soon after the meeting is over."

Lu Nanzhi was a little confused.

"You must be wondering, since I don't want to withdraw money, what am I going to do here?"

Zhao Qi grinned and rambled: "I heard that Beizhou and Dongzhou are merging... Xinyang Fortress recently needs a sum of money to purchase mechanical prostheses, and is collecting donations locally. You also know, over there in Beizhou They are very poor, and many people have emptied their pockets and don’t have much money. I want to pay this money myself.”

Lu Nanzhi looked at this man in silence.

Compared to this face whose edges have been smoothed by the wind and snow.

What made her feel even more strange... were the words coming out of Zhao Qi's mouth at this moment.

For the first time, she heard Zhao Qi tell Beizhou stories for more than ten minutes.

This lump of mud that could not be lifted was thrown into Luoyin City at first, but no one knew his so-called identity as the master of the Zhao family, so the simple people of Beizhou stepped on the mud one after another. After the mud was stepped on, of course He didn't think about standing up... he only thought about continuing to mess up, so for a long time, Zhao Qi was in a stage of decadence and self-destruction.

In fact, he has also met kind-hearted people.

For example, a young man from Dongzhou gave him a cigar on a very bad day and asked him to cheer up and at least make a name for himself.

This cigar moved Zhao Qi for several days.

But if mud can be cheered up with just a few words, then mud can no longer be counted as mud.

So later he was dumped to the Xinyang Fortress affiliated with Luoyin City.

It was a small fortress, about the size of an inconspicuous mung bean on the vast northwest frontier. It was mainly responsible for storing supplies. Those who were thrown to serve here were basically the bottom of the Beizhou Army.

But when he arrived at Xin Yang Fortress, he was at the bottom among the bottom.

What really changed Zhao Qi was those days at Xin Yang Fortress.

There are many disabled soldiers stationed in Xinyang Fortress. They lost their limbs in the Red War and did not want to leave the legion, so they came to a small place like Xinyang Fortress. They relied on source armor and mechanical prostheses to continue. Legion life... Those who choose to spend the rest of their lives in this way are basically veterans who lost their families during the turbulent years in Beizhou.

These veterans are not bad at Zhao Qi.

Front-line troops like Luo Yincheng have strict training and attach great importance to performance review, so guys like Zhao Qi who are lagging behind are repeatedly trampled on in the army.

However, the requirements of Xin Yang Fortress are quite loose, and the old guys are surprised at how bad a young man with hands, feet and limbs must be to be demoted to such a hellish place.

So these old guys became very interested in Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi's life in Xinyang Fortress was very difficult. These veterans forced him to participate in daily training. He wanted to give up, but when he looked around, he was surrounded by middle-aged people who had removed their mechanical prostheses and had no sound limbs... Seeing this After one scene, he could only grit his teeth and persist.

One day, one week, one month, one year...

The days passed like this.

Of course, Zhao Qi's energy and energy can only be said to be slightly better than before. In a large fortress, he is still at the bottom.

"The people there are very kind to me. Their mechanical prostheses are generally aging, and the legion has very little funding. If you want to replace them, you need to raise funds."

"The difficulties they encountered this time can be solved with money...So, I want to take some of my money to help them."

After Zhao Qi finished speaking, he said sincerely: "The total amount of donations raised by Xinyang Fortress is half a million. I would like to ask what is the balance available in my card?"

This number is not much. He may have spent this amount in one night in most bars in the past.

But after going to Beizhou, he had no money at all.

"..."

After listening, Lu Nanzhi fell silent.

She didn't expect that Zhao Qi came here this time for this matter.

"According to your father's will, Huazhi will put 60 million on your card every year."

The lady took out a black card from the drawer, pushed it in front of Zhao Qi, and said with a complicated expression: "You can check how much is in it... This money is your property and you can control it yourself. But you don't need to pay your salary. The two continents are currently in the confluence stage. I will have a meeting with the Central City senior management next. I will ask Zhuxue to send people to solve the problems encountered by the Xinyang Fortress."

Zhao Qi looked at the black card in front of him.

He was silent for a moment and returned it without taking it.

"Just leave that money in the card...To me, the numbers have lost their meaning."

Zhao Qi stood up and smiled, "If you are willing to solve the troubles in Xinyang Fortress, my coming here will be considered as fulfilling my purpose."